today was a day of peace action with rallies around the world to demand an end to the drumbeat of war with Russia over Ukraine and to hold teach-ins around the country to resist the normalization of war and demand that not a single bullet or gun be sent to Ukraine and no new troops or arms to Eastern Europe – we must use diplomacy and negotiation and stop the drumbeat of war…. in this moment of eternity, let us surrender and soften into the embrace of the sheltering arms of the cosmic ree of life breathing into our bellies, sacred space of wisdom and stillpoint of peace, on the seventh day of celebrating a season of peace…

“Peace to all beings
Whether near or far
Known or unknown
Real or imaginary
Visible or invisible
Born or yet to be born.
May all beings
Be well and happy
And free from fear.

Peace to all beings
Within and beyond the imagination
In the world of ideas
In the world of memories
And in the world of dreams.
May all beings
Be well and happy
And free from fear.

Peace in all elements
Of earth, air, fire and water
Fulfilled in space
Peace.

Peace in all universes
From the smallest cells in our bodies
To the greatest galaxies in space
Peace
And light rising

Peace to all beings
Within each being here
To those beings that have been in the past
And to those beings that are yet to be in the future
May all beings
Within each being here
Be well and happy
And free from fear.”

(Buddhist Prayer)

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on this day of peace, re-membering the quintessential peace pilgrims, thanks be for our tuning into the timeless frequency of being peace in this moment, in every moment of eternity…

Remember the clear light,The pure clear white light From which everything in the universe comes,To which everything in the universe returns;The original nature of your own mind.The natural state of the universe unmanifest.Let go into the clear light, trust it, merge with it.It is your own true nature, it is home.

~ The Tibetan Book Of The Dead ~

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Give light and people will find the way.

~Ella Baker, Activist~

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thank you angel of light for being with us in those moments of feeling a storm rushing in uprooting centuries of debris, thank you for pouring healing waters constantly and cleansing, clean-sing so all may see the light of our true nature, who we are essentially…

 in these moments, can we have too many reminders of all the lovingkindness occurring on the planet? far too often,  corporate media inundates us with the old stories of fear and scarcity, when, in truth, every moment there are more acts of compassion with the groundswell moving more and more in that direction towards the arc of justice…

#SanctuaryEverywhere is the simple idea of the American Friends Service Committee that everyday people can come together to keep each other safe and that draws on the many traditions of peoples’ movements protecting targeted communities, like the Underground Railroad during slavery, Kindertransport during the Holocaust, the protection of conscientious objectors during the Vietnam War, the Sanctuary Movement in the 1980s and in more recent years, #NotOneMore, which has sheltered numerous undocumented immigrants from deportation…

thousand fold thanks for all the countless ways we are being beloved community, we are coming together to stand in love for love, to form a bridge of sheltering arms providing true refuge for the tired, the poor, the huddled masses yearning to be free at last, the dreamers, the strangers both inner and outer, all our neighbors, all are relatives re-membering we belong to each other, we be longing for each other…

Remember the clear light, The pure clear white light From which everything in the universe comes, To which everything in the universe returns; The original nature of your own mind. The natural state of the universe unmanifest. Let go into the clear light, trust it, merge with it. It is your own true nature, it is home.

~ The Tibetan Book Of The Dead ~

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Give light and people will find the way.

~Ella Baker, Activist~

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thank you angel of light for being with us in those moments of feeling a storm rushing in uprooting centuries of debris, thank you for pouring healing waters constantly and cleansing, clean-sing so all may see the light of our true nature, who we are essentially…

 in these moments, can we have too many reminders of all the lovingkindness occurring on the planet? far too often,  corporate media inundates us with the old stories of fear and scarcity, when, in truth, every moment there are more acts of compassion with the groundswell moving more and more in that direction towards the arc of justice…

#SanctuaryEverywhere is the simple idea of the American Friends Service Committee that everyday people can come together to keep each other safe and that draws on the many traditions of peoples’ movements protecting targeted communities, like the Underground Railroad during slavery, Kindertransport during the Holocaust, the protection of conscientious objectors during the Vietnam War, the Sanctuary Movement in the 1980s and in more recent years, #NotOneMore, which has sheltered numerous undocumented immigrants from deportation…

thousand fold thanks for all the countless ways we are being beloved community, we are coming together to stand in love for love, to form a bridge of sheltering arms providing true refuge for the tired, the poor, the huddled masses yearning to be free, the dreamers, the strangers both inner and outer, all our neighbors, all are relatives re-membering we belong to each other, we be longing for each other…

welcome to the lunar new year and the seventh day of a season of peace… are you feeling the wild and free energy of fortune smiling on us this turn as prosperous pigs fly through the sky sea?

with our energy pulled into prosperity and fortune smiling, i am feeling rebellious – yes, i’ll keep choosing love re-membering we are all cosmic light beings aflight where aerodynamics says bees and hummingbirds and pigs can’t fly – hah!

so, on this new year day i celebrate with bounless gratitude, the parent of all virtues, this beautiful moment of peace built on love, a peace emanating from the deep river of joy we are…

“Cultivate the habit of being grateful for everything that comes to you, and to give thanks continuously. And because all things have contributed to your advancement, you should include all things in your gratitude.”    ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson ~

may we be peace, gratitude and love as we wander the pathless path in wonder…