Paradox of Life
Famara beach with the tide far out and the sun glistening – a place of pure magic.
I felt my reflection… In the sand, the sea, me merging in the run with the sun and becoming one, more free in each step that I ran.
A woman stripped off her clothes and walked naked into the sea as I ran by on my naked feet… Transparent…
I listened to the waves, the wind and the voices of all who are here to help us as we journey… More reflections of our own energy in the form of those who are here now and those who have gone before.
We are never alone; we are one and the oneness can only be experienced in relationship with the sea the sun the sand, and with one another – the rain, the snow the cold and the ice, and one another. Those here now and our ancestors who have paved the way; us in other lives – all our experiences that have happened, are happening now and will happen.
They are all occurring in this moment; so there is nothing to do but stay in it and trust its unfolding…
The only way we know ourselves, the only way we can know this moment – and the only way we can experience true love – is to let everyone go and to let everyone in.
We live in paradox and it is within embracing the opposite sides of a seeming zen koan, that we find the truth of ourselves in every single other person…
We are all a hologram, so within us we have every single energetic possibility… But depending on our own unique flavour, there will be aspects we will never now live out… Although we may have in the past; been the murderer, the liar, the cheat…
Seeing ourselves in others is an opportunity to see where we are clear and where we are not… To know ourselves completely in the experience and reflection of this life… And to know that our ‘self’ does not exist…
It is never about us, and it is always about us…
This is the paradox in which we exist…
To be free is to learn how to stay open to all the the dialogue, because only then can we choose whether we want to talk to someone or not… This choice can only be made from clarity; if we are reacting then it is not a choice but a shard of our unresolved pain arising – and so there is more to be played out…
If we are not reacting then we can walk away from anything that is not resonant.. Leaving a dialogue, a relationship, can all be done in love.
Love is when there is no shutting out, no judgement, no closing of our heart…
I have been running all of my life – it feels I was born to run. In the running step I experienced freedom and my true expression. I came to see that I needed to ‘get out of the way of myself’ and let my energy flow through the running step; allow it to express itself in the dance and the motion of running. I ran for England and GB for some years. My first international was in 1979, a three mile cross country race; and I continued to run at international level until 1993. Two of my best results were first place in the Dublin City Marathon in 1985 and 7th place woman, 3rd British woman in the 1986 London Marathon in a time of 2.36.31, which gained me selection for the Commonwealth Games.As a little girl I ran barefoot for many years, and then I put on shoes to race around the world. Fifty years later I am travelling the world as a nomad with my husband Anadi and I have taken off my shoes and I am running barefoot again….
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