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Hover little Hummingbird
Your medicine is Huge in these
dire and beautiful times
Law of Levity; we are not bound by it,
but beholden, yes!
Beholden (owing something, such as gratitude, to another; indebted...)
The medicine of Hummingbird
is JOY
Perhaps the only medicine powerful enough
to address the travesty
of dislocation
to the human spirit
So... now you know Why The Caged Bird Sings..
You know why the Hummingbird is
In Your Face!!!
What shall we do
as the Great Night comes gathering..?
Let * levity * lift..
Let that which delights you
sustain you
lest you be broken
with grief
Hover, hover... Levity
like the Hummingbird
Otherwise we are
Dead in the dust
Why are you here?? because someone
wished upon a star
(when everything's made to be broken
I just want you to Know Who You Are)
Corrina Cop Rain McFarlane
*~*~*~*
Wingéd Bird
Steal my pierced heart
Fly with it high and higher
Till man and his earth
Are blurred and lost
Blind my eyes and deafen my ears
To lances that pierce
Voices that soothe
And
Hands that hold
Falsely
Carry my heart to a peaceful land
Of untouched beauty
Where Soul and Mind
Together
Disturbing no other
Lie in blissful Love
Let their child
The mother of a new creation
Be
Untainted by memories
Of a world past
Or flaws of destruction
Let the child live
In the fruits
In the wisdom
Of a peaceful land
Growing
Maturing
Child of beauty
Are you ready?
Then
Return my healed heart to earth
Bring with you seeds
Of a new generation
Begin
Only when it is safe
And plant wisely
I will guard these seeds
With my life
Goweitduweetza (Veronica Riley) ~ from the Continuum Center booklet on the Edward S. Curtis Photographic Exhibit of the North American Indian. www.continuumcenter.net Minneapolis
THE IMPEDED STREAM IS THE ONE THAT SINGS:
"It may be that when we no longer know what to do, we have come to our real work, and that when we no longer know which way to go, we have begun our real journey. The mind that is not baffled is not employed. The impeded stream is the one that sings." --Wendell Berry
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If you’ve ever had an interest in singing bowls (also known as Tibetan bells) here is a great opportunity to spend some time with a world class selection and learn about them from someone who has used them for decades. Himalayan singing bowls are special objects that when rung make incredibly sweet tones.
Ryan (my beloved) just returned from a trip to the Himalayas with a spectacular collection of ancient singing bowls. The bowls he brought back range from the size of teacups to powerful five pounders and sport a wide range of tones.
Deep in the Himalayas in the ancient past the singing bowl makers practiced their now lost craft. For hundreds, even thousands of years these singing bowls were in use in Tibet, Nepal, Bhutan and Northern India. For the past few decades these bowls have been making their way to the West but now the supply is starting to dwindle.
The talk will cover such topics as where the bowls come from and how they are made. It will give you a flavor of their history and the surprising forces that are making them available now.
After the talk there will be a concert where bowls will be rung using a variety of methods singly and in groups. The sounds you hear will be unique and powerful. The body and soul workshop space has fine acoustics to enhance this unamplified sound bath.
The singing bowls are also on sale. This is your chance to buy a rare hand selected bowl and specially selected ringing implements & accessories.
$7 at the Door
Friday Nov 21 and
Friday Dec 12 at
body & soul, 738 Chestnut St (Squid Row) 95060 -
Doors open at 7PM
Talk at 7:30
Concert at 8PM
Call Ryan 466-9570 for details.
Ryan Sarnataro has been collecting Himalayan singing bowls for 25 years and has made trips to Tibet and Nepal in order to learn about the deeper history behind these mysterious and amazing objects. He has rung many thousands of bowls and returned with a selection of the best sounding ones available.
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Weaving A World That Works
It takes a thousand hearts and twice as many hands
No two people come together
by their strength alone
No one arrives but has been softly shown:
This is of love and this is not
And these the precious gifts you've got
And this the candle held to light your way
and the only place to be is Here..Today
Through every act of love these gifts are shared
by all of us and anyone who ever dared
to speak and act and live from their heart place
imbuing their divinity with natural grace.
Through each other's eyes touch and be touched
May each full turning of the annual round be such
That you break free of all that does not serve
that love floods every cell, sinew and nerve
For everything to which you both aspire
all high and holy dreams deep heart's desire
All these and more come not by chance
but only as you dare to dance the spiral dance
We carve anew the tenets of a spouse to spouse
sweet holy matrimony born into the house
where all of who we are is welcomed in
Where gender meet heart body mind & soul...& skin...
This Being stand before you now
bless this the one who led you to your marriage vow
bless this the one you 'spied, this one you found
beauty beheld beauty and was spellbound
In heavy density we all do tread
in body gravity, betimes with feet of lead
and yet you may tread lightly by the love you weave
levity is summoned when you dare to breathe...
Breathe….deep...life....joy...truth in-hale
breathe deep soul freedom mirror dance..ex-hale
heart as transformer has the power to break
all habits we would leave for dear life's sake.
Love Corrina Cop Rain (the elf)
"All thoughts, all passions, all delights
whatever stirs this mortal frame,
All are but ministers of Love
And feed this sacred flame."
(Love - 1799)Samuel Taylor Coleridge, 1772-1834
In the ancient DinÈ (Navajo) teachings the physical womb and the spirit womb together are what is known as the Marriage Basket
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November 2008