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Tag Archives: sacred
Fly
Whatever direction you fly, Fly towards Peace.
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Tagged animal assisted chaplaincy, animals, art, birds, blessings, brush painting, daily practice, eco-chaplaincy, eco-ministry, eco-mysticism, eco-spirituality, Elizabeth Teal., faith, fly, ink brush painting, interfaith, interspecies spirituality, interspirituality, journey, Liz Teal, love, meditation, mysticism, nature, peace, poetry, sacred, spiritual direction, spiritual growth, spirituality, sumi-e, wisdom
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The spider drops down beside Her, (No Miss Muffet am I) Dangling there from her hair She watches , Hoping not to get bit. As the lawn fills with crows. Who knows what any of these means? A zebra long … Continue reading
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Tagged butterfly, crows, eco-chaplaincy, eco-ministry, eco-mysticism, eco-spirituality, ink brush painting, meditation, nature, poem, poetry, sacred, shamanic, shamanism, Spanish needle, spider, spirituality, sumi-e, zebra long wings
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Tiny lion
I open my car door, And there in the tall grass Is a tiny lion. Everything reminds me of You.
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Tagged feral cats, gratitude, ink brush painting, interspecies spirituality, joy, kittens, lions, love, mysticism, nature, orange cat, poetry, possibilities, sacred, shamanism, spiritual direction, spirituality, sumi-e, water color
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paths/tracks
paths crossed, even those that seemed at first to go around the edges. (what made that dotted line? i have no clue, but i shall not tear across it) we lay our tracks with every step we mark our … Continue reading
Posted in Blessings, The Now
Tagged animal tracks, bird tracks, bugs, Elizabeth Teal., life, Liz Teal, nature poetry, painting, paths, paw prints, poet, poetry, sacred, spiritual paths
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kitten ponders rain
it always seem quite profound that the rain is falling all around. it is at the front door and the back… the blue above is now quite black! not a single window pane is dry…. how does all this fall … Continue reading
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Tagged animal assisted chaplaincy, Buddhism, cats, children, Christianity, faith, hope, humor, interfaith, Islam, Judaism, kitten, rain, sacred, sadness, silly, sky, spirituality, sumi-e, tabby, tao, Thunderstorms, wisdom of grief, zen
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fluttering truth
by the bottle bush tree, with her flowers all in bloom bright red fringes give truth to Her name. Life flits about in the light of the setting sun. . our purposes are fleeting. only Beauty and Love remain. what? … Continue reading
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Tagged beauty, bottle brush tree, butterflies, chinese brush painting, chinese watercolor, eco-chaplaincy, eco-ministry, eco-mysticism, eco-spirituality, faded beauty, Goodness, ink brush painting, insects, interspecies spirituality, interspirituality, joy, love, mysticism, nature, poetry, sacred, spirituality, stamps, sunset, truth, watercolor painting
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looking for love
Love is in the air….. what did you think it would look like?
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Tagged art, eco-chaplaincy, eco-ministry, eco-mysticism, eco-spirituality, expectations, humor, joy, love, male anole, male lizard, mating behavior, Mother Nature, nature, nature as a guide, sacred, Spring
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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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Bugging
wellll – i can’t say there ain’t no bugs on me, cuz all day long there wuz – from mosquitos that want to suck my blood to tiny little gnats – and then You show up and landing right on … Continue reading
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Tagged amo, animal assisted chaplaincy, bugs, divine, earth, eco-chaplaincy, eco-mysticism, eco-spirituality, humor, insects, interspirituality, mystic, mysticism, nature, pace, poetry, sacred, sumi-e
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