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Bind Me Back Together
Religion can make fools of us all, inspiring
conflict and separation.
Stumble into any modern congregation, and
find a group of recovering alcoholics dancing with raised arms in delusional
madness saying, “We’re glad you’re here!” as they pass sacks to collect your
wealth to support blind faith, silver teeth glittering through insane smiles.
They promised me that a poor Judean revolutionary defeated evil some
two-thousand years ago, slain on a cross and reborn as a glowing invincible
fairy, yet darkness enshrouds the land more than ever. They said that the way
was narrow, that only a few would pass, yet billions of religious fanatics claim
their truth is blessed from on high above all other philosophies and creeds.
Long ago terrified Nerandathals shivered in
fear as lightning storms raged outside. The next morning they wondered what had
angered the gods, deities born of fear and awe. Intelligent people got together
to codify it all, saying “We alone control the mystery.” And oh how the gold
filled their treasuries as commoners got burned and tortured for speaking out
against them. After centuries of organized strife, the good gods had been
arranged like flavours of ice cream so neat and precise, and wars spread on
massive scales over whose version was right. Some masses claimed that theirs
tasted great, while others screamed that theirs was less filling.
Then an Egyptian pharaoh had a unified
vision. What if we had one supreme deity that contained all the forces we see,
who tasted great and was less…demanding? And the Age of the fishes came
crashing against our shores. The menu called for the deification of the
Martyr-syndrome. The more you suffer the more spiritual you are and the more
you will be rewarded in our fairy-man’s heaven. You won’t ever have to do any
dishes after the great feast. You can all be gluttons with no consequences
forevermore. Live for that eternal life, not this foul here and now. Its evil
you know, look around.
For centuries the advocates of the new wine
were thrown to the lions. “Roar!” they cried, as they died, eventually claiming
political power as the old gods waned. The gods of one age always become the
devils of the next. If I wrote this then, I would have burned at the stake.
Funny how creative, critical thinking and imagination are often labelled as
heresy by the power elite.
For over a thousand years their might grew,
although even monotheism cracked and was divided, God torn apart by the masses.
It seems that people preferred different crumbs of the one unified cookie. And
some got angry and left. Colonists landed in the New World
trying to escape religious oppression of the Papal decree.
They told the nature-dwelling heathens to
convert to their version of the faith they just fled or die. And the red man
ran away to the ominous west, only to be captured in the end and forced to live
in desolate demarcated zones. If they didn’t fall for the anointed dead-living
guy, then they took to the bottle and casinos hook, line, and sinker. As long
as they were inebriated on something, the ones in power didn’t care.
Then something really bizarre happened. “I
think, therefore I am!” And a new religion based on logic began, the mighty
faith of science. Jesus and Buddha were bumped in pop culture for reason as
generations of haunted logical minds emerged, slaying trees for skyscrapers.
Engineers and scientists became the high priests, leaving poets and artists
hungry on the streets as they paved over the world in equations of rationality.
And this is the bright world we live in
today, deifying the mad-scientist syndrome, worshipping computers, television,
and the most flashy advertising. The God-eyed geeks don’t even knock anymore;
instead AT&T calls three times a week so sure their persistence will convert me
to their frequency. They can’t even think of a creative names for their new
corporate gods, MCI, AT&T, just log onto
www.dot
blah, blah, blah…but wait, there's Sprint…”AHHH!” as I run for the door to go
spend some alone time in nature.
If Jesus walked into a church he would
barf. He wouldn’t even buy a shirt with the corporate Christian logo WWJD.
There’s another way we can keep them in line. He would raise his arms in
desperation and cry out, “Mother, Mother! Why did you even give birth to me if
it was become all this?” and run out the door shouting, “Always look on the
bright side of life…”
If Buddha walked into a temple, he would
bang his head on the gong and cry. He would grab the monks by their ears and
fling them through the temple entrance back into life, shaking a fist at them in
chaotic glee for their self-imposed isolation.
