“Happiness, not in another place but this place…not for another hour, but this hour.”
-Walt Whitman
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The New Quilt of Humanity
“The old threads are unraveling,
Get your needles ready.
We are stitching a new quiltof Humanity.Bring your old t-shirts,worn out jeans, scarves,antique gowns, aprons,old pockets of plentywho have held Earth’s treasures,stones, feathers, leaves,love notes on paper.Each stitchA mindful meditation.Each piece of materialA story.The more colour the better,so call in the Tribes.Threads of browns, whites,reds, orangesWomen from all nationsstart stitching.Let’s recycle the hate, the abuse,the fear, the judgment.Turn it over, wash it clean,ring it out to dry.It’s a revolutionof recycled wears.Threads of greens, blues, purplesColourful threadsof peace, kindness,respect, compassionare being stitchedfrom one continent to the nextover forests, oceans, mountains.The work is hardYour fingers may bleed.But each cloth stitched togetherBrings together a community.A world, our future worldUnder one colourful quilt.The new quilt of humanity.”-Julia Myers
Heart Full of Quietness
“Begin the song exactly where you are.Remain within the world of which you’re made.Call nothing common in the earth or air.Accept it all and let it be for good.Start with the very breath you breathe in now,This moment’s pulse, this rhythm in your bloodAnd listen to it, ringing soft and low.Stay with the music, words will come in time.Slow down your breathing. Keep it deep and slow.Become an open singing bowl, whose chimeIs richness out of emptiness,And timelessness resounding into time.And when the heart is full of quietnessBegin the Song exactly where you are.”-Malcolm Guite
You Are the Medicine
“Cure yourself, with the light of the sun and the rays of the moon. With the sound of the river and the waterfall.With the swaying of the sea and the fluttering of birds.
Heal yourself, with the mint and mint leaves,with neem and eucalyptus.Sweeten yourself with lavender, rosemary, and chamomile.Hug yourself with the cocoa bean and a touch of cinnamon. Put love in tea instead of sugar. And take it looking at the stars.Heal yourself, with the kisses that the wind gives you and the hugs of the rain.Get strong with bare feet on the groundand with everything that is born from it.Get smarter every day by listening to your intuition, looking at the world with the eye of your forehead.Jump, dance, sing, so that you live happier.Heal yourself, with beautiful love, and always remember …you are the medicine.”
-Maria Sabina
No Matter How Long You Live
“The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science. Do not grow old, no matter how long you live. Never cease to stand like curious children before the Great Mystery into which we were born.”-Albert Einstein
Live In Fertile Soil
“In the rush to return to normal, use this time to consider which parts of normal are worth rushing back to.”
-Dave Hollis
“Live in fertile soil. Take in nutrients like your life depends on it. Breathe fresh air, in and out. Take a break from the rapids, surrender, and the current will either carry you or kick you out towards its gentle edges. Move away from depleting habitats. Leave a sedentary mind and body for the one that is waiting for you on the other side of this and any other present uncertainty. Your future gains certainty when you rise, like your voluntary breath, actively inspiring, consciously and unconsciously inhaling and exhaling.”
-Erika Putnam
Spiritual Congruence
Caroline Myss is a pioneer in healing, truth finding, spirituality and individual power that I have learned from through the years and her post today really resonated with me. Thoughts, power and where it originates, the word, and the fruitlessness of judgement… Her explanations provide simple yet powerful paths to truths of our existence here on the planet! Myss calls maintaining spiritual congruence the fifth mystical law. Here they are:
“Practice spiritual congruence by living these truths:
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You should say only what you believe and believe what you say.
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Power originates behind your eyes, not in front of your eyes. Once power becomes visible, it evaporates. True power is invisible.
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Thought precedes the creation of matter. Therefore, your thoughts are instruments of creation as much as your words, deeds, and finances. Become conscious about the quality of your thoughts, because each one sets patterns of cause and effect into motion. Every thought is a tool. Every thought is a prayer.
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Judgement anchors you to the person or thing you judge, making you its servant. Judge others too harshly and you become their prisoner.”
-Caroline Myss
Between Our Breaths
“Even in movement there is stillness If we would but awaken.
Between our breaths breathing in and breathing out, Between the blinking of our eyes and the beating of our heart,
In that space, as time begins falling into the timeless We focus on that still point and cross the threshold
Awareness rises.”
-Bob Holmes
A Hundred Scars From Caring
“They say beauty comes from a spirit that has weathered many hardships in life and somehow continues with resilience.Grace can be found in a soul who ages softly, even amid the tempest.I think the loveliest by far is the one whose gentle heart bears a hundred scars from caring, yet still finds a way to pick up the lamp, one more time, to light the way for love.”-Susan Frybort
Questing and Resting
“The psyches and souls of women also have their own cycles and seasons of doing and solitude, running and staying, being involved and being removed, questing and resting, creating and incubating, being of the world and returning to the soul-place.”-Clarissa Pinkola Estes
