THAT LIVES IN US

If you put your hands on this oar with me,
they will never harm another, and they will come to find
they hold everything you want.

If you put your hands on this oar with me, they would no longer
lift anything to your
mouth that might wound your precious land -
that sacred earth that is your body.

If you put your soul against this oar with me,
the power that made the universe will enter your sinew
from a source not outside your limbs, but from a holy realm
that lives in us.

Exuberant is existence, time a husk.
When the moment cracks open, ecstasy leaps out and devours space;
love goes mad with the blessings, like my words give.

Why lay yourself on the torturer's rack of the past and the future?
The mind that tries to shape tomorrow beyond its capacities
will find no rest.

Be kind to yourself, dear - to our innocent follies.
Forget any sounds or touch you knew that did not help you dance.
You will come to see that all evolves us.

~ Rumi ~


(Love Poems From God: Twelve Sacred Voices from the East and West by Daniel Ladinsky)

For a New Beginning -- John O'Donohue


For a New Beginning

In out-of-the-way places of the heart,
Where your thoughts never think to wander,
This beginning has been quietly forming,
Waiting until you were ready to emerge.

For a long time it has watched your desire,
Feeling the emptiness growing inside you,
Noticing how you willed yourself on,
Still unable to leave what you had outgrown.

It watched you play with the seduction of safety
And the gray promises that sameness whispered,
Heard the waves of turmoil rise and relent,
Wondered would you always live like this.

Then the delight, when your courage kindled,
And out you stepped onto new ground,
Your eyes young again with energy and dream,
A path of plenitude opening before you.

Though your destination is not yet clear
You can trust the promise of this opening;
Unfurl yourself into the grace of beginning
That is at one with your life's desire.

Awaken your spirit to adventure;
Hold nothing back, learn to find ease in risk;
Soon you will be home in a new rhythm,
For your soul senses the world that awaits you.

~ John O'Donohue ~


(To Bless the Space Between Us)

Daily Sand Painting, Sunday, 5/15/2011

What a lovely day of celebration begun in the glow of last night's connection. Juliette picks me up and we are off for an afternoon of delights including much PEACE (Principles Expressed Artistically, Creatively and Enthusiastically). Our medicine card readings so reflect the movement in our lives which gets more underlined when she drops me at home and we get unexpected good news!

Daily Sand Painting, Saturday, 5/14/2011

The new day begins in sunny colors and atmosphere at a neighborhood gathering place where i in joy connect with fellow citizen activists and continue stimulating conversation over a leisurely brunch which includes healing = creating = healing....

Feeling the after effects of the bone marrow testing today and being gentle with myself while looking forward to connecting with some peace movement friends tonight. It is turning gray and the wind is picking up to scatter the sands of today's painting....

Daily Sand Painting - Friday, the 13th of May, 2011

• Posted by Jo Beall on May 13, 2011 at 6:32pm
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Today began in cold gray and is now a warm brilliant afternoon. Juliette arrived with some of Portland's best coffees and we were off to my home away from home for my bone marrow test. Everyone joined in with me in making a party of it and it went well, will have to wait a week for results. Back to my beautiful home which will soon have the perfect inhabitants for another day with some workers who are doing a lovely job albeit noisy and messy.

At my morning party, we used some beautiful colored sands of Hawa'ii so that we all felt supported and embraced.

Surprise, surprise, my numbers were up today, my doc was pleasantly surprised, i had felt chi flowing Wednesday.

Dear friends,

I just registered for a free virtual event called the Conscious Partnering Conference and thought you would want to know about this great offering.

It's happening May 23rd-27th and features luminaries such as Riane Eisler, Gary Zukav, Gangaji, Gay & Kathlyn Hendricks and Deva Premal.

These pioneers, plus many other leaders, will share their stories, insights, and practices for creating amazing world-class partnerships in love, life and the world.

Here's the link with all the details: https://shiftnetwork.infusionsoft.com/go/cpc/J1951

If you can't make the live calls, you can always download the recordings and listen to them on your own time.

I hope you can join me, so we can all have more fulfilling, conscious relationships! The link again to register is: https://shiftnetwork.infusionsoft.com/go/cpc/J1951

Warm regards,
Jo

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