Taking Steps Today I take steps for all humankind. Fifty years ago today, two American astronauts became the first men to walk on the moon. Neil Armstrong called it “one giant leap for mankind” as he planted deep footprints into the moon dust. What are the footprints I am leaving as I pass through my…
POEMS FROM A MOTHER: “Farewell letter” by David Whyte
Farewell letter She wrote me a letter after her death and I remember a kind of happy light falling on the envelope as I sat by the rose tree on her old bench at the back door, so surprised by its arrival wondering what she would say, looking up before I could open it and…
POEMS: “Blessing” by John O’Donohue
“Blessing” On the day when the weight deadens on your shoulders and you stumble, may the clay dance to balance you. And when your eyes freeze behind the grey window and the ghost of loss gets in to you, may a flock of colours, indigo, red, green, and azure blue come to awaken in you…
The mirror of Truth by Rumi (from an older post)
“The truth was a mirror in the hands of God. It fell, and broke into pieces. Everybody took a piece of it, and they looked at it, and thought they had the truth.” Rumi
RANDOM ACTS OF KINDNESS: “50 Easy Pay it Forward – Day Kindness Ideas”
50 Easy Pay it Forward Day Kindness Ideas: Pay it Backward: buy coffee for the person behind you in line. Compliment the first three people you talk to today. Send a positive text message to five different people right now. Post inspirational sticky notes around your neighborhood, office, school, etc. Tell someone they dropped…
A wisdom quote from Neale Donald Walsch “Life is a game of boomerangs”
Life is a game of boomerangs. Our thoughts, deeds and words return to us sooner or later with astounding accuracy. Florence Scovel Shinn said that, and she was right. So before you think, do, or say anything — imagine what it would be like to receive what you are sending. Then, go one step further….
LONG NATURE POEMS: “Have You Ever Tried to Enter the Long Black Branches?”
“Have You Ever Tried to Enter the Long Black Branches?” Have you ever tried to enter the long black branches of other lives — tried to imagine what the crisp fringes, full of honey, hanging from the branches of the young locust trees, in early morning, feel like? Do you think this world was…
“ONENESS” (“UNIDAD”)
Centering my energy within, I feel it moving throughout my body. I send the flow through my feet, feeling myself exchanging strength with the earth below. I expand the energy outward as love, embracing the trees, animals, mountains, and waterways that cover the planet. I allow it to rise into the sky as steady…
SPIRITUAL POEMS: “Morning Prayer” by Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Morning Prayer Let me to-day do something that shall take A little sadness from the world’s vast store, And may I be so favored as to make Of joy’s too scanty sum a little more. Let me not hurt, by any selfish deed Or thoughtless word, the heart of foe or friend;…
MYSTIC POEMS: “The embrace” by Mystic Meandering
Thursday, July 4, 2019 The Embrace… Everything is held in the Embrace of the Luminous Unmanifest… ~ This Eternal Embrace is a dynamic stillness of Being that holds everything as it is; a holding space for everything to just Be… ~ We are held in this space of Divine Embrace – a Vastness that just…
Spirituality from Daily Word: “Listen” (Espiritualidad de La Palabra Diaria: “Escuchar”)
Listen I listen to the still, small voice within me. Today I take time to close my eyes and listen to God’s world all around me. I hear birds sing and the breeze moving through the trees. It is wonderful to reconnect with sounds I have taken for granted. As I continue to sit…
POEMS: Is it possible? by Anthony de Mello
Is it possible? Is it possible for the rose to say, “I will give my fragrance to the good people who smell me, but I will withhold it from the bad?” Or is it possible for the lamp to say, “I will give my light to the good people in this room, but I will…
A quote by Walt Whitman about Nature
“After you have exhausted what there is in business, politics, conviviality, and so on – have found that none of these finally satisfy, or permanently wear – what remains? Nature remains; to bring out from their torpid recesses, the affinities of a man or woman with the open air, the trees, fields, the changes of…
SPIRITUAL POEMS: “Creation” by Ella Wheeler Wilcox
“Creation” The impulse of all love is to create. God was so full of love, in His embrace He clasped the empty nothingness of space, And lo! the solar system! High in state The mighty sun sat, so supreme and great With this same essence, one smile of its face Brought myriad forms of life…
POEMS: “Tai Chi” (poem also translated to Spanish “Tai-chi”) Amira
Tai Chi Moving with the flow Of the Chi Force, Grounded, pushing forward, retrieving back soon you’ll get the knack! Circles within circles, Hands like clouds Balance duality of ying and yang, Relax the mind. Rhythmic moves uplift the mood, Gentle, easy, and smooth Be still in the movement, Move in stillness…
POEMS: “For courage” by John O’Donohue
“For courage” When the light around lessens And your thoughts darken until Your body feels fear turn Cold as a stone inside, When you find yourself bereft Of any belief in yourself And all you unknowingly Leaned on has fallen, When one voice commands Your whole heart, And it is raven dark, Steady yourself and…
SUMMER POEMS: “From blossoms” by Li-Young Lee
“From blossoms” From blossoms comes this brown paper bag of peaches we bought from the boy at the bend in the road where we turned toward signs painted Peaches. From laden boughs, from hands, from sweet fellowship in the bins, comes nectar at the roadside, succulent peaches we devour, dusty skin and all, comes…
MYSTIC POEMS: “Remembering” by Mystic Meandering
“Remembering” Posted: 06 Jul 2019 11:16 PM PDT Sitting in the Sanctuary of Silence, the deep space of Formlessness keeps pulling me in, enticing me to remember, to listen D E E P L Y . . . In this space of Pure Awareness, beyond thought, I can feel the intimacy of Silence once…
A wisdom quote from Neale Donald Walsch on “Why is this happening?”
