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What flower are you?

Posted on Jul 23rd, 2008 by Zephyr : Poeticspirit Zephyr
Violet, delicate, sweetly scented, shy, open


Wild Rose, fine, delicate, open heart, scented,


Lily, pure, regal, perfumed, deep


Nasturtium, abundant, open, colourful, bright


Poppy, brilliant, showy colourful, joyful

In the garden of life each friend is the best in the world, so different, beautiful, perfect, I love and appreciate them as they are, I would not change one petal, my only obligation, accept and support their unfolding and growth knowing they are doing their best to be their best, in becoming their unique and beautiful selves. I am surrounded by diverse perfection and loving the variety, the discoveries.
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What have you learned from other animals?

Posted on Jul 21st, 2008 by Zephyr : Poeticspirit Zephyr
This is in Response to the Questions and Reflections for July 21, 2008:

I learned we are guilty of impacting on their habitats and survival, many are endangered because of our thoughtless destruction of habitat, pollution and emissions, I do what I can to redress the balance. I appreciate their sentience, I admire their adaptation, intelligence, their beauty and perfection,, they all have lessons for me. I could not eat one, and have been a vegetarian for a long time now because I truly love, value and appreciate them.
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What constitutes true communication?

Posted on Jul 20th, 2008 by Zephyr : Poeticspirit Zephyr
This is in Response to the Questions and Reflections for July 20, 2008:

Trust is necessary, to enable people to be open in communication. Simple is good, the aim is to be understood, not ostentation.I like to think before setting my mouth in motion.  It can be a written communication, but usually it's verbal bat and ball, a communication is at least a two way conversation, sometimes more, it should allow access to all persons involved and affected in a discussion. It can take practise and commitment to communicate well, some naturally communicate well. We use verbal communication, but body language is another fom of communication that it is very useful to be aware of, it can contradict what people are saying, or give clues to how they are feeling.
Listening actively, observing absorbing, thinking carefully before replying, sometimes
reflecting to ensure we have understood correctly.  As we all have our own reality it is useful to try walking in anothers shoes sometimes,. It can also be useful to look at what is not being said, maybe being avoided?

Our sayings / quotes are good clues -
She lectured me, one  sided conversation, one view. 
Author: Jeff Daly
Two monologues do not make a dialogue.


Carl W. Buechner
They may forget what you said, but they will never forget how you made them feel.

Having a heart to heart ,
open communication where there is trust
Chinese proverb Words are just words and without heart they have no meaning.

Anne Morrow Lindbergh:
Good communication is as stimulating as black coffee, and just as hard to sleep after.

Edwin H. Friedman:
The colossal misunderstanding of our time is the assumption that insight will work with people who are unmotivated to change. Communication does not depend on syntax, or eloquence, or rhetoric, or articulation but on the emotional context in which the message is being heard. People can only hear you when they are moving toward you, and they are not likely to when your words are pursuing them. Even the choices words lose their power when they are used to overpower. Attitudes are the real figures of speech.

Marcel Proust:
We are healed of a suffering only by expressing it to the full.

Rollo May
Communication leads to community, that is, to understanding, intimacy and mutual valuing.
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What has your experience been of loss or grief?

Posted on Jul 19th, 2008 by Zephyr : Poeticspirit Zephyr
This is in Response to the Questions and Reflections for July 19, 2008:

Like everyone else I have had to work through the various stages of grief / loss, and learn acceptance, from disbelief, numbness, anger why them not me? The hardest death to accept was my grandson dying at only 18, also my daughter in law only in her 40's, a three year old in my care while nursing,  not the natural order of things, it should have been me before them.
 Two things helped me, one was a near death experience when I was a child, it took away my fear of death it was such a beautiful experience, enveloping me in love light peace and I feel that would be their experience too. The love and happy memories of our time together also helped, we none of us know what tomorrow may bring it is so important to make the most of now, if we want each others happiness then misery is not an option our loved ones would not want us to grieve forever, just to hold  on to the happy memories.
In my experience as a nurse,  grief is often more difficult to deal with when there has been disharmonY., people sometimes get stuck and need help.
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What gets in the way of being fully present?

