2022

Posted on November 27, 2022 by Jo Beall

every day is a day of thanksgiving and on this one i want to thank all relatives for your honoring the light in all our relatives beginning with your self, your true self, , the deep self within that is connected to and interwoven with all that is, the vast inner ground of oceanic being…

thank you for being compassion, the wild card of creation which bends the arc of the cosmos toward justice, balance and liberates our soulful self from the tight shoe, the constricted shell of the protective self empowering us as agents of co-creation totally aligned in the sheltering arms of source…

as we make this special pilgrimage, this leap of faith across turbulent seas to the magical realm of the far shore, join with me in contemplating, in real-eye-sing how this journey is the journey of life, of awakening to the wonder waiting on the other side of the shore as we take one small step and another and another through the storms and darkness and travails of life until in a flash, the path of heart opens and the sun, that is always shining even when hidden by clouds, pops out in all its brilliance re-minding us, re-heartening us of the astonishing light of our interbeing that is always and forever present…

“..One of the most important steps you can take to help calm the storm is to not allow yourself to be taken in a flurry of overwrought emotion or despair – thereby accidentally contributing to the swale and the swirl. Ours is not the task of fixing the entire world all at once, but of stretching out to mend the part of the world that is within our reach. Any small, calm thing that one soul can do to help another soul, to assist some portion of this poor suffering world, will help immensely. It is not given to us to know which acts or by whom, will cause the critical mass to tip toward an enduring good. What is needed for dramatic change is an accumulation of acts – adding, adding to, adding more, continuing. We know that it does not take “everyone on Earth” to bring justice and peace, but only a small, determined group who will not give up during the first, second, or hundredth gale.

…One of the most calming and powerful actions you can do to intervene in a stormy world is to stand up and show your soul. Soul on deck shines like gold in dark times. The light of the soul throws sparks, can send up flares, builds signal fires … causes proper matters to catch fire. To display the lantern of soul in shadowy times like these – to be fierce and to show mercy toward others, both — are acts of immense bravery and greatest necessity. Struggling souls catch light from other souls who are fully lit and willing to show it. If you would help to calm the tumult, this is one of the strongest things you can do.”

~ Clarissa Pinkola Este’s ~

thank you, thank you, thank you astonishing beings of light for illuminating the pathless path so that we all find our way home to the heart… welcome, welcome, welcome…

Poetic Peace Pilgrimage – Year 9 – Day 345 – 11/26/2022

Posted on November 26, 2022 by Jo Beall

how i love this quest ion and how often i find myself living it… this koan so perfect for so many of the last moments of eternity and for these times we are in with right action such a pertinent query as dramatic tectonic change floods our inner and outer island home… an ancient question, always relevant, it seems to comes with being human… in this season of chaosmos with so much shedding going on so our new skins and new world can form, i notice how much more patience is needed…

speaking of ancient questions and koans, here is one suitable for now:

A student asked, “When times of great difficulty visit us, how should we meet them?”

The teacher said, “Welcome.”

so many moments of late of coming to a deep space of silence, so many moments of waiting for the transcendent function to kick in, for the right action, the movement of aligning with true self, source, great mystery to arise, so many moments of listening to the sage words of welcoming the moment rather than seeing it as an obstacle, an obstruction, so many moments of surrendering how i envisioned life would flow to go with the true flow…

as we gather together in the boat to cross to the other shore, may we all rest in equanimity keeping the boat steady as we patiently live the question from an openhearted space until the water clears revealing the other shore and the tree of life, the anima mundi rooted and expansive bridging heavenearth welcoming the moment…

deep bows…

Poetic Peace Pilgrimage – Year 9 – Day 344 – 11/25/2022

Posted on November 25, 2022 by Jo Beall

in honor of Indigenous Heritage Day…

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

Clean-sing and Purifying the Inner Temple

see in the center of our being, a large fireball radiating like a sun…

into the center of the fireball, we place anything on the physical plane that is needing to be transformed, that no longer serves… as it goes into the center of the fireball, it is transformed, and the energy of life is released like the rays of the sun…

see this fireball turn into a blazing yellow sun… place into the center of the sun any emotions, desires, energies, ways of running energy that no longer serve… these energies are transformed into radiant rainbow spokes of pure energy…

