There is No Separation
Posted by Robin Easton
There’s something I’ve been feeling for a long time, since my life in the Australian rainforest, but lately I’m seeing how it applies to everything around me, everywhere I go, not just Nature. To fully experience who I am and always learn more about myself, I have to let in the world around me because the world is me. And I am it. I do
not stop at my skin. I am the teller in the bank, the checkout lady at the grocery store, the tree on the trail, the rabbit on the road, the raining gray sky, the oil filled gulf, the homeless man on the curb, the stray cat, the hooker walking the night, the prisoner locked in his cell, the pebble in my shoe. All things I look upon, all things I judge, all things I push away, are part of me.
There is no “other” that I fear or judge; it is myself I fear and judge. Because there is no “other”. That’s an illusion. All of my responses to the world are responses to myself. When I open to the woman in the supermarket or the homeless man on the curb, I am opening to Robin. If I look upon her or him, and recognize that it is Robin who is looking back at me, how can I continue to abandon anyone?
When I look upon a being or thing, which I once might have rejected and said, “I do not like that or them.” I now know that I reject myself. I abandon Robin. So I no longer abandon what I once thought of as “other”. There is no other. That is an illusion. I may choose to not stay in the physical presence of an aspect of myself, but I no longer see it as separate from me or as having nothing to do with me. I no longer abandon Robin. Instead, I try to love and forgive all aspects of myself, and say, “You are seen, safe, and I love you.” When I do this, I feel different. It totally shifts how I experience the world. It determines how much I learn about Robin, and how vast I feel.
This doesn’t mean that I will choose to be around everyone or everything, but I do choose to embrace it all as me. This morning I feel—in every cell of my being—that I am the woman in the grocery store. 
I am the homeless man on the curb, the hooker walking the night, the man in his prison cell, the rabbit on the road, the Earth under my bare feet, the sun on my arms, the chair in my living room, the people rising from their beds to face their day. I greet them all and give love to the many faces of Robin.
For some, this might seem an extreme way to experience the world because it’s not always easy to embrace parts of myself that I want to believe have nothing to do with me. However, I know in my heart that I am all things and all things are me. Embracing this truth invites me to live with more compassion. I have to be accountable for all aspects of myself. There is healing in this. I heal myself everywhere I go, in each person, thing, place or being I encounter. While we can’t heal the whole world at once, can we try to heal the places in which we find ourselves?
Love,
Robin
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Bern Says:
16 August 2010 at 4:24 pm.
Sting once pronounced that he was the King of Pain. “There’s a little black spot on the sun today….its the same old thing as yesterday.” He said that was his Soul out there.
But you Robin…..are the Queen of Love…..
And your Soul is everywhere. You are truly a leader in raising the vibration of the earth towards an awakening for a brand new dimensional experience. You wear the soil of the earth and then fertilize that which feels low and down to perk up their Spirits.
Like you, we shall all have the opportunity to become the atmosphere Up there, so as to create the best possible atmosphere available in each moment. All things shall be set free, to truly be what they want to be. We are on the verge of an expansion that has yet to be seen or felt before in the Universe. We shall ride the waves to infinity so as to become infinity its self.
Yes indeed Robin……..you touch all the Souls out there, which makes you very much Here……a very strong Pulse upon the Nature of the Earth.
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Jonathan - Advanced Life Skills Says:
16 August 2010 at 4:31 pm.
Robin, this is the ultimate expression of personal responsibility and accountability. Your expressions should make the misunderstood connection between ultimate freedom through accepting responsibility much easier to grasp. When we embrace our shared (universal) consciousness we free ourselves from the a whole arsenal of self-imposed limitations. Accountability is the path to liberation.
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Robin Easton Reply:
August 18th, 2010 at 6:47 pm
Dear sweet Jonathan, I am so moved by what you wrote here. It just filled me with great joy. And yet it doesn’t surprise me one bit. You have lived a rich life, one that made you wealthy in the ways that are often neglected. And you are right; it IS “the ultimate expression of personal responsibility and accountability”. I think that is what I find so moving. When we polarize and believe in “separation” it’s easy to judge, condemn, harm, isolate (both ourselves and others), but if we look upon supposed “other” as us, we called to forgiveness, compassion, understanding and love (even if we still choose not to be in the presence of an aspect of ourselves). We move through the world a bit more gently. And yes, their is great freedom in accountability; it is brilliant, isn’t. Thank you dear friend. I so appreciate your presence here. Much love to you, Robin
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timethief Says:
16 August 2010 at 4:41 pm.
What a brilliant revelation. Years ago I met and became friends with what’s referred to as “my other”. Well, after I befriended the parts of me that I had ignored, rejected, or carefully tucked away I was having tea with an elderly friend. I explained the Jungian workshops and the process I had undertaken and she said: “You don’t have an other. Don’t kid yourself because we are one and it’s always about us.”
I thought “we?” and “us”? but said nothing. She winked at me and said, “You have always been precocious in many ways but sometimes you are really slow on the uptake girl.” When I returned home I considered the deeper meanings of these words the Elder spoke, over the course of several days and nights. Eventually I arrived at the place where I knew all of my responses to my circumstances, to events and to everyone in my life were response to myself – we are one. 
All my relations,
TiTi
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Robin Easton Reply:
August 18th, 2010 at 6:56 pm
Dearest TiTi, So moving to feel you here. I just got shivers on my arms when I read your story here. It is just stunning. Such confirmation or reflection for me. I just got tears in my eyes reading it. It is not only beautiful, but so honestly told. I love the elders words: “You don’t have an other. Don’t kid yourself because we are one and it’s always about us.†And then YOUR words: “…all of my responses to my circumstances, to events and to everyone in my life were response to myself – we are one.” Just reading that is SO powerful for me. It really is a mind blowing insight when we awaken to and experience this down to the bone. It changes, forever, how we see the world. Blessings of love, healing and compassion to you my beautiful sister friend. Robin
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Trish Scott Says:
16 August 2010 at 5:11 pm.
Oh Robin. You do make me look good 
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Robin Easton Reply:
August 18th, 2010 at 6:58 pm
ROFL!!!!! Dear WONDERFUL Trish!!! You made me laugh soooooooooo hard, and right out loud. I shared your comment with my sweetheart and he also cracked up! I told him that I just love your keen mind, your wit, magic and brilliant intelligence. Love, Robin
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marcel lemieux alias starflight Says:
16 August 2010 at 5:54 pm.
Well to me my friend its seems you have touched the I Am in a very lovely way..now you have multitudes of choices..i,m not surprised that you pondered it all to come to a statement of who you might be..you are all..we are all..i too have faced my rejections/judgments of some as my rejections of me…that,s ok…its part of the process…remember all saints and sages is like urban legend..but some do come to life …not everybody is ready to embrace the world as it is now..but in spirit or higher self, many would.