If Mohammed went to
Mecca
he would rage, break out his Uzi and rage at the hypocrisy of the
Jihad and the so-called sacred page used as every other religion uses it to slay
unbelievers.
All this sad killing in the name of eternal
being swells my heart with grief. It makes me want to just end it all, this
breathing, this consciousness, just jump off a cliff. But just as approach the
edge, ready to leap to escape this mad world, a mysterious voice echoes in my
heart, pervading my mind and freezing my bones.
It says,
“But wait, I love you. I am love and I created you to create. I
challenge you to reclaim your joy, to walk through this orchestration of life
with the vision of your heart.”
My foot slides back from the edge and I
collapse in tears of revelation. That’s it; I know it, the last straw. I will
live inspired. I refuse to be discouraged by the world. I will do my part to
make it glow. Nothing can stop me now!
The next morning the Jehovah’s Witnesses
pound on the door with renewed fervour. The phone bill is torn open on the
kitchen table, glaring in the hundreds. The lone neighbourhood monk walks down
the street beating his drum peacefully. My computer is on the fritz again and
my head aches from coffee withdrawal. I reach for my bedside tattered copy of
the Prophet and open to a random page to read, “Your life lived is your
religion.”
Written by Kelly Lee Phipps
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Cosmic Consciousness
Sometime during my thirtieth revolution about the sun
I ripened to the experience of cosmic consciousness,
the unified field breathing through life.
Can you believe that all this living possibility
comes from one simple act of love?
I know the language of the soul is written in the
stars,
As above, so below,
within each of us a universe awaits exploration.
Look at the way the moon tugs the shifting tides
as deep currents of emotion rise and fall in us.
 See the sun ascending through a bank of mist
with flowers straining their necks to align with
its generous rays.
If only we could open our souls to the mystery
of invisible nourishment streaming in
spiral strands to sustain the cosmos.
Then we too would know, as the planets in sacred
orbit know, the wisdom hidden in the secret
rhythms of dark matter vibrating at our cores.
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LOVE
Love is the blessing of eternal being
When it penetrates your life let the petals of your heart open
and blossom.
Let another soul swirl into the web of your destiny,
another who you will long to share many seasons with,
shaping and being shaped like ancient hands working timeless
clay,
laughing and crying, touching and gazing.
For this is the song of love that moves the universe and floods
hearts with hope...
Open your imagination to possibility...
Feel the cosmic music flowing through consciousness.
It's what the world really needs...to stop for a moment and
listen to this invisible orchestra that weaves the strands
of busy lives together in the first place.
There would be no life, no waking, loving, or
striving
without this eternal symphony serving galaxies around the clock.
it should fill the centre of our practice, our intimate quiet
mornings
when the sun is streaming through the kitchen windows
covering the ground of our paths into the celestial sea...
My heart swells in these silent hours of
listening,
my tears fall in cadence with its rhythm,
my life yearns desperately for its LOVE,
the living organic virtue of eternity...
LOVE,
LOVE,
LOVE...?
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Celtic Animal Birth Signs
Date of Birth: December 24 - January 20
Animal: Stag Gaelic Name: Damh (Approximate pronunciation: Dav) Ruling Planet:
The Sun Key Words: Independence, Majesty, Integrity,
Pride Gift Quality or
Ability: Sensitivity to other worlds, shape shifting, initiation, journeying
Birthstone: Crystal Compatibility: Harmonious relations with the signs of adder
and salmon. Will also relate well to the signs of seal, otter & goose.
Difficulties may be expected in relation to all other signs.
Date of Birth: January 21 - February 17
Animal: Crane Gaelic Name: Corr (Approximate pronunciation: Corr) Ruling Planet:
Uranus Key Words: Secret Knowledge, Eccentric, Patient Gift Quality or Ability:
Crane people are unusually clever people with specialized skills and talents,
with a progressive outlook on life. Sense of the evolving spirit. Sensitivity to
the other world, journeying, magic. Birthstone: Peridot Compatibility:
Harmonious relations with the signs of bee and swan. Will also relate well to
the signs of bear, owl and cat. Difficulties may be expected in relation to all
other signs.
