What does freedom mean to you?

Posted on Jul 3rd, 2009 by

This is in Response to the Questions and Reflections for June 18, 2009:

To me freedom is Being beyond our limits. The lifting of the fog of doubt. The opening of the mind to all the possibilities. The vision of the heart to see what is.

And as the song says:
"so often times it happens
that we live our lives in chains
and we never even know we have the key"

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What keeps you from being present?

Posted on Jul 3rd, 2009 by

Sings to Eagles

This is in Response to the Questions and Reflections for June 19, 2009:

All the habits that have been conditioned into me that I have to be, see, think, act in a certain way. So when stray thoughts cross my mind, the attention gets hooked into it by these old perceptions. The more I see this as it is happening, the more it helps me free myself.

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Afternoon walk in the canyon

Posted on Jul 5th, 2009 by

Sings to Eagles

where should I fall?

down the hot and dusty path

that steals the sweat from my flesh

the light, so bright, so intense

the beasts await my steps

the rattlesnakes can taste me

in the wind that rises from each footstep

and I can taste their venom

somewhere between

the thoughts that won’t leave me

the dreams that deceived me

and the hope that relieves me

higher

higher still

the birds of prey encircle

fears arise in the shadow of their wings

brother snake

sister hawk

I am here

Oh let me die

let me die here

as I should have long ago

this forced manifestation

wore out its welcome

clasped in the talons of insecurity

I can shed my skin

lose my feathers

burn in passionate wildfire

until all that is left

to walk this path

is me

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What is your favorite sort of weather?

Posted on Jul 6th, 2009 by

Sings to Eagles

This is in Response to the Questions and Reflections for June 28, 2009:

The day after a storm. Clouds still linger and float across the crystal blue, the air smells and feels so fresh, and the sunlight dances between the clouds and on the moist ground below.

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Where do you feel most safe?

Posted on Jul 7th, 2009 by

Sings to Eagles

This is in Response to the Questions and Reflections for June 30, 2009:

I am trying not to need to feel safe. The discovery of truth needs the heart and courage of an explorer, a pioneer!

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if you were a judge, what sort would you be?

Posted on Jul 7th, 2009 by

Sings to Eagles

This is in Response to the Questions and Reflections for July 03, 2009:

I am doing my best not to judge. We are all predators and victims in unconsciousness in some way. When the Master Christ said "forgive them, for they know not what they are doing," I do not think he was referring to only those that had put him on the cross. In my path, I hope to grow more in Knowing what I am doing. Who am I to judge?

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