Thoughts...
and when the dust settles... the sparkling quiet returns. Exhale.
We're back. We survived the test. We're washing off our bodies and souls and belongings, integrating back into this other reality... Things are so different out there in the mystical desert. My faith in humanity is again replenished for the year. My inspirations and aspirations are heightened and blooming. I shall rest a few days, and begin to prepare for a fruitful harvest of creativity, reaping the fields of imagination with the scythe of a brush, a pencil and paper, a song or motion... a dance... This is a time to feel, a time to express. So much has happened, so many feelings, so many things to be thankful for, to forgive, to grow from.We are married. It was Magic. We are smiling.
I love you.
Announcing our wedding!!!
Beloved friends and family,We invite you to join us as we embark on our nuptial odyssey in the enchanted desert! The ceremony will be held at sunset on Friday September First in Black Rock City, Nevada (Burning Man).
This years BM theme: The Future, Hope and Fear.
With all of this crazy personal stuff going on, all of the awesome unknowns and the state of the world, all of the amazing synchronous events presenting themselves as signs, it seems as if we are approaching something.... something very big.... as if the future is pulling us toward it... as if time is already decided and we are just passing through it. I can almost see it, taste it; it's there just beyond the mist. It's like waking up from a dream that you can't quite remember, but the feeling remains. The future,
I have hope. I have fear... I have the deepest purest love.
I know this is right.
...so red...
A mother gave her little girl this rose bush, when it and she were just very small. It was a strong symbol, the beginning of many ends. The little girl planted the bush near her father's house, out in the enchanted forest on the beautiful ridges overlooking the ocean, far from any tainted city. But the little girl soon abandoned the roses, as she had found more exciting things to do than nurture and help the bush grow. She danced and made music and found joy in interaction, and always was looking for more... she explored and grew and she moved away. She fell in love and lived and found peace within a village. And she was happy.And far away in the woods year after year, the rose bush blooms.
So red, so red. So stong and alone.
With love.
Soooo strange.... and remember the Toltec Wisdom
These human folk never cease to amaze me...weather it be the stranger who reaches through the vail of the dirty street to share a moment of a timeless smile, or the person you met yesterday who climbs mountains for you today.... the mothers and the fathers devoting lifetimes to another, the sisters and the brothers lookin after each other. Our minds and spirits are capable of such incredible creation and connection, we make magic happen when we syncronise our energies toward a common light... and be open.
...and yet so many wander so caught up in themselves and their sadness that they begin to believe in their own lies, and lose themselves in the cloudy confusion of realities. Realities? And yes, my dears, there are many. Who says? If you believe it hard enough things become real. As *they* say, we do create our own _____!
But please, I beg of you, be open. Don't forget to read between the lines, and trust yourself most of all.
And of course, remember the four agreements of the Toltec wisdom:
1.Be impeccable with your word - Speak with integrity. Say only what you mean. Avoid using the word to speak against yourself or to gossip about others. Use the power of your word in the direction of truth and love.
2.Don’t take anything personally - Nothing others do is because of you. What others say and do is a projection of their own reality, their own dream. When you are immune to the opinions and actions of others, you won’t be the victim of needless suffering.
3.Don’t make assumptions - Find the courage to ask questions and to express what you really want. Communicate with others as clearly as you can to avoid misunderstandings, sadness and drama. With just this one agreement, you can completely transform your life.
4.Always do your best - Your best is going to change from moment to moment; it will be different when you are healthy as opposed to sick. Under any circumstance, simply do your best, and you will avoid self-judgment, self-abuse and regret.
and my own add on:
5 Forgive- forgive yourself, your family and friends, and those who have hurt you. By letting go of your resentments of the past you free your spirit to move on and grow. Weather it be your own guilt, or your anger or sadness about another, forgive for you, not for them. It will liberate you beyond comprehension.
And in the end, crazy human folk, there is always love.
Beltane
We light the fires of fertility and make love upon the fruitfull soil, dancing, embodying the gods.Blessed...