Date of Birth: February 18 - March 17
Animal: Seal Gaelic Name: Ron (Approximate pronunciation: Ron) Ruling Planet:
Neptune Key Words: Spiritual, Loving, Super-sensitive. Gift Quality or Ability:
Seal people tend to have great compassion and are highly adaptable folk. They
are also the romantics and dreamers of life. Artistic and emotional. Sensitivity
to the other world. Shape changing and connection with the faerie folk.
Birthstone: Coral Compatibility: Harmonious relations with the signs of otter
and goose. Will also relate well to the signs of salmon, stag, and adder.
Difficulties maybe expected in relation to all other signs.
Date of Birth: March 18 - April 14
Animal: Bear Gaelic Name: Art (Approximate pronunciation: A as in cAt, R as in
English, T as in English Chin. AiRCH) Ruling Planet: Mars Key Words: Achieving,
Primal Power, Instinct. Gift Quality or Ability: Bear people are very connected
to their ancestral roots. Filled with courage and a sense of adventure.
Extremely physical, extroverts. Protection, journeying, and sensitivity to the
other world. Birthstone: Ruby Compatibility: Harmonious relations with the signs
of cat and owl. Will also relate well to the signs of crane, bee and swan.
Difficulties may be expected in relation to all other signs.
Date of Birth: April 15 - May 12
Animal: Adder Gaelic Name: Nathair (Approximate pronunciation: na-CHair. N, a in
cAt, T as in Chin, h - silent, air.) Ruling Planet: Moon Key Words:
Transformation, Healing, Life Energy. Gift Quality or Ability: Adder people have
a virtue of resourcefulness, that is one of their greatest strengths. Strong
interest in family. Excellent memory. Drawn to natural methods of healing.
Healing, magic, shape shifting and initiation. Birth Stone: Moonstone
Compatibility: Harmonious relations with the signs of stag and salmon. Will also
relate well to the signs of seal, otter and goose. Difficulties may be expected
in relation to all other signs.
Date of Birth: May 13 - June 9
Animal: Bee Gaelic Name: Beach (Approximate pronunciation: beh-ach. B, E as in
gEt, A as in cAt, CH as in German iCH.) Ruling Planet: Vulcan Key Words:
Organization, Community, Analytical. Gift Quality or Ability: Bee people are
very charismatic and full of new ideas. Lively spontaneity and the ability to
communicate on every level. Influential and very social. Fertility and
creativity. Birth Stone: Topaz Compatibility: Harmonious relations with the
signs of crane and swan. Will also relate well to the signs of bear, cat and
owl. Difficulties may be expected in relation to all other signs.
Date of Birth: June 10 - July 7
Animal: Otter Gaelic Name: Dobhran (Approximate pronunciation: dav-rhan.) Ruling
Planet: Jupiter Key Words: Family, Helpfulness, Intuitive. Gift Quality or
Ability: Otter people are enterprising with a wide breadth of vision. Very
optimistic with a personal magnetism. Protection, shape shifting, and
journeying. Birth Stone: Diamond Compatibility: Harmonious relations with the
signs of goose and seal. Will also relate well to the signs of salmon, adder,
and stag. Difficulties may be expected in relation to all other signs.
Date of Birth: July 8 - August 4
Animal: Cat Gaelic Name: Kati (Approximate pronunciation: ka-Chi.) Ruling
Planet: Earth Key Words: Creative, Sensual, Nobility Gift Quality or Ability:
Cat people have a strong sense of personal integrity and a firm set of values.
Loyal and trustworthy. Deep devotion to family. Affectionate. Protection, shape
shifting and sensitivity to the other world. Birth Stone: Red Carnelian
Compatibility: Harmonious relations with the signs of owl and bear. Will also
relate well to the signs of the crane, bee, and swan. Difficulties may be
expected in relation to all other signs.
