Protected I shine my light and feel protected. Feelings of fear that creep into my life may conjure childhood memories of scary nighttime images and noises. As a child, I may have felt afraid of the dark or startled by an unfamiliar sound. But the morning sun always dispelled the darkness, and I realized there…
Category: CONQUERING FEAR
Spirituality from Daily Word: “Calm”(Espiritualidad de la Palabra Diaria: “Calma”)
Calm Centered in Spirit, I am calm and relaxed. A windstorm near a peaceful lake can roil the water, turning it cloudy as the sediment below is stirred up. After the storm, the surface settles and the water clears. Worry can be like a storm that roils my mind, and anxiety can keep me rooted…
RELEVANT POEMS: “Where The Mind Is Without Fear” By Rabindranath Tagore
Where The Mind Is Without Fear Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high Where knowledge is free Where the world has not been broken up into fragments By narrow domestic walls Where words come out from the depth of truth Where tireless striving stretches its arms towards perfection Where the…
MYSTICAL POEMS: “Follow the Warmth” by Fred LaMotte
Follow the Warmth – Fred LaMotte When you were a very young child you used not esoteric practice, no spiritual technique. You just honored people who made your chest expand with silent warmth. You stayed away from those who chilled and shrank your heart. How does the orchid open in the wilderness? It bends toward…
RELEVANT POEMS: “Freedom” by Rabindranath Tagore
Freedom Freedom from fear is the freedom I claim for you my motherland! Freedom from the burden of the ages, bending your head, breaking your back, blinding your eyes to the beckoning call of the future; Freedom from the shackles of slumber wherewith you fasten yourself in night’s stillness, mistrusting the star that speaks of…
Spirituality from Daily Word: “Release” (espiritualidad de la Palabra Diaria: “Soltar”)
Release I release all that no longer serves me. Just as a home can begin to feel cluttered when filled with belongings that no longer serve a purpose, my inner life can become a shambles of outgrown thoughts and feelings. My mind may feel jumbled when tangled with obsolete beliefs. My heart may feel heavy…
Spirituality from Daily Word: “Positive” (Espiritualidad de la Palabra Diaria: “Positivismo”)
Positive I am positive in all my thoughts and actions. It is easy to feel overwhelmed by what seems like a never-ending stream of distressing news. When people around me are caught up in fearful, anxious, or agitated states, I remain determined to not be swept up in negativity. I choose instead to take a…
“This is the time” by The Hopi Nation Elders
You have been telling the people that this is the Eleventh Hour. Now you must go back and tell the people that this is the Hour. And there are things to be considered: Where are you living? What are you doing? What are your relationships? Are you in right relation? Where is your water? Know your garden….
POEMS: “Death Has No Sting” by Trina Graves
Death Has No Sting June 12, 2020 Trina Graves1 Comment Quote Title: Kryon-Lee Carroll Death has no sting You’ve done it before You just open up And go through a door Leaving your overcoat To be recycled to Earth Not needed anymore It contains no worth Leaving linear time Re-uniting your Energy Remembering who you are…
POEMS: “Rise Above The Fear” by Trina Graves
Lilac-breasted Roller in flight Rise Above The Fear Fear always stalks Seeking to find a way To take hold and enter Our psyche every day Doubts and insecurities Riddle in our mind Clogging up our energy Then negativity we find Blinkered in our sight Seeming darkness all around It’s easy to sink deeper Unless a…
“Say I am” by Nisargadatta
Learn to distinguish the immovable in the movable, the unchanging in the changing, till you realize that all differences are in appearance only and oneness is a fact. This basic identity—you may call God, or Brahman, or the matrix (Prakriti), the words matter little—is only the realization that all is one. Once you can say…
ZEN INSPIRATIONAL POEMS: “Hokusai says” by Roger Keyes
“Hokusai says” Hokusai says look carefully. He says pay attention, notice. He says keep looking, stay curious. He says there is no end to seeing. He says look forward to getting old. He says keep changing, you just get more who you really are. He says get stuck, accept it, repeat yourself…
