February 2010 Memories

When my friend Claudia from the north came south to visit in February she saw snow here but we also went walking on the beach to find seashells. That's something she can't do in Pittsburgh! I am busy writing on my CAYCE CARDS: GYPSY-SPUN DIVINATION. Claudia brought the 14 oval pictures she painted for the AIR/swords suit of the cards. I took all 56 of the paintings for the 4 suits of the minor arcana to my printer friend Nall to have them professionally scanned. Now it is March and the spring equinox has spun its way past us. I am now sending letters to possible publishing companies. Our Search For God @ Fish River group that meets here @ the house Sundays @ 6 is finishing Bruce Lipton's book BIOLOGY OF BELIEF this coming Sunday. Then we're going to study Gregg Braden's new book on FRACTAL TIME. The Love & Light Ladies group that meets on Mondays is in the middle of Kala Ambrose's 9 LIFE ALTERING LESSONS: SECRETS OF THE MYSTERY SCHOOL UNVEILED. I'm reading Walter Starcke and Joel Goldsmith books for spiritual nourishment and rereading Christine Feehan's Drake sisters series for fru-fru.

I keep myself busy journaling 8 different ways which is part of my new year's resolution. What about you? What are you doing on your path with heart? Have you read any good books lately?

February 5, 2010 Friday

Up Close Revelations In A Grain Of Sugar
This morning while enjoying breakfast at the Harbor Restaurant in Mobile's Renaissance Riverview Plaza Hotel I had one of those aha! experiences when I noticed that one single grain of natural raw turbanado sugar was casting a shadow on my teacup's white saucer. There before me was one teeny tiny grain of brown and golden yellow sugar with its gray shadow growing beside it. It made me look at other shadows on the table where my husband Steve and I sat overlooking the harbor. The sleek salt and pepper shakers that seemed to be of Danish design cast their own unique shadows. My fork held over the white square plate where my omlette sat cast a shadow going from the plate's edge to the omlette in the middle of my plate even as my fork was posed above the plate's upper rim. All through our morning meal my eyes kept returning to the small shadow cast by one simple granule of sugar. I thought about how many times there are things right before our eyes and we don't even see them. The night before my breath had been taken away by the marvelous stage setting of the 61st annual Polka Dot Mardi Gras ball with its balloons fashioned to resemble giant jelly fish dangling down from the ceiling rafters and its spectacular stage setting designed to display the queen's exquisite under the sea flowing train with its sparkle, shimmer and shine. The rainbow wings of their emblem gypsy's costume glittered and glowed. Sometimes when you look at certain things it is like they radiate and you see them as if through magical rose colored glasses that make them stand out dazzling- a vision of awe and wonder before your eyes.

Journal January 28 2010

Gratitude And Ponderings

Everything about the new year is breathtakingly beautiful!

Okay, maybe not the part where I learn how to rotate photos to share them with you rightside up but hey! that gives me something to learn yet, huh?

These photos were taken @ Lake Martin in central Alabama when we visited our friends Sam & Sharon January 19-21.

The first one is sunrise.

The other 3 are sunset.

If that doesn't take your breath away, nothing will.

I have been faithfully journaling in 8 journals every day & writing on my CAYCE CARDS: GYPSY-SPUN DININATION.

Life is good, oh so good.

I think life is large, don't you?

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Angel - Angelreachingforheaven - Beliefnet Community

New Years Resolution 2010

2010: I am using
my creative spirit
to celebrate
my Indwelling
Living Light.
I am radiant
with all of
the good ju-ju stuff
I believe.