“Why is this happening?” is the most useless question in the Universe. The only really profitable question is, “What?” As in, “What do I choose now?” This question empowers. The “why” question simply perplexes, and rarely satisfies even when it gets a good answer. So don’t try to “figure it out.” Stop it. Just focus…
Spirituality from Daily Word: “Harmony” (Espiritualidad de la Palabra Diaria: “Armonía”)
Harmony Today I do my part to create harmony and peace. Today I do my part to bring peace and harmony to my corner of the world. People around me may be angry and argumentative, but I remain centered in the deep peace of my soul, which helps me see God in others too….
MYSTICAL POEMS: “This bleeding separation” by Abu-Said Abil-Kheir
“This bleeding separation” In the school of mind you learn a lot, and become a true scholar for many to look up to. In the school of Love, you become a child to learn again. ***** A pious one with a hundred beads on your rosary, or a drunkard in a tavern, any gift you…
POEMS: “The Timing Of Your Death Is Always Chosen By You” – quote by Abraham-Hicks, Poem by Trina Graves
“The Timing Of Your Death Is Always Chosen By You” (Title Quote: Abraham-Hicks) We are all born into this life Not knowing how long it will be But would we truly desire to know If granted the length to see? Before we came we made a choice Of when our life would end Fitting in…
MYSTIC POEMS: “Listen politely to your dear heart” by Badshah Khan
Rubayiat Al Thurab (Verses of the Dust) – 84 BismillahIr RahmanIr Raheem Listen politely to your dear heart, Its Speaking to you’ Its uttering the language of eternal love. Heed to your dear heart, Its a boundless wealth of righteous, Your heart, habitually recite the sacred words. The sacred words of your divine creator Keenly…
SPIRITUAL POEMS: “One By One” by Ella Wheeler Wilcox
“One By One” Little by little and one by one, Out of the ether, were worlds created; Star and planet and sea and sun, All in the nebulous Nothing waited Till the Nameless One Who has many a name Called them to being and forth they came. All things mighty and all things small, Stone…
SPIRITUAL POEMS: “God’s Garden” by Robert Frost
“God’s Garden” “God made a beatous garden With lovely flowers strown, But one straight, narrow pathway That was not overgrown. And to this beauteous garden He brought mankind to live, And said: ‘To you, my children, These lovely flowers I give. Prune ye my vines and fig trees, With care my flowerets tend, But keep…
SPIRITUAL POEMS: “Prayer” by Ella Wheeler Wilcox
“Prayer” Lord, let us pray. Give us the open mind, O God, The mind that dares believe In paths of thought as yet untrod; The mind that can conceive Large visions of a wider way Than circumscribes our world to-day. May tolerance temper our own faith, However great our zeal; When others speak of life…
MYSTICAL POEMS: “It’s Each Of Us!”
It’s Each Of Us! I placed the votive candle, Into it’s beautiful glass holder, And noted how the frame, In which the wax was held, Was so badly bent and battered. For a moment, I paused, wondering, Was such a candle fit to light, In Remembrance of The Beloved, Framed in such imperfection, So very…
A quote from John O’Donohue about stress
“We rush through our days in such stress and intensity, as if we were here to stay and the serious project of the world depended on us. We worry and grow anxious; we magnify trivia until they become important enough to control our lives. Yet all the time, we have forgotten that we are…
MYSTICAL POEMS: “Wake up lovers” by Rumi
“Wake up lovers, it is time to start the journey! We have seen enough of this world, it is time to see another. These two gardens may be beautiful but let us pass beyond them and go to the Gardener. Let us kiss the ground and flow like a river towards the ocean. Let us…
MYSTICAL POEMS: “Santiago” by David Whyte (from “Pilgrim”)
“Santiago” The road seen, then not seen, the hillside hiding then revealing the way you should take, the road dropping away from you as if leaving you to walk on thin air, then catching you, holding you up, when you thought you would fall, and the way forward always in the end the way…
A quote from Neale Donald Walsch about “your soul”
Life is about your soul, not about your body and not about your mind. Most people work hard to keep the body happy. Then they seek to stimulate their mind. Then…if there is time… they look after their soul. Yet the most beneficial priority has it just the other way around. When was the…
POEMS: “July 2nd has been declared UFO Day” Amira (“El 2 de julio ha sido declarado Día del OVNI”)
“July 2nd has been declared UFO Day” As many days to celebrate there are Today has been declared UFO (unidentified flying object) Day! There must be a reason for this declaration So many people from the world’s nations Have told their experiences, Have recounted what they witnessed Not all could be…
POEMS ABOUT POETRY: “THE LIGHTEST TOUCH”
“The lightest touch” Good poetry begins with the lightest touch, a breeze arriving from nowhere, a whispered healing arrival, a word in your ear, a settling into things, then, like a hand in the dark, it arrests the whole body, steeling you for revelation. In the silence that follows a great line, you can feel…
Spiritual Nursery Rhyme: “My Hands, Your Hands, God’s Hands” by Trina Graves
My Hands, Your Hands, God’s Hands June 29, 2019 Trina GravesLeave a comment Spiritual Nursery Rhyme My hands touch you with love Your hands do this too God’s Hands always love you My hands feed you food Your hands try this too God’s Hands always feed you My hands take care of you Your hands are…
MYSTICAL POEMS: “Am I not Here?”
