Journal September 19 2009 Saturday

Gratitude and Ponderings
1- [inspired by Harmon Bro's
EDGAR CAYCE ON RELIGION AND PSYCHIC EXPERIENCE]
What is my intent
quality
and direction?
2- If the way the universe was built
was a way of wise love and radiant creativity
what is the way of Holy Spirit
/the Divine?
3- I can call into being
my native psychic ability
to seek and find Holy Spirit
/the Divine.
4- I can become
the living spirit of God
and daily orient myself
by this lodestar.
5- I can look to see
to what I respond in others.
I can find that
what I weigh and measure
in others
or am drawn to,
is the standard actually
at work in my own soul.
If I see beauty
the beauty calls me;
if purity
if play
if patience
-each is nudging me
for decision
and action within.
If I see mostly evil
or selfishness
or betrayal
then I should know that my own soul
is holding me tightly to my own idea,
pressing me to it
until I change my ways
or broaden my idea.
If I find a new thing
a new hunger
a new longing
arising from my own soul
I can make it real.
I can bring my new treasure to life
by giving it away.
Money might not be buried,
but must be invested in life.
The Cayce readings said many times,
"If ye would have love,
give love;
if ye would have friends,
be friendly;
if ye would have mercy,
be merciful;
if ye would have beauty,
make your world beautiful
for others."
For this is a law,
not just a good thing,
but a law.
6- It is important
to think of ideals
in positive terms,
rather than negative.
Better to seek love
than to omit hating.
7- What would the Master do?
8- Stella Bennett's
#16 The Tower Card
tells me:
Liberarating myself
from old ways
and belief systems
will provide the path
to a higher place
within my spirit.
I need to let go of the past
and welcome
the new things
coming in.
Hanging on to old ideas
and goals
will only prevent me
from recognizing
new opportunities.
The card reversed
tells me:
Don't mourn the past.
Although what I consider
to be losses today
may bring me pain,
in the future
I will recognize these losses
as doorways to better things.
11- [inspired by Upper Room]
Do not be anxious about anything
but in everything,
by prayer and petition,
with thanksgiving,
present your requests to God.
- Philippians 4:6
12- [from The Message Bible]
Don't fret or worry.
Instead of worrying, pray.
Let petitions and praises
shape your worries into prayers,
letting God know your concerns.
Before you know it,
a sense of God's wholeness,
everything coming together for good,
will come and settle you down.
It's wonderful when it happens
when it happens
when Christ displaces worry
at the center of your life.
- Philippians 4: 5-7
13- "Prayer is a powerful gift,
and yet we often fail to use it.
We let other priorities
crowd out time
with our Creator.
What a salute to God
when we,
together with thousands of others,
give thanks for the life given to us
We are thankful for God's love
God's spirit
God's healing hand
God's guiding light
and God's comforting grace."
-James H. Norman (Texas)
14- All over the world this day
people pray to God/Goddess
the Father
the Mother
Yahweh
Abba
Allah
Buddha
Krishna
Tara
Shiva
Creator
Great Spirit
Creative Force
Source
the Divine
and names I do not even know.
It is the same One Source of the Divine.
15- I pray for those
who feel they have
no one to pray for them
this day.
16- I laugh
I sing
I dance in joy!
17- I think perhaps
this great shift
we have in consciousness
is harder for civilized people
who hafta move from
me! me! me!
to us! us! us!
and the realization
we can't go home
as a planet
until we realize
we all hafta get in the boat
that sails home.
18- How can I open my eyes
to see glimpses of truth
this day?
19- What can my hands do this day
to build Heaven right here on Earth?
20- How can I wake up
to know my true nature
and see the Divine
in all of creation?
21- What tasks will come to me
this day
to joyfully do
in spirit
with love,
light
& laughter?
22- How am I living
my intention
for this week:
to live in gratitude
and surrender?
23- [inspired by Daily Word]
Am I in touch with
all of God's blessings?
Am I in touch with beauty?
Do I gaze in admiration
and give thanks for
God's ever-present grandeur
surrounding me?
24- [wriiten in my ESSENE BOOK OF DAYS]
today I will bring the spirit
of Abundance to my:
thanksgiving for the
abundance of grace and beauty
in my life
I awake full to the brim and
overflowing with joyful delight
the blessings of this day
pour over me like honey
Steve's here
bubbling over
with talk of his joys
being the admiral
in THE SOUND OF MUSIC
Sarah-Star calls
bubbling over
with the bliss of blogging
and gratitude for making it home
safe and sound
after another week
of flying
as attendant
for Jet Blue
25- yesterday I started
a cycle of World Gratitude
@ www.worldgratitude.com/gblog
I am thankful I live in
a world of people
who live their lives
in a state of gratitude
26- I am thankful
Patrick Swayze
lived for a while in our world
with his cowboy's grit
and dancer's grace