Date of Birth: August 5 - September 1
Animal: Salmon Gaelic Name: Bradan (Approximate pronunciation: bra-TAN.) Ruling
Planet: Mercury Key Words: Wisdom, Inspiration, Rejuvenation Gift Quality or
Ability: Salmon people have knowledge of the arts and science as well as good
reasoning powers. Perceptive and clever. Keen observers. Initiation, shape
shifting, connection with faerie. Birth Stone: Amethyst Compatibility:
Harmonious relations with the signs of adder and stag. Will also relate well to
the signs of otter, seal and goose. Difficulties may be expected in relation to
all other signs.
Date of Birth: September 2 - September 29
Animal: Swan Gaelic Name: Eala (Approximate pronunciation: ellah.) Ruling
Planet: Venus Key Words: Beauty, Love and Soul. Gift Quality or Ability: Swan
people are kind and gentle, adept in love and the social arts. Calm and serene
with a strong domestic sense. Connection with faerie, shape shifting, and
creativity. Birth Stone: Emerald Compatibility: Harmonious relations with the
signs of crane and bee. Will also relate well to the owl, cat and bear.
Difficulties may be expected in relation to all other signs.
Date of Birth: September 30 - October 27
Animal: Goose Gaelic Name: Geadh (Approximate pronunciation: Gia-gh.) Ruling
Planet: Moon Keywords: Veiling, Direction, Vigilance, Stamina Gift Quality or
Ability: Goose people are generous providers but also thrifty savers and
investors regarding their future security. They have a sharp intellect as well
as a wit. Artistic. Protection, fertility, and creativity. Birth Stone: Opal
Compatibility: Harmonious relations with the signs of seal and otter. Will also
relate well to the signs of adder, stag and salmon. Difficulties may be expected
in relation to all other signs.
Date of Birth: October 28 - November 24
Animal: Owl Gaelic Name: Cailleach-oidhche (Approximate pronunciation: Kall-eeck
Oheeche.) Ruling Planet: Pluto Keywords: Wisdom, Change, Detachment. Gift
Quality or Ability: Owl people have a powerful presence and personal magnetism
that can both attract and overpower sensitive people. Highly imaginative and
passionate. Initiation, sensitivity to the other world, magick. Birth Stone:
Jasper Compatibility: Harmonious relations with the signs of cat and bear. Will
also relate well to the signs of bee, swan and crane. Difficulties may be
expected in relation to all other signs.
Date of Birth: November 25 - December 22
Animal: Raven Gaelic Name: Bran (Approximate pronunciation: Bran.) Ruling
Planet: Saturn Gift Quality or Ability: Raven people have a constructive
approach to life. They will continue a struggle that would defeat most people.
They are very self-disciplined and patient. Shape shifting, sensitivity to the
other world, connection to the faerie.
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A Dragon Meditation
To align yourself better with the Great Dragon, which is to say with the flow of
Divine Energy, uses this meditation often. Place yourself in a comfortable
position, and begin as always by clearing and releasing. Imagine yourself before
a flight of stairs. Imagine that you climb these stairs, one stair at a time,
counting each as you go. With each of the stairs you will go deeper into
yourself. There are ten stairs in all. At the top of the stairs you come to a
hallway. It is a long hallway, with many doors on either side. Note the details
of this hallway-what colour are the walls? Is it clean? Do you like the hallway?
Imagine yourself walking down this hallway until you come to a door that is
marked with an "X." This is your door. Go in. Inside the door you will find a
beautiful landscape. Enter it. Feel the things around you-make the visualization
as real as you can. As you look around the landscape you will see a large
Dragon. Go to it. Give the Dragon greetings. What does it look like? Is it male
or female? Climb on the Dragons back.
Imagine it taking off and flying through the air. Imagine the feel of the wind
against your face, the smell of the air, the feel of the dragon's back beneath
you. Let the Dragon carry you. As you fly, look down at the world below. Enjoy
the ride-get used to the feel. Then, when you're ready allow the Dragon to land.
