Comments for Aileen Sabira http://www.aileensabira.com Inspiring the Conscious Heart to Experience Your Essence ™ Tue, 15 May 2012 16:58:09 +0000 hourly 1 Comment on ~ Thank You ~ (when the dots connect…….) by Aileen Sabira http://www.aileensabira.com/?p=256#comment-159 Aileen Sabira Tue, 15 May 2012 16:58:09 +0000 http://www.aileensabira.com/?p=256#comment-159 "How about not equating death with stopping?" SO resonant, deep in the cooking consciousness places, as Felicia is dying, my friend Dana has died, being aware of so many in their journeys ~ “How about not equating death with stopping?”

SO resonant, deep in the cooking consciousness places, as Felicia is dying, my friend Dana has died, being aware of so many in their journeys ~

]]> Comment on ONE TEARDROP (for Felicia) by Aileen Sabira http://www.aileensabira.com/?p=243#comment-154 Aileen Sabira Thu, 19 Apr 2012 16:27:05 +0000 http://aileensabira.com/?p=243#comment-154 Jayne ~ Wow, yes, such similarities. I really do believe when we get down to it, so much in life is so much more similar than different. In the core ways of life, beyond surface and labels. What a powerful image/connection with your mother and her tear. I'm so sorry ~ any loss is challenging ~ from cancer for me, right now, is hard to bear. Though I know all is in a larger picture, having now 2 young survivors I know dying that I know of ~ well, it's just hard on the heart in so many ways. I'm so sorry for your sister Jan. ALS is a challenging road for any heart/soul. It comes to me, if it speaks to you, to share this poem with her. So she feels connected, gets that someone "gets" it, that she's not alone in the challenges she faces. I believe that the arts can speak to our humanity and interconnectedness in ways nothing else can, and in deeply powerful ways. I hope it helps her in some way. I had a client years ago when I did massage therapy full-time who had ALS (due to lymph problems from cancer, I have let that go and been following my heart in ways of art and healing, much still evolving in that journey......) The client actually was from another country, and came on a lark to get a massage while visiting family. The work I did (myofascial release predominantly, and cranio-sacral therapy) seemed to help his mobility so very much, that they arranged a few visits every time he came to visit. The progression was hard to witness, as he too was a beautiful vibrant being. Then I didn't hear from them anymore ~ I was truly crushed when I realized that, and why I might not be hearing from them. I pray your sister finds gentleness, compassion, mercy on her journey. Holding her gently in my heart. love and blessings ~ Aileen Sabira Jayne ~

Wow, yes, such similarities. I really do believe when we get down to it, so much in life is so much more similar than different. In the core ways of life, beyond surface and labels. What a powerful image/connection with your mother and her tear. I’m so sorry ~ any loss is challenging ~ from cancer for me, right now, is hard to bear. Though I know all is in a larger picture, having now 2 young survivors I know dying that I know of ~ well, it’s just hard on the heart in so many ways.

I’m so sorry for your sister Jan. ALS is a challenging road for any heart/soul. It comes to me, if it speaks to you, to share this poem with her. So she feels connected, gets that someone “gets” it, that she’s not alone in the challenges she faces. I believe that the arts can speak to our humanity and interconnectedness in ways nothing else can, and in deeply powerful ways. I hope it helps her in some way.

I had a client years ago when I did massage therapy full-time who had ALS (due to lymph problems from cancer, I have let that go and been following my heart in ways of art and healing, much still evolving in that journey……) The client actually was from another country, and came on a lark to get a massage while visiting family. The work I did (myofascial release predominantly, and cranio-sacral therapy) seemed to help his mobility so very much, that they arranged a few visits every time he came to visit. The progression was hard to witness, as he too was a beautiful vibrant being. Then I didn’t hear from them anymore ~ I was truly crushed when I realized that, and why I might not be hearing from them.

