Journal September 25 2009 Friday

Gratitude and Ponderings
1- [from my Essene Book Of Days
www.earthstewards.org ]
today I will bring
the Spirit of Surrender
to my: understanding of God
2- feelings: am i a do-er
only?
help me to find
and follow the path
that leads me to be
3- from DWELLER ON TWO PLANETS:
keener than knives
is ingratitude
4- some say
when we feel like VICTIMS
we move
to the passenger seat
and urge us
to make a conscious choice
and get back behind the wheel
so we can assert our own power
in a positive, spiritually centered way
5- others say there comes a time
when we must be brave
and have faith enough
to let go of the wheel
and let God
6- I pray and meditate
so that the spirit of God
can fill my mind
body
and soul
7- I seek the courage
i need
to move forward
8- when my mind is
crystal clear
I am free
to make the next right step
as it is revealed
to me
9- am I awake
or asleep?
10- when i write things
on my TO DO list
am i asleep
or awake in spirit?
are the things i put on it
so influenced by
the material world
that i forget
to live in spirit?
11- joy! i went to Fairhope Library
Friday Noon Knitters
what a fun group of ladies
creativity just oozes
outta their fingers
from their hearts
and into their creations
12- joy! i ate @ Andre's
my usual
peasant's lunch
w/ cold soup
cheeses and fruits
and warm french bread
with butter melted on it
13- joy! i saw a rainbow
over Baldwin County
in the sunshower
on my way to visit mama
14- joy! i visited mama
and read a couple
more chapters
in the bones book
by Carolyn Haines
we're getting near the end
of this one
so the mysteries
will soon be sloved
15- in listening to tapes
by Caroline Myss
about ENERGY ANATOMY
a few things to ponder
came up:
16- the porthole into your soul
is your heart
17- our greatest gift
is the gift of choice
our ultimate act
is the surrender of choice
(dramatic music: see #s 4 and 5
above, things i journaled
early this morning
-i didn't listen to tapes
until late afternoon)
18- this is the planet
where destiny meets choice
we are as destined
as we are free
19- the primary language of God
is paradox
the Divine language
is paradox
20- she also talked about a book
about mapping the journey
of your spirit
I looked it up:
Mary Ann Moore's
MAPPING YOUR SPIRITUAL JOURNEY:
A SELF-GUIDED WRITING JOURNEY
costs $140 canadian dollars
I doubt I'll get that
anytime soon
21- steve's already got his
Gandalf wizard costume
for Halloween
today in the mail
i received
one of the most beautiful
gypsy costumes
i have ever seen
it came from
www.victoriantradingco.com
and i absolutely
postively
think it's GRAND!

Journal September 24 2009 Thursday

Wish you were here! This is what the beach looked like today.

Sometimes I forget to remember that we live in paradise.

White sand beaches.

The sound of the water.

Warm sun.

Blue skies.

Gratitude and Ponderings

1- Thank you for the sun.

2- Thank you for the fun.

3- Thank you for friends like Renee that

invite me to spiritual gatherings like

Sand, Sea and Spirit.

4- Thank you for all of the spiritual people

I've met at Sand, Sea and Spirit.

[ www.sandseaandspirit.com ]

5- Thank you for our housemate Harmon.

6- Thank you that we have food to put on

the table and share.

7- Thank you for my Mastermind partner

Dennis and the way I get juiced up

when we mastermind together.

8- Thank you for the good book

DWELLER ON TWO PLANETS

my friend Frank told me to read.

9- Thank you that I was a kindergarten teacher

and now I am a flamingo gypsy writing my

CAYCE CARDS:

Gypsy-Spun Divination

with a little help from my artist friends-

Sarah-Star

Rose

Rachel

Jan

Claudia

and Kate

10- Thank you for sun-kissed days

full of awe and wonder.

11- Thank you Powers That Be

in the world

and in me.

Journal September 23 2009 Wednesday

Gratitude and Ponderings



This photo was taken on St. Simons Island Labor Day weekend.

Today I went to Orange Beach, Alabama.






