Random Acts of Truth and Beauty

Everything time produced
Evolves through progress
Ends, that’s promised

Entertain the possibilities
Explore this playground
Express true purpose

Energy turns planets
Engage the power
Embrace the potential

Enjoy the process
Evolution’s the point
Eternal Truth prevails

Evolving transcendent people
Erase the past
Entertain true perspective

Embrace the present
Enliven the Presence
Ever-new triumphant play

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Entertaining this person
Examining the pulse
Expanding the possibilities

I snapped this shot the night of the Virgo Lunar Eclipse, through the trees lining my street, last Wednesday night. The time leading up to the eclipse felt like a big energetic balloon being blown up, the pressure and tension growing to undeniable proportions until at last the bubble popped and those around me seemed to break free of their moorings. Tables turned, opinions changed, I experienced my own perspective suddenly shift on things I hadn’t previously been aware were bothering me.

Such is the gift of full moons. They shine a beacon in the darkness awakening us to all manner of things we’d otherwise be oblivious to. On those couple of nights each month when the moon is full we are given an opening through which to gain insight into what we really feel. We are naturally more attuned during full moons to the emotional guidance system in each of us that is always on but that most of us have been taught to disregard because it is inconvenient, makes us uncomfortable or might be something we’ve learned others don’t want to be bothered with.

When I was growing up I was told repeatedly that I was too sensitive. As if I could control how much or little I felt and experienced. As an adult I have come to realize that it is just this sensitivity that allows me to know what I know, first hand, and to do what I do best. Rather than my sensitivity being a burden, a flaw or a curse, as I saw it when I was younger, I now realize it is a great gift for anyone who wants to experience what it is to truly be alive.

I believe we all have these gifted parts of ourselves that we are either misunderstood or unaccepted by those around us, that are not only part of what makes us unique, they contribute to the genius we each are born with. Only by recognizing and realizing who we really are can we share the gifts that no one else can offer.

When the moon is full we have greater access, by way of increased sensitivity, to the deeper parts of ourselves that hold the keys to knowing exactly who we are and what we are here for.

For one month out of the year, Winston has a tree. Right after Thanksgiving we go out and buy the freshest, prettiest tree we can find and bring it home to place in front of the window where we’ll see it first thing when we walk into the house.

Winston has always been an indoor kitty. Aside from the balcony of our condo he doesn’t go outside and so has missed out on the simple pleasures a tree can bring. Each year when our new Christmas tree arrives he trots into the living room to inspect this unusual addition to the house, sniffing the lower branches and thoroughly checking out the base. Once the water goes into the tree stand he is in kitty heaven, lapping up this tasty delight and completely neglecting his own bowl of fresh water. There’s something about the novelty of tree water that he just can’t resist.

Trees also provide a most excellent hiding place for one who is fond of pretending he is invisible. Gazing at his people, unnoticed, through the cover of branches is especially satisfying to our sweet, silky-furred gray and white stripped friend with his predilection for stealth activities.

Winston makes the most of his Christmas tree for the four weeks of the year he has it. Of all the gifts that have ever been under our trees none has come anywhere close to bringing the joy and wonder we always find in sharing our lives with Winston, who continues to delight us with his presence not only at Christmas but every day of the year.

Words I aspire to live by…

Cultivate joy.
Act on inspiration.
Dance to my own tune.
Sing the song only I know.
Shine my light clear and bright.
Bask in the beauty that calls my name.
Recognize grace, my faithful companion.
Speak the truth of my heart to all who will hear.
Express the Presence I  AM in everything I do.
Choose well; each choice creates a step on my journey.
Attune to love and wisdom for guidance on my way.
Live full-out as the Creator I was born to be.
Entertain all the glorious possibilities.
Act on that which inspires me.
Celebrate my creations.
Aim high and live well.
Always choose joy.

Jodi Flesberg Lilly 12-12-2007

It was high noon but from the looks of the sky it could easily have been nightfall. Lake Tahoe, surrounded as it is by mountains, has its own unique weather. Storms blow in without warning after a clear, blue-skied morning. The time in-between, though, seemed to stand still and tranquility reigned supreme. Light reflected on the rolling water, a sign of hope and promise–as if heaven were signaling a reminder that Mother Nature is merely clearing the air and releasing the remaining leaves that had clung steadfastly to the limbs of the trees though their moment of vibrant glory had already passed.

The earth, wood, water and sky mix it up in a timeless, elemental dance as the winds gain momentum and blow through the hollow structures that once stood for something, those walls we’ve all created for ourselves that housed and witnessed love and life in all its wonderful/terrible guises.

Imagination sparks as the puzzle pieces are pulled from their places and strewn about with reckless abandon. What to do with it all now? The time for turning back has passed. After the storm we are invited to start anew. Pick up the pieces and see them with new eyes. What to choose? What to do? What is precious and relevant now?

The transition from the old ways into the New Energy has often been a stormy process for those of us willing to step into a new, more harmonious way of being and interacting with the world and those in it.