now the sun turns into a deep indigo blue and we place into the center of the indigo sun any separative thoughtforms, ideas, concepts… as they enter into the sun, these thoughtforms are transformed into radiant spokes of pure energy and are being released into the temple of being in all the colors of the rainbow…

see the soul itself appear in the center of the temple of being… all of the love and the light that’s been released, we offer to the soul’s plan and purpose… this energy rises merging with the group soul quantum field infusing the greater plan…

from our soul quantum field, see and feel an energy of golden light come down through us all descending into our crown center all the way through all our vehicles clean-sing and purifying us for the engoldenment cycle to come when we real-eyes the astonishing luminosity of our interbeing… a la la ho!

“We need to be angels for each other, to give each other strength and consolation. Because only when we fully realize that the cup of life is not only a cup of sorrow but also a cup of joy will we be able to drink it.”

~ Henri Nouwen ~

Poetic Peace Pilgrimage – Year 9 – Day 342 – 11/23/2022

Posted on November 23, 2022 by Jo Beall

this new moon invites our taking up our bows and arrows focusing on our dreams – yes, it is time to ignite our inspirations, visions and ideas as we rise from the underworld, the inner world to plant the seeds we’ve been gathering for the next phase of the cosmic unfolding… how and what are you rebirthing in this lunar phase?

in addition to celebrating the new moon, today, a day late, feeling and being in the state of aloha consciousness i join in the honoring Masahisa Goi with Global Peace Pole Day on what would be his 106th birthday… he was a young man when his countries’ cities of Hiroshima Nagasaki were bombed and he devoted the rest of his life to peace prevailing on earth beginning a grassroots movement involving people from 193 countries who have planted over 250,000 needles or peace poles in the earth over the last fifty years to ground and root this lasting peace in the stillpoint of creation…

may we take this moment to generate and re-generate waves of brilliant light…

Oh Great Spirit who dwells in the sky,
lead us to the path of peace and understanding,
let all of us live together as brothers and sisters.
Our lives are so short here, walking upon Mother Earth’s surface,
let our eyes be opened to all the blessings you have given us.
Thank you for hear our prayers, Oh Great Spirit…

in closing our new moon ceremony:

“Be generous in prosperity, and thankful in adversity. Be worthy of the trust of your friends and relatives, and look upon them with a bright and friendly face. Be a treasure to the poor, an admonisher to the rich, an answerer of the cry of the needy, a preserver of the sanctity of your pledge.

Be fair in your judgment, and guarded in your speech. Be unjust to no one. Be as a lamp to them that walk in darkness, a joy to the sorrowful, a sea for the thirsty, and a haven for the distressed, an upholder and defender of the victim of oppression.

Let integrity and uprightness distinguish all your acts. Be a home for the stranger, a balm to the suffering, a tower of strength for the fugitive. Be eyes to the blind, and a guiding light unto the feet of the erring.

Be an ornament to the countenance of truth, a crown to the brow of fidelity, a pillar of the temple of righteousness, a breath of life to the body of humankind, an ensign of the hosts of justice, a luminary above the horizon of virtue, a dew to the soil of the human heart, an ark on the ocean of knowledge, a sun in the heaven of bounty, a gem on the diadem of wisdom, a shining light in the firmament of thy generation, a fruit upon the tree of humility.”

~The Blessed Beauty~
(The Spiritual Teacher who revealed this Sacred Teaching, also known as the Ancient of Days)

Poetic Peace Pilgrimage – Year 9 – Day 340 – 11/21/2022

Posted on November 21, 2022 by Jo Beall

looking all around, we are filled with gratitude

looking above, we are filled with wisdom

looking below, we are filled with compassion

looking within, we are filled with true nature

living as one in peace and harmony

always walking in beauty

Song of Peace

“We pray to the great Spiritual Power in which
we live and move and have our being.
We pray that we may at all times
keep our minds open to new ideas and shun dogma;
that we may grow in our understanding of the nature of all living beings
and our connectedness with the natural world;
that we may become ever more filled with
generosity of spirit and true compassion and love for all life;
that we may strive to heal the hurts that we have inflicted on nature
and control our greed for material things, knowing that
our actions are harming our natural world and the future of our children;
that we may value each and every human being
for who he is, for who she is,
reaching to the spirit that is within,
knowing the power of each individual to change the world.”

