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Embracing the Darkness @ Winter Solstice

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Instead of running from the shadows, let it pass through as it invariably does. Tide turns, darkness breaks for light, earth moves around the sun, the moon moves around the earth, and this earth rotates … nothing appears still and yet, notice, notice that stillness deep deep within. The sun, the moon, even this earth, the entire expanse of the Universe is all … within. This gift of darkness we cherish and embrace … toes curled up against the warmth of the hearth, finding that this breath is still with us – steady, unbreakable … silky and soft like the velvety night sky where darkness descends so early … tonight.

If you had a very tough rough challenging year, here’s the chance to let them all ink through into the fabric of the impending darkness, letting the dark liquid of distress blot and smudge into the folds of midnight indigo blues and black. Soak up your very own vintage nectar at the wounds of hurt and see …if the bleeding stops; see how it feels; see how resilient you are. Be comforted knowing that in this longest night, there is still dawn at the end of this night and the night after … and after. Tomorrow, discard the dark stained fabric, now just a rag, acknowledge all that was soaked up and … toss away with no regrets. Redress the wounds and let the healing take an absolute shape as we are each designed to heal and renew – with each breath, clearing, clearing the path. Gratitude for the darkness that allows us to take notice – that the light shine brighter in the dark. Namaste:)

Lovely Rumi …

Wine of Divine Grace is Limitless

All limits come only from the faults of the cup
Moonlight floods the whole sky
From horizon to horizon
How much it can fill your room
Depends on its windows
Grant a great dignity my friend
To the cup of your life
Love has designed it to hold its eternal wine
~Rumi

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Take shelter

Hunkering down …
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Reading list for this year – done. There’s so much to read – to make time for – I am grateful for the opportunity for a knowledge based practice. I’d like to blend them into my other learning for a realistic modern day practice.
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Hoping to make an imprint that gets washed away, time and time again …
no matter … playing with the waves and earthing with each step.

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Buying Sake & getting carded …

Banzai!

I had assumed it’s just a racial thing where most are unable to tell the age of another from a different racial/ethnic makeup – but … this lady is of same broad brush background … so had to do a double take on the cashier … she IS wearing her glasses but perhaps they are fogged lenses. Or maybe it’s the lighting? So that’s what I mean about this practice being “anti-aging”? It’s not to put up a fight but embracing Self with loving kindness. If it’s been through a lot, let’s treat it with respect and kindness it deserves as it’s allowing us to experience all there is to experience in this miracle of life.
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Breathlessly Beautiful turkish lamps made of stained glass,
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Reminded me this …

“People are like stained-glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in, their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light from within.”

― Elisabeth Kübler-Ross