The fire of humanity

I am calling out to you. 

You, who longs for reconnection with the wild land; the unknown terrain, the soil, the river, the hawk, the sunset.

You, who awaits for the moment of reunification; the sacred meal, the embrace, the human touch, the shared tears.

You, who sees the world being more and more sterile, silenced, tamed, caged, degraded.

I am calling out to you with a task. 

Do not forget the ways of human nature. 

Remember the essence of a community, human and more than human.

Hold the vision of true love, wildness, wisdom and transformation.

Keep the fire of humanity burning in your heart when the fire in others is put out. 

Feed it well and tend it with care.

There will be a time, soon or not, I am not sure, when your fire will be needed. 

- A human being cannot live long without the fire. -

There will be a time when the world will ask you, with words or without, to share back with them the fire they once lit in you.

I am calling out to you.

Please, keep the fire of humanity burning in your heart.

Will you?

On Living Timelessly

Do you remember when we were children and our perception of time was different? Do you recall the age when time was unmeasurable and sometimes 10 seconds felt like 1 hour or 1 hour felt like 10 seconds?

These were moment we really delved into the present moment. Living with mindfulness our experiences.

Now, time is measured. Strictly measured and scarce.

Our whole life is time-bounded. We are forcefully given a plan with what needs to be done at a certain age; from schooling to retirement. Our role is to execute this plan faithfully. “Oh dear, don’t you dare to miss, skip or delay any of the predefined activities!” a voice would say with a hidden promise of punishment.

Then, each day has its own plan of tasks and our role is to race through them. At the end of the day, we secretly wish for 2 more hours to rest or play at ease with our child, spend more time with our loved ones, exercise, cook, breathe.

It looks like we do not own the time any more or that time is our evil foe. It feels there is no time to live.

But there is.

If we choose to be in the moment, to experience fully what is happening now, the time strangely unfolds and expands. There, lays a space to breathe and live.

When we choose to be mindful, our lives become timeless.

Would you say yes for a timeless life? Give me a ❤️ if your answer is yes!

Eleni Michail

Voice

“I can’t sing. This song is too high for me. My voice is so horrible, I promise, you don’t want to hear it”. Have you ever had these thoughts?

For many years I neglected my own voice. I ignored it and sometimes I chose to keep it quiet, as if I was ashamed to use or show it. I disregarded its importance in my life and the web of life.

Now singing has become an essential part of my work on mindfulness and soul awakening. I witness people, young and old, being literally transformed after the second verse. I see them grow and expand as they tune in to their most authentic, genuine, intimate, soul instrument.

So I want to turn to you, all of you who think you don’t have a good voice and tell you this: There is not such a thing as a bad or a good voice. “YOU are gifted with a voice! YOUR VOICE is a gift! YOU are blessed with this sacred instrument of soulful communication. Your inner MUSE is longing to create MUSIC with your every exhalation. Let it sing YOU. Let it sing to YOU.

With love,

Eleni

PS: Let me know how this sharing landed in you.