tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-91264826373129026592024-02-20T02:00:19.987-08:00Debra's view of the RiverDebrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02563974065483777734noreply@blogger.comBlogger58125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9126482637312902659.post-69856307338073909322009-04-03T00:56:00.000-07:002009-04-03T00:48:45.834-07:00Actualize Your Spiritual Potential<!--StartFragment--><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center; line-height:14.0pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Tahoma;mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><b>Actualize Your Spiritual Potential</b></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Tahoma;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"><br> <br> Roy Eugene Davis<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:14.0pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Tahoma;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">The average person's habitual thoughts, emotional states, lifestyle preferences, and behaviors—and thus their personal circumstances—are primarily determined by subliminal (below the threshold of conscious awareness) inclinations and tendencies. So long as this condition prevails, life is experienced as a semi-conscious dream; random accomplishments are of little value; spiritual growth, if it occurs at all, is minimal.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:14.0pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Tahoma;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"><br> To awaken from this dreamlike condition and begin to actualize one's innate spiritual potential, the question that needs to be asked is, "What is life for?" If the answer to this important question does not immediately arise to the surface of awareness, the fact that it is sincerely asked will attract a response from Universal Mind referred to by Ralph Waldo Emerson as "the one Mind which is common to all of us." Information will then be provided in ordinary ways, which may be intuitively recognized as being valid.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <div class="MsoBodyText"><span lang="EN-GB"><br> Over half a century ago, in an endeavor to apprehend the meaning of life, I prayed for guidance and avidly read the writings of people who were considered to be enlightened—knowledgeable because of their flawless insights and their personal experiences of life's processes. I discovered that saints and sages of various philosophical traditions are in agreement in regard to why we are in this world. We are here to:</span></div><p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2; tab-stops:list .5in"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Symbol">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span><span lang="EN-GB"><br> To live in harmony with the laws (processes) of nature by using our knowledge and abilities constructively. By doing this, we can unfold our innate potential, experience personal fulfillment, and make a useful contribution to society and the ongoing trends of evolution.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in;text-align:justify;line-height: 14.0pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Tahoma;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"> <o:p></o:p></span></p> <ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc"> <li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:14.0pt;mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Tahoma;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">To learn to experience the easy fulfillment of wholesome desires which enhance our lives and benefit others. By doing this, we can accomplish our worthy purposes and experience enjoyment without attachments to our actions or to their results.<o:p></o:p></span></li> </ul><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:14.0pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Tahoma;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"> <o:p></o:p></span></p> <ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc"> <li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:14.0pt;mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Tahoma;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">To learn to have our needs spontaneously satisfied by the responsiveness of the universe. As our awareness becomes clarified and expanded, we become increasingly conscious of the one Power that enlivens the universe and discover that, as we compliantly cooperate with it, it unfailingly provides resources, supportive events, and appropriate relationships for our highest good.<o:p></o:p></span></li> <li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:14.0pt;mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Tahoma;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"><br> To respond to our innate soul urge to have our awareness restored to wholeness by nurturing our spiritual growth until we are fully Self- and God-realized. The Self of us, which is to be acknowledged and directly experienced, is our immortal, true nature. We are individualized units of the one field of Consciousness commonly referred to as God.<o:p></o:p></span></li> </ul><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:14.0pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Tahoma;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"><br> Endeavors to accomplish all four of these primary purposes of life can be applied simultaneously. While choosing to live in accord with the laws of nature, we can also perform effective actions and be receptive to the fulfillment of desires, have faith that our needs will be met, and unfold and express our soul qualities. The key to doing this is to be established in awareness of Being while performing useful actions.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:14.0pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Tahoma;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"><br> At the innermost level of our Being, knowledge of Consciousness and its processes is innate to us; here, we are always serenely conscious of our wholeness. It is only at the surface of our awareness that confusion and conflict may occur. This is why the teachers of most enlightenment traditions recommend that contemplative prayer and meditation be learned and regularly practiced.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:14.0pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Tahoma;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"><br> Although the side benefits of meditation—some of which are stress reduction, strengthening of the body's immune system, enlivening of the nervous system, and orderly thinking—can be welcomed, the primary purpose of practice is to accomplish the stage of alert, tranquil awareness which allows superconsciousness to be experienced. The superior influences of superconsciousness weaken and eradicate problem-causing subconscious influences and improve the meditator's intellectual powers, allowing authentic spiritual growth to spontaneously occur in the course of time.