Layers

So many layers.

It’s not about any one particular person, so don’t get attached to the physical form. It’s about the energy, the essence of the being—the parts that can’t be seen but are deeply felt. Keep your attention on how it feels within the layers, both vertical and horizontal. We are layered in both directions.

Even when we look into the mirror, we tend to focus on the physical structure, the vessel we’ve chosen to embody. But what about the essence? The unseen? The felt?

This always brings me back to the heart. To its opening. To the practice of keeping it open—daily, moment to moment.

In a city like this, where rivers are covered and dammed with concrete, we become its reflection. Humans are masters of adaptation, consciously or not.

So what is the energy in this particular dynamic? It’s repeating again. What do I want to leave behind? Is there anything I want to carry into the next cycle?

I don’t know the answer yet. And I won’t find it in my head. I need to feel it in my heart. I need patience. The language will come on its own.

I’m still learning how to translate feeling into palabras. There are traits in this dynamic I appreciate, and others I’ll leave behind before the next roundabout.

Maybe, if I can learn the final lessons this karmic cycle holds, I’ll complete the homework. And then, I might be ready to step fully into the next cycle of this incarnation.