how i love living in the timelessness of the deep blue sea dolphin dancing in true emptiness effortlessly… beautiful moments of listening fill the bowl/chalice/heart/womb with haunting melodies echoing/reverberating throughout the canyonlands of being… in deep silence, music from the ethers flows as gently as water through the reeds… gliding, floating in great mystery…
the time of awakening is now… how i love this new moon of embodied love, this moon calling us deeper and deeper into the vast inner landscape of canyons and cavernous space, our kiva to enter into to die and be reborn, to plant seeds of equanimity and peace, trees of strength to support us in the great turning… thank you, lady luna, moon of grounding for this opportunity to draw down the germinating energy of the dark moon and bathe in her new earthsong…
In Praise of the EarthLet us bless
The imagination of the Earth.
That knew early the patience
To harness the mind of time,
Waited for the seas to warm,
Ready to welcome the emergence
Of things dreaming of voyaging
Among the stillness of land.And how light knew to nurse
The growth until the face of the Earth
Brightened beneath a vision of color.When the ages of ice came
And sealed the Earth inside
An endless coma of cold,
The heart of the Earth held hope,
Storing fragments of memory,
Ready for the return of the sun.Let us thank the Earth
That offers ground for home
And holds our feet firm
To walk in space open
To infinite galaxies.Let us salute the silence
And certainty of mountains:
Their sublime stillness,
Their dream-filled hearts.The wonder of a garden
Trusting the first warmth of spring
Until its black infinity of cells
Becomes charged with dream;
Then the silent, slow nurture
Of the seed’s self, coaxing it
To trust the act of death.The humility of the Earth
That transfigures all
That has fallen
Of outlived growth.The kindness of the Earth,
Opening to receive
Our worn forms
Into the final stillness.Let us ask forgiveness of the Earth
For all our sins against her:
For our violence and poisonings
Of her beauty.Let us remember within us
The ancient clay,
Holding the memory of seasons,
The passion of the wind,
The fluency of water,
The warmth of fire,
The quiver-touch of the sun
And shadowed sureness of the moon.That we may awaken,
To live to the full
The dream of the Earth
Who chose us to emerge
And incarnate its hidden night
In mind, spirit, and light.~ John O’Donohue ~
HAPPY EARTHMOTHERING DAY!every day is earth day so please bear with me as i devote another day to celebrating pachamama, our earth mother, who loves us so… she shared with me many moons ago to deeply rest and after a thirty hour traveling day, i’m taking her at her word and softening into the rhythms of her deep blue sea…Dear Great Hearted One,
This day we honor and celebrate
the women who have given life to us,
the women who give life to ideas,
the women who died giving life,
the women who wanted to have a child,
but didn’t get to,
the women who right now
are tilling their fertile soil for new seed,
the women who choose not to have a child
but have many children,
the women who are in captivity,
the women who are free,
those who were mothered well,
and those who had crazy mamas,
because any mama that did not love you well,
was not well enough,
the women who are struggling
this moment to care for their babies,
and the women who right now
snuggle with little ones under
feather comforters,
for those whose mamas have gone on,
and for those who are mamas to be,
for women who miscarried precious life,
and those who carried many lives,
for single mamas who want their mate,
and for married mamas who want to be seen and heard,
for those who never got to have a mama hold them,
and for those mama’s whose children
will not speak to them.A Blessings for happy mamas and sad mamasand all the ones in between,especially those in need of restand to speak their own voices.To Mama earth and all her childen.
With Gratitude to the Great Mama of all,
and most of all…
for all women who need re-mothering,
we unite in our love for you and your
quest for wholeness, connection, belonging and home.
All women today, we honor.
All life today, we celebrate on Mama Day.
Blessed Mother of life, hear the prayers
of your children this day.
Open our hearts to hear
that which you are speaking to us and through us.~ Shiloh Sophia ~~pachamama, sage of beautyway,shares how to walk wholeheartedly…meet each moment fully, meet it lovingly~
“I wish I could show you when you are lonely or in darkness the astonishing light of your own being.”