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:14.0pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Tahoma;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"><br> The key to effective living and to spiritual growth that results in emotional maturity and clarified, expanded states of consciousness is mastery of attention. A spiritually unawake person's awareness is overly identified with mental and emotional states, physical sensations, and objective circumstances. A spiritually awake person, because established in Self- (soul) awareness, is able to view thoughts, moods, physical sensations, and objective circumstances with insightful dispassion and to consciously live with meaningful purpose.<br> <br> Purposes which have value (which enhance and spiritually enrich our lives and the lives of others and which nurture the planet) are meaningful; purposes which have little or no value are meaningless. Focusing attention and actions on meaningful purposes, then, is a spiritual practice.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:14.0pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Tahoma;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"><br> During a conversation with truth seekers, my guru Paramahansa Yogananda said, "There is a fundamental purpose for our lives. To know it, we must understand where life comes from and where it is going. We must consider life's highest potential for development and look beyond our immediate goals to what we ultimately want to accomplish."<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:14.0pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Tahoma;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"><br> What do we want to accomplish during our sojourn on Planet Earth? Have we chosen to be victims of circumstances? Or are we intent upon learning how to live effectively so that we can experience the unfoldment and actualization of our innate potential as quickly as possible? We can easily determine the degree of our spiritual awareness by self-honestly examining how we view ourselves in relationship to life and our habitual behaviors. The seven stages of soul unfoldment have been described as follows:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:14.0pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Tahoma;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"><br> 1. Unconsciousness. Awareness is almost completely identified with conditioned mental states, erroneous beliefs and opinions (delusions), and illusions (misperceptions of what is observed). Apathy, disinterest, and boredom are common characteristics. If one is religious, one may seek refuge in a system of beliefs to comfort the mind.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:14.0pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Tahoma;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"><br> 2. Dysfunctional self-consciousness. The self-conscious state is egocentric: mind-, body-, and personality-centered. Although awareness is somewhat clarified and curiosity about life and the possibilities it offers is compelling, delusions and illusions prevail. Psychological conflicts may be troublesome. Because intellectual powers are not yet highly developed, endeavors to comprehend higher realities (even though sincere) are not always fruitful. There may be a tendency to presume illusions and fantasies to be the truth.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:14.0pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Tahoma;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"><br> 3. Functional self-consciousness. Although still self-conscious, one has fewer psychological problems, is able to more easily exercise freedom of choice, is more goal oriented, and is able to efficiently accomplish purposes which are considered to be of value. Functional self-consciousness provides a firm foundation upon which to investigate higher realities and to nurture spiritual growth.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:14.0pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Tahoma;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"><br> 4. Superconsciousness. Purified intellectual powers and intuition enable one to clearly discern the difference between ordinary states of fragmented awareness and the essence of one's Being, the true Self. When superconsciousness is stable, Self-realization is permanent.<br> <br> 5. Cosmic consciousness. As superconscious influences further purify the mind and refine the nervous system, episodes of cosmic awareness progressively unfold, providing clear perceptions of the wholeness of life.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:14.0pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Tahoma;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"><br> 6. God-consciousness. As cosmic consciousness matures, the reality of God, the one field of Consciousness, is directly apprehended and experienced.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:14.0pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Tahoma;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"><br> 7. Full enlightenment. Now completely spiritually awake, with all delusions (erroneous ideas) and illusions (misperceptions) absent, the totality of life is flawlessly comprehended. Soul awareness is liberated.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:14.0pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Tahoma;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"><br> Is it possible to actually experience satisfying spiritual growth while attending to duties and responsibilities and relating to rapidly changing social conditions? Yes, it is possible. All that is required of us is aspiration to excellence, a clear sense of purpose, Self- (soul) confidence, willingness to learn how to live effectively reinforced by determination to do so, and compliant cooperation with the universal, impersonal processes of life that can and will produce the desired results.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:14.0pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Tahoma;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"><br> </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">Roy Eugene Davis is an internationally recognized teacher of spiritual growth processes, the author of many books, and the founder-director of Center for Spiritual Awareness with offices and a meditation retreat center in the northeast Georgia mountains.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:14.0pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"><br> Copyright 2002, All rights reserved.