LILIES OF THE MOON

I must not forget. 

Why do I always forget? 

I am guided. 

I am protected. Even in the dead of night. 

I am guided & protected. 

At all times. Even in the dead of night. 

I am guided & protected.

Even in the dead of night.

GLASS ORB

Three in the morning. The city silent. Even the cars sleep. I am alone but not lonely. The quiet angels of the dead of night are cowled in the shadows,  dark wings folded, they watch over me. I am guided & protected. The moon, full as a crystal ball,  motionless...  high in the cobalt blue. One still point. A fulcrum. Breathless. This moment is enough. There is nothing to add. Nothing to take away. Be still my restless spirit. Be still.

RAVEN

I never knew about the raven till  I went north of the Arctic Circle. The Raven humbled me. Humans see themselves as superior beings… lords of this world. Raven teaches me we are simply part of an intricate, intertwined web of sentient beings. Ravens are aware…. perhaps more aware than we are. They play. They fly like the wind itself. They are resourceful. They adapt. They survive. They thrive in hardship. They are of their environment but also above & beyond this mortal realm. Their feathers are black as the moonless night. Their eyes shine like neutron stars. The Raven is the ambassador of “the true North, strong & free” where you can actually see the the stars at night. When I grow weary of the stacked, airless cubicles we live in, I think of the Raven & I know it is going to be alright.

DOVE

My brother Segun asked me to paint a dove. I did not truly know about doves until the moment I first dipped my brush into the white paint. That first daub of white opened my eyes anew. Highly intelligent, one of the great aerialists, the dove flies across continents to return to its place of origin. The dove is the messenger bird. As symbol, the bird embodies both the beauty of Aphrodite & the essence of the Holy Spirit. As the flood waters recede Noah knows the great journey is over when the dove returns with the olive branch. It is the moment of redemption. You & I feel the cool waters on our fevered brows. A gentle breeze brushes our faces. As if wings were stirring the very ether. Look up. Above us the white bird rises to the Heavens. A pure white bird. Pure white. White.

ONE

We get tangled in the words. It is the word after all that we think makes us human. Release your busy mind from the definitions & labels. All of Creation emanates from one Source. Define it as you will. The Source is neither opaque nor blind nor ignorant. The Source contains all possibilities… knows all possible outcomes. Nothing is pre-ordained. Nothing is foreknown. Our freedom of choice & our choice changes the way the Creation flows not least for how our individual spiritual life unfolds. There is no better symbol for this reality than the circle. The disc of the sun is the highest possible image. The Source. The Sun. The Circle. One.

CHALICE

Brothers & Sisters there is great mystery in the reason for our births. Let go of the details of your day to day life. You feel the path lead out from beneath your feet. In the Legend, Arthur & his Knights left the security of the kingdom to search for the golden cup from which Christ drank at the Last Supper. The Holy Grail was not a real chalice but the symbol of purity... the possibility of redemption... of being baptized with the Divine Spirit. That anointing takes the form of Light & Love & is felt in the flow of pure water. There is no destination my friends only the fearless journey into the Light.... the journey you have always been on.

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Lotus

The flower of the Virgin Mary floats luminous on the muddy ponds of the world. Nightly, the white petals fall one by one in the moon light onto the dark blue surface of time. The flower on which Brahma the Creator reclines & creates all that is with the languorous grace of certainty. The flower from which Osiris the Egyptian God of Reincarnation emerges. The closed lotus of Green Tara, yearning for the opening of awareness. The full bloom of White Tara embodying the moment of Enlightenment. Look around you. Everywhere.... signs that we are guided & protected. Walk in Beauty.