“According to Shakta Tantric philosophy, Shakti is the the feminine aspect of cosmic energy and considered by many to be Lalita. She is the primeval creative energy through whose womb the universe is delivered. The goddess endowed her power of Shakti into the womb of every female, willing her with her most potent Inner Medicine … Continue reading »
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What we know we must become
“If you bring forth that which is within you, what you bring forth will save you. If you do not bring forth what is within you, what you do not bring forth will destroy you.” ~ Gospel of St. Thomas This pounding, persisting story That will break through the period mark At the end of … Continue reading »
Thoughts from the Heart
Thoughts from the heart: on pain and suffering… at some point in our lives… we say: “here i am. whole. in my pain. in my pleasure. in my ‘my’-ness.” and we accept our pain and take it on as our legacy of this wounded planet – and we do what we can with it. this … Continue reading »
Lock and Key
“As a bee gathering nectar does not harm or disturb the colour and fragrance of the flower; so do the wise move through the world.” ~ Buddha a key shaped by time, long and wooden, sanded down by memories, preserved in a cave of honey bees. it rests in there, rich and sticky, guarded … Continue reading »
Divesting from Destruction
“Trees are poems the earth writes upon the sky, We fell them down and turn them into paper, That we may record our emptiness.” ~Khalil Gibran somehow – the lonely dog barking during the stark sun daytime house empty school room, full nursing home, full parents off to work …has become normal increasing disease names … Continue reading »
Beautiful Beyond Belief
Mystic Hildegaard of Bingen’s mandala (12th Century) “I am dreaming back my sisters Whisper-worn footfalls on the Temple steps Skywalkers Storm dwellers Heavy-breasted cauldron keepers ..Songweavers Snake sisters Darkmoon dancers Labyrinth builders Star bridgers Fiery-eyed dragon-ryders Wind seekers Shape shifters Corn daughters Wolf women Earth stewards Gentle-handed womb sounders Dream spinners Flame keepers Moon birthers … Continue reading »
Give the Heart More Strength
Saint Catherine of Siena, mid-14th Century mystic/poet (Italy) Give the Heart More Strength (from “Love Poems from Ged) Herbs can help the body and give the heart more strength to love. When my sight became clearer, I could see auras around different foods. and I now know — should I say this? – that everything … Continue reading »
Forgotten Forests
“Before it became the New World, the Western Hemisphere was vastly more populous and sophisticated than has been thought—an altogether more salubrious place to live at the time than, say, Europe.” — Charles C. Mann I sit alone in the wilderness, After wanting to walk away from it… After wanting to look at it but … Continue reading »
Dreamtime
“Dreams…are pure nature; they show us the unvarnished, natural truth, and are therefore fitted, as nothing else is, to give us back an attitude that accords with basic human nature when our consciousness has strayed too far from its foundations and run into an impasse.” ~ Carl Jung what is real? is it the one … Continue reading »
Pavers Instead of Saviors
what if the fortress walls tumbled down? yes, the real ones and the ones imagined, and what if — instead — they formed foot-paths through the truth of our own, inner primeval forest with barred owl calls calling to us as we place one foot in front of the other taking one step and contemplating … Continue reading »
