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Tag Archives: purr
Puddle
In my lap is a puddle of purr With fur so thick You can not even part it to find skin That is Love Warm Present Puddling over Pure
Peace
Inside out Upside down Peace must dwell within, For peace to dwell at all.
Posted in The Now
Tagged animal assisted chaplaincy, art, blessings, brush painting, daily practice, eco-chaplaincy, eco-ministry, eco-mysticism, eco-spirituality, Elizabeth Teal., enzo, fabric, ink brush painting, interfaith, interspecies spirituality, interspirituality, Liz Teal, love, meditation, mysticism, nature, poetry, purr, spirituality, sumi-e, tabby cat, zazen
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How to manage
Cats in pain or pleasure, purr. Perhaps, we can learn to do the same.
Posted in The Now
Tagged anxiety, cats, coping mechanism, daily practice, Elizabeth Teal., Liz Teal, Ministry of Animals, pain, pleasure, poem, poetry, purr, purring, purrs, spirituality, sumi-e
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Cat pause
I reach for the paper, I pick up the brush, dip it in ink… And there You are… Purring and playing. And I can think of nothing else.
Posted in The Now
Tagged black cat, ink, ink brush meditation, Liz Teal, mysticism, nature, painting, paws, poem, poetry, purr, rice paper, spirituality, sumi-e
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Flop
And then there are those moments when the best thing is to flop down in the center of the room And purr.
Posted in The Now
Tagged cats, cats purring, centering, Elizabeth Teal., flop, ink brush painting, Liz Teal, meditation, purr
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being seen
Her eyes are the greenest green, the brightest green, the green of new growth and hope. and they looked right into mine, and then She purred. oh. my. dare i reflect back all that?
Posted in Tao Cats
Tagged animal assisted chaplaincy, Beltane, cat eye, celtic holidays, earth based spirituality, eco-chaplaincy, eco-ministry, eco-mysticism, eco-spirituality, green, hope, ink brush painting, interspecies spirituality, love, may day, mysticism, nature, poetry, purr, shamanic journey, spirituality, sumi-e, tao, zen
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centering prayer
construction trucks go beep beep beep. awakening me from delightful sleep and the house is shaking from bottom to top – oh when will this road work every stop! then head to toe into myself i must go, and find … Continue reading
Posted in The Now
Tagged cat enzo, construction vehicles, Elizabeth Teal., enzo, feline, humor, ink, meditation, poetry, purr, rice paper, road work, silly poetry, sleep, sumi-e
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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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Better Angels
We all have Angels watching over us, sometimes they are inside us! Listen to the purr. sumi-e ink, rice paper, gravestone rubbing
Posted in Blessings
Tagged angels, art, cat, cats, deep listening, eco-chaplaincy, eco-ministry, eco-mysticism, eco-spirituality, enzo, gravestone rubbing, ink, ink brush meditation, ink brush painting, interfaith, interspecies spirituality, interspirituality, mysticism, nature, oval, poetry, purr, spirituality, sumi-e
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surrender
she fell at his feet rolling over as if in submission and just as He bent down to greet her – She purred, and grabbed his fur with her claws…..
Posted in positive poodle, therapy dog, zen dog
Tagged connections, dogs and cats, friendships, interspecies friendship, interspecies spirituality, kittens, love, meditation, mysticism, nature, play, poetry, poodle, purr, spirituality, submission, sumi-e, surrender
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