courage

 I  saw   this   quote on  another blog   and   it  spoke to me  and  so now it is  here too.  :-).

“For the only courage worth calling courage must necessarily mean that the soul passes a breaking point — and does not break.” – C.K. Chesterton

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rooted

“to  be  rooted

is  perhaps  the   most important

and least  recognized

need  of the  human soul.”

~  Simone  Weil

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Soul and Spirit

“Let the Soul banish all that disturbs;

Let the Body that envelopes it be still,
And all the frettings of the Body,

And all that surrounds it.
Let Earth and Sea and Air be still
And Heaven itself.
And then let the Body think
Of the Spirit as streaming, pouring,
Rushing and shining into it from
All sides while it stands quiet.”

Plotinus, 205

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scars and wounds

A   RUMI   quote  worth   sharing  again and  again:

” The  wound is the  place where the  Light  enters  you.”  ~ Rumi

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Horseman of the Soul. ~ RUMI

Good  words  for  a  New  Year .   ~  KMK

Time’s tailor has never made a robe for anyone
Without then slashing it to pieces.
See how the million fools of this world
Pay Satan heaps of gold for pain!
Don’t stretch out your legs on this earth-carpet,
It is a borrowed bed; fear that day
His messengers come to roll it up forever.
How can you go on gazing at the body’s dust?
Search out the Horseman of the Soul!
Train your vision with passion and longing,
And see the Horseman at the heart of this dust-storm!

– Jalal-ud-Din Rumi

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Like This: RUMI

If anyone asks you
how the perfect satisfaction
of all our sexual wanting
will look, lift your face
and say,

Like this.

When someone mentions the gracefulness
of the nightsky, climb up on the roof
and dance and say,

Like this.

If anyone wants to know what “spirit” is,
or what “God’s fragrance” means,
lean your head toward him or her.
Keep your face there close.

Like this.

When someone quotes the old poetic image
about clouds gradually uncovering the moon,
slowly loosen knot by knot the strings
of your robe.

Like this.

If anyone wonders how Jesus raised the dead,
don’t try to explain the miracle.
Kiss me on the lips.

Like this. Like this.

When someone asks what it means
to “die for love,” point
here.

If someone asks how tall I am, frown
and measure with your fingers the space
between the creases on your forehead.

This tall.

The soul sometimes leaves the body, the returns.
When someone doesn’t believe that,
walk back into my house.

Like this.

When lovers moan,
they’re telling our story.

Like this.

I am a sky where spirits live.
Stare into this deepening blue,
while the breeze says a secret.

Like this.

When someone asks what there is to do,
light the candle in his hand.

Like this.

How did Joseph’s scent come to Jacob?

Huuuuu.

How did Jacob’s sight return?

Huuuu.

A little wind cleans the eyes.

Like this.

When Shams comes back from Tabriz,
he’ll put just his head around the edge
of the door to surprise us

Like this.

From ‘The Essential Rumi’, Translations
by Coleman Barks with John Moyne

Ý

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the moon: Rabia of Basra

The moon was once a moth who ran to God,
they entwined.

Now just her luminous soul remains
as we gaze at it
at night.

Rabia of Basra

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vodka fire

the pink vodka drink is gone.
i licked every last drip off the ice.
the vodka gave a slight burn as i drank that first taste,
but it did not, could not,  warm my soul, my heart.
it did not ignite  any of my fires.
They still lie underground
in dampness,
like that frosted bottle
lying kilter now,
in the garbage.

~KMK

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From Letter to Denise. Hayden Carruth

Poem saying so much in   just   20  lines…..

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…Remember when you told me how
You meditated, looking at a stone until

You knew the soul of the stone? Inwardly I
Scoffed, being the backwoods pragmatic Yankee
That I was, yet I knew what you meant. I
Called it love. No magic was needed. And we
Loved each other too, not in the way of
Romance but in the way of two poets loving
A stone, and the world that the stone signified.
Remember when we had that argument over
Pee and piss in your poem about the bear?
“Bears don’t pee, they piss,” I said. But you were
Adamant. “My bears pee.” And that was that.
Then you moved away, across the continent,
And sometimes for a year I didn’t see you.
We phoned and wrote, we kept in touch. And then
You moved again, much farther away, I don’t
Know where. No word from you now at all. But
I am faithful, my dear Denise. And I still
Love the stone, and, yes, I know its soul.

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hear with your heart.

“O Music,
In your depths we deposit our hearts and souls;
You have taught us to see with our ears
And to hear with our hearts.”

