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Poetic PEACE Pilgrimage – Year 5 – Day 119 – 4/14/2018

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Peace is a daily, a weekly, a monthly process, gradually changing opinions, slowly eroding old barriers, quietly building new structures.
~ John  Kennedy ~

on this day, may we come together standing in love for love to invoke 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.

The Great Invocation was provided through Alice Bailey by Master Djwhal Khul in 1945, and the traditional version uses the accepted gendered language of that time:

From the point of Light within the Mind of God
Let light stream forth into the minds of men.
Let Light descend on Earth.

From the point of Love within the Heart of God
Let love stream forth into the hearts of men.
May Christ return to Earth.

From the center where the Will of God is known
Let purpose guide the little wills of men,
The purpose which the Masters know and serve.

From the center which we call the race of men
Let the Plan of Love and Light work out
And may it seal the door where evil dwells.

Let Light and Love and Power restore the Plan on Earth.

Poetic PEACE Pilgrimage – Year 5 – Day 118 – 4/13/2018

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may the power of love overcome the love of power over so that we may know peace…

today, the United States in violation of international and domestic law and the constitution without congressional authority has committed a criminal act of aggression with airstrikes on Syria…

i pray that all our relatives will join me in joining in a collective moment of peace… may we all feel peace right now in every wild cell creating a continuous wave of peace flowing throughout the cosmos and awakening us all to the wisdom that violence only begets violence and for their to be peace it must be built on justice guided by love…

may we all come together in this moment as instruments of peace to stand together in love for love reaching out our “hands” and tuning into our one heart of peace…

om shanti, shanti, shantihi…

“Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.”

~ Dr Martin Luther King, Jr ~

Poetic PEACE Pilgrimage – Year 5 – Day 117 – 4/12/2018

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journey with me to the bend in the river

to reflect in silence in the circular way

come home to the heart, sacred space of surrender

where love flows freely every moment of the day

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to reflect in silence in the circular way,

rest in the center of the whirling water wheel

where love flows freely every moment of the day

re-joy-sing in beloved’s whispers… only love is real

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rest in the center of the whirling water wheel

to be breathed into perfect balance with deep mystery

re-joy-sing in beloved’s whispers… only love is real

dancing at the stillpoint in harmony

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journey with me to the bend in the river

to reflect in silence in the circular way

rest in the center of the whirling water wheel

to be breathed into perfect balance with deep mystery

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be still now here in this deep silence

resting in beloved’s expansive great lap

 she sings her children into motion

dancing harmony in the circular way

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Poetic PEACE Pilgrimage – Year 5 – Day 116 – 4/11/2018

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today, on the magical mystery tour, i delight being in a house of mirrors, beautiful mirrors as i look into your soul and see such radiance… thank you for being such a profound reflection of our true nature… your lovingkindness, compassion, generosity, grace, luminescence, humor, sensitivity, presence, devotion, joy, peace, patience, passion, curiosity and on and on enrich and inspire me in every moment… thousandfold thanks and deep bows…

awakened april is national poetry month and on this 11th day while reflecting on the sacred mirrors, let’s also tune into outer and inner birds  flocking around reminding us to be openhearted and free  and singing a joyful song, re-joy-sing…

may my heart always be open to little
birds who are the secrets of living
whatever they sing is better than to know
and if men should not hear them men are old

may my mind stroll about hungry
and fearless and thirsty and supple
and even if it’s sunday may i be wrong
for whenever men are right they are not young

and may myself do nothing usefully
and love yourself so more than truly
there’s never been quite such a fool who could fail
pulling all the sky over him with one smile

~ e.e. cummings ~

Complete Poems 1904-1962)

may we travel in a  sacred lovingkindness way…

Poetic PEACE Pilgrimage – Year 5 – Day 115 – 4/10/2018

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Resting in the River Meditation

today is a day of resting in the river wherever i am… join me in deep flowing space lulled by the words of  beloved teacher, Thay…

My dear friends, suppose someone is holding a pebble and throws it in the air and the pebble begins to fall down into a river. After the pebble touches the surface of the water, it allows itself to sink slowly into the river.

It will reach the bed of the river without any effort. Once the pebble is at the bottom of the river, it continues to rest. It allows the water to pass by.

I think the pebble reaches the bed of the river by the shortest path because it allows itself to fall without making any effort. During our sitting meditation we can allow ourselves to rest like a pebble. We can allow ourselves to sink naturally without effort to the position of sitting, the position of resting.

Resting is a very important practice; we have to learn the art of resting.

The Buddha said, “My practice is the practice of non-practice.” That means a lot. Give up all struggle. Allow yourself to be, to rest.

Let us visualize the waves on the ocean, several waves appearing on the surface of the ocean. Some waves are big, there are those that are small, and each wave seems to have its own life.

…if the wave is able to bend down and touch the water within herself, it will realize that while it is a wave, it is at the same time water. Water is the foundation of the wave. While waves can be high and low, more and less beautiful, the water is free from all these notions. That is why if we are able to touch the foundation of our being, we can release our fear and our suffering.

Touching the foundation of our being means touching nirvana. Our foundation is not subjected to birth and death, being and non-being. A wave can live the life of a wave, but a wave can do much better than that. While living the life of a wave, a wave can live a life of the water. The more our solidity and our freedom grows, the deeper we touch the ground of our own being. That is the door for emancipation, for the greatest relief.

