:::“TO BE HOPEFUL in bad times is not just foolishly romantic. It is based on the fact that human history is a history not only of cruelty, but also of compassion, sacrifice, courage, kindness. What we choose to emphasize in this complex history will determine our lives. If we see only the worst, it destroys our capacity to do something. If we remember those times and places—and there are so many—where people have behaved magnificently, this gives us the energy to act, and at least the possibility of sending this spinning top of a world in a different direction. And if we do act, in however small a way, we don’t have to wait for some grand utopian future. The future is an infinite succession of presents, and to live now as we think human beings should live, in defiance of all that is bad around us, is itself a marvelous victory.” ::: Howard Zinn :::

..such an eerie, mystical, magical, ethereal, almost anxious energy today... the full moon is almost ripe and beginning to rise, there's 80 degree weather in California, warm nights, chemtrails for dayyss, blazing wild land fires, and a purple and pink sprawling sunset.

the paradox of this destruction and beauty is undeniably present and extremely telling of the times to come.... we are changing, shifting, dying, rebirthing and creating our lives anew.

i'm just trying to be aware, and continually Grateful. humbly, simply, compassionately, divinely, passionately involved and grateful in my life in every way, everyday.

we are the ones we have been waiting for <3 comment-3--="" nbsp="">


ps... I'm back :)

::spring forth::

Mother awakens! She stirs, sending forth shoots and leaves, whispering sweet desires, coaxing forth all who seek release from the bonds of Winter's Night. At solstice we sheltered, tiny in the still fathomless darkness. Now like the bird in the eggshell, we've swelled to fill the space. Our world grows tight, cramped. We feel anxious, our resources nearly gone. Time to peck our way out and claim the promise of Spring.

How? First notice and name What Binds You. Name the prisons of fearsome circumstance, disillusionment, environmental crisis. Notice what feels stifled, blocked, hopeless. Then circle together to Turn It Around! Stir and flex your power. Stretch and moan, rock and sing, and break free at the peak. Emerge from the broken shell of winter. Feel lightened. lifted, determined to leave the old world in shards behind you. Sparkling and sovereign, stride into the Gateway, between the twin pillars, one light one dark. Unbound, blessed and surging, retrieve the trust that comes with balance. Thrive in the burgeoning light.

:::Marian Spadone, Mother Tongue Ink:::

change is imminent.

ENERGY WISDOM Sun 27th Jan: "If your dreams don't scare you, they aren't big enough." - Lowell Lundstrum......This time has been, and is, a crossroad where you either run back to the familiar from anxiety and fear or follow that pull which scares you yet will bring you something new. With the full moon in Leo, and Mars in between your safe and secure past (Taurus south node) and a very deep creati...ve transformation (Scorpio north node) means facing a certain metaphorical ‘death’ and UNCERTAINTY. You use this energy to either fall apart in anxiety or unmask your own inner rebel or creative genius. With Saturn also in Scorpio AND Chiron/Neptune in Pisces touching Jupiter you are facing unconscious anxieties and also addictions and/or self defeating behaviours which take you away from FEELING IT ALL! The joy, the tremor, the anxiety, the anticipation, the sadness, the excitement, the passion, the rapture. Just take a look at mother nature at the moment who is unleashing her fury and power all over the world – fires, floods, cold snaps! You are breaking away from the known familiar and opening to a new and uncertain way of 'being'. Finding and balancing your centre within a flurry of uncertain change is key. You work with Mercury and Saturn with dedication, focus and staying power and drop out of your fear based head and get into your FEELING BODY! The biggest and best news of this week is that Jupiter, who has been moving backwards since last October, turns and gets ready to move forward on Wednesday! Get ready to EXPAND your world and be catapulted FORWARD. What a wild ride we are on! 
~~Evolving Souls, © 2013 Karin Berky. All rights reserved.

something beautiful is calling you...

…a movement from within, urging you to
leave the safety of the known.

It is a deep and organic process,
very much like when the seed, contained, perfect in itself,
is moved from within by an unstoppable yearning
to taste itself in all its expressions.

The treasure that was hidden within it
is risking everything it knows
just to 
dance tango with the winds,
loose itself in wet french-kissing with the rain.
Just to for once be fully
seen by the sun, the hottest lover in the world.

A few moments,
(maybe two, or four, or thousand, hey, maybe even a million moments and more!)
immersed in it all
… and then death.
Unavoidable.

Shivering in the holy vulnerability

of flaunting its naked “here-I-am-ness” to the world,
it knows that it is, at last, filling its place in the totality of all things.
Each moment, not always pleasant,
yet hundred percent fulfilled.


Remember that a caterpillar sheds its skin again and again
to be strong enough for the beauty that awaits.

