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December 2009 Blog Posts (50)

THE WIN-WIN OF INTEGRITY

© 2009 Howard McQueen



I had dinner with an acquaintance in Savannah in November. .

I had been listening to their stories now and then, over a week or two.

The stories of their youth included passion and independence,

running small businesses and, on the side,

always suckering others in on bets – that they always won.



It seems like these past ten years that life has been in a sort of reversal,

that employees began taking my acquaintance for a… Continue

Added by Howard McQueen on December 19, 2009 at 7:30am — No Comments

COLLAPSING THE GREAT DIVIDE

The complete mystery and miracle of it all.

(C) 2009 Howard McQueen



I AM the indwelling being.

To meet you is to meet me,

the same One,

everything alive,

radiating and reflecting

the indwelling being-ness.



Being-ness has chosen again to awaken,

to take up a temporary home,

to assume perspective in organic

form and function,

flesh and bone.



There is no why,

there is but… Continue

Added by Howard McQueen on December 18, 2009 at 9:30am — No Comments

RAFTING THE ETERNAL TAO

(c) 2009 Howard McQueen



The dynamic acceptance

of being responsible with the grand gift

the eternal journey,

immersed and connected with LIFE.



Ever so gently

guiding our tiller,

ever so deftly,

navigating and course-correcting,

remaining in our center,

witnessing all that ebbs and flows.

Sometimes a torrent,

that the ego wants to label torment,

sometimes a trickle,

that the ego wants to label way too… Continue

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

THOSE EMBERS, STILL SMOULDERING

© 2009 Howard McQueen



The glorious work of inner liberation,

neck deep, mired in stuck emotions and public hi-jackings.

Containment of aggression,

the learning to stick with,

digest and transmute

jittery, jolting energies that have for too long

been allowed to escape and run amuck,

confusing,

short-circuiting and

shocking the external world.



So, I practice the art of containment,

holding and turning what was once allowed to… Continue

Added by Howard McQueen on December 17, 2009 at 9:00pm — No Comments

EVOLUTION, NOT REVOLUTION MANIFESTS FREEDOM!

(C) 2009 Howard McQueen



To stop believing and practicing

the falseness

is one thing.



To also not be in opposition

to the falseness

is a greater thing.



True peace does not give birth to revolution.

Revolution keeps us from stepping off the ever-turning Wheel.

Still on the Wheel,

revolving around the stuck,

repetitious pattern,

we continue to manufacture delusion for ourselves,

believing we've magically swept… Continue

Added by Howard McQueen on December 16, 2009 at 9:30pm — No Comments

Just Be Here Now

It's as simple as being here in the now. Period. Not flashy, necessarily, yet oh so sweet and satisfying. So satisfying nothing else is wanted, or needed. We often want "higher states" to be this simple Presence. Sorry, there is no such thing as permanent higher states where lotus blossoms bloom where you have walked, the angels bow, and milk & honey is always available for your bowl of cherries. Just Be Still. Be in the moment, as it is,wanting nothing different from what is here… Continue

Added by Cullen Anderson on December 16, 2009 at 6:47pm — 4 Comments

SPELLBOUND

© 2009 Howard McQueen



The external world:

Seductive,

Alluring,

Frightening,

Compelling,

All encompasing,

completely and totally spellbinding,



A deep, grand attraction.

A gravity well.



We are captives and captivated,

holding ourselves spellbound and hostage,

suspended in our spidery web of relationships,

our collective co-dependencies

with our physical things and routines.



“I’ve grown quite… Continue

Added by Howard McQueen on December 15, 2009 at 5:00pm — No Comments

Heron Dance, a Quote

This posting clipped from the very beautiful publication Heron Dance



Cielo Myczack was another person whom I interviewed and who shaped the publication. Cielo and her husband, Leaf, founded the RiverKeepers, a group of environmental and wilderness protection activists in Tennessee. Cielo talked of the spiritual challenges of a life of activism:



By becoming… Continue

Added by Howard McQueen on December 14, 2009 at 9:59pm — No Comments

WE ARE UNQUESTIONABLY SEPARATE, COMPLETELY ALONE

(c) 2009 Howard McQueen



The Gap,

chasm,

dense smog,

imprisoning walls.



Our beliefs ensnare us,

close us down,

short-circuit the forces of life

flowing to and, when we are believing ourselves impeded,

cutoff, separate and alone,

urgently manufacturing from our isolated, marginalized energetic footprint

more and more illusions to sustain our sentence of severance from All.



This is the great, inherited disease of… Continue

Added by Howard McQueen on December 14, 2009 at 10:00am — No Comments

UNIMPEDED

(C) 2009 Howard McQueen



So many powerful, ancient, external influences of nature:

hurricanes, lightning, tornadoes, earthquakes ...



Six.five billion humans and their defense and politically-charged institutions,

along with the exploitative globally-based corporations,

meddling and manipulating, stepping across boundaries, mucking all around.



So many indwelling influences running around within:

animal drives, desires and longings of the… Continue

Added by Howard McQueen on December 14, 2009 at 9:30am — No Comments

LIFE AS AN ENZYME IN THE SERVICE OF LOVE

(c) 2009 Howard McQueen



Life is accelerating,

picking up the pace,

softening us,

swallowing us,

digesting us - completely.



