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

HEART CENTER at the heart center angels are waiting for us to ask them for help when we tune in to the heart center of our physical body, there are energies, forces, beings, and light waiting for us to ask for assistance...in this image, the semicircles surrounding the center of the heart give the heart angel wings, reminding us that our guardian angel is ever present in our heart, ever ready to help us...all we need do is ask. practice: ask your guardian ang el to assist you with some challenge/issue/decision you are presently engaged with...ask for a sign, some concrete "thing" that will serve as a pointer to information that will help you cope with your situation...expect to receive the sign today, or in the next few days.

CONSTELLATION asteriks' or stars all are interconnected a constellation for most situations/things, there's more than one way to look/perceive them, and when stepping back into a more holistic view, one can often can see interconnections, a constellation. consider a current decision/problem you are dealing with...can you identify/see/perceive most of the parts...step back from the individual parts into a more holistic-observer view, let an overall concept/idea/image emerge from the interconnections...like when you soften your eyes to view a "magic eye" image (search for "magic eye" to see a variety of images and/or generate your own), bringing order to chaos by allowing the image to emerge.

LOVE , LIGHT , & ENERGY love, light, energy moving at the speed of light fills all creation i use the phrase love, light, and energy in mediation/prayer every morning, sending it out to all beings/creation...it moves at the speed of light in every direction...it permeates all things/beings...it is supremely divine try it for yourself...some version of the following: connect to the heart and breath, e.g., place one or both hands over the heart and breathe in love with the first breath, light with the second, and energy with the third...then send forth that love, life, and energy from your heart into all of creation at the speed of light, in every direction, infinitely...how does it feel to be the channel of love, light, and energy?  

 CHAKRA chakras are swirling each with their own unique spin unification the system of chakra energy vortexes swirling, pulsating, taking in and giving out energy in our bodies is an ancient one that science is only beginning to empirically validate...each chakra has its own color, shape, type of energy, flow...each part of a greater system of energies that ideally unify and integrate to maximize our well-being practice: tune in (meditate and feel) to the colors and shapes of the chakras in yo ur own body from the root between the legs to the top of the head at the crown...label the health of each on a scale of 0-10, and for the weakest one(s), what could you do today, some simple 5 minute or less practice, to strengthen the chakra (e.g., a very simple practice is to intentionally send love to the chakra--notice how it responds, perhaps with a pulsing, warmth, tingle, glow...)

IGNITED ignited in black comes the multi colored rays reaching toward the light some religious/spiritual traditions suggest that everything finds it orgin in the black void of limitless possibilities, that our consciousness and intentionality bring things into being from this place...in the image below, the black void is depicted at center with rays of consciousness/intentionality calling forth light of multi colors...all happening at the speed of light in infinite directions...mindblowing possibilities! practice...in meditation, sitting comfortably, breathing easy, letting all thoughts/feelings/sensations float by like clouds across the blue sky...coming to a place of quiet blackness/darkness/peace...eventually, some THING emerges from this place...what is that for you...what does it symbolize...what is the message for your life in the here and now...what is it calling you to DO...how can you honor the call by taking one small step in that direction...  

COLORS shapes alternating look 2 circle then 2 square mind controls colors the alternating shapes in the image below create a hypnotic pattern, and when the mind thinks about 1 of the 6 colors, the circle and square representing that color come into focus, thus the mind controls the color we see. there is a host of information on the internet about a phenomenon called "manifesting"...what if all we need is already here, in the field, we just don't "see it" until we bring our attention to it by thinking, pondering, meditating on it...then our awareness finds the thing we are looking for! ask for a simple 1-word sign about something you want to know...leave it open-ended as far how it will manifest as an object, where it will manifest, and when it will manifest...then let go of the intention to manifest the sign...see if the sign shows up somewhere in the next few days...an actual object, a topic of conversation, in a music video, in nature, in a book or magazine,...

INNER 2 OUTER inner 2 outer ovular rings that vibrate come inside of me from our inner core we vibrate outwards in ever expanding rings that move at the speed of light towards infinity! the obvious sexual metaphor suggests ovular rings vibrating from a female core, inviting a male vibrating core to "come inside of me"...the tug, pull, push, and rapture of natural desires and needs. what is vibrating at your inner core...who/what might this inner core be calling/moving toward or inviting in...what can you do to align with your inner vibrating core in the next 5 minutes?

