Imaginal Journal
Imagination is Medicine
The Journey by David Whyte
Above the mountains
the geese turn into
the light again
painting their
black silhouettes
on an open sky.
Sometimes everything
has to be
inscribed across
the heavens
so you can find
the one line
already written
inside you.
Sometimes it takes
a great sky
to find that
small, bright
and indescribable
wedge of freedom
in your own heart.
Sometimes with
the bones of the black
sticks left when the fire
has gone out
someone has written
something new
in the ashes of your life.
You are not leaving
even as the light fades quickly now
you are arriving.
*From the Book: House of Belonging, by David Whyte
The House of Belonging by David Whyte
I awoke
this morning
in the gold light
turning this way
and that
thinking for
a moment
it was one
day
like any other.
But
the veil had gone
from my
darkened heart
and
I thought
it must have been the quiet
candlelight
that filled my room,
it must have been
the first
easy rhythm
with which I breathed
myself to sleep,
it must have been
the prayer I said
speaking to the otherness
of the night.
And
I thought
this is the good day
you could
meet your love,
this is the black day
someone close
to you could die.
This is the day
you realize
how easily the thread
is broken
between this world
and the next
and I found myself
sitting up
in the quiet pathway
of light,
the tawny
close grained cedar
burning round
me like fire
and all the angels of this housely
heaven ascending
through the first
roof of light
the sun has made.
This is the bright home
in which I live,
this is where
I ask
my friends
to come,
this is where I want
to love all the things
it has taken me so long
to learn to love.
This is the temple
of my adult aloneness
and I belong
to that aloneness
as I belong to my life.
There is no house
like the house of belonging.
Horse Whisperings
Traveling through San Simeon, I was struck with the piercing beauty of a horse in a field. I was curious to know who is Simeon and a quick search on my smartphone quoted, "A sword will pierce through your own soul so that thoughts from many hearts may be revealed." Like an oracle, this vision made a prophetic impact.
Ready, Able by Grizzly Bear
I'm gonna take a stab at this
Sure you will be alright
Make a decision with a kiss
Baby I have false spite
And when I trek alone back home
I make sure that I trek in the snow
Would it fall?
Tissue and bones, it was a trick
This isn't a gunfight
Checking it off my list
Unable to rewrite
Five years cast once and far alone
Hope I'm ready, able to make my own
Goodbye
They go, we go, I want you to know what I did, I did
They go, we go, I want you to know what I did, I did
They go, we go, I want you to know what I did, I did
They go, we go, I want you to know what I did, I did
They go, we go, I want you to know what I did, I did
They go, we go, I want you to know what I did, I did
Songwriters: Christopher Bear / Edward Droste / Daniel Rossen / Christopher Michael Taylor
Ready, Able lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
Friends as Honey on the Heart
Dear Brave Souls:
Often both friends and enemies appear in one's life without direct causation by us.
It is far more amazing that a soulful person appears on our horizon line walking toward us, with such clarity, and without being directly summoned by us...
than that any person not seeing our worth --or their own true self's worth-- appears on the horizon, muddled of mind as though in a dust storm that blinds they themselves foremost-- also without being directly summoned by us...
It would appear from the aerial view, that both figures are 'part of life on Planet Earth'... both are often enough our 'learning edges'
...and/but that oddly, though wounded perhaps by one, we are healed so sweetly, sweet as miel, as honey over the heart, by the other.
For all who are the friend who is walking toward 'the friendless one'... I send great, great love and admiration...
-Carissa Pikola Estes Via Facebook
Hakomi Method
The Hakomi Method developed by Ron Kurtz and various collaborators is a body-centered experiential form of psychotherapy. Based on the principles such as mindfulness and non-violence, it is a very powerful and deep but gentle way of approaching and resolving core material.
Hakomi is a Hopi native word for "How do you stand in relation to these many realms?" A question that sparks so much curiosity and purpose for me.
I have personally experienced the potency of this method and the graceful support of this community. It is an honor to deepen into my own journey of embodying the method as it aligns with the body of work I offer.
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