https://makinglearning.files.wordpress.com/2014/01/poetry-is-not-a-luxury-audre-lorde.pdf Poetry Is Not a Luxury (1985) Audre LordeThe quality of light by which we scrutinize our lives has direct bearing upon the product which we live, and upon the changes which we hope to bring about through those lives. It is within this light that we form those ideas by which we pursue our Read more about Poetry is not a Luxury[…]
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The hymn as printed in Songs of Praise (1925) consisted only of the two verses of the 1918 version, credited “Words: Cecil Spring-Rice, 1918; Music: Thaxted”, I vow to thee, my country, all earthly things above,Entire and whole and perfect, the service of my love;The love that asks no questions, the love that stands the test,That lays Read more about A Hymn[…]
The global Pachamama Alliance community online ceremony to welcome in a new possibility for you, your family, your community, and the world. Our Indigenous elders remind us that with 2020 having been a year of great challenge for the human family, we have an opportunity to come together and take a moment to reflect, bless Read more about Mountains and Rivers[…]
And most of all, in my inner winter, I learned how to walk away, even in the most exquisite or painful creative moment. This space – even if it was only an hour lying in the dark – always allowed for a new way of inspiration and renewal to carry me. Writing our first book, Read more about Inner Winter[…]
Between then and now they are here. Magic materialised. Hellebore, henbane, aconite Fire, water and moonlight Between the new and full taurus moons
Enters my body my heart. Each cell clearing black smoke. I am touched by the luminous. Gayatri mantra. “O Divine mother, our hearts are filled with darkness. Please make this darkness distant from us and promote illumination within us.” The eternal, earth, air, heavenThat glory, that resplendence of the sunMay we contemplate the brilliance of Read more about Golden light of sunrise[…]
Do you think peace requires an end to war?Or tigers eating only vegetables?Does peace require an absence fromyour boss, your spouse, yourself?…Do you think peace will come some other place than here?Some other time than Now?In some other heart than yours? Peace is this moment without judgment.That is all. This moment in the Heart-spacewhere everything Read more about Peace is This Moment Without Judgment[…]
Please Come Home. by Jane Hooper. Please come home. Please come home.Find the place where your feet know to walkAnd follow your own trail home. Please com home. Please come into your own body,Your own vessel, your own earth.Please come home into each and every cellAnd fully into the space that surrounds you. Please come Read more about Come home[…]