Soul Windows....

Today I cleaned the windows of my soul

It has been a very long time
 Since I gazed out of these windows

Funny...... I thought others could see in my windows
with their frilly curtains and knickknacks embellishing the sill

And I waited for them to show themselves

"Why do they not come" ?
I asked myself on countless sleepless nights

If I could not see out,
how then .......could another see in?

Today I cleaned the windows of my soul
And with new perspective gazed upon the world
I rearranged the knickknacks on the sill
and cleaned also the dwelling place of my soul

Once I become comfortable within my soul again ........
I will share it with others, selectively

Until that time ....my frilly curtains remain closed
honoring the stillness I seek.....
inside the windows of MY soul

On YOUR Way?

The way we go;

together or alone

The ways we have gone

Before, now, when......how?

Why do I move in the directions I do?

And you in yours?

What force aligns your way with  mine...

What then pulls us apart...

is it the same.....opposing or connected

It matters not

The way we go is the way we choose regardless of the cause

Be it "forced" upon us or gifted to us

We own the feet and the intention that

propel us into the wave of the way

Are you going your way?

Are you aware of the choices you are making?

Or, have you given your power to the

way of another?

 Gaze down for a brief aware moment

Are those your feet down there?

Or do you see the trodden soil of another

as you walk obediently behind them?

Allow YOUR way

it is the only true home

your feet shall ever 
KNOW

Your way is........

YOUR path

Truth reflected......

I see myself in the mirror of my life

the self I am today reflects the self

I have been, yet also

the self I am becoming

In the mirror of my truth

I see NOW

Is NOW not then?

Is NOW not coming as well?

I rest in the knowledge of NOW

I allow the wisdom of NOW

I am illuminated by the

Mirror of my truth

NOW

Below the surface of NOW

the magic is created

I am helped and haunted by

memories of NOWs gone by

Peace envelopes me fully

As I settle into the waves

Diving deeply when 

called to the dark, seductive depths

The voice of my truth

constant, vibrating

Guiding and supporting

my journey

NOW

And it does know.....

Wow, it has been a while since I last sat down and quieted myself with Dan and his art so I could write again. I knew when I returned from Peoria that the timings around my excursions with him would revamp and transition. I knew my heart would know when it was time to extract the wisdom inside of me again.

And here I am with this perfect song presented as a much welcomed gift.


There is not much to convey today, other than the truth that the heart knows, the soul knows and the body follows. If we can allow that to be true, we can learn to give ourselves respite and permission to just BE when and however we need to. 

That is all, that is what I came to say today. Give yourself permission to BE, however the BEing presents itself.

As I sign off, The Reach comes on.......Hello, family! <3 While I do miss you, I feel your love within me stronger each day.

The Mist Lifts

The Mist lifts......once again I feel myself in my life, in my body, in my mind, yet outside it

The Mist that occluded my sight, now parts and disappears......it shall come another day

Next time, Mist, I promise to allow you to envelope me as you teach me about my own....wisdom

Next time Mist, I will speak profoundly of the deeply gifted visits you have bestowed upon me.

As you lift, Mist, so does my spirit,and I thank you for your brief, yet intense sojourn....once again.

The leaves.....leave

I found many leaves this weekend while walking gently upon the wooded body of my mother Gaia.

These leaves that leave their  lofty post each year and float down to the hard ground, resting there, rotting....and in their rotting, providing a lush beginning for other life, other organisms that will feed upon them. How noble a cause, how peaceful an existence......to shade us all for many long, hot and steamy months, and then to gracefully fall, fall down to depths unknown. In the falling, new life is given the chance for an existence also.

Thank you, feathers of the trees, for honoring your station in this life... cycle after cycle, year after year.

We can learn so much from your graceful exit, your inspired leaving, your honor of your purpose and your mission.

Ah, to be like the leaves of the trees.....

what cost the sacrifice?

have you given all you got?

feel a kinship to Lot?

turning your cheek to the daily assault

only to find your self drowning in the salty

reality of your tears?

yep, me too........until NOW

  in the dark, growing in the peace of not knowing

upon my face has been etched a weary scowl

today I release it and send it off flowing

to its destination far from here

i make my own choices today

even if they are the wrong ones

i honor the act of getting out of my own way

i will wrote a new script and toss the re runs

and make clean my life accounts now in arrears

onto the task of righting the scales

off to the life I own

  i am not defined merely by my tales

and my gifts are sharp and honed

i take the unknown as a companion, constanlty near

Homage to the DanFam

The perfect song, again!
Our moon mother has just been full, the earth is cooling, and autumn closes in a bit early this year.

I missed you all as I was recovering from a nasty attack of viral venom for a long 6 days!

Knowing I would return to the comfort and support of those who love me unconditionally was a great incentive for me to take good care of myself. I have learned over the years that when I do get sick, I need to honor the time it takes to heal. I flat out refuse to expose others to my illness, I will not subject another person if I can help it. That is how I ended up sick in the first place!

So, this is a brief, yet heartfelt THANK YOU to my family of the heart and soul. Who we are and what we have allowed ourselves to become in synergistic magic is such a gift.....one I cherish EVERYDAY!

This is my homage to you!
<3

Wait, I'm Confused...

Love passes us by
Flitting fast like a bird
Caught in the wind....
struggling

Illusions, deceptions, connections

severed

Promises dying in the ditches

of disassembled relationships

Pain and process piercing
The armor we thought we had shed
when we said "I love you"
to another person

It seems the person who needs those words

is me

Did I forget to love myself?

Confusion.....I see through you NOW

A Decision To Love.....

 LOVE is a decision, unconditional.....and a decision can change, or not.

Today, the message reached me before the song......but, of course, the song fits into the space created for it long before the awareness of the message was mine......

I spent a beautiful, long weekend with my family......one of those people is my daughter's significant other who, unfortunately, owns the ability of not living up to his potential very often. This reminds me of my first marriage....the similarities really are mind numbing at times. To see my daughter going through much of what I did is difficult and I know the pain she must feel. However, I also now know that she makes a choice to stay in that place, just as I did long ago. I am pleased with who I have become later in my life, and I now honor that which did not kill me, even though at times I felt close to death's door in one way or another. I am secure in the fact that she will make the decisions she needs to make at any given time in her life, I taught her that lesson.

