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