2016 Election

The RNC is over the DNC is winding down and the inevitable has happened; we the public have been left with no real choice; Trump the lump and Hillary the shillary.  Both candidates frighten me; the shillary much less so than the lump.

    

In moments of crisis and tragedy we are challenged to change, to grow, and to surrender.  Surrender does not mean to give up but to adapt to the circumstances that we are facing and implement new ways of dealing with the changes that we encounter. 

In the upcoming election I believe that even though we may not have a real choice in our presidential candidates and that the primaries, the Electoral College, and the addition of “super delegates” are rigged and part of the illusion that the USA is a democracy we still hold the power within ourselves to change.  The practice of meditation, of right thought, right action, and mindfulness can create a change in the consciousness that will affect our world for the better.   

This change occurs by the ripple effect.  As we practice we lift our own consciousness.  As we do this our inner perception as well as our outer awareness changes.  We become centered in love and compassionate action and we then view life events from a 360 degree perspective.  There is no right or wrong there is only the best way. 

We do not condone wrong action; we stand for and practice right action. In doing this we are responsible for our actions, we stand against the exploitation of others while we maintain right thinking and right action through how we chose to live.  This is how we will make lasting change for ourselves and for generations to come.  

This election I will do something I have never done before.  I am voting a straight Democratic ticket; not for the people but for the party which I feel will be more representative of values I hold.  It is not a vote of my choice but a vote for the lesser of two evils; not a good way to vote but the only choice I am given.  In the meantime follow my posts about the power of meditation, mindfulness, right action, and creating a groundswell of change from the roots up.  In the end this is the only way we can effectively create change; we must change our consciousness. When we are left with poor choice it is time to learn how to create a different and better way of being.

Meeting The Muse while composing a poem

 

Stillness leads us to the temple within.  Poetry can lead there also.  A well crafted poem takes us out of the world while it also puts us totally into it.  The poem gives distance and involvement at the same time; we become the witness to life’s process.

A Rainy Day
I’m taking this rainy day off
Quiet as a feather floating lazily to the ground
Though I barely move I travel a great distance
In the thundering stillness
The temple door opens

 

In this poem I step out of my daily routine and become still.  In that stillness I barely move and quiet as a feather float lazily to the ground.  In the thundering stillness the temple doors within open and I am invited to explore…

For Five Days This Summer

A challenge: write a poem each day for five days. 

 

Amazing Grace
He sings out
Proclaiming the grace
Of those fallen
To shooters’ bullets
Will we stand
With those who
Have gone before
Does every life
Matter???
PSG

6/27/15

Roots
My Roots run deep
A linage traced
To strong women
The men who
Loved them
The children
Conceived by them
The thread passes
From my ancestors
Through me
To my sons
I trace this past
I cannot see
The future
PSG
6/28/15

Untruth
Culture tells us
Lies
Teaches us
Conformity for
The sake
Of acceptance
Lies to us
About beauty
Who we think
We are
Rather than
Being ourselves
We strive to
Reflect cultures
Illusions
Perceptions
Of non-truths
PSG

6/29/15 

Silence
Is difficult, arduous
It pulls us inward
To explore the landscape
Of our inner being
It takes us close
To our demons
As we sit down with them
And invite them to tea
We learn
It is not the mountain
We conquer
But ourselves
Silence invites us
To do this
PSG
6/30/15

Paradox
When our practice
Changes focus from
What we think
We want
To allowing life to
Live itself
We lean into
A most ingenious
Paradox
Of Transformation
We relax into
Open awareness of
One perfect moment
After another
PSG
7/1/15