SPIRALING spiraling outward in ever greater circles smiling entities when water drains in sinks, tubs, and wells, it spirals counterclockwise toward the earth...in this image, multiple spirals start at the center and move outward, eventually coming into the fullness of smiling entities. Richard Bandler, in his version of neuro linguistic programming, describes a technique of spiraling one's index finger, either clockwise or counterclockwise, to increase/decrease the intensity of an emotion or of energy in a specific area of the body...try it for yourself...when happy (like the smiling entities in the image), see if you can increase the intensity of the feeling of happiness by spinning the index finger of your dominant hand clockwise/counterclockwise (one direction will increase the energy, the other direction will decrease the energy)...you can also experiment with increasing the energy by spinning your finger faster and/or in larger circles (or for negative emotions, to spin slowe...

COL ORED BA LLS  colored balls spinning  inward, outward, with each breath wheels of chakras for our entire lives, we breath,...in and out...about 6-12 times a minute, depending on our circumstances and mind-body connection...ancient wisdom suggests that chakras are energy vortexes that spin throughout our bodies...here the chakras are depicted as colored balls...continuously changing, adjusting, balancing...our breath can assist or crack this healthy balancing of energies. practice: note how you're feeling on a scale of 0-10, with 10 being a state of optimal well-being...then observe yourself while taking 3 conscious breaths seated or standing comfortably with eyes closed...inhale to whatever count feels comfortable and exhale about twice as long...check in with yourself at the end of the 3 breath cycle...re-evaluate on the 0-10 well being scale...compare this number with the first number...did the conscious breathing nudge you in the direction of well-being (a higher number...

10 SHADES 10 shades of color bluish greenish zigzagging a door...a portal one color covers the canvas, followed by another, and another, until there are 10 shades of color in all, overlapping, blending, integrating...unknown to me until the end of the sketching appeared a door...eventually we will step through the portal into another world. as we live each decade of our lives, we can think of them as colors, marking the places, peoples, ideas, and things with our energy, our particular shade of color...these shades overlap with each decade, combining to eventually form (unknown to us in the living of each decade) a doorway, a portal that at death, we transition through to another world/dimension/state of being. i did not start out intentionally trying to create a doorway, yet it came to be in time through the shading of different overlapping colors, in the living of a life...what colors are you drawn to, what kind of life are you creating, is there a doorway/portal to "something e...

DANCING BALL OF LIGHT let us be dancing connected to the great ball love, light, energy for part of my morning prayer, i envision my feet in the sand at the edge of the shores of the Chesapeake Bay, holding hands with my family/tribe...all of us dancing, singing, connected to the great ball of love, light, and energy at sunrise, in a safe space outdoors, connect bare feet to the earth and imagine, with your hands outstretched at both sides, holding hands with those you love...visualize your family/tribe dancing on the great ball of the earth invigorated with sunlight...sing up the sun...feel the love and light in each other and all around.

SPHERES amid the gold spheres a pattern reveals itself support...compassion the gold spheres form a linear trajectory from the lower left of the image below to the upper right, growing in size with each iteration forward in time...the spheres are supported from above and below by other colored spheres...holding a trajectory with compassion who supports your life trajectory with compassion (empathy and action)? who's life trajectory can you support with compassion? focus on one person, and one small act of compassion that takes less than 5 mins. to complete...act within the next hour if you can, for sure within the next 24 hours...how do you feel...how did they feel...perhaps this could be the beginning of a virtuous trajectory...  

JUXTAPOSITION juxtaposition squares, circles, and triangles somehow it all fits all of the parts of our lives are in relation to one another...juxtaposed, in ever changing system states of juxtaposition...of all shapes, sizes, textures, colors, smells...and remarkably, somehow all the parts fit together into this thing called life. what are the most important "parts" of your life...how do they fit in relation to one another..what is your current system state of juxtaposition...if part of your system state is not the way you would like it to be, then choose one small act of 5 mins or less that could nudge you closer to the system state you would like to be in, and complete the act within the next hour.