My Version Of The Lord's Prayer

OUR FATHER-MOTHER GOD
WHO ART THE COSMIC AUTHOR
& COREOGRAPHER OF THE HEAVENLY DANCE
HOLY & SACRED BE THY NAMES.
LET THE POWERS THAT BE IN THE UNIVERSE
FLOW THROUGH US
SO THAT OUR DANCE HERE ON EARTH
CAN BE AS DIVINELY INSPIRED
AS IS THE HEAVENLY DANCE.
LET NATURE EVER BE A REMINDER
OF THE RHYTHM OF LIFE
AS IT IS SUPPOSED TO BE.
GIVE US THE POWER TO ACCEPT BEING HERE NOW
WITH ALL OF OUR NEEDS MET
(OUR PHYSICAL NEEDS
-OUR MENTAL NEEDS
-OUR SPIRITUAL NEEDS)
IN A BLENDING OF PERFECT HARMONY.
GIVE US EACH DAY
THE STEPS IT IS NECESSARY FOR US TO TAKE
IN ORDER TO GROW & UNFOLD.
HELP US TO AUTHOR OR WRITE THE SCRIPTS
OF OUR LIVES
WITH RESPONSE-ABILITY & AT-ONE-MENT.
GIVE US THE ABILITY TO RESPOND WITH OUR BEST
& THE CAPABILTY TO FEEL AT ONE
WITH THOSE WHO TRESPASS AGAINST US
OR STEP ON OUR TOES
AND CAUSE US TO SENSE A NEED TO GROW.
BE THOU OUR GUIDE
TO THAT QUIET PLACE
WHERE NOTHING CAN HARM US
TO THAT QUIET PLACE
WE CARRY INSIDE
-THE HEART OF THE WORLD
-THE HEART OF THE WORLD.
BE THOU OUR GUIDE
IN TIMES OF TROUBLE
IN TIMES OF TOIL
IN TIMES OF TEMPTATION.
IN TIMES OF JOY
LET US TURN OUR HEARTS TO YOU FIRST
TO HELP US CELEBRATE OUR GOOD TIMES.
LEAD US ON THE PATH OF RIGHT-LIVING
LET EACH STEP WE TAKE BE IN YOUR NAMES.
LET US EVER LEARN TO BE A CHANNEL
OF YOUR BLESSINGS.
MAY YOUR LOVE & LIGHT
FLOW THROUGH US
& OUT INTO THE WORLD THAT SURROUNDS US.
LET THE LOVE SPIRIT FLOW THROUGH US
& EMPOWER US
TO BE CHANNELS OF BLESSINGS
-LOVE & LIGHT.
WE ASK THESE THINGS IN YOUR NAMES
& FOR YOUR NAMES' SAKE.
CREATE IN US A PURE HEART,
O CHRIST/
O BUDDHA/
O GODDESS/
O POWERS THAT BE/
O SPIRIT DIVINE.
AMEN.
AHWOMEN.

(This is my version of the Lord's Prayer
in response to the last experiment
in the DESTINY chapter
of Edgar Cayce's SEARCH FOR GOD.)

My Creed

Susan Daniel's Creed Spring 2005
My Affirmations Of Faith
/Things That I Believe In