…i remember once having the choice to leave or stay…my mind and soul had fond memories ..but i decided to stay..why?..because of the challenges of life..the tastes of life here/now….i too have been the homeless, the clerk, the rich, the poor, the wise, the innocent,..i could never judge..as i see some folks ..i always say to myself that could be me ..or i was that at one time..my own lifestyle is not always an example to follow..but its me, and i accept that (so some should realize that for them too).
….i understand you Robin..your feelings and love for this world could/can transcend any heart that is listening, i,m sure…i truly think that many do their part consciously or not…a simple word, a gesture, a smile,..you don,t have to show off..you just have to be ….life is intelligence, life is love..the worst enemy of peoples is doubt…the second worst is fear….but the good news is that life is free and has no end.
….p.s. my motto is never surrender..be the pebble in the shoe, be the thorn of the rose, be the wave of the ocean, be the kid on the block, be rich, be poor, be healthy, be sick (if that,s your choice) be everything and be you..all has purpose..if you didn,t get the answer here, you will get it elsewhere..
thanks Robin for this space and time..Peace Marcel
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Robin Easton Reply:
August 18th, 2010 at 7:22 pm
Dearest Marcel, You are such a wise soul. And I love when you talk about your life and all the things you have been and all the experiences you have had. You have certainly sprung from a fertile soil, and it has made you like one of the beautiful flowers that you love so much. You are vast, and that vastness is reflected in your view of the world, in your compassion, and in your ability to look at life in infinite ways. It gives you a childlike curiosity of all things. It’s very beautiful.
It’s interesting Marcel, because I do very little thinking. I do a lot of feeling and “being”. And like you, I have lived a hundred lifetimes within this one life. Long long ago I consciously chose to let go and just live an experiential life. I knew I’d make mistakes but I also knew that I would come to know Life intimately and in coming to know Life I would know Robin. I would know the soul of the world.
I find these words of yours very compassionate and soothing: “…be the pebble in the shoe, be the thorn of the rose, be the wave of the ocean, be the kid on the block, be rich, be poor, be healthy, be sick (if that,s your choice) be everything and be you..all has purpose..if you didn,t get the answer here, you will get it elsewhere.” Thank you my beautiful soul brother. Your presence here always has been and remains a beautiful gift. Love, Robin
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Jenn Says:
16 August 2010 at 6:08 pm.
Robin, I had to chuckle when I read this today…. it is so right on with what I have been opening up to lately. Today I saw this saying and I smiled. “Compassion Art”..
Isn’t everything an art, especially now when we need so much more “response” and “soulful engagement + generosity” in our world today. Everything really is about personal responsibility and then expressing “aliveness” with an open heart chakra.
I am finally open. Today is a very special day for me, a tough anniversary of something that will forever shape me into a different being .. Light is here now, a new beginning. I have chosen to let it become my new platform.
I like this line you shared especially:
“all things I judge, all things I push away, are part of me.”
lately, I have been tossing things, partly for fun to compact, but some things I just want to get the energies away from me,.. like things from my past. Having gone deeper in some areas, I want to stay more in the present and yet I did not see this as judging, rather purging. I think it could be both maybe if I am completely honest with myself.
I take this post as a challenge to also say I no longer abandon the little girl in me.. who only needs my approval and say, “You are seen, safe, and I love you.†to that little child within that has a unique story of Light to share.
and so I love this beautiful message I take with me: “There is healing in this. I heal myself everywhere I go, in each person, thing, place or being I encounter. While we can’t heal the whole world at once, can we try to heal the places in which we find ourselves?”
Today’s mantra:
I welcome in Compassion Art.
and I say Namaste to you my sweet Robin friend..
xo
Jenn
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Robin Easton Reply:
August 18th, 2010 at 7:36 pm
Dear beautiful Jenn, This is sooo honest and just…genuine,. So YOU! I love it. I really enjoyed being part of your process here as you shared a variety of revelations, insights and choices. You are so beautiful and flow like a clear stream. It’s just so natural for you.
Jenn, I love these words of yours: “I take this post as a challenge to also say I no longer abandon the little girl in me.. who only needs my approval and say, “You are seen, safe, and I love you.†to that little child within that has a unique story of Light to share.”
Oh my word, you remind me of ME when you write this about your little girl. I did a whole post about this once. And do you what? When I was writing this one I had the SAME thoughts you did here. I touched on it in the post but it made the post too long so I took it out. And yet, here you are picking up on it anyway. That is marvelous, just exciting because writing this post brought up those same feelings of compassion for my little girl as well. And yes, Jenn you love that precious child in you, because she is soooooo ALIVE in you, so present, and her beauty shines in everything you express, it is what I see and love in you. Thank you for Jenn. You are seen. Much love to you dear friend, Robin.
PS I love the “Compassion Art. That is WONDERFUL!!
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Wilma Ham Says:
16 August 2010 at 6:56 pm.
Dearest Robin, like timethief, I had real trouble getting the ‘we are all one’ expression. I had no idea what that meant as I certainly wasn’t the darker side of the world, was I? I had real trouble understanding Ho’Oponopono and how the powerful healing could take place through that process.
Then there was all the talk about Love and how that was the energy that makes the world go round.
And how could I understand when the world I lived in never had me experience these concepts.
But here you are, you live all these concepts, you just tell in plain words and plain deeds what it means and I understand and I can act and I too can now heal.
With gratitude and Love, Wilma
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Robin Easton Reply:
August 18th, 2010 at 7:52 pm
Oh dear sweet Wilma, I too felt like you when I was in my twenties, but my time in the rainforest pumped me so full of compassion. That was the largest feeling I had in the forest. It was infinite, intimate compassion. Love from the Earth and Stars soooo tender that I often knelt on the forest floor and wept, until I cried all the tears in the world. It was a unforgettable experience. All the pain, illusions and separateness vanished from my life. I merged with something so HUGE, something that knew only Love, that knew ME and I IT. And it gave me so much Love that I add more than I could contain. It has been that way ever since and it has to spill out over onto everything around me. Oddly, I once thought it might get less once I left the forest, but that is not true. It just grows stronger and stronger with each passing year. As if I were a conduit that had no “off” switch. As if my whole existence (or purpose) is purely to love. It is what nourishes me, sustains me and creates me. I love you so much, Wilma, and am grateful for your love. Robin
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Nick Grimshawe Says:
16 August 2010 at 9:00 pm.
Hi Robin,
That is a beautiful post and a beautiful way to conduct oneself through the day. If all things are an extension of who I am, then my responsiblity is to all things. I can’t say I am as successful as living that as you are but over the last few days, when I do approach that feeling that everything is part of me…then ohhh what a feeling because, for me at least… all the stress just leaves the body, and I can feel the muscles in my face relax…a hint that I am truly relaxed. And when you do that…get to that place as you describe so beautifully, all the most powerful emotions seem to lift you up: peace, serenity, love.
