Posted by Stan Stewart (Sawyer) on March 22, 2011 under Stan Stewart | 
The local church chimes ring out nine PM.
It’s as if they are ushering in an ending,
Though I usually don’t go to bed until eleven.
For reasons known and unknown to me,
Today has filled me to the brim. I can
Take no more so far as I can tell.
I am happy. I am sad. I am worn out.
I guess it’s a “good” worn out and so
I celebrate with dram of single malt.
Perhaps I should wish something for
Tomorrow. Perhaps I should plan for
Monday and the influx of tasks that
I anticipate. More yet, perhaps it is
Enough to simply say that for this
Moment, I am tired. “Good” tired.
I’ve expended what could be expended
For today. Tomorrow will care for
Itself, tomorrow. I cannot make it
Arrive more quickly or more slowly
By planning or wishful thinking or
Making up stories in my head about
How it will be. No. The chimes are
My sentinel of time. Ringing in the
Truth that I am done for today.
~ by Stan Stewart
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Posted by Stan Stewart (Sawyer) on March 21, 2011 under Stan Stewart |
“Change, please.”
We don’t really have to ask for it.
We’re changing all the time.
Each moment, cells are morphing
From what they were into what
They will be.
It’s astronomical to consider the
Length, depth and breadth of the change.
By this time next week, everything in you will
Be new.
~ by Stan Stewart
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Posted by Susan Bradford on March 17, 2011 under Susan Bradford |
For the past few days, I have been glued to the news, watching as the situation in Japan continues to unfold and to be even more troubling than we at first thought. An earthquake/tsunami of this magnitude is a rare thing, but when compounded by the threat of radiation exposure from the nuclear plants, it becomes even more overwhelming. It’s almost too big to begin to comprehend.
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I’ve been getting calls and emails from various Reiki friends, healers, teachers, and writers about sending light and energy to the people and to the land of Japan. Many wise and powerful messages are out there. But I still want to add my voice to theirs.
Please send Reiki light and energy to Japan in the coming days and weeks. Please do not stop when the news media goes on to cover something else. They will need our love for a very long time.
But also please remember that when something this huge happens on our tiny planet, we are all affected. When the Earth goes through so much upheaval at once, it touches each and every one of us. We are feeling it emotionally as our hearts open up to all the people in Japan who are suffering such great losses. Some of us may be feeling it physically as well. This may manifest as low energy, exhaustion, nausea, dizziness, etc. It’s possible to be affected mentally as well. Some of us may be feeling mental strain or having trouble concentrating.
Yesterday, I sat down to send Reiki and felt a combination of all of the above sweep over me. I could feel the energy coming in waves across the ocean directly to the West coast. I had to stop, regroup, and give myself Reiki first before going on.
So this is the message. If you are feeling especially tired or sad, that is perfectly natural. Watch your own physical and emotional state in the next few days. Listen to your body, your mind and your heart. Keep your own vessel pure and open, and give yourself lots of Reiki. From that place of strength, know that you can make a difference. Surround yourself with light. Feel safe and protected. And then…send tons of Reiki energy to Japan.
Big things (natural and man-made) are beginning to happen more frequently and with greater intensity. It is a challenge to watch it and feel it all thoroughly, and not to succumb to pessimism or fear.
There is much healing to be done. But now…just for today…Japan….
With much love and light, Susan
Posted by Stan Stewart (Sawyer) on March 16, 2011 under Stan Stewart |
When the mouth opens
And partakes of the air about it,
Anticipation fills the void.
For in the song, there is no
Emptiness.
It is full:
Of you, of itself, of the world.
This song, each song,
Sung by the new singer.
For temerarious muscle
Must move and connective
Tissue alongside vocal organs
Will tremble with the sounds
This body is evoking.
“I am me.” The song cries.
It does not matter what literal
Words are uttered. This is the
Real song.
“I am my own self and I claim
This breath, this air, this soundwave,
This energetic moment as
A true expression of me.”
Even the humming, the wordless song recites
This mantra.
Then, as the sound of the song
Abates, the impassioned and
Invigorated self knows the empowerment
Of “I am” and the singer
Soon enough
Longs to repeat the act
Of singing
Once again.
~ by Stan Stewart
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Posted by Stan Stewart (Sawyer) on March 14, 2011 under Stan Stewart |
Siblings all:
We make silent agreements not to breathe each other’s air
Or steal the ground where another’s feet already rest.
And though some will count these agreements as somehow noble,
It is time to break the silence and care for each other in ways far
Beyond these most essential requirements.
If each one is my sister and my brother, then family I shall make
You and treat you with the deep respect you deserve.
Break the silence of secrets and befriend your siblings. All.
~ by Stan Stewart
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