Poetic Peace Pilgrimage – Year 10 – Day 198 – 7/2/2023

woo hoo! let’s get this second day of joyvolution, a revolution of joy revved up quintessentially… perhaps you are still intoxicated, as am i, from Rumi’s drinking song and maybe you have a SMILE still on your face to start minternal love engine…

now, feel into the pure delight of our brother elephant, get as comfortable as he is, slow down, settle in, take a deep breath smiling, with our next deep breath feel thank you thank you thank you flooding every cell and as we drop down even deeper, breathe in from the earthmother below who loves us so and feel the joy of our true sacred nature flooding every cell in our one body…

as we conspire, breathe together, smiling and intoning thank you with every breath, notice the joy of our true nature deepening and expanding as we feel the shower of golden light bathing us, pouring through us,,,, while delighting in this waterfall of joy, we salute this joy always bubbling in the core of the ocean of being… breathing in toward the one, breathing out toward the one… coming home deeper and deeper into our one cosmic heart of liberation where we are free to be peace guided by love and rooted on joy…

thank you for luxuriating with me in this moment of eternity in the frequency of joy, committing this act of rebellion, of revolution where we pause in the gap and choose to be the transformation, the deepest and most expansive expression of our wild and wonderful open heart animating the frequency of liberation, free to be the ones we have been waiting for, the ones with the courage to venture into the unknown trusting in the destinednation of the fast moving river… and, thank you for taking this moment to re-member some profound words from Viktor Frankl, a being whose life was an unbroken contemplation on liberation… join me in bathing in this frequency, may our bathing flood the cosmos with wave after wave of liberating energy:

“Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of human freedoms – to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way.

We who lived in concentration camps can remember the men who walked through the huts comforting others, giving away their last piece of bread. They may have been few in number, but they offer sufficient proof that everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms — to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way.

For the first time in my life I saw the truth as it is set into song by so many poets, proclaimed as the final wisdom by so many thinkers. The truth – that Love is the ultimate and highest goal to which man can aspire. Then I grasped the meaning of the greatest secret that human poetry and human thought and belief have to impart: The salvation of man is through love and in love.

…never forget that we may also find meaning in life even when confronted with a hopeless situation, when facing a fate that cannot be changed… what then matters is to bear witness to the uniquely human potential at its best… to transform personal tragedy into triumph…”

and, now, let’s close this sacred space of ceremony with a blessing into the sacred fire within, the inner light of great spirit residing in all our relatives: may this day be blessed with gifts, lessons, understanding and friends… may our energy be a gift to all we meet… let us be centered, healing and open facing the day with courage, kindness, insight and compassion… may we honor this day being rooted in joy, the bubbling spring in the core of our interbeing…

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Poetic Peace Pilgrimage – Year 9 – Day 198 – 7/2/2022

woo hoo! let’s get this second day of joyvolution, a revolution of joy revved up quintessentially… perhaps you are still intoxicated, as am i, from Rumi’s drinking song and maybe you have a SMILE still on your face to start minternal love engine…

now, feel into the pure delight of our brother elephant, get as comfortable as he is, slow down, settle in, take a deep breath smiling, with our next deep breath feel thank you thank you thank you flooding every cell and as we drop down even deeper, breathe in from the earthmother below who loves us so and feel the joy of true nature flooding every cell in our one body…

as we conspire, breathe together, smiling and intoning thank you with every breath, notice the joy of our true nature deepening and expanding as we feel the shower of golden light bathing us, pouring through us,,,, while delighting in this waterfall of joy, we salute this joy always bubbling in the core of the ocean of being… breathing in toward the one, breathing out toward the one… coming home deeper and deeper into the one cosmic heart of liberation…

thank you for luxuriating with me in this moment of eternity in the frequency of joy, committing this act of rebellion, of revolution where we pause in the gap and choose to be the transformation, the deepest and most expansive expression of our wild and wonderful open heart animating the frequency of liberation, free to be the ones we have been waiting for, the ones with the courage to venture into the unknown trusting in the destinednation of the fast moving river… and, thank you for taking this moment to re-member some profound words from Viktor Frankl, a being whose life was an unbroken contemplation on liberation… join me in bathing in this frequency, may our bathing flood the cosmos with wave after wave of liberating energy:

“Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of human freedoms – to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way.

