Imagine you are walking in the woods and you see a dog sitting by a tree. As you approach it, it suddenly lunges at you, teeth bared. You are frightened and angry. But then you notice that one of its legs is caught in a trap. Immediately your mood
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EARTH SONG
Listen to things more often than beings.
Hear the voice of the fire, hear the voice of the water,
Listen in the wind to the sighing of the bush:
This is the ancestors breathing.
Those who are dead are never gone;
The dead are not down in
The first peace, which is the most important, is that which comes within the souls of people when they realize their relationship, their oneness with the Universe and all its powers, and when they realize that at the center of the Universe dwells
There’s so much more to life than finding someone who will want you, or being sad over someone who doesn’t. There’s a lot of wonderful time to be spent discovering yourself without hoping someone will fall in Love with you along the way, and it does
Rather than calling in the light,
Be the light.
*
Blessings
(c) O. Nightsky
(Art: unknown as yet)
Breathe out everything
you are against.
Surrender the argument.
For just an instant
be nothing
in the gentle palm
of desolation
between breaths.
Inhalation, exhalation,
wings of unknowing
that brush up your spine,
ringing each vertebra
like a bell-full of nigh
"You have to really hug the [one] you are holding. You have to make him or her very real in your arms.. breathing consciously and hugging with all your body, spirit, and heart. Hugging meditation is a practice of mindfulness. “Breathing in, I know
It's even more important during these powerful times that we encourage the art of innocent play. Turn off the news, put down your phone and play. You're not going to miss anything that's happening in the world. The news, your messages will still b
In a mother’s womb were two babies. One asked the other:
“Do you believe in life after delivery?” The other replied, “Why, of course. There has to be something after delivery. Maybe we are here to prepare ourselves for what we will be later.”
“Non
The dead are not distant or absent. They are alongside us. When we lose someone to death, we lose their physical image and presence, they slip out of visible form into invisible presence. This alteration of form is the reason we cannot see the dea
Create connections rather than disconnections
Create belonging rather than separation.
Create co-operation rather than discord.
Every time you open your mouth there is an opportunity to choose to plant fertile seeds of connection or sour seeds of
Art by Debra Bernier
Love me or hate me. I don’t care.
I really don’t. And it took me a long time
to reach the point of being completely
unaffected by someone else’s opinion
about me. It was hard work, but no one
can take that away from me now.
T
Art by Cesare Saccaggi
Beannacht, an Irish 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,
ma
I lied and said I was busy.
I was busy;
but not in a way most people understand.
I was busy taking deeper breaths.
I was busy silencing irrational thoughts.
I was busy calming a racing heart.
I was busy telling myself I am okay.
Sometimes, this is my
The nutritionist said I should eat root vegetables.
Said if I could get down thirteen turnips a day
I would be grounded, rooted.
Said my head would not keep flying away
to where the darkness lives.
The psychic told me my heart carries too much weigh
"Mystical Conversation", Odilon Redon, (1896)
In the Celtic tradition, there is a beautiful understanding of love and friendship. One of the fascinating ideas here is the idea of soul-love; the old Gaelic term for this is anam cara. Anam is the Gae
Will you...
Hold my hand for a little while?
I don’t need you to save me
No need for you to fix anything
No need for you to hold my pain
But will you simply hold my hand?
I do not need your words
Your thoughts
Nor your shoulders to carry me
But wi
I am a human, not a robot. A living person on this part of the world, where springtime is about to come. I am longing for the beautiful early evenings, the return of the songbirds, the cranes. The return of hope and life after pandemic.
Winter is
A young couple moved into a new house. The next morning while they were eating breakfast, the young woman saw her neighbor hanging the washing outside.
"That laundry is not very clean; she doesn’t know how to wash correctly. Perhaps she needs bette
O Great Mother
Blessed Isis
You who found the lost
pieces of your beloved
You who made whole again
that which you adored,
hear the cries of your
descendants, your
daughters and sons.
Hear the cries of our
waters and lands,
flowers and trees
and th
