Parvati Magazine May 2014 - Feeling Alive | Page 7

POSITIVE POSSIBILITIES
The flower does not question that it is a flower, nor
does the lion question its
nature. The flower quietly
reflects beauty. The lion will
tear off your head if you
get too close. The flower
does not question if it is too
beautiful, nor does the lion
struggle with guilt, doubt
and self-reproach due
to the force of its claws. If
the lion pretended to be
a mouse, the lion would
be unhappy. If the flower
were crushed by concrete, it could not grow.
We must be who we are.
Driven by the ego that
knows only fear and disconnect, our minds tend
to seek control and manipulate reality to suit our core
beliefs. In turn, we create
complexity in the moment,
in which we become entangled. By becoming
mentally convoluted, we
lose touch with the force
of our innate intelligence
that arises from deep within through our connection
with nature.
If your joy is singing, then
sing. If your joy is being a
lawyer, then love it. If you

want to sit and read a
book, then lap it up. If you
need to tell someone how
you feel, then let that person know. And do it completely, with every ounce
of your being. Whatever
it is, if you crush that connection with nature, your
connection to who you
are, everyone loses. When
you honour it, everyone
wins.
Groundbreaking modern
dancer and choreographer Martha Graham provides an inspiring quote
to illustrate this: “There is
a vitality, a life-force, an
energy, a quickening
that is translated through
you into action. Because
there is only one of you in
all of time, this expression
is unique. If you block it,
it will never exist through
any other medium and be
lost.”
We often mistake compassion for sentimentality and
love for sweetness. Love to
me is fierce, an unbridled
force that defies reason. It
is the force that says, “I am
that I am.” Compassion is
an expression of that force

through action. It calls us
to serve through love for
being here, for being part
of it all.
When we don’t say what
we need or share who we
are, we are living in fear
and, in effect, we waste
our lives and everyone
else’s time. This life is short.
The perils are many. We
need to sharpen our inner clarity to see who we
are and connect to our
unique inner light so that
we may shine as beacons
in the world.
Many people won’t get
it. Many people will. Either
way, it doesn’t matter.
What matters most is that
you feel alive, plugged in
and real. In tapping into
such rooted, vital expansiveness, you send a message to the universe of possibility, of interconnection,
of “yes” to life. Without any
aggression or warrior rage,
you have created a radical revolution – by being
exactly who you are.
Today, and every day, I
celebrate you.

Parvati Devi is the editor-in-chief of Parvati Magazine. In addition to
being an internationally acclaimed Canadian singer, songwriter, producer
and performer, she is a yoga teacher and holistic educator. Having
studied yoga and meditation since 1987, Parvati developed her own yoga
teaching style called YEMTM Yoga as Energy Medicine. Her current shows,
“YIN: Yoga In the Nightclub” and “Natamba” bring forward a conscious
energy into the pop mainstream. Her book “Confessions of a Former Yoga
Junkie” is a road map to a revolutionary life makeover for sincere spiritual
seekers.
For more information on Parvati, please visit www.parvati.tv.