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Tag Archives: predatory behavior
parole
ancient killer of squirrels and cats you need not suffer for your past crimes. you were a product of your culture and the company you kept – convicted, nevertheless forgiven. but forgiveness without training is doubly cruel…. for it asks … Continue reading
Posted in God's dog, Poems, The Now
Tagged Buddhism, cat killer, Christianity, dachshund mix, dog training, doxie mix, earth dog, forgiven, forgiveness, interfaith, old dog, poetry, predatory behavior, squirrel hunter, suffering
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FOCUS
looking down i see you so still, so focused, so silent. and yet i know, you are ready to spring into action when the opportunity presents itself. i too, must not loose focus – i too must be ready. i … Continue reading
Posted in The Now
Tagged animal assisted chaplaincy, black cats, cats, eco-chaplaincy, eco-ministry, eco-mysticism, eco-spirituality, ink brush painting, interspecies spirituality, interspirituality, love, meditation, mystic s, mysticism, nature, opportunities, poetry, practice, predatory behavior, prepared, ready, sacred activism, spirituality, sumi-e
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Lessons and Breaks
Things break, like bowls and ground and Spring, Lessons learned, sometimes at the cost of things that break… we share Tales that help us grow and tails that grow back , Our stories are how we create our world. stay … Continue reading
Posted in The Now
Tagged anoles, art, cats and lizards, friends, friendship, ink brush painting, lessons, lizards, mysticism, nature, poetry, predators, predatory behavior, sacred storytelling, spring break, storytelling, sumi-e, tail regeneration, tales
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Blue skies and shadows
Somedays we are so focused on our reverie, we fail to see the shadows that are right over our heads! I stand in a field of green looking up at a sky of blue – thrilled by the sight of … Continue reading
Posted in God's dog, The Now
Tagged animal assisted chaplaincy, animal assisted spiritual direction, being saved, blessings, dogs with bones, eco-chaplaincy, eco-ministry, eco-mysticism, eco-spirituality, faith, hawks, humility, ink brush painting, love, nature, poetry, predatory behavior, sacred inquiry, salvation, shadow work, shadows, shamanism, soaring, spiritual direction, spirituality, sumi-e, toy dogs
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stalking, seeking, searching
out of the window of the studio, i spy a cat stalking what i can not see. inside the studio, i seek what i can not see. perhaps i should bring the cat in here with me? for he seems … Continue reading
Posted in The Now
Tagged animal assisted chaplaincy, animal assisted therapy, art, cats, cats hunting, clear sighted, hunting, love, nature, poetry, predators, predatory behavior, spiritual seekers, spirituality, sumi-e
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daily practice
to you all is prey – to You all is prayer. Practice daily, whatever calls you to You.
Pride
Proud of your prey you come home, but find we are not your true pride. and not all of us can accept you as You are. Never-the-less, We are Family.
Posted in Tao Cats, The Now
Tagged animals, art, bird, birds, black cat, blessings, cat, cat hunting bird, cat with prey, cats, eco-chaplaincy, eco-ministry, eco-spirituality, God, ink brush painting, interspecies spirituality, love, nature, poetry, predatory behavior, Spiritual ecology, spirituality, sumi-e, tao
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