Poetic PEACE Pilgrimage – Day 244 – August 17, 2014

Posted on August 17, 2014 by Jo Beall

May I Be a Guard

May I be a guard for those who need protection

A guide for those on the path

A boat, a raft, a bridge for those who wish to cross the flood

May I be a lamp in the darkness

A resting place for the weary

A healing medicine for all who are sick

A vase of plenty, a tree of miracles

And for the boundless multitudes of living beings

May I bring sustenance and awakening

Enduring like the earth and sky

Until all beings are freed from sorrow

And all are awakened.

~Prayed every morning by His Holiness the Dalai Lama

Poetic PEACE Pilgrimage – Day 243 – August 16, 2014

Posted on August 16, 2014 by Jo Beall

today as i dance with Rumi’s question about taking the long journey into self, i re-member that on an instinctive level i’ve been traversing the long journey for a long time and now, in this moment, i partner that dance step with a more conscious slow waltzing into innermost being, the calm center, stillness, the peace that passeth all understanding and stands still no matter what turbulence rages in the outer world, knowing that all is well, i am held, i am supported… dancing in this center, mine is only to witness as everything falls away leaving only oneness…

Poetic PEACE Pilgrimage – Day 242 – August 15, 2014

Posted on August 15, 2014 by Jo Beall

Sorrow has played a major chord on the dance this week with so many untimely deaths and conflicts covering the globe… And then i re-member on the pilgrimage back from Mt Rainier coming home by way of Mt St Helen’s and seeing the side that blew and this Spirit Lake which was right in the path of the lava flows and so violently ravaged that her coming back to life was in question but as you can see, sorrow has paved the way for joy as she is so beautifully and miraculously restored… May we all witness the transforming of sorrow into joy…

Poetic PEACE Pilgrimage – Day 241 – August 14, 2014

Posted on August 15, 2014 by Jo Beall

today, i re-member and re-member and re-member that we are light and stand still like a lighthouse in the flow of ocean tides trusting in the beacon of light i am/we are always shining within to illumine the pilgrimage path…

Poetic PEACE Pilgrimage – Day 240 – August 13, 2014

Posted on August 14, 2014 by Jo Beall

the day is spent in packing, readying for a move into the unknown while the night is a celebration of the annual O-Bon Festival sending the spirits back home with dancing, prayers and candle lights to illumine the path… farewell…

Poetic PEACE Pilgrimage – Day 239 – August 12, 2014

Posted on August 12, 2014 by Jo Beall

i knew something profoundly sad had happened before i heard the news of Robin Williams’ death, my body/our body connected with the overwhelming pain hours before the reporting… Robin is such an everyperson for we are all over the top in our joi de vivre evry now and again and at our best, honest and vulnerable about our warts, fully human. Robin so generously shared love, laughter and courage, the heart to face challenges. My heart grieves for the unbearable pain he and so many others feel and my heart smiles with his generous spirit and the way he came right in and made himself at home and opened doors we didn’t even know were closed.

Love that your twinkle will brighten the skies…

Poetic PEACE Pilgrimage – Day 238 – August 11, 2014

Posted on August 11, 2014 by Jo Beall

On this the hottest day of the pilgrimage, i feel fall’s approach and it’s not for the first time with skies darkening so much earlier in the evening and lightening later in the morning… Awaken in awe to hear of the spiders spinning webs with the falling stars, yes, the spirits are coming back as whispering winds… Welcome!

Poetic PEACE Pilgrimage – Day 237 – August 10, 2014

Posted on August 10, 2014 by Jo Beall

breathing infinite love deeply through our one heart, i am so thankful for the beloved coming into my life and turning it around in the form of this beautiful mountain… your spirit breathes me, dances me, blesses me in every moment… re-membering you, i re-member myself… feeling your vastness connects me to my vastness… inspiring you, i am inspired to join you in reaching for the stars, embracing the clouds and being a presence of peace, a sanctuary for spirit dwelling… thank you, thank you, thank you…

Poetic PEACE Pilgrimage – Day 236 – August 9, 2014

Posted on August 10, 2014 by Jo Beall

did you see the full moon light the night sky?

feel grandmother close enough to touch?

hear the cosmic cricket hum?

whispering…

Poetic PEACE Pilgrimage – Day 235 – August 8, 2014

Posted on August 8, 2014 by Jo Beall

after going through the gate and down, down, down the steps, i arrive in a secret garden where the river beloved flows along a mysterious underground channel… like the water, like wisdom, i’m moving on a path untrodden… i’m being water today guided by a frequency of universal knowing that all is well and all will be well…

Abundance Created Together (ACT)

This is the miracle that happens every time to those who really love; the more they give, the more they possess. – Rainer Maria Rilke –