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Poetic Peace Pilgrimage – Year 10 – Day 228 – 8/1/2023

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are you seeing the corn moon light the night sky?

feel grandmother close enough to touch?

hear the cosmic cricket hum?

taste the winds of change blowing in the wind?

welcome, well come to awegusto august where, yes, we’ll be carrying over the energy of joyvolution july with the feeling of delight in and injoyment of the awe inspired by great mystery; in celebration and honor of today being both the super full moon in aquarius and the cross quarter day (halfway between soulstice and equinox) known in the northern hemisphere as lunar lammas and in the southern as lunar imbolc..

whispering: now is the moment to go beyond the protective self, the comfort zone and explore new ideas and revolutionary interbeing with the support of the fixed air sign of the aquarian, the electricity bearer, full moon of the first harvest blessing all children of the earth with the energy to create paradigms of new possibilities for the great turning with our one heart attuning us to our soulful destiny and blessing us as we live the quest ion of how we are to serve spirit… blessed bee…

under this powerful full moon, may we celebrate the feasting and grace that the source of all life provides to sustain all cosmic hearts and hands…

may we appreciate the great gift the cosmos bestows on us during lammas – the union of Venus and Mars and a new energy of relationship emerges flowing through the divine feminine and birthing a wise feminine energy so needed in this moment…

may the wisdom of the divine feminine re-awaken original blessing reality – revealing we are the ones we’ve been waiting for to mutate into/back to original sacred instructions, the mystical law that we are one and we can trust in the power of the sacred self, the soul to transform… blessed bee!

inspired by the astonishing light of our being, let’s take this moment, this wild and precious moment to leap with faith into the mystical world beyond the five senses and reason and conditional love and judgement into the tiny space of the heart, vast spaciousness of the all that is as we read the sacred words of the thanksgiving address… deep bows, co-hearts…

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Haudenosaunee Thanksgiving Address

 Greetings to the Natural World

The People

Today we have gathered and we see that the cycles of life continue. We have been given the duty to live in balance and harmony with each other and all living things. So now, we bring our minds together as one as we give greetings and thanks to each other as people.

Now our minds are one.

The Earth Mother

We are all thankful to our Mother, the Earth, for she gives us all that we need for life. She supports our feet as we walk about upon her. It gives us joy that she continues to care for us as she has from the beginning of time. To our mother, we send greetings and thanks.

Now our minds are one.

The Waters

We give thanks to all the waters of the world for quenching our thirst and providing us with strength. Water is life. We know its power in many forms- waterfalls and rain, mists and streams, rivers and oceans. With one mind, we send greetings and thanks to the spirit of Water.

Now our minds are one.

The Fish

We turn our minds to the all the Fish life in the water. They were instructed to cleanse and purify the water. They also give themselves to us as food. We are grateful that we can still find pure water. So, we turn now to the Fish and send our greetings and thanks.

Now our minds are one.

The Plants

Now we turn toward the vast fields of Plant life. As far as the eye can see, the Plants grow, working many wonders. They sustain many life forms. With our minds gathered together, we give thanks and look forward to seeing Plant life for many generations to come.

Now our minds are one.

The Food Plants

With one mind, we turn to honor and thank all the Food Plants we harvest from the garden. Since the beginning of time, the grains, vegetables, beans and berries have helped the people survive. Many other living things draw strength from them too. We gather all the Plant Foods together as one and send them a greeting of thanks.

Now our minds are one.

The Medicine Herbs

Now we turn to all the Medicine herbs of the world. From the beginning they were instructed to take away sickness. They are always waiting and ready to heal us. We are happy there are still among us those special few who remember how to use these plants for healing. With one mind, we send greetings and thanks to the Medicines and to the keepers of the Medicines. Now our minds are one.

The Animals

We gather our minds together to send greetings and thanks to all the Animal life in the world. They have many things to teach us as people. We are honored by them when they give up their lives so we may use their bodies as food for our people. We see them near our homes and in the deep forests. We are glad they are still here and we hope that it will always be so.