I made a decision to love him long ago, because she does and he is the father of my grandson, and because this is the way I wanted it to be. I realize that he made a decision that was STUPID and shows he cares more about himself than others still, and that he STILL needs to GROW UP. However, he makes his decisions and I make mine, Emily makes hers and so on to infinity.

I know that I love a person who most likely does not love himself as evidenced in his careless ways. I continue to love him, and at the same time, I would love to kick his ass! Butt.......until I decide not to love him, he has my love whether he honors it or not.....some day he may deserve it, or some day I may decide to not love him. As of now, I hate his behavior and his lack of compassion and common sense. He made a really inconsiderate, ego based decision that could impact his family in an awful way......stupid HUMAN!

And, yet,  I love him.....because love is a decision, not an emotion.

Settle For Less?

What is settled can remain undisturbed for a very long time. Have you settled for a certain way of life in the past and this needs to be re-examined?  Do you need a good soul stirring, a reconnection with your true self? Guess what, your true self shifts and changes and grows....when is the last time you checked in with you???

Perhaps you need to disturb what has settled, just a little bit?

Over this long weekend as you gather with friends and family, find some time to gather with YOU. Have a conversation with this friend of yours.........you may be surprised what you discover!

Sent with love!

~harmony

Create Crap or Peace...

Good Morning.......

Mourning the morning?
Dismal Day before it begins?
Are you powerful enough to create crap even before your feet hit the floor?

Yes, you are!!

However......you are equally as powerful in creating PEACE and calm
Even before your feet hit the floor
A choice is yours each new day!

GOOD MORNING!

That is all........

Giving Too Much Again, Are Ya?

The word give, think about it for a minute.....what does this word mean to you?

 (insert thinking time here!)

Is this a command or a request, or perhaps an obligation? Do you feel like it is your duty to give, and give and give? Do you feel like maybe you will be loved more if you just give a little more. Are there conditions around your giving?
Problem is, if you keep pulling from a well that has run dry, there is nothing left to give! There's no water for anyone, including yourself.

Consider this......GIVE goes hand in hand with RECEIVE. If you give and diminish your resources, you need to receive something back in order to be strong enough to give again.

I ask you this......for just half of a work day, just 4 hours, try observing instead of giving, and if you can do that, try receiving for one hour.

If balance was EVER required in our lives, it is in this situation. In order to give properly and fully, you must also receive properly and fully.

I hope you can allow yourself to hear this message! <3

Plain Truth

Today I am encouraged to just send a message central to Dan's art.

We are all here to live OUR truth, not someone else's, not our falseness.....our TRUTH.

This is at  the core of all of Dan's work, this is what I have gleaned from studying his lyrics for almost a year now.

So, if you know not your truth......you'd better change before the sun goes down!
Don't let the sun go down on another day lived falsely........NOW, begin NOW, seek your truth, it lies just below the lies!

Don't look down......there's a reason......

Sing that old song....

This song........it hits me right where my soul and my heart share a space.... smack dab in the middle of the apex of the sacred union they both connect within.

Today, as it came up, I had visions of singing with my DanFam.....in Sharon's car belting out  "As The Raven Flies". Singing in the stairwell with Amy and Doris........singing this song at the Gardens before we went to lunch. Singing "Gambler" at the concert Saturday night....flashlights waving.

Singing with friends.....voices blended and harmonizing........delivering a prayer of thanks to Dan. A thank you so large and complete, that we can not quantify it or fully express what we truly feel.

Dan, we sing these old songs we know so well that they have become  the very fiber of our being; our DNA;  back to you now........we say that once you used to know us, our souls and our inner most thoughts.....because we all connect deeply when we present our gifts to the world.

Because we can never fully express our gratitude and love to you in mere spoken word, we reflect your wisdom back to you as we sing your truth to YOU....... always. It has come Full Circle.

Celebration!!!!!

It occurred to me while in Peoria this year, that we were experiencing a "Phoenix moment". The year before, we were all there grieving and feeling the pain of loss amongst the collection of souls who had gathered. There were times of joy and sorrow blended beautifully into the soil that was to become the growth place for our friendships.

Over the year that followed, many of us became merged via FaceBook and when we met in the flesh this time around, we were CELEBRATING new life......Dan's 60th Birthday, the blossoming of freinds meeting, laughing, crying and becoming closer still.

We all rose from the flames of loss and became a new creation........How fucking awesome is that???

Dan, today, I thank you for giving even after your death......we gather because of you and we continue to grow because you shared your gift with the world......

Your gift gave us a whole new world!

We continue to share your art with the world!

We shall ALWAYS honor your place in our lives!

Healing Through Change?

Change.....embrace it
             for it is as constant
                                          As anything we know

The beauty of the mystery 
                     it possesses
       Is the key to activating its magic

In the not knowing
                                       There is much power
and.................................. peace

Can you allow
                      Change
                                To heal you?

A Glimpse is Ours....

I am still real raw from the planning, the journey, the meeting, the bonding, the loving and the leaving. It has been almost a week since I have written......I just needed time to honor the whole experience. And I know this cycle will continue until the flow returns and the pace quickens around my blog again. I welcome the time to process and heal and mostly show my gratitude for this amazing connective gift!

Something shifted for me while sitting at the concert on Saturday night. I saw Dan's eyes and felt his wisdom beaming out from that gorgeous poster that welcomed us all that night......thank you, Deb! And I heard a personal message for myself that I am also assimilating into my life.

Today, as I sit outside in the still Sunday morning, warmed by the fire reestablished from last evening, I feel a true connection to the messages sent in these last two Danspirations. Both of these songs are about family, and struggle.

We have been given the most sacred of gifts..... a  beautiful glimpse of the man we adore for so many reasons. And I strongly KNOW that he is sending the message that while we have bonded and have become a family of connection, he needs us to know that our family is not HIS family of origin. We must honor the separation as well as the connection.....we MUST honor the need for privacy that Dan craved and still does,  even to this day....... always. He wants us to know he is humbled, and even a bit confused about our deep commitment to him and his art. He honors that we need this in our lives, so he asks that we continue to honor that which is his alone. His life, his privacy, his peace and serenity as well as that of ALL his forefathers, ancestors and those still here walking the planet on a physical plane.

A glimpse of the soul connection is the truth we honor, the only place he allows us to tread and we MUST do this with respect and some loving detachment.

