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Circles of Food
I am food. Mosquitoes eat me during my morning meditations, Yet there is always salvations! Dragonflies dive down, rescuing my tender flesh; they breakfast on my tormentors. Are they my heroes or am i merely their bait.
I don’t anole
I don’t anole, but I’ll try my best but i’ll do my best to get the hang of it – Cling to Life for all is precious.
Posted in The Now
Tagged anole, hang in there, ink brush meditiation, interfaith, interspecies spirituality, interspirituality, life, lizard, love, nature, poetry, spirituality, sumi-e
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Visions and hope
I see you everywhere Teaching me to stretch
Posted in Tao Cats
Tagged animals, art, black cat, eco-spirituality, ink brush meditiation, interfaith, interspecies spirituality, interspirituality, Jung, love, nature, poetry, shadow work, spiritual direction, spirituality, stretching, sumi-e, tao, zen
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Enzo Love
I never know where you begin and I end. All i know is you are my friend.
Posted in Dao Dogs, zen dog
Tagged animals as teachers, art, blessings, dog, dogs, eco-spirituality, enzo, ink brush meditiation, interfaith, interspecies spirituality, interspirituality, love, nature, poetry, sumi-e, tao, zen
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Ownership
Please take ownership! I am not your rescue or your child. I am your companion and your friend – I am a part of your family that will never end – after I die, I will live in your heart, the … Continue reading
Posted in Dao Dogs, zen dog
Tagged adopted dog, animals, art, companion, dog, dogs, eco-spirituality, freedom, ink brush meditiation, interfaith, interspecies spirituality, interspirituality, love, nature, ownership, poetry, rescue dog, spirituality, sumi-e
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Waking up with Wolves
(Don’t be rude to those you meet while you journey without your feet -) Peer into my eye, (Trust me, I have eaten dinner already) We can help each other survive. (why is it so hard to ask for help?) … Continue reading
Posted in Dao Dogs, zen dog
Tagged animals, art, eco-spirituality, endangered species, enlightenment, ink brush meditiation, interfaith, interspecies spirituality, interspirituality, love, nature, poetry, shamanic journey, shamanism, spirituality, sumi-e, survival, tao, waking up, wolves
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Perches
Posted in The Now
Tagged animals, art, bird, birds, cockatiel, cockatiel on frame, eco-spirituality, ink brush meditiation, inter-species spirituality, interfaith, interspirituality, perches, poetry, reframing, spirituality, tao, zen
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Child of mine
as are my children. We are Earthlings, siblings, sisters and brothers we must all care for one another.
Posted in Blessings, Statements of Faith
Tagged aliens, animals, art, children, Earthlings, eco-spirituality, ecology, evolution, faith, golden rule, ink brush meditiation, inter-species spirituality, interfaith, interspirituality, nature, poetry, siblings, sisters and brothers, spider monkey, Spider monkeys, sumi-e, tao, zen
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Forgiven
To forgive is not to forget. You are forgiven. Don’t forget that.
Posted in Blessings
Tagged eco-spirituality, elephant, elephant eye, forget, forgiven, grace, Hinduism, ink brush meditiation, interfaith, interspirituality, Islam, Judaism, love, nature, poetry, spirituality, sumi-e, tao, to forgive and forget, zen
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