FINDING THE GOLD WITHIN My heart is always courting my mind. But my mind responds like the reluctant debutante. (Not that we had any of those in Brooklyn) My mind holds on to beliefs that stifle my creativity and segregate me from love and intimacy. These old beliefs also keep me from finding the gold within. Retreats can be an adventure. It all depends on your point of view. Technically, I’m at Grace Grove Rejuvenation and Performance Institute for a liver cleanse. In reality, the journey is about what I need to release from my body, my mind and my life. The breath work, juicing, meditation and being surrounded by sacred ground help awaken dormant energies within. I met my friend Sheron, from the Illuminate Film Festival, in Sedona for tea. I asked her how her husband John, a retired finish carpenter, was doing. She said three years ago a friend gave him a birthday gift of six lessons at a local pottery studio. Today Johns ceramics are in demand by galleries and design firms around the country. Prior to the lessons, John had no idea he had any talent or that he would have such fun in a field he knew absolutely nothing about. Sheron told me she always felt a deep inner calling to paint but life got in the way. She hadn’t touched a paintbrush since high school. After retiring she started drawing again. Sheron is about to publish a coffee table book of her artwork. I think that autumn leaves want to show us everything they’ve got by dazzling the Universe with colorful gratitude before returning to the earth. The point is that there is always something deeper in us. It’s like living in a house for a lifetime and never fully exploring it. Then one day you find yourself in a dark corner of the basement and discover a treasure that was there all along. Go ahead, take a chance and shine a light inside. Who knows what you might find. #frankferrante #mayibefrank #mayispeakfrankly #sedona #illuminatefilmfestival #gracegrove #rejuvenationandperformanceinstitute #livercleanse mayispeakfrankly/#!blog/c1f1l
Posted on: Fri, 24 Oct 2014 21:50:10 +0000
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