As I continue to heal and reflect, I know you do as well.......take the time you need and know................... one day we'll all understand! ;)

The Faces We Present....

Often during the weekend, while in Peoria, I wondered which song Dan would send for the Danspiration when the time we shared had passed. On Sunday, organically, a group formed for lunch to say our goodbyes and be in the company of our tribe. I gave some of the group a ride back to the hotel so they could catch a shuttle to the airport. Immediately after pulling away from the curb and on my way back to the tribe's table , I changed the Satellite Radio station and, you guessed it!!!!......Dan sent the song at that magic moment.  
"Faces of America" greeted my ears and my humble heart over the waves of vibration that he sent!

So....here we go....let's see what message needs to be vibrated to all of us.....

Glances that say all without a word

Voices lifting to our Mountain Bird

Circles meeting, hearts connected

Open channels to the energy projected

From there and here, to show us how

To mix the past and  the present...to create the NOW

Of which he spoke so eloquently

To be true, you just gotta be the best ME

That you can find within yourself

Some times shown boldly, other times with stealth

Sharing your all with those who reflect 

The inner truth and connected respect

Of the faces that join to honor the string

Of bonded connection found anew each Spring

The seasons we all experience in blended phases

Are best shared with true, not false faces

So, please consider any messages that you received

While in this place of connectivity

False faces have no right to sit among the souvenirs...

 the memories we all now hold so dear

Release any fears and allow connected humanity

And, you will find your true self within the 
"Dan Family"

We Are ONE

Listen......can you hear it?

Ah, can you.....feel it?

Yes, you know it.......we are the same, connected, we are ONE

No name defines us

No space can hold all that we are

For we are everything, nothing and all that is in between

The sacred life shore we stroll is one

We have stood on before.....together

Perhaps at different times, but together none the less

As the tributaries that are our souls

Melt into one single, massive, mingled river

Our currents combine and freely flow, again...and we know 

We Are ONE

Melded Emotions Manifested

Yesterday I had a day of deep funk and depression, deeper than I have experienced for a very, very long time.

Once I realized the funk was upon me, I knew I needed as much peace and stillness as I could find in the day, and it was gifted to me.

I tried to find a reason for the lack of connection I felt, or was I feeling connected to too many things, or people, or the past......I don't know. I only knew I felt nothing and everything all at the same time. It was a gray day. These emotions melded manifested madly into a deep well where I allowed myself to hide.

This song is a melding of many emotions, and Dan so expertly shows them all to us in a matter of minutes. Today I honor the talent he had for expressing himself so profoundly in subtle and direct ways. I marvel at the gift he gave us all, and I will continue to marvel over and over and over again as it is revealed to me.

Merry Me? For the wise John Davis

After a deep conversation just now with John about marriage and connection and truth, love and possessiveness, this song showed up! I had to laugh a bit because this beautiful song seems be the pinnacle of romantic love. "I have loved you before I even knew I loved you" and I truly believe this kind of connection CAN and often DOES exist between humans on levels we do not even understand.
If we would just allow that to be OK....that we do not HAVE TO understand how it happened or why it happened, but instead ACCEPT it, nurture it and grow it, we as a collective group would do much better in the relationship arena.

How many times have you been given some kind of connective compliment or experienced an out of body vibe with another person and then questioned the living shit out of it until you have reduced this amazing, unexplainable encounter into something you did not really experience and don't deserve anyway?
Or, you felt so guilty about it that you beat yourself up for years about it?
After all,  it was JUST an experience!

Why is it that we strive for the fantasy and then push anything that seems like a fantasy away? We want the fairy tale till it knocks on the door!

Knock it off, people.....get real, get connected and GET FREE !!!! Then, maybe you can love yourself deeper, longer and truer enough so you can actually give that gift of deep love to another person!

That is all!

A decision.......

LOVE is a decision, not an emotion. Emotions change with the direction of the wind.....a decision to love someone is a sacred contract and deserves to be treated as such. As you know, at times, the other person does not chose to love in return, they may not sign the contract alongside you.  
SO be it.
Perhaps this person has never been loved fully and knows not how to love himself, let alone another human.

My point here, is that if you place conditions and the need for reciprocation on your LOVE, then this is not love either. You choose to love from deep inside you. Once there, you have other decisions to make, often daily or hourly decisions. Questions such as these can assist you in these secondary decisions : "Is this love healthy for me?" "Am I loved back?" "Am I honored by loving this person?" "Does my love honor them?"

I love many whom I have never met simply because I have decided to. And, as complex as that may seem.....it is just the truth that I made my mind up to love, the rest is up to them.

Do you decide to love or do you allow your emotions to dictate your life.....taking you on a never ending roller coaster ride?

A little something to ponder today..........

Balanced........For Julie Ann today

A fresh lease on life...a gift so precious, she worries...."Will it slip through my fingers?"
And then she allows herself to know, she deserves this
For all she has given, she deserves some back to fill the empty space.... from where her love flows freely

She is allowing the receiving and in this process learning...that she needs to be fed as well
Her emotional needs are important, too
Take what you can and give what you can, within this lesson is the balance....we all seek

Be the one to receive, dear friend....and know
that when you are called upon to give once more
Your giving will come from a well filled of love given by others

Remodeled! For Beverly Angel

A soul lonely, yet strong

Is a healer of those dwindling

I hope she knows it won't be long

Before she realizes love is rekindling

And growing in her heart

Is a connection to many

In Peoria it did start

And it is unlike any

Other love she has seen before

In love with souls connected

By a gifted man opening doors

Of hearts that had felt rejected  

We became remodeled and reopened

When we became a family

And found the love for which we were hopin

When it broke down walls and set us free

So, open the windows once boarded

And release the pride within

For the love we had courted

Is here and sheds light on the din!

All who wander.......for Doris and Amy

Have you ever been brought into a heart instantly? Have you felt the love of another human flood over you just because they decided to love you? Well, I have...... White Ash and I experienced that last year in Peoria!

We had settled into our room and decided to go down to the restaurant and get a little dinner. After talking to our guys back at home, we had a really nice meal. The whole time we were eating, my attention was drawn to two women sitting near us. I wondered if they were DanFans too, and before we left our table, I summoned the courage to intrude upon their privacy and ask them. It was Doris and Amy, sweet and pure and radiating the love we all carry innately in our souls. I can not recall the exact conversation, but I knew we were connecting to similar souls, similar hearts and two beautiful ladies. Throughout the weekend, we remained at each others sides and became fast friends.