</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"> <o:p></o:p></span></div> <!--EndFragment--> Debrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02563974065483777734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9126482637312902659.post-50757078598069647542009-02-28T00:12:00.000-08:002009-02-28T00:04:32.341-08:00february<!--StartFragment--><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-left:.5in;text-align:center; text-indent:-.5in"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="6"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 19px;"><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-left:.5in;text-align:center; text-indent:-.5in"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">relief, goal obtained<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-left:.5in;text-align:center; text-indent:-.5in"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">effort somewhat arduous<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-left:.5in;text-align:center; text-indent:-.5in"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">breathe, for now it's done<o:p></o:p></span></p> <!--EndFragment--> Debrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02563974065483777734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9126482637312902659.post-11772122759767155812009-02-27T07:00:00.000-08:002009-02-27T06:52:31.614-08:00good morning<div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div><!--StartFragment--><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-left:.5in;text-align:center; text-indent:-.5in"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">the morning is pink<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-left:.5in;text-align:center; text-indent:-.5in"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">and the periwinkle sky<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-left:.5in;text-align:center; text-indent:-.5in"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">sparkles possiblities<o:p></o:p></span></p> <!--EndFragment--> </div>Debrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02563974065483777734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9126482637312902659.post-62452822016195389052009-02-26T07:40:00.000-08:002009-02-26T07:33:12.333-08:00dreams<div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div><!--StartFragment--><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-left:.5in;text-align:center; text-indent:-.5in"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">dreams<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-left:.5in;text-align:center; text-indent:-.5in"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">where souls travel<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-left:.5in;text-align:center; text-indent:-.5in"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">on their way</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-left:.5in;text-align:center; text-indent:-.5in"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">out to sea</span></p></div>Debrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02563974065483777734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9126482637312902659.post-5157048967970462812009-02-25T00:22:00.000-08:002009-02-25T00:14:31.669-08:00dream<!--StartFragment--><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-left:.5in;text-align:center; text-indent:-.5in"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="6"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 19px;"><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-left:.5in;text-align:center; text-indent:-.5in"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">I feel like writing a rhyme<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-left:.5in;text-align:center; text-indent:-.5in"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">it may end up being all about time<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-left:.5in;text-align:center; text-indent:-.5in"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">or maybe I'll ponder space<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-left:.5in;text-align:center; text-indent:-.5in"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">I've been wondering about that place<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-left:.5in;text-align:center; text-indent:-.5in"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">we go when we sleep<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-left:.5in;text-align:center; text-indent:-.5in"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">sometimes it feels so deep<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-left:.5in;text-align:center; text-indent:-.5in"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">maybe it's a journey<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-left:.5in;text-align:center; text-indent:-.5in"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">to a place not far away<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-left:.5in;text-align:center; text-indent:-.5in"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">but to a spot that's very near<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-left:.5in;text-align:center; text-indent:-.5in"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">and can hold more</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-left:.5in;text-align:center; text-indent:-.5in"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">than a little fear</span></p> <!--EndFragment--> Debrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02563974065483777734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9126482637312902659.post-24721366443925097172009-02-24T11:38:00.000-08:002009-02-24T11:31:03.796-08:00winter's release<!--StartFragment--><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-left:.5in;text-align:center; text-indent:-.5in"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS""> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-left:.5in;text-align:center; text-indent:-.5in"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">February<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-left:.5in;text-align:center; text-indent:-.5in"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">a shorter month<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-left:.5in;text-align:center; text-indent:-.5in"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">more intense<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-left:.5in;text-align:center; text-indent:-.5in"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">maybe<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-left:.5in;text-align:center; text-indent:-.5in"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">a time of change<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-left:.5in;text-align:center; text-indent:-.5in"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">shifting winds<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-left:.5in;text-align:center; text-indent:-.5in"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">until the springtime</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-left:.5in;text-align:center; text-indent:-.5in"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">takes the upper hand</span></p> Debrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02563974065483777734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9126482637312902659.post-88178228584491767482009-02-23T07:24:00.000-08:002009-02-23T07:16:24.764-08:00choice<!