One of the things I notice myself doing more and more now is to stop…and asked whoever it is I meet, for their name, and then I thank them deeply for the service they have offered me. In any exchange there is a gift, and acknowledging that everytime is respecting not just the other person but ourselves.
I am so happy to hear someone express, what I’ve often felt, so well.
I thank you for the gift of your article. You are brilliant.
Nick
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Robin Easton Reply:
August 18th, 2010 at 8:03 pm
Oh my, Nick!! This is a brilliant comment. Wow! You have picked up and expressed one of the key things to this whole post. And I didn’t even mention it, but am also experiencing. Wonderful!!
You said: “…when I do approach that feeling that everything is part of me… then ohhh what a feeling because, for me at least… all the stress just leaves the body, and I can feel the muscles in my face relax…”
YES!! Oh Nick, this is sooo cool. I am REALLY glad you shared this because that is exactly what happens to me. And as I read your words it hit me that the more I do this, all day long, the more I find myself moving through my day in a continual state of bliss, of grace and ease. And even more importantly, I feel myself in an intense state of love, and THAT only compels me to love more. Because LOVE FEELS GOOD! It heals both ourselves and everything around us. Love heals…
I am so grateful to you Nick for stopping and sharing this. It really touched me and you have helped find words for more of what I am experiencing. As you say: “…ohhh what a feeling…” Thank you again from my heart, Nick. YOU are brilliant. You gave me a huge gift. I am so grateful. Much love and hugs to you, Robin
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Gina Hamlyn Says:
16 August 2010 at 10:39 pm.
This has made this whole concept so much easier to understand and apply. Yes, I am in everything and everything is me.
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Robin Easton Reply:
August 18th, 2010 at 8:45 pm
Dearest Gina, what a JOY and treat to see you here!! I am so glad that something I expressed here allowed you to understand something. That is an honor as you are so wise and kind. This is something I’ve felt for a long long time, but I’d never put it in words, never even thought to. Just lately is was begging to be expressed and out it came. HUGE hugs to my dear friend. Love, Robin.
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Gail Brenner (AFlourishingLife) Says:
16 August 2010 at 10:46 pm.
Robin,
Reading this is so fresh, so alive, so true. Every time I read your writing, it wakes me up even more deeply to this reality – as it truly is. I meet you here, I resonate, one heart. What you have expressed here is the deepest understanding – who we really are. Not this limited idea of a person, but expansive space that includes everything, is everything.
Someone recently asked me a question about evil. Evil thrives on separation. In this understanding of no separation, all that’s left is love, loving – because it is us!
So much love to you, my friend,
Gail
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Robin Easton Reply:
August 18th, 2010 at 8:53 pm
Dearest Gail, beautiful Gail!! What an amazing comment. Do you know EVERY time I read anything you’ve written I feel like I have just fallen into Love. I have. For you it goes way beyond WHAT you write on your blog, it is so much larger, everything about you carries a deeply soft compassion and acceptance of others, even more a, a soothing, which I feel every time. I only have to think of you and I feel this in my whole being. So I am very moved by your loving words here as I hold you in high regard.
Also I am just stunned by your words here: “Evil thrives on separation. In this understanding of no separation, all that’s left is love…” WHOA!! THAT is powerful!! I write about this some in my second book, from my own childhood cultural influence, which was one of separation. You are such an exciting person to be around! Sometime I would just love to sit and talk. Thank you for sharing this brilliant insight. I am thrilled by it and you. And yes, SO much love to you too dear Gail. Just hugging you! Robin
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Liara Covert Says:
16 August 2010 at 11:15 pm.
To recall that one is a timeless treasure enables one to realize its impossible to be unworthy. The heart reminds people they need not suffer from imagined results or from what is untrue. Nothing teaches one how to feel and one view of purpose is to feel our way along to the truth.
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Robin Easton Reply:
August 19th, 2010 at 7:35 am
Dearest Liara, such a joy to see you here, always love to see what insight will come from you.:) This is So beautiful what you wrote, very soothing/comforting: “…its impossible to be unworthy”. Yes, that is soooo lovely; it brought tears to my eyes. And I just LOVE this insight as I relate to it so strongly: “…one view of purpose is to feel our way along to the truth.” Ever since my late twenties this has been my case. And the longer I live the less I “think” and the more I “feel truth.” And the more I let my heart lead, and trust both what I feel and where my heart leads me, the more I know Robin, Life and Love.
I remember being in the Oz rainforest, late twenties, and deciding that “thinking” was very exhausting for me, that there was a wonderful natural flow to simply let go and feel and live, to listen to my heart and follow wherever it took me. What a life!!! At first it was a bit scary, and I remember asking “the Universe”, could I really be THAT free? Could I really trust Life THAT much? Could I really KNOW that no matter what happened I would be safe, loved and taken care of? YES. YES. YES.
Thank you my beautiful friend for reminding us all of this today. Like a river “feeling” its way to the sea, we will all arrive home. We already are home. Much much love, Robin
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Keeper Says:
17 August 2010 at 12:45 am.
You said it so well my friend. When I said that all things are holy, this is what I am talking about. A personal relationship, a deep reverence for the all of creation, a life of love and compassion, that no religion on earth can compensate or match. Robin, I see your walk as being much like that of Abraham’s. There is just you and the Great Spirit, the way it should be.
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Robin Easton Reply:
August 19th, 2010 at 8:15 am
Dearest Walter, WOW! You move me to tears. I could really feel the depth of the soul and heart here. Yes, all things ARE holy. I love that. And I love the word: “reverence”. Yes, that implies caring, compassion, respect, lack of judgment, equality, and more. It was the rainforest that taught me reverence. I also learned: that which we feel no connection to we often feel no reverence for. In forgetting our connection to all things, we are more able to harm without conscience. And likewise, that which we feel is us (that we feel connected to), we are more apt to hold in reverence and love.
And I just adore this line: “There is just you and the Great Spirit, the way it should be.” Oh Walt, that is soooo beautiful and brings immediate tears to my eyes. And YES!! You are right, my relationship with the Great Spirit is so deeply intimate that I sink into and become that which I revere. We all become that which we revere. I know that you understand this so well. Thank you dear Walt for seeing and sharing what you see. I am moved and honored. Much love, Robin
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Lena Says:
17 August 2010 at 2:59 am.
Goodmorning from Greece!!
Dear Robin your writing is always so inspiring and optimistic, yet realistic!!
Thank you for being YOU!! )
Love,
Lena xx
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Robin Easton Reply:
August 19th, 2010 at 8:22 am
Good morning from New Mexico, USA to you dear Lena! Thank you for taking the time to stop and in and share such kind words. I am very touched. You put a smile on my face. And I am sending my love all the way to sunny Greece, Lena. Robin
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Tammy Says:
17 August 2010 at 6:26 am.
Dear Robin,
It has been a long time since I’ve actually left a comment, but I want you to know I’m here reading. I might be sitting in my car, at a hockey game, baseball game, football game, basketball game, or sitting under a tree with my horse by my side…but I am still here.
