Garden statues in the dark are
Emotions frozen in time.
They are profiles of love in stone
Whose souls touch in the night while
Shadows hide their truth.
Earth turns the statues away from the night and towards the sun,
Always chasing its light and warmth
In an endless journey from light to dark
And back again while
Heart statues stand, emotions frozen in time as
Profiles of love frozen in faith.
I wonder where he is?
I feel him; I can taste his mouth,
Smell his skin, feel his touch.
He is strong and kind,
Passionate and silly,
Light hearted and honest.
He holds me in the night and kisses
My eyes awake each morning.
Our souls mingle in the darkness of early morning sleep
Where yesterday and tomorrow meet and
Blend together into the now.
I have known him since before time existed.
There is no separation between he and I
As we are two halves of a whole.
He is my anam cara, my soul mate, my life.
I wonder if he exists…
In Aryaloka’s sacred forest space,
The presence of the Stupa and Shrine
Change the energy of the landscape.
Trees and stones become softer and energized,
They feel our reverence and respond in kind.
River Blessing, June 20, 2016
The continuance of life
The renewal of its essence.
From sea to sky
From sky to mountain
From mountain to river
And from river back to the sea,
A continuous loop in the process of eternity.
Water is the giver and sustainer of life, it is the softness of gentle drops on sweet summer leaves,
and the raging fury and unstoppable force of a flood.
It represents a manifestation of life, a confluence of the forces of nature; a mystery with its truth below the surface. It flows where the land allows it to and always returns to its source, as do we.
As the bearer of water and life, we honor its place in the circle of truth, and pay tribute to its never ending gifts.
We gather here together to give thanks for its beauty and the peace it brings to our souls and hearts with our gifts of the earth and samples of the bounty its sweet water brings.
(My ladies and I ended our annual blessing ceremony by dropping flowers and herbs into the Saco River. It was a lovey way to spend a summer late afternoon in the company of the setting sun and full solstice moon).
Longest day and shortest time of darkness. Magic in the moon light and peace in the secret of its knowing.
A secret to share with everyone but for now, only known by those among us of like mind, of those awake enough to behold the truth because it is a truth without words, a knowing in the soul, a connection to all there is but with no attachments.
A trust in the cycles of life, the rhythm of nature, the dependability of the cycles that Divine Mother brings. She has laid in waiting, has been patient with our neglect but now it is her time, a time of new awareness, a time of a rebirth of the mother knowledge, a time to rejoice in her beauty and truth.
In this day of less darkness, let us see the meaning in the seasons, let us feel the vibration of Mother’s truth, let us believe in her promise in the light of the moon that she will never leave us in darkness and let us honor her in our hearts and share her love and truth with one another to become for all time sisters/brothers and lovers of the beauty of her truth and of the right of all beings to exist in the bliss of the conscious life.
Let us make a vow, a promise to her this evening of shortened darkness, to be her children and partners in the process of waking the unconscious to an appreciation of Mother and of each other and to make this world the place she has always dreamed of.
Join me in drying her tears with our hearts in honor of all she unselfishly and joyfully gives of herself. The blessing of day light and moon shine, of love, death and rebirth, a never ending cycle, dependable in its truth and continuance, a chain never broken, a perpetual loop of manifestation of the unmanifested through and because of our consciousness.
With Mother to guide us and hold us in her heart of compassion, we cannot fail and can assist her in bringing forth a new earth, one of compassion, truth, beauty and peace for all beings and all time. This is the promises in the moonlight and star shine of this magical evening.
Please Join me in silent meditation and feel the message of the bells and gong as we offer our gifts of the sweetness of life to our sister the river and our mother the earth, a taste of the fruits river’s gift of water brings us and a tribute and thanks to our Divine Mother for the beauty and flavor she adds to our lives.
Garden soil wakes
Seeds tumble in on their own
Growth waits for no one
Morning love is hot
Sleep is pushed away and left
To envy our love
It takes so little,
A soft touch, a kind word
A passionate kiss or a loving smile
To erase a world of hurt and sorrow.
The pleasures we give each other
Have no need for words,
For to love in silence
Is to love completely.
What we share is a soul deep connection
Which cannot be diminished by time, distance or willful neglect.
My gift to him of unconditional love
Is really a gift of freedom to us both
To be who we really are and to
Experience this love together for its own sake.
There have been stops and starts
But only in physical presence because in love there is no time.
So once again the physical will rejoin the heart in time
And the heat and passion of our love will resume, stronger for the absence,
As if it had never stopped.
Time has passed alone
Days of darkness now are done
Erased by his kiss
Summer love is hot
His passion overwhelms me
He is all I need
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