Journal September 15 2009 Tuesday

Gratitude
1- river ah! river my river
it's high tide
but the mush in the bog
and the water puddles
gathered there are from
the recent rains
2- thunder grumbles
and clouds laced with gray
try to cover the true blue
of the sky
3- colors of nature
surround me
purple berries
clustered there to make
puple bird poop
black dargonflies
with iridescence
shimmering in their wings
as they flit & flutter
& perch upon the bamboo stick
i carry to sweep the spiders'
webs away
clearing the path i walk
to the river
bright red flowers
white flowers w/ sunshine yellow centers
green all around me
the tired green
that's already weathered summer
white lace flowers in green
4- it is so easy to feel
joy
peace
& harmony
whenever i take time
to be on our floating raft
of boards and barrels
on our Fish River
5- yesterday i started
my card a day draw
from a new deck
Stella Bennett's
THE STAR THAT NEVER WALKS AROUND
I am thankful
I live in a world
full of storytellers & artists
i live in gratitude
for the multitude of tarot decks
i can wander around in
6- i am able to stand in wonder
at the world
my ability to be in awe
of it all
is enhanced
by the words people write
and speak and sing
and the art they create
for my eyes and heart
to behold
beauty surrounds me
and uplifts my spirit
to Higher Ground
i am blessed to walk my path
with heart
bestowed with the blessings
of others
who walk their path
and build little rock cairns
to show me the way
7- dance
i do my Cayce exercises
ala Peter
here on my floating platform
in the river
and feel my spirits soar
as tho i am
a bird in flight
8- [inspired by Upper Room
Mary Waind Ontario, Canada]
we are meant to shine
with God's light
Jesus said, "I have come
into the world as a light
that no one who believes in me
should stay in darkness."
John 12:46
Jesus summed it all up
when he cried out:
"Whoever believes in me,
believes not just in me
but in the One who sent me.
Whoever looks at me
is looking, in fact,
at the One who sent me.
I am Light that has
come into the world
so that all who believe in me
won't have to stay any longer
in the dark."
(The Message Bible
John 12:44-46)
God's word nurtures us
and helps us to mature
into strong followers of Christ.
If we are willing to follow
the Holy Spirit's guidance daily
others will see God's goodness in us.
They can see our hope
courage
comfort
peace
& joy.
In both bright times
& seasons of darkness,
we can glorify the One
who brought us into
the marvelous light of Christ
Buddha
Krishna
Tara
God
Goddess
Great Spirit
Creator
Creative Force.
Prayer Focus: Those living
in spiritual darkness.
9- [inspired by Unity's Daily Word]
When I look in the mirror,
am I able to see my body
as a beautiful
unique
divine creation?
10- If I only focus on a problem
/illness,
I lose sight of the divine
energy within each cell of
my body.
This innate power can transform
any apparent challenge into
an experience of radiant health
& wholeness.
I see divine energy bringing
wholeness to every cell.
I transcend any limitation
as I hold to the truth
of my being-
I am a whole & holy being,
an expression of divine
perfection.
11- i wrote in my Essene Book Of Days
today i will bring
the spirit of newness
to my: Grand Adventures
feelings: everything I do
for my morning meditations
(done in the early afternoon
down here @ the river)
bespeaks of joy:
the Four of Thunderbirds
card I drew from Stella Bennett's
THE STAR THAT NEVER WALKS AROUD Tarot
spoke of joy
Doing Peter Van Daam's
Cayce exercisies
made me feel
like a bird who
could soar
& fly high in the sky
The Upper Room
I do in honor
of my Daddy
spoke of
the radiance of
amaryllis
(another gift
Daddy & I
used to exchange)
and the joy that is
a revelation
when we realize
we are meant
to shine
with God's light
& there was joy
to be found in Unity's
Daily Word message
about holding to
the truth of my being
a divine,
holy being
& joy in remembering
how I'd gift Daddy
w/ Unity's Daily Word
in exchange for his gift
of the Methodists'
Upper Room
to me
12- "I feel it in my fingers,
I feel it in my toes
Your love is all around me
and so the feeling grows."
is the song racing around
in my head
as of late.