I’ve read what you’ve written several times. Immediately it made me drift back to my past. I have thought about all the people “I” have been in my life. I have been poor. I have been rich. I have been that bank teller. My brother was once homeless due to gambling. I have been a little girl that had Cherokee Indian roots. I have been so many people in my life, and it makes me realize how grateful I am for this. It is good to stop, and “live” in the shoes of others. It is good to place yourself in the very being of another. No, we can never be that person, but we can certainly make a connection that we can feel run through our body when we allow this.
I am smiling now… I remember making a post on my “old missed blog” about a homeless man. I wrote about pulling my car over and just watching this man walk past me. I remember thinking who is he, why is he living this way, and on and on. My children thought I was “crazy” at first, then I remember looking back and seeing a tear come down Dylan’s cheek. I remember watching my older son comfort him. Robin, there can only be positives that come out of this awareness that you are experiencing. We each could have been that homeless man.
I have also picked up a paintbrush again. I am going to locations around my city, and painting things I see… and emotions I am feeling. Sometimes this might be a total stranger walking down a wet sidewalk. I seem to be connecting with those around me much more. Certainly, this is a wonderful feeling.
You’ve been so busy for so long focusing on the new book, that you might need this reconnecting time with life. Each day is new… and I hope you enjoy every moment of this awareness.
Love to you Robin… so much.
Tammy
(Forgive my lengthy unpolished paragraph(s)…. I’m sitting under a tree (with a horse) and I see a rain storm in front of me. I must get packed up and moving. In your mind, make any corrections to my grammar. ♥♥♥)
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Robin Easton Reply:
August 20th, 2010 at 8:27 pm
Dearest sweet Tammy, This is SO beautiful. I love how you told all the people you’ve been, I got see more of your life and better know you. Please NEVER apologize for length or “unpolished” writing or anything for that matter. It is just treasured gift to feel you here and to read your beautifully poetic words. They, like your heart, are so precious.
I teared up when you told your amazing story of the homeless man and pulling to side of the road. That in itself is amazing, but then to read how your turned around and Dylan had a tear on his face. THAT just brought me to a sceetching halt. I went back and read that part three times; it is soooo incredible. I felt proud of you, proud of Dylan, and like something right itself in the world the day that happened, and in the re-telling of it here. Very very powerful. I just love you!!!!
Also, I’ve seen some of your painting and it is AMAAAAZING!! You have a way with light I’ve never seen before, so real, translucent. I am so excited you are painting. I have been taking little breaks and hiking/jogging (mix) up a little mountain about 15 minutes from our home. I especially love it in the early morning.
Sweet Tammy, THANK YOU for stopping in and sharing YOU, what a gift. I feel SO connected to you, and your sharing here just left me feeling more ME. I love you, Tammy. Robin
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nothingprofound Says:
17 August 2010 at 8:31 am.
The world is what we are. This is the final revelation. Looking out we see our true self, not looking in.
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Robin Easton Reply:
August 20th, 2010 at 9:32 pm
Dear wise Marty, yes, oh yes, you get this so well. I LOVE: “The world is what we are.” YES!!! Also, how liberating and rare your insight: that looking out we see our true self. WOW!! To stop and FEEL that is sooooo profound. It is how I experience the world.
Your reflection is beautiful to me. You are very vast, and I am VERY grateful. Thank you for “seeing” and understanding….being. What a stunning soul you are dear Marty. Much love and a HUGE hug to you.
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Evita Says:
17 August 2010 at 10:16 am.
Dear Robin
How is it that you always manage to sprinkle the world with what I will call is the “magic fairy dust of love and light”!!!!
This was so beautifully written Robin. I felt it all and think to myself… how blessed is Robin that she KNOWS this and she lives this.
And how blessed are we all that we know her and can benefit from all that she shares and all that she is.
This line is key and I invite everyone to read it often and carry it with them: “There is no “other†that I fear or judge; it is myself I fear and judge. Because there is no “otherâ€. That’s an illusion.”
YES! that is it – a simple, yet very profound inner truth. Thank you for this piece of your heart.
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Robin Easton Reply:
August 20th, 2010 at 9:40 pm
Dearest Evita, You words here are so dear to me, and I am humble and grateful. I don’t know why, but reading them (and strongly feeling your presence here) I thought of how people often think that only when they die will they join or go home to “the all” or “the whole”. and that it will be great peace and harmony and compassion and love. What I now know to be true for me is that we don’t have to wait until we die to experience this. We can live it right here, right now. Why? Because it’s who we already ARE. There is no “other”. —-Thank you my wise, earnest and sooooooo loving friend. I am glad you are in your woods, I often feel you there, and I send you and Markus much love, Robin
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Lisa Marie Says:
17 August 2010 at 10:32 am.
Dear Robin,
You have just connected dots of love for me here.
As well as with all of nature, it’s been my experience that when I have been around homeless people, I easily feel the flow of love that connects to the divine in them. Same with many of the more fortunate or “functional” people I cross paths with.
I have had more of a block with some money-wealthy people who I have observed in restaurants or grocery stores, verbally abusing a waitress or clerk. I don’t mean to darken this beautiful post with such thoughts, but those people who act out in arrogance must be showing me a reflection of myself. I admit I have a guard up against someone I meet who seems to have that demeanor, without even giving them the benefit of the doubt. Who knows what kind of day they’re having, and they quite possibly would never act out in a way I’m judging them capable of. Where’s the flow of love there…I’m now asking myself!
As you say, we can choose not to stay in the presence of certain others.
And you are right, the world is me.
What you wrote is gold and I really appreciate it.
Much love, Lisa
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Robin Easton Reply:
August 20th, 2010 at 10:03 pm
Oh Dear Lisa Marie, you are so touching. I love the flow of your process here. It is beautiful and heartfelt. Sincere and genuine. I like that a lot. I think there many homeless people who have nothing left to lose, they are as low as they can go, and in that state it’s as if the Divine enters. There are no defenses anymore. I know the times of my life I was in a place like that, I felt the most tender love I’ve ever known, as if an infinitely gentle parent were crying with me, loving me, watching over me. Nowadays, I feel this every moment of every day.
Re: the “arrogance”, when I see this, I now look upon the person and if I imagine I am that person (or in my case, I FEEL that I am them, that that is Robin standing there being arrogant), something magical happens for me, I no longer see “arrogance”. I see fear, loneliness, and someone who has become lost from themselves, someone who needs soothing. As you say, it doesn’t mean I have to be around them, but I open my heart to love. We cannot forgive another without forgiving ourselves, we cannot love another without loving ourselves, we cannot sooth another without soothing ourselves.
