My Spiritual Windows

Thanksgiving Magnolias In theSpring of 2002, my daughter lost a baby during the first trimester. On Mothers Day a very small Magnolia tree was planted in the year in honor of a little one they dubbed Joseph. The Magnolia resembled more of a Charlie Brown tree than a strong Magnolia. Less than four feet tall with a trunk you could wrap your fingers around. Propped up by four stakes to help strengthen a tiny little tree during the Spring and Summer scant leaves came to life on the few branches of the tree. A strong wind could have uprooted the time Magnolia, yet it stood as if defiant of the elements that year. The trunk carefully wrapped like a wound being healed. All three plus feet stood proud. When Fall came the little Magnolia let go of the few leaves which had rested on the branches, now barren and small the little tree was well braced for the cold winter ahead. Each day I would look out the kitchen window and find the assurance the mighty little Magnolia still stood. With...

   Sitting on my deck this morning, I was thinking about a movie I watched last night on Netflix titled The Last Keepers. A movie regardless of your belief system, perceptions, openness, bigotry, or possibly just a stretch of your imagination has something to offer any viewer. Togetherness as one energy, undivided by segregation or the thought of impossibilities. Just the opening to soul nerve to appreciate each for who they are. As I looked at the huge old tree in the woods, a cardinal, blue jay, dove, sparrow, and small hummingbird all gathered in this tree on a winter day from parts unknown. For each to gather at a time inconsistent with the elements as one, I saw God today. If my mind had been rushing or not in the time, space and place I was the scene would not have become part of who I am. When I wrote Moniko, from word to word I did not have the foresight to see the end of each parable. Yet, death or dying and being reborn were not a perception, which developed. When t...

Energy across our planet on the smallest of scales of comparison has taken a shift over many of the last months of 2013. Everyone knows of the phrase "like attracts like" and on some level understands the depth of the words. Like attracting like on all three levels of the conscious/unconscious and supra-conscious are being blended in removing lines/labels of separation. Like is attracting like as one, whether conscious/unconscious or supra-conscious. Many feel this shift in higher anxiety levels, frustration and feeling mood swings of those who they come in contact with. From an earlier understanding of like attracts like, at the same time are declaring "this is not me!" Oh, though on some level – the like being attracted is very much each of us. Whether, clearly conscious and aware of, or the like or parallel on a deeper soul level looking for resolution and clarity of a thought process. Contentment which had satisfied days of their lives – now for many is finding...