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

TRI-PYRA-STAR 3 sounds, triangle 3 triangles, pyramid 3 pyramids, star the sounds of 3 lines when intersected and structured with equal inner angles creates a triangle...connecting 3 triangles intersecting and overlapping with equal smaller triangles at their tips create a pyramid...connecting 3 overlapping pyramids creates a 3 dimensional star which, according to Steven Greer, can be used as a thought vehicle for travel between dimensions....the star is known as Merkaba or Merkabah, the chariot of inter-dimensional travel.  google Merkaba, and in the mind's eye (after invoking whatever protection you might feel is needed), enter the 3 dimensional star image to see where it takes you for a few minutes...what was your experience like?  

R A I N B O W layers on layers from darkness to brighter light we are the rainbow starting with black as the foundation, building to yellow at the opposite end, the gradient of colors reflects what is within and between us...indeed, we all are the rainbow, metaphorically and literally.  colors stimulate responses in our mind, body, and spirit...this is part biological, part cultural, and part personality...no matter...there are connections between color and us, especially color and emotions. using the rainbow of colors below, consider (ideally meditate) each color in turn...feel into the body for what the color activates...reflect on the symbolic meaning of the color for you...what colors feel best, happiest, joyful...consciously bring more of those colors into your life through clothes, adornments, art, and objects from the natural world.

CLUSTERS clusters of circles seemingly unrelated add lines; a network tri-colored circles might represent three layers of different issues in our lives...as we handle them one after another, they may seem unrelated...but, as we move from one to the other, we  create lines connecting them...if we pause, pan back, we may perceive the network of relationships. from time to time, step back from the activities of the day, see a bigger canvas, the bird's eye view...from this more magnanimous perspective, what do you see...are there places on the canvas that look too crowded? other places that need to be filled in? what else do you notice...?

TEPEE REVEALS the tepee reveals the feminine principle letting in the sun For some of the indigenous people of North America, according to Russel Means in his book, If You've Forgotten the Names of Clouds, You've Lost Your Way: An Introduction to Native American Thought and Philosophy, the tepee represents the feminine principle. The branches, her body, the opening to the tepee is the opening to her gate of life, letting in the sun, and letting excess energy rise as smoke...many life lessons. Looks for ways to open your bodily tepee to the divine sun today...let more light and energy into your life, take it, receive it, and really be thrilled with the mysterious ability of your tepee to transform all that is into life energy for your health and well being. 

YIN & YANG yang rises upward to meet the yin descending  together they shine! the benza quality of the diamond thunderbolt of yang rising is apparent at the bottom of the figure while the receptive quality of yin descending is ready to receive...eventually the seed of yang meets the egg of yin and a flash of bright light signals the beginning of new life...all three shine for an instant! this image is a metaphor for much of life...there are our intentions, efforts, plans, attempts to manifest, learn, heal, orchestrate some experience, reaching out, AND there is the reception of these efforts by others, nature, and the divine feminine...sometimes we are invited in, given support, accepted, nurtured in our efforts, and our plans come to fruition....i note that in Hinduism, these symbols are often depicted as yoni representing the female genitals and Shakti, and lingam representing the male genitals and Shiva. look for opportunities where the divine feminine is inviting you in, ...

THROUGHLY FEMALE shaped like a tear drop folded layers leading in throughly female the layers of tear dropped colors, encircling each other, enfolded, leading in, surrounded by curly green swirls and toped by a single red tear drop is "throughly female"--how wonderous and beautiful, so many layers of meaning and emotion within. what kinds of emotions come to mind as you contemplate the tear dropped shapes of folded layers that lead in? what kinds of folded layers are leading you into life? into what are you being invited and lead into? what will happen when you follow this leading? what is the ultimate destination? what do you hope to experience and learn? 

GENTLY TOUCHING among the colored shapes gently touching edges there is harmony beginning at the center with a square and lines running through it to form triangles which morphed into a larger square and more polygonish figures, followed by an array of colors...i had no idea where this was going, and in the end, looking at the whole, it seems the edges are gently touching each other, producing a feeling of harmony. perhaps in our everyday activities, the individual things we do seem isolated, but in looking back over a stretch of time during the day, we may find that the activities are gently touching, yielding a harmonious whole, a complete day. one way we can practice looking for harmony among the many activities of our lives is at the end of the day, briefly reviewing the events of the day, perhaps finding synchronicities that we may not have not noticed had we not taken the time to reflect on our many lines running through the squares of life.

PINE BARK brown, olive, and orange snaking and intertwining fall bark of pine tree seen with the eyes of contemplation, many things emerge from fall pine bark...the colors, the pattern of intertwining scales of bark, and the snaking idea came to me after seeing a black rat snake methodically slither up the bark of a pine tree...there is also the rough feel of the bark, the scent of the pine in the air around the bark, and the associations one makes with the colors: brown earth, olive leaves, orange sunset... ONE MOMENT...that's all it takes for reality to morph into a host of many splendid things...look with soft eyes and let go...see what emerges...try with things in the natural world.

ETERNAL LIFE orbs of color bright connected with triangles king's (queen's) sarcophagus reminded of the Egyptian sarcophagus holding the pharoah's body, but this image displays the colors bright like chakras along the front of the body and fanning out to the sides...dead yet in some sense still alive with light, color, energy, and information. we are invited to contemplate our own death, our resting place...the finitude of life in this realm AND the light, color, energy, and information that we carry now and beyond our physical death, the eternal part of us...how might we cultivate the eternal aspects of our being during our present life on earth? perhaps the practices of meditation, prayer, silence, stillness, and contemplation offer clues...

  CHRISTMAS EVE gold and silver stars formed with pairs of triangles  meet at the window gold and silver are Christmas colors in the United States during December...stars are often associated with the Christ's birth in the nativity stories of the Christian gospels...triangular pairs that form the six sided stars symbolize the star of David in the Hebrew scriptures...all come together when looking with child-like wonder through the window of our soul. when you look up at the night sky, can you still see stars? if so, do they twinkle? can you find without your heart the child-like faith to "wish upon a star"? why not make a wish this very night, upon your star in the night sky...be bold, courageous, brave, and dare to wish for your heart's desire...may it be so...AMEN!