into the woods
today, after walking, meditating, practicing yoga, writing, praying, listening, smudging and chanting in the woods, over rivers and under waterfalls, i returned to the parking lot of franklin falls state park.i was standing on the bridge, admiring the Creator's vision and craftiness as the river wound and curved over voluptuous rocks and longtime fallen trees. i opened my beloved strawberry shortcake suitcase to retrieve my car keys and immediately, i heard a thumpTHUMP! and watched as my cell phone bounced, blinked and broke its way into the beautiful, bubbling river.
next thing i knew, i was crawling down the embankment and scurrying across rocks into the river. after accosting a rock at the bottom, i realized that it was only masquerading as my phone. the real thing was yet to be found. i discovered the key pad and the back hovering silently in a more stagnant part of the water. as i was reaching for piece two, my foot slipped on the moss-covered rock, drawing my entire body into the chilly, now giggling river.
needless to say, the remainder of the phone was never found. i returned to the car wet and a little chilly, giving hikers on the path a free peak at what rested below my now trasparant white cotton skirt.
while the loss was, well...a loss, by the time i had driven out of the dirt parking lot, around a corner and hit the gravel road, i understood a little bit more of the great Creator's craftiness. i had come into the woods seeking solace, sanctuary and reconnection with the earth. in our conversations, she spoke to me with such clarity, grace and love. i was nurtured and reassured with the most pure peace. at one point, she echoed the message of rev. andriette at east bay, saying, "yes. it's all true. can we now stand in agreement to Get Over It and Let It Go?"
i confessed my soul's yearning for yes! and stepped into the woods. now it's all in alignment. i am being gently nudged to accept all that is. i am letting go of my attachment to all that was and will be. i am fully willing to do whatever it takes to grow and evolve, even if that means letting go of my phone, my love/r and my FABULOUS sunglasses all in one week!
at any rate, i have a sense of peace around the whole thing. and that feels mighty fine.
love and laughinglight,
l'
"you will learn to loose everything. we are temporary arrangements." --alanis morissette
p.s. please email me your phone number. thanks!
posted by Phoenix @ 9:27 PM
11 Comments:
if i lost my cell phone i would be thinking that i lost a big connection to the world. thats pretty sad but it seems like a big deal.i spend a lot of time on the phone
No!!
Sigh . . . I guess i'll be hearing from you later, much later.
I miss you
La Bona posted a comment, but i didn't really feel comfortable having it on my blog as a comment. it's very interesting nonetheless. so if you're interested in reading it, please check out http://divinetalk.blogspot.com/2005/07/islam-persecution-i.html
thanks!
l.
read La Bona's blog. thats pretty horrible. i guess we all have different approaches to speaking "truth." religion has been used in some really horrible, horrible ways no doubt. its like the knife you can use to operate or to kill. im just trying to create beauty myself. there is the best of religion and there is the worst of religion.
ps. but what did that have to do with your entry?
"i guess we all have different approaches to speaking "truth."
i was referring to La Bona by the way
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"i guess we all have different approaches to speaking "truth."
i was referring to La Bona by the way
...and we all have our own living truths that grow and expand with our consciousness and experiences on the journey. it makes me sad that so many tools (religion, government, money...) are often misused and abused for the sake of creating and/or destroying personal power.
it has become about using fear to control instead of loving to create. each moment, each breath, each step on the road can be used either way. it's up to us to decide as individuals how we want to use ourselves.
thanks for posting!
"You ought to teach your phone to swim....(Mine does) heheheeheh. Sometimes I wish my phone would drown....that way i wouldnt get evil messages from people like"why havnt you called!!
^^^mmmmm great idea Ali
sorry about your phone but i'm glad that you were able to see the larger picture.
Trang tai nhạc chuông hay mien phi lon nhat, hang nghin bai nhac chuong dien thoai doc dao danh cho tat ca cac dong may, nhạc chuông mien phi, tai nhac chuong hay
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