Dearest Lisa Marie, I have so enjoyed your comments on these pages. You are so deeply sincere and kind. I always light up when I see your name. And you always share from your heart, so openly. So much love to you, and thank you for your honestly. You are a treasure. Robin
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David Says:
17 August 2010 at 10:43 am.
This reminds me so much of a time, years ago, when I read Leaves of Grass, and spent time taking homeless folks to lunch. Your spirit is so young and full of life and love. You are a very lucky person. And you will never become old.
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Robin Easton Reply:
August 20th, 2010 at 9:46 pm
Hi my dear friend, what a BEAUTIFUL sentiment to share. It brought immediate tears to my eyes. I feel like you see another core part of me. And that touches me very much. Also, I am sooooo moved that you took homeless people to lunch. I would love to read a blog post about that. You wouldn’t have to mention names, but I would love to hear how that came about, what you did, how you felt doing it, what you learned, and what inspired your do it. What an amazing thing to do. —-Thank you dear soul, for your kindness and friendship, Hugs and love that transcends time, Robin (But then we both know there is no time.)
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Trish Scott Says:
17 August 2010 at 1:04 pm.
I am re-reading Three Cups of Tea for my book club. Chapter 7 begins with this.
This harsh and splendid land
With snow-covered rock mountains, cold-crystal streams,
Deep forests of cypress, juniper and ash
Is as much my body as what you see before you here.
I cannot be separated from this or from you.
Our many hearts have only a single beat.
From The Warrior Song of King Gezar
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Robin Easton Reply:
August 20th, 2010 at 10:17 pm
Trish! You are just fabulous!!! I just LOVE this and am soooooo glad you shared it. You amaze me over and over again. I have never read it and yet it so reminds me of many sentiments I wrote in my book, Naked in Eden. I know this SO well: “Is as much my body as what you see before you here. I cannot be separated from this or from you.”
This whole piece brought tears to my eyes, and I’m so grateful you shared it. I am going to find the book and read it. I also saved the quote to use in a talk I am giving. You ALWAYS see me and go right down to the core. I feel as if we have already met. I am thankful for your friendship and deep “knowing”. Love you MUCH, Robin
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Linda Wolf Says:
17 August 2010 at 4:06 pm.
Hi Robin,
I am at an opposite position and would love your help. I have been separating myself, through avoidance, from “the world,” meaning current events and the whole of humanity. While I have many skills for detaching from even those individuals closest to me, every time I consider world events, I feel only pain. It is my pain, being triggered, but I connect it with the world at large. I cannot imagine allowing the world in and feeling one with it, because all I see is the pain and I think it will overwhelm me. I want the world to be different, more loving, kinder, more compassionate, more conscious, more just. Any words of wisdom?
love, linda
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Robin Easton Reply:
August 21st, 2010 at 11:28 am
Dear Linda you are sooooo beautiful, always so earnest and real. I love this comment and how you honestly shared yourself. I too have felt what you describe here. I don’t know that I could even look upon the world and NOT feel its pain, but I think that is why I choose to see it as Robin, because I then look up it with more compassion. I do a lot of crying, but I am okay with that, as I also do as much or more laughing. I am in love with Life and Life is such a mixed bag.
I was thinking about your comment last night. I don’t know that I can answer your questions, as what I wrote about here is something that is just happening naturally in me. Not really something I think about. All I can do is try to feel my way into a reply: Your comment is SO heartfelt and earnest that I tried to “think” more about this whole topic, and I’m really not used to “thinking”, I tend to FEEL things, and as I tried to find words for what is happening in my life, I realized I have few words to describe it. So forgive me as I humbly try to share whatever feelings come.
When I meet someone who is angry, rude, arrogant, mean spirited, I look at them and imagine it is me standing there behaving in that way. Since I am extremely empathic, this happens almost instantly for me. It’s almost as if there are now two of me; we are just having different experiences. The angry Robin having its experience at the same time that I am having the experience of feeling them, and love for them. When the first me looks upon the second me in apparent anger, rudeness, etc., I immediately feel that it is not anger, arrogance, or rudeness; it great fear. The second me is so lost that they have forgotten who they are, or were never shown in the first place, or had no opportunity to know. The more vile the act/meanness the harder it might be to do this. But I look upon this “me” standing there, and I feel a great need for love, for soothing. I cannot help but love. It is this act of seeing the world as me, and loving it as if it were my own child, that soothes me, and helps heal me and the world.
It’s a bit like finding a photo of ourselves when we were a child, and when we are feeling unworthy, ashamed, hurt, etc. Looking upon that child in the photo as if it were our own “birth-child”, someone we gave birth to. When we do this, we are better able to talk to that samll child (ourselves) with more compassion, the way we would talk to a child of our own.
I think you hit on something very key: “I cannot imagine allowing the world in and feeling one with it, because all I see is the pain and I think it will overwhelm me.” Yes, it can overwhelm, and the only antidote I have for that is great Love. I guess, the difference in my life now is that in falling deeply in love with Robin, I am falling in love with the world.
I don’t necessarily feel mean when I look upon someone who is acting mean spirited, although there was a time long ago that I could. But now my response tends to be: “This is a place that needs healing, soothing, love,” And even if I never talk to that person. I feel love, and in loving them I am flooded with love, great peace. The world’s suffering no longer feels so bleak. I can remain in a place of love and healing all the time. If I react to the “mean” person with hate or anger or energetic denial or separateness, I have left a part of me unhealed. For me it’s all something that happens energetically within me, and yet it changes the world all around me.
This does not mean I wouldn’t take steps to end child abuse, animal torture, and more. But I now seem to want to love the places or aspects of me that are without love. It heals me and I sense it heals all that is around me that I am part of, this is me. We are rarely taught that healing can take place on a far bigger plane than our “supposed” physical one. I have learned we can bring about major healing without ever being in the physical presence of another being.
I love you Linda, you moved deeply this morning. I felt so close to you while reading your words and responding. Love, Robin PS: Please forgive the inadequacy of my comment here. I really don’t have any words. It seems it’s easier for me to just live it. I appreciate your patience and compassion. I ALWAYS have.
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Stacey Says:
17 August 2010 at 11:49 pm.
As I read this all I could think is how you are describing the essence of you that I see in everything you write and do! You are such an amazing example for the people around you, because you LIVE this. You totally connect with the world around you in a fully loving way. You are teaching each of us through amazing example. It is challenging for many of us to be this fully loving to the world around us at all times, and you are an amazing reminder for the people that are blessed to be in your energy field.
Thank you for being a beautiful Bloom in my life!!! http://dowhatyoulove.wordpress.com/2010/08/17/bloom/
Keep shining bright, you are an amazing wise soul that is here to teach so much.
