there are so many words to live by- here are some agreements.

4 agreements

"Be Impeccable With Your Word.
Don't Take Anything Personally.
Don't Make Assumptions.
Always Do Your Best."

Don Miguel Ruiz

solstice-new year-2011-12

season swiftly tumbling into future
and 2012 arriving
fifth world emerging
from the smoldering ashes of an old and outdated dream
time to renew yourself
make your mark
or simply find the elusive peace at your own quiet pace
winter to spring
the wood is burning the candles are lit
the planet is turning
the waters are flowing
the rains are falling
the stars keep shining
a simple miracle to be alive
a simple miracle
to witness this mundane place
infused with sacred elements
so let us know that as we grow
we are part of that which cannot be named or contained
blessing the constant expansion
and transformation
needed to move us forward

ash-hay!!

(Ash-hay)- The center, or being in one's center of rightness.

gazes

the pages of your gazes ascertain no more than a quiet refrain
in other words, I thought I could love you
but I could not swallow fast enough
to retrieve what had been stolen from the heart of the moon

if only I could wash away your toxic plastic tears
in order to bring salt to the surface
and awaken a vast purification
in other words
I thought I would love you
no matter what
by any means necessary
blending into a hopeful sky
and this life is never about what you receive
it is about what you are unfailingly,
unflinchingly willing to give

drawing

I was drawn into you, lover
but not by you, lover
though you wished you were the designer
who managed our story line
like everything was fine
like temptation and signs
lead nowhere, my friend

what goes on in all of these homes and hotel rooms
but deep discontent
or unrest
or occasional harmony?

I might release you, lover, back to yourself
but like the seasons
you will return to me, friend
because you are the movement
of stars around my old and strange planet

lyrical explosion

check her rebuttal
it is less than subtle
emanating from her gazes
hoping to delete certain phrases or particularly painful phases
she is asking; did you think twice, did you play nice?

you know she fooled you without meaning to
she coded her sounds to sound like silence and her peace
to sound like violence
walking down streets
drawing heat
moving feet
some notice, some stare
whispering so softly "Beware"

Charging for Spiritual Work

There are historical spiritual figures on this planet that modern people refer to frequently. There may have been a Jesus Christ; born in Nazereth, a Siddhartha Buddha; born in India, Mohammad; husband of Khadija; Seal Of the Prophets, born somewhere in the Middle East. The list goes on and on. People refer to angels and other beings of “light”. There are many references to the Ascended Masters. When it comes to the average human, there is a great struggle inside our hearts. We wrestle with illusions and inflated egos and selfish pursuits, jealousy and other realms of thought and feeling that are inherent in our human experience. Much of modern society creates a climate wherein we are living like we are part of the “hungry ghost” realm, a realm of addiction and suffering. The Ascended masters, as far as myth and research tell us, did not charge money for the spiritual work they did during their time, manifesting on Earth. One well known story recounts Jesus flying into a rage and turning over the tables of the money lenders in temples of ancient times. Buddha had disciples as well, and chose poverty at first, in reaction to the materialism that keeps people from their own awakening. How can a teacher be in alignment with the integrity of deep spiritual teachings and then create an elitist situation, wherein only people with the right financial resources can get access to the purported wisdom that is being taught? Is this not fundamentally hypocritical? Should the wisdom not be accessible to all people? How does spiritual hierarchy work?

applies to all

you are space exponentially expanding
you are the construct of a dream
you are an elemental being
you are reflections of perceptions that anyone has yet to fathom
you are what science tells you that you are
but you are spirit too
you are ethereal
and earthly
you are the sound of a tree
laughing at the wind
you are occasionally nocturnal
you are a definition beyond comparison
what you see when u glance at a mirror
is mostly illusion
momentary and fleeting

United States of Division (2009)

What have white people done other than erase themselves
from themselves
and starve for nourishment
from those whom they have wronged?
Honest discussions on race must lead to sexism
class ism and homophobia
because interconnected oppression persists
even in these OH SO LIBERAL communities.

symptoms

we show symptoms of a collective psychosis-your arms cannot hold this
temporary notice
we bleed colors that have no focus, skip doses
we cannot lie, we see past your eyes
this comes as no surprise
we fathom new methods to design a template that works fine
wishing relief would settle in like good wine
hits our minds-we make progress toward goals of releasing toxic messages
that have entered our awareness
blurried our sight
caused us to fight
when all we wanted was peace
and a permanent release
from the grasp of these symptoms
the clasp of this suffering-and still
we know how to lighten the burden
we laugh with intention
like our brand of madness will outshine the sun
and eclipse the moon
and we reference the stars to recall our origins
and we reference the ocean to give birth to our spirits
because elemental knowledge connects us to truth
and nature holds some keys we grow desperate for daily
itching to be called back home
knowing there was some kind of home before this one that did not imprison us inside flesh although the flesh is some sort of gift to our minds that we can shape with our intent, and attacks are constantly made on this truth
while structures are built around shallow pools to wade in, to wait by, to see dry
we tear apart structures holding us hostage only to discover new enemies, the peace is elusive the road treacherous, yes.
and media will lull us into great sleeping patterns, the kind with no dreams
we fall apart at the seems
the mountains start to weep at the company we keep until avoiding disaster becomes commonplace and catastrophe gets a hold on us and
animals sense us from miles away-start screeching
preachers keep preaching
words falling on deaf ears
indoctrination creates symptoms that we begin to recognize in each others
eyes
yes-
comes as no surprise.

awake? sort of

Are we all feeling the intensity of the global shifts? There are various levels of waking up that are occurring. I never thought of awakening on a metaphysical level as something that would happen one day spontaneously like the rapture. It seems to be more a case of awakening to nuanced realizations and truth, such as the interconnected reality of our species and connection to other species, our symbiosis-- and then our tendencies to disconnect ourselves from truth-or in other words, our tendency to fall back asleep, while awake. We are working within the confines of serious mind control, bad societal brainwashing and programming and myopic obsessions with vanity, material reality, and on and on. We have so much working against us. And still, we have so much working for us. The fires of inspiration and deep connection to raw beauty are alive in most minds and hearts if not all hearts to some degree. We have access to resources inside of us that can turn the course of history-turn the course of the future and make the present a place and time that we really want to exist in. I keep this hope alive despite true cynicism. I keep this hope alive in the face of state sanctioned brutality and oppressive forces that know no mercy.

"Be kind...for everyone is fighting a hard battle"