I am often reminded of the power of a passionate idea. There is a saying by Goethe, "Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it! Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it." Or as I recently read somewhere scribbled on a wall, " ...in passion there are no boundaries."
A few nights ago I sat with a fellow yogi and watched a little documentary about the short and potent life of Swami Rudrananda (affectionatly known by his followers in 1960's New York, simply as 'Rudi'). We sat listening to Rudi. To feel the brightness and the clarity that comes from his consuming fire was quite awesome. How fascinating to feel the power of passion and clarity transmitted. We both sat for an hour afterwards digesting the teaching.
What support is there for our passionate ideas? Full support. In the presence of following our highest ideas, there is complete support. How do we access this unlimited energy? By opening up and taking it. By simply surrendering to all and thus reducing the false barriers we erect between ourselves and our environment. The divine exists to feed us. When we reject or become selective, when we try to take only a bit of this and maybe a little of that,.. but not this part and not that part.. or when we say, "some now but not all". then we limit what is there for us to access. In fact we are not in service to the Divine, the Divine is in service to us. And we in turn serve others.
We have unlimited potential when passion is met with acceptance and surrender. As Rudi said, when we fail to see this "we are like people floating in the ocean crying because we miss the water".