This is a one of my friend Claudia Giannini's creations.

It hangs over the altar in our bedroom.






1- with grace and ease
are words that keep
coming up for me
as of late in-
Kay Cordell Whitaker's
Song News
[www.worldbalance.com]
and World Gratitude
[www.worldgratitude.com]
and this morning's Daily Word
from Unity.
-What message
is trying to get
through to me?
2- grace is one of my
touchstone words
3- every new year
instead of adopting
resolutions of
something I will
try to take away
from my life
i feel led by spirit
to choose words
and look for them
in the coming year
to see what messages
they bring to me
I've been doing this for years
some of the words/phrases
I've focused on have been:
-courage to pick myself up
from my woe! is me
Poor Pitiful Pearl place
-in-stances
-response-ability
-the Powers That Be
-focus on the Spirit Of God
@ the core of my being
-hope
-gratitude
-empowerment
-revelations
-at-one-ment
-oneness with the Source
-helpfulness and hopefulness
-upliftment/uplifting
-wonder-ment
-joyful doingness
-the Tree of Life
/chakras
/Tarot path of understanding
-living in joy
-everyday is a blessing
-awe-inspiration of nature
-amazing grace
2005: surrender
-Grace/transformation
-Personal Legend
2006: connecting/attuning myself
with God/ the Powers That Be
/Creative Force-Source
-weaving the divine into
the earthy-earth/ the mundane
-living with thanksgiving
/an attitude of giving
2007: search for spiritual truths
/inspiratiion
/ways of being
2008: Revelations of Truth
-Dharmic Service of Others
for the Highest Good of all beings
-Oneness with all of life
2009: Living in spirit with joyous delight
-Inspiration with joyous delight
-Love, grace and gratitude with joyous delight
-Being joyful with joyous delight

words for a new year chosen
i look for them everywhere
i listen to hear people speak them
i figure out ways to manifest them
into my life
at the year's end those threads
are woven into my being
and i pick up new threads
to add to them

start looking for your words/phrases
you'll know them when you find words
that make your heart sing
words that ring in harmony
with you wherever you are on
your path with heart
collect them now like balls of yarn
to have and to hold
and marvel at their color, weight
and beauty
when the old year ends
you can pick these new strings up
and weave them into your soul
then later when you build
your altar
you'll have these touchstones
like precious gemstones
to add to the bowl of your being
the truths you grow inside of you
will be some of your most
valued treasures
they'll uplift you
when you weather storms
and help see you home to
bon secour
/safe harbor
4- joy! was to be found
@ Orange Beach today
not only did i get to
sit on the sand
in the sun
being soothed
by the sound
of the waves
Thanks to my braiding, beading friend
Renee I got a taste of
http://www.sandseaandspirit.net/
I got in on a few minutes of
Cyndie Lepori's
Divine Love Workshop
and shared with
Doe Hart and Betty Elliot's
Women's Wisdom Circle
and Catherine Nimon's
Dream Interpretations
5- then i went on to Pensacola
for bread, granny smith apples
and veggies
dipped in cheese
@ The Melting Pot
and
6-Edgar Cayce Group
with Pat, Virginia and Ed

7- joy! this was a day of pure
joyous delight

Journal September 22 2009 Tuesday

Gratitude and Ponderings

I did it! I did it! I put a picture in my blog. This is a first for me.
I love my little Fuji Z30. Oh! The ramblings and the wonderings we will do together. I can't wait to take photos of my gypsy wagon to share with ya'll and then the sky's the limit 'cuz then I can post pictures of everywhere we travel. This is gonna be sooooo much fun!