Am I not Here? When I would sit to “meditate”, When I would strive to do, Or refrain from doing, The Beloved would whisper… What are you doing? Am I not here? Where would you go to find me, My Beloved, My own? What would you do to gain my Love, Which is now, has…
NATURE POEMS: “A gift from the sky” Amira (“Un regalo del cielo”)
“The gift from the sky” In Nature’s solitude Observing the twilight aperture As the first stars begin to light up the sky The tree swallows fly To catch up their evening meal by the lake And soon they are joined by the bats In their frantic zig-zag Catching the invisible bugs Suddenly, behind…
A quote by Neale Donald Walsch on “living rightly”
You will benefit enormously if you simply strive to be a good person. Strive to live rightly. This will not always be easy. It will require real work, real dedication, real commitment to the Journey of Your Soul. Yet in the end, I trust in God that it will be so very worth it, for…
POEMS: “The Central Calm” by Edward Carpenter
“The Central Calm” Drawing back for a moment from Time, and its superficial claims and conclusions, Realising for a moment the artistic nature of the utterance of the Universe: That all is for expression, and that for this end commencement and finale, first evolved and latest evolved, are equally important; That Progress is a word…
NATURE POEMS: “Summer Song” by Ella Wheeler Wilcox
“Summer Song” The meadow lark’s trill and the brown thrush’s whistle From morning to evening fill all the sweet air, And my heart is as light as the down of a thistle – The world is so bright and the earth is so fair. There is life in the wood, there is bloom on…
POEMS: “For Loneliness” by John O’Donohue
“For Loneliness” When the light lessens, Causing colors to lose their courage, And your eyes fix on the empty distance That can open on either side Of the surest line To make all that is Familiar and near Seem suddenly foreign, When the music of talk Breaks apart into noise And you hear your…
A quote (within quotes) by Neale Donald Walsch on “fear”
“Fear is one of the main sources of cruelty. To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom.” Bertrand Russell said that, and he was right. Elisabeth Kubler-Ross said, “Fear and guilt are the only enemies of man.” She was right, too. And Franklin Roosevelt famously said, “The only thing we have to fear is fear…
MYSTICAL POEMS: “Spirit that makes connections” by Rainer Maria Rilke
“Spirit that makes connections” Bless the spirit that makes connections, for truly we live in what we imagine. Clocks move along side our real life with steps that are ever the same. Though we do not know our exact location, we are held in place by what links us. Across trackless distances antennas sense each…
Quick notice dear friends!
Hi dear friends! I just want to let you know that we’re going on another camping adventure in nature for a few days. I am not taking any technology with me, so I will unplug from the net for a while, and recharge with mother Nature. I appreciate your visits and your comments and look…
“Boots” by Ancient skies (re-blogged)
Originally posted on Ancient Skies:
I’m not sure when we fell in love with the sound of stormtroopers boots, or embraced the concept that strong means destroying other people, or why we’ve always mistreated people that are brown. Don’t let anyone fool you, even if they’re waving flags, hatred is, and will always be unequivocally…….…
Spirituality from Daily Word: “Laughter” (Espiritualidad de la Palabra Diaria:”Risa”)
Laughter I discover my inner joy and laughter. Who finds it easiest to laugh? Children! Perhaps this is why Jesus suggested that no one can truly have a spiritual experience without becoming like a child. When he said, “Let the little children come to me … for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as…
“The metaphysical garden of change” by Michèle @ organicschat (re-blogged)
Originally posted on Michèle's Blog:
When I was 9 years old, I spontaneously astral-projected and found myself suddenly experiencing infinite fields of energy within an atom, within what is commonly referred to as the 99.99…% “space” within each atom. During this metaphysical travel, I experienced an infinite amount of potential energy fields within…
“The Best Medicine – Laughter” by Manuela @ In a Love World (re-blogged)
Originally posted on In a Love World:
https://media.giphy.com/media/Fn7q3cMgPZmqk/giphy.gif There is one thing we all love to do it – laughing. Laughter is an expression form of our emotions and is part of our human behavior and regulated by the brain. There are positive and negative purposes of laughter, and I am going to stop at…
