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Tag Archives: cats
Contained and evacuated
There are days where all you need to be free Is the right cage.
Posted in The Now
Tagged cats, dog crates, dogs, evacuation, faith, friendship, hurricane matthew, love, pets, stacked
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zazen lessons from a cat
sit up straight in a relaxed state gently focus on the ground before you let your body be breathed . gently purr.
Posted in The Now
Tagged animal assisted chaplaincy, cat on docks, cats, eco-chaplaincy, eco-ministry, eco-mysticism, eco-spirituality, feral cat, ink brush painting, interfaith, interspecies spirituality, interspirituality, lessons, love, meditation, nature, poetry, sitting meditation, spirituality, sumi-e, tabby cat, tao, zazen, zen
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back talk
working in the studio, lost in my own thoughts, suddenly, a thousand tiny pins awaken me – a loud merowl reverberates down my spine. this is no snake of enlightenment! – perhaps a feral feline of faith? trustingly, She purrs … Continue reading
Posted in The Now
Tagged animal assisted chaplaincy, art, cat on my back, cats, cats climbing, enlightenment, ink brush painting, inner child, interspecies spirituality, kitten climbs her back, kittens, love, meditation, monastic life, monk in the world, poetry, self esteem, self love, spirituality, sumi-e
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Gifts
i received three gifts today – they were not wrapped – (unless you consider the purring) simply presented, in what i can only assume was some sort of escalating order, a bug, a lizard, a frog… Had i received the … Continue reading
Posted in Tao Cats
Tagged beloved community, cats, dead bug, dead frog, dead lizard, eco-ministry, eco-mysticism, eco-spirituality, feline, gift giving, gratitude practice, interfaith, interspecies spirituality, interspirituality, love, nature, pearls before swine, poetry, predation, prey, spirituality, sumi-e
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Rain
i look out the window to see two bundles of fur curled up tight. the rain pour down, and promised to do so for days yet there they slept, under the eaves quietly purring. a lesson on weathering a storm … Continue reading
Create
Posted in Tao Cats
Tagged animal assisted chaplaincy, blessings, cat nursing kittens, cats, create, creativity, eco-ministry, eco-mysticism, eco-spirituality, interspecies spirituality, love, mama cat, meme, mother cat, nature, nurture, poetry, spiritual growth, spirituality, sumi-e, three kittens
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Early harvest
the crop of kittens and cats of poodles and paps is almost ready to harvest… . as we lie in the unmown grass, i think about the grains of early harvest times, of the sowing of seeds and hopes and … Continue reading
Posted in Animal assisted therapy, animal facilitated chaplaincy, God's dog, Gratitudes, Poems
Tagged animal assisted chaplaincy, blessings, cats, dogs, Earth centered spirituality, eco-chaplaincy, eco-ministry, eco-mysticism, eco-spirituality, First Harvest, grace, ink brush painting, interspecies spirituality, Lammas, lawn mowing, Lughnasadh, Lughnessadh, Paganism, papillion, poetry, poodles, spirituality, sumi-e, tall grass
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splat
trying to paint, to concentrate, but this kitten is growing, and Her spots are becoming stripes – while my page is covered with spots becoming splatters. . sometimes all you can do is practice, and watch the ink flow.
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Tagged artist, cats, concentration, focus, ink, kittens, love, making art, meditation, painting, poetry, spirituality, sumi-e, tabby cat, tiger cat
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Lessons from a Ribbon or a Cat
reach for the ribbon as it swirls in the wind, stretch to the heights where you have never been, explore the possibilities of peace and play, may we all live to love life in this way.
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