From the Heart
The artist allows the mind to flow and from this places the simplicity of truth into the world. Art in whatever form is the richness that connects the worlds. The world in which we live is just a painting in the gallery of the universe, a poem in the book of eternity.
~ Liza
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The thoughts that are spoken, those that are translated into words and deeds have far greater power than those that stay trapped in the mind.
~ Liza
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Everything that is made beautiful and fair and lovely is made for the eye of one who sees ~ Rumi
We are told that eyes are the windows to the soul and I think that’s about right, our eyes are the gateways for our souls to look out at the beauty in the world, connect with nature and others. Our eyes give away quite a bit about us, they show the emotions that other parts of the body can’t such as happiness, fear and sadness. I think our eyes communicate in some ways as much as our mouths. Where we can speak falsehoods our eyes speak only the truth.
Have you tried looking into someones eyes, really looking and holding that gaze without turning away. If you can do this, you might just see their soul. It’s difficult as we are taught to be guarded, programmed to look away after a moment or two but to really connect we need to look a little deeper. I wonder why we turn away or feel uncomfortable when somebody holds our gaze, are we secretly afraid of being found out, being seen as naked or vulnerable maybe?
What about a Sufi Greeting, ancient Sufi’s believed the only way to truly know another is to connect at soul level. This involves two people in silence approaching each other with open palms, in love and trust and connecting through the eyes. Holding the gaze until their souls connect. There’s lots written about how to complete the process on the internet and in books so I won’t repeat it here, but it is very powerful. I’ve tried this a few times with close friends, the first time nervous and giggling, but found amazing results. I have seen faces change, recognised people from another place and time and felt overwhelmed with emotions I can’t describe. It seems like I have conversed in silence somehow.
I wonder why we don’t we live more like this, hold eye contact and connect to others in trust and love. Many of us practice various teachings in workshops, read books on spirituality, meditate and practice yoga but rarely bring it fully into our lives. We know we might appear odd and conform to society’s norms. But what if, as I believe, society has it wrong?
I’m not expecting we all walk in to a shop and practice it with the sales assistant, or in the bank with the cashier but I think it is something we could do more often with those we love, really connecting at soul level, what do you think, I think true friends should be able to look at each other. When your out and about today, watch how many people don’t actually look out of their eyes, how many people avert their gaze, look away, it’s fascinating. Having worked in services with people, care and therapy, I find it amazing how many people don’t.actually look at each other!
I think we should be more aware of what we see and how we are seen. I’d be very interested in your thoughts if you give the Sufi Greeting a go, let me know how you get on, what you see and feel even if it is just with the cat.
Anyway here’s to looking at you kid 😉
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Nature, it’s beauty and colours heal the spirit without a doubt, it just takes trust and belief. I believe if we trust and immerse ourselves in the colours of nature we will feel it’s healing energy. Just to know that we are connected to nature as we are to all things, allows us to heal from the inside out.
I have spent a good deal of time in nature this year, it has taught me a lot about myself and I have emerged a different person. The simplicity and depth of nature amazes me, the patterns, the cycles reminds me that all things in life come and go, nothing is forever and everything returns. I can feel the healing power of nature, I believe it and it tells me that all will come well, the I that I think I am is just part of this beautiful landscape, I am connected to all nature, I just have to see that connection and let it become part of who I am.
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As I sit on this most sacred earth,
the roots of me are here.
the red for passion anchors me,
so I can smell what’s near.
I’m reminded of survival now,
I pull energy from the land,
there’s fight or flight inside of me,
if I choose to stand.
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The orange of my sacral,
gives birth to creative sparks,
flows with water as an element,
it here I make my mark.
It’s where I feel compassion,
warmth and empathy,
I taste what’s really going on,
not rely on what I see.
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My ‘city of jewels’ is yellow,
it’s from where I feel desire,
my sense of sight connected,
assists me lighting the fire.
With confidence I give respect,
to myself and others,
I’m often cheerfully energetic,
when I don’t take cover.
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My sense of touch is from my heart,
love stems from here,
It’s coloured green of different hues,
a place that’s very dear.
It’s where I build relationships,
I can sabotage them too,
if my heart is weak when we meet,
it’s what I can do.