With Love,
Stacey
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Robin Easton Reply:
August 21st, 2010 at 2:10 pm
My dear dear friend, I don’t even know if I can write anything here; I am so touched by you. Often when my connection to someone goes this deep, I find it almost impossible to find words. I look at the photos of you on the AT trail and I can’t help but cry. I’ve been looking at them a lot lately, and crying every time. I look at them and you and Bernie, and I wonder can anyone who has not done this possibly look at these photos and comprehend what you have done, and how it alters you, becomes you.
I was reading a comment of Bernie’s this AM and it paralleled my own thoughts, which are that sometime it would be amazing to do a long hike with you both. I was actually thinking that the other day as I took a quick break and did a five mile hike up a small mountain. As I was walking or lightly jogging barefoot, I thought it would be fun to do that long distance hike.
Because, right now, I’m unable to hike each day due to choosing to answer the calling to do this book (and the resulting intense work load). But I still can go 2 – 4 miles barefoot, depending on the terrain and how much weight I am carrying and whether I walk or jog. So I carry a pair of thin moccasins and socks with me. Anyway, I would spend the next year or two getting really fit, and used to carrying weight, so that maybe at some point, once I get this book out and the sequel to it, I could take some time and do a long hike.
Dearest Stacey, I am moved by your love, your beauty, and your ability to just innately “see” and understand. Check your cell. ; ) And know that I am with you, trust what you feel, trust our connection. Your messages and love have kept me going more times than you know. You are a rare and beautiful. I am sending you ALL love. Robin
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Bern Reply:
August 22nd, 2010 at 11:02 pm
In 2000, when I hiked the Appalachian Trail for the first time, I came across two sisters raised on a farm from Maine who were hiking Barefoot southbound to Georgia. They became known as the barefoot sisters and became legendary. Not only did they make it to Georgia barefoot…….they turned around and walked back home to Maine.
And Now, something just occurred to me ~ a flash of inspiration. Imagine this…… putting together a BAREFOOT Pilgrimage 800 miles across the state of Arizona to create not only awareness towards the beauty for Nature and the outdoors, but as a tool for transformation and enlightenment.
Perhaps your third book can be found along this path……….
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Robin Easton Reply:
August 23rd, 2010 at 12:38 pm
Dear Bernie, I LOVE this story of the Barefoot Sisters. It is wonderfully inspiring. And I love even more your flash of inspiration!!! The Barefoot Pilgrimage. YES!! 800 miles across AZ. I am thrilled, inspired…..it’s incredible. WOW!! I’ve bookmarked the site and am already looking at it. Thank you for being a “door opener”. All love, Robin
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Bob Zybach Says:
18 August 2010 at 12:07 am.
Thanks, Robin!
I think I’ve posted Dylan’s lyrics to “Forever Young” and the version of PJ Harvey’s “Grow, Grow, Grow” that she did on French television. I get similar thoughts and feelings from many of your posts and emails, including this one.
Please keep up the great work you are doing.
Bob Z.
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Robin Easton Reply:
August 21st, 2010 at 2:17 pm
Dear Bob, it is always so heartwarming to see you here. Yes, you did share both songs and I LOVED the, even bookmarked them. And I am honored to be compared, even in a small way, to these songs. That REALLY touches me. And I am ALSO touched that you are open to me and SEE me. Thank you from my heart, dear friend, and HUGE hugs to you. Robin
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David Says:
18 August 2010 at 9:43 am.
Reading over these posts I feel like I have arrived at a place where only spirits can go and they feel free to tell the truth about their lives. It is fascinating and very encouraging in a way. You bring out the best part of the human “being”.
It is so tiring to live in the physical world sometimes. It weighs me down. I want to fly. And I sense in you the ability to do this even while you are part of the world and in a human body. Somewhere along the line you managed to escape the pull of gravity.
Can’t wait to read your book. Maybe it will help me understand in greater detail how you managed the “great escape.”
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Robin Easton Reply:
August 21st, 2010 at 2:54 pm
Dear David, I am so so MOVED that you have picked up on something that is so dear to my heart, something that, YES, I do live. You touched on something that I have often wanted to write about, and have started to write about. It is like I mentioned to Evita above: “I thought of how people often think that only when they die will they join or go home to “the all†or “the wholeâ€. and that it will be great peace and harmony and compassion and love. What I now know to be true for me is that we don’t have to wait until we die to experience this. We can live it right here, right now. Why? Because it’s who we already ARE. There is no “otherâ€.
My own experience of life is exactly as you mention in these words when you say you want to fly: “I want to fly. And I sense in you the ability to do this even while you are part of the world and in a human body. Somewhere along the line you managed to escape the pull of gravity.”
Yes, this is who we are, and we can fly while we are here. I think we just need to be open to life, and not only when things go smoothly, but all of it. You are so beautifully wise to see what you have seen in this post, and recognize our potential and who we really are. I really value your insight deeply. You reflect a great gift to me. Much love, Robin
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Julie Says:
18 August 2010 at 10:28 am.
“…say, “You are seen, safe, and I love you.†When I do this, I feel different. It totally shifts how I experience the world.”
This simple statement is a profound mantra for inviting compassion within. And once within, it’s easily expressed. …wrapping all in a cocoon of love.
Robin, all your lessons are so clearly voiced that it’s impossible to miss their importance. Thank you for continuing to be such a wonderful teacher of beauty. xoxo ~Julie
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Robin Easton Reply:
August 21st, 2010 at 3:54 pm
Dearest Julie, I just love you and how you get right to the core of everything, and you do this so innately because it is where you live. But it’s even more than that. It’s who you are.
And you are so right, it really IS like a mantra inviting compassion. That is what I feel by living this. It gives me great peace, a deep sense of connectedness and love for the world.
Dear Julie you bless me so richly by your wisdom and love and beauty. We are so kindred as to be “one”. I love you for seeing and claiming. In doing so you make life more real and the fabric of the Universe more whole and beautiful. I love you. Robin
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Christopher Foster Says:
18 August 2010 at 5:52 pm.
Hi Robin.
When I read your writing I feel it is part of me, another part of me writing. But that’s what you are writing about isn’t it?
It was about 4 or 5 years ago, and I was living in Loveland. I went into King Soopers and it might have been another ordinary experience of doing a bit of shopping for JoAnn and me.
But this time it was different. Just as you brilliantly convey, my entire attitude changed, and I suddenly realized I was surrounded not by an odd-looking bunch of “other people” but by Angels of Light. Beings with the same Light in them that is in me.
I enjoyed that visit to Soopers so much.
It was as if everyone came alive in a way I had not known before — they were part of me, and I was part of them. My love to you Robin.
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Robin Easton Reply:
August 21st, 2010 at 4:07 pm
Hi Dear Chris, Yes that is what I am writing about, and I LOVE that you see this. What is so wonderful it is what I feel the same when I read your blog. You are a beautiful and kind reflection that always leaves me feeling so joyous and uplifted. Filled with peace.
