EMULATION

It is said, "The most sincere form of flattery is imitation."

The sea reflects the sky, the wind whispers to the stones, the mountains hold many secrets.
Natures beauty and repetition is everywhere. Look around you and take it in for a minute.
How can we go about our day so casually when there is so many amazing textures, colors, forms to lay our eyes on?

Look at the web the spider weaves; it is intricate, delicate, and geometric. Look at the sky, look at the reflection of the water, the water that holds much power and gives life. It is life. Look at the rock formations that have stood the test of time. Millions of years old, strong, majestic, telling their story in layers.

How about the magnificent transformation of a day to night? The flowers that bloom? The explosion of color in the leaf as it prepares to die - (If only we could be as beautiful as the leaf we pass on.)

NOW Look at the faces of the strangers who glide by you in your day. Look at how beautiful the eyes are and if you are lucky enough to look deeply, you can see straight into their (your) soul.

We are the imitation of each and every living thing in some small way. There are no limitations to this possibility. That is the connection. When we understand the connection it is easier to fill our heart with compassion and much harder to condemn others because you find you are condemning your own being.

Copy something beautiful, etch into your memory and then make it your own.

Be elated in emulation….be the one that others want to imitate…..be….(dl)

~ Making amends ~

I am not ahead of you, I am not behind you, I am right next to you, by your side, and am not going to leave you.
I am here to support you and guide you if that is what the request is in the moment, as I may request that in you.
If I disappear for any length of time please understand it is simply because I require a break. I may need to empty so I can  fill up again. It has no bearing on our relationship. It is understanding the steps ahead are steep and I am gathering up the energy to climb.

Spirit does not rest. The wind is constantly whispering in my ear and I understand I am not alone.
I am a messenger and this is what I have taken on.
I understand that not all will want to hear the messages, and that some already have had them delivered in a different format. I say hear it new now, because today is a different day.
WE are to work together, hand in hand, in unity and bring as many with us as possible because everything is possible.

Cleaning out the dark corners of your being takes a lot of courage. Opening up the door for a flood of emotions. Understand that when you begin this process, that the light that enters will get brighter and brighter. Then the water will ebb and turn to calm. This is when the opportunity to extend your hand to give or receive is emanate. You and I are ready for more. This is moment we wait for to gather up our strength and move ahead, find the like souls and share what we are to share.
You and I are of the same energy. Our packages are different in color and texture but our inner workings are identical. I hope the equality shines when you think about that.

Go inside, check in, and understand the pace to which you are progressing. Don’t compare, and don’t worry if something doesn’t make sense to you right now. The limitation only means is you are not ready for that information and it will come later. When you are in clarity, it will be evident and there will be no struggle to try comprehend.
We are one ~ side by side dancing in our light (DL)

~ thought waves ~

I am in you can you see me?
Every time I criticize, judge, scoff I take a piece of my soul away. I whittle away at the very essence of my light. Why? I am still human and I do human things. I have to remember that my light, your light, is a direct reflection in us all, so I harm myself every time an ugly thought is acknowledged.
This is a constant battle I face daily so my practice must contain the other side of my light which is my darkness. Find the reason behind the ugly, what or who is it that I am really responding to. Digging in is tough, but the more awareness to the energy I give out, the easier it is to be in light of love and peace.

Acknowledgment of the things that gnaw at me is the challenge. What is it that creates such disdain in my being sometimes. Insecurities, jealousy, greed and lust… So I have all of those feelings and I admit it loud. The trick is to find the means to the end. What drives them out to the surface. Do I make myself feel better after a spew…no it works in the opposite for me. I typically can’t stand what I muttered and again it eats away at my light. That circle will continue until I am more present. This is the never ending quest for all.

Even if the thoughts are not spoken they are there. And we all understand that our thoughts become are reality. Do I want an ugly world to live in? No, I do not. As I move through the day, I will be the best I can be ~ the ones who know me personally know I say exactly what I am feeling in the moment. I do not hold back for in the moment it is my truth.

I am no different than you. I just say what others are afraid to admit sometimes, good, bad or indifferent.
So with me now, I ask you to hold my hand on our journey to be the light. Acknowledge what tears into the soul,  Release the toxins of the fear, and dance with me in the light…. (DL)

~ The purge ~

This is what I do with direction from spirit. There are so many words that flow sometimes it is hard for me to keep up. I wasn’t sure how I was going to process my loss except writing it out and finding the way to express what I have experienced. The pain has been unbearable at times. Crying so hard that I was gasping for air. I know many, many of you can relate.
I mourn in my silence, we mourn together.

The love that has poured has been truly inspiring. I have it seen first hand and felt what it feels like to have that dichotomy of  being wrapped in an amazing embrace and pushing down the pain at the same time. The dichotomy of {release} and rueful {holding on }working simultaneously on my heart.
The days melded into each other and the minutes passed so slowly that there was an illusion of infinity of a second.

Then as the moment finally arrived, exhaustion overwrote all other emotions and took us all down quickly.
As the next phase slid by, the arms extended, the good bye that is only a good bye on this plane was stated and done. Everything else became surreal.
Coming back to a familiar setting was foreign, doing the things that I was supposed to do seemed so mundane and unimportant…..just odd.

