2018

Posted on January 24, 2018 by Jo Beall

deepest bows to grandmother spider… always weaving a web of such amazing, intricate interconnectedness demonstrating beyond the shadow of a doubt that we live in a cosmos of implicate order, great mystery unfolding…

today is the 1500th day of walking this spirit path along the rainbow trail, a day of celebrating dreamers’ solidarity and courage, a day of re-membering a lucid dream of two years ago on this very day, a potent dream of grace…

i’m in a car and we’re winding around a mountain road when i realeyes no one is driving the car… i look around and feel the presence of pure love auto piloting the vehicle and in that moment i know i can relax and trust this journey… looking out to the left, i see beloved ocean below flowing in and out and i am filled with peace, love and joy as we continue our spiraling trek around the mountain into the land of rainbow sky where i breathe this moment of awe and rest on the trail of wandering in wonder knowing everything is grace, especially important on a day like today to be reminded and to hear the lost falls’ echoes rising from the river below the river whispering… be here now standing in the center one with cosmic flow…

Poetic PEACE Pilgrimage – Year 5 – Day 38 – 1/23/2018

Posted on January 23, 2018 by Jo Beall

today, i’m contemplating resilience, the ability to re-bound, to pick up a thread and begin weaving anew and i come to being deep peace of the flowing wave and boundless sky which brings me right to the lineage of the order of the zen peacemakers and their practices… which open the space for the deep peace arising from true emptiness of false self… let us go to the edge trusting in the implicate order to bring all that is into cosmic balance…

SiddhiZen Peacemaking

THREE REFUGES OF A ZEN PEACEMAKER

Inviting all creations into the mandala of my practice and vowing to serve them, I take refuge in:
Buddha, the awakened nature of all beings.
Dharma, the ocean of wisdom and compassion.
Sangha, the community of those living in harmony with all Buddhas and Dharmas.

THREE TENETS OF A ZEN PEACEMAKER

Taking refuge and entering the stream of Engaged Spirituality, I vow to live a life of:

Not knowing, thereby giving up fixed ideas about myself and the universe.
Bearing witness to the joy and suffering of the world.
Healing myself and others.

TEN PRACTICES OF A ZEN PEACEMAKER

Being Mindful of the interdependence of Oneness and Diversity, and wishing to actualize my vows, I engage in the spiritual practices of:

Peacemakers throughout all space and time recognize that they are not separate from all that is. This is the practice of Non-Killing. I will not lead a harmful life nor encourage others to do so, and will abstain from killing living beings, thus living in harmony with all life and the environment sustaining it.

Peacemakers throughout all space and time are satisfied with what they have. This is the practice of Non-Stealing. I will not take anything not given, and will freely give, ask for, and accept what is needed.

Peacemakers throughout all space and time encounter all creations with respect and dignity. This is the practice of Chaste Conduct. I will give and accept love and friendship without using or clinging.

Peacemakers throughout all space and time listen and speak truthfully and compassionately. This is the practice of Non-Lying. I will compassionately and constructively speak the truth as I perceive it, purposely deceiving no one.

Peacemakers throughout all space and time cultivate a mind that sees clearly. This is the practice of Not Being Deluded. I will embrace all experience directly.

Peacemakers throughout all space and time realize lovingkindness. This is the practice of Not Talking About Others’ Errors and Faults. Accepting what each moment offers, I will realize that I am not separate from any aspect of life.

Peacemakers throughout all space and time realize equanimity. This is the practice of Not Elevating Oneself and Blaming Others. I will not blame, judge, or criticize others, nor compete with others or covet recognition. In this way, I practice inclusiveness.

Peacemakers throughout all space and time are generous. This is the practice of Not Being Stingy. I will not foster a mind of poverty in myself or others, and will use all the ingredients of my life, giving my best effort and accepting the result.

Peacemakers throughout all space and time transform suffering into wisdom. This is the practice of Not Being Angry. I will not harbor resentment, rage, or revenge, and will roll all negative experience into my practice.