--StartFragment--><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-left:.5in;text-align:center; text-indent:-.5in"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="6"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 19px;"><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-left:.5in;text-align:center; text-indent:-.5in"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">inaction does not exist<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-left:.5in;text-align:center; text-indent:-.5in"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">choose to act? choose to react?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-left:.5in;text-align:center; text-indent:-.5in"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">we each must decide;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-left:.5in;text-align:center; text-indent:-.5in"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">which is easier? we ask<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-left:.5in;text-align:center; text-indent:-.5in"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">it all depends on the frame<o:p></o:p></span></p> <!--EndFragment--> Debrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02563974065483777734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9126482637312902659.post-58197531488218886592009-02-22T00:31:00.000-08:002009-02-22T00:24:04.560-08:00oaks' power<!--StartFragment--><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-left:.5in;text-align:center; text-indent:-.5in"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="6"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 19px;"><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-left:.5in;text-align:center; text-indent:-.5in"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">two oaks standing, reach<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-left:.5in;text-align:center; text-indent:-.5in"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">for the sky. reaching low, their<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-left:.5in;text-align:center; text-indent:-.5in"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">roots tap the earth and<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-left:.5in;text-align:center; text-indent:-.5in"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS""> wisely ground the animals<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-left:.5in;text-align:center; text-indent:-.5in"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">who live to roam and protect<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-left:.5in;text-align:center; text-indent:-.5in"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="6"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 19px;"><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></span></font></p> <!--EndFragment--> Debrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02563974065483777734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9126482637312902659.post-61171030259904591532009-02-21T09:59:00.000-08:002009-02-21T09:52:04.687-08:00aging (viewed in the light)<!--StartFragment--><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-left:.5in;text-align:center; text-indent:-.5in"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="6"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 19px;"><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-left:.5in;text-align:center; text-indent:-.5in"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">like cherry blossoms<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-left:.5in;text-align:center; text-indent:-.5in"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">delicate, splendid, short-lived<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-left:.5in;text-align:center; text-indent:-.5in"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">giving way to fruit<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-left:.5in;text-align:center; text-indent:-.5in"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">nourishing richness, the seed<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-left:.5in;text-align:center; text-indent:-.5in"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">within, promises new life<o:p></o:p></span></p> <!--EndFragment--> Debrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02563974065483777734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9126482637312902659.post-55058587406489997132009-02-20T09:46:00.000-08:002009-02-20T09:38:53.199-08:00symmetry and synchronicity<!--StartFragment--><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-left:.5in;text-align:center; text-indent:-.5in"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="6"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 19px;"><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-left:.5in;text-align:center; text-indent:-.5in"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">symmetry shows reflection<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-left:.5in;text-align:center; text-indent:-.5in"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">synchronicity <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-left:.5in;text-align:center; text-indent:-.5in"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">shows connection; both hold the<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-left:.5in;text-align:center; text-indent:-.5in"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">mystery and are held in<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-left:.5in;text-align:center; text-indent:-.5in"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS""><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>our collective history<o:p></o:p></span></p> <!--EndFragment--> Debrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02563974065483777734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9126482637312902659.post-52186955461310815522009-02-19T06:48:00.000-08:002009-02-19T09:58:49.833-08:00fear or trust?<!