welcome, welcome to day 62 of a season of peace and to the first day of the angelic month of awesome april, the day of celebrating the holy fool… traditionally, the fool card in the tarot is associated with the numbers, 0 and 22… at 0, the fool symbolizes life force before manifestation; at 22, the fool has sauntered the 21 keys of the major arcana completing a full cycle of awareness and experience and now steps beyond into a new dimension of limitless potential as a free and easy wanderer, an awakened pilgrim… so, on this first day of April, as we celebrate the ultimate pilgrim, the holy fool, let us bless this new beginning of a moon of awesomeness by contemplating what’s been quietly forming, what’s emerging… for me, the pathless path continues to be more and more mysterious in proportion with letting go to flow… this living more and more in the now takes heart, courage, it is a defying of gravity and moving into levitating… i’m trusting in Beloved and the power of love as iterated below by the incomparable Rumi…. “This is love: to fly toward a secret sky, to cause a hundred veils to fall each moment. First to let go of life. Finally, to take a step without feet.” thousandfold thanks for sharing this adventurous journey and what’s awakening in you…
welcome, welcome to day 61 of a season of peace, the day of the week we celebrate the astonishing light of being, this day also closing the circle of magical march, a day of reverie reverencing this wild and woolly moon of transformation, this moon of our deepening the journey, the pilgrimage into great rainbow mystery… blessing this space of awakening, of being fully present, of curiosity, of imagination, of courage in the face of chaos, of trust, of letting go, of breathing in and breathing out, of ebb and flow, of being lovingkindness, of standing in love for love, of being a season of peace built on justice guided by love… blessing our journey of walking home together and deepening into the heart…
here, at the crossroads we stand in the confluence…
welcome, welcome to day 60 of a season of peace, to day 3/3/3 in magical march, to a day of formally embarking on a virtual pilgrimage of hearing gaia’s call to be a healing vessel which has been forming forever, to a day when two beloved pilgrims from the land of first lemuria return home, to this day of hearing pilgrim voices across pachamama coming from the open spaciousness of not knowing, surrendering to and trusting in the whirlwind to lead the way… there is no exit, this is life… and, in the very instant of surrendering to the whirlwind, we are transmuted into whirling rhythm… and in that moment,that long drawn-out moment, the world cracks wide open… ~ may we all awaken to earth’s energy re-membering we are one heart… may we all awaken to earth’s oceans as our clean-sing tears… may we all awaken to earth’s wind as our enlivening breath… may we all awaken to earth’s landscape as our body… may our one heart open dormant seeds may our tears fill rain clouds may our breath give flight to migrating birds may our body be an island of refuge may earth mother receive our one heart for her energy may earth mother receive our tears for her oceans may earth mother receive our breath for her wind may earth mother receive our body for her landscape may earth mother open dormant seeds may earth mother fill rain clouds may earth mother give flight to migrating birds may earth mother nurture islands of refuge and, may the cycles of life flow unceasingly ~
welcome, welcome to day 59 of 64 days of a season of peace, we are coming down the quintessential homestretch and to this day of celebrating the 13th annual whalewatch week we’ve attended although for the first time it’s virtual until we can make it there in merry may… this journey is a pilgrimage of peace, a day of immersing wholeheartedly in the swirling sea of love energy where we all swim… today our intention for peace is amplified as we celebrate an upcoming sacred marriage, a voyage into the eternal death and rebirth cycle we go through moment by moment anchored in the true refuge of peace in our core… on this day of listening to the rhythm of the waves, the voice of grandmother echoing from deep below, i share what she shares… “I send love and blessings to all from the spirit world. I am so honored to feel your love and your concern. Do not forget to do everything you can to heal the oceans and water of this beautiful planet. Send your healing, loving thoughts to the water daily and get others to do the same. You must hold a vision of the water sparkling clean and full of vibrant life, for as you create this vision it will be done. It will however, take millions of people holding this vision to make the shift. Do not be dragged down by the current chaos in the world. Humans are gifted and powerful creators. You only need to shift your focus ever so slightly to come into alignment and do good for each other and all creatures on planet earth. It is time to forgive and let go of violence. Make your priority loving the earth, loving and supporting each other, loving and protecting all creatures, and doing everything you can to make life a paradise for all.” ~ Granny ~ may we open our one heart re-membering we are an ocean of lovingkindness…