I just LOVE this story of King Soopers!! What an amazing experience, AND it goes to show that we can experience this anywhere. These words of yours are so beautiful: “I suddenly realized I was surrounded not by an odd-looking bunch of “other people†but by Angels of Light. Beings with the same Light in them that is in me.” It really is like everything and everyone comes “alive”. I TOO feel this, Chris, it’s what compels me to reach out and love. Thank you for sharing such beauty. Much love to you dear soul. Robin
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Tess The Bold Life Says:
18 August 2010 at 7:24 pm.
Robin,
I learned all of this is my early 30′s and I’m forever grateful to the women and men in my first “A Course In Miracles” group who mentored me through it. And thanks to my hubs who attended the groups with me for several years. We changed our lives and continue on the journey truly blessed.
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Robin Easton Reply:
August 21st, 2010 at 7:31 pm
Dear Tess, yes, I remember “A Course in Miracles”. I went to a couple of group sharings a few years after I’d been out of the rainforest, and I remember relatng to aspects of it. Some of it was just beautiful. I also know this type of love is something that you live very much in your life. I didn’t know it came from “A Course in Miracles”, I just knew that you live it. I could tell just from everything you do. And yes, dear friend, that makes you (me) so very very blessed. Much love to you Tess. Robin
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Hilary Says:
19 August 2010 at 1:31 am.
Hi Robin .. I’m a step before Gina .. I need time to reflect and consider what you’re saying – yes some of it makes absolute sense .. but I have so much to learn and take in .. these experiences to come (that I’m so much looking forward to) will really make such an enormous difference to my life .. the process is starting .. the brain needs to be freer, and the body needs time and energy .. once I’m more settled .. then this life can start ..
Thanks I’ve love everyone’s comments – they will make the understanding so much easier .. Hilary
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Robin Easton Reply:
August 21st, 2010 at 7:39 pm
Dearest Hillary, what a beautiful comment! I love this line. “the process is starting .. the brain needs to be freer, and the body needs time and energy” I think I love it because it touched me so deeply. Yes, you have had your hands full and been giving so much to another. Although done out of great love, it can still be very demanding emotionally, mentally and time wise. Hillary you are already living this love in your actions. You are extremely humble. I have the deepest respect for you. You have taught me more than you know, so much, Sometime maybe I will be able to tell all you have taught me. There are many ways of teaching those around us, one of the most powerful is to “model” something to the world. You have done and still do this for me. In my eyes, you are a hero, Hillary. Love, Robin
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The Exception Says:
19 August 2010 at 11:40 am.
This was beautiful Robin. I am in the midst of drama with my daughter’s father – and it is hard to feel connected to him – to see that he is a part of me and deserves the love and compassion I give and yet, I am aware that I am connected to him and that he is an aspect of me. Your words lightened the darkness just a bit. Thank you.
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Robin Easton Reply:
August 21st, 2010 at 7:51 pm
Dear honest “E”, you are so amazing. Here you are, even when it is hard, you are still trying to find that truth and love. I know this can be so hard when someone has hurt us or hurt someone we love. We want to see them in any number of ways, with hate, or anger, or disgust, contempt and so on. But what is happening for me lately is that I look upon them and imagine that is me standing there and that “I” am behaving that way. And I find myself asking “Why” and then I see only someone who is afraid and has lost their way. I may not stay in their presence, and yet I may, but either way I find that my own anger, fear, hurt, etc goes away when I am able to love this other aspect of me. I am literally set free.
Like NICK GRIMSHAWE said above: “…when I do approach that feeling that everything is part of me… then ohhh what a feeling because, for me at least… all the stress just leaves the body, and I can feel the muscles in my face relax…â€
Dearest “E”, I just love you for keeping an open questing heart even when it is not easy. You really are a great soul. I am so so glad that your little girl has you. What a role model you are for her, for me, for us all. Love, Robin
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Lance Says:
19 August 2010 at 2:04 pm.
Robin,
It stopped me. It stopped me today, reading this, when I came to the line about the homeless man. Why? Perhaps it’s that I know I have walked down the street, looking the other way – pretending I don’t see. Yet, I do….
We are all one. I believe that very much.
Yet, do I live that?
Robin, your words today reach into my soul and ask me that question. And some days, I believe the answer is “yes”. And other days, though…I am sure that it’s not that answer.
Yet, I claim that I believe we are all one…
Does that make me a hypocrite? A liar?
Or perhaps that’s all part of the human experience, this journey that I’m on….
Robin, your soul shines so beautifully here…always… And in that, your words reach into my soul.
…I leave here better than when I arrived…
You, sweet friend, are a light in our world…a lovely light of hope and care…
Love and peace,
Lance
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Robin Easton Reply:
August 21st, 2010 at 8:23 pm
Dearest Lance, you are so human. You speak honestly here. I love the whole unfolding process that your thinking takes. It’s, in fact, delightfully honest and human. You wrote: “Does that make me a hypocrite? A liar? Or perhaps that’s all part of the human experience, this journey that I’m on….”
I just LOVE that you ask this and say this. What a soul!! I think it is part of the journey we are all on, dear Lance. It’s like we are all on a journey of “re-membering”, re-joining with the One or the Whole. I think it is a bit like going “Home”. The more we are aware of this the more we may be able to live it. It is not always easy, but once understood and more fully lived, there is great peace in it.
Dear Lance thank you for keeping an open mind and always reaching for truth, whatever that may be for you. You are a beautiful seeker. And your honesty and willingness to be vulnerable are a great strength. And sweet friend, I go from your comment here humbled and so touched by your beauty. Much love to you, Robin
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Lita C. Malicdem Says:
19 August 2010 at 2:30 pm.
“Heal the world in places where we find ourselves”! Lovely thoughts, Robin. I’ll make this as my mantra from now on, please? What a way to move around, connect around, see our self in others as if they are us. Awesome feeling of making up with nature and the world!
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Robin Easton Reply:
August 22nd, 2010 at 4:37 pm
Dear Lita!! So good to see you here YES!, Lita, if we can see the world as us, each person or being we run into as ourselves, even if they are angry, hurting, rude, etc. If we are loving (even if only in thought) then we heal all aspects of ourselves, we heal the world. If we can look upon the angry person and imagine that is ourselves feeling all angry and rude, we now have the opportunity to soothe the world, everywhere we go. Thank you dearheart for stopping in. I loved your comment!1 Hugs, Robin.
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Juliana Matthews Says:
19 August 2010 at 3:16 pm.
Gosh this is a powerful post. I read it then went and walked with my dogs in the countryside where we live – its how I meditate. I neede time to collect my thoughts before commenting.
I truly believe that as humans we only experience 2 true feelings, love and fear. If I don’t like a person, or someones behaviour or a situation makes me feel uncomfortable, what I am doing is projecting my inner fear onto an external source.