Peacemakers throughout all space and time honor their lives as instruments of peacemaking. This is the practice of Not Thinking Ill of the Three Refuges. I will recognize that I and all beings are expressions of oneness, diversity, and harmony.

shanti, shanti, shantihi…

Poetic PEACE Pilgrimage – Year 5 – Day 37 – 1/22/2018

Posted on January 22, 2018 by Jo Beall

a day of perfect wind, spirit , breath gently rushing through the dream cave bringing a moment of lucidity on the true nature of reality, of being, of liberation coming as a lesson on impermanence, dynamism, flux, fluidity, riding the waves of life gracefully…

being deep peace of the flowing wave and boundless sky…

for you , my co- psychonauts and deep sea journeyers, a blessing for our voyage home into the present moment…

Every time you leave home,
Another road takes you
Into a world you were never in.

New strangers on other paths await.
New places that have never seen you
Will startle a little at your entry.
Old places that know you well
Will pretend nothing
Changed since your last visit.

When you travel, you find yourself
Alone in a different way,
More attentive now
To the self you bring along,
Your more subtle eye watching
You abroad; and how what meets you
Touches that part of the heart
That lies low at home:

How you unexpectedly attune
To the timbre in some voice,
Opening in conversation
You want to take in
To where your longing
Has pressed hard enough
Inward, on some unsaid dark,
To create a crystal of insight
You could not have known
You needed
To illuminate
Your way.

When you travel,
A new silence
Goes with you,
And if you listen,
You will hear
What your heart would
Love to say.

A journey can become a sacred thing:
Make sure, before you go,
To take the time
To bless your going forth,
To free your heart of ballast
So that the compass of your soul
Might direct you toward
The territories of spirit
Where you will discover
More of your hidden life,
And the urgencies
That deserve to claim you.

May you travel in an awakened way,
Gathered wisely into your inner ground;
That you may not waste the invitations
Which wait along the way to transform you.

May you travel safely, arrive refreshed,
And live your time away to its fullest;
Return home more enriched, and free
To balance the gift of days which call you.

~ John O’Donohue ~

may we rise gracefully in each moment to weave a world of peace built on justice and guided by love…

om shanti, shanti, shantihi…

Poetic PEACE Pilgrimage – Year 5 – Day 36 – 1/21/2018

Posted on January 21, 2018 by Jo Beall

Lee,Chang W. – from camera serial number NYTCREDIT: Chang W. Lee/The New York Times

how auspicious! the astonishing light of being weekly image falls on this weekend when people all over the world come together once again to stand together, to march together, to witness together our solidarity with all our relations…

thousands and thousands speaking truth to power…

we are standing together in love for love knowing this most powerful medicine, love, trumps hate…

we are standing together in peace for peace knowing all life is sacred…

we are standing together in respect seeing the inner light dwelling in all…

we are standing together in strength, both fierce and gentle, empowered to go the distance and keep the faith…

we are standing together for equality and justice and freedom and a world that works for all..

today, we see the world coming together, each one of us picking up a thread to weave the new story, knit the new world founded on justice and guided by love where everyone is in belonging to the whole, vital for the weaving of the interconnected web of life in a circle forever unbroken…

let us celebrate the astonishing light of our being through music… below are the lyrics and video showcasing an inspiring group of women from all over the states who practiced online and then came together at last year’s march meeting for the first time… yes to re-joy-sing, yes to harmony… it’s been suggested that this song become our anthem, hell yes to that as well… agree?

I CAN’T KEEP QUIET

put on your face
know your place
shut up and smile
don’t spread your legs
I could do that

But no one knows me no one ever will
if I don’t say something, if I just lie still
Would I be that monster, scare them all away
If I let the-em hear what I have to say

I can’t keep quiet, no oh oh oh oh oh oh
I can’t keep quiet, no oh oh oh oh oh oh
A one woman riot, oh oh oh oh oh oh oh

I can’t keep quiet
For anyone
Anymore

Cuz no one knows me no one ever will
if I don’t say something, take that dry blue pill
they may see that monster, they may run away
But I have to do this, do it anyway
I can’t keep quiet, no oh oh oh oh oh oh
I can’t keep quiet, no oh oh oh oh oh oh
A one woman riot, oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
Oh I can’t keep quiet

