When I was one I’d just begun, When I was two I was nearly new, When I was three I was hardly me, When I was four I was not much more, When I was five I was barely alive, But now I am six! As clever as clever! And I think I’ll stay six … Read more
If you follow your bliss, you put yourself on a kind of track that has been there all the while, waiting for you, and the life that you ought to be living is the one you are living. Wherever you are — if you are following your bliss, you are enjoying that refreshment, that life … Read more
As you know, on the weekends, I like to post poetry, wisdom and inspiration from other visionaries. Today, I offer an excerpt from a column by astrologer and bliss conspirator Rob Brezsny. The column was published in December, 2007 and is from his book Pronoia, which offers fabulously subversive instructions for Living. In the midst … Read more
Enough words have been exchanged; Now at last let me see some deeds! — Goethe, Faust I Everything that we have been doing – examining our assumptions about abundance, healing our wounds, facing our fears about our place in the Multiverse, the months of hard labor on our archaeological dig to discover our authenticity – … Read more
Narcissus by John William WaterhouseSONGby Thomas Hood (1799-1845) O Lady, leave thy silken threadAnd flowery tapestrie:There’s living roses on the bush,And blossoms on the tree;Stoop where thou wilt, thy careless handSome random bud will meet;Thou canst not tread, but thou wilt findThe daisy at thy feet. ‘Tis like the birthday of the world,When earth was … Read more
As once the winged energy of delight == Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 – 1926) As once the winged energy of delightcarried you over childhood’s dark abysses,now beyond your own life build the greatarch of unimagined bridges. Wonders happen if we can succeedin passing through the harshest danger;but only in a bright and purely grantedachievement can … Read more
The Frustrated Artist – © 2007 Bill Shain He has a right to criticize, who has a heart to help.— Abraham Lincoln We’ve been exploring the wounds of shaming that may have shut down or hampered our inner artist for many years. This is hard to look at sometimes, and if anger, grief, and fear … Read more
Door of Bliss © 1991 Shane RickmanWe hear about following your bliss. But we must also create some to follow! Creating the awareness of bliss is a lifetime job.— SARK How was your weekend? Are you starting to enjoy The Fool vibes for this week? I hope so!Did you complete the exercises from Friday’s suggestions? … Read more
April 1, 2009
We were born to make manifest the glory of God within us. — Nelson Mandela I have been doing a little hunting around, and I am surprised to see how many websites and blogs there are that proclaim the basic ingredients for happiness, but do not include creativity in their lists. Perhaps they assume that … Read more