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SWEET FULLNESS IN RELATIONSHIPS

© 2009 Howard McQueen

This wearing away of self.

This inviting in the ferocious,

house-cleaning, transformational Love --

Makes room and space in this moment for heaven on earth.

And I stand alone,

feeling into being rooted

in this sacred relationship.

Knowing the process will bring about

many more beginnings and endings.

I am sensing the fullness of possibilities

for cultivating the most fragrant, sensuous… Continue

Added by Howard McQueen on August 23, 2009 at 7:00pm — No Comments

LOVE IS ...

© 2009 Howard McQueen

LOVE IS:

Radical
Irrepressable
Combustible
Incandescent
Purifying
Unconditional
Universal
Liberating
Transformational
Unifying

Utterly transpersonal

and

best lived ~ constantly shared ~ spoken from the heart

;-)

Added by Howard McQueen on August 21, 2009 at 6:30pm — 1 Comment

TRUE JIHAD

This appeared in EnlightenNext Magazine, excerpted here. I highly recommend that you read and digest the full article. Please visit the full text article True Jihad

TRUE JIHAD

by Elizabeth Debold

In a recent post on the EnlightenNext Editors' Blog, we featured a previously unpublished article written by senior editor Elizabeth Debold entitled, “True Jihad.” In it she speaks about the broader… Continue

Added by Howard McQueen on August 21, 2009 at 6:00pm — No Comments

DAWN AT TYBEE

© 2009 Howard McQueen

Dawn has arrived as I find my way out to the end of the Tybee Beach pier.

Sol is just breaking through clouds settled above the oceanic horizon.

There is a near constant fifteen knot breeze, keeping the summer morning abnormally comfortable.

Pelicans glide by hugging the agitated surface - not quite white capped.

Surfers gently bob up and down, sensing and awaiting their perfect wave.

Majestic clouds tower into the polarized blue sky,… Continue

Added by Howard McQueen on August 21, 2009 at 5:30pm — No Comments

WHAT MATTERS MOST

© 2009 Howard McQueen

What matters most is that unconditional love
is incubated and constantly cultivated
in the sacred internal silent space.

And those things covering over Love
fully embraced and blessed,
space made for surrender and forgiveness,
summoning acceptance and Grace.

and in death the dance is seen anew
and I am transformed
my relationship to the external world re-imagined
in Love

Added by Howard McQueen on August 17, 2009 at 9:30am — 1 Comment

AGGRESSION

© 2009 Howard McQueen

Let the words you speak to others reflect a We-ness,

an inclusive invitation of fellowship.

If you are unable to hold this intent,

Remain humble and hold off venting

Your personal wounded I-ness.

Take up pen and inscribe your poison,

The anger and injustice welling up inside you.

It will be triggered repeatedly.

Each occurrence will give you more of an energetic profile

A specific signature you can… Continue

Added by Howard McQueen on August 11, 2009 at 3:30pm — No Comments

MANUFACTURING LOSTNESS

© 2009 Howard McQueen

We have become so convinced that

something real has been lost

that we manufacture experience and personas

to live in our lostness.

Doubt, cynicism and with the world crying out

and rewarding oh-so-much-more inauthenticity,

We cover our our heart and

obscure our primal identity.

This is a powerful, constant obsession,

this cultural chorus of brutality,

veiled with confusion.

Feeling into… Continue

Added by Howard McQueen on August 11, 2009 at 3:00pm — No Comments

SUFFERING

© 2009 Howard McQueen

Suffering (psychological) is not an illusion,

but an emotionally-charged inner fiction.

Many of these fictional dramas are played out

with the external world.

****

Suffering (psychological) is essentially

personal resistance

to accepting life

on its terms.

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Suffering

Suffering is not an illusion, it is very painful, full of stress and pressure. Suffering is your… Continue

Added by Howard McQueen on August 10, 2009 at 4:00pm — No Comments

THE PERFECT HI-JACKING OR ...

© 2009 Howard McQueen

Our awareness, our sensitivity, stolen,

given away, covered over

Perfectly hi-jacked -- again.

And the soul waits patiently

As the suffering mounts

As the pressure cooker is turned up.

"Please me again" says the ego.

"Provoke me further" says the Anam.

Bring your loving attention

to dig deeper into healing

- my confusion

- my division

- my conflict

I offer you the… Continue

Added by Howard McQueen on August 8, 2009 at 11:00pm — 2 Comments

COMPELLED TO INSCRIBE YOUR STORY

Text transcribed from Chris Cade's (C) Inscribe Your Life / Inspiring Quotes Video

I have become involved as a non-compensated volunteer contributor with Chris Cade and his Inscribe Your Life web presence. The first free community-building (and story-telling) ULR devoted "conflict", can be accessed below…

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Added by Howard McQueen on August 8, 2009 at 9:30am — No Comments

RADIATE O' SPIRIT OF FRANK ZAPPA !

