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Tag Archives: tao
up looking
somewhere sometime someone looked up to You. look up to everyone You meet. even if they are looking down on you. (i see You reflected in every eye/I)
Posted in The Now
Tagged animal assisted chaplaincy, art, black cat, cats, eco-chaplaincy, eco-ministry, eco-spirituality, ink brush painting, interspecies spirituality, interspirituality, looking up, namaste, nature, poetry, positive communication, power of positive thinking, see God in each other, spirituality, sumi-e, tao
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cups
cups. It is their emptiness that is their usefulness. (or so we are taught by great sages.) especially when that emptiness is filled with Love. (which is always useful. nevertheless, they still need to be washed regularly.)
Posted in Tao Cats
Tagged animal assisted chaplaincy, cat, cat in teacup, cats, feline art, ink brush painting, interspecies spirituality, kitten in cup, Lao-tsu, Laotzu, line drawing, love, poetry, spirituality, sumi-e, tao, zen
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writing lesson
i sit trying to work. trying to write. to write words that speak to higher and lower places of longing and belonging. You sit on my lap. simply sitting. having no care for words at all. no longer longing, simply … Continue reading
Posted in Dao Dogs, therapy dog, zen dog
Tagged animal assisted chaplaincy, animals, dogs at work, eco-chaplaincy, eco-ministry, eco-spirituality, enlightenment, ink brush painting, interspecies spirituality, pets and keyboards, poetry, simply sitting, spirituality, sumi-e, tao, wordsmithing, writers, writing, zazen, zen
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path of the sun
“On the longest day of the year the sun stays high in the sky, shining her sunny beams and baking the ground beneath. Time seams to stop. So much is happening with this moment in eternity, on this day of … Continue reading
Posted in The Now
Tagged Baptisms, cat on driveway, cat poetry, hot outside, ink painting, middle way, mysticism, poetry, poetry with cats, solstice, sumi-e, tao
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states of being
sweet dreams we are called to dream – we are also called to WAKE-UP!
Posted in Tao Cats
Tagged cat on pillow, eco-spirituality, enlightenment, feline, feline assisted therapy, ink brush painting, interspirituality, love, meditation, poetry, spirituality, sumi-e, tao, zen
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helping
you’re not helping… what do you mean i’m not helping? of course i am! the real question is… what am i helping you do!
Posted in Tao Cats
Tagged animals, assistance, calico cats, cat, cats, compassion, eco-chaplaincy, helping, interspecies spirituality, love, meditation, patience, peace, poetry, sewing, sewing machine, spirituality, sumi-e, tao, zen
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Dancing
the ball spins. i spin. we spin together! life is a dance!
Posted in therapy dog, zen dog
Tagged dog, dogs, eco-chaplaincy, eco-spirituality, interspecies spirituality, life is a dance, love, puppy and ball, puppy play, puppy training, tao, training therapy dogs, zen
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walk on
find the door. open the door. walk on thru……….
Posted in Tao Cats
Tagged art, cat, cats, eco-mysticism, eco-spirituality, love, mysticism, poetry, shamanic journey, sumi-e, tao, tao cats, walking meditation, zen
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