I pray your sister finds gentleness, compassion, mercy on her journey. Holding her gently in my heart.

love and blessings ~ Aileen Sabira

]]> Comment on ONE TEARDROP (for Felicia) by Jayne Bernasconi http://www.aileensabira.com/?p=243#comment-153 Jayne Bernasconi Thu, 19 Apr 2012 14:40:58 +0000 http://aileensabira.com/?p=243#comment-153 Aileen, Thank you for the beautiful poem about Felicia. It struck my deeply as there are many similarities. My younger sister, Jan, is struggling right now with ALS. She has lost her voice and can no longer speak, too. She has two boys in middle and high school. When we lost our mother 6 years ago to pancreatic cancer, her best friend said she had one tear streaming down her face as they were saying goodbye. (She died close to Halloween and her friend carved a pumpkin with one tear). That image was so strong. I am on the chanting email list....though I've yet to get there. I read your email and clicked onto your website and read this poem about Felicia. Be well, Jayne Aileen,
Thank you for the beautiful poem about Felicia. It struck my deeply as there are many similarities. My younger sister, Jan, is struggling right now with ALS. She has lost her voice and can no longer speak, too. She has two boys in middle and high school. When we lost our mother 6 years ago to pancreatic cancer, her best friend said she had one tear streaming down her face as they were saying goodbye. (She died close to Halloween and her friend carved a pumpkin with one tear). That image was so strong.

I am on the chanting email list….though I’ve yet to get there. I read your email and clicked onto your website and read this poem about Felicia.
Be well,
Jayne

]]> Comment on ONE TEARDROP (for Felicia) by Aileen Sabira http://www.aileensabira.com/?p=243#comment-144 Aileen Sabira Tue, 03 Apr 2012 18:46:46 +0000 http://aileensabira.com/?p=243#comment-144 Thanks, Kristina ~ my writing is usually "transmission". This was really feeling it all, and letting it be heard. Welcome to my blog :) Thanks, Kristina ~ my writing is usually “transmission”. This was really feeling it all, and letting it be heard. Welcome to my blog :)

]]> Comment on ONE TEARDROP (for Felicia) by kristina http://www.aileensabira.com/?p=243#comment-143 kristina Tue, 03 Apr 2012 18:18:44 +0000 http://aileensabira.com/?p=243#comment-143 Oh Aileen, that was lovely. Sad and graceful, and honest. Oh Aileen, that was lovely. Sad and graceful, and honest.

]]> Comment on Being REAL with the Divine ~ by Aileen Sabira http://www.aileensabira.com/?p=228#comment-120 Aileen Sabira Wed, 21 Mar 2012 21:04:26 +0000 http://aileensabira.com/?p=228#comment-120 Susan ~ SO with you in the messiness of life! We're here to have an ALIVE and REAL experience, while we go deeper and return our hearts (my feelings, anyway). It's a large thing to get how big God is, and that God can handle wherever we are .... and, what a great way to put it, we need to *particpate* in this relationship! Thanks, and let's all help each other to keep it REAL with ourselves, our lives, the Divine <3 Susan ~ SO with you in the messiness of life! We’re here to have an ALIVE and REAL experience, while we go deeper and return our hearts (my feelings, anyway). It’s a large thing to get how big God is, and that God can handle wherever we are …. and, what a great way to put it, we need to *particpate* in this relationship! Thanks, and let’s all help each other to keep it REAL with ourselves, our lives, the Divine <3

]]> Comment on Being REAL with the Divine ~ by Aileen Sabira http://www.aileensabira.com/?p=228#comment-119 Aileen Sabira Wed, 21 Mar 2012 21:00:18 +0000 http://aileensabira.com/?p=228#comment-119 Cate, I totally agree. I believe these places of honesty, and opening to the healing of the Divine on those places, is part of the reason I am still here (if I can be so bold as to say so), 7 years now (wow!) after a high stage breast cancer diagnosis as a young survivor. And I believe it CAN wreak serious havoc in our bodies to tie ourselves up in knots, not feel whatever we feel, not be honest.... and, I agree, that radical honesty can be discouraged, for many reasons ~ Yes, we healers DO need to keep doing our own work, it's crucial, so we can be fully present to others in a healthy way ~ glad that was resonant to you ~ have seen healers who are all about what THEY can do to fix you (I believe we have tools, even insight, but that we personally are *not* the healers....that's the Divine.....) ~ and if asked when they get any work, to be vulnerable with another, to go deeper, some have said "oh, I don't get work from others" which often guides me right out the door ..... we have to keep doing our own work ..... thanks for the reply! Glad it was beneficial ~ Cate, I totally agree. I believe these places of honesty, and opening to the healing of the Divine on those places, is part of the reason I am still here (if I can be so bold as to say so), 7 years now (wow!) after a high stage breast cancer diagnosis as a young survivor. And I believe it CAN wreak serious havoc in our bodies to tie ourselves up in knots, not feel whatever we feel, not be honest…. and, I agree, that radical honesty can be discouraged, for many reasons ~

