Eternal Sends Light

May Peace be with you in heart and in and body.
          May you experience Grace and Healing Love.  May you
                    be lifted as Life opens windows through which the
                             Eternal sends Light.
                                     - ANNABELLE WOODARD

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Long Way Home

I'm thinking about Mary's fiat again tonight ... her complete YES to her Lord.

The question so often asked is, would she have said YES if she knew what that YES entailed?  I smile at that question, because none of us know the answer to that one any time; whether we say yes, no or wait.

I am currently the witness to the remarkable courage of several persons living with  such serious illness ... I marvel at the grace and love and honor with which these people live each day.  

Yes, the experiences following the fiat continue to be a surprise, and as Stephen sings .... "the valleys are deeper and the mountains are steeper than  I ever would have dreamed" ....

And, they continue to face these moments with grace, courage and faith ... knowing full well that the eternal light comes shining through, 

no matter what!!

Know that I carry you in my heart each day,

and I ask that we all pause this moment to send love and light

to those who may be living with any struggle this day ...

let's all remember together ...

we're gonna make it!!!!

Cate

  

Watch over and Protect

O my guardians, from remote antiquity,
Watch over our home
From top to bottom;
From one corner to the other;
From east to west;
From (the side facing) the upland to
(the side facing) the sea;
From the inside to the outside;
Watch over and protect it;
Ward off all that may trouble our life here.
Amana - [the prayer] is freed.
                        - hawaiian daily house prayer

I was thinking today about life on life's terms in conjunction with the word "protect".  I know that it is not up to God to protect me from experiencing life on life's terms, but that God WILL be with me no matter what life brings my way....this is something that I know for sure.  


In recent days I have been with a couple of friends who are facing very serious life challenges.  There are no words that can really comfort at times like these ... the only gift is that of an open heart, loving listening, and BEing fully present.  


Sometimes, in order to do that, I need to do what my  wise spiritual teacher taught me ... that is, to remember the truth for that person ... that God is with them, no matter what.  With that truth in mind, the impossible becomes bearable ... thank God.
                                                                          cate

Under this Moon

Some poor villages

lack fresh fish

or flowers ...

all can share this moon.

- SAIKAKU

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Somewhere Out There

I have been thinking of how small this world really is when you realize the connection of the heart and the Spirit. In the Eternal Now Moment, we are all together in ONE ... never separated by time and space ... not now, not ever!

Sometimes I really know that, and other times I really miss those who no longer walk beside me on this earth, or who are now journeying so many miles away. I remember when I first heard this song so many years ago, it visibly brought to my mind the real closeness that is here for us all the time ... how far away can anyone be who actually shares our same moon and sky?  

How much closer could we ever be than the closeness of being all together in the ONE?

Sometimes I know that so clearly, other times I rely on the moon as a reminder.

Love,

Cate

tO sEE

To see a World in a Grain of Sand
And a Heaven in a Wild Flower,
Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand
And Eternity in an hour.
                      - WILLIAM BLAKE

tODAY, i WISH YOU ONE OF THOSE MOMENTS WHERE YOU REALLY  KNOW aLL iS oNE!!!

tHE GRAIN OF SAND AND THE  fLAKE OF sNOW ...

tHE    aPOSTLE  OF THE bIBLE AND THE LITTLE GIRL DOWN THE LANE ...

tHE wONDER OF hEAVEN AND THE  mIRACLE OF eARTH ...

tHE HAND OF gOD  AND   THE  hEART BEATING WITHIN yOU.

tHESE MOMENTS OF  SUCH DEEP aWARENESS  ARE A RARE SUPRISE ...

LIKE THE MOST bEAUTIFUL aUTUMN LEAF FLOATING BEFORE YOU IN MID fEBRUARY ...

IT cATCHES YOUR aTTENTION ...

AND nURTURES THE cORE OF YOUR bEING ...

IF YOU bUT sEE .

 bE SURE TO  lOOK!!!

cATE

Marvelous Truth

Marvelous Truth, confront us

at every turn

in every guise

- DENISE LEVERTOV

This week I have received the treasured gift of time spent with honest spirit-filled

friends ... those people who tell you the real truth!

What a gift!

Thank You!!

cate

May We Know We Are ONE

Wheat and weeds:
     let them grow together.
Arabs and Jews in Palestine:
     let them grow together.
Greeks and Turks in the Balkins:
     let them grow together.
Catholics and Protestants in Northern Ireland:
     let them grow together.
Pros and Contras of Central America:
     let them grow together.
Documented and undocumented aliens:
     let them grow together.
Immigrants and Native Americans:
     let them grow together.
Blacks and whites  of South Africa:
     let them grow together.
Sikhs and Hindus of India:
     let them grow together.
Revolutionaries and reactionaries:
     let them grow together.
Russians and Americans:
     let them grow together.

Religious leaders who lay and lighten burdens:

     let them grow together.

Disciples prone to boasts and betrayals:

     let them grow together.

People who wound and heal:

     let them grow together.

Rich and Poor, humble and haughty:

     let them grow together.

Those whose feelings are transparent or concealed:

     let them grow together.

Days of spareness and days of plenty:

     let them grow together.

winter, Spring, Summer and Fall:

     let them grow together.

All the seasons of one's life:

     let them grow together.

Joys and sorrow, laughter and tears:

     let them grow together.

Strength and weakness:

     let them grow together.

Doubt and faith:

     let them grow together.

Denial and Commitment:

     let them grow together.

Preoccupation and Freedom:

     let them grow together.

Virtue and Vice:

     let them grow together.

Contemplation and action:

     let them grow together.

Giving and receiving:

     let them grow together.

The helpful and the helpless:

     let them grow together.

Wisdom of the East and West:

     let them grow together.

All contrarieties   of the    Lord:

     let them grow together.

 - MICHAEL MOYNAHAM , SJ

MAY WE ALL KNOW WE ARE ONE

Let there be no more War.

Let there be Peace on Earth.

Cate

Seek That

There is a force within that gives you life -

Seek that.

In your body there lies a precious jewel -

Seek that.

Oh, wandering Sufi.

if you are in search of the greatest treasure,

don't look outside,

Look within, and seek That.

Rumi, translated by Jonathan Star

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BE STILL The Fray

I have found myself a bit caught up in busy stuff lately ... making this, doing that, fixing those, creating these .... not enough BEing.  I know the call to BEing, I respect it ... I desire it ... yet, I find I am not living it out to the best of my ability.  I know what I really seek ... i need to more and more put my time and my efforts toward simply that.

What is it that you seek?                                                                                                cate