and, i love friday the 13th… seems a perfect day on the eve of Valentine’s to dance our bones, to bare ourselves, to embrace our vulnerability, scars, wounds and YES! to celebrate ourselves, warts and all… so, let’s…
dance, dance, wherever we may be
we are the soul of the dance said she
and we’ll celebrate wherever we may be
as we joyfully dance great mystery
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wonder in every moment, wonder everywhere
clouds painting the skies, waves dancing with moon
caterpillars inching through grass, roses’ sweet intoxication
seventy billion cells cooperating as one, a smile, laughter, gazing into sun
a once wild cat purring in your lap, sloppy dog kisses at the end of a long day
our one heart pulsing with the cosmic hum, soaring ever deeper into the central sun
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thank you dear ones for being there
thank you for your loving care
thank you for seeing me
back home to luminescent reality
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we are one heart
overflowing with love
inextricably connected
to the stars above
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whose light is reflected by the grandmothers below
guiding us through the ebb and the flow
around the bend to the river below
river of light, of rainbow glow
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Holy Synchronicity! Day 56 of the pilgrimage begins in high spirits, intoxicated on love and Gene Key 56, my life’s work, is the essence of love’s intoxication. It appears that i’m still under the influence spelling Rumi as Rum and dancing through the streets with children of all ages being lovingkindness as we tune into the cosmic hum calling all of us to rise up singing…
Let us radiate lovingkindness in this moment…
Begin with yourself. Calm the mind/heart and find the center of your being. Generate warm, gentle, loving feelings for yourself:
May I be safe from harm.
May I be happy just as I am.
May I be peaceful with whatever is happening.
May I be healthy and strong.
May I care for myself in this ever-changing world graciously, joyously.
From yourself, move out spaciously into your immediate surroundings. Include every living being within this circle:
May all beings in the air, on land, and in the water be safe, happy, healthy, and free from suffering.
Stay within your reach. As you feel your immediate surround fill with the power of loving kindness, move on, expanding the surround in concentric circles until you envelop the entire planet.
Expand your loving kindness until you are able to visualize Earth, spinning within the vast, mysterious universe. If you like, continue expanding the sense of your loving kindness, filling the endless emptiness of the universe.
May all living beings everywhere, on all planes of existence, known and unknown, be happy, be peaceful, be free from suffering.
may we all move in rhythm with the changing tides
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Holy Synchronicity!
On the seventh day of February Favorites, I AM called to share one of my greatest loves… dolphin dancing… leaping in resonance with beloved community to co-create a world of abunDANCE…
we gather together in mystery
diving deeply into our sparkling sea
realizing this communion is sacred ceremony
purifying the waters so all our relations live in harmony
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To honor the sun sign of Aquarius,let’s listen to this teaching tale about the water bearer…
A water bearer in India had two large pots, which hung on each end of a pole that he carried across his neck.
One of the pots had a crack in it, and while the other pot was perfect and always delivered a full portion of water at the end of the long walk from the stream to the master’s house, the cracked pot arrived only half full.
For two years this went on daily, with the bearer delivering only one and one half pots of water to his master’s house. Of course, the perfect pot was proud of its accomplishments. But the poor, cracked pot was ashamed of its own imperfection and miserable that it was able to accomplish only half of what it had been made to do. After 2 years of what it perceived to be a bitter failure, it spoke to the water bearer one day by the stream.
“I am ashamed of myself, and I want to apologize to you.”
“Why?” asked the bearer. “What are you ashamed of?”
“I have been able, for these past 2 years, to deliver only half my load because this crack in my side causes water to leak out all the way back to your master’s house. Because of my flaws, you have to do all of this work, and you don’t get full value from your efforts,” the pot said.
The water bearer felt sorry for the old cracked pot, and in his compassion he said, “As we return to the master’s house, I want you to notice the beautiful flowers along the path.”
Indeed, as they went up the hill, the old cracked pot took notice of the sun warming the beautiful wildflowers on the side of the path, and this cheered it some. But at the end of the trail, it still felt bad because it had leaked out half its load, and so again the pot apologized to the bearer for its failure.
The bearer said to the pot, “Did you notice that there were flowers only on your side of the path, but not on the other pot’s side? That’s because I have always known about your flaw, and I took advantage of it. I planted flower seeds on your side of the path, and every day while we walk back from the stream, you’ve watered them. For two years I have been able to pick these beautiful flowers to decorate my master’s table. Without you being just the way you are, he would not have this beauty to grace his house.”
may we all be compassionate with all that is realizing we are all beautiful cracked pots…
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surrendering to love,
moving into the center of the sea…
one with the tides of life
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i’ll meet you there
in a field of heart consciousness
to create a world of love
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love sharing this journey, this pilgrimage of the heart with you…