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Tag Archives: cat
Patched up.
As i sit here and heal, my teacher arrives: Watch and purr. and pray. you are mending, it will all be ok!
Posted in Animal assisted therapy, Tao Cats
Tagged animal assisted chaplaincy, animals, art, bad fall, calico cat, calico cats, cat, eco-chaplaincy, eco-ministry, eco-mysticism, eco-spirituality, healing, interspecies spirituality, love, mysticism, nature, poetry, recovery, spirituality, sumi-e
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Comfort
i didn’t know where You were, I searched and searched. and when I found you? I thought You were dead! but then You peed – all over my comforter……. what a relief! for You and me. i never thought i … Continue reading
Posted in The Now
Tagged animal assisted chaplaincy, animals, black cat, blessings, cat, cat pees the bed, comfort, eco-chaplaincy, eco-ministry, eco-mysticism, eco-spirituality, ink brush painting, interspecies spirituality, interspirituality, laundry, love, nature, nursing a sick cat, poetry, recovery, sick cat, spirituality, sumi-e
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Life Blinks
the cat in the sink is sick. and i, who profess no fear of death, am scared of loss and shame. what can i do to save this soul – where lies the fault and blame? he looks at me … Continue reading
Posted in The Now
Tagged animal assisted chaplaincy, animal mysticism, belonging, cat, cat eyes, cat vomit, eco-spirituality, faith, fear of death, ink brush painting, interspecies spirituality, loss, love, mysticism, nature, poetry, shame, sick cat, spiritual lessons, spirituality, sumi-e
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waiting and freedom
three crates under a blanket in the cold.. in the crates are the cats that were caught in the traps to remove their fertility in exchange for their freedom. Wild predators masquerading as common pets – reminding me that not … Continue reading
Posted in The Now
Tagged animal assisted chaplaincy, cat, cat poetry, cat rescue, cats, crates, feral cat colonies, feral cats, foster cats, Humane Society, ink brush painting, interspecies spirituality, love, poetry, service as practice, spay, spay neuter release, SPCA, sumi-e, TNR, trap. neuter. release
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commonalities
I see you! We have the same color eyes! Yes, but you have fur and i have feathers – I see YOU! we have the same colour claws! Yes, but mine retract and yours are talons. I see You. we … Continue reading
Posted in The Now
Tagged animal assisted chaplaincy, art, black bird, black cat, cat, cats, common ground, crows, eco-chaplaincy, eco-ministry, eco-mysticism, eco-spirituality, feathers, fur, love, moggies, mysticism, nature, poetry, spirituality, sumi-e, tao, unity, us vs them, wisdom, zen
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awake?
yes, now that you asked. I am awake. (as clearly are You.)
visitors
she arrived in a purr, soft and homeless. white as a cloud (well on a rainy day), filled with fleas and topped with grease – purhaps from a night-time nap in a hubcap….. here is respite and love, for her … Continue reading
invisibility
even in the shadows, where you think You are invisible, you are Loved.
Posted in The Now
Tagged animal assisted chaplaincy, black cat, cat, cats, feral cat, ink brush painting, mysticism, nature is my religion, poetry, stray cats, sumi-e
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