One of the things I have been working on for the last oh.....15 years of my life......is building a community. It occurred to me one day as I was walking the kids home from Tulip Grove (our local school) Every day, we smiled and talked with the crossing guards, the gentleman that was always sitting on his porch stoop with the lovely rose bushes, the elderly lady at the Senior Center who would sit outside when the weather was nice and of course, all the other kids and moms walking from school. I didn't know most of their names but when you see their faces you know they are part of your community. I used to have that song from Sesame Street humming through my head:
Tell me, who are the people in your neighborhood?
In your neighborhood, In your neighborhood....
Who are the people in your neighborhood?
They're the people that you meet when your walking down the street,
They're the people that you meeeeeeet eaaaaachhhhhh dayyyyyyy!
I used to be so happy to see them all, "how you doing??? GREAT!!!!" Of course, the kids grew up and started going to other, further away schools or didn't want Mom walking them to high school so that little pleasure sort of went by the way. We joined a church and became part of that community but it is more like going to work instead of just saying "how do you do?" I love it. But it's not the same.
When Sheree, Lori & I started Spirit & Self Discovery, it was mainly for this reason. To create a space for people to build community. To hang out, to let our eyes meet and smile. Unfortunately, it was very complicated creating space so this sort of evolved into SpiritedSouls, the little partnership that Sheree & I are building. This has been tremendously wonderful. I really feel like we are doing just what I have dreamed of.... building a neighborhood of souls....a community, one in which all are welcome, all are valued and it is not exclusive....it is just a joyous space. Sort of like our Yoga space...when you walk in, everyone has gotten to know one another on a very real level and they welcome new people and eventually we all start doing yoga which sometimes feels like the commercial in the main show, you know? It's a wonderful fellowship, that's the main event in all of our offerings. I'm loving it.
Yesterday I had the bright idea that we should all begin to support one another's endeavors the way everyone has supported Sheree & I. So I created a page on my website just for our SpiritedSouls birthdays and events and pictures. I can't wait for this to grow! I think it will be really cool--sort of like our own little neighborhood newspaper where we can all keep track of each other and go to each other's stuff when we have time.
Like: Did you know Jami is singing at the Old Bowie Town Grille on March 20th? And there is no yoga that night so guess where we'll be? (It's after Maundy Thursday services, I think, I hope!) Won't it be cool to join together and cheer her on?
Let me know where YOU'LL be and when your birthday is-- I'll be happy to post it. First names only of course. I'm excited about this! I think it's gonna be great fun :)
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
Monday, March 10, 2008
Hey!
Whoa. What a crazy busy ride it's been. Settling in now....breath....breathing....Okay.
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I don't have glaucoma Thank God, just really thick corneas and *gasp* old age, but unfortunately Rhia is still suspect.
She is testing high and her pics were not great in her left eye but since she is so young they want to wait 6 weeks and test her again in the morning to see what's really up. Nothing to be alarmed about but it does trigger the whole "how do you spell Mother? W-O-R-R-Y" I'm sure she'll be fine....I mean, look at this child, she thinks she's a three horned unicorn, honestly....it may be because she sticks paper in her eye....
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The Expo was very interesting.
We met some really cool people and did Reiki on quite a few. It was just a brief hands on, send you strength kind of thing but Sheree & I were amazed at how powerful it was. We're not so sure it's our thing, the whole sit at a table sell yourself thing--but it was cool feeling like we really have a business. Our new best friend Jami, came and saved us, she brought us drinks and flowers and bars, pulled all kinds of customers our way and even made them give us breakfast! She is amazing! We were so blessed to see so many of our Spirited Souls--it was a real boost seeing familiar faces. We hopefully made some new friends or at least gave some healing to some who were in great need. We did set up a nice table, even if it was a bit scary to some.....LOL! The coordinator of the whole affair was lovely, in fact, everyone involved was lovely...it was a good day.
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We were a bit tuckered out after...had clients the next day though...it was wonderful. Met a very lovely lady who got reiki and a reading. She was beautiful. And our best buddy and sister in spirit came and got Reiki cause she is sick again and we are not happy about it so we gave her a mega dose! Pray for our bud, Lori, we want her to feel well soon.... She's such a sweetie, ran right home and brought me these Daphne flowers, my whole Spirit Room smells delightful.
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Finally, here's a picture of my tree. And God. And Me. And the Angels.
See it? Come on over and I'll show you.
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Don't forget A New Earth webcast tonight. If you haven't seen the first one, let me know and we can watch it, I have it downloaded.
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Blogger is being temperamental with pic downloading...will put them in later...sheesh.
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I don't have glaucoma Thank God, just really thick corneas and *gasp* old age, but unfortunately Rhia is still suspect.