1- [Life Coach of MastermindU
Debbie Happy Cohen
@ www.masterminu.com
or www.debbiehappycohen.com
gave me this exercise in her
3 month e-course Reach Your Stars]
list 20 synonyms
for a word/words that inspire you
BURNING DESIRE
1) flaming/aflame
2) consuming
3) going up in smoke
4) blazing
5) fiery
6) compelling
7) vital
8) heartfelt
9) eager
10) passionate
11) wish
12) need
13) yearning
14) hunger
15) set one's heart on
16) hope for
17) must have
18) can't live without
19) hankering
20) joyful bliss
PASSION
1) elan vital
2) spirit/spirited
3) enthusiasm
4) life-giving
5) life-supporting
6) life-sustaining
7) essential
8) necessary
9) full of life
10) vibrant
11) dynamic
12) vivacious
13) full of zest
14) full of vim
15) powerful
16) strong
17) intense
18) devotion/commitment
19) adoration/carry a torch for
20) fancy
INTEND/INTENTION
1) plan
2) aim at
3) expect/expectation
4) design
5) figure on/count on
6) plot
7) devise
8) create
9) cook up
10) invent
11) construct
12) shape
13) consume
14) devour
15) achieve
16) complete
17) attraction
18) claim
19) purpose
20) goal/target
WISH
1) aspire
2) imagine
3) visualize
4) whimsy/whim
5) notion
6) vision/envision
7) dream
8) picture
9) idea
10) fondness
11) leaning
12) affinity
13) attraction
14) revelation/reveal/divine (verb)
15) insight
16) intuition
17) creation
18) awesome
19) come to be/materialize/manifest
/come about/realize
20) conjure up/create
CREATE
1) artistry
2) handiwork
3) make
4) form
5) illustrate
6) mold
7) frame
8) piece together
9) dream up
10) conjure
11) originate
12) start/begin
13) compose
14) produce
15) inspiration
16) arouse
17) sparking/igniting
18) stir
19) inflame
20) give rise to

2- joy! we visited Mama
and I read to her
a chapter
from one of
Carolyn Haines'
bones books
3-joy! we dressed up fancy
and went to eat @ The Pillars
in Mobile
(good news- Matt's opening
a new restaurant
in Orange Beach
& that's closer to home)
Matt cooked up
pepper fried shrimp appetizers
and Steve and I
swapped back and forth
and shared different salads
with each other
and then he ate his ahi tuna
and I feasted on Matt's delicious crab cakes
with home made fries
squash and apples
4- joy! we have desserts
from The Pillars
in our fridge
Steve has a chocolate volcano
and I have amaretto cheesecake
with raspberry sauce
5- joy! i registered my camera
online, downloaded photos
and was able to put one
in my blogsite
6- joy! life just gets better and better
happy days are in abundance

Journal September 21 2009 Monday

Gratitude and Ponderings
1- joy! josh came to visit
2- fixing my iPhone
after trying to sync it
to my pewter
is a challenge
that i shall see
as a gift
how to turn
what seems like a hassle
into an opportunity
for joyous delight
3- in 1905
A DWELLER IN
TWO PLANETS
OR, DIVIDING OF THE WAY
by Phylos The Thibetan
was published
giving me food for thought
channeled by
Frederick Spenser Oliver
(1866-1899)
I have my friend Frank in Canada
to thank
for me reading this now
4- I breathe and feel
the Great-full-ness
of Life flow
through me
5- May peace be in my heart
the tools of love in my hands.
May I remember
we are ONE HEART UNITED,
in Gratitude
blessing our Motherland!!!
6- birds sing their song
filling the air with their
joyous delight
reminding me
to joyously sing
my Soul's song
7- the glories of old
live enshrined in my soul
and make me much
aye, most, of what I am,
influencing my acts
soothing me with their beauty
8- in the record
of the great book of life
the soul
-the forms of the dim,
mysterious past
influence lives,
and forever
9- how may i live in soul and spirit
striving that my labors
may ennoble?
10- when i scan the history of lives
from which i passed through
the portal of the grave
returned to lives
to gaze through the eyes
of different personalities
personalities strung
on a chain,
like pearls upon a thread,
teaching me I AM I!
Smoky, some of these pearls;
black others,
or white
or pink,
aye, some are even red!
Could tears add to their number,
I would have more,
oh! so many more,
for the white ones are so few,
and the smoky,
the black
and the red,
so many.
11- joy! for the taste of
pimento cheese on rye bread
12- joy! for flowers
my husband gifts
me with
each week
13- joy! for the flutes
in the stand
ever ready
to make music
14- joy! for my life seal
inspiring my life path
[created for me by
Elizabeth Waitekus
@ http://www.lifeseals.com/]
15- joy! for baby Oscar
in his high-risk nursery
in a hospital
in faraway France
as he grows and
develops his lungs
and digestive system
in an incubator
since he popped
out 2 months early
from his mommy sandy's tummy
16- joy! to Ludo
as he holds her hand
rubs her back and feet
and hugs her close
to his heart
17- joy! to Clovis
as he awaits
his baby brother's
arrival home
19- joy! in the morning
and in the light of day
when the sun is shining bright
20- joy! in the dark of night
and in the moon light
21- joy! when I'm lost
and
joy! when I'm found
22- joy! for the beauty
of our earthball
our Motherland
23- joy! for music
songs
stories
books
24- joy! for people
family
friends
strangers
faces familiar
faces new
faces unknown
25- joy! for I am
you are
we iz
and all the way way back to
I am again

