Thank you 2011, 2012... bring it on.

2011... almost gone.  2011 the year of illumination has been an important year for me.  I am almost sorry to see it go.  11 is my number.... birthdate, names, and it shows up in so many places for me.  I look at the clock and there is 11:11, 111, 211, 311, even 911 there it is, signs, license plates...  11 pops up in the strangest places.   and 2011 was the year of illumination for me.  I have learned a lot about myself and have answers or at least the beginning of answers to many of my life's questions.   I will miss seeing all of the 11s but who knows, maybe I will continue to see them, just not so much on the calendars.   And I don't think my illumination is over.  There is much to learn and I intend to learn it.  So thank you 2011, 2012... bring it on. 

Myself to Feel Renewed....

After the shower you smell so clean and fresh
You need no underarm deodorant
or eau de cologne
After the shower there are rainbows in your eyes
and I'm sure you feel renewed
And now after your shower
I come in from my walk upon you earth mother
and step into my own shower
Myself to feel renewed

2011 cont. What webs we weave...

This continues the events of 2011 from July thru present date.  I was impressed with what all had happened in the first part of the year but was truly amazed when I looked at the rest of it.  The first half of the year showed a lot of violent protesting and government opposition and while that continued there was also already some very positive changes taking place.   For example:
South Sudan Becomes a Nation (July 9)
Palestinians Officially Request United Nations Membership (Sept. 23) (It was granted later on Oct 31)
Saudi Arabia Grants Women the Right to Vote (Sept. 25)  I can't believe how big this one is.
Prisoner Swap Between Israel and Hamas Begins (Oct. 18)
Tunisia Votes in First Ever Free Election (Oct. 24)
Herman Cain Pulls Out of Presidential Race (Dec. 3) After numerous women come forth with allegations of sexual charges.
These are amazing things that happened.

Here are the remaining events of 2011:
South Sudan Becomes a Nation (July 9)
Scandal Brings End to The News of the World (July 11
Two Related Terrorist Attacks Shock Norway (July 22):
Crackdown Continues in Syria (Aug. 1):
Violent Riots Spread Throughout Britain (Aug. 6)
East Africa Hit with Worst Drought in 60 Years (Aug. 11)
Hurricane Irene Hits the East Coast (Aug. 27)
Protesters Attack Israeli Embassy in Cairo (Sept. 9)
Texas Experiences Record Breaking Wildfires (Sept. 9
Palestinians Officially Request United Nations Membership (Sept. 23
Saudi Arabia Grants Women the Right to Vote (Sept. 25)
US Born Al-Qaeda Leader Is Killed in Yemen (Sept. 30)
Month-long Occupy Wall Street Movement Continues to Grow (Oct. 17
Prisoner Swap Between Israel and Hamas Begins (Oct. 18
Two-day Strike In Greece Pushes Riots to New Level (Oct. 19
European Leaders Agree on How to Resolve Euro Crisis (Oct. 26)
Qaddafi Is Captured and Killed (Oct. 20)
A 7.2 Magnitude Earthquake Hits Turkey (Oct. 23)
Tunisia Votes in First Ever Free Election (Oct. 24)
Palestine Becomes Member of UNESCO (Oct. 31)
Greek Leader Calls off Referendum, Agrees to Resign (Nov. 3)
Italy Passes More Austerity Measures, Berlusconi Steps Down (Nov. 11)
Occupy Wall Street Protests Continue (Nov. 3)
Sex Abuse Scandal Shakes Up Penn State (Nov. 5
More Women Come Forward With Allegations Against Herman Cain (Nov. 7
Parliamentary Elections Spark Massive Protests in Russia (Dec. 4
Herman Cain Pulls Out of Presidential Race (Dec. 3)
Penn State Child Molestation Scandal Continues (Dec. 7)
Kim Jong-il died of a heart attack on 17 December
2011 has been quite a year.  2011 the year of illumination.   Just compiling and reading this list was illuminating to me.   The potentials for a world of peace, goodwill, creativity are there right in front of us.  Keep being positive.  Keep supporting the positive in the world.  Paraphrasing what Ghandi said, You must be the change you wish to see.    What webs we weave......What webs we weave...