Let it out Let it out
Let it out now
There’ll be someone who understands
Let it out Let it out
Let it out now
Must be someone who’ll understand
Let it out Let it out
Let it out now
There’ll be someone who understands
Let it out Let it out
Let it out now

I can’t keep quiet

“Quiet”
Written by MILCK and AG
Produced by AG

https://youtu.be/xgrtOO9dGsE

Poetic PEACE Pilgrimage – Year 5 – Day 35 – 1/20/2018

Posted on January 20, 2018 by Jo Beall

today marks the one year anniversary of the peaceful transfer of power in the united states of america at a moment of deep uncertainty on the world clock… for this moment and for every moment, i resolve to follow the words of the Dalai Lama and resolve differences peacefully and be what Buddha calls us to be… yes, today, i pick up my thread from the unraveled world tapestry and resolve to weave a new story/re-member the ancient dream of the people… thousandfold thanks for doing the same, for in our coming together to stand in love for love and acting from this sacred space, this field of mutuality, we are the beloved community bending the arc towards justice…

as we go deep within to kindle the inner fire burning away what does not serve this purpose of peaceful co-existance, let us contemplate the right use of power…

Psalm 15

Lord, who can be trusted with power,
and who may act in your place?
Those with a passion for justice,
who speak the truth from their hearts;
who have let go of selfish interests
and grown beyond their own lives;
who see the wretched as their family
and the poor as their flesh and blood.
They alone are impartial
and worthy of the people’s trust.
Their compassion lights up the whole earth,
and their kindness endures forever.

(A Book of Psalms, translations by Stephen Mitchell)

may we all resolve to use power passionately in the service of justice speaking truth from our one heart and being compassion and lovingkindness in every thought, word and deed… thank you for being peace… namaste…

Poetic PEACE Pilgrimage – Year 5 – Day 34 – 1/19/2018

Posted on January 19, 2018 by Jo Beall

today as i witness the world as it is, i re-member the words of the Dalai Lama about our island home desperately needing more peacemakers, healers, restorers, lovers and storytellers which reminds me of an old legend of the first peoples of this land…

a legend about a savior named deganawida, the peacemaker, originating over a thousand years ago during the final decades of pre-columbian america at a time like now, a time of pervasive fear and instability in the iroquois world when a young virgin gave birth to a son… she was told in a dream that “your child will be a messenger of the creator and will bring peace and harmony to the people on earth.”

when deganawida came of age he told his mother, “I shall now build my canoe from white stone, for the time has come for me to start my mission in this world. I know I must travel afar on lakes and rivers to seek out the council smoke of nations beyond this lake. It is now time for me to go stop the shedding of blood among human beings.”

as deganawida began his mission he first encountered a group of hunters who were fleeing from the bloodshed in the their own village and he instructed them: “Go back to your people and tell them that the Good News of Peace and Righteousness has come to your nation.”

the peacemaker’s mission, as the many accounts of the legend make clear, was to reestablish the natural equilibrium on which the well being of individuals, societies, and the whole of creation depends… deganawida achieved this mission by healing them—by “making their minds straight.” deganawida’s role was not that of a warrior, but a redemptive shaman—a healer… he was quite explicit about the mission: “health means peace, for that is what comes when minds are sane and bodies are cared for.”

may we all be peacemakers every moment…

Poetic PEACE Pilgrimage – Year 5 – Day 33 – 1/18/2018

Posted on January 18, 2018 by Jo Beall

to be with a horse is to ride the sky

kissing separation and constriction goodbye

to be with a horse is to leap into an ocean

as vast and embracing as the radiance of devotion

to be with a horse is to feel sheltered

healing each other without one word

to be with a horse is feeling the wind

beneath broken wings, now, on the mend

to be with a horse is to journey into core

arriving home on the heart of the shore

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may we all in joy days of riding the wind