~Hafiz ~
for this week’s installment of the astonishing light of being which falls on Mother’s Day, we have a wonderful astonishing light of mothering peace in the person of Julia Ward Howe…
many countries around the world celebrate mother’s day on the second sunday of may; i go back to 1870 when Julia Ward Howe – an abolitionist best remembered as the poet who wrote “Battle Hymn of the Republic” – worked to establish a Mother’s Peace Day. Howe dedicated the celebration to the eradication of war and organized festivities in Boston for years….
her call for women to arise remains electrifying one hundred and forty-seven years later… we need to return to its original focus – that of promoting world peace… on this Mother’s Day, honor your mother by contributing to the “great and general interests of peace” both at home and abroad… when 1000 mothers come together calling for peace, harmony becomes the frequency of consciousness…
may all mothers of invention feeling divine feminine energy rising within, no matter our gender, come together being peace now with the power to heal, soothe suffering, conjure courage and be the transformation…
today, our pod of human dolphins bids aloha to this magical land of lemurian lushness, this potent field at the stillpoint of creation where there’s only the dance, the dolphin dance of unconditional love, of exquisitely fluid ease and grace, of healing and wholeness in the buoyantsea while side by side the lava lake roars underground to awaken us to the fires of purification we know are coming…
deepest bows and thousandfold thanks for this blessed re-treat, this surrendering what no longer serves to make space for the new, to make space for the true…
may we always embody the dream of the dolphin – being joy, being love…
today, we return to swim once again with the “wild” and free beings of the ocean deeps who generously welcome us into their home – the sea of love energy – as the quintessential hosts emanating a vibration of deep relaxation, joy, ease and grace… a wave i want to dwell in forever… thanks be for the buoyantsea, for diving deeper into rainbow mystery, for these gentle creatures who teach us and show us the way to glide through the waters of life gracefully, for awakening the dream of being an instrument of peace and singing it into every thread of the iridescent web of life…
om shanti shanti shantihi…
i ventured on this re-treat to be one with dolphins, to attune to their sonic field, to drink in the dream of their soul songs and what a delight to have these melodies flowing through the ocean of being, these haunting melodies of re-membering, these beautiful sounds of silence transporting us home sacredly, secretly, silently, softly, surrenderedly, synchronisticly to the place of true belonging, the stillpoint of creation where there’s only the dance of the sounds of silence…
trees dancing… birds singing,,, winds whispering… leaves rustling… stars sparkling… clouds floating water falling home… planets orbiting… cats purring…. gaia’s heartbeat pulsing… flowing in the rhythm of the cosmic hum…
today is the fifth day on this silent re-treat of letting go, of surrendering wholeheartedly to the creative process, of letting creativity have its way of creating each moment… it is a day of quintessence, the essence of our essence… love, pure love…
today, the empty cup is overflowing with boundless gratitude to all teachers of love…
every moment, every relative, every element, every sound, every direction, every smile, every connection, every unraveling, every fall, every rising, every breath, every turbulence, every stillness…
deepest bows for this rhythm of kindness in a land of lushness, in a place of fire where we open to bearing witness to this breath of creation and this breath of creation and this breath of creation…
Breathing In, I enjoy my in-breath.
Breathing out, I enjoy my out-breath.
Enjoying In-breath.
Enjoying Out-breath.Breathing In, I become mindful of my heart beating, sending blood and new oxygen to every part of my body.
Breathing out, I smile to this life, flowing inside me
Aware of heart beating
Smiling to life flowing through meBreathing In, I feel my in-breath bringing life to every cell of my body
Breathing out, I feel my out-breath deepening my awareness of being alive
In-breath, bringing life to every cell
Out-breath, deepening my being aliveBreathing In, I know that my heart beating is also the heart of my ancestors, with all their dreams, joy, happiness, strength and courage
Breathing out, I am determined to continue to nourish this heart for them and for me
My heart, the heart of my ancestors
Determined to continue their joy, courage and strengthBreathing In, I know that my heart beating is also the heart of my ancestors, with all their fears, sadness, hunger, anger, hatred and discrimination
Breathing out, I am determined to practice to transform the afflictions of my ancestors in my own heart
My heart, the heart of my ancestors
Determined to transform their afflictionsBreathing in, I am aware of the very many hearts beating in this room right now, bringing life, blood and oxygen to many parts of the many bodies here.
