Summer Solstice Rituals, Ideas and Significance June 20th 2013~
For those of us who live in the Northern Hemisphere of our beautiful planet, we are reaching Midsummer, the peak celebration of the Summertime...
Wisdom
You are powerful in your letting go~
"You are more powerful in your letting go than in your holding on. The letting go is your strength. The more you can let go, the stronger you become...
Become acquainted with your inner self and what nourishes it~
"As the teaching of the Hopi encourages, 'Know your garden and where is your water,' which is a way of encouraging us to become acquainted with the inner self and what nourishes it..."
Love flows from the wisdom of the heart~
"When the wisdom of the heart replaces the chatter of the mind, the power of love flows forth. To the extent that our mental focus is on blessing rather than condemnation, we are in our natural state and love can...
Love soothes our wounds~
"Beneath the many choices we have to make, love, like water, flows back into the world through us. It is the one great secret available to all...
Something full of wonder will unfold~
"When a cycle has completed itself, your energy field expands to encompass new things. Now you will learn to be more attentive to what develops right from the start..."
Live in a more mythic way~
"Spent time coming to clarity about what your personal myth actually is. Remember: you are the creator. Life does not just happen to you! Examine the parts of your life script that are not working so that you can change...
Feel that low hum inside you~
"'Sink into yourself, sink into your divine nature,' they said. 'The purpose of life is to recognize who you are, to recognize the presence of the Divine everywhere and move below the surface of things, into the flow of knowing...
We are children of the Earth~
"Fashioned from clay, we carry the memory of the earth. Ancient, forgotten things stir within our hearts, memories from the time before the mind was born. Within us are the depths that keep watch..."
Remember the other world in this world~
"To be human is to become visible while carrying what is hidden as a gift to others. To remember the other world in this world
is to live in your true inheritance..."
Feel the difference between being magnetic to love and working hard for love~
"When you are magnetic to love you stop doing things you do not want to do so others will love you. Instead you do things that are loving to yourself...
Spirit always reveals itself~
"Spirit always reveals itself in a manner that we are most comfortable with... It is through experience without words, through felt concepts, that we shift in consciousness..."
There is at root no distinction between self and other~
"In the fluid tapestry of space-time, there is at root no distinction between self and other. The acts and intentions of others are like seeds that can germinate and bear fruit to our own lives..."
Spark inspiration~
"Let me flow with the music, let me dance my dreams alive, let me sing my deepest feelings, until the whole world thrives.."
Music touches our innermost being~
"What is wonderful about music is that it helps man to concentrate or meditate independently of thought. Therefore music seems to be the bridge over the gulf between the form and the formless..."
Soften~
"In your mind's eye, see where the flow of positive energy is blocked, and then imagine this place as an ice floe breaking up in a thawing river. Until the inflexibility is removed there can be no unity...
Let dreams be all your law~
"I cannot be born on solid ground, only where everything flows. To enter my dawn you must be unbound from how the fixed world goes..."
Recognize what motivates your patterns of response~
"Those moments when you judge yourself most harshly and in which you feel you let yourself down are the moments most deeply yearned for as a soul. For, in the moments you look back upon with deepest regret...
Everything is waiting for you~
"Put down the weight of your aloneness and ease into the conversation. The kettle is singing even as it pours you a drink...
Visions, dreams, prayer, ceremony and ritual open the way~
"Spirituality's highest purpose is to touch a mystery beyond words, which is perceived only in silence and solitude, the Grandmothers relate. Listening within the silence puts one in touch with the energy, vibration and spiritual forces that are at the...
Forgive~
"For me, My family, Our Entire Lineage And All Humanity Throughout All Time, Past, Present And Future...Let's All Forgive Each Other, Forgive Ourselves, Forgive All People..."