inspirational thoughts
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Salmon Spirit Message #1
Salmon Spirit Message #1 My name is Salmon of the vibrant tribe – I ask you what it is that makes you happy, What it is that makes you feel alive? I don’t soar in the sky Like eagle feather – my friend spouse – And I don’t forage through the bushes and tress Like Continue reading
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SHINING LIFE
It is only when we give up the strife; moving forward to create a resplendent shining life, that we access the simplest of secrets which is that all the universe and the universes yet to be born dwell within each of our tiny cells, just as they do in Sirius, Pluto and Orion. So rejoice Continue reading
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That Dark Place
Robin Williams’ suicide has touched many of us and the familiar Parrish Shoe sign has become a shrine of sorts to his life and legacy. My favorite role of his was as Patch Adams, a doctor who found out that making his patients laugh was a very healing thing to do. It is ironic that Continue reading
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Apu Mt. Monadnock
In the central Andes, where the second highest mountain chain makes their imposing presence viscerally felt, the indigenous people have since time immemorial venerated their mountain peaks. Quechua-speakers (the language of the Inca Empire) call them Apus. Certain Apus are designated sacred mountain peaks, based upon teachings of the wise ones. Typically these sacred Apus Continue reading
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That Dark Place
Robin Williams’ suicide has touched many of us and the familiar Parrish Shoe sign has become a shrine of sorts to his life and legacy. My favorite role of his was as Patch Adams, a doctor who found out that making his patients laugh was a very healing thing to do. It is ironic that Continue reading
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MY FATHER’S DEATHS – Published March 2013, Monadnock Shopper
Today is March 29th, 2013. On this day, 94 years ago, my father was born. He almost did not make it through his first year of life, at just a few months of age he was one of the millions of victims of the influenza epidemic that killed so many people in the United States Continue reading
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A PRAYER FOR KEENE
CRYSTAL MANDALA PRAYER Dear Keene We come to you Small spirits on a winding path At the turning of these days At the changing of the cycles Please open the way For our small and humble community To shape shift into the next Step of planetary evolution We call upon the spirits Up high and Continue reading
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THE WEEDS OF OUR LIVES
Weeds! All summer we are pulling out those “pesky weeds” so our lawns will be closer to “perfect.” Out come those rambunctious dandelions; those spreading wild mints; and those plantain plants with their wide spread leaves. What we want is an immaculate green grass carpet without a tinge of brown or a hint of any Continue reading
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A Poem Written on my Last Birthday
LET MY VOICE BE PURE Let my voice be pure To sing the spirits of the stones; Let my mind be focused Upon an awakened world to birth. Let my heart beat in one With the son of the suns And let my soul find peace In the precise space and time where I was Continue reading
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An Ode to Turquoise
Turquoise: Sacred Inclusion Turquoise is what you call me; though many names have I I span all the ages and domains I can connect the earth and the sky I am the sun, the moon and the stars The thunderbolt and the gentle rain I am the eagle and its prey I am the heart Continue reading
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