chalenge in labels should read challenge

Journal September 20 2009 Sunday

Gratitude & Ponderings
1- In World Gratitude
I am asked to:
Align with the
Heart's Calling
and Embrace the
Great-full-ness
of Life
2- Kahlil Gibran
tells me to:
-wake and
give thanks
for another day
of loving
-meditate
love's ecstasy
-return home
at eventide
with gratitude
-have a prayer
for my beloved
in my heart
and
a song of praise
upon my lips
3- World Gratitude
Day 1- WAKE TO DREAM
speaks of
source force
energy-in-motion
and
communities that act
in unison
4- Day 2- HEART OF WATER
says
thoughts projecting inner reflecting
serve
to create NOW
5- By flooding our bodily waters
with Love and Gratitude
graceful waves will ripple
into all of creation
6- it's time to set an intention
Give thanks in advance
for its manifestation
while allowing
the Law of Attraction
to deliver this intended creation
with grace
7- in World Gratitude
we re-awaken to the power
of full-spectrum living
connected to
One Source
One Love
One Now
8- the light scattered pitter patter
of tiny drops of gentle misting rain
bless me
as i bless Fish River
here in my backyard
9- I saw the most beautiful
exquisite yellow wildflower
beside the raised walkway
on my way down here
to the river
10- I extend my blessing
for my Fish River's water
to all bodies
of water
with my Love and Gratitude
11- if I must be reborn again
i accept
my rebirth into
spiritual awareness
as my 2nd birth
12- [see Judith Pennington's sites @
http://www.eaglelife.com/
http://www.oneworldspirit.org/
http://www.thestillsmallvoice.org/]
if i borrow my friend
Judith Pennington's
language of brainwaves
i see Delta waves
for wee little ones
in utero and infancy
as in a state of pure being
oneness with Divine Consciousness
and Life
and unity with all creation
13- How can I make
unity with Divine Consciousness
and creation
the ground of my being
in my everyday life?
14- if Theta waves are
deep inner divine thoughts
and Alpha waves
pure flowing divine feelings
and Beta waves
divine logic
memory
and sensations
-how can I use this knowledge
to help create Heaven on Earth?
15- I am blessed to be
among spiritual people
reborn as children
of Light and Love in
-our Search For God @ Fish River
good time gang:
Steve
me
Mike
Rose
Harmon
Fred
Sylvia
Tate
John
Rachel
Joanne
Adley
Bryant
Josh
-Love and Light Ladies
Janie
me
Monica
Elgia
Leslie
Kathy
Karen
Donna
-Cayce Card creators
Carol
Sarah-Star
Rose
Claudia
Jan
Rachel
Kate
-the happy-ness
of sharing
mastermindu
with my Life Coach
Debbie Happy Cohen
[ http://www.mastermindu.com/
http://www.debbiehappycohen.com/ ]
and mastermindupartner
Dennis Brannen
and mastermindfriend
Brian Webster
[ http://www.giftbasketstampa.com/
www.ccgiftbaskets.com/Jacobsladder_.asp ]
Edgar Cayce's ARE
(Association for Research and Enlightenment)
215 64th St
Virginia Beach, VA 23451
http://www.edgarcayce.org/
our southeast ARE region website
http://www.seare.org/
you can join World Gratitude Gathering
@ www.worldgratitude.com/wg-gathering.html
we form into
spiritual families
and communities
that nurture
the Divine Kingdom
16- I listen
and align myself
with my Heart's calling
I embrace
the Grate-full-ness
of Life!
17- I listen to
Kay Cordell Whitaker's wisdom
about singing my song
