Little Gidding: 10/01/2010

I Am

Each is "I"
and all are "me".

To every single heart that beats,
all other hearts are "you".

There is no one who stands closer to another;
there is no one who did not have a mother;
no one.

When words are spoken,
they are spoken by an "I",
and they are heard by a "me".

There is no one who does not belong;
there is no one who was born wrong
or uninvited;
no one.

Wit and wisdom;
misery, elation;
laughter and song!

Emanations from the depths my soul.
I do not exist as someone else's "you", or "her", or "they".

There is no one who does not originate their own laughter;
there is no one who was born before or after
the beginning of life, of humankind.

Each is "I"
and all are "me".

~M. Black

Queen of Stars

Not at Home,
Unaccounted for-
Where art Thou, my playful one?
The darkness of the mind assails me!

Friends

Your friends are the ones who show trustworthiness when they stick around after you answer the question, "How are you?"


"Meeting"

And

It is finished.

Thank you for helping me to remember.
Thank you for helping me to unravel the knot, to find the source of the pain, to help me face my deepest sin, my betrayal.

Goodbye, see you on the next go-round, perhaps~

peace, love, light, as always and as Always,
mon amour

Shine

The shine that catches the eye and is gone;
an elusive glint that cannot be followed
or seen from straight on,
only from the corner of the eye;
like a moonglow firefly;
an ember falling from my hair
that spits and flares and disappears
before it can be captured;
it is only the dust on my coat
from the road Home.

~M.Black

Pleiades

Pleiades

"when i look up at the stars at night
what could i find beyond the light
a hundred million worlds that we ignore
who can restrain pleiades
or know the laws of heavenly's
how many times have we been wrong before
far off in the field i see a castle
today the people gather at the pole
he tried to tell us all the world was spherical
they burned his body but not his soul"

~King's X, "Pleiades"
from Gretchen Goes To Nebraska

Roses Can Prick

Try Treating Others With The Friendship, The Love, The Respect, The Attention, The Empathy That You Want For Yourself, Try Taking Accountability For The Way You Have Acted, Now And Whenever. Try Trusting That Other People Are Worthy And Are Capable Of Forgiveness. Try Letting Go Of The Resentment You Have Toward People Who Have Done You No Wrong. Try Being A Genuine Friend To Someone Other Than Your Pre-Approved Types Of Humans. Try remembering that you are not the Owner Of Pain; you could try being a comfort to others.

"Care"

Transformation


Transformation

Butterflies just are, whether or not anyone is watching.

Illusions

I might not care as much as you think I do.

You might care more than you think you do.

Or you wouldn't be reading this.
Projecting, assuming, judging, from such an "enlightened" spirit?

Try respect, it doesn't piss people off.

Try humility, you won't be surprised so often.

Try to stop controlling everyone for once.

There are other people that have to live on this rock, too, the same as you.

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Love Is...

Morning Mast

...not dependent on the other person's feelings. Each of us is a vessel unto ourselves, no one's course is influenced by another ship, only by the water under us and the wind above us.
Sail your own ship, watch your own stars, pay equal respect to all the other vessels you encounter, obey Maritime rules. You are not the wind that blows my sails, nor are you the waves that rock my hull. Do not think you can read my charts from your deck, and let go of the belief that I chart my course according to yours.
There is enough transcendent beauty to fill the skies of every captain; no one can claim to own the stars.

Ní bheidh tú ag siúl ina n-aonar

"Journey"

Keep walking straight, you're on the right path, this is just a muddy part with those little pricker things. They stick to your clothes and scratch your legs, you just have to unhook them from you and get across the mud. There's grass and sun past this dark part. Remember your own fortitude, remember the warmth of the sun.

The Chains Are Too Thick

Don't even think ~ (ahem)... don't even think about trying to escape~

~The Albino

The Dream Academy Life in A Northern Town rare 1st version

Hobbit House!

Thank you Rick Mariotti for pointing to this article, click here:

Hobbit House

How can we get the Zoning Boards and Building Inspectors to approve this around here? I'll be working on it~ in a free country it shouldn't be an issue.

