New Ideas I am open to new ideas. New insights are revealed to me. Each day presents me with opportunities to grow. My interactions with others, my response to whatever situation I encounter, can lead me to transformation and renewal as I approach them from a spiritual perspective. I increase my understanding as I…
Month: March 2019
POEMS: “Seeds of Light” -The end of Darkness (“Semillas de luz”- El fin de la obscuridad)
“Seeds of Light” Darkness is all around… The seeds of Light live in the heart When touched by the Sun The seeds begin to sprout! No one can stop the sacred Nature of Light Despite the madness of this world There is a Divine Plan, working behind the scenes. Despite the wars…
Happy Mother’s Day UK!!! POEMS: “Mother’s Day” by Trina Graves
Mother’s Day March 30, 2019 Trina GravesLeave a comment Mother’s Day in the UK Is on the fourth Sunday of Lent A day when earlier Christians To their ‘Mother’ church went Visiting their ‘Mother’ church Where they grew up, long ago A place of ‘Home’ to worship Their thankfulness to bestow And now Mother’s Day…
Spirituality from Daily Word: “Healing” (Espiritualidad de la Palabra Diaria: “Curación”)
Healing The light of God energizes and harmonizes every cell of my body. I take this time to lift my consciousness into the higher realms of healing. I know that a higher thought, held with persistence, will always overcome a lesser idea. When I focus on my innate wholeness, I experience a dynamic influx…
MYSTICAL POEMS: “Tree” by Aurobindo
“Tree” A tree beside the sandy River-beach Holds up its topmost boughs Like fingers towards the skies They cannot reach, Earth-bound, heaven-amorous. This is the soul of man. Body and brain Hungry for earth our heavenly flight detain. by Aurobindo
POEMS: “A brave and startling truth” by Maya Angelou
“A brave and startling truth” We, this people, on a small and lonely planet Traveling through casual space Past aloof stars, across the way of indifferent suns To a destination where all signs tell us It is possible and imperative that we learn A brave and startling truth And when we come to it…
SPIRITUAL POEMS FROM GERMANY: “I find you, Lord, in all Things and in all” by Rainer Maria Rilke
“I find you, Lord, in all Things and in all” I find you, Lord, in all Things and in all my fellow creatures, pulsing with your life; as a tiny seed you sleep in what is small and in the vast you vastly yield yourself. The wondrous game that power plays with Things is…
POEMS: “Traveller: stop a moment (from Anamnesis)”
“Traveller: stop a moment (from Anamnesis)” Traveller: stop a moment. It is time to stop time, to step inside. Come into this house of quiet and let it take your mind. Can you ? The hardest thing. To stop thinking. So you can start really seeing and enter the silent mind that waits in…
Spirituality from Daily Word: “Breathe” (Espiritualidad de la Palabra Diaria: “Respirar”)
Breathe Breath is my connection to Spirit. In The Happiness Trap Pocketbook, authors Bev Aisbett and Dr. Russ Harris share, “Mindful breathing … [is] an anchor, to hold you steady in the midst of an emotional storm.” Throughout the day I notice the rate of my breathing—rapidly when I exercise, or slow and deliberate…
SPIRITUAL POEMS: “I smile like a flower not only with my lips” by Rumi
“I smile like a flower not only with my lips” I smile like a flower not only with my lips but with my whole being for I am alone with the King and have lost myself in him. At dawn your flame seized my heart but left behind my body. I will shout and…
Spirituality from Daily Word: “Spiritual Evolution” (Espiritualidad de la Palabra Diaria: “Evolución espiritual”)
Spiritual Evolution I am continually evolving. Part of growing older is growing wiser, and I continue to grow in awareness every day. I am not the same person today as I was 10 years ago. Some beliefs and understandings I held close at one time have evolved. Spiritual awareness requires that I see with…
SPIRITUAL POEMS: “The Waking” by Theodore Roethke
“The Waking” I wake to sleep, and take my waking slow. I feel my fate in what I cannot fear. I learn by going where I have to go. We think by feeling. What is there to know? I hear my being dance from ear to ear. I wake to sleep, and take my waking…