The wandering minstrel souls of forever friends find themselves connected exactly when and where they need to. It happened to the 4 of us that weekend and has multiplied a million times over since we have all embraced  in a family group hug!

All who wander are not lost. In fact, they are found just at the perfect moment.

Amy and Doris, I will  forever be grateful that our souls met!
It may seem like the long way, but I would do it over exactly this way again!

Flow Me Back Home...for Beth

She was born near a river

The river lives in her, still

One day, return to it

She will

And she will sit along the banks of her past

While melding with it the future 

like rapids, raging on so fast

The water healing her heart like loving sutures

The land she left

Is the place her soul dreams of 

When Peoria is her address once more

We'll see again, prayers answered from above

The river calls her home

Home to Illinois

Where she can be closer to her roots

And the heart of our native boy

Sacred Soul...for KASY

If you promise her your heart

she will care for it

Everyday, as a gardener cares

for her precious roses

In your promise

is an agreement, a contract

And she will sign it, too

If she knows your soul is honest

If you promise her love

and instead, give her lies

Then a painful bed

you have made for yourself

For a promise is gospel

To the pure soul she is

And to tarnish a sacred trust

is not an action known to her

So, please, only promise

What you can allow in return

For the love she shares

Is real, pure and tender

A Dianespiration Danspiration!

To many of us, the idea of treating any one person differently than another is never an option. We are all floating out here on this island, our mama Gaia. We are all sharing the same space, a very large space that continues to die and diminish and be degraded daily.

Does it not make sense to care for all creatures of this, our home, the place we all share?

In honor of my friend, Diane.......I ask you all to love each other like she loves.....fully, truly and fiercely!
Be brave enough to stand up for what's right and humane. We all deserve the same respect, love and opportunities in this life!

Each day brings new awareness! Become aware of ALL life around you! Maybe... to love is not so...strange!

Brother to Brother?

Disdain for breakfast

Disrespect for lunch

Depravity for dessert

Kick them when they're down

Never a thought of picking them up?

"I got mine, screw you" ....the mantra of madness many mumble

How is it that we escalate professional teams to lofty positions

We honor them for the teamwork they display

But then, we do not see ourselves as one connected team?

We are going down fast, people

We are drowning in our own greed

and the truth is that we won't make it if we don't change

Money and false power won't save us

Botox and fat from our asses to plump our faces

Won't cushion the blow of destruction

Wake up, HAVES!

The HAVE NOTS are increasing and multiplying

 if we go down, you go down

This is a shout out to brothers everywhere

The brothers and sisters of existence

If I am hurt.... so are you, injured

Pick me up

Hold me tight

And I will live, and so will you

Then and Now

Parents raise their children the best way they know how to. They create little versions of themselves, all the good, bad and ugly that they are can be passed down to their scions. A child grows in the soil of the home he or she is born into.

As you reflect on this, as a child, as a parent, a grandparent........when is it the correct time to dance your own dance, be your own YOU and not a carbon copy of a parent?

There are many chances in life to recreate ourselves. We can do this daily, yearly or actually, never at all.
In THIS lifetime, are you living YOUR life or the life you were expected to live, the way you were expected to live it?

Can you allow the best of your ancestors to live within and around you while releasing anything that does not fit in with your adult paradigm?

Keep your mama, your papa, your nana and gramps near you, but remember to be YOU, too.

"I meld the best of my past with the best of my future to create the NOW I wish to experience"

Life After Death

You know how you get to know a person and you develop a new energy, a new relationship, a new connection that before did not exist?

You know how you look forward to talking to and laughing with and building memories with this person? 

You know how one day you realize you love this other man, woman or child? You have accomplished an amazing feat! You have melded your aura, your persona, your heart with another human being. This is how friendships are blossomed. It really is quite a miracle. (Hi Sharon!)

And...then,,,,,you know how those friends suddenly become your family? Well, I do!

DanFam......I love you all each day more than I ever thought I could! Thank you for being in my life.

Thank you, Dan, for giving us all new life after your untimely death. Because of you, a family has blossomed!

Scared becomes......Sacred

Can you look at your life as a sacred lesson path that you are honored to walk? The times when it feels like things went wrong, the times they always go in the right direction....the times when all you can scream at the top of your soul is "HELP ME". These times are all chapters in the book of your life.

Has the fruit of your vine rotted in front of your very eyes while you felt helpless against the process? Did the decomposing carcass of a past love or a past "mistake" haunt you? Does it still?

I ask you to allow these times in your life to reflect for you....to teach you, to give you the opportunity to transform a scary situation into a SACRED one. A life lesson so powerful and cleansing that you will always walk with it, instead of run from it. It becomes the part of yourself you share with another soul who needs guidance, acceptance and clarity.

If you feel  alone on this path, know you are not. We all have experienced pain and frustration. We have all felt desperation and disappointment, down to the very depths of the souls we truly are.

Look back over your life as a story........tie all of these experiences together and see the sacred lessons you have discovered about YOU. The story of you is complex and beautiful and unique in all its glory, passion and process.

I honor the sacred part of you. I see it, feel  it and know it is there.

Your turn.......

The Carpenter Crafts a Friend Ship

The craftsman carves a ship of wood
No longer does he build his life on would ofs
or could haves, or shouldn'ts

Now his skilled hand he applies to all endeavours
He crafts a relationship like his art...
Strong and connected, blended

Honoring the knots
Releasing the nots
Building a ship for friends

A structure solid
with many grains and finishes
Each one unique and valued

A ship strong upon the ocean
Steady as we go
We hoist the sails together

There is room on our ship for more souls
Can you allow your bark to be peeled back
To reveal your inner beauty?

Then join us, Friend, on this Ship

Pink Mist of Morn

The setting sun brings respite

I am weary, my manic mind races

Thoughts are my nemesis

this night

The New Dawn brings light

Burning pink in the mist and dew

of morning

My thoughts are birthed anew today

I allow my ego to drift away

on the pink mist of morn

I allow myself to believe

once again as the sun warms my bones

Today, the light brings peace

and the beckoning darkness of

impending dusk

Brings the comfort of my dreams....realized

POWER????