one with our wounds now on the mend

om shanti shanti shantihi

namaste, beloveds

Poetic PEACE Pilgrimage – Year 5 – Day 32 – 1/17/2018

Posted on January 17, 2018 by Jo Beall

let us take this wild and precious moment to put compassion into action by being lovingkindness as we join with the caravan of re-joy-sing to sing out to all our relations a song of strength, a song of courage, a song of spirit, a song of wisdom to hold us in the hard times inspiring our taking one more step when we feel we can’t go on and to open our one heart ever wider to and for each other as we all suffer losses each and every day with dreams changing form and flying away… everything is fleeting, only love is real, so, may we walk in beauty around the prayer wheel… may we be true refuge for all our relations sheltering each other through storms and desolation, returning home with each breath to create anew, a more beautiful cosmos, holy ground for me and you… may we comfort each other rekindling our inner flame circle dancing joyously together once again…

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Oh Great Spirit, we raise smoke to the four sacred winds and the four corners, so that the blessings can reach our brothers and sisters in every corner of Great Mother Earth, while the smoke disperses all over Father Sky, lit by Mother Moon.

Let the smoke pass to each their blessing

and do away with all sorrows and unhappiness,

fill their homes with love, and the light of your wisdom.

If any be sick, cure them,

If sad, make them happy,

If they have needs, fulfill them.

Protect them from all evil. Please Father, keep them well in good health,

give them long life and wealth. Give them all your love as they love you.

They can give testimony to your power and mercy, and most important your love.

Oh Great Spirit, we love you with all our heart as we love our brothers and sisters all. We are your servants and theirs. We ask for only one thing – give us strength to keep going on doing as we do on this spirit path.

And so it is! Amen.

~ Native American Blessing ~

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Poetic PEACE Pilgrimage – Year 5 – Day 31 – 1/16/2018

Posted on January 16, 2018 by Jo Beall

today’s pilgrimage has a magical mystery tour quality, a perfect backdrop for drawing down the the powerful energies of the first new moon of the new year and a perfect moment to be still and listen in a deeper way to our one cosmic heart’s whisperings for us all to invoke our shared quantum field of infinite possibilities and set our intentions for moonifesting a cosmos of harmony where our heart beats as one resonant unitive field…

in this moment, this beautiful moment, let’s cultivate the magical sea goat’s ability for receptive waiting by going into “thinking like a mountain” eternity consciousness… breathing in and breathing out, float down to the river below the river where we see the polished stone whose jagged edges have been smoothed out by currents and whirlpools and floods and snow and glacier melts over the aeons and watch as this stone now rises revealing its true self as a mountain peak of quiet endurance and majestic calm, unmovable and imperturbable…

like the mountain peak, we are in our core, constant and true and able to follow Capricorn’s lead to climb every mountain, to fulfill our shared dharma, our right way of living – to co-create a cosmos of harmony, heaven on earth… now is the moment to plant the energy intentions, to seed our shared field with the resonance of co-creation, co-llaboration and beloved communion… breathing in and breathing out our shared dream intention for a cosmos of true refuge for all our relations… sacred space of living from the inside out and moonifesting purpose, peace, prosperity and unity…

may we all shine our light…

Poetic PEACE Pilgrimage – Year 5 – Day 30 – 1/15/2018

Posted on January 15, 2018 by Jo Beall

on this ides of January, the moon of dreaming, let us celebrate the birth of one of our foremost modern day prophets who dreamed of his little children living in a world where they were judged by their character rather than their color, a dream still being dreamed today along with his call of sixty years ago to face the challenge of the new age with the creation of beloved community for only love transforms the fear of the old paradigm into the gladness of a new paradigm by opening our hearts to the miracle frequency of boundless love… “darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that”…

Happy Birthday, Martin! celebrating you today with great faith in what is and what is coming… may we all journey with you to the mountain top where we tune in and listen to the celestial hum mapping out the path of the freedom road and journey a thousand miles and more without lifting a foot… loving how the circle of co-creators is expanding exponentially, a fractal of the universe we are… loving the flight into freedom we are sharing and so thankful for all of our relations whom have paved, are paving and will pave the way…

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 –

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