During this time of healing, hibernation and incubation I am conscious that I am preparing to move forward.
These night I dream of fire, ashes and, of the proverbial phoenix rising from the ashes. It seems we are refined through the fire of passion. Just as metals become malleable under heat and pressure we are likewise shaped by the fire in our bellies, shaped by our attachments and our aversions.
Just as the fire of the sun is central to our solar system, the fire in our heart is the center of our physical universe. Spirit of Fire radiates warmth and light as does the human heart and connects us with our divine nature and wisdom. Spirit of Fire dispels loneliness and teaches us the value of community that assists with our emotional transformation.
The Gift of FIRE
By Tina Olivero
Fires come into our lives for all the right reasons.
Out with the old world, this fiery time for change calls the new.
As it ignites we realize we have also been ignited
and in so we have been granted permission to move forward.
What was, is no longer, what is to be… awaits.
New doors open and new realms become available.
Is it not fascinating to witness nature clear the past on our behalf?
Curiously we may now ask, “Where to from here?”
Completions rest in the ashes and the past disappears in the wind.
Speaking to us we hear, “We are not our possessions,”
“We are not our former knowledge,”
“We are not our circumstances.”
Suddenly we have a seed deep beneath the rubble,
one that pushes to the surface, like phoenix it whispers softly,
“The power of this fire will never exceed
the power of community, love and kindness.”
Seen so clearly when we get to nothing,
when everything is burned to the “ground,”
we are finally grounded in the greatest gift of knowing,
from nothing we can create anything.
The fire has spoken, taken and given
all that was is gone, all to be is now here;
and who we are is a new set of eyes that clearly sees through flames.
Sparks from nothing, we are the light and the possibility of anything.