She is testing high and her pics were not great in her left eye but since she is so young they want to wait 6 weeks and test her again in the morning to see what's really up. Nothing to be alarmed about but it does trigger the whole "how do you spell Mother? W-O-R-R-Y" I'm sure she'll be fine....I mean, look at this child, she thinks she's a three horned unicorn, honestly....it may be because she sticks paper in her eye....`
The Expo was very interesting.
We met some really cool people and did Reiki on quite a few. It was just a brief hands on, send you strength kind of thing but Sheree & I were amazed at how powerful it was. We're not so sure it's our thing, the whole sit at a table sell yourself thing--but it was cool feeling like we really have a business. Our new best friend Jami, came and saved us, she brought us drinks and flowers and bars, pulled all kinds of customers our way and even made them give us breakfast! She is amazing! We were so blessed to see so many of our Spirited Souls--it was a real boost seeing familiar faces. We hopefully made some new friends or at least gave some healing to some who were in great need. We did set up a nice table, even if it was a bit scary to some.....LOL! The coordinator of the whole affair was lovely, in fact, everyone involved was lovely...it was a good day.`
We were a bit tuckered out after...had clients the next day though...it was wonderful. Met a very lovely lady who got reiki and a reading. She was beautiful. And our best buddy and sister in spirit came and got Reiki cause she is sick again and we are not happy about it so we gave her a mega dose! Pray for our bud, Lori, we want her to feel well soon.... She's such a sweetie, ran right home and brought me these Daphne flowers, my whole Spirit Room smells delightful.
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Finally, here's a picture of my tree. And God. And Me. And the Angels.
See it? Come on over and I'll show you.
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Don't forget A New Earth webcast tonight. If you haven't seen the first one, let me know and we can watch it, I have it downloaded.
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Blogger is being temperamental with pic downloading...will put them in later...sheesh.
Thursday, March 06, 2008
Wild, Wild Life
2 minute update and then I gotta go:
Pray for my friends J, L, T, & B. Just send a little help along the way. Thanks!
Had a photo shoot yesterday. hahahahahaha!
Happy Birthday Carol!
Come see Sheree & I at the Living Green Mind, Body, Soul Expo at the Comfort Inn in Bowie this Saturday 9am-5pm! Woo Hoo!
Rhia & I go today to get that whole glaucoma thing taken care of.....errrgh. Keep your fingers crossed!
Breathe deep....there is tremendous energy available to you right now. Don't fight it--go with it! You have all you need, always have and you know where to look. Trust yourself. Trust your Source. Realize they are one and the same.
Did you know I have an angel in my tulip poplar tree? Me either.
Really enough now, gotta go. Clarification Later.
I love you.
Pray for my friends J, L, T, & B. Just send a little help along the way. Thanks!
Had a photo shoot yesterday. hahahahahaha!
Happy Birthday Carol!
Come see Sheree & I at the Living Green Mind, Body, Soul Expo at the Comfort Inn in Bowie this Saturday 9am-5pm! Woo Hoo!
Rhia & I go today to get that whole glaucoma thing taken care of.....errrgh. Keep your fingers crossed!
Breathe deep....there is tremendous energy available to you right now. Don't fight it--go with it! You have all you need, always have and you know where to look. Trust yourself. Trust your Source. Realize they are one and the same.
Did you know I have an angel in my tulip poplar tree? Me either.
Really enough now, gotta go. Clarification Later.
I love you.
Tuesday, March 04, 2008
A New Earth
Is anyone else reading A New Earth by Eckhart Tolle? I actually bought it as an audiobook (a concession to my lack of eyesight, errgh!) and have been listening to it. I tried to do the Oprah class last night but the internet connection jammed cause they had too many people accessing at the same time. I think that's kinda cool in a way--all the people searching for answers---and also, sort of sad....depending on the day.
I read The Power of Now a few years ago. This new book expands upon the same issues of understanding when ego is talking and when YOU are present. It's very interesting to me because of course, this is my life's work and I love hearing the message in a different way. Sort of like reading the Bible and reading the Tao and the understanding of the message being the same. Eckhart Tolle is writing the Bible, the Tao and Road Less Traveled by Scott Peck in a new way so we can be reminded of the lessons again. He speaks the same language of The Celestine Prophecy and The Way of the Peaceful Warrior, The Alchemist and The Bhagavad Gita. It's just depending on what YOU need to understand.
I have found this very difficult to hear and comprehend on a personal level right now. It's one thing to understand how other's are behaving and what they should do but quite another when you recognize yourself in the words. Especially when it's your job to help others understand. Especially when you are entrenched in a life drama of your own.