Greed runs freely, madly in the streets, the office and on Capital Hill. A people cry out for assistance, the cry is muted by the clang of coin and the rustle of the paper money being produced, yet unsecured.
This is Power?

Governments close their doors....one side wanting cuts, the other wanting more cushion. Schools on the endangered species list, health care attacked, children lost in the shuffle.
How powerful is a country that ignores its own in pursuit of more Gold, more material gain? Is true power not love at its purest level?

We show power when we help another person. When we give up a little piece of ourselves for the gain of another. True power is ego-less. True power is peace.

A nation of money rich, compassion poor individuals is not powerful.
Instead it is power depleted, and, until we see this as the truth..... the truth will be a tough pill to swallow. 
A pill that you can not afford with no job, no health care and no one who gives a shit about your quandary.

Today, be a powerful person and love yourself enough to see the truth.....that we gotta take care of each other, every day, in every way.

Dan Speaks today.....

Every time we speak, our words betray intentions
Insincere inventions that never quite reach the heart
 

So we turn the other cheek and gather our defenses
Again rebuild the fences that just been keeping us apart
 

Waiting out the worst, we keep the best inside us
In hopes our hearts can hide us, in hopes our tears don't show
 

And you know we're not the first to try and breach the distance
And though we meet resistance the love between us grows 

And in the time it takes us to look beyond the lies
We could be sailing through each other's eyes 

And in those stolen moments when love is caught off guard
We see it never had to be this hard

Make a Wish....

Wish, hope, dream
Want, need, crave
Deserve? Allow? Accept?

          Desire, covet, intend
          Create, birth, construct
          Action? Connection? Forgive?

                   Get it? You can wish and ask and pray....
              But, when it comes along, you have to ALLOW it and ACCEPT it
                                              Cuz, yeah, you do DESERVE it

The Soul of My River

Winding swiftly through the valley, is the river of my life

Rich with life all its own, thoughts and creations I have claimed and integrated

My banks are lined with friends and family, memories of things past

Awareness of those events yet to come to me

The flow of my river is strong and fierce

then it slows to form a gentle pool of perfect stillness

The rapids have shown them selves at times, too

The mist rising from the turbulence, the most beautiful rainbows makes

My river bed is aging, yet no dryness is found

For my river flows easily into this rite of passage

Around bends and over dams

I am strong in the current of my aging river soul

My Friend, My Past

The past.....beckons and calls us.
Are we to relive, or re-examine her, or just simply allow the connection to be full and grand? Our past is a synergistic mosaic of all we have ever done, thought, felt and denied ourselves.....all we have allowed ourselves.

How do you view your past? As a gift for future movement; a stepping stone..... as a curse, as a fearful place that freezes you and steals your future? Why would you give your future away?

Today I ask you to consider building a relationship with your past and allow her to become a companion that is wise and comforting, like an ancestor or a trusted friend you seek counsel from.
No one knows you better than you do, this is so true. So, befriend yourself......become the world's foremost authority on YOU.

Your heart knows that you are unique, wise and deserving of friendship from your inner true self. Do you know this too?

Hey Buddy, can ya spare some energy?

The cycles of our lives are intertwined in many circles. Like a Spirograph picture, or string art from days passed by us, each circle becomes one with those near it, yet always its own creation as well.

We are all connected by the happenstance and chance of our lives. We seem to move from point A to point B often unaware that what we do can influence or have an effect on others, in many different ways.

Today, think of energy emanating outward from your body as you walk in the world today. As you encounter plants and animals, as well as other people, stones, mountains or molehills,  know that this energy connects to the energy of all of those other creatures and life forms.

Are you sharing the energy you want to share? Is the vibe of your intention positive or negative?
And also, know that you have choices about what you receive from others....you can make a decision to release anything that you have picked up from another earth inhabitant if it does not serve you OR THEM to carry it.

This is the message for today, be a responsible Earth Walker.......honor yourself as you set out into the world today as well as others. The balance must be maintained.

Aho, it is SO!

Devils at your Heels...

Doubting our instincts, doubting our intuition, doubting our inner wisdom.
It is difficult to live a life motivated by our inner truth, especially in a world that distracts us and tells us we are wrong at almost every turn, every interaction.
Please know,  all that really matters are your instincts, your intuition and your inner truth.
Why would we have access to these parts of our selves if they were not necessary?
The day you realize you carry the answers to all the questions about yourself, your life, your path and your purpose is the day you truly begin to live.

To Be Near Your Fire

You go away and I am lost for a little while
Missing the flames of our desire
Reaching out for you
Though you are not near me

Dreams of our forever together
wake me in the night, teasing me
Forever is not our destiny
Ours is the heat of passion burning

To be near your fire for moments or days
Is enough for me
No fire,  no passion, no spark
Is no way to love or live
I choose your fleeting flames.... for they free me from
the dark

Bring on the GOOD STUFF!

I awoke with this song in my head, and here it is now, again!

Today, I am allowing the good stuff to come to me in any way it sees fit. I choose to focus on this good stuff ALL day long.........this means that if some of the other stuff comes my way, I will give it any immediate attention it needs, and then move on....back to THE GOOD STUFF.

Each day brings many blessings, possibly a curse or an emergency. On THIS DAY, I am focusing on the GOOD STUFF. Yes, I just said that above.......see, it's working.....my focus is already keen. :)

The first good stuff has come to me.......this song woke me up and now it serenades me! Bring on the GOOD STUFF!!!

My eyes, awareness and expectations for today focus on all the GOOD that is coming my way!

Happy Morning, everyone!

Outnumbered or Ahead of the Curve?

Do you find yourself outnumbered often? Do you feel like others don't get you, are not on the same page ?
We sometimes we think we must change then, to fit in with these other people. I have found the opposite to be true.
If children knew that "being ahead of the curve" could be a good thing, we would have far more brilliant and secure, confident adults in this world. I wish I had learned to embrace this quality about myself in my youth.

In my practice as a Spiritual Doula and Intuitive Healer, I have, countless times, put an idea or a class or a concept out into the world before others know they need it. Really, when you process this you, you understand, that's what being an intuitive is all about....knowing what you need to do, or others who seek counsel with you are hoping to discover. "What should I do"? is the motto of many I see. Often, they are upset when i don't tell them what to do, but rather, assist them in uncovering the answers they already carry. I help them get ahead of their own curve you could say and outnumber the voices in their heads that tell them this is not true. We really are our own Sage.

