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Tag Archives: mysticism
Auras
we all radiate, we all glow, even the cats in the alleys know the grace of a silent purr.
Posted in The Now
Tagged black cat, Brother Wayne Teasdale, eco-chaplaincy, eco-ministry, eco-mysticism, eco-spirituality, ink brush painting, inner radiance, interfaith, interspecies spirituality, interspirituality, monastic life, mysticism, nature, poetry, purr, religion, silent, spirituality, sumi-e, theology, vows of silence
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heaven’s nose
words fail me, ink and paint and paper do too. all there is is You. and no way to share… the sun shines through the blinds like heavenly rays and the silence is the songs of angels – i am … Continue reading
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Tagged angels, animal assisted chaplaincy, art, dog training, dogs noses, eco-chaplaincy, eco-mysticism, eco-spirituality, faith, fun, god knows, grey paper, heaven, mystical dogs, mysticism, nosework, poetry, puns, religion, sacred, sacred ceativity, spirals, sumi-e, sumi-e ink
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Tornado Warnings
the skies were grey, the lap was full, a big dog a little dog twin cats and a calico, and somewhere slinked at our feet, a splash of living black velvet…. there is safety in numbers…. the warning sounds … Continue reading
Home
Sometimes my home is a sanctuary, Sometimes it is a playground. One is not more sacred than the other. (remember that next time you are in a playground, or a sanctuary…. or a home)
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Tagged black cat, cats, consecrated ground, holy ground, home, home is where the heart is, ink brush painting, ink painting, interfaith, interspecies spirituality, interspirituality, life with cats, love, mysticism, nature, poetry, sacred spaces, sanctuary, spirituality, sumi-e, unity, universalism
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Color
a flash of the most brilliant red, startled me awake – flitting from the bay laurel into the sweet gum, from the sweet gum into the oak flashes of red streamed into my head – promising blessings with every streak. … Continue reading
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Tagged art, birds, black and white, cardinals, daily meditation practice, daily pages, daily painting, eco-spirituality, florida, interspirituality, journaling, mysticism, nature, painting, poetry, spirituality, sumi-e
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Blue
Water marked, He paused and looked in thru the glass doors… In a day of stormy weather, Inside Peace reigned.
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Tagged cat, Elizabeth Teal., feral cats, ink, mysticism, paining, peace, poetry, rainy day, stormy weather, teaching, water marked tabby, watercolor, watercolour
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Camouflage
They were all three, the same colour as the tree.. and very hard to see – only the swish of the leaves as they moved gave them away as being something separate. . but perhaps that was an illusion… for … Continue reading
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Tagged cats in tree, field of conciousness, ink, interfaith, interspirituality, mysticism, painting, poem, Reverend Elizabeth Teal, rice paper, spirituality, squirrel in tree, sumi-e, unity
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ever green
in the mists of the sunrise, a squirrel chatters and a bird i can not see laughs at me, heartily….. tis not the morning after, this the dawn of a new day – look around you – the evergreen that … Continue reading
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