Today is Martin Luther King Jr. Day, a man whose tongue lit fires across the land.
In addition to his unwavering commitment to service and very yogic lens of unity, what I am most inspired by in him is that he was a MAN ON FIRE!
He was passionate and gave voice to that passion. He didn't get stuck in the human trap of smallness, weaving inner tales of not being ________ enough and then getting bound up in those tales, forever trapped and dangling over his own potential. He fed his inner fire fearlessly which gave rise to his voice and its ability to illuminate.
There was the message and mission he championed directly and also the teachings by example:
Live a passionate life - find something you believe in, something that ignites you, something that makes you feel both angry and ecstatic.
Give voice to your passion - don't get mired in overanalysis of whether what you're saying is important enough or articulate enough. Trust the evolutionary process and know someone is ready to hear exactly what you are saying, the way you're saying it, today.
Think big - smallness consciousness is part of the illusion (maya) that keeps us trapped in reductive, regressive cycles of behavior. If YOU don't make your unique offering, who will? You and your passions are not small, you are greater than you've ever imagined.
"Instructions for living a life: Pay attention. Be astonished. Tell about it." ~ Mary Oliver
Thank you Dr. King. Thank you my teacher.
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