August 2024 Blog Posts (8)

“I feel alive, here and now

I can feel the earth, pulsing inside

I can hear the spirits, chanting through my being

I can feel the plants

Travel inside, travel inside”

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Dancer : Mana Mei @manamei_movement

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Practicing forgiveness lightens our load. It is not a matter of right or wrong. Simply acknowledge the trauma associated with our hurts, and release them. You have to try many times before you get some traction. Usually forgiveness is a solo activity. It is not placing blame. It doesn’t mean that the other person is “right” and we are…

What about this theory. The fear of not being enough. The fear of being 'too much', are exactly the same fear. The fear of being you.

Nayyirah Waheed

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Change is the natural way of things. That is why monks and nuns turn over their tea cup after drinking their tea. They don’t know which will come first, the next tea or the next life. Death is like tossing out a worn-out pair of clothes. When our body wears out, we take a new one. We reincarnate. Advanced practitioners actually…

That luminous part of you that exists beyond personality–your soul, if you will–is as bright and shining as any that has ever been....Clear away everything that keeps you separate from this secret luminous place. Believe it exists, come to know it better, nurture it, share its fruits tirelessly.…

Our life is short. Before we know it, we have moved on to a new life. That is why Buddhist monks and nuns turn their tea cup over after a meal. We don’t know which will come first, the next cup of tea, or the next life! Panic is not necessary. It can be a pause to celebrate the time we have in this life, and direct it towards meaning.…

Strange face, with your eyes

So pale and sincere

Underneath you know well

You have nothing to fear

For the dreams that came to you when so young

Told of a life

Where spring is sprung

You would seem so frail

In the cold of the night

When the armies of emotion…

.. Lúghnasadh celebrates the fruition of the year’s work. Most of the food that could last the winter has been stored, and people are preparing for Autumn and Winter to settle in. Lúghnasadh / Lúnasa is a time to enjoy the fruits of the summer, the harvest, the sun in her glory and the bounty. It is a time to rejoice with gratitude at the hard work. To embrace in the moment the abundance that life has to offer.

Letting in the Harvest at Lúnasa symbolizes the letting in of life, of eros,…