 Now our minds are one

The Trees

We now turn our thoughts to the Trees. The Earth has many families of Trees who have their own instructions and uses. Some provide us with shelter and shade, others with fruit, beauty and other useful things. Many people of the world use a Tree as a symbol of peace and strength. With one mind, we greet and thank the Tree life.

Now our minds are one.

The Birds

We put our minds together as one and thank all the Birds who move and fly about over our heads. The Creator gave them beautiful songs. Each day they remind us to enjoy and appreciate life. The Eagle was chosen to be their leader. To all the Birds-from the smallest to the largest-we send our joyful greetings and thanks.

Now our minds are one.

 The Four Winds

We are all thankful to the powers we know as the Four Winds. We hear their voices in the moving air as they refresh us and purify the air we breathe. They help us to bring the change of seasons. From the four directions they come, bringing us messages and giving us strength. With one mind, we send our greetings and thanks to the Four Winds.

Now our minds are one.

 The Thunderers

Now we turn to the west where our grandfathers, the Thunder Beings, live. With lightning and thundering voices, they bring with them the water that renews life. We are thankful that they keep those evil things made by Okwiseres underground. We bring our minds together as one to send greetings and thanks to our Grandfathers, the Thunderers.

Now our minds are one.

 The Sun

We now send greetings and thanks to our eldest Brother, the Sun. Each day without fail he travels the sky from east to west, bringing the light of a new day. He is the source of all the fires of life. With one mind, we send greetings and thanks to our Brother, the Sun.

Now our minds are one.

 Grandmother Moon

We put our minds together to give thanks to our oldest Grandmother, the Moon, who lights the night-time sky. She is the leader of woman all over the world, and she governs the movement of the ocean tides. By her changing face we measure time, and it is the Moon who watches over the arrival of children here on Earth. With one mind, we send greetings and thanks to our Grandmother, the Moon.

 Now our minds are one.

The Stars

We give thanks to the Stars who are spread across the sky like jewelry. We see them in the night, helping the Moon to light the darkness and bringing dew to the gardens and growing things. When we travel at night, they guide us home. With our minds gathered together as one, we send greetings and thanks to the Stars.

Now our minds are one.

The Enlightened Teachers

We gather our minds to greet and thank the enlightened Teachers who have come to help throughout the ages. When we forget how to live in harmony, they remind us of the way we were instructed to live as people. With one mind, we send greetings and thanks to these caring teachers.

 Now our minds are one.

The Creator

Now we turn our thoughts to the Creator, or Great Spirit, and send greetings and thanks for all the gifts of Creation. Everything we need to live a good life is here on this Mother Earth. For all the love that is still around us, we gather our minds together as one and send our choicest words of greetings and thanks to the Creator.

 Now our minds are one.

Closing Words

We have now arrived at the place where we end our words. Of all the things we have named, it was not our intention to leave anything out. If something was forgotten, we leave it to each individual to send such greetings and thanks in their own way.

Now our minds are one.

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Poetic Peace Pilgrimage – Year 10 – Day 227 – 7/31/2023

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“This is the true joy in life, being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one. Being a force of nature instead of a feverish, selfish little clod of ailments and grievances, complaining that the world will not devote itself to making you happy. I am of the opinion that my life belongs to the whole community and as long as I live, it is my privilege to do for it what I can. I want to be thoroughly used up when I die, for the harder I work, the more I live. I rejoice in life for its own sake. Life is no brief candle to me. It is a sort of splendid torch which I have got hold of for the moment and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handing it on to future generations.”

~ George Bernard Shaw ~

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welcome, well come to this joyous day of blessing the space between us on this closing day of joyvolution july, a day that is the eve of the full moon of revolution and is another day of celebrating the astonishing light of our interbeing in this moonth of being rebellious and feeling the joy even as we stand on the precipice watching so many things collapsing… for the last eleven days i’ve been on re-treat in the sweat lodge celebrating re-creation and profoundly plunging into the waters of life to listen, listen, listen to mama gaia and papa cosm and all our relatives’ heartsongs of blessing and lament, the soul songs that are our connective tissue reminding us, re-membering us that we are one, one family belonging to each other… on this eleventh day of retreat, on this last da of july, re-membering it’s the day an ancestor, a joy revolutionary, my father died and still being joy in the morning, joy in the kindness of friends, joy in seeing the beauty of the moment, the beauty of every moment… thank you for the gift of flowing energy to meet this moment with courage and compassion real-eye-sing we are beloved community knitted together in an ever expanding tapestry delicately woven with a thousand thousand fold threads of luminous light dancing in the quantum field out beyond and deep within…

