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September 2009 Blog Posts (55)

ALPINE LAKE IN C FLAT

I meet you first as this

remote and obscure alpine lake,

so deeply frozen over

you can barely remember to speak your name.

And, in your despair

speak only through the numbness of your pain

After five days sitting with our extended family

You are transformed by glacial melt,

the freeze-dried in-being in you re-hydrates.

Some gated portal is thrown open

and sacred song from your depths fills the air.

You are transformed as Life… Continue

Added by Howard McQueen on September 27, 2009 at 6:00pm — 1 Comment

THOSE NAKED RIVER FEET

Draft Version 1.0 (awaiting editorial review/approval)

© 2009 Howard McQueen

Here you are again,

wearing those

gone-down-the-wild-Green-River-for-a-whole-contiguous-week,

completely naked pair

of River Feet.

What are the town folks gonna say back in NC

with all this wildness seen in foot set free;

unbridled even, for the mass hysteria of the world to see.

Its almost alarming ;-) ;

Heh, heh, heh - not so for… Continue

Added by Howard McQueen on September 25, 2009 at 10:00am — No Comments

RE-FRAMING LIFE IN THIS VERY MOMENT

(more from Santa Fe)

(C) 2009 Howard McQueen

The energetics alive in this very moment,

this unbelievable pregnant NOW,

offer us every opportunity to uncover what we need within.

Were we to only slow down the framing,

stop all manufacturing, management and assorted rearranging

of the energies arising, roaming, loose and afoot.

These eneriges often carry a seemingly stalking malevolence.

The soul encourages us to embrace these

shut… Continue

Added by Howard McQueen on September 24, 2009 at 11:00am — No Comments

BLESSING THE INNER ATTENDANTS

(C) 2009 Howard

Be respectful of yourself and your inner landscape.

Humbly and hard at work are the inner attendants,

sweeping day and night, every so gently.

with their hand-made customized brooms,

clearing the ashes and debris from the darkest of rooms,

dutifully carrying them to the compost bin,

to fuel the rebirth energies to ignite and sustain

the unbelievable Love Fest being readied within.

~ ~ ~

Let WE not forget all these… Continue

Added by Howard McQueen on September 23, 2009 at 2:30pm — No Comments

UNABRIDGED INVITATION: 2 EXTEND FAMILY

(C) 2009 Howard McQueen

I confess I am again freshly and completely smitten

to be sharing this unabridged vision

of applying unconditional Love

in the adventures and dimensions of the spirit and the heart,

with you, Dear Loved One.

I say this with a firmness in knowing

our Love-vision is out in front of the curve,

of this bound-up, imposing restraints-on-love world,

at least as we currently know it.

Anyone else care to join… Continue

Added by Howard McQueen on September 23, 2009 at 12:30am — No Comments

LOVE OFFERINGS

(Synergia energy)

(C) 2009 Howard McQueen

"Remember your prayers, your blessings and especially those love offerings."

Sounds like something we would say to a young one so very dear,

so I speak it again aloud, so you will know how deeply my love is for you.

We keep offering Love, first and foremost,

so it becomes a discernible habit,

an orientation to how we choose to participate in this world,

how we will remember to… Continue

Added by Howard McQueen on September 22, 2009 at 10:30am — No Comments

CIRCLING AROUND THIS MOST ANCIENT LOVE

(energy in Synergia)

(C) 2009 Howard McQueen

The voice of self-diminish-ment is afoot.

Be surprised not, your old habit sneaking around,

wondering who will buy into it.

If you cannot hide out, in your safety zone,

a partnering within will begin to form,

an unimagined beauty, so very near home.

The intellect boggles the in being,

yet something more primal and innocent

invites truth.

Admit what you already know in your… Continue

Added by Howard McQueen on September 22, 2009 at 10:00am — No Comments

GRANDIOSA ILLUMINATI

(Thank you to A and a deep bow P for inspiring this)
(C) 2009 Howard McQueen

Rapture rises
through the confusion
of covered over childhood bliss

Know in your deepest being that the Universe conspires
to aid and abet this revolution, even in your darkest of hours.

Added by Howard McQueen on September 22, 2009 at 10:00am — No Comments

THE GIFT GIVEN IN NAMING

(C) 2009 Howard McQueen

Being with whatever is arising
not matter what it is comprising,
or compromising.
Stay with it,
look at it
face-to-face
identify it
and it will reveal its name
gifting its power held from you.

Added by Howard McQueen on September 22, 2009 at 9:30am — No Comments

BREAD CRUMBS OF COMPASSION

(Inspired by M)
(C) 2009 Howard McQueen

Leave yourself the bread crumbs
of compassion,
Leading back to your heart.
Then, step boldly into
the heart of all hearts
and return to the Beauty.

Added by Howard McQueen on September 21, 2009 at 7:30pm — No Comments

AFFINITY-TOMFOOLERY-LAUGHER, CLENSING HILARITY

(a message from the Synergia Ranch, just outside Santa Fe)

(c) 2009 Howard McQueen

We celebrate this natural affinity,
to share connection through
the flowing current of Divinity

Were we to stay humble
in our foolishness and tomfoolery,
judgment collapses in laughter,
bringing on a crescendo of cleansing hilarity.

