to oceanus...

For all at last returns to the sea --

to Oceanus, the ocean river,

like the ever-flowing stream of time,

the beginning and the end.

to friends...

each friend represents a world in us

a world possibly not born until they arrive

and it is only by this  meeting

that a new world is born

~ to all my friends here
and to the new worlds created ~

to the KING -

THE PRESIDENT and THE FIRST LADY - THE TUCSON TRIBUTE

THE PICTURE THAT SAYS IT ALL

FOR ALL OF US

The President:

there is nothing that i can say

that will fill the sudden hole

torn in your hearts

-

but he came close

-

YES, HE DID

YES, HE DID

source online:  jonny dymond bbc news tucson

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-12179495

of light and love...

darkness cannot drive out darkness

only light can do that

 

hate cannot drive out hate

only love can do that

let us dream...

a dream you dream alone is only a dream

a dream you dream together is reality

   

 let us dream together

of peace

from fields of corn...

her pregnant gut she chose to hide

until the day ordained to die

when all the earth did open wide 

and let them out from deep inside

then those with wings who just were born

when from her deep dark womb were torn 

did rise at last from fields of corn 

to summon forth a new day’s morn 

the waters rose and washed away 

the hearts of those who could not stay 

who with their deeds did dark the days 

and prayers alone could not them save

.

.

.

- do we not see - 
- do we not hear - 
the signs? -

- a re-post that just seemed fitting today in light of the tuscan incident of 1/8/11 -

the connection...

Human beings are made of body, mind and spirit.
Of these, spirit is primary,
for it connects us to the source of everything,
the eternal field of consciousness.

we are related...

 with all things and in all things,

we are relatives -

- cheyenne -

on the wings of ecstasy...

Ecstasy carries you

completely outside

your ego boundaries. 

In ecstasy

you know yourself 

as cosmic ego,

unbounded

in time and space.

the heart's road...

there is

a road 

in the hearts of all of us

hidden and seldom traveled

which leads to 

an unknown

secret place

it's up to us...

we are
what we think

all that we are
arises with our thoughts

With our thoughts

we make the world

seeing the sacred shapes...

And while I stood there
I saw more than I can tell,
and I understood more than I saw;
for I was seeing in a sacred manner
the shapes of things in the spirit,
and the shape of all shapes as they must
live together like one being.

Black Elk - Black Elk Speaks

the true peace...

The first peace, which is the most important,
is that which comes within the souls of people
when they realize their relationship,
their oneness,

with the universe and all its powers,

and when they realize that 

at the center of the universe 

dwells Wakan-Taka (the Great Spirit),
and that this center is really everywhere, 

it is within each of us.

This is the real peace, 

and the others are but reflections of this.
 

The second peace is that which is made between two individuals,
and the third is that which is made between two nations.

But above all you should understand 

that there can never be peace 

between nations until there is 

known that true peace,
which, as I have often said, 

is within the souls of men.

Black Elk

Oglala Sioux & Spiritual Leader

1863 - 1950

earth, teach me...

Earth teach me quiet ~ as the grasses are still with new light.
Earth teach me suffering ~ as old stones suffer with memory.
Earth teach me humility ~ as blossoms are humble with beginning.
Earth teach me caring ~ as mothers nurture their young.
Earth teach me courage ~ as the tree that stands alone.
Earth teach me limitation ~ as the ant that crawls on the ground.
Earth teach me freedom ~ as the eagle that soars in the sky.
Earth teach me acceptance ~ as the leaves that die each fall.
Earth teach me renewal ~ as the seed that rises in the spring.
Earth teach me to forget myself ~ as melted snow forgets its life.
Earth teach me to remember kindness ~ as dry fields weep with rain.

An Ute Prayer

to SEA the hand...

It is a curious situation that 

the sea,

from which life first arose, 

should now

be threatened

by the

activities of 

one form
of that
life.

what is man without the beasts?

what is man without the beasts? 

if all the beasts were gone,

man would die from a 

great loneliness of spirit -

for whatever happens 

to the beasts, soon 

happens to man -

all things are connected

the awakening...

Only that day dawns to which we are awake.

radiance...

Our natural state of being

is in relationship, a tango, 

a constant state 

of one influencing the other.

Just as the subatomic particles

that compose us

cannot be separated from

the space and particles

surrounding them,

so living beings

cannot be isolated

from each other...

By the act of observation and intention, 

we have the ability to extend a kind of 

super-radiance to the world.

every grain of sand...

in every curving beach

in every grain of sand

there is the story 

of the earth...