drawing down the virgo miracle full moon

returning now to being wholly oneself in spirit’s womb

to real-eyes we are one cosmic radiant heart of rainbow light beings…

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welcome, well come to day 48 of a season of peace with the moon full in virgo, this moon of miracles whispering to us to re-member we are bodies of water:

we all come from the goddess

and to her we shall return

like a drop of rain flowing to the ocean

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we all come from the goddess

and to her we shall return

hoof and horn, hoof and horn, all that dies is reborn

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we all come from the goddess

and to her we shall return

sage and crone, sage and crone, wisdom’s gift is our own

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now as we raise our arms to the moon drawing down her golden light of miracles and breathing it into every wild cell in our body, we say in unison:

I stand for myself
as a conduit for the divine source of love to cascade from the cosmic realms
showering and gracing my entire being,
re-minding me of my truth and radiance and
of my service to love…

In the illumination of this moon, I vow to live wholeheartedly.
And so it is.
Blessed Be…

still devastated by the shocking rampage of violence occurring near Atlanta on Tuesday that exposes yet again the deadly consequences of racism, misogyny and xenophobia rooted in white supremacy and a domination worldview, our world continues to grieve… on the heels of a year long rise in Asian hate crimes, we must mourn and speak out against this bigotry….

as Dr. Michelle Au, a physician, Georgia state senator and the first Asian American Georgia state senator said, “Our AAPI community has been living in fear this past year in the shadow of escalating racial discrimination and attacks. This latest series of murders only heightens that terror. … I implore all Georgians, and all Americans, to reach out to your Asian-American neighbors [and] to pledge to stand with them in solidarity.”

sadly, this discrimination and violence against Asians in the United States traces back to their first entry into the country. in 1882 a law passed explicitly barring immigration from China and in WWII, 100;000 Japanese Americans were forced into internment camps…

we  must address the systemic violence waged against asian communities, black communities, native american communities, muslim communities, jewish communities and on and on and transmute the root causes…

let us all stand together in solidarity with all who are victimized by systemic violence and uproot whatever stands in the way of real-eye-sing we belong to each other, all living beings are one… think/feel cosmically, act locally…

Happy St Paddy’s Day!

and, welcome, welcome to day 48 of a season of peace; on this day in the chaos cycle of life, let’s transport ourselves to the emerald isle energetically as i re-member a long ago conversation with and journey to the sun who told me to live in green for that is the color of love and now, who better to hear an echo from than her late great native son, John O’Donahue…

A Celebration Blessing

Now is the time
to free the heart,
Let all intentions and worries stop,
Free the joy inside the self,
Awaken to the wonder
of your life.

Open your eyes and see the friends
Whose hearts recognize your face as kin,
Those whose kindness watchful and near,
Encourages you to live everything here.

See the gifts the years have given,
Things your effort could never earn,
The health to enjoy who you want to be
And the mind to mirror mystery.

May the nourishment of the earth be yours,
may the clarity of light be yours,
may the fluency of the ocean be yours,
may the protection of the ancestors be yours.

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…may a slow
wind work these words
of love around you bringing a smile to your soul…

welcome, welcome to day 48 of a season of peace and to a foreshadowing of/illuminating the day after tomorrow (march 20) when we celebrate equinox as a   festival of the sun, a day to honor the balancing of the sun within oneself… let us share the experience of the inner sun of spirit so beautifully illuminated by this lovely sunlit eye and this poem of Lawrence Ferlinghetti…

Instructions to Painters & Poets

I asked a hundred painters and a hundred poets
how to paint sunlight
on the face of life
Their answers were ambiguous and ingenuous
as if they were all guarding trade secrets
Whereas it seems to me
all you have to do
is conceive of the whole world
and all humanity
as a kind of art work
a site-specific art work
an art project of the god of light
the whole earth and all that’s in it
to be painted with light

And the first thing you have to do
is paint out postmodern painting
And the next thing is to paint yourself
in your true colors
in primary colors
as you see them
(without whitewash)
paint yourself as you see yourself
without make-up
without masks
Then paint your favorite people and animals
with your brush loaded with light
And be sure you get the perspective right
and don’t fake it
because one false line leads to another

And don’t forget to paint
all those who lived their lives
as bearers of light
Paint their eyes
and the eyes of every animal
and the eyes of beautiful women
known best for the perfection of their breasts
and the eyes of men and women
known only for the light of their minds
Paint the light of their eyes
the light of sunlit laughter
the song of eyes
the song of birds in flight

And remember that the light is within
if it is anywhere
and you must paint from the inside

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may we be sunlit laughter…