Thursday, March 25, 2010

A True Cinderella Story

I arrived late.  The sun had long set and I was nervous.  Prior to my arrival, I knew not where a light source was located, how to close the cylindrical roof or, even, if I would startle anyone with my appearance.  Nonetheless, I pressed on.

A cool southern wind blew off of the Pacific and caressed my milky shoulders.  A crescent moon peaked its partially hidden face out from behind the shifting clouds.  Night sounds of chirping crickets and croaking frogs filled the air.  The scents of a damp Earth, pregnant and full, filled my nostrils.

I breathed in ~~~~ deeply.

While fantastically admiring my surroundings, I approached my abode for the night and my soul sang out in deep harmony.  A round yurt, twenty feet across and twenty feet high, sat before me, it's double french doors awaiting my arrival.  My heart burst open as I ceremoniously danced and spun on the wood chip laden ground.  I savored each moment of this ~~~ now.
I relished in my arrival ~~~ home.

It did not matter that I froze in the queen-sized bed that sleepless night only to wake and realize that I had neglected to close the roof dome.  It did not bother me to have to wander about in the quarter-lit night while attempting to brush my teeth and empty my bowels.
It was pure, sweet delight.
It was as I have always dreamed.
It was my fantasy, reawakened.
It was my reminder ~~~ Yes, you can have this, Cara.
 
In the light of an early dawn, a pair of bright green converse greeted me from their perch on the linseed-oil floor.  I wandered up to them.  "Try me," their tongues chirped.  They slid on my size 8 feet like a glove and I meandered out into the almost spring day, elated.

It is as they say, "If the shoe fits..."

Sunday, March 21, 2010

The Rite of Spring

BE(e)





















Fertility and the Honey of Life,
Accomplishing the Impossible

 
Bees are the symbol of fertility and sexuality.
Its honeycomb, a hexagon, is the symbol of the heart 

and represents the sweetness of life found within 
our own heart. It is also the symbol of the sun and all 
its energies.The bee reminds us to extract the honey of life
and to make our lives fertile (productive) while the sun shines.
No matter how great the dream is, there is the promise of 
fulfillment if we pursue our dreams.
If a Bee has shown up in your life, examine your own 
productivity.
Are you doing all you can to make your life more fertile?
Are you busy enough?
Are you making time to savor the honey of life and not 

becoming a workaholic?
The Bee is the symbol of accomplishing the impossible.
Aerodynamically, its body is too large for its wings and, thus, 

it should not be able to fly.
Although we now understand how it does fly 

(it has a high rate of wing movement), the Bee remains 
a symbol of accomplishing anything you put your mind to.
In Hinduism, the Bee relates to Vishnu, Krishna or Kama, 
the God of Love.
In Egypt, the Bee symbolized royalty.
In Greece, it was the symbol of the Eleusinian Mysteries.
The Celts associated the Bee with hidden wisdom.


On this spring equinox, a day when the sun passes the equator
and our day is as equally long as our night,
May your life BE full with the same promise and potential
as our totem friend and animal insect the Bee.

Tuesday, March 16, 2010

........

You
call out my name
"Come"
you whisper
"Slide
on my body
in my depths
into my warmth
my blankets of security
allow me to envelop and hold
you
in my arms of satin, of lace
of whichever you prefer
wrapped tight within
my confines
my bosom
my abode
me
when two can truly become
one."

And, I call that an
"Ode to My Bed"

Thursday, March 4, 2010

To E~volve, We must become IN~volved...

The title above is a quote straight from my dear friend, Kristen Watson's, mouth.
Kristen is a Jivamukti yoga teacher who lives, teaches and practices sharing her compassionate light
with locals in Encinitas, and beyond.  Recently, Kristen enlisted my help in drawing up a flier for her Goddess Yoga Retreat to be held at the Glen Ivy Spiritual Center in May.  Naturally, I was only too eager to lend a hand.  Fresh from my recent excursions of having been in front of the camera, I inquired if we could do a photo shoot down at Swami's.
As these attached photos tell, the process was delectable - a winter sun was making its way over a southwesetern horizon, a high tide pummeled waves against tidal pools and we both found ourselves wet yet happy.  It was a nice escape from the seemingly tumultuousness that has been life lately.  For  
these past few weeks, and months, have felt especially rocky.

The ground is shaking - and not just in Haiti and Chile.  Little earthquakes have been taking place all around us, rattling some foundations while bringing other unstable structures crashing down.  Although I am gratefully referring to a metaphor here, I nonetheless wonder if these minor tremors are a mere taste of what the impending future has in store.

In the past, I have often ran away when the going got tough.  It was simply and usually too hot in the kitchen, so I always got out.  Now, I am finding myself called to bring my services forth and to offer what aid I can.  Now, I am challenging myself to not only stay but to dig my feet in deeper, like a rooted tree, and to sway, rock and roll with the breezes as well as the colliding tectonic plates.
Now ~ for this is all there is.

 This one moment, this collective beat of our hearts, this giant pulse.

I don't know what this new epoch has in store and though I sometimes feel fearful about the dominant myths that pervade our collective consciousness, I have chosen to believe in and work towards an alternative vision.  Reveling in our vulnerable humanity, with Kristen on these Pacific shores as well as with the many others who grace my path, is one way in which I am continuing to root down, down, down.  Listening, hearing, and truly embodying sage words of wisdom, such as "In order to evolve, we must become involved," is another.

So, become In~volved, my friends - in your children's imaginations; in the place in you where the child still remains; in our elder's hearts and minds; in this planet's tall grasses; in whatever calls you forth to offer your shining brilliance and your divine soul be-ing.  Let us E~volve, together...

As we enter into this next phase of our biological evolution, what intentions are you setting for our human species and this earthly planet??