Destination Rest: The Source at GOCA

Curated by Ashley Cornelius

Release into the in-between. Let go of the binary and enter into a space of spectrum love, and rich diversity. Touch toe into the darkness that has never been explored. Your existence in this space is proof there is light on the other side.

There is a knowing, ancient and pervasive that you are whole and you are empty. You are the creativity that spawns stars, opens minds and willing hands that turns galaxies. You are the music only silence hears. You are deeply loved and cared for.

There is a celestial resonance, a vibration drummed into our bones, that love is unbreakable. Our humanity is unbreakable.

You are chosen daily, even hourly, and you are easy to love with joy and enthusiasm. You are loved free and openly. You are loved by you largely.

We enter the space of the in-between, where the source never diminishes. Our energy exists, and is something new and old, and reminiscent. In this space, you are open to rest. You will face all that comes with it. You will be present with it. You will hold it dearly.

The legacy of kindness and compassion that you leave in the spaces you occupy is an invisible force that can never be erased, can never be diminished. It fills every corner. It anoints every doorway. It is a beacon and permission slip for others to live the same.

Feel your body float, as you step into this space, this black hole, this warm hole. You know that you are your ancestors' dreams birthed to reality. You are everything they hoped for. You are everything they prayed for. They are smiling at the way you care for yourself. The way you rest. The way you contract and release.

As you navigate through the tendrils, the mycelium of this space, remember you are your own maker. As you discover yourself, you are becoming. It is okay to be scared, though. And yet, amongst the fear, you know the truth, that you are gonna get top surgery, that you are becoming exactly who you have always been.

As we release in-between, as we explore the complicated spaces, we recognize that we are powerful, gentle, fierce forces for good in the universe. We protect and uplift and nurture. We nurture with faith, with every breath, every step, and every word.

When we embrace our softness and gentleness, we trust that our softness will dissolve the hardness of the world. Our collective imagination, our collective dreams, our collective resistance will dissolve the hate, will return land back, will give reparations, will protect each other. As our bodies shift in this new landscape, we know that the world is experiencing radical joy, truth, and loving kindness.

We are a part of all of the beauty and good existing in this plane and the next. The love that we have for ourselves is enough. We will continue to fill up our own cups with abundance so it overflows. Make a new celestial moment with a cornucopia of our joy and rest, may it overflow

and spill unto the world and heal. We do so surrounded by friends, and partners, and communities that provide deep, authentic, and expansive love.

With every breath, we expand that love. With every exhale, we breathe into this life goodness, empathy, rest, and care. You are changing the world with your breath. Though we have not found the end of what lies beyond the black holes we know we will share love and peace as we explore the in-between. In the brave exploration of the energy that continues to form around us we recognize that our existence is proof that there is more.

But this is not the end.

We were made to love, to laugh, to grieve the things we love most. Remembering that living with ease in a crazy world is the power of humanity. To love yourself. To prove that there is more good, more support, more love, in each of us that will never diminish. The deeper we go in the

in-between, the more knowledge we remember– that rest is not lazy, rest is healing. That we are debt free and don't owe anyone anything.

We belong to Gaia, to Mother Earth, to the planets, the stars, the black holes, and the unknown. We are not separate from these divine celestial beings, we are an extension of them. We are enough an we deserve a love that is certain. We deserve love that is unconditional. As we follow this journey, reaching for the end, we know that we are bringing new life and light into the world that will combat the darkness. The break in the worm hole and black hole has been us the whole time. It has been our light reflected back at us. We are the medicine we seek. We are trusting and resilient. We are full of abundance.

We are safe enough to breathe. We are resilient, porous, and soft. It is our collective light that reminds us of the duality that we can survive in darkness. We can experience joy through the pain and we can love in our grief. Those watching from below, the children of our country, well fed and safe, look up to the stars and see our light. Hope for another day. This is how powerful we are.

We have the courage to rest for our future selves. We have the power to speak up for those silenced.

We become accomplices with the celestial bodies and the liberation of our world. Because love is inevitable. Liberation is inevitable. It looks hopeless at times, but we can still beat this. We can still evolve, collectively, we survive the unimaginable, and we do so with our light. And we do so with our dark, with our shadow and with our energy.

We will always save ourselves. We will always stand beside each other. You are not alone in this world. Your energy resonates with everyone else in this room. Release into the in-between. Release the binary into something beautiful, ancient, queer, and powerful.

We are on the other side of that which we do not know. Our light continues to guide us as we become the ancestors. As we honor the brokenness, we honor our whole selves. Release into the in-between where the source never diminishes.