Deep Within

     The heart of life (Corazon de Vida Foundation), was the name of the orphanage we went to. The children are truly the heart of life. Imagine, if we were to go through the innocence of the heart every time were about to embark on a new journey. For if the heart is pure, then the mind will also be pure. If the mind is pure then the actions will also be pure. This is the essence to which we are all trying to go back to; the essence of purity. Purity or innocence does not mean ignorance. Purity and innocence simply mean that you are living from the highest form of who you are. You except that who you are is coming from the Source; The Divine Source.

     Going to the orphanage was a real life experience. As I sat out and watched the children interact the feeling I got was these children have so much potential. How could they go through so much at such a young age. The younger children were happy. Their eyes reacted as if nothing else mattered in that moment, but your interaction with them. The older children, you can tell that life had taken a toll on them but that they would decide to stand and live any way.

I wondered to myself how a parent can say I’m leaving this child behind! Either way, you can tell when looking into these children’s eyes, they were attached to no thing. They were simply grateful! They were grateful for the pizza they were about to receive, they were grateful for the games they were about to play, they were grateful for the hugs they were going to receive. They were simply grateful for life as they knew it. It was as if they were saying “don’t feel bad for me, I’m going to be OK, but thanks for coming!”

     The interactions between the volunteers and the orphans were breath taking. You can tell that the people really enjoyed being with the children and that all that was important at that time was the children. The children I noticed took particular attention to volunteers who were naturally loving. The volunteers that sat around the children were passive around but the volunteers that picked up the children, played with children and laughed with the children were the ones that the children choose to bond with. There was one particular woman who was volunteering and came into the nursery. The moment she got in there a boy who was feeling sick took notice of her and sat on her lap. When she tried to put him down, he would cry; she then would rush to pick him up and continue to rub his back. I watched her interaction with him for some time and realized that their bond was far deeper than one can see with their physical eye. The boy soon felt better, and went off to play but that bond that was built was an incredible one; this bond I’m sure would last for eternity.

     After leaving the orphanage I began to re-evaluate the things that were important to me. I thought about the bonds that we make and how those bonds can last for an eternity. As I thought about my own interaction with people I realized how important it is to remind them that their present situation, or misfortune does not define who they are. In essence these were children who are ready and willing to be loved, caressed and cared for.

     At the end of the day you realize that although materialism is needed for the everyday function of life. What these children have, some millionaires will never have and that is pure love. Love that sees past color, race, creed, weight or height! Love that is able to seep through any wall. This is love, to be unstained by this world, while understanding the importance of emanation of love.

     The concept of the heart of life is to remember the presence deep within while honoring this presence and allowing this presence to encompass the entire human that you are, so that you might become full. To be full of the presence of life, means that you become fully human. You become the embodiment of Christ, the nature of love in the physical body!

We must therefore strive to be who naturally are!

Within love,

Herlay Maitre