Posted on Jul 17th, 2008 by Zephyr : Poeticspirit Zephyr
This is in Response to the Questions and Reflections for July 17, 2008:

A lack of love for self / others,  a lack of commitment. When we love and care then we commit and focus. when i was nursing, I never ceased to be amazed how carers who loved the person they were caring for did such a fantastic job with a little professional help and guidance, nothing escaped their eye, nothing was too much trouble, love goes the extra mile, love does it with a smile, love does it  with style. love is fully present.
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How can we stay connected?

Posted on Jul 15th, 2008 by Zephyr : Poeticspirit Zephyr
This is in Response to the Questions and Reflections for July 15, 2008:

Fear disconnects us, love connects us, it's our choice.
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What is the most important story in your life right now?

Posted on Jul 14th, 2008 by Zephyr : Poeticspirit Zephyr
This is in Response to the Questions and Reflections for July 14, 2008:

It's a love story that stretches moment by moment to infinity and it is our story.
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Inspired to post these poems by video Dancing with the Universe

Posted on Jul 12th, 2008 by Zephyr : Poeticspirit Zephyr

Harmony.

Sound flies in like angels. They dance

through frequency haloes. Listen.

Hear earth's multi-facet song.

Deep in the earth I sense vibration.

Nebulous ghost-notes

crawl through her skin and into the music,

bubble up in springs where frogs play hip-hop rhythms.

Chord streams enter rivers,

rush allegro down the scales to join the sea.

Bass rolls in from the ocean,

moves with subtle tempo of night's silver Queen.

Reflective flow of water music

rises and falls,

bathes me in oblivion, lulls me with a zephyr's hum

and sunset's spectral low frequency.

Dark side of the blues,

vibration shifts to oblique nightmare

of melted nocturnal sound,

muffled in dark shadow.

Plays solo.

A whisper of mystery, that fails to manifest.

Dawn's primal chords bring fresh rhythm

and chorus of birds chirping chant,

feel a new melody rise, breathe life into all.

In a dervish of electronic hums

weighty clouds amass.

A sorcerer's cauldron of explosions,

lightning spits hi-fi to lo-fi

black clouds collide,

drums roll,

as fearful beauty rises to a full crescendo.

Sunshine breaks through rains percussion.

Acoustic refractions beam a kaleidoscope

of rainbow coloured sounds.

Crystals caught in a blast of sun

and pitter-patter rhythm of the rain.

Stand firm, look up, see pulsars

and all that sparkles in the dome of creation.

Fingers reach for sonic chords,

sound takes your hand,

kiss illusion goodbye, simply be.

Charm the birds and the planets,

God bids your soul sing, in heaven's ear.

Cosmic Dance

I dance. The drums beat, primitive -
from a time I do not understand.
I leap - staccato movement,
torso contractions, and pelvic rotations.
I turn towards a future too remote
to choreograph. I stand on point,

perform a dying swan; A pas de deux
and pirouettes - until the world revolves.
The music for this dervish dance
has my head in a whirl. Knowing nothing,
and at present unaware, I slow,
observe quietly, listen to the music

of the dance. I hear haunting notes,
melodies I've never heard before.
A tutor for my feet, a ravisher for my ears,
a lover for my heart. This I know -
orchestrated and exquisite, the greatest
music of the Cosmos flows through us all.
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Tagged with: poetry, cosmos, music, dance, harmony

What do you want from our leaders?

Posted on Jul 12th, 2008 by Zephyr : Poeticspirit Zephyr
This is in Response to the Questions and Reflections for July 12, 2008:

Top down - or bottom up?

I  would like them to take their snouts out of the trough, and develop some spiritual qualities, it's a tall order -

compassion,
love, 
honesty,
integrity,
wisdom,
inner peace,
tolerance,
balance,
gratitude
conscience, personal, social and environmental

then inspire us all to follow their example. in short work themselves out of a job.
On second thoughts it's what we should all be aiming for anyway, maybe when we all 
work really hard at this we will get a government that reflects societies general personal  spiritual  achievements - as we have now. A lot of work still  to be done .
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What helps you stay open?

Posted on Jul 11th, 2008 by Zephyr : Poeticspirit Zephyr
This is in Response to the Questions and Reflections for July 11, 2008:

It's No Secret.........

I'm ready willing and able
to join you in a love that's true
I' m tunin' into the channel
that opens to a love that grew.
No secret, it's universal'
One Love - receiving YOU
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