"Real knowledge is only obtained through
personal experience and practice..."

That we continue to show up for life....
being patient and persistent...listening to messages within
And...We must take risks, be uncomfortable,
and surrender to the idea of control...

"We Lean about ourselves by being present to sensations, emotions,
thoughts; which are constantly flowing through us- allowing us to
awaken to our inner wisdom, our inner knowledge, our truth, and
authentic voice..."

Owls Speak

Thoughts after listening to an owl outside my window...

Screeching in the wee hours of the night
An angels company hovers near
With an ancient aura of mystery

A nocturnal vision

glimpsing into realms unseen by the naked eye
a tranquil presence overtakes the air
Silent wisdom with healing powers
Extracting secrets…
Uncovering stories buried deep in the cells
The ability to hear the unheard and

see what is not being said.
A straight shot…bullet through the armor
To view what is hidden in the shadows

Flying to great heights…
An experience of full embodiment
From head to toe
spirit and mind
Closer to the source…
To see with fresh eyes
Walking a new stride in brand new ways
A full balance
back to front
Internal and external
The bold emergence of vital energies run through the body like a flowing stream
A channel of magnetic force

Threads of connection from heart to heart
     The purest legacy of love…

Spreading wings to great lengths and awakening a deeper vision
Soaring and guided upon the currents
A rapid progression
and a higher expression for all to encounter
Pausing to watch
     To observe
     To embrace

To live into the messages and signals from above…

a practice of meditation...

"Who we really are is revealed in the gaps between our thoughts..."

We become stronger and more refined
through our hardships in life...We learn by trial and error...
In the absence of holding, blocks, patterns, and habits comes
Pure Possibility...

When we let go of control
everything that needs to happen...happens

"A great leaders courage to fulfill his vision comes
from passion, not position..."
     - john maxwell

happy summer solstice!

The breeze at dawn
Has secrets to tell you
Don’t go back to sleep
You must ask
For what you really want
Don’t go back to sleep
People are going back and forth
Across the doorsill
Where the two worlds touch
The door is round and open
Do not go back to sleep
-Rumi

Step up...

A hunger for life

To be fully alive…

Step up to the plate

Its time to play

…Game on!

The spotlight shines bright

To go the distance

Score the goal

and win the game

Sirens ring and

thunder roars

Mother earth speaks loud

Can you hear her screaming your name…

Lessons from the heart

A transfusion from chamber to chamber

Swallowing the mysterious…fears…the unknown…

Shoving it back and regurgitating to reality

Flowing in the opposite direction

An expulsion from the body

Spoken through the mouth.

Testing the waters of trust

Tip toes into the moving stream

Soaring with the currents

Weaving threads

Linking past…future…to present

A woven web of life through the silk of a spiders wondrous spiral

An ingenious design

The magic of creation with visionary powers

and a keeper of knowledge

Written word and the power of truth.

An expression from the depths of the soul

Onward with an observing presence

      To know thyself

      To know this world

The purest legacy of love…

"The Heart teaches the mind..."

"In the beginners mind there are many possibilities...In the expert's mind there are few..."
       - Zen teacher Shunryu Suzuki

"And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others..."
     -Marianne Williamson
(from A Return To Love:
Reflections on the Principles of A Course in Miracles)

A Legacy Project

A quest to understand

One foot forward…stepping forth

A journey with no map

Expanding in all directions

Becoming one with the force of creation

Releasing the grip to

Flow with the stream.

A voyage of discovery

Pursuing voices of the spirit

An auspicious prodigy

Where truth is not far from the surface

Let justice prevail…

An alchemist

Embarking upon a pilgrimage across the barren sea with unseen mysteries ahead.

Omens sent from above

Understanding the nature of appearance in this form

A conscious evolution…unraveling and rebuilding again…again

and again…

Unearthing each and every desire

A chest of treasures

What does it look like to give up everything

and follow dreams…

A goddess warrior slaying demons in the night

Traveling closer and closer to equilibrium

Into the realm of possibility

The power of choice

Never loosing sight.

