THE GIFT OF LONGING
The Gift of Longing from Oneness of Life on Vimeo.

longing is the feminine mystical side of love
it draws you, guides you on intuitive paths
it opens to you, it's receptive, it's the empty cup
it presents more of a question than an answer
it seeks, it yearns rather than asserts
it's uncertain in an open space without boundaries
so much so that it frightens us as it draws us in
it frightens the mind --
allow the longing to unfold
and it leads to unknown places
the more we surrender to longing
the more unknown we will encounter
to live within this mystery is magnetic
but is often misunderstood as a lack, a fault,
or a need to find balance
but the longing of the heart is not a desire
to fill an empty space - rather, it is waiting,
and the wait is a gift that confers upon us enormous power,
a power to be open at our core
and let the magnetic pull draw us, guide us forward
for the longing leads us home
longing awakens us to our spiritual quest
and nourishes us on the path
but what it reflects in our hearts is that
we are the ones who are longed for
and there comes a pain with longing,
sometime called the "sweet pain of love"
and yet there's a quality in suffering
that helps us transform,
it's a quality we need
and it's important we allow for it
the pain we feel in longing is the pain of separation
this is one way longing guides us home
longing is not a deficit, it is a good sign
because it shows us the heart remembers,
the heart has a remembrance of true love,
longing is the call back to union
longing embodies the feminine qualities of
waiting, listening, receiving,
along with the dynamic and passionate longing
for what is waiting to be given
when we don't have answers and don't fill the space,
when we keep this space empty,
then something can pour in
this is not only about women, this is about the feminine
and the longing in women and men alike

Paraphrased summary from the event “Feminine Mysticism” in July 2012 with Angela Fischer.