My point, if I do indeed have one,(I am wondering too!) is to say, simply BE WHO YOU ARE! Spending time, energy and money to be someone else never works.....at the end of the day..............there you are, so DEAL WITH IT !

You are not outnumbered, but in fact, unique! I honor the uniqueness in you......won't you join me?
:)

The Flow

The flow our our lives.......is this the first time we have walked here?
One life?
or many, over and over
until we get it right?

Do we ever get it all right?

What is right, what is wrong?
What is anything, really?
Is reality real?
Or simply reali-tease?

What is real to you may be
just make believe to me

I respect your reality
even if i can not understand it
Can you offer me the same
.....respect?

All we can do
is agree to...... disagree
Maybe one day
the river that flows through us all
will spill into one sea of true connection

Rain on Me?

Do you see the rain as washing you clean or drowning you?
It can wash you if you see it for what it is..... a cleanse
It can drown you if you fear change and growth

Let yourself be washed clean of the heavy toll you carry
Let the rain of change wash you anew
Perhaps you can breathe under water

For Jude.....

Owning our accomplishments can be a daunting task......but why? Often, we can praise others for reaching their goals, for allowing their dreams......yet, we keep ourselves separated from our passion, our truth or our joy.

The ego is a perplexing concept......a part of ourselves that can either push us to attain our desires or keep us so locked in fear or inadequacy that we can hardly move, we do become that scarecrow on a pole watching our own life move by ......... a slow tortured view of what we do not achieve.

I pose this question to you......if a scarecrow had a choice, if he were blessed with a single magical moment of self decisiveness, might he risk and say....."Free me from this rigid existence, let me feel the freedom of legs that move, stretch and can transport me to the bend in the road I have fantasized about for so long"?
He just may be brave enough in that single second of time, held in beautiful stillness, to look around the bend and then perhaps, he could make another decision once he views that which has called to him for so long....

Today, I ask you to make a choice that honors you and you alone........your moment has come.......release that rigid fearful tension that keeps you stuck in one place and risk!!!!!

You can do this.......

Your eyes.....

As the heavy, wet morning fog lifted

I saw the memory of your face

if only for a fleeting second

And I recalled the joy,

the sorrow and the love

that shone in your eyes on precious far away days

Knowing that all those emotions belonged

to us, only us

they were ours to be lived over and over again

Except now.....after trials and time

we have them no more

......and while my heart is heavy

My soul is lighter

for having known you

and

your

eyes....

Walkin in Rhythm?

A couplet is a pair of lines of meter in poetry. It usually consists of two lines that rhyme and have the same meter.

Does the meter of your life meet the meter of your intentions?
We all know life does not always rhyme......however, you CAN make changes in your life that allow a more steady cadence, a more peaceful out look.You can walk in rhythm, and it ain't that hard, BUT, it requires that you give a shit about yourself!
Not caring about your own life gives you the same results as not caring for your garden.....the garden DIES if it is not cared for, people!

It really is time to get off the wagon of "Woe is me" and get into the soil of "I am making changes that effect me in a positive way"
You got problems? We all got problems. You got fears? We all got fears.
Ask someone who has transformed their fears and they will tell you, it is the best soul work they have EVER done.

Today, I ask that you are made aware of a fear that needs transformation. Once you see it, write it down and make a list of the ways you are going to FACE THAT FEAR and turn it into a lesson! Soon you will feel the power of befriending fear!

The Isle of EverGreen

When I was in the process of changing my name, I was very close to picking the last name of Evergreen. Harmony Evergreen, sounds nice. In the interest of simplicity, I finally decided on Harmony Green. Now when I hear this song, it reminds me that a name does not defines us. Someone once said "a rose by any other name would smell as sweet"

Tribal cultures are/were comfortable with name changes at certain pinnacles or experiences in a lifetime. A person's name may change many times in the life cycle of a person.

My spiritual guides chose the name Harmony for me many, many years ago. It took me several years to grow into this name and as time moves along, I can see,  almost daily , why they chose it for me. It is a homage to all of us living in harmony with our mama earth and all who inhabit her in one way or another. Those that live on, in and around her. All life is connected and needs to live in harmony in order to flow properly.

I chose the last name of Green as an honoring to the heart chakra, the intention to be green and honoring to our planet and because it makes me think of plants, the most highly developed life here on planet Earth. Did you know that? Tis true, tis true! Vegetation is actually the most divine life we share the Earth with. If you need explanation, let me know!

I had one more decision to make. Did I want a middle name or not?
After some processing, I realized I did want to chose one more way to honor someone. I chose 2 someones....my daughter Emily and her son; my grandson, Brayden. I put the beginnings of each of their names together and created the middle name Embra.

I am Harmony Embra Green !

What name or names might you choose for yourself? It is an amazing journey one begins when pondering this question. May you find some answers on this quest of self!

Blind Eyes?

Have you ever thought of seeing with your eyes closed? Do you know that your vision can play tricks and allow you to see things that are not really there?  Perhaps you see a person and you assume they are thinking something, are afraid of something, perhaps they just look wrong to you. Instantly, your mind makes assumptions and a first impression is formed.

Try viewing your world through closed eyes. Your other senses will become more acute. You will hear what people are saying and be aware of tonal changes in their voice. How often do you hear a person before your eyes have a chance to receive a first impression? How does that person smell, what sounds do they make as they walk.....how does their laugh sound? What kind of energy do they possess?

See your world today through closed eyes, fully utilize  your other senses and your third eye. Allow yourself to experience the world in a new way and you just may discover a new world!

Why?

Loneliness envelopes her as she sits in the dark
Why is she alone?
No one comes to engage in conversation
Why is she alone?
Her tasks and chores complete
Why is she alone?
Never moving far from her corner
Why is she alone?
Choices have no value for her now
Why is she alone?
Memories are now more bitter than sweet
Why is she alone?
She is alone, she is not alive
Why does she choose this existence?
Why?

