Call for Entries

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It’s been a long time!!

Hello to anyone who might still follow even though I haven’t posted in such a long time.

I’m involved in a new movement, sharing space through online Heart Circles and we are looking for personal stories that fit with our values.

Our movement is Butterfly 11 https://www.facebook.com/Butterfly11Movement on Facebook and I thought some of you might be interested in taking a look and maybe sharing stories.

Our vision at Butterfly 11 is to create a world where everyone is heard, loved and accepted. And our mission is to empower everyone to be their authentic selves.

But perhaps most importantly, we want this movement to be bigger than those of us who initiated it.

What we’re creating is a safe space for people to show up as who they really are and for all of us to connect in our very humanness through online gathering and written stories.

If you’d like to contribute a personal story or a poem around your personal journey – we would love to hear from you.

We ask that your original piece of content is centred around our values – Unconditional Acceptance, Connection, Empathy, Respect, Trust.

When we share your submission with our audience you can choose to be anonymous or to receive credit for your post, whichever you prefer. We would simply be thrilled to hear from you!

 

The Flow

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I think we are a lot like rivers, trying to find our way home, flowing and joining a much greater flow to blend and become one. Our lives are much like the river when it reaches and joins the ocean, whether we recognise it or not, we are heading towards oneness.

Most rivers run to the sea or join another river or body of water, some don’t though,  some rivers just dry up, evaporate or disappear into the ground. Like us in a way, when we loose our way or live without purpose.

I love to stand on the shore, water lapping at my feet and know that in some way I have joined something greater, to know that I am part of that flow and will eventually join something much greater than me.

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Relax

Can you relax enough to let yourself go, can you loose the human and connect to your inner being.  Can you fall into yourself, let everything go, relax all of your muscles and just be.  Who are you when you let go, who is it that lives in this world, who is it that is, but is not attached or affected by anything that goes on in your life.  Who is the being who is you, who is the truest form of you?

~ Liza

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Daily Prompt – Relax

 

Nature Lessons 98

The pathway of a the flower is clear, from bud, to full bloom to decay.  The flower continues to grow, moving through all these stages of her life in absolute beauty.   Does the flower already know her path, is she connected to the eternal source when she reaches up to the brightness of the sun, is her life just a small part of her journey home.  Be the flower in life, accept and relish each moment for what it is, knowing that it is all part of the eternal journey. 

~ Liza

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A Question of Presence?

 

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How do you see the flower, is it with your eyes only or is it through the flower being present in all your senses. Do you feel the flower in your subconscious, does it communicate with you through your screen as you sit with it?

Do you connect with my presence as you read my words and if so, what is it you feel. Can I leave my lounge and enter your world just by sharing my thoughts with you. Can you feel the authenticity of a person through their words on paper, or through a book they have written. Is this the same if something is written that does not sit well with you, or blend well with your understanding of life? Interesting isn’t it how we are drawn to others we have never met, we feel a connection with them, trust them and even care about what happens to them.

If we are all energy, can we not communicate and blend without being present in a room? I believe we can, I think that we can go anywhere if we are accepted and welcomed. I think it probably boils down to acceptance because if something does not sit well with me I shut it down, stop allowing it in, and refocus myself.

Look at the medium of Skype, how real does that conversation feel, for me when I am connected with a person there is no difference to if they were sitting across the room. I hold consultations over Skype and have used it for my own benefit. Reading what someone has written is the same for me, it’s as if they are communicating directly with me, I feel them.

I know I’m asking a lot of questions here, I probably have all the answers somewhere too, inside in my subconscious, floating around waiting for the right time. I just think these questions are fascinating, they are food for the soul.

So tell me, how close to you am I now as I ask them?

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Nature Lessons 83

When we are able to connect to ourselves, understand our own workings and sometimes imperfections, we are far more able to connect with others.  When we recognise and accept the feelings that are at our very core, allow them to be part of who we are without shame or fear we live in truth.  We naturally relate to others and through understanding and compassion our networks widen, we become authentic.

~ Liza

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I believe…

 

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I believe in self enquiry, to connect with ourselves on a deeper level, to find peace within ourselves in our most natural state.  I believe in sitting in silence, switching off the outside world, thoughts and ego.

I believe that through our connection within, we can then connect externally to the universe, we are then at one with all of nature, at one with the universe.  I  believe we find this state when we put ourselves aside.

I believe it essential to know ourselves on a far deeper level before we can hope to know and understand another.  We owe it to ourselves to understand ourselves, as to understand ourselves is to understand the human soul, we are really just reflections of each other.

I believe that we are all connected in some way, but cannot recognise this connection until we have really connected with ourselves.  We are at one but also separate depending in which state we are living.

I believe that all possibilities start from within, it is there the fertile seeds are planted that  grow into our external realities.  Believing in ourselves, our capabilities without putting up barriers of self doubt brings those possibilities closer.

I believe that when we connect to the presence within, the presence that is all knowing and non judging we find our true selves.

I believe it is essential to forget that which has been told, that what we have learnt and find our own answers, those that sit well with us and feel right.  

These are my beliefs, I wonder how they sit with yours.

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