Haiku Ellipses...Invitation...Response...

HOPPING DOTS hopping from 1 dot to another in a chain cellular cascade it's hard to imagine that everything started with just one "dot"...from one dot...hop to another...then another...and another in a chain of dots that seems to go on and on until, looking back, we see a "cellular cascade." if a dot represents a day, and a chain of dots reveals our marking of weeks, months, years, and decades...only in looking back over a lifetime can we see the BIG pattern, the "cellular cascade" that was hidden in the individual dots of our life. what is it like hopping from dot to dot, from day to day...what is the feeling of the FLOW of life...do you feel a connection between the dotted days as they chain together over time...what might the imagery of a "cellular cascade" suggest?   are there practices that help you "hop" mindfully from one dot to another, from one day to another...things that nourish your mind, body, and spirit?  sleep is ofte...

S W I R L I N E S S bits of swirliness moving into the vortex of the heart of things Sometimes it feels like the bits and pieces of life are swirling around...during these times i often don't see the direction of the swirls...rather, it's a state of being called "swirliness"...lots of things/stuff just swimming in and around me...if i can drop into the energy and information of the swirliness, sometimes i feel the pull of a vortex, a direction tug...something at the heart of things...could this be the pull/push of the Divine? When do you feel the swirliness of life? Does it feel like it has a direction or purpose? Where is the heart of the swirliness? Is it possible to facilitate a directional movement of the swirliness or be aware of the general direction toward this place of the heart among the swirliness of life? Meditation? Prayer? Walkabout? Reading? Writing? Dialogue? Art? Music? Nature?

BALL OF LIGHT golden ball of light... loving, healing energy... penetrating ALL it may appear that there are rings of arrows pointing inward toward the yellow ball of light at the center of this image...alternatively, consider the "arrows" as wings of birds flying from the center to carry the yellow loving healing light to wherever it is needed...smaller balls of light accompany the outer ring of birds, symbolizing the light moving outwards, penetrating all. we all carry the Divine spark of light within us...it's up to us to allow this loving, healing light to radiate from our being, to accompany others on the journey that need light, to carry the light of ourselves to wherever it is needed, to let our light penetrate all... describe some of the many ways you share your light with others?

4 BIRDS begin triangles adding black circles and lines lo! there are 4 birds! starting from the middle triangles touching sides and meandering toward the outer rim with more triangles and a few black circles...surprised by the appearance of 4 birds...sometimes, in the thick of things, we don't know what the end result will look like...perhaps more trust in the process is needed...trust that something good will come of it... what are you presently in the "thick of," triangulating your way around, sometimes caught in the vortex of black circles...test out your situation by taking a step back and connect with your ever present witness...can you see the birds getting ready to fly?

XPLOSION dots are encircled  extending out from center in an Xplosion the dots appear to be moving out from the center...rewind in time and an explosion at center could be the reason for the dynamic movement of the dots outward from the center...each dot is encircled in a protective ring whose color is different from the center...all are moving with energy and purpose, moving out to who knows where... can you recall and explosive event in your life that set into motion a number of different "circles" of energy? there is no conscious way to manage all of these arising and rapidly moving circles...all we can do is witness and try to "go with the flow," managing the after effects as best we can...perhaps this is akin to some kinds of trauma which, according to Peter Levine in Waking the Tiger , can get stuck in our nervous system if not released, causing a number of repetitive cyclical and unhealthy symptoms until the body finds a way to release them in a safe place......