Jonathan Livingston Seagull

“They are saying in the Flock that if you are not the Son of the Great Gull Himself”, Fletcher told Jonathan one morning after Advanced Speed Practice, “then you are a thousand years ahead of your time.”
Jonathan sighed. The price of being misunderstood he thought. They call you devil or they call you god. “What do you think, Fletch? Are we ahead of our time?”
A long silence, “Well, this kind of flying has always been here to be learned by anyone who wanted to discover it; that’s got nothing to do with time. We’re ahead of the fashion, maybe. Ahead of the way that most gulls fly.”“That’s something,” Jonathan said, rolling to glide inverted for a while. “That’s not half as bad as being ahead of our time”.
Richard Bach
Jonathan Livingston Seagull

The Seagull Speaks Creative Commons Copyright

Monday, August 23, 2010

Equinox Diamond Grid Activation

March 22, 2010
There is energy and power here,
The energy to transform,
The grids are open to possibility,
The grids are alive,
To love and light.

The diamond grids are aligning themselves to Source,
And are pleased to be recognised.

The power centres are activated,
And the codes that were written long ago,
Have become alive again.

Their ancient secrets will be revealed,
For all of you to behold,
And the truth will be told,
Of your true identity,
As children of the stars,
And children of Earth,
A blend of the two.

Alive to possibility you dance on the sands of time,
Like the radiant sons and daughters you are.

Finally, all will be revealed...
Soon.....soon.

And we will be with you again,
Openly, obviously,
For all the world to see,
And many will cry and wonder why,
It has taken so long for us to return to you.

But you guardians will know,
You messengers will know the truth,
You will find the words to guide the others on,
Through time and space,
And their heads will spin on their shoulders,
As they stare at the sky.

The new times are here,
The new times are upon you,
And the past dies.

We will reveal ourselves to you,
And you will cry with joy,
As you watch our ships pass by,
A thousand-fold filling the sky.

Soon my children,
Soon all will be revealed,
Soon all will become clear,
To those of you who have been so patient,
To those of you have waited so long,
For these days to arrive.


 

Monday, August 9, 2010

Be Still

Be Still,
Enter the Silence,
Let love flow through your body.....
....Breathe....
....Be alive....

Take a step back from the crowd,
Move to the edge,
Move into stillness.

It will speak to you,
As you feel your spirit rise in waves,
Up and down your spine as you breathe...

In and out.....
In and out.....
Up and down.....
All around.

The waves spread,

Outward,
Inward.....

In many dimensions at once,
As the energy flows through your cells,
Rising within you,
Into your lungs,
Into your heart,
Filling with energy,
Filling with light.

And the healing begins,
There is a lightness of being,
Being alive within you again.

Friday, July 9, 2010

Letting Go and Non-Resistance: Lessons from Water and Trees!

I have been focusing a lot on not fighting things, but going with the flow and allowing the universe to do its work. I can now see the reality that our inner thoughts/focus of our intent/heart-based consciousness creates the reality around us...it is an amazing thing to see the way this happens...I had a few instances where in the past I would have got stressed, but this time stayed calm. For example, I needed to prepare something ahead for my summer student who had a microscope booking later in the afternoon, but I got busy with something else and couldn't do it then, but I didn't panic and, lo-and-behold, a spot appeared available later on because someone had cancelled, so we had more time to do what we had to do...other instances too....also had to carry out some very difficult timetabling with a colleague for a new course I'm running next year and, again, didn't panic, and the seemingly impossible conflicts in the schedule were resolved one by one as things simply fell into place and the timetable now works!


... I had been reading some stuff on 'right breathing' as well - breathing right down into the solar plexus chakra. Most people breathe in a very shallow way, at best stopping at the diaphragm - I had been focusing on deeper breathing and found that I had much more energy - bringing the prana/chi (Universal energy) into my body. I took some stroke-improvement swimming lessons this week. The synchronicity was with the swimming lessons, which were great and there was obviously quite a lot of focus on correct breathing and not fighting the water...this was perfect for the way things were developing for me on the inside in terms of my conscious focus on right breathing and letting go.


And a related event... I came to work today to find that a big old sycamore tree outside our building (I could see it from my office) was diseased and a branch had broken off in the wind. I felt quite sad about this - a lovely tree - they sawed it up and took it away, but they will plant a new one. I told a friend...she said:

"I guess the more conscious we are, the more we see. “Letting go/be non-resisting” in different contexts appears to be an important thing in life. Maybe the tree symbolizes this in a nice way…. don’t be afraid of letting go, don’t resist changes, welcome life and future experiences" ...beautiful and....

...  I was reminded again of Ecclesiastes Chapter 3 verse 1:

"To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:"

....and I guess, for a tree, a time to be planted and a time to die!



Saturday, June 19, 2010

The Round Room

The round room reels,
Your head spins with thoughts,
You groan in loneliness,
And confusion eats you,
In the dark,
You feel alone,
That no one cares.
        
The room has no walls,
All you see is darkness,
Storms in the night,
Rumblings of far away pain.
        
No way out,
No way forward,
No way back.
        
A whirlwind of swirling sparks appears,
Caught up in a windmill of despair,
Round and round your thoughts spin,
Like the round room,
Spinning around.

But listen!
In the distance,
From far off,
A voice in your head?
A whisper?
An echo?

The voice of the One you love,
The One who cares,
The One who loves you,
Guiding you,
Shining a light for you,
A spark is lit within you,
And finally you see.
        
The storm dies,
And the terror fades,
Only One voice you here,
Guiding you to the door.
        
Open the door and find peace,
On the other side,
Open the door and find Me.


Written late 1980s. Nowhere to hide in a round room...No corners... is my mind the round room? But there is hope....a faith that peace will come... awakening, enlightenment....joy...the deepest darkness is always before the dawn as they say.


 

Thursday, June 10, 2010

Release

I was running,
Through the country lanes I know so well
I looked up,
The rain had stopped,
I was soaked to the skin.


Then I lifted up my hands,
Raised my eyes to the sky,
And I felt it smile,
As if it had tested my love for it.


My eyes and ears ached,
And my nose streamed,
But I laughed,
Because I didn't care,
What the world would do to me,
Because it doesn't matter.

I distinctly remember translating the feelings I had at the end of a rune in the rain into this poem. A release, a realisation - I had gained a little more understanding in a sudden moment.... some tension had gone.

Monday, May 31, 2010

Drawn to the Beach

I was drawn to the beach this morning...sat cross-legged on the rocks facing East out to sea .....the sea a beautiful blue/green, waves caressing the beach in an hypnotic dance like breathing - the sea's breaths, the sounds of the pebbles being stirred up by the sea, the sky a perfect blue, the clouds were few and high and white, the wind changing direction subtly (felt it cool on my face), the clear pure air, a pleasure to breathe in and out and the warm sun was beaming down on me filling my soul with gladness! Beautiful. 
I came home to open an email from a friend ...she ended the email with the following:
"Smiling, just happy to live and experience another day!!"
I share her words with you.....
..YES!

Thursday, May 27, 2010

Look Around

Look around,
The sun is shining,
Everything is alive.

We live in a sacred arena,
Of divine purpose.