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Tag Archives: rice paper
Folded
The rain fell, And I folded … A drop, and then another. And soon a puddle becomes a pond….. But,as they say and it is true, Raindrops roll off a duck’s back….. So fold yourself a paper hat and head … Continue reading
Posted in The Now
Tagged Buddha, buddism, duck, interfaith, origami, perceverance, persevere, persist, poetry, rice paper, water color
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Auras
outside the cat was still the panther. still. lying in the grass. Wild. (like You)
Posted in The Now
Tagged animal assisted chaplaincy, authentic self, black cats, brush painting, domestic cats, eco-chaplaincy, eco-spirituality, Elizabeth Teal., grass, house cats, housecats, ink, ink brush painting, jaguars, love, meditation, Ministry of Animals, mysticism, panthers, poetry, rice paper, shamanism, short poem, spiritual self, spirituality, still, stilness, sumi-e, tao, true self, wild, zen
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toys
Her face was white, Her fur was grey, well what was left of it… Her tail no longer a plume, but a whip with a tassel – yet still it waved in greeting to the person she could no longer … Continue reading
Posted in God's dog
Tagged aging, aging dog, animal assisted chaplaincy, art, chinese brush painting, daily meditation practice, dog poetry, Elizabeth Teal., greeting, Husky, husky mix, ink, ink brush meditation, ink brush painting, love, Ministry of Animals, old dogs, poetry, radical hospitality, rice paper, spirituality, sumi-e, toy dogs, velveteen rabbit
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connected
this morning i woke up at walked right smack into the web of life.
FOCUS!
The dragonfly with crystal wings flew in front of me, and all was a blurr but Her. And suddenly everything came into focus. tis said that one can not focus on more than one thing at a time, and … Continue reading
open
flowers bloom by opening, perhaps we open by blooming….. but this i know, we are all part of the sacred dance of life.
Posted in The Now
Tagged animal assisted chaplaincy, bloom, butterfly, earth based spirituality, eco-chaplaincy, eco-ministry, eco-mysticism, eco-spirituality, faith, ink brush painting, interspecies spirituality, interspirituality, mysticism, natural law, natural spirituality, nature, poetry, red flowers, rice paper, spirituality, sumi-e, sumi-e ink
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Mirrors and illusions
There at my elbow is a muzzle, nudging me to pay attention to the more important things in life – all is illusion, and as such, magic is real – and all is Love. art does not mimic life, … Continue reading
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Tagged art, dogs, eco-chaplaincy, eco-ministry, eco-mysticism, eco-spirituality, Elizabeth Teal., hand, handmade ink, illusion, ink brush painting, interspecies spirituality, interspirituality, life, Liz Teal, mirrors, mysticism, pet, poetry, real magic, rice paper, spirituality, sumi-e
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piecemeal patchwork
i pet a cat called Calico (she was not, of course, made of cloth) and i met a dog named Patch – (unfrayed, he had mended a heart) . i ponder about all bits and pieces of building relationships….. and … Continue reading
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Tagged calico, cats, dog training clients, dogs, eco-mysticism, felines, ink, interspecies spirituality, interspirituality, love, meditation, mysticism, nature, pace, Patch, pax, poetry, quilting, rice paper, spirituality, sumi-e, testimony, water color, water colour
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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
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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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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
Posted in The Now
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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