--StartFragment--><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: center; text-indent: -0.5in;" align="center"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:14;" >feeling swept away<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: center; text-indent: -0.5in;" align="center"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:14;" >and carried by the current<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: center; text-indent: -0.5in;" align="center"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:14;" >only for a day<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: center; text-indent: -0.5in;" align="center"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:14;" >why resist and keep control?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: center; text-indent: -0.5in;" align="center"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:14;" >honor trust, there is no fail</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: center; text-indent: -0.5in;" align="center"><br /><span style=";font-family:";font-size:14;" ><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: center; text-indent: -0.5in;" align="center"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:14;" > <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: center; text-indent: -0.5in;" align="center"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:14;" >if effort prevails<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: center; text-indent: -0.5in;" align="center"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:14;" >and keeps life tied and trussed<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: center; text-indent: -0.5in;" align="center"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:14;" >with no surprises,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: center; text-indent: -0.5in;" align="center"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:14;" >still there is no guarantee<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: center; text-indent: -0.5in;" align="center"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:14;" >the result would be more just</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: center; text-indent: -0.5in;" align="center"><br /><span style=";font-family:";font-size:14;" ><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: center; text-indent: -0.5in;" align="center"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:14;" > <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: center; text-indent: -0.5in;" align="center"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:14;" >so when the mighty river swells,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: center; text-indent: -0.5in;" align="center"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:14;" >I'll endeavor to let go, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: center; text-indent: -0.5in;" align="center"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:14;" >enjoy the ride, and trust.<span style=""> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <!--EndFragment-->Debrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02563974065483777734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9126482637312902659.post-13803503144547499662009-02-18T01:33:00.000-08:002009-02-18T01:25:37.215-08:00peace within<!--StartFragment--><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-left:.5in;text-align:center; text-indent:-.5in"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="6"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 19px;"><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-left:.5in;text-align:center; text-indent:-.5in"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">coming home<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-left:.5in;text-align:center; text-indent:-.5in"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">to that space inside<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-left:.5in;text-align:center; text-indent:-.5in"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">filled with love and never fear<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-left:.5in;text-align:center; text-indent:-.5in"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">always someone there to hear<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-left:.5in;text-align:center; text-indent:-.5in"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">hay siempre personna que oir<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-left:.5in;text-align:center; text-indent:-.5in"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">listening silently <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-left:.5in;text-align:center; text-indent:-.5in"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">to all that is dear<o:p></o:p></span></p> <!--EndFragment--> Debrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02563974065483777734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9126482637312902659.post-70167936126436799282009-02-17T07:16:00.000-08:002009-02-17T07:08:34.484-08:00rainbow<div style="text-align: center;">prisms suspended</div> <div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.329412) 1px -1px;">the sun's pure light divided</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.329412) 1px -1px;">revealing depth</span></div>Debrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02563974065483777734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9126482637312902659.post-81682890676353728852009-02-16T00:21:00.000-08:002009-02-19T09:59:48.852-08:00rain<div> </div><div><!--StartFragment--><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: center; text-indent: -0.5in;" align="center"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:14;" >what is the rain saying to me?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: center; text-indent: -0.5in;" align="center"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:14;" >it whispers so softly<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: center; text-indent: -0.5in;" align="center"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:14;" >and moistens the dry<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: center; text-indent: -0.5in;" align="center"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:14;" > <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: center; text-indent: -0.5in;" align="center"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:14;" >softly, like cotton<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: center; text-indent: -0.5in;" align="center"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:14;" >la lluvia<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: center; text-indent: -0.5in;" align="center"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:14;" >shapes<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: center; text-indent: -0.5in;" align="center"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:14;" >the earth, and her animals;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: center; text-indent: -0.5in;" align="center"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:14;" >her plants and her rocks<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: center; text-indent: -0.5in;" align="center"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:14;" > <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: center; text-indent: -0.5in;" align="center"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:14;" >raindrops and torrents<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: center; text-indent: -0.5in;" align="center"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:14;" >through treetops and forests<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: center; text-indent: -0.5in;" align="center"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:14;" > <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: center; text-indent: -0.5in;" align="center"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:14;" >obstacles <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: center; text-indent: -0.5in;" align="center"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:14;" >for rain, do not exist<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: center; text-indent: -0.5in;" align="center"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:14;" >courageously, it does persist<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: center; text-indent: -0.5in;" align="center"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:14;" ><span style=""> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: center; text-indent: -0.5in;" align="center"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:14;" >until one day, the sun will shine<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: center; text-indent: -0.5in;" align="center"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:14;" >and rain will go until<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: center; text-indent: -0.5in;" align="center"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:14;" >it's time<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: center; text-indent: -0.5in;" align="center"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:6;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:19;"> </span></span></p> <!--EndFragment--> </div>Debrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02563974065483777734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9126482637312902659.post-46814227863572106522009-02-15T23:29:00.000-08:002009-02-15T23:21:39.384-08:00Air Moves UsAir moves us<br>Fire transforms us<br>Water shapes us<br>Earth heals us<br>And the balance of the wheel<br>Goes round and round<br>And the balance of the wheel goes round.<p>- Cathleen Shell, Cybele, Moonsea, Prune<br><a href="http://www.reclaimingquarterly.org/web/chants04/chants04.txt">http://www.reclaimingquarterly.org/web/chants04/chants04.txt</a>Debrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02563974065483777734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9126482637312902659.post-77586511599181561242009-02-15T00:51:00.000-08:002009-02-15T00:43:48.853-08:00seasonal pattern<!--StartFragment--><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-left:.5in;text-align:center; text-indent:-.5in">rather than reasons<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-left:.5in;text-align:center; text-indent:-.5in">we have our four seasons<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-left:.5in;text-align:center; text-indent:-.5in"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-left:.5in;text-align:center; text-indent:-.5in">each with a different voice</p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-left:.5in;text-align:center; text-indent:-.5in"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-left:.5in;text-align:center; text-indent:-.5in"> <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-left:.5in;text-align:center; text-indent:-.5in">born to hope<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-left:.5in;text-align:center; text-indent:-.5in"> <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-left:.5in;text-align:center; text-indent:-.5in">rains refresh <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-left:.5in;text-align:center; text-indent:-.5in">and bring growth<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-left:.5in;text-align:center; text-indent:-.5in"> <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-left:.5in;text-align:center; text-indent:-.5in">while harvest<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-left:.5in;text-align:center; text-indent:-.5in">brings us the "prize"<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-left:.5in;text-align:center; text-indent:-.5in"> <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-left:.5in;text-align:center; text-indent:-.5in">finally time comes<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-left:.5in;text-align:center; text-indent:-.5in">to rest a bit<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-left:.5in;text-align:center; text-indent:-.5in"> <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-left:.5in;text-align:center; text-indent:-.5in">we close our weary eyes<o:p></o:p></p> <!--EndFragment--> Debrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02563974065483777734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9126482637312902659.post-43532755221053982402009-02-14T01:45:00.000-08:002009-02-14T01:39:15.666-08:00dimensions of experiencewe notice space<p> we notice time</p><p></p><p> but when you look,</p><p> can't you see -</p><p> all that is and all that could be?</p><p></p><p> decide what you want</p><p> and then observe</p><p></p><p> signs will</p><p> show you what to note</p><p></p><p> follow your river</p><p> stay on your boat</p><p></p><p> and you will get</p><p> to where you're going</p><p></p><p> then when you arrive,</p><p> you will see</p><p></p><p> all will be</p><p> exactly</p><p> what you believe</p>Debrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02563974065483777734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9126482637312902659.post-67370354123943982672009-02-12T23:45:00.000-08:002009-02-12T23:37:42.999-08:00wisdom<!