~Thich Nhat Hanh~

may we all rest in the river living the life of water…

for the benefit of all, let us dedicate the merit of this meditation to the ever expanding field of cosmic awakening…

Poetic PEACE Pilgrimage – Year 5 – Day 114 – 4/9/2018

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this afternoon, i feel weary  with a sadness in the cells and i sit in this river letting it wash over me… this evening, i re-member that today is the sixth anniversary of a miracle, yes, new seeds are growing…

even though i’ve experienced many miraculous healings over many turns ’round the sun, this one was especially incredible… fast forward a couple of more turns to when a western doctor doing a work up in prep for an eye surgery asked me how i’d defied western medicine so many times… without any thought, the words simply flowed… “i began dwelling in the abundance of infinite love and gratitude smiling and saying thank you to whatever arose while breathing in deeply through our one heart…”

this every breath practice, this sauntering on the peace pilgrimage, is the royal road to the milagro field, the clearing in the wilder ness in the land of grace… free and accessible to all, one need only slow down, silently attune to the cosmic hum, soften into her rhythmic flow, and serve the whole by letting go of identification becoming one with all that is…

isn’t it interesting how we make something that is so very simple into something so complex, so much so, it’s like a forgotten art?

thousandfold thanks we live in a morphic field that is exponentially more resonant in every moment, hallelujah! for the innernet, the most powerful communication network, operating at the speed of light…

thanks be for every breath being a deepening journey into the stillpoint, the center of the wheel, where the dance begins in rhythm with divine flow…

Poetic PEACE Pilgrimage – Year 5 – Day 113 – 4/8/2018

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“I wish I could show you when you are lonely or in darkness the astonishing light of your own being.”

so, dear awakened ones and awakening ones, a little checklist of some signs you are awakening and, yes, smile with everyone you’re feeling…

12 Signs of Awakening

  1. An increased tendency to let things happen rather than make them happen.
  2. Frequent attacks of smiling.
  3. Feelings of being connected with others and nature.
  4. Frequent overwhelming episodes of appreciation.
  5. A tendency to think and act spontaneously rather than from fears based on past experience.
  6. An unmistakeable ability to enjoy each moment.
  7. A loss of ability to worry.
  8. A loss of interest in conflict.
  9. A loss of interest in interpreting the actions of others.
  10. A loss of interest in judging others.
  11. A loss of interest in judging self.
  12. Gaining the ability to love without expecting anything in return.

may we  awaken to and re-member the light we are and  shine, shine, shine…

Poetic PEACE Pilgrimage – Year 5 – Day 112 – 4/7/2018

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yesterday’s walk along the freedom road of liberation opens to today’s walk of witnessing awakening as loving kindness, the miracle of  walking on the earth dwelling deeply in the present moment and feeling boundless love and gratitude, of simply surrender with each step, with each breath into the unknown, into the new beginning that’s been quietly forming with every thought, word and deed, with every choice aligned with our soul, the courageous leap of faith that opens the portal to the path with heart, the path we sign up for on this island home…

come, stand in love for love with me in the center of being where we dream the new story, where singing waters hum in harmony bathing the new world lovingly, peacefully, joyfully, beautifully, where we build beloved community in the new jerusalem of stillness… behold, graceland!

now, is the moment for inner awakening, for listening for the call of our soul, the whispers of our one heart calling us to slow down, to come home and tend the garden of our genius, the spark of light, the inner flame that is eternal and immortal, the dream that will never die…. yes, may we be instruments of  peace built on justice guided by love, hollow reeds of flowing lovingkindness…

Poetic PEACE Pilgrimage – Year 5 – Day 111 – 4/6/2018

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“Dogs are our link to paradise. They don’t know evil or jealousy or discontent. To sit with a dog on a hillside on a glorious afternoon is to be back in Eden, where doing nothing was not boring–it was peace.”

~Milan Kundera~

Happiest of Turns Around the Sun, Ms Radiance!

yes, my precious grandpuppy, this being of excitement i get to spend most every day with, this exuberant spirit who always greets me so joyously with the most unconditional love is the embodiment of the Buddha and Kuan Yin all rolled into this cute furball of invincibility turns one today…

this sweet little clown is such an amazing spiritual teacher of  being in the moment, of unconditional love, of joie de vivre  fills me with lovingkindness and compassion moment by moment and pulls me into the paradise of puppy consciousness where every moment is new and fresh, every sound and smell a compelling curiosity…

deep bows and boundless love onederfull being…

Poetic PEACE Pilgrimage – Year 5 – Day 110 – 4/5/2018

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A GENEROUS HEART IS ALWAYS OPEN, ALWAYS READY TO RECEIVE OUR GOING AND COMING. IN THE MIDST OF SUCH LOVE WE NEED NEVER FEAR ABANDONMENT. THIS IS THE MOST PRECIOUS GIFT TRUE LOVE OFFERS – THE EXPERIENCE OF KNOWING WE ALWAYS BELONG.

– BELL HOOKS –

today is Golden Rule Day, a day for all our relatives to treat each other as we want to be treated… on this day and every day, may we live lovingkindness and compassion…

Dear one, I am here for you. Dear one, I see you, and it makes me happy. Dear one, I see that you are in pain, and that is why I am here for you. Dear one, I am in pain, please help me.

~ Thich Nhat Hanh ~

in this moment, this wild and precious moment, may we treat others from the spaciousness of a noble heart re-membering…

Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails.

~ 1 Corinthian 13:4-8 ~

treat each other well – we belong to each other – one heart