It sometimes takes time, 
and yes,
there are times when the growing pains 
make you want to
cancel the whole damn human experience.

But from deep below it is emerging,

Her divine pressure,
a cracking of the surface
of the outgrown ideas 
of who you have taken yourself to be.

And you know that it is time,
for something beautiful.

Go down to your deep old heart, 

and lose sight of yourself.
And lose sight of me, 

the me whom you turbulently loved.

Let us lose sight of ourselves,

and break the mirrors.
For the fierce curve of our lives

is moving again to the depths
out of sight, in the deep living heart.
~ D.H. Lawrence

:: Practice ~ Listen to the unborn
Take some time to be intimate with that which
is not born. Listen within. Fine tune your inner compass.

The inner birthing process is often speaking without words,
it is sometimes very subtle, but not less valuable.

And yes, sometimes it do come in roars,
there is no template for this. 
It is the new!

Pay attention to the impulses that moves you.
Do they feel fresh?
Do they feel automatic?
Do they feel outdated?

Cultivate sensitivity for the organic process
happening in the Deep Living Heart

With Love
Chameli
❤


http://awakeningwomen.com/2013/01/23/sister-of-truth-something-beautiful-is-calling-you/

:::LET YOUR LIGHT SHINE:::

:::LET YOUR LIGHT SHINE:::

“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our Light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented and fabulous?

Actually, who are you not to Be?

You are a child of God. Your playing small doesn’t serve the world. There’s nothing Enlightened about shrinking so that other people won’t feel insecure around you.

We were born to make and manifest the glory of God that is within us. It’s not just in some of us; it’s in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.”
 

♥ Marianne Williamson

life is a festival.

finally.

pachamama

I am blessed with my own tribe of free spirited, creative, gypsy pachamamas; supreme, divine, fertile, transcendent, Mother Earth goddesses. we like to be together and express each of our individual and collective creativity often, preferably daily. we like to talk, endlessly about the minute and infinite realities and dreams of life. we like to move, gracefully through our world.. and fiercely on the dance floor. LIFE is our dance floor. nature is our palate. the ocean our drink. we create our own realities. we are 'lionesses on the prowl of soul searching enlightenment'. we have an intense pulse of wanderlust beating through our bodies; constantly calling us to bigger things, different places, new people, and ever lasting journeys. we seek to conceive peace inwardly and outwardly. we are the change we wish to see in the world. we inspire, support and love each other. unconditionally. we are pure originality and raw ingenuity. we are invariably resurrecting the minds of sleepers and seekers. we are the seekers. we come together as individuals, making a collective force. we are continually finding and remembering the deep root of our being. we are consciousness in the flesh. we are IT. we are love, we are light. we are eternally transforming, evolving, revolutionizing, loving, seeing, doing, and BEing. we honor the place in you where the entire universe resides. and when we are both in this place, we are one.

waiting.

01 Waiting In Vain - Karsh Kale , Susheela Rahman, Sam Mills and Vishal Vaid by Karsh Kale Official

what is burning man...

"Once a year, tens of thousands of participants gather in Nevada's Black Rock Desert to create Black Rock City, dedicated to community, art, self-expression, and self-reliance... they depart one week later having left no trace whatsoever. Then they return home to embody the principles they learned year-round."

"You're at the end- and the beginning- of your journey to Burning Man.
You belong here and you participate.
You're here to survive.
You're here to create.
You're here to experience.
You're here to celebrate.
You'll leave as you came.
But you'll take the world you built with you."


-From burningman.com

"The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and all science. He to whom this emotion is a stranger, who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead: his eyes are closed." — Albert Einstein

"Creative ability and personal responsibility are strongest when the mind is free from supernatural belief and operates in an atmosphere of freedom and democracy." — Unknown

"Spirituality exists wherever we struggle with the issue of how our lives fit into the greater cosmic scheme of things. This is true even when our questions never give way to specific answers or give rise to specific practices such as prayer or meditation. We encounter spiritual issues every time we wonder where the universe comes from, why we are here, or what happens when we die. We also become spiritual when we become moved by values such as beauty, love, or creativity that seem to reveal a meaning or power beyond our visible world. An idea or practice is “spiritual” when it reveals our personal desire to establish a felt-relationship with the deepest meanings or powers governing life." — Robert C. Fuller

"Namaste. I honour the place in you where the entire universe resides… a place of light, of love, of truth, of peace, of wisdom. I honour the place in you where when you are in that place and I am in that place there is only one of us." — Mohandas K. Gandhi

"Love, like truth and beauty, is concrete. Love is not fundamentally a sweet feeling; not, at heart, a matter of sentiment, attachment, or being “drawn toward.” Love is active, effective, a matter of making reciprocal and mutually beneficial relation with one’s friends and enemies." — Carter Heyward