--StartFragment--><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-left:.5in;text-align:center; text-indent:-.5in"><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-left:.5in;text-align:center; text-indent:-.5in">oh how I savor the unfolding knowing<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-left:.5in;text-align:center; text-indent:-.5in">which the years surely do bring<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-left:.5in;text-align:center; text-indent:-.5in"> <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-left:.5in;text-align:center; text-indent:-.5in">I can't understand it<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-left:.5in;text-align:center; text-indent:-.5in">the message was sent<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-left:.5in;text-align:center; text-indent:-.5in">but now we are turning towards spring<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-left:.5in;text-align:center; text-indent:-.5in"> <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-left:.5in;text-align:center; text-indent:-.5in">the rain keeps on falling<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-left:.5in;text-align:center; text-indent:-.5in">not really squalling<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-left:.5in;text-align:center; text-indent:-.5in"> <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-left:.5in;text-align:center; text-indent:-.5in">bringing on feeling<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-left:.5in;text-align:center; text-indent:-.5in">and subsequent healing<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-left:.5in;text-align:center; text-indent:-.5in">to our infinite world's own pain<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-left:.5in;text-align:center; text-indent:-.5in"><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></p> <!--EndFragment--> Debrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02563974065483777734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9126482637312902659.post-70809332781653475352009-02-12T07:25:00.000-08:002009-02-12T07:17:29.514-08:00weather<!--StartFragment--><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-left:.5in;text-align:center; text-indent:-.5in"><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-left:.5in;text-align:center; text-indent:-.5in">sun and rain<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-left:.5in;text-align:center; text-indent:-.5in">wind and fire<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-left:.5in;text-align:center; text-indent:-.5in">cancel the game<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-left:.5in;text-align:center; text-indent:-.5in">intensifier<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-left:.5in;text-align:center; text-indent:-.5in"> <o:p></o:p></p> <!--EndFragment--> Debrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02563974065483777734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9126482637312902659.post-76553712393991479712009-02-11T00:54:00.000-08:002009-02-11T00:47:22.051-08:00life on earth<!--StartFragment--><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-left:.5in;text-align:center; text-indent:-.5in"><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-left:.5in;text-align:center; text-indent:-.5in">poetry and reason<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-left:.5in;text-align:center; text-indent:-.5in">faithfulness and treason<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-left:.5in;text-align:center; text-indent:-.5in">arbitrary seasons<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-left:.5in;text-align:center; text-indent:-.5in">all wrapped into<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-left:.5in;text-align:center; text-indent:-.5in">one<o:p></o:p></p> <!--EndFragment--> Debrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02563974065483777734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9126482637312902659.post-21467675651222470902009-02-10T00:06:00.000-08:002009-02-09T23:59:09.715-08:00synchronicity<!--StartFragment--><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center">one night I understood</p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center">all that is,</p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center">is connected</p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"> <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center">because this theory</p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center">bends my mind,</p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center">I asked for signs</p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"> <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center">spacetime bent and complied</p> <!--EndFragment--> Debrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02563974065483777734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9126482637312902659.post-18324234867260842312009-02-09T00:39:00.000-08:002009-02-09T00:32:04.161-08:00eyes<!--StartFragment--><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center">gazing through the glass</p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"> the dark provides reflection</p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center">light shows us the truth</p> <!--EndFragment--> Debrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02563974065483777734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9126482637312902659.post-31249687011839240792009-02-08T08:19:00.000-08:002009-02-08T15:12:59.702-08:00tanka on the mountain<!--StartFragment--><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center">at times the light dims</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center">energy diffused, dispersed</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center">shifting inertia</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center">at the summit, feel the sun</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center">recharge, shine; above the fog</p> <!--EndFragment-->Debrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02563974065483777734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9126482637312902659.post-11087107435318057872009-02-07T00:15:00.000-08:002009-02-07T07:31:30.213-08:00bad dreams<!--StartFragment--><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><!--StartFragment--></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:14;"> <!--StartFragment--><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center">There sometimes can be fear</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center">when darkness swallows light</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center">I promise to shine bright on you</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center">when nighttime brings on fright</p> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:130%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:16;"><br /></span></span></span></span></p><p></p>Debrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02563974065483777734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9126482637312902659.post-24060842627736973112009-02-06T00:55:00.000-08:002009-02-08T15:15:05.734-08:00early spring<!--StartFragment--><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center">deep roots, baby leaves</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center">tiny blossoms now appear<br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center">harvest foreshadowed<br /></p> <!--EndFragment-->Debrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02563974065483777734noreply@blogger.com