Walks on Water

It has been many years that Jesus, the Christed One has been in my life.  I have struggled and grown.  Struggled and grown.  I finally came to understand Jesus means Unity.  The marriage of our soul within, that manifests outwardly.  I believe Jesus meant you must come through the spirit of Unity to reach the peace of heaven and God.  Jesus was an ascended person who was like a Gatekeeper.  I had to go outside of Christianity to another culture, another language to understand this. 

Walking on Water.  What does that mean?  How did Jesus do this?  It is Grace that comes through a person that allows them to Walk on Water.  It is a Mastery and a Mystery.  It is a Mastery to have Grace flow through Oneself, when there are storms about.  To Walk on Water is to be in the eye of the storm and to help lift others up toward the Light.  To be grounded and centered.  To be HUMBLE.  To practice Reciprocity.  To Walk in Gratitude.

What do you do when a storm comes?  Do you struggle and find yourself unable to breathe in the waters of life?  Do you breathe, forgive and love, breathe, forgive and love?  Do you look yourself in the mirror and find acceptance and humility?  These are thoughts to take with you in this Season of Give-Away.  Recognize what no longer Serves you, so that Grace can more fully flow through you?

This is the passage that inspired me.

A Prayer for Spiritual Teachers

Jesus, please bless our spiritual teachers

Give them strength to nurture their fold

Help them to know by your example that they can

Be more than public saviors with private sins

Grant them the integrity to face their shadow side

And the willingness to explore and expose it

And the courage to reject its seduction

So that our spiritual teachers may set an example

For us to seek support, comfort and honesty

In all our relationships

~Nancy Steinbeck, in Woman Prayers by Mary Ford-Grabowsky 

Photo source: A Tough Nun.  http://asksistermarymartha.blogspot.com/2010/08/best-offense.html

HAPPY Winter Solstice!



I am sooo pleased to be writing about Winter Solstice.  It is a wonderful celebration of welcoming the Light back into our lives.  The Light never leaves us, and we hold a flame steady burning within always.  Our inner sun will not damper.  Scientifically, we will Witness the Sun back in our lives a few more minutes each day, until Summer Solstice.  Despite the fact that winter begins, it is New Beginnings.

I have definitely gone inward this past fall.  As Talib Kweli says, "Reflection is a correction of memory."  I have reviewed my life this past year.  Introspective I say!  I have decided to keep or give-away parts of myself that serve, or no longer serve me.  What a process, for which I am grateful!  I imagine I am a spool of thread each year, in which I wind up, then unravel.  Wind and unravel.  

I also imagine the Child of Light within us all returning.  The Innocent One.  The other inner son.

For my family, I think we shall make beeswax candles to celebrate the Light.  We have so much to be thankful for.  Not material "things".  Love primarly.  Humility!  Imperfect perfectness!  Experience!~as Jimmy Hendrix said.  Freedom!  Freedom from the war of the mind, that manifests into Peace. 

I have nothing more to say, as God's silence in these times speaks volumes. 

Image of candle flame from http://ninthwavechurch.files.wordpress.com/2011/02/candle-light.jpg

~Link Love~

Each week I will share some Link Love.  Posts on blogs or other sites that inspire.  Check out how this mom upcycled some plaid shorts into a kilt.  I am so impressed!  Way to go Project Mom, a.k.a. Jen.

Project Mom Report ~ upcycling

Meditations for New Mothers

At some point, in the process of pregnancy or at the birth of our child, we step out of our Maiden shoes and into our Mother shoes.  It is like walking a labrinyth during pregnancy and post partum.  You will never be the same as you were before, and I do believe that is a mistake new parents make.  I made it.  I thought my life Could be the same in many ways, especially with my husband.  It was not.  It was actually better once I accepted these new beginnings.  Parenting is one of the highest forms of Surrender.

As apart of mothering we must consider Intimacy.  Rodney Dangerfield said, "My mother didn't breast-feed me.  She said she liked me as a friend."

Some of us are frightened by intimacy, even with our own children.  Perhaps our own parents had difficulty demonstrating their feelings toward us, or were emotionally unavailable.  Whatever the reason, we avoid physical closeness.

Babies need touch as much as they need food and clothing, perhaps more.  Those of us who are uncomfortable with kisses and caresses might find a new start with our innocent new babe.  They don't want to be "just friends," and they won't settle for less than the best we can give.
~Excerpt found in Meditations for New Mothers, by Beth Wilson Saavedra

How does this touch you? 
Do you breast-feed?
If you do not breast-feed, why? 

I believe it is important that Mothers address emotions, doubts, conflicts, insecurities and anxieties.  We Are to discuss wisdom of the ages.  Through these discussions there is HOPE.  You can find the Joy of life.

{this moment}

{this moment} ~ A Friday Ritual.  A single moment - no words - capturing a moment from the week.  A simple, special, extraordinary moment.  A moment I want to pause, savor and remember.

If you are inspired to do the same, leave a link to your "moment" in the comments.

I found my inspiration at http://www.soulemama.com/