This is making us a bunch of Yummies,

silly foolish,

digestive enzymes.

If we become really silent and listen in closely, we will

hear these enzymatic Troubadours

gaily singing the Yummies-in-the-tummy, chorale refrain:



"Oh my goshin,

we be sloshin'

and dancin'

and singin'

with… Continue

Added by Howard McQueen on December 13, 2009 at 6:30am — No Comments

PLEASE DEAR LORD, HELP ME FIND MEANING TO MY LIFE

(C) 2009 Howard McQueen



When we say we are looking, searching for meaning in life,

this usually means we are attempting to judge or compare

to decide

- do I present myself in a way that lures someone/something my way

- do I shrink myself so someone/something will fail to take notice

- do I inflate my anger to ward someone/something away

- do I [insert your own custom ego-centric strategy here ...]



Peace begins to arrive on the scene

when… Continue

Added by Howard McQueen on December 12, 2009 at 11:36am — No Comments

MOTHERS OF PEARLS

The Lineage of Feminine Transformational Love

© 2009 Howard McQueen



This day last month, I realized life just

harvested me,

a fully grown pearl

from its twelve months of nourishment in shell.



My housemate, a mom of two

beautiful daughters,

aka my sister gypsy-soul,

shared with me her gift as mother-of-pearl.



What beautiful luster and opulent shining spirit

is created between the pearl and it motherly… Continue

Added by Howard McQueen on December 12, 2009 at 5:30am — No Comments

MIRROR, MIRROR ON THE WALL

(C) 2009 Howard McQueen



If you are seeking,

looking to find,

If you are asking,

expecting to receive an answer,



what you will encounter

are various pointers

leading back inside

yourself.



The world is this perfectly polished

neutral, reflective mirror.



If you feel lacking, incomplete,

this will be your experience with the external world.

You will experience a polar mix of abundance and… Continue

Added by Howard McQueen on December 12, 2009 at 5:30am — 2 Comments

THE "ME" THAT IS EMOTIONALLY & MENTALLY ILL

(C) 2009 Howard McQueen



Try really listening to your mind.

Meditation suggests that you notice the contents, then return.

But for now, try really listening.

Pick a theme that the mind is obsessing over.

Grab a pen and paper.

Let the mind be represented on paper as

"me is feeling ..." and/or "this ... is happening to me"

Don't use the "I am feeling ...".

Stick with the more juvenile "me is feeling ..."

Now, really allow this voice complete… Continue

Added by Howard McQueen on December 12, 2009 at 5:00am — No Comments

THE EVIDENCE IS IN, IS THE JURY HUNG?

(C) 2009 Howard McQueen



We're holding on to volumes,

vast stores of evidence

used to shore up our identity as

The Victim -- ta da (drum roll, role the cameras) ... !



We may even have our evidence in official writing:

so and so court or magistrate decrees "..."



Victims, like any role, must be constantly sustained,

otherwise, anything left alone and unfed,

withers on the vine.



Playing the character role of… Continue

Added by Howard McQueen on December 12, 2009 at 4:30am — No Comments

THE GREAT, ANCIENT FALSE BELIEF OF UNCONDITIONAL LOVE

That we have to earn

or qualify

or please another

or look outside ourselves

to receive the experience of

UNCONDITIONAL

LOVE

is

one

of

the

great, ancient

false beliefs

shadowing

and haunting the

human MIND

and

constricting the

human HEART.



This particular infrastructure belief is the mother of countless false subordinate, orphaning beliefs. Cleansing, neutralizing, releasing and… Continue

Added by Howard McQueen on December 11, 2009 at 2:30pm — No Comments

LET ME EXPLAIN THE DIVINE TO YOU - Ehhh?

May we live

in rapture

fully digesting

and

assimilating

the multi-dimensional nutrition infusions

of our experiences of Oneness.



May we connect

to the grand-scale Mystery.



May we experience

and not waste our breath explaining

our experiencing the Divine

to the Divine.



Why keep tripping over inadequate word constructs

and recalling the ancient separation influenza,

when we can silently and directly share… Continue

Added by Howard McQueen on December 11, 2009 at 9:00am — No Comments

RESISTANCE IS FUTILE

(c) 2009 Howard McQueen



Life just is.



We are often out-of-alignment,

not in the middle of the flow,

not appreciating some aspect

or experience provided by life.



Life lovingly points out our misalignments

through other people (messengers)

and their behaviors to us (the message).



Our resistance often kicks in,

escalating the ante

and the pain and the suffering.



Resistance is indeed, futile,

unless one… Continue

Added by Howard McQueen on December 10, 2009 at 5:30pm — No Comments

LIGHT MY FIRE

(C) 2009 Howard McQueen



Imagine the Great Oneness,

in a single exhale,

a profound breathing out,

breathed life into everything.



Infinite life force,

Unconditional love for the creation,

unlimited potential to manifest.

Sublime balance,

Freedom for the creation to practice creation

and destruction.

Non-interference,

non-judgment,

and,

embedded deep within each human heart,

the spark,

the… Continue

Added by Howard McQueen on December 10, 2009 at 5:00pm — No Comments

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