Love in the Mud

Making love, with Grandmother Moon

Lighting our way

Illuminating our union

as a melded shadow on the DRY Earth

The night our only blanket

The cadence of our joined breath

Singing the harmony

to the cricket's serenade

You hold me close

As close as you ever have

And I, while being held, feel

More freedom than I have ever known

As we crescendo to our connected climax

the rain gently washes us clean

Father Sky, pouring out his approval

of our sacred, tangled love in the now MOIST mud

Be guided, be open, just BE

There is a still, soft voice within us all.

It is the intuition, the inner voice that knows and guides us all.

I am led by this voice every second of my life.

I have allowed my inner soft voice to grow and guide effortlessly.

When I listen, I am gifted, when I ignore, I am reminded instantly that I chose to ignore..... along with all that entails.

Today, just BE with yourself and ask that voice to activate and be heard.....the soft whisper voice in your head that shows you the way to go is your constant, faithful guide.

Decisions of the Soul

The light of the moon beckons....

The possibility of a new beginning

The possibility of a new excursion

of the soul

Do you welcome these excursions, or fear them? What will you discover as you allow yourself to be guided on a journey of the self, the soul, the purpose that brought you here, now?

Fear is opportunity, after all, to challenge the limits you place upon yourself, or you allow others to place upon you.
Why would you allow others to pile their fears upon you? Why?

Opportunity........it comes when it needs to come, is presented in magical moments when time stands still just awaiting a decision from........ your soul.

Your soul is ready to make a pivotal decision, will you allow it or hinder this sacred process?

Beware.....the Falseness of Others!

False Intentions
False Beliefs
False Accusations
False Faces
False Motives
False Body
False Soul
False Visions
False Person
BUT.....
She looks good, must BE good, gotta have her!

Poor testosterone laden boys.........be careful what your hormones get ya!
There seems to be an excuse for your behavior when you are young and dealing with a fire in your loins, When you are struggling to become a man, and your self esteem improves by having a nice looking lady on your arm.

That's when the trouble begins for the young ladies, as they stumble into their puberty and are judged by the size of their breasts, the color of their hair, the wiggle in their jeans. This awful process can follow a woman her entire life.

So, today's message is for men, who have actually out grown their teenage ways and the ways of hormonal picking and choosing......what can you list as your partner's best qualities that do not involve how he or she  looks?

Ready.....GO!

Can We Really Be More Just By Weighing Less?

You will never be enough 

until you are enough with yourself

All the bumpy lumps

The ups..the downs

The smiles and the frowns

Today I saw another ad

  Featuring Carrie Fischer

She's got a famous ma

And a gig with Jenny Craig

 30 pounds lighter..

Blah, Blah, Blah

 

But, what about the soul inside?

The words narrow

Long or wide

Can't describe a soul

A soul is noble, wise or pure

Maybe wicked on occasion

It can't be weighed, it's quite obscure

And needs no coaxing or persuasion

To do what it's here to do

That timing is up to us

One thing I know for God Damn sure

The soul's not better if we have a smaller gut

Or a tighter ass, or bigger boobs

None of that shit matters

If you're not enough with the weight

You'll never be enough without it

Don't you realize?

It's the soul you carry, not the weight

So if you're gonna exercise, exercise your right

 Attend to your life's gig and make THAT tight

And stop worrying so much about your thighs

Turn Around

Dan speaks often in many of his songs about finding the answers behind us. I so agree with this and I have seen in my own life that I only needed to look at my past to see my present and my future. Since the reality is that everything is happening NOW, time as we think we know it and the concept of past, present and future is false. It is just that our brains can not fully accept that truth...yet. Some day in the not too distant future, we will begin to honor time for what it truly is.......whatever we want it to be.

So, today.....if you are struggling with a situation or a decision......look behind you, study what has come before this moment, allow the true reality of time to teach you, that all there is is NOW. And, since there is no better time than NOW to begin.............begin, my friend. Begin whatever you wish to begin.....NOW.

Pride....

Is pride a blessing or a curse?
We are told to watch our prideful behavior, yet our parents bless us with "I am so proud of you!" and "I could not be prouder of you if I tried", and we are told "Make me proud!"
It seems in these cases, someone else can be proud of us, yet it is unflattering for us to have too much pride in ourselves or our accomplishments.
Kind of a predicament we lay upon ourselves......silly humans!

Lying just below the surface is the fact that we all have our own ideas about what is accepted, should be accepted, what is right or wrong.
Dan is so right....."Come from behind......it's a matter of time till ya see who you've always been"
Who are you being?
Are you your true self, sometimes too prideful, some times fucking up, and getting it wrong....just like everybody else? Sometimes scoring the big goal that wins the game.....you know what, pat yourself on the back in those times, because they are cause for celebration, my friend! We are a blending of the times we succeed and the times we fail, but both are important parts of the total experience that make us...us.

Who is that person that stares back at you in the mirror?  Can you say with modest pride that you approve of him or her? I can and I make no excuses for saying that, it took a lot of time, effort, trust and balls for me to get here and I OWN IT!

On occasion, I am PROUD of MY DAMN SELF!!!
There, I said it!

We Weren't Finished!

Looks like there is some unfinished writing around this song! This is the first time the same song has come up twice in a row.

Yesterday I wrote about make believe from my stand point. I am led today to ask you some questions....
1. Who determines what you believe in your life? Your upbringing? Your religion? Your peers? YOU?
2. Are you willing to look at your beliefs now and again to see if they still "fit"?
3. Are you able to stand for what you do believe in?
4. What have you learned from what other people profess they believe?

Please ponder these possibly perplexing questions. Perhaps your pondering will reveal important information about what make believe means to you.

May you understand your true self on a deeper level by going inward for reflection often.

Between Worlds.....

What is make believe? Is this a subjective term? Yup! Remember that normal is also a subjective term! Normal to me could be psychotic to another person! Especially if this person believes that they fit under the category of normal.
To call me normal is the worst possible insult one could ever lay upon me.

Some people would say Unicorns are make believe, yet I have a client who owns the DNA of a unicorn!  I also work with a few Phoenix oriented clients,  and a couple of Mermaids to boot. So......make believe is a subjective term, yah you betcha!

If you look between the worlds of men and make believe, you can indeed find me attempting to honor all who find their way into my humble healing hive.

Whisper Songs of the Wind

The wind spoke to me

in a dream perhaps?

Or was I awake?