Breathing out, I smile to this life flowing all around me
Aware of very many hearts around
Smiling to life flowing all around meBreathing in, I am aware that all these hearts are the hearts of many ancestors, with their joy, dreams and suffering
Breathing out, I am determined to learn to embrace, accept and love all the people around me
Hearts around, the hearts of many ancestors
Determined to embrace, accept and loveBreathing in, I am aware of the Heart of the Earth under and all around me, beating in the trees, rocks, grass, water, birds…
Breathing out, I take refuge in the Heart of the Earth, in Her Love, Strength, Forbearance and Creativity, always bringing forth new life.
Aware of the Heart of the Earth
Taking Refuge in Love…
yes, Virginia, it’s Christmas in May and Santa has brought me a deep heart desire, a gift from the starry skies lying at the bottom of the crystalline blue sea, a divine indulgence of a day of being dolphin gliding effortlessly through great mystery one with water, a being of fluid grace, one with pod after pod of these joyous beings of the deeps filling the watery womb with haunting sea songs of magical transport pulling us home to true north, pulling us home to our one heart, sacred space of cosmic flow where we dream in the rhythm of devocean dancing in great leaps with the ocean…
may we take this moment to tune into the singing waters hum… be still… listen…
hear the muses calling…
blessing our every breath…
filling us with lovingkindness…
may we be at peace
may we real-eyes the beauty of our true nature
may we be whole and a source of healing for all our relations…
“A practice (as a noun) can be anything you practice on a regular basis as an integral part of your life—not in order to gain something else, but for its own sake… For a master, the rewards gained along the way are fine, but they are not the main reason for the journey. Ultimately, the master and the master’s path are one. And if the traveler is fortunate—that is, if the path is complex and profound enough—the destination is two miles farther away for every mile he or she travels.” ~ George Leonard from Mastery
like the clouds in the sky, moment after moment of beauty, of practice, of showing up, of listening through the heart as she breathes all relatives alive, awake, aware…
today’s journey of many thousands of miles brings us to the sea of peace, source of healing mother waters… thousandfold thanks for giving us life and blessing our earth walks… standing before you, we re-member we are water, we are the ocean in a drop… may our one heart be purified more than ever before for the benefit of all as we drink you into our being…
i feel a deep song arising, a soul song of the many waves of the ocean, a song of peace passing all understanding and uniting us all in one frequency of harmony…
Nothing could have prepared
Your heart to open like this.From beyond the skies and the stars
This echo arrived inside you
And started to pulse with life,
Each beat a tiny act of growth,
Traversing all our ancient shapes
On its way home to itself.Once it began, you were no longer your own.
A new, more courageous you, offering itself
In a new way to a presence you can sense
But you have not seen or known.It has made you feel alone
In a way you never knew before;
Everyone else sees only from the outside
What you feel and feed
With every fiber of your being.Never have you traveled farther inward
Where words and thoughts become half-light
Unable to reach the fund of brightness
Strengthening inside the night of your womb.Like some primeval moon,
Your soul brightens
The tides of essence
That flow to your child.You know your life has changed forever,
For in all the days and years to come,
Distance will never be able to cut you off
From the one you now carry
For nine months under your heart.May you be blessed with quiet confidence
That destiny will guide you and mind you.May the emerging spirit of your child
Imbibe encouragement and joy
From the continuous music of your heart,
So that it can grow with ease,
Expectant of wonder and welcome
When its form is fully filledAnd it makes its journey out
To see you and settle at last
Relived, and glad in your arms.~ John O’Donohue ~
