February 2012
1 post
a poem about paradox
OPPOSITES
The minute I hear concrete I think abstract.
When I try to fill the page I see an empty one instead.
Color reminds me of black and white,
stillness cries movement
and order lends itself to chaos.
The seen lies hidden in the unseen.
What is unseen may finally be seen.
Life is a riddle
that only the wise and newborn
know the answer to.
For me…….
There is no answer.
Everytime I decide on...
January 2012
4 posts
winter of wellness
I am having the most wonderful time listening to http://theshiftnetwork.com They are offering, among many things, a free online seminar called the Winter of Wellness. Interesting and informed teachers speak for 45 minutes and then you can break into phone groups to talk. Today I was on the line with women from Vancouver, New Zealand and Vermont! It was a profound conversation about our...
Aloha from Kauai
Today I saw whales breaching
flinging their huge bodies out of the water,
and dolphins spinning through the air.
I saw dazzling green cliffs
eroding into the fingers of the Mother.
There are valleys where a being
could lose a lifetime.
I know that here I can rest my head
in the open hand of the Mother,
I am wrapped in Her presence
as she breathes in, then exhales.
Time- past and future...
Living Your Life in Service to Life
I hear the words: When you live in the Light of pure Love there is no Shadow, and I am bestowed with the understanding that as we ascend to or fall into more light, the obscuraties of our life fade away. The ego, once despairing and confused about all the difficulties going on in the world, is infused with this light of pure love and takes the hands of enlightened beings to begin new life, free...
2012
As we journey into more light remember to go to our center where our own light shines. May 2102 be the year of awakening. Blessings, Lisa
December 2011
2 posts
Solstice Moments
As we journey more deeply into longer nights, experiencing the absence of light as winter descends; we can find paradoxical contrast that at this darkest time we are preparing ourselves for the oncoming light. At the solstice we begin to turn away from the long night and enter into more light filled days. I, for one, begin to feel a lifting of spirit. I begin to shake off a mild depression that...
Earth’s Rest, by Lisa Barstow
In winter shadows come early
and the sun’s light disappears before creatures have laid down to rest.
Nocturnal animals have more time to hunt
and bear, in her cave, curls up to dream of spring.
Our Mother’s earth body breathes deeply,
giving way to stillness.
She has been dancing through
spring, summer and early fall.
Now past harvest she yearns for rest.
Curling...
November 2011
4 posts
Intuitive Navigation
I believe we are in a shift of time when we must listen to and be guided by our personal as well as collective intuitive body . We were made vividly aware by the terrorist attacks on 9/11, and since then the suffering of many in myriad ways, that our world is out of balance. Is our humanity being held inside a darkness and we must wake up to begin to move through to the center of Mother’s heart,...
Evolving Consciousness
Ten years ago I began writing about my childhood and two years ago I self
published a memoir that spanned my lifetime thus far. Sixty-four years of joys, sorrows, abandonment, betrayal, love, loyalty, faith, resentment, pettiness, courage….all the words that make up a life. As I kept writing I began to understand that I wasn’t just writing my story, I was writing about the human story. The...
Rumi quote on consciousness
“If you desire the self, get out of the self. Leave the shallow stream behind and flow into the river deep and wide. Don’t be an ox pulling the wheel of the plow, turn with the stars that wheel above you.” Rumi
Hello World!
Hi everyone! I want to share my new writing with you, so I have started this blog to do just that. I hope you enjoy what I post here and please feel free to comment and give feedback.
Blessings,
- Lisa