Ace of SwordsThere is nothing more powerful than an idea whose time has come.— Victor Hugo What a great card for the week that transitions us from March to April, when Spring comes with more certainty and clarity (in the Northern Hemisphere). The Aces of the Tarot represent new beginnings, strength, speed and energy. Each … Read more
Judgement Wake up to find out that you are the eyes of the world;The heart has its beaches, its homeland and thoughts of its own.Wake now discover that you are the song that the morning brings,The heart has its seasons, its evenings and songs of its own. — from Eyes of the World by Robert … Read more
There’s a blaze of light in every word It doesn’t matter which you heard The holy or the broken Hallelujah Hallelujah, Hallelujah Hallelujah, Hallelujah. ~ Leonard Cohen For only the second time since I started posting my Card of the Week back in 2004, this week we are visited by what I consider the second … Read more
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Today’s inspirational offering is in support of the Occupiers, the regime-changers in Wisconsin, in Egypt, in Syria, Greece, and all heart-centered, ordinary people who find themselves standing up for peace, justice and freedom. The real global uprising will not be televised. It will be telepathic. What we see in our world is a mirror of … Read more
The gloom of the world is but a shadow. Behind it, yet within our reach is joy. There is radiance and glory in the darkness could we but see – and to see we have only to look. — Fra Giovanni Giocondo, 1433-1515 C.E. We are now in the deepest darkness of the year, with … Read more
adaptation found from original triptychShaman by Martha RuppertWhen it all seems impossible, focus on the point in front of you. Follow it like a hawk and forget everything else. — Carlos CastanedaThis week, we are finishing up Chapter Eight, Recovering a Sense of Strength. In fact, the only work left in this chapter is a … Read more
The Harvest Moon is the Full Moon closest to the Autumn Equinox. Like all Full Moons, it rises as the sun sets. But at the harvest time, this was especially helpful, allowing farmers to continue to work in the fields by the light of the Moon. The Full Moon is always in the sign opposite … Read more
I am loving our discussions of will, surrender, and spirituality. By “coincidence,” I happened across this additional point of view this morning (truly, this was entirely by accident). What are your thoughts?
Beauty and grace are performed whether or not we will sense them. The least we can do is try to be there. — Annie Dillard Have you noticed a continuing thread that runs through all of the exercises I’ve been suggesting since we got back from our reading deprivation week? Yes, they are sensory timeouts, … Read more