Storms move energy and challenge our perspective to take us out of our comfort zone. They allow us to realize new potentials; new possibilities abound and are always right there once we choose to see and seize them.

In the New Energy we are invited to open to ease, joy and grace. Even a storm brewing on the horizon is beautiful once we appreciate the magic and mystery it reveals.

When I was a kid my mother, being a kindergarten teacher with a myriad of inspired ideas on ways to make kids think and be more mindful of their blessings, would ask that each of her children name at least one thing we were thankful for on Thanksgiving. I, being the oldest and the only girl, aimed to please and would wrack my brain for the best possible answer. As we went around the table taking turns answering the traditional Thanksgiving Day question in an attempt to please Mom, we played off one another’s answers in hopes of outdoing one another. And then it was Mark’s turn.

Mark, even at a young age, believed in calling a spade a spade and was not at all interested in pleasing our mother or anyone else. When it was his turn Mom encouraged him to top the rest of us in his pronouncement of gratefulness. He couldn’t have been more than five or six years old at the time and after a long, long pause and a glowering look at my mother who had challenged him to dig deep, announced, “I’m not glad about nothin’!”

It was typical Mark but so unexpected and even outrageous considering it was the one day of the year when giving thanks was mandatory, wasn’t it? He caught us all so unprepared for his irreverent answer we all burst out laughing. Mark, fully expecting to be scolded for not playing the game, was at first a bit confused by our merriment but before long joined in the laughter quite pleased to realize he’d not only gotten away with speaking his mind, thanks to him we were having a little fun.

What are you grateful for at this time of year?

For me the list is long. This gorgeous flower, in one of the colors I always think of as belonging to a goddess, blooming at the foot of my stairs, was a real treat for me.

I am thankful for good health, family, friends, living a life rich with love and for being alive at this amazing time. And I’m thrilled to have this blog to share a story or two.

In mid-October I attended the Crimson Circle’s DreamWalker Ascension Transistions Teachers Training held in Incline Village at Lake Tahoe, Nevada. I arrived in the late afternoon of the day before and once I’d check into my hotel, headed for the Lake with my camera to explore and take a few pictures.

My excitement grew and inspiration led the way as the woodsy warm air swirled around me on my short hike through the little park to the beach. With the sun fast approaching its moment of setting I was able to catch its fiery light dancing through the branches of a tall old pine to perfectly back-light the gentleman who sat on the bench enjoying watching the waves roll in.

The next day I started the Teachers Training that was the first step on my road to becoming a New Energy Teacher. This has been a dream of mine for some time now and my experience of those five days and what I came away from it having realized about myself and about my subject far surpassed anything I had imagined.

I’ve been in a long period, years now. of releasing so much that hasn’t worked for me for some time but without a clear sense of what to do or where to go from where I was. As I went through the training I realized that the sun that had been setting on my old life and old ways really was a prelude to a brand new day. As I shift my perspective to see what is before me now, no longer as an empty hole but as an opening, a space to be filled with whatever I choose, I see that all these endings are clearing the way for a multitude of new potentials awaiting me.

May the sun set gracefully upon you and may you rest in the beauty of its amen.

And so it is.

It is a new day. The sun shines high and bright in the sky, through the elegant geometry of branches and leaves. All is well in my world.

Time to shed the old and tired and embrace this gracious moment, basking in the golden rays that beam from the heavens. This is living. Right here. Right now. In this holy moment. Time is precious to me these days. Time, once my frantic foe, has become my faithful companion. Time supports me, serves me, bends for me when I engage it with my presence.

Today is Sun-day. In truth, every day is Sun day when I show up and let myself bask in these lovely moments that string together to create my life. Basking in the presence of All That I Am the sun shines from deep within.

Happy Sun Day!

I caught the sun shining one recent afternoon at just the perfect angle on my hibiscus plant, which has blooms in gorgeous coral-red flowers, perpetually, from early spring until the temperature drops each fall. I could see the rays of rainbow light through the lens of the camera though they were invisible to the eye.

It occurs to me how blessed we are every day and all the time by the nature of the world around us. It is so easy to take for granted the many blessings that fill each moment and yet I’ve found that stopping to take note and appreciate these simple ordinary miracles brings a new energy and perspective to my life experience.

When I choose to step out of the fray of activity and notice the workings of nature, the little things that are done by those around me that help make things easier or better somehow for me and the great gifts of generosity have been offered to me my life is instantly transformed. Allowing myself to notice the warmth of the sun, the beauty of the colors, the sweetness in the embrace of my beloved. Ahhhhh, this is living.

My heart truly wants to create beauty; feel it, see it, sing it out into the universe in perfect harmony.

My heart wants color and light and glorious sacred geometry reminding me of the miracle of life in the physical body on this earth. Line, design and color combine in wondrous shapes, fluid and free like the mystical northern lights–the magic that is somehow created out of thin air but there nonetheless for anyone with eyes to see and receptive to beauty beyond belief.

Colors dancing, morphing, ever-expanding. Rainbows of universes stream from my mind. Captured on the page in words or images inviting the hearts of others to trip the universal light fantastic with me.