my signature
my identity
[you can get Kay's Magic Song News
@ http://www.worldbalance.com/ ]
17- I am happy
-the can't wait
until the sun rises
for a new day
kind of happy
-the can't believe
I'm so fortunate
to have this life
and these amazingly
wonderful people
in my life
kind of happy
18- I live in joy
I live in passion
I live in Song
19- I live in a world
full to the brim
and overflowing
with possibilities
-opportunities to share
love
joy
passion
excitement for life.
20- I believe the world is ready
I know I am ready
I've given up the BS
being fed to the masses
I've changed
I live in joy
and happiness
and love
and wonder
and excitement for life.
I share all the love
and the beauty
and joy I know.
[^inspired by Kay & Helmut]
21- I strive never to give
my power away
22- I always pursue
the truth of my own being,
my Song
To know it
be it
live it
always
23- I value friendships
old
and new
24- [inspired by Methodists' Upper Room]
1 Peter 4:10
Serve one another
with whatever gift
each of you
has received.
/As each has received a gift,
employ it for one another,
as good steward's
of God's varied grace.
25- [from The Message Bible]
Be quick to give a meal to the hungry,
a bed to the homeless- cheerfully.
(We share our home Audubon Place South
with those who need a roof over their head.)
Be generous with the different things
God gave you, passing them around
so all get in on it.
1 Peter 4:9-10
26- [inspired by Unity's Daily Word]
Divine guidance
moves me to
new heights of
wisdom and success.
27- When I seek direction
for right thinking
or right action
I rely on Spirit
to show me the way.
28- I prepare to receive guidance
by gently sweeping away
any fear or doubt.
I imagine light
streaming down into my mind,
illuminating my thoughts,
sparking ideas
and inspiring me
to action.
29- My guidance comes
in various ways:
an understanding nudge
an inspired idea
a surprise encounter
or a powerful inner knowing.
30- Along with the awareness
of what to do
comes the ability to do it.
31- I take each next step
knowing divine guidance
leads me to new heights
of wisdom and success.
32- Send out your light and your truth;
let them lead me.
-Psalm 43:3
33- [from The Message Bible]
Give me your lantern and compass,
give me a map,
so I can find my way to the sacred mountain
to the place of your presence.
-Psalm 43:3
34- [from my ESSENE BOOK OF DAYS
http://www.earthstewards.org/ ]
today I will bring the spirit of
perfection to my:
day's search for how to live
this day spirit-filled
in joyous delight
-how can i find
right-giving
in the context
/boundaries
of this day?
35- I did the first 10 steps
1) twist
2) tilt
3) waves to back
4) shoulders
5) ferris wheel
6) leg clocks
7) jangle
8) knee bends
9) barrel
10) glove & shoe shake
of Peter Van Daam's
Cayce Exercises
on our floating platform
down here @ the river
[you can get Peter Van Daam's Exercises DVD
@ http://www.arebookstore.com/ ]
36- i read some in
Phylos the Thibetan's
A DWELLER ON
TWO PLANETS
OR, THE DIVIDING
OF THE WAY
suggested by our friend Frank Thomas
of Canada
37- Even tho I rarely watch TV
tonite my husband Steve and I
had a movie marathon
watching schmaltzy movies:
WEDDING DATE
ONLY YOU
-another chance to knit!

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