in this field of love may we walk
all day long may we walk
through the turnings may
we walk
on the trail of pollen
may we walk
with love in our one heart may we walk
with  love before us may we walk
with love behind us may we walk
with love above us may we walk
with love all around us may we
walk
wandering on a trail of
love, may we walk
beginning in love
deepening in love

always being and becoming love…

in this moment of pregnant pause, i see us standing still and simultaneously moving at the speed of light on a high dune dedicated to free flight and deep dives into blessing this belonging space we share… on the brink of a new world, this spaciousness is where we real-eyes once again the ancient knowing of there is no separation… this stillpoint at the center of our circle, the hub of the wheel where all that is, is still, where everything is oh so real, where the peace that passeth all understanding is palpable calling us into deep silence…. listen, listen to the cosmic hum… listen, listen to our heartbeat’s drum… listen, listen for the sound of the bell syncing our breathing to the mantra of all is well… deep peace of the running wave to you, deep peace, deep peace, deep peace…

may we all awaken to the beauty we are… one cosmos, one web, one tribe, one family, one interbeing, one ocean, one love, one…

thousand fold thanks for sharing this journey along the buen camino, the rainbow trail, for coming home to our one heart flowing in rhythm with great mystery, dancing and re-joy-sing in harmony and shining the light of divine love so brightly…

Poetic Peace Pilgrimage – Year 10 – Day 226 – 7/30/2023

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“Your deepest presence is in every small contracting and expanding,
the two as beautifully balanced and coordinated
as birdwings.”

~ Rumi ~

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in this sacred moment of eternity on the eve of the eve of the full moon of revelation, i share this image representing the image that i am immersed in, that of the prophecy of the condor and eagle foretelling the revelation that we will return to a time of peace and harmony when these great birds of spirit fly together in balance rather than oppression and so here they are flying together painting peace across the vast rainbow skysea…

this prophecy speaks of a potential, it’s up to us to shift in consciousness which coincides with the transition of the great turning and the era of Pisces into Aquarius… we, the people living on the Earth right now, are the stewards of this transition – are we going to bring forth the potential towards harmony and balance, will we let our minds be in service to and fly with our hearts? every intention encompassing the timeless wisdom of the heart as our compass is a pulse in the web of life igniting others towards the same impulse of co-creating the 8th Fire, a new/ancient culture of spiritual transformation re-membering we are the children of the sun that never rises and never sets…

Poetic Peace Pilgrimage – Year 10 – Day 225 – 7/29/2023

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honoring John Lewis on the belated third year anniversary (7/17/20) of his death with his timeless words encouraging us that we can redeem the soul of our nation:

“While my time here has now come to an end, I want you to know that in the last days and hours of my life you inspired me. You filled me with hope about the next chapter of the great American story when you used your power to make a difference in our society. Millions of people motivated simply by human compassion laid down the burdens of division. Around the country and the world you set aside race, class, age, language and nationality to demand respect for human dignity.

That is why I had to visit Black Lives Matter Plaza in Washington, though I was admitted to the hospital the following day. I just had to see and feel it for myself that, after many years of silent witness, the truth is still marching on.

Emmett Till was my George Floyd. He was my Rayshard Brooks, Sandra Bland and Breonna Taylor. He was 14 when he was killed, and I was only 15 years old at the time. I will never ever forget the moment when it became so clear that he could easily have been me. In those days, fear constrained us like an imaginary prison, and troubling thoughts of potential brutality committed for no understandable reason were the bars.