Yes, we healers DO need to keep doing our own work, it’s crucial, so we can be fully present to others in a healthy way ~ glad that was resonant to you ~ have seen healers who are all about what THEY can do to fix you (I believe we have tools, even insight, but that we personally are *not* the healers….that’s the Divine…..) ~ and if asked when they get any work, to be vulnerable with another, to go deeper, some have said “oh, I don’t get work from others” which often guides me right out the door ….. we have to keep doing our own work ….. thanks for the reply! Glad it was beneficial ~

]]> Comment on Being REAL with the Divine ~ by Aileen Sabira http://www.aileensabira.com/?p=228#comment-118 Aileen Sabira Wed, 21 Mar 2012 20:56:41 +0000 http://aileensabira.com/?p=228#comment-118 Yes, progress not perfection! Perfectly put (or not...um, perfect, that perfectionism, oy!) ;) It is a lot to grasp (or, not, in the ease of faith) that no matter what we do we are loved? Not that it means we do insane things just because we ARE loved, forgiven, given mercy and compassion ~ it does call us to consciousness ~ but still, to really FEEL and EMBRACE that reality ~ phew, now *THERE'S* a lot of growth and healing in walking into THAT, huh? Glad you liked it :) love, Aileen Sabira Yes, progress not perfection! Perfectly put (or not…um, perfect, that perfectionism, oy!) ;) It is a lot to grasp (or, not, in the ease of faith) that no matter what we do we are loved? Not that it means we do insane things just because we ARE loved, forgiven, given mercy and compassion ~ it does call us to consciousness ~ but still, to really FEEL and EMBRACE that reality ~ phew, now *THERE’S* a lot of growth and healing in walking into THAT, huh? Glad you liked it :) love, Aileen Sabira

]]> Comment on Being REAL with the Divine ~ by Susan http://www.aileensabira.com/?p=228#comment-117 Susan Wed, 21 Mar 2012 20:45:14 +0000 http://aileensabira.com/?p=228#comment-117 At one time, religion tried to simplify and sterilize relationship with the Divine as a Master/servant paradigm where no questions were allowed and we were just to do as we were told - neat and tidy. But my God is all about relationships and relationships are messy. We get mad, we don't talk, we make mistakes and go back for another shot. We are a cause for grief and a cause for joy. God is big enough for it all!. In the bible (my personal expertise) the mightiest men of faith walked day by day with God - sometimes faithfully and sometimes not, but the one thing they all had in common was that they "particpated" in the relationship, even when it is a struggle. God doesn't want robots. He wants relationships. Your blog reminds me to KEEP it real with the Divine. God would want it no other way! At one time, religion tried to simplify and sterilize relationship with the Divine as a Master/servant paradigm where no questions were allowed and we were just to do as we were told – neat and tidy. But my God is all about relationships and relationships are messy. We get mad, we don’t talk, we make mistakes and go back for another shot. We are a cause for grief and a cause for joy. God is big enough for it all!. In the bible (my personal expertise) the mightiest men of faith walked day by day with God – sometimes faithfully and sometimes not, but the one thing they all had in common was that they “particpated” in the relationship, even when it is a struggle. God doesn’t want robots. He wants relationships. Your blog reminds me to KEEP it real with the Divine. God would want it no other way!

]]> Comment on Being REAL with the Divine ~ by Cate http://www.aileensabira.com/?p=228#comment-116 Cate Wed, 21 Mar 2012 18:49:01 +0000 http://aileensabira.com/?p=228#comment-116 I'm glad I took the time to read your post, Aileen. It truly is about being PRESENT. Giving voice to how you feel in the present so it doesn't become an unexpressed thing that lives in one's body to create havoc either in obsessions or ill health or both. Our culture and society and religions SO do not want this kind of honesty for many reasons. I also liked your sentence that "healers always need to be in their own clearing work to stay healthy." I’m glad I took the time to read your post, Aileen. It truly is about being PRESENT. Giving voice to how you feel in the present so it doesn’t become an unexpressed thing that lives in one’s body to create havoc either in obsessions or ill health or both. Our culture and society and religions SO do not want this kind of honesty for many reasons.

I also liked your sentence that “healers always need to be in their own clearing work to stay healthy.”

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