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.
Thursday, May 12, 2011
Wednesday, May 11, 2011
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 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!
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
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.
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.
Monday, May 9, 2011
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.
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.
Friday, May 6, 2011
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.
Wednesday, May 4, 2011
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.
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
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
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