Once I said to a therapist, "why do I have to keep learning the same lesson over and over again?" She brought out beautiful Russian doll set. One by one she opened up a doll to reveal another inside, and then another and then another....until she had the baby, unclothed, ungarnished, just as the day you were born. "We create the layers as we grow, mostly as survival techniques, conditioning, a way of fitting into the society we live. As we begin to come into our own, we must peel the layers off again to reveal the beauty inside-- the source, who we really are." Each time I come up against this same drama...the same type of person over and over again, they are teaching me a deeper version of the same lesson that I need to learn.
I get it. Oh how I get it. But it's still difficult. If it wasn't, I would coast. My superior self would just let the ego keep reminding me of how wonderful I am and how unfortunate the rest of the world is and I would never have to confront the unpleasant reality of how I create drama for myself by surrounding myself with people with far more drama than I. It's the ultimate head trip. The lesson of confronting and standing up and not enabling...how tired I become of it. But oh, how much I have learned. It is so rewarding.
We had a great group at the Open Door. We did Reiki on 10 people, I had 5 for tarot and would have had more if we had time. As it was, we went over by about 2 hours! Every one seemed to have a really nice time, we met some beautiful new souls and at more than one point I had the profound experience of being in the moment and realizing it was one I have visualized over and over. The Reiki was ultra powerful-- felt it the next day as 2 of the people from the day before were in my yoga class and it was just a whizzing around the room! I feel it now.
I would not be able to do this if I didn't keep peeling off the layers and becoming who I am. No matter how difficult it is, it is not about me. Or shall I say the me who is my ego.... not the one connected to Source. The one who watches.
Get the book... you owe it to yourself. No matter where you are on your spiritual journey.
Inspiration... In Spirit
I read The Power of Now a few years ago. This new book expands upon the same issues of understanding when ego is talking and when YOU are present. It's very interesting to me because of course, this is my life's work and I love hearing the message in a different way. Sort of like reading the Bible and reading the Tao and the understanding of the message being the same. Eckhart Tolle is writing the Bible, the Tao and Road Less Traveled by Scott Peck in a new way so we can be reminded of the lessons again. He speaks the same language of The Celestine Prophecy and The Way of the Peaceful Warrior, The Alchemist and The Bhagavad Gita. It's just depending on what YOU need to understand.
I have found this very difficult to hear and comprehend on a personal level right now. It's one thing to understand how other's are behaving and what they should do but quite another when you recognize yourself in the words. Especially when it's your job to help others understand. Especially when you are entrenched in a life drama of your own.
Once I said to a therapist, "why do I have to keep learning the same lesson over and over again?" She brought out beautiful Russian doll set. One by one she opened up a doll to reveal another inside, and then another and then another....until she had the baby, unclothed, ungarnished, just as the day you were born. "We create the layers as we grow, mostly as survival techniques, conditioning, a way of fitting into the society we live. As we begin to come into our own, we must peel the layers off again to reveal the beauty inside-- the source, who we really are." Each time I come up against this same drama...the same type of person over and over again, they are teaching me a deeper version of the same lesson that I need to learn.
I get it. Oh how I get it. But it's still difficult. If it wasn't, I would coast. My superior self would just let the ego keep reminding me of how wonderful I am and how unfortunate the rest of the world is and I would never have to confront the unpleasant reality of how I create drama for myself by surrounding myself with people with far more drama than I. It's the ultimate head trip. The lesson of confronting and standing up and not enabling...how tired I become of it. But oh, how much I have learned. It is so rewarding.
We had a great group at the Open Door. We did Reiki on 10 people, I had 5 for tarot and would have had more if we had time. As it was, we went over by about 2 hours! Every one seemed to have a really nice time, we met some beautiful new souls and at more than one point I had the profound experience of being in the moment and realizing it was one I have visualized over and over. The Reiki was ultra powerful-- felt it the next day as 2 of the people from the day before were in my yoga class and it was just a whizzing around the room! I feel it now.
I would not be able to do this if I didn't keep peeling off the layers and becoming who I am. No matter how difficult it is, it is not about me. Or shall I say the me who is my ego.... not the one connected to Source. The one who watches.
Get the book... you owe it to yourself. No matter where you are on your spiritual journey.
Inspiration... In Spirit
Saturday, March 01, 2008
FAQ's
Here's some answers to some of those questions that keep coming up:
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What's the biggest thing on your mind right now?:
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What did you do with all the stuff in your garage when you made the Spirit Room?:
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What's the biggest thing on your mind right now?:
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No seriously, what goes on in that Spirit Room?:
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`Who is Jenny and why does she have a place and why is she so happy all the time?:
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Look, enough kidding around. Serious answer here. Can you give us some insight on what you REALLY think of church and why we haven't seen you?:
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Oh never mind....BTW, Did Suki win the cutest dog competition?:
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You decide.
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