…Like so many young people today, I was searching for a way out, or some might say a way in, and then I heard the voice of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on an old radio. He was talking about the philosophy and discipline of nonviolence. He said we are all complicit when we tolerate injustice. He said it is not enough to say it will get better by and by. He said each of us has a moral obligation to stand up, speak up and speak out. When you see something that is not right, you must say something. You must do something. Democracy is not a state. It is an act, and each generation must do its part to help build what we called the Beloved Community, a nation and world society at peace with itself.

Ordinary people with extraordinary vision can redeem the soul of America by getting in what I call good trouble, necessary trouble. Voting and participating in the democratic process are key. The vote is the most powerful nonviolent change agent you have in a democratic society. You must use it because it is not guaranteed. You can lose it.

You must also study and learn the lessons of history because humanity has been involved in this soul-wrenching, existential struggle for a very long time. People on every continent have stood in your shoes, through decades and centuries before you. The truth does not change, and that is why the answers worked out long ago can help you find solutions to the challenges of our time. Continue to build union between movements stretching across the globe because we must put away our willingness to profit from the exploitation of others.

Though I may not be here with you, I urge you to answer the highest calling of your heart and stand up for what you truly believe. In my life I have done all I can to demonstrate that the way of peace, the way of love and nonviolence is the more excellent way. Now it is your turn to let freedom ring.

When historians pick up their pens to write the story of the 21st century, let them say that it was your generation who laid down the heavy burdens of hate at last and that peace finally triumphed over violence, aggression and war. So I say to you, walk with the wind, brothers and sisters, and let the spirit of peace and the power of everlasting love be your guide.”

Poetic Peace Pilgrimage – Year 10 – Day 224 – 7/28/2023

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“Thus shall ye think of this fleeting world: A star at dawn, a bubble in a stream; A flash of lightning in a summer cloud; A flickering lamp, a phantom, and a dream.“
~Diamond Sutra~

a day of returning home a day of rest which just what “the doctor” ordered and more importantly, what the soul ordered… a day of turbulence just what the doctor ordered and more importantly, what the soul ordered? really? i have to ride wild waves filled with stinging jellyfish? yes, this too, this experience calling me deeper and deeper into the breath, into empty presence, the spaciousness of openheartedness… like the ocean, all is moving and transforming from wave to wave, breath to breath… like the moon, we cycle again and again through phases, always changing from moment to moment…

diving deeper and deeper into the wondering, we enter the stillpoint trusting the center will hold even in a world that presently so belies that trust…. so very critical to breathe into the center and surrender to great mother who cradles us like a newborn while we rock gently back and forth feeling the support of the ocean of love, home to grandmother who loves us so…

ah, i’m smiling at and with this world that is always turning, this world where the constant is change, always love remains… love is all there is…

aho!

Poetic Peace Pilgrimage – Year 10 – Day 223 – 7/27/2023

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the message for today comes from grandmother spider of we must each pick up our thread and very intentionally weave a more beautiful tapestry than the fraying, tattered one we have lived under for so many thousands of moons… that tapestry of imbalance, power over, exploitation, injustice, death and destruction of the living earth system we are…

in this critical moment of transition, the great turning of the ages, earthmother is signaling us in ever intense and frequent ways that we must change our ways or there will be hard consequences for the human species which impact so many other species…

a critical moment in addition to being a dangerous moment is also an opportune moment and if i understand the overarching message of whole systems, the open space of such a moment when everything is breaking down and unstable affords small actions the opportunity to have a much greater impact…

the mission of our time is to intentionally navigate this uncertain journey embracing a paradigm of being whole systems beings real-eye-sing how interconnected and interdependent we are and who we truly are as human whole systems beings – people of cooperation and caring and sharing who derive the greatest fulfillment from serving all relatives in life-giving ways…

it is not an easy mission and it is one we are made for… let us take full advantage of this time of sheltering in, of transmuting in the chrysalis to die to the consumptive, competitive, exploitative way of the caterpillar and be the transfigured imaginal cell known as a butterfly here to create and maintain beauty….