I ask my friends to meet me at the river.
I pray to the powers that be
to lift me to Higher Ground.
I believe I should use
my unique individuality
and considerable powers
for the Highest Good of ALL.
I believe I should express gratitude
with my joyful attitude.
I believe I should delight
in the simple things life has to offer.
I believe I should react
to the cards life deals me
with creative playfulness.
I believe I should
be alive in nature!
I believe I should create Bon Secour/Safe Harbor
to provide rest for fellow travelers
on their paths with heart,
a place for the medicine wheel
& labyrinth.
I desire to change in my life this year:
the interactions I share with little people-
[read simply people,
I was teaching kindergarten in 2005]
the interactions I share with people-
may I lead them to be observers of Mother Nature
& the lessons she has to teach them.
May I lead them beyond the conditioning
that surrounds them
to the path with heart
& the Inner Voice of Truth.
How can I live so as to bring good
to all people?
My hope for the planet this year:
a dwelling place of God in the spirit
is a sense of empoerment
for goodness & The Light
-may the networks that spread out
to connect us one to another
like the invisible lines of power
that criss-cross in Places of Power
(ley lines)
strengthen us
& help us to dance in celebration
of the gift of life
we have been blessed with.
In my mind's eye I see this as reality
for my highest good
& the highest good of all!
-courage to pick myself up from
my Woe! Is Me Poor Pitiful Pearl place
-focus on the Spirit of God at the core of my being
-helpfulness & hopefulness
-upliftment/uplifting
-sit & keep on with my soul's purpose
-in-stances
-response-ability
-the Powers that be
-hope
-gratitude
-empowerment
-revelations
-at-one-ment
-oneness with the Source
-joyful doingness
-wonder-ment
-the Tree of Life
/chakras
/Tarot path of understanding
-living in joy
-every day is a blessing
-awe- inspiration of nature
-amazing grace
2005: surrender
-grace/transformation
personal legend
2006: thanks- attitude of giving
-living with an attitude of thanksgiving
-weaving the divine into the earthy-earth
/the mundane
-connecting/attuning myself with God
/the Powers That Be/Creative Force-Source
2007: search for spiritual truths
/inspiration
/new 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!!!
2010: I am using my creative spirit
to celebrate my Indwelling Living Light.
-I am radiant with all of the good ju-ju stuff
I believe.
I desire to create in my life this year:
a space of worship
Rituals to celebrate the light
- a home full to over-flowing
with love & laughter & victories
made glorious by the sharing
of burdens & trials by fire,
an open hearth blessed with the warmth of friendship.
I believe I should be childlike
-dance!
-sing!
-and play with my friends!
I believe in wonder-full things.
I believe I should make a Sacred Space
for love in my life.
I believe Infinite Love and Gratitude
is the Source of overflowing.
I believe I should live fully in each moment
-blessing it
and all that surrounds me
with my love,
light,
and laughter.
I believe I should open each moment
as if it were an incredible gift.
I believe in this moment
everything is perfect, beautiful,
and divine.
I believe I should accentuate
the powers of my positive thinking.
I believe I should always try to
move in a new and better direction.
I believe I should simply be kind
to everyone I meet.
I believe I should support others' spirits.
I believe I should celebrate the changing seasons.
I believe I should use
my personal powers to create well-being.
I believe it is too, my response-ability.
I believe we only grow as fast as we can grow.
I believe I should go with the flow.
I believe I should remember to feed my soul and insides
and encourage others to feed their souls and insides, too.
I believe I should nurture juicy ways of being.
I believe I should enjoy life!
I believe I should imagine the ...'s of infinite possibilities.
I believe I should practice the art of transformation.
I believe I should create new ways of being in charge of my own destiny.
I believe I should follow my path with heart,
looking for new adventures along the way.
I believe I should develop curiosity about the world.
I believe I should compose poems and affirmations
that give courage and hope.
I believe that I should dedicate myself
to spiritual seeking.
I believe that I should go on a sacred quest
to find my soul's purpose.
I believe that I should build sanctuaries outdoors.
I believe I should create little altars everywhere.
I beleive I should gift others with 'bowls of my being'
so they have portable altars they can take with them
wherever they go.
I believe I should expand my horizons.
I believe I should grow and develop spiritually.
I believe Life happens.
I believe I should awaken to God in this moment
and receive nourishment for my soul.
I believe I should weave a web
that connects me to others.
I believe I should remember the past
and endow the future.
I believe I should be balanced,
asking myself when necessary if my priorities are lopsided?
I believe I should lighten my load
so I can move ahead unencumbered, unimpaired and freely.
I believe I should surround myself with influences
that affirm my Intentions and Attentions.
I believe I should create or go to places
that surround me with people, things, and ideas
that are inspiring, uplifting, and life-affirming.
I believe I should allow myself only those thoughts and deeds
that promote positive possibilities.
I believe I should Be Here Now.
I believe I should choose to take the road
to discover and empower my inner wisdom and spirit.
I believe I should be resolute and unwavering in my
Devotion,
Dedication,
and Defense
of my Intentions and Attentions.
I believe I should establish peace, order, and beauty
in my environment.
I believe in the power of prayer.
My special prayer request is for the children
-may every child the whole world over
wake up each day
& go to bed each nite
with God's healing light & love nurturing & nourishing them
-may we all work for the reality of the Highest Good For All!
I believe I should wish Happy Trails to all I meet.