The Equalizer April 11, 2015

An equalizer can mean many things; sometimes it’s a reference to balancing things out, can be an instrument to make music sound better, ebb and flow in the sense that somedays are better than others or an interesting line in a movie that after some conversation sparks this post.

I’m blessed with some great things in my life and recently one of them has been to instruct and lead a meditation group at Anchored Social Club in Toronto.  This past Tuesday evening was another special evening shared with 7 great people.  During the discussion post-meditation, Ben Dussault, owner of the fitness club, presented the question of how to take the effects of the session into everyday living, like doing  “homework”.

PROGRESS NOT PERFECTION

Popcorn November 6, 2014

Light and fluffy

Fun filled

Not microwaved

But the

Homemade

Stove top

Kind

Tastes great

On its own,

With some

Spice

Or

Butter it up,

It’s much more

Satisfying

When shared

Together

Side by side,

Arm in arm.

I feel your pain November 4, 2014

Don’t ever

Tell me

‘I don’t understand’

This is not an

Attack,

At all,

Because right now

I feel ever, ever, ever

So small.

I have those days too,

Today indeed,

Where

You wish

You had the support

Of someone,

Not to dump on

Just being there,

Comforting you,

Maybe even

Holding you

As you cry,

When if feels

Like you’re so

Disenfranchised.

So confused,

You’re trying to

Do your best

And figure it out,

And it’s all so

Confusing,

And wonder why

It has to be like

That.

What’s going on?

Is there something wrong?

You fall to the floor

In a heap.

Heaving,

As you weep.

I feel you.

 

 

Renew November 1, 2014

I originally titled this Reset and because I’m particular with semantics on occasion (just another way of saying I can be anally retentive), I feel, after coming out of a meditation at 5:30am today (Nov 1, the original post was done Oct 30) that the word reset doesn’t do the process justice.

The Dark Knite Returns November 1, 2014

Back in 2000 (refer to the page on this site Dark Knite) I chose to face what I thought were my demons.  Perhaps some were dealt with but apparently not completely.  There seemed to be a perpetuation of inner sentiment that would not let go.  Well it’s dawning on me now…(pun fully intended) that my dark knite has returned but as the song goes “He will raise you up on eagle’s wings” ( a tune from my elementary Catholic school days) I’m taking flight out of the abyss, rising sun on the horizon.  It’s a process so I’m sure there will be more articulated in time, this particular passage, was written on Oct 22 of this year(2014).  Somewhere around the time of another solar eclipse that was in Scorpio…my birth sign.

I used to be afraid

Of the dark

Maybe because I

Was locked in

A basement,

Afraid

Of the unknown,

Put there by

Anger

As punishment,

Didn’t know how

To deal,

Frantic

To escape,

Fear

Devouring Me.

Your Journal October 31, 2014

Bon jour!

The root,

Jour,

of

Journal

and

Journey,

Derived

from

The French,

Which means

‘Day’.

Inscribe

What you think,

Feel

And want to say,

Contemplate,

Elevate,

Initiate.

Hug a Tree October 31, 2014

Update to this poem (which is also a repost)

This concept of tree is being expanded, this is the teaser to the updated version which is being crafted:

an all natural, nurturing, wisdom of the earth guide for us to breathe, a protector and partner, who takes care of us and we need to take care of them.

Where I grew up, I had the good fortune to have a creek nearby.  This valley had been a sanctuary to me for so many reasons, from timeless walks with the dog, to hours and hours of dry land conditioning for hockey, to countless journeys taken running in prep for cross country to just being nurtured by Mother Nature in contemplation.  After one of those walks, again, the inspiration was channeled from nature to paper.  This passage was written in Feb 1998.

 

Tree

Dancing Queen October 31, 2014

 

A partner

In this dance of life

A celebration of a

Celestial beat

Someone who is not

Afraid of having their

I don’t understand October 31, 2014

Apparently I don’t understand

U,

Who

Me?

Or

Is

It

Just

I?

Or is there

More than meets

The eye

And isn’t

What it seems?

R.i.P October 30, 2014

R.i.P

Today is interesting

Symbolic sight

Takes flight

Cardinal

Not sin

Bird of pray

Cloud formation

On my way

And already

There

Just flow

No need to force

The firewoman is ablaze

I know it’s coming

Not sure how

Montreal connection

1989

Matrix

All heading

In the same way

Eerie cry in the morning

Word of the day

A synchronous play

Of what?

Death

May not be

What I think

Time will tell

And trust me

I will say

More

Soon

For now

Open heart

Is an

Open mind

To receive

Deliverance