What is this crazy pain? Why is it stabbing me? It is Love….it is love, and love hurts. When you are so open, when your heart is free, your love moves in and out with every breath.
Now, I can understand why so many choose to close up. If there is no door for the love to come in, neither can the pain. I used to think that pain associated with loving someone was to be avoided at all costs, but I am here to tell you to run to your pain.
It is an expression of the purest love energy that you can experience.
After the tears recede a bit and you can see a little clearer,  pull up that smile remembering the one who is dancing in their light, flying free with out their troublesome body is kissing you from above. (DL)

~ Spiritual weight ~

While at my daughters choir concert I found myself in deep duress as I watched the parade of obese children enter the auditorium.  (This is not the first time I have been upset about these children. ) They waddled in and took their designated places on the stage. I watched them fidget as all teens do, mess with their hair, pull at their clothing but I was just overcome with sadness this night as I felt their hearts and I looked at the eyes of these obese children.
The hardest part to digest  is the majority of these children will fight this obesity all their lives. Trapped in a body that is unhealthy.

Being spiritually happy is not just in the mind, it is also in the body with spirit. How can we consciously raise the conscience of our children when their bodies are completely out of alignment ? How can they be in tune when their hearts are beating faster and harder just to function, I repeat just to function? Where does it start and stop?

We are raising a new breed, a new species of large, unhealthy little souls. It seems to get worse every year.  With this unhealthiness comes the mental anguish - children with disease, with issues, children with no self esteem, children in depression.

The notion of honoring the vessel we occupy seems to be a lost art. These children can not begin to love when food is in the way, the instigator and the obsession.  Every aspect of their lives revolves around their inabilities to participate in living. They are restricted because their bodies are not working properly, and working overtime to barely keep up.  Their minds are clogged,  the blood flow slows, the heart rate increases, the onset of disease hits much earlier. How do we embrace these little souls when their bodies are too big to hold?

When the mind can not let go of the negative personal image, it can alter the joy these children should have in their lives no mater what the ethnicity, or where they are financially. This is a universal problem crossing all the lines and the borders. Food is now the substitution for the lack of love in these baby souls.

I do not have an answer.  I want to scoop them all up and show them their beauty inside and out.
A beauty most will never get a chance to see. The new society, I can only hope will have a backlash when the unhealthy wake up to see the devastation of little souls that has been created.  Again I say I do not have an answer, just a wish to the universe for some kind of an end to the war of the unfit and unhealthy. (DL)

~ Compassion without Suffering ~

Being in compassion is there for us at birth. There are several layers to this as we grow. Our parents try to nurture this but our pears, and our environment tend to take it away. Some say an understanding of compassion can not happen without suffering, you should have exposure to both sides of a situation, { the dark vs. the light} so how can compassion be without suffering? It is a choice -

Look at the child who holds his prize possession dear -  does that child know suffering? The typical child only knows comfort. He has, and is learning to love. He holds his object of affection with adornment. He will stroke it, coddle and protect it. This is his natural course of learned love and compassion.
The child is untainted by heart pain. The pain we grow up with , the pain we expect and the pain we spend the rest of our adult lives avoiding. It is not in his being to be any other way until the child is exposed to external emotions and crisis of life.
You see,  the child has no desire to be anything but happy, loving, and caring. You can have this too.
He has not yet gained the experience of a time of strife, or experienced the reactions around him to know the payoff of suffering. Most who suffer aloud, long for and get much attention ( negative/positive) by their being in their state of duress.

The child is wise in his own ignorance. ~ thus ignorance is truly bliss ~

Constant bombardment of negativity is a sure way to create pain. We get this in all forms, the exposure is everywhere. Once you see again, in true childlike compassion through your recall (memory) you can understand what has been thrown at you is your pure learning. Put up your shield and stand tall in rejecting the pain. You get to dismiss the notion of suffering to have compassion.  Your choice ~ simple ~

Some may argue that there is a lot of suffering that is not by choice. There is always someone else less fortunate than the next - it goes on and on. I know many who are disabled by disease, in a mangled body, in constant body pain but their spirits are more alive than some perfectly healthy souls. Why? Because they understand, despite their lack of fluid movement they still have love inside.
No one, no suffering can take that away. They also understand that their condition of the body is temporary and soon they will leave this plane for a new one so… they make the best and enjoy each moment and they have a deeper understanding of compassion through love not suffering.
They accept their path and they live. (DL)
Affirm: Today I am the child

~ A Test of grace ~

Finding the balance to be at peace without my ego.
Wanting all the words and thoughts out of my head and on to the paper is my goal today. The fact is, the information is there for all. Let the words go and touch anyone who is open to receive no mater how the message is dispersed.
I want to shout it from the top of my roof loud and clear the life is so simple. Why do so many make life complicated and sad? Why is there so much disparity ? I don’t understand where the negativity comes from.  Who decides? Who judges? Who cares?
Look at the child, in their own world, entertaining themselves with the simplest object. I am smiling as I  hold that visual. The child is complacent in their own mind. Their heart is not yet tainted by the so called wrongs and the rules that govern our society.
Everyday agitation and stress blankets the faces of tormented souls. Rushing to be? Be somewhere? Be someone? But not being………
I want to tell all to breathe! Take a deep breath. Take a moment to bring up a thought that makes you smile. Take a moment to watch a leaf fall, hear the sound of the wind, watch the squirrel play, enjoy the music of your heart.
It’s all we have - we have nothing else because we really do not NEED anything else, but the ~ SMILE ~
Be in your own world, embrace the ones you love, oh how I love my family and my friends.
The tears are rolling ( could be hormones)
Affirm: my tears cleanse and heal - I am………blessed beyond words today. (DL)