2B1 the 2 become 1 touch, penetrate, and receive sperm meets egg the basis of continued human life in every generation is a story beginnig with touch...sperm penetrating and egg receiving...a magic spark and new human life begins its evolutionary course/destiny/purpose...this basic process is a metaphor for many things in life, e.g., two ideas meeting and a third new idea is born... practices:  1.give thanks to your biological mother and father for the gift of life that is YOU!  2.take any two ideas and play with putting them together in different ways...does any new creation evolve from the juxtapositions?  

TREEHUMAN rooted in the ground up through the solar plexus divine blossoms grow the tree provides rich symbolic meaning for our humanity as it (and we) reaches down, rooted in mother earth, bringing up the nutrients we need to live and sharing nutrients with nearby plants through the mycelia, and simultaneously reaching up, toward father sky, extending out to all beings branches and leaves with divine blossoms of love. find a tree near the place you live and spend some time in contact with the tree...introduce yourself, and if you feel comfortable, hug the tree or just place an open palm against its trunk, wait, feel, listen...what tree wisdom is there for cultivating your divine blossoms to share with the world?                                        

S O N G Listening 2 the self, others, nature, and God the whole SONG of Life SONG is an acronym in the phrase, "The SONG of Life" which references the longer phrase, "listening to the SONG of life." In the SONG acronym, S stands for SELF, O represents OTHERS (primarily other human beings), N signifies NATURE (the natural world other than humans), and G is GOD/GODDRESS, or more broadly the DIVINE (the highest ideal we can conceive of). These 4 contexts comprise much of the life/energy systems that we live and interact with.  For practice, find a time/place of relative quiet, preferable outside in the natural world, where you can tune/listen to each of the 4 SONG contexts for 1-3 minutes each, perhaps recording something in a journal (a word, phrase, image, idea) for each part of the SONG. Try this at least 3x in one week, and allow for a final meditation to integrate/synthesize everything you noticed/learned...what message(s) are trying to break through for you...wha...

SYMBOLIC CAPTURE searching 4 a sign self, others, nature, divine symbolic capture playing around with symbols to capture the "SONG of Life" sign that includes the contexts of self, others, nature, and the divine...the searching involves many attempts but none that integrate all 4 signs in an obvious and meaningful way...how does one symbolize self? others? nature? divine? and how does one integrate all 4 while retaining the identies of each in a way that would be obvious at a glance? each of us has some awareness of self, others, nature, and the divine (your highest ideal, value, ethic)...how do you symbolize each of these 4 areas of your life...can you connect all 4 together in a meaningful way...can you perform the "symbolic capture"?

MOON GODDESS elements gather round your waxing and waning triple moon Goddess all of the elements, earth, air, fire, and water, are within and outside of us, ever gathering, integrating, relating, in a process of waxing and waning, culminating in the once a month apex of the triple moon Goddess. do you feel in touch with the inner and outer processes of earth, air, fire, and water in your life...can you feel each of them building, waxing, peaking, and then waning in a cyclical fashion...what messages might the elementals have for you...as a practice, follow the moon cycles...contemplate the full moon...where do you feel full in your body-mind-spirit, where do you feel waning, how can you cultivate a merging of peak waxing at the time of the full moon, and a letting go, surrendering to the inevitable waning?

STAR starting at the star intent upon the end points...and... enjoy the process! we all start out as a "star being" from the stars of our mother and father, and all the star ancestors that preceded them....as we develop/evolve/grow we test out, envision, and pursue a variety of squiggly paths, sometimes intent upon "getting to the end"...yes, we need direction and purpose, but let us not loose sight of who we are becoming in the process of traveling the paths. practice...what are the main lines of intent in your life...consider body, mind, and spirit...what is the "end game" for each of these lines of intent...write one sentence on how you can ENJOY the PROCESS of moving toward that end point for each of these areas.

BIRDS  meeting of the 4 at the circle square table 4 bird-like creatures is there a table that you meet up with family and friends, a favorite square or circular shaped place where you can all see each other, eat a meal, talk about your day, your dreams, plans...what can we learn from the 4 birds around the table, each a different color, each focused on the table and each other, each bringing something to the table...can we do the same? call the circle of family and/or friends  together, and meet at a table for a meal that you all prepare and enjoy--include a dish or drink that each person enjoys...ask about their dreams in life and how you can support each other...create a plan to act on these ideas so that you can give wings to each others dreams like a bird in flight.