It matters not

She told me

to trust my deepest

truth,

Never questioning it

"Own the truth that you are wise" she gently whisper- sang in my ear

"Know yourself, discover the essence you carry" she urged me in subtle cadence

"Be with me in the times you need reminding that you are enough, you are just as you need be" she spoke with a soft, pink heart.

"And"........she began, as she caressed my face with her mother like breezes....

"You...... ARE.......... me."  leaving as suddenly as she had appeared.

 I returned from my visit with HER.......... knowing she was right.

Sacred Partnership

I had been on retreat, leading women to themselves. When I departed the sacred, still and seductive space of the home we all shared, I was filled with inner knowing and inner truth in very profound, yet subtle ways.

Not long after returning home, I heard the news of OBL's death. I do not believe that an eye for an eye heals anything in all cases. It may have in this case. I know that Bin Laden's time was up, he went home and the wounds he carried in his soul are now healed. I also feel that our president did not feel much joy in this situation, perhaps he felt accomplishment, but my soul tells me that his soul feels all the pain that comes from making orders to send our troops to war and to carry out the false wisdom of a war. He wants equality for our world, and I can get behind that. There must have been some sense of vindication and justice for the families that lost people in 9/11. Finally the correct person has been held accountable.

I  learned more about the way President Obama handled this delicate situation, with honor to the beliefs of Bin Laden's religion, with quiet wisdom, not bragging or beating his chest about this situation, but rather saving the news for the country and the world as a collective in the proper way.

He tied up the loose ends in a respectful, adult and very presidential way. I can say he is my president, not because the man OBL has been killed, but because of  who Obama is as a person, a world citizen and a president.

Seldom do I get involved in politics on a deep level. War is something I do not understand. I can say that I understand honor and humbleness, and caring for other people.

Today, may you feel like you are not on the treacherous mountain alone, but rather with other souls who feel the darkness and the light in the world. Others who know that there can be no light without the darkness, no darkness without the respite of the light.

I honor the sacred partnership of the light and the dark.

Instrumental Reflections

(written on retreat)

Rebirth- the dawn awaits

The light rises-befriending

The darkness as its respite

Its relief, its sacred partner

Awareness beckons-

Holy moment-stillness-peace

All words spoken in an instant

Silently, wordlessly-----forever

Haunts of the Past

Does the past come creeping into your thoughts and tie your belly into knots?
What has so much power, still.....that it cripples you in your steps...instantly?
Has there been a moment of clarity when you had a brief glimpse of the truth....
Perhaps this person, place or thing  that owns your power is not even aware of it!

You gave your power away in a pretty package, all wrapped up as an unwanted gift and presented fully to the one you fear, and they have no idea they walk around with what is rightfully yours!
What do you do????

RECLAIM your power, visualize yourself with this person or event and TAKE BACK WHAT IS YOURS!
Then, the other person no longer carries the weight of your energy that was forced upon them, and you become more whole, instantly!

Off with you into meditation, and reclaim those parts of yourself you gave away. Do this as many times as you need to, in as many meditative situations as you need to.  No one else can do this for you...be brave, be assertive, be aggressive if it is called for!  GO........Go......NOW!

In Love with Life!

It is such a magical time in my life right now! I realized that this should be shouted from rooftops and printed on the front page of major papers!

This just in:
LIFE CAN BE A GOOD EXPERIENCE

As Dan says, love makes her play and never leaves, even though the hands are not ours to choose.We may win, we may lose, but there we are! We play the hands we are dealt and we try again if we walk away from the table defeated.

So it is with life. In these times we find ourselves in it is often so difficult to see the crack of light at the bottom of a closed door. We may miss a blessing as we are reeling from a bitter curse. We may completely forget that life is a miracle, a gift and a grand adventure.

So, to sum this up, I would like to ask you to be willing to allow the light to bust the door wide open and to expect good stuff in the midst of the heaviness of everyday life. When your royal flush is discovered, played and revered, spread some of the love around that comes with owning a winning hand, even if it is only once in a while!

May you find joy in your life today. I share mine with you gladly, freely and happily NOW!

It's them, not you

Lonely makes people do silly things.....they lie, they cheat, they present themselves falsely. They want you to stay, so many have left them before.

Will you stay if you know their real self?
Will you return when you walk out the door?
If you knew the truth would you love them?

When you are mistreated by another person, do a quick inventory......most times you will find they reacted or acted in a certain manner because of THEM not YOU.

Before you react, think.
Before you assume you are the problem, look for the solution.
Owning a lie that is not yours to own helps no one.

I saw myself reflected....

Life, is it moving in the direction you had hoped it would?
Are you cryin?
It's ok to cry......as long as the tears teach you something.

Tears are deep teachers

 as they drop, they cleanse

As they cleanse, they open

As they open, they heal

If life isn't going your way

sit down and have a good cry

with yourself

See where you are then

In the reflection of your tears

you can find

your soul's true direction

and even.... peace

The Past

A friend I made
A dark friend
A revealing friend
A journey of trepidation
we began

She bestowed upon me
wisdom
through hindsight
She taught me that fear is
unnecessary as an enemy

Fear, we befriended together
AH! The peace I possessed
then
Standing in the healed fear
that froze me in my steps before...

I embraced my past
and she has proven
to be the steadfast companion
I was searching for

A subtle glance behind me
was the unreconciled  key
to allowing myself...
forward  movement

Following Pathways....dedicated to my friend, Sharon

If you want me to follow

give me your truth

Follow you, I shall...

if it honors me to do so

The soul that leads must be

real, mature, unencumbered

by ego, fear and false pride

The soul in front takes the bullets

with no complaining

But, instead, with knowledge that they

protect those behind

To lead is not to be held up high

but rather to be stricken down

for the cause if need be.

Fight No More

I am a true lover of the BLUES! Dan loved them as well and he knew that the Blues are not always a down thing. Blues music is feeling music, real music....music we all relate to! So, be you up, down, loved, unloved......you will always find a connection in the Blues.

War.....why?

For lines on a map

For my right, your wrong

Are we not all right in our own 

Mind?

What if we knew that we are

all One Mind?

We are all connected

We all influence each other

What if we communicated

Compromised

Did what is best for

all?

What if the word

"I"

Never existed

Only We

If we said we

more often

would we wage war?

Or peace?

We need peace

War does not serve

Wage Peace, so

We are free to

FIGHT NO MORE!