2011 Death to tyranny and birth to possibilities.

I have proposed potentials and possibilities in these writings and I am going to review them.  
2011 is the year of illumination and as I look back at all that has happened this year It looks to me as though this has indeed brought a lot of illumination to the planet.  Would there have been so many revolutions had not so many people 'seen the light'.
The second possibility is that the changes taking place now are making way for a time of peace on earth.   I am told by mothers that birth is accompanied by pain.   The changes taking place on the planet both among the people and on the planet itself are the birthpangs of a new world.  This new world is the prophesied New Jerusalem, the New Earth, the earth of peace, harmony and creativity.
I am listing the evolutionary events that have happened in just the first half of 2011.  The list is quite amazing when you see it all in one place:

Jan. 2 2011  7.1 earthquake southern Chile
Jan 8 2011 attempted assassination of Gabrielle Giffords
Jan. 14
In an unprecedented popular uprising, Tunisian protesters enraged over soaring unemployment and corruption drive President Zine El Abdine Ben Ali
Jan. 27
Tens of thousands of Yemenis demand that their president step down.
Jan/Feb 2011  Egyptian protests
Feb/Mar 2011 Libyan protests
Feb. 7
Southern Sudan is slated to become the world's newest country. Final referendum results show 98.8 percent of ballots cast were for secession from Sudan's north.
Feb 11, 2011  Egyptian president Mubarak resigns
Feb. 21 2011   6.1 earthquake in New Zealand
Mar 11, 2011  9.0 Earthquake/tsunami Japan 
March 21
Syrians chanting "No more fear!" hold a defiant march after a deadly government crackdown failed to quash three days of mass protests in the southern city of Deraa.
March 26  2011More than 250,000 people take to London's streets to protest the toughest spending cuts since World War II
April 23
Yemen's president agrees to step down
April 27 2011  Tornadoes in Southwest USA
May 2, 2011  Osama Bin Laden killed 
 May 17
Queen Elizabeth II becomes first British monarch to visit the Republic of Ireland.
May 22
Joplin, Mo., tornado causes more than 160 deaths; the monstrous storm, with winds up to 250 mph, damages or destroys about 8,000 homes and businesses.
May 26
Gen. Ratko Mladic, the Bosnian Serb general suspected of leading the bloody massacre of 8,000 Muslims in Europe's worst massacre since World War II, is arrested after a 16-year manhunt.
June 18
Afghan President Hamid Karzai acknowledges his government and the U.S. have held talks with Taliban emissaries in a bid to end the nation's nearly 10-year war.
June 22
James "Whitey" Bulger, the longtime fugitive Boston crime boss and fixture on the FBI's 10 Most Wanted list, is arrested in Santa Monica, C
June 22
Obama announces he is bringing home 33,000 troops from Afghanistan by next summer, withdrawing the "surge" of forces he had sent to rescue a flailing effort.
June 24
New York becomes the largest state to legalize same-sex marriage.
June 27
International judges order the arrest of Libya's Gadhafi for murdering civilians.
The rest of the list will be in subsequent writings but I think you might agree 2011 has been an amazing year.   Death to tyranny and birth to possibilities.    

Peace on Earth is happening now.... believe

I used to be depressed and resentful that each year, once a year, we sang the song and made our wishes to each other, "peace on earth, goodwill toward man".  As far as I could tell we have always been in war of some sort here on the planet.  And every year during the time that the merchants rely on to make their profit, we smile and repeat those words... "peace on earth". 
This year I truly believe it has begun.  It will be a long time before we see a laying down of all arms but this is a birth that is happening.  People are finally getting tired of being ruled by despots and wealthy entrepreneurs and some are doing something about it.   Change is taking place and has come a long way even in this, 2011, the year of illumination.   The last week of December I will list many of these changes.  I think you will be as amazed as I was how many and the depth these changes on the planet have taken.   For now, allow the peace to begin where it has to, inside yourself.  For now... I wish you peace.

just a little light...

Earlier this evening I attended a solstice celebration.  I had never been to this place before and had not been to a celebration of this type before so I did not know what to expect.  I found my way along a path outlined with luminarias and at specific places along this path were bonfires.   People at the bonfires were reading poetry.   As I entered the building a choir sat at one end and I heard the most heavenly music I have ever heard.   I couldn't tell if it was a recording or was being sung by the choir and so I took a seat fairly close to the choir to see if they were singing.  As far as I could tell they were not.   The celebration was simple:  music, some spoken words, a ceremony where a woman and a child lighted a communal fire in the center of the group of people.  At the end of the ceremony if we wanted to participate we lit our own candle from the communal fire and take it with us as we left.  This was a wonderful metaphor for taking our light out into the world.   It reminded me how in the darkness all we need to do is light a match, flick a switch, or a modern take on turning on the light... simply open or turn on our cell phone.  Interesting isn't it... using our communication device to light our way.  I certainly have at times.   In the darkness all it takes is turning on a light, however that is done and the darkness goes away.   That is how easy it is to make the darkness go away.  Darkness on its own has no power.  Darkness cannot come into a lighted room and chase away the light.  But any little light, a match, a candle, even a cell phone, chases the darkness away.   Allow your light... the beautiful light that is in you, all of you, to chase away the darkness.  You can't imagine how much light that puts into the world, each of us... just a little light...

My Wishes To All...

My wishes to all and my gratitude to all who have read this blog.  

Thank you.....