Poetic Peace Pilgrimage – Year 10 – Day 222 – 7/26/2023

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“…And this was my true task, to be the
music of the body.  Do you understand? for truly the body needs
a song, a spirit, a soul.  And no less, to make this work,
the soul has need of a body,
and I am both of the earth and I am of the inexplicable
beauty of heaven
where I fly so easily, so welcome, yes,
and this is why I have been sent, to teach this to your heart.”
~ Mary Oliver ~

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welcome, well come to the first day of a new turn around the sun, a beautiful moment of eternity and re-treat to celebrate the astonishing light of interbeing… as such an auspicious and momentous day calls for (it’s day 222 on turn ’round the sun year 10 vibrating at the frequency of 7), i luxuriate in every sacred breath as i contemplate the re-creation of the cosms…

  woo hoo! yes, it is the moment to get our joyfull on and shine the inner light of divine love brilliantly for on this first day of the thirteen moon new year, there is the opening of a grand portal… this gateway peaks on the 8/8 Lions Gate portal… during these moments, the creation of a new paradigm of consciousness streams into the cosmos…

re-member, every act of shining the inner light of divine love now raises the voltage of unitive consciousness throughout the universal field of pure possibility, so, yes, let’s get to dancing with the breeze and swaying with the trees, smiling at a stranger and hugging a forest ranger, gazing at the sun and seeing rainbows everywhere as we breathe in the golden light of the beloved and breathe out any resistance to the light and as we breathe in the golden light again, witness it being a golden sea of love energy encompassing all creation in a boundless ocean of devotion/devocean…

in the dreamweave where i begin this re-creation manifestival day calling in the spirits around the ceremonial fire within all relatives, i listen for the ancestors reminding me that we are one interconnected web of life here to create beauty, live in harmony with all life, being peace with every breath and that the peacemaker’s mission, as the many accounts of an ancient legend make clear, is to reestablish the natural equilibrium on which the well being of individuals, cultures, and the whole of creation depends… being redemptive shamanic practitioners, wounded healers creates health/wholeness which means peace…

may our one cosmic heart listen deeply and hear the soul song, the cosmic hum vibrational wave rising and deepening in us all as we real-eyes our flowing soul song…

Poetic Peace Pilgrimage – Year 10 – Day 221 – 7/25/2023

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“My work has harvested souls, a great achievement for humankind, for all of us who believe that things in the world can be better, if we attempt at every moment to do things well: to show respect, to value what has little value today, to feel proud of our identity, to defend our traditions, to defend our traditional medicine, to love and respect our elders and listen to them with great attention, to teach children to live with respect, peace, and love. The mission of all human beings who achieve consciousness is to take care of themselves and Mother Earth.”

~ Julieta Casimiro Estrada~

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according to the galactic calendar, today, july 25 is the day out of time, the day before we start a new year, a day vibrating at the frequency of universal love… it’s also the day five years ago that i heard of the death of Abuela (Grandmother) Julieta who actually passed over on july 23, the day of Ajpu, which is the energy of the guardian… at the moment of eternity of her closing her eyes for the last time, it was when the energy of the day was at its highest, midday…

i love celebrating this day of timelessness, the wisdom of the grandmothers and the astonishing light of our interbeing together, so i re-treat this day within a circle of abuelas, guardians and co creators of the dreamweave… i carry a prayer of Grandmother Julieta, Guardian of the Light, a Curandera of the world dedicating her whole life to prayer and invite you to re-wild with me as her prayer sings through you as well…

“All of us here want the same thing. We want to walk in peace, and we want no more war. We don’t need war. All the suffering and pain that is going on in the world, especially of little children and elders, really hurts me inside. Our Mother Earth is hurting. They are destroying our Mother Earth. They are destroying our Mother. They need to have respect for Her. We need to walk with respect, especially during these times we are living in now.  I pray hard all this time for this to change.”

love and light, for this we pray… please add in your intentions for our cosm… the things you love, the things that break your heart wide open, those things the still small voice whispers for us to be… in balance, service, joy, respect, harmony, peace and openhearted presence…