Thank it, and give it your love. Then go back to the hallway, and through the
hallway to the stairs. Come down the stairs one by one. With each stair you will
come back more into yourself, and your ordinary conscious mind. When you are
back, clear and release as always. When you have facility with this meditation,
you will want to introduce this variation; instead of just riding the Dragon,
become the Dragon. As the Dragon carries you through the air, feel yourself
merge into it. Be One with the Dragon. Feel its body as your body. Imagine the
feel of the wings as they beat, of the tail -immerse yourself in the Dragons
form, and BE it. When you have flown long enough, separate yourself from the
Dragon again, and complete the meditation as usual.
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The Spiritual Path of
Creative Writing
When you write your thoughts on paper you are transforming energy into matter,
shaping and forming the contents of the imagination. You are detonating inward
atomic explosions of consciousness! The very act of writing will transform your
soul as it has changed the world since people first started communicating ideas
with symbols. You won’t be the same person after completing a work of literary
art. Creativity is a living expression of our unity with the Eternal Creator. Do
you want to be one with Divine Being? Then be creative…
Unleash the winds and fires of imagination within and fly unhindered into your
birth vision. Let the living spring bubble up from the depths! Let the mountains
move by the power of your thought. Creative writing is an endeavour that brings
life into focus. It is an act of deep centring and soul expression. It holds the
possibility of awakening and enlightenment. What more could any spiritual path
offer?
Find some blank paper or a journal and devote time to inscribing the rhythms of
your heart, mind, and soul on those thirsting pages. Write and contribute your
verse to the universe, the turning of the Eternal One. Write from the centre of
your being and express human freedom and creativity. You are an expression of
eternal being flowing spontaneously through the cosmos. Live the sacred path.
Live the mystery of life…
The only battle is within. Can you defeat the enemy of your false self and
embrace the true face smiling at the core. The clever critic that blocks the
flow of your faith is an illusion you have imagined. Blast through it and
reclaim your creative voice, your creative power. Creation is waiting
desperately for the offspring of divinity to be revealed. Stand firm and open
your heart. Let the Living Flow of Eternity course through your veins!
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Be a human being!
CARING AND SHARING
MAKES THE WORLD BRIGHT
STARTING WITH JUST ONE CANDLE
THAT’S THE POWER OF THE LIGHT' THE WORLD OF FOREVER
SEEMS SO OUT OF SIGHT
BUT ALL IT TAKES IS JUST ONE CANDLE
TO SEE THE POWER OF THE LIGHT
There’s a blind man who sees
Without the gift of sight
But he finds his way with certainty
In the power of the Light
There’s a rich man who’s sad
So he gives a poor man bread
And in turn he made the rich man happy
With the words of love he said
He cried
CARING AND SHARING
MAKES THE WORLD BRIGHT
STARTING WITH JUST ONE CANDLE
THAT’S THE POWER OF THE LIGHT' THE WORLD OF FOREVER
SEEMS SO OUT OF SIGHT
BUT ALL IT TAKES IS JUST ONE CANDLE
TO SEE THE POWER OF THE LIGHT
The pieces of the puzzle
Are the challenges we face
Angels come to help us
To reunite the human race
I’ll be there for you
And you’ll be there for me
It’s the secret of life inside of us
It’s the power…it’s the key
CARING AND SHARING
MAKES THE WORLD BRIGHT
STARTING WITH JUST ONE CANDLE
THAT’S THE POWER OF THE LIGHT’THE WORLD OF FOREVER
SEEMS SO OUT OF SIGHT
BUT ALL IT TAKES IS JUST ONE CANDLE
TO SEE THE POWER OF THE LIGHT
There’s a gentle voice inside you where the seeds of love are sewn
It’s the light that protects us; it’s the thread that binds us
To create the tapestry of life
To have faith in the unseen and to believe that all things are possible
With the power of the Light!
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