welcome, welcome to day 58 of a season of peace, this day of mercury going direct although i’m not feeling it yet, a day calling for patience… ~ take heart, pilgrim! you were born for this: to leap into the void and wonder how to sprout wings and fly… ~ as i write tonight, i am tender so i shall let Pema’s words on the deepening interior journey we are all traversing speak for me… On the journey of the bodhisattva, the path goes down, not up, as if the mountain pointed toward the earth instead of the sky. Instead of transcending the suffering of all creatures, we move toward turbulence and doubt however we can. We explore the reality and unpredictability of insecurity and pain, and we try not to push it away. If it takes years, if it takes lifetimes, we let it be as it is. At our own pace, without speed or aggression, we move down and down and down. With us move millions of others, our companions in awakening from fear. At the bottom we discover water, the healing water of bodhichitta. Bodhichitta is our heart—our wounded, softened heart. Right down there in the thick of things, we discover the love that will not die. This love is bodhichitta. It is gentle and warm; it is clear and sharp; it is open and spacious. The awakened heart of bodhichitta is the basic goodness of all beings. ~ yes, take heart.. shanti, shanti, shantihi…
welcome, welcome to day 57 of a season of peace, a day of leaping into the void of oceanic being trusting in the soul to flow in concert with the magnetic waves of spaciousness… re-membering how as a wee child, i was instructed in the wisdom of pausing when things are getting overwhelming… years later i would hear of the wisdom of incorporating this practice of pausing throughout the day according to our ultradian healing rhythm cycling throughout our body every ninety minutes or so… honoring this cycle sustains the natural healing program of our body temples… so right now, in this moment, let’s tune in together to the transformational frequency of loving presence and experience one of the most important actions we can do this moment, this day, this life… Pause Breathe Rest in the Gap Slow Down Relax Witness the Beauty Listen Bless this Space may we all find the courage to leap into the void, into the spaciousness of ttmeless grace, the stillpoint of creation where there’s only the dance of gossamer threads of rainbow light…
welcome, welcome to day 56 of a season of peace and day 100 of this sixth turn around the sun on the poetic peace pilgrimage, a day like so many others when I AM awed by seeing the words that flowed on this very day back in 2014 as i gazed into this setting sun, a practice that daily i’d been keeping for eight months, these words resonate even more deeply five turns around the sun later, singing in all the cells of the ever expanding toric field of loving presence… 100 Days! On this journey, I AM being present in a deeper way… each breath through our one heart a gift each step on earth mother a kiss each communion with sun a celebration each reunion with moon a dance each moment being in flow ~ On this road less traveled, I AM trusting more profoundly… listening to the whispers from our one heart aligning with cosmic wisdom flowing in beauty all around ~ On this pilgrimage home, I AM surrendering more completely… re-membering we are love and that’s all that there is living from the heart in thought word and deed real-eye-sing we are rainbow clouds flowing into great mystery ~ thousandfold thanks for this wondrous day and for all relatives’ dancing and singing the way… our one heart beams radiantly…
welcome, welcome to day 55 of a season of peace and day 99 of this sixth turn around the sun on the poetic peace pilgrimage… falling in love with paths and pilgrimages as a child, i loved the annual spring ritual of watching The Wizard of Oz and dancing merrily down the yellow brick road with Dorothy, the Scarecrow, the Tin Man and the Cowardly Lion… march winds and turbulent energy flows are taking me back to the whirlwind that began the journey of awakening for Dorothy, for me, for you… in the midst of the tornado, everything known and stable is deconstructed to be built anew and so we must start fresh with a child’s vision of wonder and trust as we travel the yellow brick road, the golden path, the SHERO Journey to SELF™ where we re-member, like Dorothy, that we had the power all along, we are the power, we always have the ability to come home, we are always home…