May this blessing form blossoms uplifting your heart.

~ ~ ~

Added by Howard McQueen on September 21, 2009 at 10:30am — No Comments

WONDROUS TURNABOUT

(writing from Santa Fe)
(c) 2009 Howard McQueen

I know this body will not function much longer
no matter how much spirit is poured
in or out
God bless this wonderful Turnabout,
to sense this sublime connection to it ALL
while I can still be resident with this form.

Added by Howard McQueen on September 20, 2009 at 1:00pm — No Comments

WHAT A CHOICE YOU'VE MADE

(Writing from Santa Fe)

(C) 2009 Howard McQueen

The choice was made

for us as consciousness

to take up residence

in this body,

on this earth.

There are no WHYS?

There is, however, unlimited mystery to taste.

There is abundance of freedom to try and slake,

even to become attached to the shackles of ball and chain.

An unlimited sensing of self we can uncover and manifest,

during this cycle, this rhythmic immersion… Continue

Added by Howard McQueen on September 20, 2009 at 1:00pm — No Comments

PREPARING THE BED OF HAY

(writing this from Santa Fe)

(C) 2009 Howard McQueen

Out in the wild and open plains

and among the crevices and canyon walls,

wild and spirited horses create their home, and call

forth wild yearnings.

These completely un-domesticatable spirits do roam

deep within our being.

They respond only to a gentleness of handling,

the constancy of trust.

They instinctually sense the vibrations of deceit

and cannot be bought or won,… Continue

Added by Howard McQueen on September 20, 2009 at 1:00pm — No Comments

TO SELF IMAGE OR NOT TO SELF IMAGE

© 2009 Howard McQueen

I recently began an email thread with a colleague perhaps twenty years younger than me. He, like me when I was his age, is intent on making a place for himself in this world. In our discussion, we begin exploring feeling into the concept of self, as in self image. An article he promoted my way reaches the conclusion that

The Root of all problems – INADEQUTE SELF IMAGE (ISI)

The authors of this article show how to map out a reality… Continue

Added by Howard McQueen on September 19, 2009 at 9:00am — No Comments

Invitation to offer me feedback on Spirit of Inquiry

Hi Everyone,

I recently joined the group, and met some of you on a Thursday evening last month. I finished writing this book titled Spirit of Inquiry, it still needs editing, etc. I would like to get some feedback from the community, if you're interested in reading a few short chapters, you can email me at omahawk2@yahoo.com, or just respond to this post with your email address.

I hope to meet more of you at a sangha event in the near future. Take care, Roger

Added by Roger Hawkins on September 19, 2009 at 6:51am — 1 Comment

THERE ONCE WAS AN IMPOVERISHED KINGDOM

© 2009 Howard McQueen

Form flung forth everywhere

Spirit inhabiting and animating form

Ten thousand rhythms born

Infinite possibilities to play and discover

and feel into the mystery, in every moment uncovered.

And yet there is widespread boredom, sadness, depression and anger,

enormous urgency born from fear of separation from source.

Projecting this outward, we have created an impoverished kingdom,

articulating a false sense of… Continue

Added by Howard McQueen on September 18, 2009 at 7:30am — No Comments

RIPPLE IN STILL WATER

© 2009 Howard McQueen

Lyrics to song "Ripple" by the Grateful Dead

The inner terrain,

once full of scary fearbergs,

jutting ominously out of unexplored subconscious -

mind petrified by fear,

locked up in anger.

[transformation by perspective shift]

Revealed now as the pure white,

multi-petaled eternal Lotus Blossom,

fed by the pool/fountain/well-spring of spirit.

No longer a need to distinguish between inner and… Continue

Added by Howard McQueen on September 17, 2009 at 3:00pm — No Comments

IN SWEET DIALOG WITH OTHERS

© 2009 Howard McQueen

As I write this, I am in a peaceful state of being,

like I have been gently kissed by love.

The external world surrounds me, up on this forested hill,

a few miles north of Asheville.

I have no job to report to,

no deadlines or items due.

I have prepaid next month’s rent,

I have no paycheck to expect.

I have two housemates returning

from their shamanistic Amazon retreat today.

I leave in… Continue

Added by Howard McQueen on September 17, 2009 at 2:00pm — No Comments

SELFLESSLY RELEASING ALL IDENTITIES

Version 2.0; Sept 16, 2009

© 2009 Howard McQueen

Introduction

This blog posting begins to define my relationship to my Anam Cara (the in-dwelling consciousness / soul friend), as well as the integration of the feedback of an external friend seemingly in distress. The letter is written by my Anam Cara. As the letter unfolds, pointers to larger truths are revealed, and this leads to a sense of a gentle collapsing of all of the perceived energy-of-duality into NO… Continue

Added by Howard McQueen on September 15, 2009 at 8:00am — 1 Comment