Dance of the Spirit

DREAMING THE DOVE

rolamoon — Wed, 22 May 2013 12:00:37 +0000

Somewhere, there are people to whom we can speak with passion without having the words catch in our throats. Somewhere a circle of hands will open to receive us, Eyes will light up as we enter, voices will celebrate us whenever we come into our own power Community means strength that joins our strength to do the work that needs to be done. Arms to hold us when we falter. A circle of healing. A circle of friends. Someplace where we can be free.

Starhawk, from “Dreaming the Dove”

THE JOURNEY

rolamoon — Tue, 21 May 2013 12:00:53 +0000

Service to the whole remains the motivating driver. To me, this means to each other and the Earth, for the highest good of all. It is a transcendent idea that lifts and pushes use beyond our individual selves. It reminds us to walk and feel in the shoes (or hoofs or bark) of all life we encounter, as well as to care for and respect ourselves.

Lisa Paulson

Ancient Labyrinth of Avalon

rolamoon — Mon, 20 May 2013 12:55:38 +0000

From (http://www.lessons4living.com/labyrinth.htm): “We are all on the path—exactly where we need to be. The labyrinth is a model of that path.

“A labyrinth is an ancient symbol that relates to wholeness. It combines the imagery of the circle and the spiral into a meandering but purposeful path. The Labyrinth represents a journey to our own center and back again out into the world. Labyrinths have long been used as meditation and prayer tools.

“A labyrinth is an archetype with which we can have a direct experience. We can walk it. It is a metaphor for life’s journey. It is a symbol that creates a sacred space and place and takes us out of our ego to ‘That Which Is Within.’”

THE DANCE

rolamoon — Mon, 20 May 2013 12:00:29 +0000

Earth’s crammed with heaven—And every common bush afire with God; but only he who sees takes off his shoes.

Elizabeth Barrett Browning

ROOTS

rolamoon — Sun, 19 May 2013 12:00:55 +0000

Each blade of grass has its spot on earth whence it draws its life, its strength and so is man rooted to the land from which he draws his faith together with his life.

Joseph Conrad

A PIECE OF MY HEART

rolamoon — Sat, 18 May 2013 12:00:28 +0000

When a man leaves home, he leaves behind some scrap of his heart…it’s the same with a place a man is going to. Only then he sends a scrap of his heart ahead.

Frederick Beuchner

DIVINE GIFTS

rolamoon — Fri, 17 May 2013 12:00:13 +0000

There are places where one breathes in Spirit, places where a man can steep himself in it, or if you prefer, where he quickens the sense of the Divine in himself. This is the greatest gift of Earth and Heaven to man.

Louis Charpentier, from “The Mysteries of Chartres Cathedral”

GAIA’S SONG

rolamoon — Thu, 16 May 2013 12:00:34 +0000

There is a language beyond human language, an elemental language, one that arises from the land itself.

Linda Hogan

LOVE BLOOMS

rolamoon — Wed, 15 May 2013 12:00:37 +0000

If I had a flower for every time I thought of you, I could walk through my garden forever.

Lord Alfred Tennyson

ON MOVING FORWARD INTO LIGHT

rolamoon — Tue, 14 May 2013 11:00:51 +0000

Forget past mistakes. Forget failures. Forget everything except what you’re going to do now and do it.

William Durant