~Kahlil Gibran

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Love and magic

” Love and magic have a great deal in common.  They enrich the soul, delight the heart. And they both take practice.”

~ Nora Roberts

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Freedom from your box(es) starting in February

Ok, now that the holidays are officially over, and you can breathe again, here is something beneficial for the New Year. It will give you quiet time, space, community, connection, insights, and peace (and  you can continue this process on your own after the 4 weeks are over). Yes, peace, I said…  but you have to experience the Touch Drawing process , in order to believe that peace is possible. That is why I am encouraging everyone that reads this, no matter who you are, male, female, old, young, tall, short, employed or unemployed, sick, stressed or {use whatever label you consistently use to describe yourself these days} to come. Whether you use it to connect with some child like joy, or use  it to connect with your soul, connection is inevitable. And that is one of the greatest gifts there is.

Be  NOT afraid of the “drawing” word. This is not an art class. There are no grades, no critiques, no technique to learn. Just pure, uninhibited expression and freedom. Here, you are free to get out of your box.

Touch Drawing Class at Lyons Township H.S. in LaGrange, IL
February 15, 22, March 1, 8, 2011, 6:30 – 8:30 pm:

Immerse yourself in a simple, but profound, drawing process called Touch Drawing. Through the movement of fingertips and hands on paper that has been placed over wet paint, imagery is created. Somatic awareness, intuition and creativity are awakened. Touch drawing is very useful for those undergoing any sort of transition in their life, for those seeking personal retreat time to renew themselves, and it is also relevant for artists seeking to deepen their personal expression. The process of Touch Drawing is soothing, healing, and transformative. This class will include both time for solitary work as well as group sharing as we act as witnesses to each person’s journey on paper. People who do not identify themselves as artists frequently have powerful experiences of self-expression and inspiration. Those with art skills find a renewed source of imagery and authenticity. This experience is guided but you will have ample time to be on your own. We will all be diving in together!

 

Sign up here:

http://lths.revtrak.net/tek9.asp?pg=products&specific=joiorme0&sess=4b4917e26efedcea7a021b0b09b84218
For more information  on Touch Drawing itself, visit http://www.touchdrawing.com.

Questions about this experience are welcomed. Send an email to me directly at kattalina9@sbcglobal.net.

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The Myss Mystic : truth and inspiration.

Tuesday night, i went to see Caroline Myss on the opening leg of her book tour for Defying Gravity:
“https://www.amazon.com/dp/1401922902?tag=bluettproduk-20&camp=0&creative=0&linkCode=as1&creativeASIN=1401922902&adid=0E5PKN5KX9FVKN2NPY49&”

Her short lecture, made sense of so many things about our world today, it was almost like receiving a shot of “enlightenment”, truly. Her book, is of course, on the list for my next Borders trip, and I hope to write a review and perhaps more about that here.

A few excerpts, direct from Caroline’s lecture are thus:

“Logic keeps the soul at a distance.”

“All changes becomes instant; all change becomes profound. Reason, cannot GRASP the psychic intensity of this. ” (here she was talking about the timelessness of the world we are now living in)

“Time is out of the equation.”

“A reasonable life is driven by unreasonable fear that controls you constantly.”

“Releasing the soul becomes the most reasonable thing to do because you become liberated; your heart and your head are lined up.”

“Healing comes from the congruence of the soul.”

“Disdain for the ordinary is what makes us seek the extraordinary.”

“A crisis in your life is a call to be(come) a mystic.”

“Crisis, shatters our reason.”

“The unreasonable self is the mystical self.”

“In every single every-ness, we are either giving love or taking it away.”

And, thanks to the timelessness of the world we are living in now, you can witness this mystic “live” via Youtube. She has various presentations there on this “Defy Gravity” subject. As the presenter who introduces her at the Omega conference said, if you are not familiar with her, or seen her before, put a seatbelt on, “buckle up”. She is a strong personality and very passionate….some don’t know how to handle this. But, I dare you to take it through all the way to the 11th youtube segment. Just sit, and listen. And then do it again. You can’t absorb her in one take.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IlnSHNyn7qQ&feature=related

It all makes sense now, doesn’t it?
The world is in a state of spiritual crisis, but this topic does not come out in everyday conversation…because too many are afraid, to admit it, to talk about it, to even poke it with a stick. This is not about religion, or faith, or what sort of God you believe in or don’t. This is about our SPIRITS.

My personal enlightenment from this lecture: my walks at Pleasure Lake, were in fact, mystical… (I called them magickal). I know what it feels like to be connected to the beauty of the everything on an intimate, intimate level. Do you?

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