Flowers open every night
across the sky as the peace
of keeping a vigil
kindles the emptiness.

~ Rumi ~

for the last four years, this day has been one of  embarking on a deep dive into the watery realms and this year is no exception and it even came in with quite a lucid dream… i’m on a plane flying at high altitude with my soul daughter on one side and my peace partner on the other… we are journeying to the big island and all is well… the pilot comes on after we hear the familiar ding to fasten our seatbelts saying that we are going down… in that instant, the plane nosedives and we are plunging into a watery grave and the most grounded peace flows into every cell of my body/our one body as i reach out my hands to my co-hearts in this moment of surrender to what is and in that very instant, the plane is lifted and we glide into a smooth landing into paradise…

this year’s journey is about hearing the sounds and sorrows of the world and offering our voices for peace, this 24-hour chanting vigil is a celebration of our spiritual aspirations to see the divine in every person and to live awakened love… this interfaith event is led by a different spiritual tradition every hour… we form community as we join our voices together…. chanting is spiritually potent medicine aligning heart and mind, connecting us to spirit and radiating prayers and blessings into the world…

thank you for joining in wherever you are, whenever you can in this caravan of re-joy-sing…