The energy during last night’s “Sensual Journey Inside” at the Osho UTA Institute in Cologne was especially strong. I was fresh from staffing the Path of Love which ended on Wednesday, and the room, my bowls, and my heart were all in a super-charged state even before we began.  It took all of us quite a while to come back!  Thanks to all who joined me.

Appropriate to the Scorpio full moon this week, the essential oil blend chosen was “Torch.” This one comes up when it’s time to say goodbye to the old and welcome in the new, to let whatever we’re holding fall and create light with the flames as it burns.  A torch burns and creates light at the same time.

Here is the poem, from Scents of Knowing:

torch

Consuming fire
fueled from doubts.
Held tight.
Precise fire. Burning.
Heart’s flame
clearing;
returning.
The doubtless place.
Acceptance:
the mystery
and the gift.

What a sweet evening we had in the Buddha Hall at Osho UTA last night…the group was small enough to feel quite intimate; in fact, I went around the room with the rose quartz heart bowl and played near everyone’s hearts, which is something I can’t do in bigger groups.

The essential oil blend we traveled with was:

embrace

Always there.
There always.
Comforting, filling,
embracing.
The wind,
the sun,
rivers streams oceans.
Mountains of giving
in all ways.
Always.
Ease, the easiest.

Last night at Osho UTA, upstairs in the room called “Meera,” we went into a deep, still space together.

It was one of the most spacious, timeless spaces I’ve experienced in all the events I’ve offered.

Heartfelt thanks to everyone who participated.  We created the space together.

The essential oil blend that we traveled with was “unfold”.

unfold

The lotus grows.
Its roots
stuck in the mud.
From this acceptance
come the nutrients
and timing.
Guiding,
then unfolding.
The lotus flower:
symbol of humanity.

(Poem courtesy of Scents of Knowing; photos taken by me in my backyard in 2008!)