I have to turn my vision inwards, visualize the light within me and ask that love can replace the fear.
Doesn’t always work – sometimes I enjoy feeling uncomfortable, after all it is an old familiar feeling and like an old cloak, I have the need to put it on now and again. But you know, that cloak seems to suit me less and less, perhaps one day I can just leave it on the hanger.
Reading your blog replenishes and nurtures me spiritually. Thank you for sharing your wisdom.
Smiles and blessings.
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Robin Easton Reply:
August 22nd, 2010 at 8:51 pm
Dear Juliana! Thank you so much for sharing here.I am deeply touched by your kind words. I had to chuckle over your VERY wise comment about Fear and Love, because I have a card that I wrote, on my bathroom wall. It reads like this: “There are two primary emotions, Love and Fear. When we choose Fear, we lose sight of Love. When we choose Love, we lose sight of Fear.” Something like that.
Dearest Juliana, I am deeply moved by your honesty when you write: “…sometimes I enjoy feeling uncomfortable, after all it is an old familiar feeling and like an old cloak, I have the need to put it on now and again. But you know, that cloak seems to suit me less and less, perhaps one day I can just leave it on the hanger.”
I think with honesty like honesty and wisdom like yours, you will one day discover that the cloak simply turns to dust, and no longer exists. I am so pleased to meet you. You have a beautiful blog that I’ve been reading. So wonderful to meet a kindred soul. Hugs to you, Robin PS and thank YOU for sharing YOUR wisdom. It is beautiful.
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Chris Edgar Says:
19 August 2010 at 9:14 pm.
Hi Robin — thanks for this — that’s definitely when I feel most connected with someone else — when, as I look into their eyes, there’s the sense — and perhaps even the knowledge at a level deeper than the mind — that I’m simply staring back at myself.
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Robin Easton Reply:
August 22nd, 2010 at 9:00 pm
Heeeey dear Chris!! What you wrote here is ASTOUNDING!! I am floored. It just brought instant tears to my eyes! I KNOW exactly what you are talking about. When you wrote: “…and perhaps even the knowledge at a level deeper than the mind — that I’m simply staring back at myself.”
WHOA!! That is fabulous! Yes, yes, yes. That is a profound insight dear Chris and one that visibly reflects your level of awareness to those around you, and to Life itself. I even had this experience in the rainforest with other species. Talk about eerie, primal, remembering, etc. It was amaaaaazing and left me completely changed….forever! You are brilliant! Thank you SO much for sharing this….more importantly for “seeing” this. I find it very exciting. HUGE hugs and love to you my friend. Robin
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Roger Says:
20 August 2010 at 12:12 am.
My wonderful friend,
How wonderful the world would be if we could all realize just how true these words are. In my work, I am always dismayed at the vitriolic hatred that many people feel toward those that do not agree with their point of view. I suppose that it is easy to forget just how alike we really are underneath our ideologies when we choose to only look at the world through a narrow field.
I am more amazed that no matter how long I have been away, you always have something for me that brings a sense that there is still much right in this crazy world we walk in.
Namaste and may you never lose your vision of the good which is your gift.
Roger
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Robin Easton Reply:
August 22nd, 2010 at 9:07 pm
Dear Roger! Wow!! What a surprise to see you here dear friend! I am thrilled And yes, I’d imagine that you see a lot of of anger and hatred in your work. I think that is why when I first met you that I was so deeply touched by how sensitive and caring (and non-judgmental) you are. It astounds me that you retain such beauty and thoughtfulness regardless of what flies around you. Good for you, Roger. I that anger is what normal makes sensitive people shy away from such careers as yours, and you are able to maintain your sovereignty.
I also am so very touched by your kindness and kind words here. They are very soothing and encouraging. And…do you know you that anytime I read your blog I always go away feeling like the world is a beautiful place and that sensitive souls are still strongly alive. Thank you my friend. Huge hugs to you. Robin
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Clearly Composed Says:
23 August 2010 at 4:32 pm.
I am working with A Course in Miracles now and you summed up things I have been studying in such a beautiful way. I remember first trying to embrace this concept years ago and I think maturity helps. After observing patterns all our life we are more likely to accept truths like this and find comfort and joy in them. Great, great post. Thanks
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jonathanfigaro Says:
23 August 2010 at 5:31 pm.
What we are is one with this world. We are who we say we are. So we should never neglect a fellow brother or a mother. We should care for all as we care for ourselves. It starts with us, let it begin now.
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Laura Friedkin Says:
27 August 2010 at 9:16 am.
Robin, I’ve had the pleasure of reading your wonderful book Naked in Eden and was overwhelmed with the poignant retelling of what that experience was for you. Thank you for reminding me that we are all connected and every action impacts us as a whole. I was delighted to find your blog here, quite by accident, following a quote I’d seen elsewhere and it led me here. You are a beautiful soul, and your life and connection to Mother Earth is an experience I yearn to have for myself. I’ve always been in tune to it too, but not quite to the extent that you experienced in Daintree. Keep writing. I’ll keep reading.. Thank you for an amazing journey with you in the forest.
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Robin Easton Reply:
August 27th, 2010 at 3:38 pm
Dearest Laura, this comment brought tears to my eyes. It is your INCREDIBLY generous heart. The impact of it just hit me so fully. It is so wonderful to meet a soul who is still open, deeply aware, unafraid to connect with someone they have never met. That just brings tears my eyes again writing it. And dear Laura, thank you from my heart for taking the time to embrace and go on my journey with me through the forest. To be seen by you is very moving for me. Hugs, Robin
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Robin Easton Reply:
August 18th, 2010 at 6:38 pm
Dearest Berni, I always feel so expansive when I read your words and experience your soul. I am deeply touched by your insight not only into me, but the world around you. I teared up when you wrote: “And your Soul is everywhere.” You truly picked up on what I was expressing here and how I live and experience the world. I am not an individual being occasionally having a communal experience. I am a communal being occasionally having an individual experience. Although even that is changing every passing day. I have lost myself into the expansion and infinity you speak of so much I feel I am all things, and daily I experience wherever I put my attention. I feel so many… I want to say ALL, but that just seems too vast for most people, impossible. And yet, it is how I experience “being”.
I once thought that if I lost myself into “the whole” I would lose Robin. In essence, I did, or what I “thought” was Robin. But in the process of letting go, I found me, more whole, more vast (infinite), more alive and loving than anything I could have ever dreamed possible. Me in a billion faces, me in a billion experiences, me in a billion stars, trees, rocks, ants. It is not always easy being vast, but I don’t have any choice; that’s what Love does. The love is overwhelming and becomes me, compels me….to BE more Love.
I am so blessed to experience you and to be seen and always taken closer to home. Much love to you dear beautiful soul. Robin
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