2. Tara is Creative Wisdom

Noble Lady Tara Loter Yangchenma

melodious liberator, source of wisdom

 I prostrate to she whose face is made

Of one hundred full autumn moons

And blazes with the dazzling light

Of a thousand constellations.

This verse praises Tara as a symbol of beauty, art, and music, using poetic images of moons and stars. The light shining from Tara emanates in all directions, obliterating all ignorance, and gathers knowledge and wisdom that can benefit all beings.

The opportunity with this meditation is to allow that light to fill every part of our bodies, so that we are immersed in wisdom, love, and compassion. We become beings of light. 

I had many opportunities this week to allow myself to bathe in the white light of compassion. I learned powerfully, and deeply, that no matter what situation I am in, I have the power to choose how to respond. By breathing into my heart, visualizing white light surrounding me, and tuning into the vibration of compassion, I was able to remain calm, centered, grounded, and in a loving space through even the most trying and challenging of moments. 

I called upon music to help me open the door to my heart and to love - humming, chanting, or even sometimes silently singing in my head. I found, as I have many times before, that music is a direct channel to the sacred for me. A favorite chant of mine, which I sang often this week (when I sang love, I thought about compassion):

love prepare me 

to be a sanctuary

pure and holy

tried and true

with thanksgiving

i'll be a living

sanctuary

for you

I thought about wisdom a lot this week. I have made choices in the past (and even in the last week) that were foolish, not well thought-out, and may potentially have caused others harm, even though that was never my intention. As I meditate on compassion daily, and especially this week as I thought about operating from a place that takes into account the big picture of all beings, I have learned to deepen my internal knowing, to refine my decision making process, and to more deeply live from a place of constant, unconditional love, acceptance, and compassion for everyone - always.

As I stood with in solidarity with women around the globe on V-day, as part of One Billion Rising, I meditated on Tara's essence of replacing ignorance with wisdom, and I emanated white light to all of those who are not yet on board with ending violence against women. I held the light of compassion for all who perpetuate violence against women, and I sent love and held the intention of things shifting, so that all human beings will be treated with kindness, respect, compassion and love. 

I was reminded that every quality I admire and aspire to in Tara already exists inside of me, and I need only to remember to call upon it, to summon it, and to know that it's available in every moment, if I so choose it.