INSIGHTS
JUNE 2013

Dear Friend:  

The month of June will bring a much-needed respite from the ongoing universal intensification we've been experiencing for several months, though the energy is still basically intensified until June 16th. We'll feel a slight lift from the extremely powerful energies that we've been dealing with. Finally, we'll be able to relax a little and perhaps take a much-needed vacation or return with renewed vigor to projects we've had to delay, to have conversations with loved ones that we haven't been able to have. In fact, one of the major aspects of June is reconciliation with people from whom we've distanced. Though I've noted on this month's calendar that particular focus will be on past love relationships, it actually pertains to all our important relationships that we have allowed to rust.

As the ongoing stress of daily life has increased, many of us have withdrawn from each other as we struggle to cope with our own lives. Where we used to make time to have lunch with friends or go to a movie or simply have coffee and catch up, in the intensity of this time - when so many are feeling overwhelmed - all we want to do is isolate and rest. And though that has been a necessary thing, many people are telling me how lonely they feel - they don't seem to realize that their loneliness has been the result of having withdrawn from the people who love them. They withdrew and then often blamed others for not being there for them. What I'm seeing with so many is such a strong sense of withdrawal that important relationships have taken second seat while we work through "our own stuff".

However, now is not the time to isolate ourselves from each other. In the months and years ahead, we're going to be needing each other more than ever as the intensity, the chaos, the confusion, the fear build in the world. I don't mean to sound fatalistic; I simply want to remind you that in these times we need strong support systems to be firmly in place, and we need to keep reminding ourselves to be compassionate, because we don't always feel it when we are so overwhelmed ourselves. In fact, it's natural to feel irritated with others for needing us when we are in need as well and have nothing in the tank to give to anyone else.

A friend of mine recently told me he had spent time with family members whom he hadn't seen in years. He was exhausted and the last thing he thought he wanted to do was have to share his energy when he felt so low. Duty forced him to attend the family gathering, and to his great delight, he found himself not only energized, but filled with the reminder of the great love he holds in his heart for them. He entered the weekend gathering exhausted and left it renewed and filled with life again. It is being with others and being immersed in the energy of their love that energizes us the most.

Take advantage of the month of June to reach out to friends and family members. Pick up the phone and call that friend whom you haven't spoken to in years - let them know you're thinking of them and love them, that you're there for them and then be there for them. Remember, everything you are experiencing, most everyone else is experiencing as well. We are not alone in any of it unless we choose to be alone. I urge you to reach out, even though you may feel like isolating, go outside of yourself to see what another might need, and offer to it as you can. Doing so will uplift you!!!!

I keep a book of poetry on my bed stand, a gift from my wonderful friend Michelle: "The Subject Tonight Is Love - 60 Wild and Sweet Poems of Hafiz" (translated by Daniel Ladinsky). I just read this passage last night and wanted to share it with you, because it reminded me again that we need to reach out to others, and to quote Kafiz, we need to say to them:

"My dear, how can I be more loving to you; How can I be more Kind?"

You see, we need each other more than we've ever needed each other before. In this time we have the great opportunity of reaching out and helping each other, of calling our loved ones back to us.....of reminding ourselves and those we love that nothing on this earth matters more than knowing we love and are loved in return. We don't need to go through these times alone, but so many are doing so by their own will and are suffering greatly. Please don't suffer. Call upon your loved ones and fill yourself with their love.

BE the friend you want to have. BE the compassion you want to receive. BE the love you want to experience.....

And....

Stay Focused on the Light....          

Dixie Yeterian