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SHAPELY BUDDHAS quadra blue u-shapes interwoven at the tips look: shapely Buddhas the four quadrants can represent the four directions and the four elements, the blue Buddhas adding mindful clarity for creative/imaginative wisdom...Buddhas are all interconnected...the directions and elements are in relationship, in harmony. stand in the center of a power spot in nature, a place you have visited many times (a power spot is simply a place where you feel an experiential give and take of energy from nature within your body). Ground yourself into the earth (feel the earth with bare feet), and imagine the energy from the sky and sun filling you with light and love, from the top of your head into and through the body, and out the feet into the ground...Look to the north and let your eyes lightly scan for each of the elements in turn (earth, air, fire, or water)...you may not find all of them...that's okay...connecting with even one element is a cause for rejoicing...turning clockwise, fac...

OWL WISDOM 4 owl creatures stare into your eyes with a glare receive the wisdom the owl is a symbol of wisdom in many children's fables and adult myths...here, there are not 1 but 4 owl creatures (they don't quite look like owls but rather owl-like in appearance), the 4th owl on the right edge is only partly visible, indicating that even owl wisdom has its limits, that we can't completely see into the future, that some wisdom rests in the sea of possibility, dependent on our free will choices. The 4 owls can also symbolize 4 types of wisdom...perhaps earth, air, fire, and water wisdom...of the body, mind, spirit, and emotions...each has something to teach us if we are ready and willing to learn. find a photo, image, painting, drawing, and/or figurine of an owl(s) that appeals to you...there are many types of owls, from the familiar barn owl to the white snow owl to the elf owl that makes it home in a cactus)...create a place for the owl where you will frequently notice it (...

HOT SPOTS the male and female laying next to each other 3 red hot spots flame some chemicals produce an explosion (gunpowder and a match), some meld together (water and food coloring), some don't mix well (oil and water)...similarly, male and female when combined can, as seen in the image, produce red hot spots that potentially flame...these hot spots can remain isolated or they can join...more broadly, within each of us, male and female energies arise, joining, fighting, or remain relatively independent, depending on how we attend and focus on them...ideally, the male and female energies combine, creating a new energy, birthing something that didn't exist before...this is the realm of creativity and imagination, and part of what makes life intriguing/exciting. bring your attention to your breath...breath in comfortably and slowly from the belly, and breathe out comfortably and slowly...breathing in we receive the air (the air in nature being the male penetrating us)...we being...

16 SPHERES 8 points at center 2 infinities criss-cross 16 spheres orbit 1, 2, 4, 8, 16...infinity 1 lazy 8 criss-crosses with another lazy 8, 2 infinites locked together at a star-like center that blackens as the pattern repeats and deepens...4 spheres lay in between the heads of the lazy 8's...other smaller spheres appear at the heads of the lazy 8's and in between the 4 spheres...totaling 16 major spheres...finally, many smaller spheres appear to outline the entire system. one day criss-crosses the next, repeating an infinite pattern of sun rising and setting...2 heads of the lazy 8 infinities emerge from the day's events, gradually dissipating into smaller spheres, dissolving into the universe...8 points at center are clues to their directional orbit. without a story, these numbers seem like nonsense...what could be the deeper meaning that needs to be translated into an application? take care what habits we create with our lives as these patterns point to the spheres of ...

BELLY OF HER BEING blue hands enfolding the belly of her being resting on her bum there are many kinds of postures one can adopt for meditation and prayer...here, she is anchored to the ground "resting on her bum" with hands enfolding the "belly of her being"...the belly is the center of the body," the hara in Japanese, the naval chakra in Hinduism, the physical center of gravity in the body. as a practice, consider laying the hands gently on the skin over the "belly of one's being" (one hand resting on the belly, the other hand on top, with the thumbs interlocking comfortably)...feel the pulse of the hands coming into alignment with the pulse of the belly...if the pulse of the hand in contact with the belly is not in sync with the pulse of the belly, it may take a couple of minutes for them to align...start with feeling the pulse in the middle of the hand in contact with the belly, then focus on the pulse of the belly, finally let the 2 pulses co...

TOTHEHEART getting to the heart is the direct path to enlightenment heart, hearts, and more hearts...how often do we attend to, tune in to, our heart, and the hearts of others?  attending to the heart reveals it's life giving beat that reverberates through our entire system, measurable on any part of the body...modern science shows that the heart has it's own neural cells like those of the brain--the heart is a second brain! it stores memories, produces its own neurotransmitters, sends messages to the brain, and is an organ of perception, including perceiving emotions and electromagnetic energies from all living things! what we could learn if we become still and listen to our hearts...take 1 minute and place your hand over your heart...breath slowly through your nose and FEEL...that's it...extend the time to 3, 5, or more minutes as you feel led...once you've developed your own heart love empathy, you can extend this empathy and love to the hearts of others--including p...

PINK AURA FIGURE pink aura figure hands outstretched...facing the world dancing her heart out pink aura, hands out, face world, dancing heart...there are many images in this haiku...all blending together within the pink aura of the subtle figure at center...naked, facing the world, dancing with all her heart, hands open to give and receive...positive, inspiring, confident, female. place your hands outstretched in front of you while imaging a colored aura surrounding your body (the aura doesn't have to be pink, any color that you resonate with will do)...now do a little dance, whatever your body feels like doing for a few seconds, a jig, a flowing ballet movement, a rock'n shaking down the bones, some hip hop moves...whatever you feel inspired to do...now check in with yourself...how does it feel...consider how else you might cultivate the sense of wide open, confident, heart felt dancing this week.

POPPING OUT spinning octagon popping out of its edges triangles...circles it isn't a far leap from octagon to octopus...have you ever seen a octopus spinning? or maybe felt one inside you...as it spins, the underside edges of its tentacles begin popping out, to expand, to suck, to affix...creating love triangles, three forces counterbalancing...some of these triangles evolve and transform into circles...an eternal dance... where does the eight armed creature reside within you? how are it's tentacles popping out of its edges...suction cups on the underside of the octopus arms? can you observe the triangles of energy reaching for something? do the triangles tip into a state of balance? do they eventually transform into a circular dance? lots of questions for contemplative reflection...  

VIBRATION inside cell membrane many shapes and processes constant vibration i see different aspects of a cell in the image, but it doesn't look like a typical cell in a biology text; however, the idea of different shapes (forms) and processes (function) apply not just to cells but to all of life, AND all of life is humming, in a constant state of vibration how about a little humming for fun...it's easy...close your lips, inhale through the nose, and on the exhale make a soft sound that vibrates in the nasal cavities...a hum...this is the hum of being...the hum of the universe! How does it feel? There is much more to the physiology and benefits of humming...see the book: The Humming Effect: Sound Healing for Health and Happiness by Goldman and Goldman. 

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...