IN ANOTHER WORLD by Li Po

 You ask
why I perch
on a jade green mountain?

I  laugh but say nothing
my heart 
free
like a peach blossom
in the flowing stream
going by
in the depths
in another world
not among men

 

LET LIFE BLOSSOM..assorted GATHAS

REMEMBER, IT IS FORBIDDEN TO LIVE IN A TOWN
WHICH HAS NO GARDEN OR GREENERY
 Kiddushin  4:12



HOLY PERSONS DRAW TO THEMSELVES ALL THAT IS EARTHLY
Hildegard of Bingen



LORD MAKE US MINDFUL OF THE LITTLE THINGS THAT GROW AND BLOSSOM
IN THESE DAYS TO MAKE THE WORLD BEAUTIFUL FOR US.
W.E.B. Du Bois


ALL ARE NOTHING BUT FLOWERS 
IN A FLOWERING UNIVERSE
Nakagawa Soen Roshi 

 

THE WINDS OF SPRING..Walt Franklin

Only the winds of spring

can open the anemone

wrote Pliny

Windflower

mayflower

nimbleweed

Anemone quinquefolia

the wind-god's

name in spring

Five white petals

three-part leaves----

the ancients picked them

chanting prayers

Help us

 protect these waters

these wild lands you open on

instill in us

the powers

to contain the ooze of mines

the excrement of need

Protect these

aquifers and springs

of highland rock

the breath of winds

we blossom by

 

SENDING LOVE AND LIGHT TO THE PEOPLE OF BELGIUM

MAY YOU HEAL IN THE KNOWLEDGE, THE FREE PEOPLES OF EARTH STAND WITH YOU

a simple prayer HONORING THE BEST IN OURSELF

To live content with small means,
to seek elegance rather than luxury,
and refinement rather than fashion,
to be worthy, not respectable, and wealthy, not rich,
to study hard, think quietly, talk gently, act frankly,
to listen to stars and birds, babes and sages, with open heart,
to bear all cheerfully, 
do all bravely,
 await occasions,
hurry never-----
in a word, to let the spiritual, unbidden and unconscious,
grow up through the common.
This is to be my symphony.


WILLIAM ELLERY CHANNING

Celebrate your OWN life and daily give Gratitude.......... the Universe is listening.

ESSENTIAL OILS, HOW TO MAKE (SIMPLE METHOD) AND THEIR USES IN AROMATHERAPY & BENEFICIAL "SPELLS/RITUALS/MEDITATIONS/VISUALIZATIONS"

Harness the  pure POWER of plants..that they may help you in your time of need.
Try and use wild grown plants and flowers/or organic and local/homegrown as much as possible.

THE EASIEST WAY TO MAKE A GOOD FRESH HERB/FLOWER PETAL/SPICE ESSENTIAL OIL, FOR USE IN WATER BOWLS

TAKE 4 PARTS NEUTRAL OIL ( SAFFLOWER/SUNFLOWER/LIGHT OLIVE)

4 PARTS FRESH HERBS INCLUDING STALKS, CRUSHED, NOT CHOPPED..DO NOT USE ANY METAL OBJECTS ( KNIVES, SCISSORS, BOWLS &ETC)

PLACE IN A JELLY JAR AND LEAVE IN A COOL BUT SUNNY SPOT FOR 1 WEEK..SEAL THE JAR.
THEN STRAIN THE OIL AND PLACE IN A COLD SPOT AWAY FROM BRIGHT LIGHT.

HOW TO USE:
PLACE DROPS OIL IN PURE ROOM TEMP. FILTERED OR SPRING WATER, PLACE IN AN AROMATHERAPY OIL BURNER AND  ALLOW THE FRAGRANCE TO DRIFT AROUND YOU.
TO CREATE AN ATMOSPHERE SUITABLE FOR "SPELLS", MEDITATIONS AND VISUALIZATIONS

FOR CEDARWOOD, FRANKINCENSE, PATCHOULI AND SANDLEWOOD OILS IT IS BETTER TO PURCHASE FROM A GOOD SUPPLIER

PROTECTION BLEND
FOR USE IN ANY RITUAL OR WHEN FEELING THREATENED

2 DROPS CEDARWOOD  OIL
4 DROPS SANDLEWOOD
1 DROP CLOVE OIL

ADD 4 PEPPERCORNS TO THE BOWL OF WATER OR A FEW THREADS OF SPIDER WEB 

PROSPERITY BLEND:
2 DROPS PEPPERMINT
1 DROP BASIL
1 DROP BERGAMONT
ALSO ADD 5 SMALL COINS TO THE WATERBOWL 


LUCK AND SUCCESS BLEND
1 DROP CITRONELLA
4 DROPS LEMONGRASS
1 DROP CINNAMON
 1 STICK CINNAMON


PURIFYING BLEND (CHANGE THE ENERGY TO GOOD/ EXCELLENT FOR NEW HOMES OR REMOVING BAD ENERGY FROM SPACES)
2 DROPS SAGE
2 DROPS ROSEMARY
1 DROP CLOVE
PINCH OF SEA SALT 

SLEEP & PROPHETIC DREAMS
3 DROPS MARJORAM OR OREGANO
1 DROP LAVENDER
1 DROP LEMON VERBENA OR LEMON BALM
PLACE A MOON STONE OR QUARTZ CRYSTAL IN THE BOWL

 

WINTER SOLSTICE DEC 21ST 2015..Honoring Mother Earth & Father Sky today, on the shortest day of the year

O our Father, the Sky, Hear us
and make us strong.
O our Mother the Earth, hear us
and give us support.

O Spirit of the East, 
send us your Wisdom.
O Spirit of the South,
may we tread your path of life.
O Spirit of the West,
may we always be ready for the long journey.
O Spirit of the North, purify us
with your cleansing winds.

Sioux Prayer



Tonight I began this fire with  Sacred White Mountain sage branches and ended it with fresh rosemary, lemon verbena branches...offering prayer to the 4 directions is a Native American Tradition.
Great Spirit is everywhere, so honor the 4 directions.

The  birch and deer skin drum I use is from Taos Pueblo in New Mexico and rep. the heartbeat of Mother Earth, the Prayers are taken to Great Spirit though the sacred smoke.

Peace & A Good Winter to all the tribes of Mother Earth.