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Songlight
Golden lights hits my face, As rainclouds form across the sky A song burst into the air I followed it And found You! … A large bird at the top of a small bush? Or a small bird at the … Continue reading
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Tagged animal assisted chaplaincy, art, birds, birdsong, blessings, eco-chaplaincy, eco-ministry, eco-mysticism, eco-spirituality, Elizabeth Teal., ink brush painting, interfaith, interspecies spirituality, interspirituality, Liz Teal, love, mysticism, nature, poetry, spirituality, sumi-e, sunlight, trees
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Invitation
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Tagged animal assisted chaplaincy, art, birds, blessings, eco-chaplaincy, eco-ministry, eco-mysticism, eco-spirituality, Elizabeth Teal., ink brush painting, interfaith, interspecies spirituality, interspirituality, Liz Teal, love, mysticism, nature, poetry, spirituality, sumi-e, trees, zazen
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Sides
A cedar-colored cat Sat On a log. . On a cedar log Sat A self-colored cat. . Under the cat Sat The cedar log. . On top of the log Sat The cat. . We sat together glowing golden bronze … Continue reading
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Tagged cat, cats, cedars, eco-chaplaincy, eco-ministry, eco-mysticism, eco-spirituality, Elizabeth Teal., faith, interspecies spirituality, Liz Teal, logs, meditation, nature, non-dualism, poem, poetry, spirituality, sumi-e, theology, trees, universalism, wisdom, zazen
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Look outs
Four dogs patiently stood around an inaccessible tree bravely growing out of its protected hole in the cement sidewalk. Three people on leash, stood chatting in the evening air, as three dogs sniffed the low iron fence while the one … Continue reading
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Tagged awareness, city dogs, dog leads, Dog walking, ink brush painting, leashes, love, meditation, mindfulness, nature, poetry, sidewalks, spirituality, sumi-e, trees, urban dogs
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Squirrel and the Moon
Saw You today, playing in my yard, dancing on the fence, jumping limb to limb over the heads of cats, dogs and me. we all head Home in the end. but i wonder, on nights like this – do you … Continue reading
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Tagged back yards, dancing, eco-chaplaincy, eco-ministry, eco-mysticism, eco-spirituality, ecology, full moon, ink brush painting, interspecies spirituality, love, nature, nature is my religion, play, poetry, SBNR, spirituality, squirrels, sumi-e, The Seventh Principle, trees, Unitarian Universalism, web of life
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Tigers and trees
in the grass was a pale grey tiger or possibly a cross breed – is there such a thing? there are ligers and tigons made at the hands of captivity – but what of you – you wild thing – … Continue reading
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Tagged ecology, feral cats, habitat, ligers, ligons, planting, spirituality, sumi-e, the great mystery, tigers, tigons, trees
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