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Tag Archives: interfaith
tear water tea
There are times when we all need to make a cup of tear water tea. The well of sorrows is but a cup of tea brewed with forgiveness and love. you can only taste the sweetness if you sip slowly … Continue reading
Posted in Tao Cats
Tagged animals, art, cat, eco-spirituality, grief, ink brush meditation, interfaith, interspecies spirituality, interspirituality, love, mourning, poetry, sadness, sorrow, spirituality, sumi-e, tao, zen
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Still
Posted in Statements of Faith
Tagged art, blessings, dragonflies, eco-spirituality, faery faith, fairy traditions, interfaith, interspecies spirituality, interspirituality, mindfulness, motherhood, nature, poetry, shamanism, spirituality, stillness, sumi-e, tao, Unitarian Universalism, zen
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look down
sometimes we must look down to see angels.
Posted in Dao Dogs, zen dog
Tagged angels, animals, art, blessings, dog, dog at my feet, dogs, eco-spirituality, ink brush painting, interfaith, interspecies spirituality, interspirituality, love, poetry, spirituality, sumi-e, tao, zen
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pause on the painting
Pause on the painting. stop for a moment. this is Now – there are paws on the paper! how can I paint when there are purrs to be pet? You have a mindful practice you do every day? purrs rumble … Continue reading
Posted in Tao Cats
Tagged animals, art, cat, cats, eco-spirituality, interfaith, interspecies spirituality, interspirituality, love, meditation practice, mindfulness, mindfulness practice, painting, paws, poetry, spirituality, sumi-e, tao, zen
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Old Dane
One day you too will be old and you will still want a home and you will still want love. they may say the elderly have questionable judgement – but if i were you- i’d start questioning now – … Continue reading
Posted in Dao Dogs
Tagged ageism, art, dog, eco-spirituality, elderly, Great Dane, interfaith, interspecies spirituality, interspirituality, love, poetry, questionable judgement, spirituality, sumi-e, tao, zen
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Wonder
Today a golden fly landed on my arm. She traveled with me thru the day and did me no harm. no bite, no sting, a beautiful thing she shimmered like the sun- Are you a fly from times gone by- … Continue reading
relations
I am not a crow but we are all related – didn’t you know? Passerines pass me by – on a branch or in the sky they cry WE ARE ALL RELATED. i call my directions and remember all my … Continue reading
Posted in Blessings, Cardinal Rules
Tagged art, birds, calling the directions, cardinals, crows, earth based spirituality, eco-spirituality, hope, Indigenous Religion, ink brush meditation, interfaith, interspecies spirituality, interspirituality, love, mystic experience, mysticism, nature, passerines, poetry, shamanism, spiritual direction, spirituality, sumi-e
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somedays the world seems so very big. and i seem so very small.
Posted in Tao Cats
Tagged animals, black cat, cat, eco-spirituality, enormity, ink brush meditation, interfaith, interspecies spirituality, interspirituality, mysticism, poetry, spirituality, sumi-e, tao, zen
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Blessings
Rainbow threads glisten in the trees, butterflies land on my forehead, and a chorus of juvenile cardinals rejoices! How can I doubt that i am blessed! how can you?
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