~ Jane Goodall ~

may it be so…

Poetic Peace Pilgrimage – Year 9 – Day 339 – 11/20/2022

Posted on November 20, 2022 by Jo Beall

well come to this moment of celebrating the astonishing light of our interbeing while grieving the 600+ mass shooting of the year in what was and will be again a safe space for the LGBQT community on the eve of Transgender Day today and it’s also Universal Children’s Day providing a very special field for us to gather in when we need to come together…

“At its heart, “Somewhere,” the latest song from Portland, Maine’s Pihcintu Chorus, is an anthem for universal tolerance and acceptance. The song is soulfully delivered by Shy, an 11-year-old former refugee from Namibia. On the chorus, Shy is joined by the other 33 members of the group and it is clear from the emotion and power that this song is not simply an anthem; the lyrics are the lived experience of all the young women singing. ‘If we believe, we can achieve / We can be anything on Earth we want to be’ they sing.

The song encapsulates the mission and vision of the chorus. Pihcintu is a word from the Passamaquoddy, an indigenous community from northeastern North America. It means ‘When she sings, her voice carries far’ — and it’s the perfect name for this chorus.

Pihcintu is comprised of refugee and immigrant girls from 22 countries who have made Portland, Maine their new home. They come from countries like Burkina Faso, Iraq, Vietnam and El Salvador. Many fled war, violence and persecution, but have found safety in the Pine Tree State’s vibrant refugee community.

‘When I hear the voices of the Pihcintu Chorus, I’m filled with such hope for their futures,’ said Anne-Marie Grey, Executive Director of USA for UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency. ‘Through song, these young women and girls are ensuring their voices are heard in their communities and they are doing it in such a beautiful manner.’

Ensuring that refugees’ voices are heard is what inspired Con Fullam, an award-winning producer, musician and songwriter, to found Pihcintu in 2004.

‘From Syria to Central America, UNHCR works tirelessly to provide the helpless with hope. The members of the chorus hope that this video raises awareness of the dire circumstances of so many and encourages those who view it to take action for their fellow world citizens,’ said Fullam.

For its members, Pihcintu is more than a chorus. It’s a safe space to make friends, acclimate to their adopted country and hone their language skills. Of the more than 300 young women who have been a part of Pihcintu since it began, 100 percent have graduated from high school and 85 percent have gone on to pursue post-secondary educational opportunities.

How You Can Help:

Universal Children’s Day was established in 1954 and is celebrated on November 20 each year to improve child welfare and to promote togetherness among children worldwide. With your help, more children like Shy will have the opportunity to build a peaceful life and give their family a bright future.” what abeautiful way for us to come together in this moment of mourning and celebrate all children of the earth and re-commit to weaving a cosmos of peace built on justice and guided by love…

Poetic Peace Pilgrimage – Year 9 – Day 338 – 11/19/2022

Posted on November 19, 2022 by Jo Beall

breathing in and out, standing in the center, may we all be true peace…

breathing in and out like waves in the pacific, grandmother’s ocean of love, may we all come together in this moment of serenity…

breathing in and out, may we be an unbroken circle of peace ignited by love…

breathing in and out, may our being peace take flight around the cosmos…

breathing in and out, standing in the center, may we all be true peace…

namaste

Poetic Peace Pilgrimage – Year 9 – Day 337 – 11/18/2022

Posted on November 18, 2022 by Jo Beall

I, too, believe with all my being that millions of us share a genuine desire for PEACE as represented in this picture, a collage of millions of us crying for PEACE, acting for PEACE, being PEACE now… This desire, this belief (be life) ignites coming alive… Together, may we all come alive and make mystory/herstory/history/ourstory/mystery as we breathe into being a world of PEACE…

peace in oneself, peace in the world

today as i breathe peace, as we breathe peace together, may we breathe in Alexis’ Letter of Peace written seven years ago following an act of mass violence that happens daily in the land of my birth …

“I am writing to you from Montréal. On Friday, I lost my cousin during the attacks in France. Faced with this terrible news, I cried. Eric was the father of a little girl and his partner is due to give birth in two months. So many things are jostling in my mind.