Social Change, Save The Wails

Allies

One of the things that annoys me the most in this world (I said annoys, not enrages~) is when people will create or join a group to help a cause, and then use the group as a platform to conduct social pettiness, games and hierarchies.
"Come Join The Walk For Cancer" (but we'll only welcome you for real if we already like you...) "Please Volunteer At The Shelter" (so we can treat you like the new kid at school and feel superior)
"Please Come And Support The Arts" (so we can act like rockstars and treat you like a groupie)
"Please Come Join Our Club" (we need fresh meat to gossip about)
"All Are Welcome To The Lightworker Circle" (please join us so we can feed our egos by condescending.. I mean 'teaching' you... )
And no this is not a vent about something that happened to me, it is something that I have observed a thousand times in various things I've been involved with. Humanitarian groups, Environmental groups, Arts groups, asking for volunteers and support, appealing to people's hearts, and then acting like Junior High School kids toward them, using the group as a pre-established "In Crowd". Which is what the motivation for creating or joining the group might have been to begin with. It is such a resource-waster, there is so much these groups could accomplish if the people involved were actually looking in the same direction, toward the cause they claim to support, instead of playing games in order to pump themselves up. The actual cause drowns in the sea of ego and insecurity. Groups for causes do NOT need to have "pecking orders", or soap opera dramas, or gossiping, or backstabbing, or anything else that grown-ups should have stopped doing before they graduated High School. When this is going on, people have diverted their attention away from the cause, and they are just using the group as a social club, even if they are actively working, performing their tasks. They are detracting from the cause, wrecking the environment, discouraging people from helping or joining, and being a burden to the cause instead of a help. Why would someone want to Walk For Cancer if, when they arrive, they are given weird looks like "Who are YOU" or "What is SHE doing here?" Why would someone join a Spiritual group if the ones running it are speaking from a place of Superiority? (That's not Enlightenment... sorry... the second you feel superior to another you have stepped off the path.) Why would someone want to support an Animal Rescue Shelter if those already there act like they are the only ones endowed with such deep compassion and understanding of animals... and no one else could possibly know anything about animals or care as much... (eyes rolling)... Arts Groups? Invite the whole world in a very sweet, welcoming, open way to attend and support, and when they show up, assess their character and whether "we" think they are "sophisticated" or "experienced" enough for "us" to speak to them like a real person, and if "we" deem them unimportant, treat them accordingly~ with condescension. (The funny thing about that is those who I have seen usually get treated like they don't "belong" are often the only actual artists in the room.) If a person is actually genuine about their cause, they do not make their group a big Junior High School; they don't have the time, energy or money to waste playing gossip games, competing, dominating, or giving people attitudes. They treat everyone with sincere respect, they put a stop to other group members doing it, they check their own egos, and they are grateful to whoever shows up.

It's truly annoying, very frustrating, when you are sincerely and wholeheartedly trying to support or further a cause or be part of a group that could be a wonderful thing, and it is stalled over and over again by soap opera behavior.

Fleetwood Mac ~ Beautiful Child

Son

"The moment a child is born, the mother is also born. She never existed before. The woman existed, but the mother, never. A mother is something absolutely new." ~Rajneesh

@JR68

Her touch feels like magic not because she loves you, it's because you love her~!

"Please Speak Your Intention"

"Good friendships are fragile things and require as much care as any other fragile and precious thing."
~ Randolph S. Bourne

Anna Nalick - Breathe (2AM)

"Breathe (2 AM)"

2 AM and she calls me 'cause I'm still awake,
"Can you help me unravel my latest mistake?,
I don't love him. Winter just wasn't my season"
Yeah we walk through the doors, so accusing their eyes
Like they have any right at all to criticize,
Hypocrites. You're all here for the very same reason

'Cause you can't jump the track, we're like cars on a cable
And life's like an hourglass, glued to the table
No one can find the rewind button, girl.
So cradle your head in your hands
And breathe... just breathe,
Oh breathe, just breathe

May he turned 21 on the base at Fort Bliss
"Just a day" he said down to the flask in his fist,
"Ain't been sober, since maybe October of last year."
Here in town you can tell he's been down for a while,
But, my God, it's so beautiful when the boy smiles,
Wanna hold him. Maybe I'll just sing about it.