welcome, welcome to day 54 of a season of peace, to the third day of loving presence re-treat, a day of savoring the quintessence, the essence of essence… love, sweet love and to the day each week we honor the astonishing light of our being… on this first year anniversary of the historic and epic March for Our Lives and the nine days anniversary of both the monumental Climate Change Rally and the New Zealand massacre at a time when we are called collectively to both midwife the dark night of the soul, the metaphorical descent down the narrow gate of the birth canal, and the rebirth of heart consciousness, it feels the moment to celebrate our standing in love for love… we belong to each other… there is only one of us here with each cell of the one body woven together in a design so perfect, a peace beyond our human understanding leading us to the critical question of how we serve the good of the whole for all our relatives… thanks be for leaders like New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, at 38 the youngest female head of state, who said in response to the horrific tragedy in her country: “Many of those who will have been directly affected by this shooting may be migrants to New Zealand, they may even be refugees here. They have chosen to make New Zealand their home, and it is their home. They are us… We are a nation of 200 ethnicities, 160 languages…We open our doors to others and say, ‘Welcome’… We wish for every member of our communities to also feel safe. Safety means being free from the fear of violence. But it also means being free from the fear of those sentiments of racism and hate that create a place where violence can flourish. And every single one of us has the power to change that.” may peace be upon all of us, shanti shanti shantihi…
welcome, welcome to day 53 of a season of peace and to the second day of loving presence re-treat, a day of savoring the quintessence, the essence of essence… love, sweet love… as i float in the spaciousness of the stillpoint, i re-member a poem that it is said that Charlie Chaplin read on his seventieth birthday in 1959, many years later Kim McKillen wrote a book with these words… whether the words are only Kim’s or both of theirs and many other people’s, the poem is so beautiful, so filled with wisdom and exactly the right medicine to sing my heat home dancing along the rainbow trail… As I Began to Love Myself As I began to love myself I found that anguish and emotional suffering are only warning signs that I was living against my own truth. Today, I know, this is “AUTHENTICITY”. As I began to love myself I understood how much it can offend somebody if I try to force my desires on this person, even though I knew the time was not right and the person was not ready for it, and even though this person was me. Today I call it “RESPECT”. As I began to love myself I stopped craving for a different life, and I could see that everything that surrounded me was inviting me to grow. Today I call it “MATURITY”. As I began to love myself I understood that at any circumstance, I am in the right place at the right time, and everything happens at the exactly right moment. So I could be calm. Today I call it “SELF-CONFIDENCE”. As I began to love myself I quit stealing my own time, and I stopped designing huge projects for the future. Today, I only do what brings me joy and happiness, things I love to do and that make my heart cheer, and I do them in my own way and in my own rhythm. Today I call it “SIMPLICITY”. As I began to love myself I freed myself of anything that is no good for my health – food, people, things, situations, and everything that drew me down and away from myself. At first I called this attitude a healthy egoism. Today I know it is “LOVE OF ONESELF”. As I began to love myself I quit trying to always be right, and ever since I was wrong less of the time. Today I discovered that is “MODESTY”. As I began to love myself I refused to go on living in the past and worrying about the future. Now, I only live for the moment, where everything is happening. Today I live each day, day by day, and I call it “FULFILLMENT”. As I began to love myself I recognized that my mind can disturb me and it can make me sick. But as I connected it to my heart, my mind became a valuable ally. Today I call this connection “WISDOM OF THE HEART”. We no longer need to fear arguments, confrontations or any kind of problems with ourselves or others. Even stars collide, and out of their crashing new worlds are born. Today I know “THAT IS LIFE”! ~ may we real-eyes as we come home, we are always being led…
