Roots

Root Chakra

Plunging into the innards of my memoir, I’ve become dissatisfied

with where they’re taking me. I need to change my approach. My

viewpoint evolves as I write.

Over time, I’ve become more forgiving of myself and now view

the ups and downs of my journey in a much warmer, more compassionate hue.

For too many years after my exodus, I whined a lot. Complained loudly and often.

A stage I needed to navigate at the time, but have finally worn out.

I’ve come to know that everything I’ve lived. . .

. . .down to the tiniest of details. . .
. . .down to the darkest of moments. . . has been a necessary part of my growth.
for which I am thankful now.

A gift even. .

I am who I am because of my cumulative experiences

. . . .painful, joyful and sometimes totally unremarkable in any way.

During my morning musing meditation today, I began to focus on charkas.

Beginning with the Root Chakra, I applied the opening, softening and embracing

process I’ve been lead to practice the past year. Here’s what I wrote:

“Beginning at my Roots. .
I will myself to open, soften and allow the spinning,

whirling, centrifugal flow of

my connection with earth. Blood. Birth. Body.

I open and allow myself to melt into a place of

being-one-with all that is sexual and body-full and earth- centered
I embrace this Rooted part of my Being

. . those links with a myriad of lifetimes spent flowing through

. . .past, present and all that is yet to come.

I open up to,

reach down into. . and grab hold of
with the tendrils at the base of Me. .
I inch my toes down into the swirling mire of the Humanness.
at the Root of my Being,

I meld into. . .soften. . . and Embrace

all that has ever been or will ever be. . .Me”