Just BEing John-Michael: My Morning Chapel

One of my very favorite songs is the old hymn "In the Garden." Part of it goes, "I come to the Garden alone ... while the dew is still on the roses."

Though this morning's dew is found clinging to magnolia blossoms, Spanish moss, and grasses and ground cover ...

I still felt my Spirit celebrating oneness with all that is eternal and holy.

I invite you to 'worship' with me ...

Amen!

about my "lady muse"

You will hear me, quite often, make mention of ... and give respectful credit to ... my Muse (oft referred to, by me, as my Lady Muse.)

In Greek mythology, the Muses are Spirits, who embody the arts and inspire the creation process.

In the Christian doctrine, the ‘Holy Spirit’ is depicted as a 'Counselor' or 'Helper', guiding people in the way of the truth. The Holy Spirit enables a person to access his or her own innate abilities. Through the influence of the Holy Spirit a person sees more clearly the world around him or her and can use his or her mind in ways that exceed his or her usual capacity. Earlier in my life-walk, I was comfortable with this “Holy Spirit” verbiage. I now find it exclusionary. That is, it excludes others of other faiths and persuasions. And, inasmuch as I have come to a personal recognition of the universality of such an influencing ‘Inner Voice’ … I am far more comfortable with my use of the term ‘Muse.’

My personal references to my ‘Lady Muse’ always convey my appreciative respect for Life’s voice (without regard for any single sectarian label), ‘heard’ by my consciousness and made clear in my awareness. My use of the feminine in referring to my ‘Muse’ simply reflects my comfort with a feminine ‘Presence’ in my mental and spiritual functioning.

My ‘Muse’ may speak to me through the voice of another, a book, poem, song, some element of Nature … countless ways. I have found that all that is needed for me to ‘hear’ Life speaking to me through that ‘Still Small Voice’ within my Being, is my willingness to “Be still and know …”

"comments" and "responses"

Allow me to tell you how I approach this business of "commenting" on your articles.

And how I respond to "comments" that you graciously make on my submissions.

Deliberately ... caringly ... and ONLY after understanding the definition of what my Spirit wants me to see ... I write.

So, I read what you say. I go to your Profile (though I have seen it before.) I refresh my sense of "who you are." I return to what you wrote. I listen for a clear 'voice' from within my Self. And THEN (and ONLY then) I write a "comment" or respond to one.

Yes! It takes time. It takes effort. It takes an investment in You.

But to do less ... would be to show less respect for who you are and what you think ... than I could ever allow my Self to know.

So, I beg your patience, if am a bit slow in my comments or responses. Like the old tale of the Tortoise and the Hare ... this old Tortoise will eventually get there.

NAMASTE

joseph campbell quotes

“We must let go of the life we have planned, so as to accept the one that is waiting for us.”

“The goal of life is to make your heartbeat match the beat of the universe, to match your nature with Nature.”

“The way to find out about happiness is to keep your mind on those moments when you feel most happy, when you are really happy — not excited, not just thrilled, but deeply happy. This requires a little bit of self-analysis. What is it that makes you happy? Stay with it, no matter what people tell you. This is what is called following your bliss.”

“Follow your bliss and the universe will open doors for you where there were only walls”

“Love is a friendship set to music.”

“It is by going down into the abyss that we recover the treasures of life. Where you stumble, there lies your treasure.”

“Find a place inside where there's joy, and the joy will burn out the pain.”

“I don't believe people are looking for the meaning of life as much as they are looking for the experience of being alive.”

“When you follow your bliss... doors will open where you would not have thought there would be doors; and where there wouldn't be a door for anyone else.”

“Your sacred space is where you can find yourself again and again.”

“Life is without meaning. You bring the meaning to it. The meaning of life is Whatever you ascribe it to be. Being alive is the meaning.”

“Every religion is true one way or another. It is true when understood metaphorically. But when it gets stuck in its own metaphors, interpreting them as facts, then you are in trouble.”

“The privilege of a lifetime is being who you are.”

“When we quit thinking primarily about ourselves and our own self-preservation, we undergo a truly heroic transformation of consciousness.”

“I think the person who takes a job in order to live - that is to say, for the money - has turned himself into a slave.”

Just BEing John-Michael

Friday, May 14, 2010

My Morning Chapel

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