© 2009 Howard McQueen

Lyrics by Frank Zappa

The other morning I was in Kannapolis at a trailer sales and supply store to have a towing wiring harness connected to my 1995 F-150. A buzz-shaved man in his late 30s was behind the counter, wearing a T-shirt print of skull and crossbones and other symbolisms. As I arrived at the counter, he spent every bit of five minutes telling me about what was going on in his shop and what was going on in his mind.

When his… Continue

Added by Howard McQueen on August 6, 2009 at 8:30am — No Comments

For A New Beginning

For A New Beginning

Benedictus, A Book of Blessings (Bantam Press)

By John O'Donohue

In out-of-the-way places of the heart,

Where your thoughts never think to wander,

This beginning has been quietly forming,

Waiting until you were ready to emerge.

For a long time it has watched your desire,

Feeling the emptiness growing inside you,

Noticing how you willed yourself on,

Still unable to leave what you had outgrown.

It… Continue

Added by Howard McQueen on August 2, 2009 at 7:36am — 1 Comment

A Nod of Appreciation to our Maestro

© 2009 Howard McQueen

We are blessed when we meet someone who gives us clean, unambiguous pointers to living life fully

This ability to point someone to their essence becomes a talent that may arise in us.

I gave my teacher the nickname “Maestro”.

He has quickened within me, the orchestrator, the symphony conductor of life energy.

The Maestro is so full of love, our circle of presence calls forth this viral, radical Love.

I sense my inner Maestro… Continue

Added by Howard McQueen on July 29, 2009 at 9:30am — No Comments

A Whispered Invitation: “come fall into Love”

© 2009 Howard McQueen

A whisper of an invitation can be heard “come fall into a love”

so deep

so sweet

so innocent

you will live again as the innocence of your child,

filled with wonder at belonging to this world

connected to everything that your heart can imagine.

What you will experience will astound you.

You will discover a root of the human condition,

a perceived belief that love is absent.

You will see human… Continue

Added by Howard McQueen on July 28, 2009 at 8:30am — 1 Comment

Greeting THE FRIEND first thing each morning

© 2009 Howard McQueen

Good morning [nameless essence],

I love you, as you are, the whole work-in-process package.

It is really something to behold one self (or any self, or all our selves). Everything we think we know, and that we intuit and even everything we glean from direct experience, are but tiny rocks and chunks of gold, that hint at the expression of the precious facets, the embodiment of life into the human form.

It is what we make of humans… Continue

Added by Howard McQueen on July 27, 2009 at 10:00am — 3 Comments

Looking for my perfect home...

Dear friends... I am looking for a home to rent with lots of light and open floor plan with spacious rooms in or around the Asheville area. I am open to going as far as Waynesville or Black Mountain. I adore living in Asheville but have a spiritual community in Waynesville, and LOVE the Light Center in Black Mountain.

I need space for myself, my youngest daughter, when she is home from college, a meditation/healing/music room, and in a peaceful, private setting where I can create a… Continue

Added by Mary O'Shannon (Spiritsong) on July 25, 2009 at 3:30pm — No Comments

CONDITIONAL LOVE? AND A SEQUEL ...

© 2009 Howard McQueen

What is this thing called conditional love?

Does it compel us toward or draw us away from UNconditional love?

Oh!

As in “I will love you if YOU…”

• change yourself (for me)

• drop your addictions (for me)

• believe what I believe

• drop being so critical

• open up to life

• make my life smoother

• help heal our relationship gone astray (so I won't have to do all the work - poor me)

•… Continue

Added by Howard McQueen on July 23, 2009 at 4:30pm — No Comments

The Wisdom In Silence

© 2009 Howard McQueen

All life arises out of the sacredness and pregnancy of Silence.

Constant chattering breaks the silence, clutters up the purity.

In many ways, you harm yourself by dwelling on the surface layer, constantly reporting and regurgitating your surface feelings and impressions.

The parade of images is like the weather, not under your control and ever-changing -- so step back from this pre-occupation with verbally validating your external fascination and… Continue

Added by Howard McQueen on July 23, 2009 at 4:30pm — No Comments

Immersion in the Flow

© 2009 Howard McQueen

To take a delight in life's
mixed bag of experiences
Let life choose to sculpt and shape
you into your true nature

This is surrender
to the greatest Force.

Bye, bye ego,

Aloha

Added by Howard McQueen on July 21, 2009 at 6:30pm — 1 Comment

No Longer Separate or Alone

Howard McQueen; (C) 2009

Letting go of everything

held personal

and stepping into freedom

The invitation

The invocation

Reside in the embrace with your Beloved Anam Cara [1].

You have come home

No longer separate or alone

[1] The Celtic Mysticism of Anam Cara A Book of Celtic Wisdom, brings alive an inner soul-friend… Continue

Added by Howard McQueen on July 21, 2009 at 6:30pm — 1 Comment