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(c) 2011 Howard McQueen

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(c) 2011 Howard McQueen

We carry the burdens of experiences

where we had expectations for unconditional love.

Instead, and to our surprise,

what we received and internalized

were infectious conditions,

the self-inflictions of others mixed in with their attempts to love.

As beings conceived to thrive on unconditional love,

these infections, conveyed to another open to love,

expose those we love to a broad spectrum of

cultural and personal MENTAL ILLNESS ^[1].

Such is the nature of some of our experiences

with the external world.

We endeavor to love and to expect love from others.

We too have fallen short of giving unconditional love,

and we have infected others.

And, suffering is reflected outwardly into the world.

 
The next opportunity,

and every opportunity to love,

exercise your capacity to love without conditions.

Then, when this unconditional love arrives at your threshold,

fully receive and appreciate the quality,

frequency and texture of love.

Usher this love into your kingdom within.

Let this love thoroughly mingle and mix

with the memorized infections of the past.

Now, rest within your kingdom

till you are ready to throw open all the gates

and celebrate the eternal grace of Love's healing 

all your space

and 

all your time.

Love does not request that we forget.

Love invites us to connect, understand and accept.

Then our courage is informed

and we stand firmly in love,

serving love and demonstrating love.

And we stand ready to assist others ready to also become unburdened.

   ^[1] Receiving the infections of others

   and spreading our own infections,

   i.e. loving imperfectly, conditionally 

  creates suffering.

  It would seem that the existence of suffering also create the space to

  learn to love more and more deeply,

  to voluntarily release our conditions to loving ourselves and others?

   We are challenged time and again to risk loving others.

   When we choose not to risk loving,

   we often find ourselves in an increasingly disconnected state,

   numbed to the world.

    Many of us know friends or have ex-lovers and spouses

    And/or have children with a more extreme clinically labeled mental illness.

    Many blessings to all of you.

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Dear Friend,

Love,

Howard

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Silver Thread Dialoges

 © 2011 Howard McQueen

These are clarifying times.

These are times to "step up" or "step out".

These are times for many of us to step off the fence

of confusion and uncertainty and respond to our deeper callings.

This is especially true for those of us stepping up to a leadership

calling within our communities.

Let this time of contraction not become hijacked

by the overwhelming fears of self-interest.

Let this become a time for focusing concentration,

for bringing forward a clarified essence.

What legacy do you and your communities most desire to nourish,

to encourage to survive and thrive?

What some people see as a harsh,

destructive winter’s ice-storm,

the nighttime silence interrupted from the splinter and crack of majestic limbs;

others see as a natural pruning.

The destructive nature of fire,

now welcomed amidst the sequoia forests,

only recently recognized as essential to that ecosystem’s health and preservation.

In the spirit of collective accomplishment,

may your community and its precious heart-space

be guided by the courage of its members

to navigate a pathway of unity through this time of clarification and purification.

© 2011 Howard McQueen

Idle conversation,

Just speaking to throw in your own ideas,

and not really listening to content and following a thread,

can lead to confusion,

can lead to others not feeling heard.

And folks either need to risk repeating themselves,

or they decide to risk asking you “are you not listening?”.

When we really listen,

when something of real value is needing to be conveyed,

let us empty ourselves of needing to be so focused on crafting a response

and just listen.

Then, being better informed, we can join in and then decide what, if anything, needs to be said.

This listening creates an inner pause for the ego

and respects the fact that in order to be in partnership and relationship with others,

the best way to accomplish this is to be present and listen with your entire being.