It's always fun to have a new awareness. When the Truth hits it always feels new - even if we've heard it or known it before.

The idea of "Staying Open" is one such truth that keeps coming back to me. There are so many ways to constrict life flow - we can constrict it at its base by remaining perpetually in our heads, we can constrict it at the solar plexus by giving our power away to other people, food or substances and then chasing it in the hopes that we can somehow get it back... And many of us stop it right at the heart level for fear of being hurt again.

Spiritual energy naturally extends through us, we don't need to work at it, our only job is to make sure we don't constrict it in any way. Remaining open is not for sissy's (is that a word?), rather it's the job of a warrior - someone with courage and valiance.

That's why Bright Ones are so precious - true brightness is hard won, but in the end it's the only way.