{"id":5788,"date":"2019-09-23T12:01:25","date_gmt":"2019-09-23T17:01:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/priestessyourlife.com\/?p=5788"},"modified":"2019-09-23T12:13:55","modified_gmt":"2019-09-23T17:13:55","slug":"school-of-the-widely-open-heart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/priestessyourlife.com\/school-of-the-widely-open-heart\/","title":{"rendered":"The School of the Widely Open Heart"},"content":{"rendered":"

I want to share a vision I have been holding for the last year, for the School of the Widely Open Heart!<\/p>\n

The recent New Moon in Virgo did my head in<\/strong>. I felt stripped back, abraided at a soul level. Unmoored <\/strong>from aspects of meaning and identity. Beliefs I’d built myself on.<\/p>\n

The energy of the monk<\/strong>, the ascetic<\/strong>, was very present for me, which of course, links us to Virgo and its themes of service <\/strong>and self-denial<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

I needed to act out a form of \u2018sackcloth and ashes<\/strong>,\u2019 in that ancient way humans have always visually communicated to each other and to themselves that \u2018it\u2019s not business as usual right now, folks, I\u2019ve lost something precious\u2026<\/em>\u2019<\/p>\n

So I shaved my head as part of of a rebirthing ceremony<\/a><\/strong> on Treaty 1 land (according to the wisdom of an indigenous elder<\/a><\/strong> from thousands of miles away). Just as I did once before<\/a><\/strong> on different country.<\/p>\n

It felt right, and I trust that this act roots me here more strongly than ever. I need to be grounded <\/strong>in order to pull off what is being asked of me.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Dream of the School of the Widely Open Heart<\/h2>\n

On New Moon day, I recalled a (literal) dream I had this time last year, where I dreamed I was part of The School of the Widely Open Heart <\/strong>(SWOH). Those words strung together, the idea that such a place could exist, gripped me, this New Moon.<\/p>\n

It planted itself firmly as a seed that demanded my attention and facilitation.<\/p>\n

Not sure about you, but I\u2019m more conscious of my closed-heartedness<\/strong>, in general, and the ever-present gap between how I\u2019m showing up and how I could be showing up.<\/p>\n

Given the impossibility of staying open all the time, the SWOH is obviously a school for failures<\/strong>. That’s me there, first in line there!<\/p>\n

But on the other hand, the idea of the SWOH is so potent because I, like many of you, journey through life with a heart that is constantly broken<\/strong>, a heart and body that somehow missed the part in the soulful assembly line where we got handed our armour<\/strong>, or at least our \u2018feathers\u2019 to help the hard things just roll off (like water off a duck’s back).<\/p>\n

I feel things<\/strong>. I feel so many things. And a whole bunch of them I\u2019d rather not feel at all.<\/p>\n

So, the SWOH is also for us misfits<\/strong>, those of us who\u2019ve been told we are too sensitive<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Who\u2019ve been ridiculed for crying over \u201csmall\u201d things.<\/p>\n

Who\u2019ve had to squish their natural feeling \u2018way\u2019 just to survive in all the social institutions that make up so much of modern-day life: schools, workplaces, etc.<\/p>\n

Who never got over being energetically or literally abandoned as a child.<\/p>\n

Somehow, the call is to stay open, to stay feeling<\/strong>, even in the face of emotional whiplash<\/strong> disappointment and betrayal.<\/p>\n

Especially the ways in which we disappoint and betray ourselves.<\/p>\n

💜<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Pain as Purpose, Pain as Power<\/h2>\n

At the FQ Moon, I made a video<\/a> <\/strong>and uploaded it to IGTV, about the SWOH and what it might mean.<\/p>\n

It seemed to strike a chord. The shared conversation grew the idea… and there is so much more to write about this, but here’s the raw essence:<\/p>\n

Your Pain is your Purpose<\/strong><\/em>
\nYour Pain is your Power<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

What does this potent collective wisdom mean for you today?<\/em>
\nWhere is your pain leading you?<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I want to share a vision I have been holding for the last year, for the School of the Widely Open Heart! The recent New Moon in Virgo did my head in. I felt stripped back, abraided at a soul level. Unmoored from aspects of meaning and identity. Beliefs I’d built myself on. 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