Trusting a higher guidance

and I shall follow…

The unknown becomes

The Path

and even in confusion…in chaos

Can there be patience in the heart

     Walking a legacy of love…

and everything you ever wanted was there all along

waiting for you to finally SEE…

Creation:

The raw materials of creation are elements of
     * Fire (Inspiration)
     * Water (Emotional Charge)
     * Air (Mental Power)
     * Earth (Body)

Can we flow with and become one with the stream of creation
and what does it look like to draw forth your creative gifts...

Expieriments in Love...

“Life will not be worth living even for a moment
in the absence of love...”

"Conducting experiments in love...
is the most powerful spiritual practice..."

"Love purifies the mind and body..."

"In living a path of love we run the risk of being perceived a “fool” or “too sentimental"...remembering that “To love is to suffer...One who cannot tolerate pain cannot travel the path of true love...”

     -Wise words from Swami Kripalu

Existence in this World

The queen of desire sits on her throne

United with an awareness of creation

Overlooking the countryside, the lake, a vision, her fortress….

The power within

The higher self

The shadow self

Which do you see…and which do you reveal.

Out into the great unknown

So let this voyage begin

A beginners mind

With a unique dance of possibility

Directed by the heart

With each breath

Continuously dying while still alive….

What is this life

Where does it begin

and does it really ever end…

That of the past which no longer is

What do we live for

     and does it even matter why…

There is no finish line
Evolving…again….again….and again

A Quest

Exploring and

     Never avoiding

Navigating the cosmic realms

A channel into the world of dreams…

Where imagination is untamed

Set free to run wild

Fields of clarity birth truth

and existence is the inception of manifestation in the purest form….

Iron & Wine...My lady's House

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WexYZNVFB5A

forget the video...the tunes just hit a chord in the heart

"To teach is to learn twice..."

"The direction of the mind is more important than its progress..."
-Joseph Joubert

Intuition:

The ability to use the "here and now" emotional, psychological, and spiritual components of a given situation to make decisions.
Intuition can be effective if and only one has the courage and personal power to follow through on the guidance it provides.
Guidance requires action but it does not guarantee safety.
Belief in one self (endurance, stamina, self respect) is required.
One must be patient and listen.
One must also be open and fearless to this intuitive voice and guidance.

"You could search the whole world over and never find anyone as deserving of your love as yourself."
—Gautama Buddha

Chaos

chaos happens...

To come into harmony with the greater truths of ourselves, old perceptions and fears have to be shed for new insights to come...which often involves some kind of chaos internally and externally.

Many times when we see chaos...we run, hide, freeze, numb out...Can we begin to view chaos from a new lens...an understanding that chaos is just part of a greater and wiser order that we do not understand.

Can we sit with the chaos, continue to show up, ask questions...
and as Rainer Maria Rilke said...

“Live your questions now, and perhaps even without knowing it, you will live along some distant day into your answers.”

Stir the Pot...

the willingness to dare
to meet resistance
experience vulnerability
to watch and observe
live into questions
ask and ask again
make mistakes
remain open and authentic
and remember the only way to get there is to go there...

In Truth

Traveling around the world and back.
Pursuing a deeper level of knowing...
Mastering the self....in this body...

In this moment in time.
At the crossroads fear becomes implanted upon the doorstep
Under a spell
Torn between two worlds
Asking questions and seeking answers
The various ingredients of life
portray new territory and foreign lands
        A rite of passage
it stings the spirit
why does it hurt so bad...

Can I start over…

Rewind…go back in time…begin again and
Press play…
I have found a key to the secret garden

Unlocking treasures
where all doorways open wide

An invocation of the heart.
Love in its purest form.
A marriage between body, mind, the soul
Emanating from the center of the chest
A dance between the internal and external worlds

To the core of the muscle
healing scars and bandaging wounds.
Unearthing secrets that lie within
healing powers pour into the system
A vessel flowing with the current
Where illusions become clear
and there are no more questions for the reasons why
Turn up the volume
I have something to say…
               The power of Will
Embracing a force that was not seen before.
Nothing but a message of Truth
          To live in Truth…