into NOVEMBER : honoring the liminality
we cross into the 11th month of November bridging All Hollows Eve, the Gaelic festival of Samhain and Dia de los Muertos...
Wisdom
The world softens when we soften~
"The world changes when we change. The world softens when we soften. The world loves us when we choose to love the world..."
Knock on the door of your own being~
"If we could learn to live from the level of the soul, we would see that the best most luminous parts of ourselves is connected to all the rhythms of the universe..."
Give yourself freedom~
"The more freedom you give yourself,
the more effective your actions will be.
This is difficult to believe.
Your judgements tell you just the opposite.
You cannot silence your judging self.
What you can do is choose not to listen to it...
Observe how you feel~
“You can feel whether you are allowing your full connection to Source energy or not. In other words, the better you feel, the more you are allowing the connection; the worse you feel, the less you are allowing the connection....
Call forth the sacredness of the Earth~
"There is a partnership, a communion between you and the land, between the land and you. This runs deep beneath the streets, deep beneath the buildings, deep throughout and beneath the seas. The earth is sacred....
You are emerging~
“You are emerging from the cocoon of your former self. There are no limits to the extent of the transformation that’s possible for you.” ~Marianne Williamson
Become a poet of consciousness~
"When we dream, we tap directly into the same creative source from which poets and shamans derive their gifts. When we create from our dreams, and enter dreamlike flow, we become poets and artists...
Hold no reservations~
"When you hold some part of yourself in reserve you deny it exposure to life; you repress its energy and keep it from understanding what it needs to know...
Trust yourself~
"Trust yourself, trust your natural response to each new situation. The action arising from your heart...
Let the walls come down~
"When you humbly acknowledge, and allow yourself to be aware of your doubts and your fears, the walls come down. You are open and vulnerable. You are imperfect...
There is nothing independent~
"The infinite vibratory levels, the dimensions of interconnectedness are without end. There is nothing independent. All beings...
There’s a magic deep inside us~
"There's a magic deep inside us
That comes from an open heart;
If we grasp the message,
And if we make it our own,
The doors of mystery fly open...
Dance~
"We have come to be danced, not the nice invisible, self conscious shuffle, but the matted hair flying, voodoo mama shaman shakin' ancient bones dance..."
Let your mind play between ideas~
"Like the dance of opposites, let your mind play between ideas. Allow the creative chaos of competing ideas and points of view. Think with an open mind. Investigate all possibilities...
Choose love~
"As the birds welcome the morning sun with their song, when you act totally in love, you welcome Great Spirit into your world. You become a conscious cell in the awakening earth....
Sadness signals something new arising~
"Perhaps we would endure our sadnesses with greater confidence than our joys. For they are moments when something new has entered into us, something unknown...
The trees are our teachers~
"The trees are called Standing People because they are our teachers. They do not walk about like human beings, but they do hold the energy of the Earth and Sky. The roots of the trees go deep into our Mother...
You are perfect as you are now~
“Accelerating your spiritual growth comes from accepting and loving yourself as you are right now. Some of you think that you will love yourself better when you have become evolved and perfect. Many of you are too critical and hard...