We who lived in concentration camps can remember the men who walked through the huts comforting others, giving away their last piece of bread. They may have been few in number, but they offer sufficient proof that everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms — to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way.

For the first time in my life I saw the truth as it is set into song by so many poets, proclaimed as the final wisdom by so many thinkers. The truth – that Love is the ultimate and highest goal to which man can aspire. Then I grasped the meaning of the greatest secret that human poetry and human thought and belief have to impart: The salvation of man is through love and in love.

…never forget that we may also find meaning in life even when confronted with a hopeless situation, when facing a fate that cannot be changed… what then matters is to bear witness to the uniquely human potential at its best… to transform personal tragedy into triumph…”

and, now, let’s close this sacred space of ceremony with a blessing into the sacred fire within, the inner light of great spirit residing in all our relatives: may this day be blessed with gifts, lessons, understanding and friends… may our energy be a gift to all we meet… let us be centered, healing and open facing the day with courage, kindness, insight and compassion… may we honor this day being rooted in joy, the bubbling spring in the core of our interbeing…

Poetic Peace Pilgrimage – Year 8 – Day 198 – 7/2/2021

woo hoo! let’s get this second day of joyvolution, a revolution of joy revved up quintessentially… perhaps you are still intoxicated, as am i, from Rumi’s drinking song and maybe you have a SMILE still on your face starting my internal love engine…

now, feel into the pure delight of our brother elephant, get as comfortable as he is, slow down, settle in, take a deep breath smiling, with our next deep breath feel thank you thank you thank you flooding every cell and as we drop down even deeper, breathe in from the earthmother below who loves us so and feel the joy of true nature flooding every cell in our one body…

as we conspire, breathe together, smiling and intoning thank you with every breath, notice the joy of our true nature deepening and expanding as we feel the shower of golden light bathing us, pouring through us,,,, while delighting in this waterfall of joy, we salute this joy always bubbling in the core of the ocean of being…

thank you for luxuriating with me in this moment of eternity in the frequency of joy, committing this act of rebellion, of revolution where we pause in the gap and choose to be the transformation, the deepest and most expansive expression of our wide open heart animating the frequency of liberation, free to be the ones we have been waiting for, the ones with the courage to venture into the unknown trusting in the destinednation of the fast moving river…

and, now, let’s close this sacred space of ceremony with the blessing we began reciting 30 days ago into the sacred fire within, the inner light of great spirit residing in all our relatives: may this day be blessed with gifts, lessons, understanding and friends… may our energy be a gift to all we meet… let us be centered, healing and open facing the day with courage, kindness, insight and compassion… may we honor this day…

Poetic Peace Pilgrimage – Year 7 – Day 199 – 7/2/2020

woo hoo! let’s get this day of joyvolution, a revolution of joy revved quintessentially…

get comfortable, slow down, settle in, take a deep breath smiling, with our next deep breath feel thank you thank you thank you flooding every cell and as we drop down deeper breathe in from the earthmother who loves us so and feel the joy of true nature flooding every cell…

as we conspire, breathe together, smiling and thanking as we breathe in and out notice the joy of our true nature deepening and expanding as we feel the shower of golden light bathing us, pouring through us,,,, while delighting in this waterfall of joy, we salute this joy always bubbling in the core of the ocean of being…

thank you for coming home to our one heart and luxuriating in the frequency of joy, committing this act of rebellion, of revolution where we pause in the gap and choose to be the transformation, the deepest and most expansive expression of our wide open heart…