Archive for July, 2010
Lifting the Net
I’m a bird who’s found his way to the forest.
–Po Chü-I
Sitting alone in the place of practice, the
cranes rise beyond the mirror I avoid and
I put down the great perfection and dream
of a path that shimmers in the mountains
that have always called, the ones that float
beyond the village I keep alive in my mind,
the village of counters and complainers.
The problem in living is that the soul, like
a horse dragging a plow for someone else,
can’t find its way back to wonder. But the
soul has to live in the world. So taking off
the harness isn’t the answer. Somehow the
soul must lead. Then the harness loosens
and becomes a teacher.
And the mind, what of the mind?
Like the tumblers to a safe that only
holds light, it is only of use until it
opens itself.
Blah blah blah
I love this poem and SoulCollage card created by my mother, Gail Warner, and so I’m taking the opportunity today to share this with her permission:
Blah Blah Blah, by Gail Warner
Save me from the blah, blah, blah
of stories that I tell myself.
Be the skeptical fish who swims beyond
the blah, blah, blah
buoyed by a popcorn cloud.
Be the torn edge of life
open and tenderized by the tearing
and the tearing.
Be the yellow bird
reaching for the single
sweet dew drop.
Be the YES!
emphatic about not
drowning in the blah, blah, blah.
Honoring Our Bodies
In the Whole IQ, Body intelligence governs all tangible forms and is the only multi-channel intelligence in that it is the conduit of the collective power of our Spirit, Heart, and Mind intelligences and the corresponding energy, feelings, and thoughts that these intelligences govern. With our culture’s intense focus on goals, results, and bottom lines, our body, as the most personal expression of this intelligence, is often run ragged under the demands of modern life. Like our earth that is hemorrhaging in the gulf due to a catastrophic manmade disaster, the body cannot sustain our excessive demands. We must take deep care of that which supports and sustains our ability to grow and thrive.
Listen to your body today and pay attention to what it needs in order to express a stronger alignment with your energy, feelings, and thoughts.
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