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Tag Archives: meditation
chaste
that is NOT what i meant! oh the world only hears what it knows! or thinks it knows. somedays do you ever feel like you are up a tree without a paddle? sometimes you just have to wait til the … Continue reading
Posted in The Now
Tagged black cat, cat being chased by dog, cat up a tree, chased, communication, dogs chasing cat, humor, literary humor, meditation, patience, poetry, spirituality, understanding
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blackberries and lay overs
At Maggie’s Herb Farm, looking for time/thyme i pass by a blackberry bush, curved stalks bright green leaves filled with hope and possibility. amid the herbs and impending fruitions rested a brilliant blue dragonfly – transparent wings shimmering rainbows. … Continue reading
a morning flights and birds of pray
Shadows beating rhythms on the grasses at my feet, Angels? I look up – a giant swallowtail butterfly swoops onto elderberry blooms. i stand opening my arms, i am engulfed – enrobed in a shadow – soft, blue fleeting- i … Continue reading
Posted in The Now
Tagged art, bird, bird watching, birds of prey, eco-chaplaincy, eco-ministry, eco-mysticism, enlightenment, faith, flight, ink brush meditation, kites, love, mediation, meditation, mysticism, nature, non-dual, poetry, prayer, shadows, soaring, spirituality, Swallow tail kite
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bugged?
sometimes we all get bugged by stuff – old stuff new stuff and we struggle with enlightenments and forgivenesses and wonder how we can walk whatever path we are on. I go outside in my holy pout and sit – … Continue reading
Wisdom
the owl swooped across the road and sat on the wire as if she had never moved. Unruffled wisdom Requires occasionally crossing the street. does that answer your question? or was that only for the chicken?
Posted in The Now
Tagged chickens, dusk, meditation, nature, owls, poetry, spiritual inquiry, sumi-e, walking meditation, why did the chicken cross the raod
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Out on a limb
out on a limb is sometimes the only way to gain some perspective. enjoy the view.
Posted in The Now
Tagged bird, bravery, chutzpah, courage, eco-chaplaincy, eco-ministry, eco-mysticism, eco-spirituality, ink brush painting, meditation, nature, out on a limb, risk, small bird, sumi-e, wisdom
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open hearted
a small mouse rescued from the floor showed me freedom was more than an open door it was the flame of an open heart.
Posted in Blessings
Tagged art, chalice, chalice flame, field mice, house mouse, ink brush painting, meditation, mice, mouse, open hearted, rice paper, rodent, standing on the side of love, sumi-e
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a day
some days are like that busy. take a moment. or two.
Posted in The Now
Tagged art, black cats, business, cat in tree, cat washing, cats, culture of busy, daily meditation practice, ink brush painting, life with cats, meditation, sumi-e
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Contemplation
pondering, with wandering mind, contemplative practices with elaborate histories, while beside me the black cat purrs. i gaze in the same direction, and for a moment, this. THIS. (surrounded by teachers we refuse to be taught! expecting, as if by … Continue reading
Posted in The Now
Tagged animal assisted chaplaincy, animal facilitated chaplaincy, animals as teachers, black cats, contemplation, interspecies meditation, interspecies spirituality, knitting, knitting as a spiritual practice, meditation, sacred paths, spiritual teachers, the sacred ordinary, zazen
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the greatest of these
i sit in meditation and the cat sits. i ponder what makes bravery.
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