with deep bows and enormous gratitude, today’s pilgrimage is dedicated to juliette, a surefooted capricorn child of the earth and to all children of the earth, our natural teachers of lovingkindness and compassion… on the occasion of the anniversary of your birth, i am seeing such an amazing turn around the sun for you, for us all…
what a joy to travel the way of the heart with you – i gave you physical birth and you birth me each day along the invisible, infolding pathway of presence, trust, surrender, devotion hypnotically calling us home to our true refuge, our one cosmic heart in this moment, this beautiful moment of boundless love, of taking flight on the wings of love’s angelic waves…
let us take this wild and precious moment of eternity 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…
“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 ~
