Eros
Eros was the Greek god of love, lust,
intercourse and desire. He embodies the elemental
energy of connection and creativity unfolding in each
of us.
The most powerful force in the Universe is allurement, the power of gravitation, binding everything from atoms to chemical compounds, from planets to spiral galaxies, together in an invisible dance. At its heart, Eros embodies not attraction in the physical, superficial sense, but in this deeply dynamic, energetic longing.
Our souls stir at the touch of Eros, rumbling with a profound and somatic longing for connection. Often we pursue this elemental desire through sex, romance, creativity, work, or any number of avenues; some worthwhile, others mere distraction. The underlying pull is actually one's Soul, beckoning him through the mysterious forces of allurement, to search out and discover his authentic passion and power, his unique offering and place in the world.
Eros, as the elemental energy of allurement, is the only sure guide to the place we seek: a life of meaning, vitality, and connection to something larger. What brings you alive? What stirs curiosity? What have you always dreamed about but never pursued? Where is your passion? What is the deepest, most powerful truth buried in your body?
For a chick in the dark confines of its shell, the space grows too small. Though he doesn't know what waits beyond the small, dark world of his existence, at a mysterious moment something stirs it to wake, to begin pecking with his beak against the shell. Tightly folded up, he hasn't yet discovered his own wings. Still, he knows that he must break free; thus he risks his entire existence, struggling forth into what he is meant to be become.
How many of us listen to our own innate intelligence in such fashion? Are you willing to crack your protective shell, that you might emerge into a much larger and unimagined version of your Self? Or will the false gods (money, ego, fear) and a million distractions (Internet, television, media, sex, shopping, sports) lull you back to sleep? There is far more to life than a quietly numb, waiting to die.
Eros, the magnetic force of gravitation and allurement, holds the key to discovery and transformation, inviting us into the vital somatic resource of the bodymind as a sensual place of pleasure, power, imagination and connection to the Larger Story.