Cause you can't jump the track, we're like cars on a cable,
And life's like an hourglass, glued to the table.
No one can find the rewind button, boys,
So cradle your head in your hands,
And breathe... just breathe,
Oh breathe, just breathe

There's a light at each end of this tunnel,
You shout 'cause you're just as far in as you'll ever be out
And these mistakes you've made, you'll just make them again
If you only try turning around.

2 AM and I'm still awake, writing a song
If I get it all down on paper, it's no longer inside of me,
Threatening the life it belongs to
And I feel like I'm naked in front of the crowd
Cause these words are my diary, screaming out loud
And I know that you'll use them, however you want to

But you can't jump the track, we're like cars on a cable,
And life's like an hourglass, glued to the table
No one can find the rewind button now
Sing it if you understand.
and breathe, just breathe

Lights

"Spires"

When the lights go down in the city
and the sun shines on the bay
ooh I wanna be there in my city...
(Lights by Journey)

Vita non est vivere sed valere vita est

“Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive."

~Howard Thurman


"Life is not to live but to live vigorously." Open Shutter At Midnight Ocean Drive, Newport Rhode Island

Why

Did the scorpion sting the frog?

It's his nature.

Olivia Dunham

"I don't care how long you've been here. This is my operation; you work for me."

@}->->-

Bill and Ted - Be excellent to each other

Future

Imbolc
In the Future position
A card in the right position indicates your questions future.

Meaning: When the Imbolc festival card appears in a spread, it indicates potent energies of resurgence, purification, freshness, originality, and new beginnings.

"To"

I'm Being Followed By A


"Resting Cat"

Angler

It is always incorrect to assume you can know what someone's moral convictions are based on their philosophical theories.
~Stanley Fish

Deacon Blue

Drink Scotch Whiskey, All Night Long ~

Haughty

Unadorned

The swan does not see herself as you see her. You may find her unattractive, but that doesn't make her a lesser creature. You may find her beautiful, but that doesn't mean she is haughty. You may find her eccentric, but that doesn't mean she is crazy. Your opinion has no influence on what she really is, and neither does your projection or your prejudice. She is the same whether you breathe or die. She is to the Universe exactly what she is meant to be.

Don't Forget

Where You Come From
Where You Are Now
What You Are Doing
What You Are Doing To Others
Who You Are Consorting With
What You Are Letting Get Close To You

MRPF Joins the Red Hot Chilli Pipers on Stage

Playing With Fire

Why is honesty so difficult for so many people? What do they fear so deeply?

Let Go

" Whatever is done is over. It cannot be changed. But your attitude and feelings about it can be changed by doing the next right thing Today."

Volitaire

"A witty saying proves nothing."

Lost

Seaglass

Come down here,
lay now here.
Settle your head
heavy as lead;

heavy as waves rolling out
sheets of sand and lime.

Flat as panes of time
soaking starlight.

Walk this tide
breaking pride with sinking feet.
Let your ankles ache
to redeem deceit.
Hourglasses gather fog on this water;
let sins dissolve.
Your soul will remember:
your heart will break.
Let it break.
Let it break.

~M. Black

blood from stones

En Avant

"Trying to understand the infinite and eternal through the limited ability of the conditioned mind, is like trying to ride a bike to the moon."

~Jennifer Howell Gillies

Is That A Dagger

Or a Crucifix I See?

clarity

Emotional, social or relationship level.

The Sun

This represents happiness, peace, positive energy, warmth and contentment. It could possibly relate to a happy marriage or matters concerning children. The sun rules the day, so all matters can be dealt with positively and with clarity of vision.

6 of Pentacles (Reversed)

It may seem as you are giving to others and nothing is being given back in return. It may be that two people are taking advantage of your generous nature and you feel used.

4 of Wands

This represents a harvest of harmony, contentment, peace and pleasure. There will be personal achievements and a feeling of material well-being. There may be satisfaction regarding a new home or other real estate.

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