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A Fearful Bully

Posted on January 21, 2014 by eteal

You hold your tail like a base ball bat.

I have heard of a tale like that.

I look to the ground,

and

I open my heart

to the part where we both know pain.

and for a moment

everything goes soft.

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Posted in Dao Dogs, zen dog | Tagged American Bulldog, art, bulldog, canine body language, dog, dog training, dogs, eco-spirituality, ink brush painting, interfaith, interspecies spirituality, love, nature, pit bull mix, reading dogs, spirituality, sumi-e | Leave a comment

pondering

Posted on January 20, 2014 by eteal

pondering beloved community

of all beings

and species,

including my own.

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Posted in Tao Cats | Tagged beloved community, calico cat, eco-chaplaincy, eco-ministry, eco-spirituality, first principle, interspecies spirituality, Rev.Dr.Martin Luther King Jr., sacred inquiry, Spiritual ecology, spirituality, Unitarian Universalism | Leave a comment

Worry Ed.

Posted on January 18, 2014 by eteal

no matter how much you tell me i look worried –

it is you,

who i would say that to.

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Posted in The Now | Tagged adopted dog, all American dog, art, beagle mix, blessings, dogs, hound mix, ink brush painting, interspecies spirituality, interspirituality, lab beagle mix, mirror neurons, mirroring, mix breed dog, rescued dog, spirituality, sumi-e | Leave a comment

grounded

Posted on January 18, 2014 by eteal

a seagull dashed overhead

then flew back

to remind me i was still on the ground.

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Posted in Blessings, Winged wisdoms | Tagged art, eco-spirituality, ink brush painting, interspecies spirituality, interspirituality, nature, seagull, seagulls, Spiritual ecology, spirituality | Leave a comment

Squirrel

Posted on January 17, 2014 by eteal

what do you mean when you say…

squirrelly?

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Posted in The Now | Tagged animals, art, eco-spirituality, natural spirituality, nature, poetry, spirituality, squirrel, squirrels, sumi-e | Leave a comment

naps

Posted on January 16, 2014 by eteal

rest

sweet

full

of

dreams

nap on my knee and teach me of peace.

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Posted in Dao Dogs, zen dog | Tagged animals, art, Christianity, dog, eco-spirituality, Hinduism, ink brush painting, interspecies spirituality, interspirituality, Islam, Judaism, love, nap time, napping, nature, peace, poetry, rescue poodle, spirituality, standard poodle, sumi-e, sweet dreams, tao, zen | Leave a comment

entrances

Posted on January 15, 2014 by eteal

Open door…

Go explore!

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Posted in The Now | Tagged animals, art, black cat, cat, cats, discover, eco-spirituality, explore, freedom, ink brush painting, interspecies spirituality, interspirituality, love, spiritual direction, spirituality, sumi-e | Leave a comment

Muse -ick?

Posted on January 13, 2014 by eteal

Cacophony or symphony

depends on where you sit.

The rhythm of life

hammers out on trees,

thumps downbeats on the earth,

and splashes in swamp and march.

Cymbals and chimes

shimmer on the waves and winds

and pluck the strings

of my heart.

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Posted in Dao Dogs, zen dog | Tagged black and white mixed breed terrier, blessings, daily meditation practice, dog, eco-chaplaincy, eco-ministry, eco-spirituality, ink brush painting, interspecies spirituality, nature, nature is my religion, small dogs, Spiritual ecology, sumi-e, zazen | Leave a comment

horse sense – i

Posted on January 13, 2014 by eteal

Run

jump

leap forward.

trust the ground of your being

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Posted in The Now | Tagged colt, eco-ministry, eco-spirituality, gait, horse, ink brush painting, interfaith, interspecies spirituality, learning, natural spirituality, nature, poetry, spirituality, trans species spirituality, trust | Leave a comment

Wild dash

Posted on January 11, 2014 by eteal

Wait. Who are you?

What does it matter?

I, like You, am wild.

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Posted in The Now | Tagged eco-ministry, eco-spirituality, ecospirituality, feral cat, ink brush painting, poetry, raccoon, spirituality, wild cat | Leave a comment

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