June 30, 2021 He looks into my truthful face Beneath the rising moon, And on his balalaika He plays a lying tune. ~Helen Muckley, The Deceiver Deception can hide anywhere. I am a walking example of it, as I glide through the store and make purchases and chat with other customers or employees. I […]
Soul Eyes Wide Open
June 28, 2021 I am content to follow to its source Every event in action or in thought… We must laugh and we must sing, We are blest by everything, Everything we look upon is blest. ~William Butler Yeats, A Dialogue of Self and Soul Why would anyone choose to deliberately poison themselves with […]
What a Long Strange Trip It Is
June 27, 2021 Sometimes the lights all shining on me Other times I can barely see Lately it occurs to me What a long strange trip it’s been Truckin’ I’m a going home… Back home, sit down and patch my bones And get back truckin’ on ~ Robert Hunter, Truckin’ Those old rockers, they knew […]
Let the Carnival Begin!
June 25, 2021 The mask that burns like a violin, the mask that sings only dead languages, that loves the destruction of being put on… the mask with a sutured mouth, a moonface, with a healed gash that means harvest. A glower that hides wanting… ~Rebecca Lindenberg, Carnival On the “reopening” of California… The […]
Blindsided
June 23, 2021 And then the unified field, faced with its own emptiness, bent down to his chest as if to listen. ~Tom Sleigh, Stethoscope / The Unified Field You think you know people, and then look what happens. They do something you’d never expect. Here’s a conversation I’ve had more than once in […]
The Emptiness of Peace
June 22, 2021 I sigh for the heavenly country, Where the heavenly people pass, And the sea is as quiet as a mirror Of beautiful beautiful glass. ~Stevie Smith, The Heavenly City It’s very still this morning, and I am still and calm. The June gloom fog has blessed us for days, replacing the […]
Shifting with the Sun
June 20, 2021 The days grow longer now… The turnabout came Unexpectedly this year, without Much faith from us, before the equinox; But we are watchful now… ~Samuel French Morse, The Days Towards Summer Solstice There is a certain peculiar tenderness to this day. It is Summer Solstice, 2021. It seems every little thing […]
Rivers of Truth
June 18, 2021 Something wanders among the mountains, Something ripples along forget-me-not fields, Something cries when birds go south, Something curves its golden sandbar Like the handle of a purple sword. If I speak strangely Do not wonder: Something is looking for a castle Made of seaweed, shells and coral, Where the sea curls Under […]
Sleight of Hand
June 16, 2021 Sleight of hand: A cleverly executed trick or deception [Merriam-Webster] Oh, joy! California has reopened! The lockdown is over. We can go about our normal lives now, without masks and social distancing and viewing each other with suspicion because the other person might be “unsafe,” which is how we’ve been programmed over […]
Boulders in the Stream
June 12, 2021 What thing unto mine ear Wouldst thou convey,—what secret thing, O wandering water ever whispering?… Thou water, O thou whispering wanderer What message dost thou bring? ~Dante Gabriel Rossetti, The Stream’s Secret I’m starting to see trapped negative emotions as the stumbling stones in the smooth rivers of our lives. Like […]
Anchoring In
June 10, 2021 A noiseless patient spider… It launch’d forth filament, filament, filament, out of itself, Ever unreeling them, ever tirelessly speeding them. And you O my soul where you stand… Till the bridge you will need be form’d, till the ductile anchor hold, Till the gossamer thread you fling catch somewhere, O my soul. […]
Dancing With the Truth
June 8, 2021 We dance round in a ring and suppose, But the Secret sits in the middle and knows. ~Robert Frost, The Secret Sits When you get right down to it, I’m not always a nice person, despite that being my aim. Sad, but true. I was reminded of this today after discovering […]
Connecting in a Time of Chaos: The GAoG Forum
June 7, 2021 We’ve all felt the crazy energies swirling around and through our worlds. It can be overwhelming to try to navigate it all on our own. And it’s not necessary to suffer (or celebrate!) alone. The Golden Age of Gaia blog has provided a space for readers to visit and see what’s on […]
Sunlight In My Eyes
June 6, 2021 Sunlight is in my eyes, Every house edged with light; Open fields are before me, Mountains across the sky. ~Alice Corbin Henderson, Song of Sunlight Even though I’m aware of the spiritual principle of relying on our inner selves and divinely ordained sovereignty to create our positively inclined reality, I’m finding […]
Of Time and Truth
June 3, 2021 Dear Madam, you have seen this play; I never saw it till today… The merit of the drama lies, I understand, in some surprise… ~A. P. Herbert, At The Theatre: To the Lady Behind Me Dr. Bradley Nelson, in his book, The Emotion Code, says that we must process through the […]
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