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My voice comes out quite clearly,
I speak out in blues,
I can express myself artistically,
when I’m not confused.
It’s from here that I communicate,
it’s a place I like to be.
I can connect as spiritual,
at those times when I can see.
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The place of knowing is indigo,
it’s from here I also see,
things that aren’t available,
for everyone but me.
An electrical current here,
connects me to all things.
gives charismatic personality,
can also give me wings
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At the crown I’m higher up,
it’s where I leave the ground,
although balanced here, it’s magical,
all planes can be found.
The colour of deep purple,
the entry for a bright light,
it’s the place that opens up
before we walk into the night.
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It is quite difficult to look someone in the eyes in silence and hold their gaze, to gaze at one another in truth without fear of being found out. When we do manage to do this, we begin to recognise ourselves, see ourself in another, know that we are really just the same, originating from the same place. The being in each of us sees the struggle, yet recognises itself in the other, understands the search. When we find ourselves in a trusting relationship with another, we are finding ourselves in everything that is.
~ Liza
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It started in meditation, I saw a candle, a large red candle, and looked into the melted wax. I fell in and flew out of the wax as a giant bird and travelled the universe faster than any bird could fly.
I was energy, I was the universe, I was everything I could see. Colours were vibrant yet it was before dawn, purples, reds, oranges mixed together as if paint had been smudged on a canvas, the colours were not paint though, they were out of this world.
I lost contact with my physical self, I knew my feet were not on the ground any longer. I was part of everything that is, I was all of us and yet none of us.
Later that night when I went to bed I found it hard to sleep, I was wide awake and full of energy. I wondered if it was because I’d meditated for so long, resting my body and therefore disturbing my sleep. I did sleep eventually and had the weirdest of dreams, I dreamt about a huge bright green insect that lived in an open cage by my bed. I think it had got out, of an open cage I know, but it decided to take a walk. It was biting me,well irritating me, trying to wake me up although I was awake in my dream. I wasn’t too keen on the insect, kept my distance, but at the same time saved it when it was close to being squashed.
I woke up to a deep and primitive animal noise behind me, same as last week, you might of read my wolf poem, but this time I knew without looking it was a big cat, a wild cat. I didn’t look because I knew it wasn’t there. At the same time as this, as I opened my eyes I saw a purple light, about five or six foot, I knew it was a being. It disappeared as I focused but I did see it again later. I really think I was awake, I know there are those that might argue.
I had some words in my head, I wrote them as a life lesson earlier today as to me this is what they felt like. I sat up in the middle of the night and wrote them down.
I went back to sleep and dreamt of death and beginnings, a lot of feminine imagery too. There was more but it does not feel right writing it down, confusing family stuff.
So many people are telling me about weird dreams, it’s as if there is an opening, teachings through dreams maybe. I’m excited and writing them down. I’m telling my friends to also, I want to see if there is anything that runs through all of our dreams. Please do let me know if any of you are having the same mad dreams.
I have to write them down, for one thing it’s what writers do and another, I think I will remember if I don’t write them, but then try and recollect them and they are gone.
Daily Prompt – Gone
It is not the considered thoughts, but the spontaneous that speak to me, it’s those that jump in when I’m not looking.
~ Liza
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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
Everything will one day go, nothing is forever. However maddening this thought might be, our bodies will age, our looks will diminish and our hair will thin and maybe fall out. Our brains will slow down and our minds fail us at some point. Relationships will end and people we love will die. Friendships finish and new ones begin, people will continue to come in and out of our lives.
The house and car will age, the job finish, paintings and photographs will fade and those wonderful things we have around us will one day be junk. Savings rise and fall continuously, stocks and shares will go up and down.
The earth as we know it will change. Shorelines will change shape, cliffs erode, air quality might reduce and stars will eventually run out of gas and die.
For everything there is a beginning and an end, nothing stays forever. It’s a sobering thought isn’t it, that everything around us including the vehicle we travel in as our body will some day come to an end.
This makes it even more necessary for us to take care of our inner being, our spirit, soul, whatever you like to call it, because that I think this might be the only thing that will last, that will outlive all those things we think so precious. My inner being, yours too, is not concerned with wealth or collections, they are the presence inside of this vehicle, just waiting and watching for everything else to end.
Daily prompt – Maddening sort of fitted 😉
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