Poetic Peace Pilgrimage – Year 10 – Day 220 – 7/24/2023

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well come to another day of celebrating, imagining, being a cosmos of peace and harmony in this sacred moment of eternity, another wild and precious moment to acknowledge the astonishing light of our being, a light shining so brightly in the core of our being, a light that has been shining since the beginning of beginningless time, a light calling us to listen, listen, listen to the soulsong singing our one body to come home to the heart, to the present moment, the only moment… this moment is the moment of eternity where a new and more expanded picture of reality emerges with revelations to weave and dots to connect on the the spirit path, the beautyway we all are walking each other home…

so many shoulders, roots, mycelial networks supporting us, such a boundless circle, a communion, a common union, our one body perfectly created for these times… what follows is one of the thousand thousand fold expressions of this living truth, the cosmic wisdom of the astonishing light of our interbeing that i have shared before and this moment of initiation, of re-creation and return, calls out for this healing balm…

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We Are the Ones We’ve Been Waiting For

“You have been telling people that this is the Eleventh Hour, now you must go back and tell the people that this is the Hour. And there are things to be considered…

Where are you living?
What are you doing?
What are your relationships?
Are you in right relation?
Where is your water?

Know your garden.
It is time to speak your truth.
Create your community.
Be good to each other.
And do not look outside yourself for your leader.

Then he clasped his hands together, smiled, and said, “This could be a good time! There is a river flowing now very fast. It is so great and swift that there are those who will be afraid. They will try to hold on to the shore. They will feel they are being torn apart and will suffer greatly. Know the river has its destination. The elders say we must let go of the shore, push off into the middle of the river, keep our eyes open, and our heads above the water.

And I say, see who is in there with you and celebrate. At this time in history, we are to take nothing personally, least of all ourselves. For the moment that we do, our spiritual growth and journey come to a halt.

The time of the lone wolf is over. Gather yourselves! Banish the word ’struggle’ from your attitude and your vocabulary. All that we do now must be done in a sacred manner and in celebration.

We are the ones we’ve been waiting for.”

~ Hopi Elders’ Prophecy, June 8, 2000 ~

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let us rise and descend simultaneously into the call for life, liberty and justice for all in our every thought, word and deed with every breath and step… and so it is… blessed being the astonishing light we are…

let’s close this sacred space of ceremony with a blessing into the sacred fire within, the inner light of great spirit residing in all our relatives…

may this day be blessed with gifts, lessons, understanding and friends… may our energy be a gift to all we meet… let us be centered, healing and open facing the day with courage, kindness, insight and compassion… may we honor this day…

Poetic Peace Pilgrimage – Year 10 – Day 219 – 7/23/2023

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welcome to this sacred moment of the astonishing light of our true being on this 23rd day of the turn around the sun ending in 23… perhaps you, too, are feeling the acceleration of the great turning within your being as we bear witness to the great turning in the outer world as well… i re-member a lucid dream seven years ago right at this moment, a dream of a tidal wave extending from the ocean floor to the vast sky, a wave commanding rapt attention and intention… in the ensuing turns around the sun, i have devoted the soul energy flowing through me to gathering the quintessence, the essence of love…

join me now in the field out beyond and deep below with a soft gaze bringing attention and intention to the real-eyes saying… I am not these eyes and what they see, I am the soul of loving awareness quintessentially…

settle into spacious awareness saying… I am not these ears and what they hear, I am the soul of loving awareness quintessentially…

breathing in and out and simply being saying… I am not this mouth and what it tastes, I am the soul of loving awareness quintessentially… I am not these hands and what they touch, I am the soul of loving awareness quintessentially… I am not this nose and what it smells, I am the soul of loving awareness quintessentially…

now noticing thoughts and memories arising saying… I am not these thoughts, I am the soul of loving awareness quintessentially… I am not these memories, I am the soul of loving awareness quintessentially…

now seeing the whole body and feeling the body from within the body saying… I am not this body, I am the soul of loving awareness quintessentially…

breathing in feeling simply loving awareness… breathing out letting go of everything except resting in the soul of loving awareness quintessentially…

may we all be nourished by these words and awakened to serve for the benefit of all as we dwell in this moment re-membering who we really are – cosmological interbeings of the ever flowing riosoma, the river body below the river one with all that is…

blissed bee!