Balance

 

This is what my spirit gathered for this morning's meditation altar.

 

Feathers.

 

Black unknown,

 precious owl from my friend Kim,

and woodpecker from the yard at my old house in New Hampshire.

 

Feathers are "like sensitive wands that can be used to gather the finest impression of vibrations around or within the body". (from a blog called accessingyourhigherself)

 

Feather help you gather energy and also project thoughts and intentions. They show you the path to inner flight.

 

Unencumbered by limiting beliefs, you can float or soar and become part of the Greater energy.

 

 

Crystals.

 

Smoky Quartz.

 

Grounding properties. Absorbs and transmutes negative energy. 

Heals mind and body, relieves pain.

Clears emotional and mental blockages. Creates balance.

 

Obsidian.

 

Root Chakra. Grounding stone. Clears negative energy and harmful emotions.

 

 

Looks like I am well grounded yet ready for the inner flights to new, heart centered ways of being.

 

Balance, baby !

 

Balance.

 

 

Pink Moon Afterglow Mandala

 

 

 

I visited my dear friend Midge the day of the pink full moon. Her beautiful flashy pink bougainvillea was blooming and I just had to bring a could of sprigs home with me. 

This morning, a lot of the flowers were falling off the little branches. I guess they didn't like the two hour drive from Cocoa Beach wrapped in a wet napkin. They became perfect bits for a mandala though! 

Something so meditative about fitting the pieces together this way.

Grateful for flashy pink blooms, friends and their awesome gifts, and my creative spirit that finds such beautiful ways to express itself. 

Happy Tuesday, Beautiful Ones! 

Pink Moon Afterglow Mandala Play

 

 

 

Gratitude X 3

I am grateful for the medicine of the ocean.

 I am grateful for the love and laughter I share with friends. 

I am grateful for my ability to see and appreciate the abundant beauty in my world.

 #gratitudetimesthree #rockfairyart #thankyouforthisday 

Ants...

 I have issues.

 

With ants.

 

Teeny tiny ones. They invade my studio every few months. They drive me nuts when I see them running all over my workspace. They give me the heebie-geebies! 

 

This morning,  which began first thing as a vulnerable, raw emotion day, when I sat down at my table to try and meditate some brain monkeys away, and found the ants crawling, I lost it for a little while and started squishing every ant I saw. There were maybe a dozen in and under my stuff on the desk.

 

Then this big wave of horror hit me.

 

I thought of Syria, and those people killed by chemical gas.

 

They were just making their way through their everyday life, and this gross huge force from above came and ended it all. And killed their babies too.  

Suddenly, I was sobbing.

 

 I felt like the action I took killing those ants was just like whoever sent that gas into the atmosphere in Syria. I cried for that helpless, horrific, inhuman event and for the dear souls that lived and died through it.

 

How can I not cry?

 

 We are one world. One heart. 

I'm not going to let myself get stuck in the horrors or the pain.

 

But I am going to feel them and acknowledge them.

 That is honoring this human experience we are all here to share.

 

Experiencing my grief,

I'll get back to my real work.

 

A little more scarred,

 

but ever more sure,

 

 that Love is the answer. ❤