April 24, 2025

When recently going through some of my past writings, I came upon these 150 words on Love.  They felt like the perfect share for today.

Enjoy,
Mayet

Love is not weak nor is it easily overrun.  The stories of masters and saints show that it is passionate, powerful, profound, wise, but also sometimes angry and impatient.  In them we see that Love has guts, courage and that there is decisiveness in fully embodied Love.  Elevated Love has light and eminence in its refined expression.

This Love is the essence of the mysterious “empty” space in our cosmos.  It is the nature of the prana, Plenum, life force, the breath of life of our universe.   And it is fully available within us, not beyond our grasp.

When science develops technology to register the highest frequencies of Love as well as the “emptiness” space, it will discover what the sages have declared throughout time: they are the same; it is all Love.  Love is the generative and balancing force of the universe and we are personifications of that Love.

April 17, 2025

Yesterday I came across two quotes on silence that spoke strongly to me.  And then Wisdom gave me an added reflection as well.  

They are simple but profound definitions that each touch on qualities of Silence that go beyond our common ideas about silence.  

Here they are.  I used bold below to indicate the phrases that especially captured my attention:

Silence is something that comes from the heart not from the outside.  Silence doesn’t mean not talking and not doing things.  It means that you are not disturbed inside.

~ Thich Nhat Hanh

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The American theologian and civil rights leader Howard Thurman writes: “There is something in every one of you that waits and listens for the sound of the genuine in yourself,” for “a deeper note which only the stillness of the heart makes clear.”

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Br. David Steindl-Rast describes silence “not only as [something] perceived by the ears, but also a quietness of the heart, a lucid stillness inside.”

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Reading these yesterday, Wisdom brought me this additional thought: “Sometimes silence is simply your daily sensory experiences… those moments you feel fully alive.  The body knows itself to also be the silence.”

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There we have it.  Short and sweet, nice to ponder in this moment, right?

See you there, dear one, in the lucid stillness inside where the the sound of the genuine in ourselves lends a lucid stillness that resonates with heightened senses and the feeling of being fully alive.

Lots of love coming your way,
Mayet Leilani

April 10, 2025

In 2020 I had an unusual accidental conversation with a young man on Zoom.  We were both early for an online event and ended up somehow seeing and being able to talk to each other, so we did.  

They mentioned that their pronoun was “they” and asked me if I was a 20-year old now, would I choose different pronouns?

I hadn’t considered this before.  But my answer came quickly and surprised me.  Yes, I realized, I would.  I would identify as “we.”  Not the royal We, the composite “we.”

In fact, I sort of always have.  From the time I was young I felt like both me and we.  Not to worry, I wasn’t mentally ill; I had a clear sense of self.  But I was simply always aware of those who walk with me, as I came to refer to them.  They were family.  And together we were the board of ME.  We all had a seat at the table and “I” was the one in charge.  Still do, still am.

I think that’s why I so quickly answered as I did with the sound man on Zoom.  It was fun to think about and was nice to realize.  I suspect that many of you also say that your personal pronoun is also we, now that we’re thinking about it, right? 

Feeling very “we” with thee,
And sending love (and a wink),
Mayet Leilani