Light a candle

[Turtle]

The other day a boy died, his favorite color was lime green, he liked snakes, and pickled pigs feet, and going fishing with his dad...




It was a little too much for me, even though I am around this a lot, I got sick and I just want to sit and cry...and then I see things like the YouTube of Ben Breedlove, who died on Christmas at the age of 18 ([nomedia="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jeD8v8l56xg"]Teen's Videos Go Viral After Death - YouTube[/nomedia]) (sorry I haven't figured out how to embed those things yet)...

Anyway, I still have my nasty cold, but at least I can feel a bit better after watching Ben...

God, Please take care of Mr. J. and Ben and their families...
Blessed Be, Amen, an Ashe

[Turtle]

From Oriah Mountain Dreamer on her blog, "The Green Bough,"

"This week, inbetween Christmas and New Year’s, the crack between the worlds always feels more easily accessible to me. After the holiday rush, but before the normal routine of daily life is re-established, a pause can arise if we allow it. It’s a time to open to the void of not-knowing, of suspending our conscious and unconscious stories about who we are and what we can do, to make space for something else- something we do not yet know about ourselves- to emerge.

I have a breathing exercise that I often do at the start of my meditation practise that gently opens me to the physical experience of the crack between the worlds. It’s very simple.

Right now, wherever you are, take a slow deliberate inhale through your nose. Allow your belly to inflate with your breath, and then allow the wave of breath to leave your body completely. Feel your belly sink and your shoulders drop as all the air is expelled. Let the chair you are sitting on and the earth far beneath you support you completely as the weight of your body drops down into the chair at the end of the exhale.

And then, at the end of the exhale. . . . pause for a moment. Do not immediately and automatically begin the next inhale. Wait for the impulse to take the next breath to come from deep within your body. Do not hold your breath or resist the impulse, but do not reach for it. Let it come. See what it is like just to lightly pause at the end of the exhale, relaxed and waiting for the next breath to find you. And then, ride the wave as it enters and leaves your body.

Explore the moment inbetween, the place where you are neither inhaling nor exhaling, the spacious stillness at the end of the exhale . . . . This is what the crack between the worlds is like. . . . a momentary pause in our daily routine and mental chatter that allows something else to enter . . . that invites new visioning and deeper listening.

Don’t work at it. Just explore it, play with it, with a little curiosity. What are we when we are neither inhaling nor exhaling but are here, fully conscious in this moment. Who are we if we do not automatically carry forward how we have been into the next moment, or the new year?

What are the possibilities that arise? What longing is awakened? What risks ask to be taken? What dreams call out to us to be birthed?"



Don't work at it, just be, it...inbetween...

...and come into the ever becoming self.

[Tommi]

[Canela]

Tonight I light a candle for all those who have no home who can't find shelter due to overflow. I pray they find a warm place to sleep, to lay their heads and rest. I feel so guilty because I have gotten to know some wonderful people who happen NOT to have a physical dwelling. Its awful that I can come home and be warm and cozy.

I light a candle for those struggling with addictions, alcoholism, oppression and/or depression and mental illness. I pray for an accelerated and major healing in you in Jesus name.
I light a candle for those who are ill or battling illness and disease. I pray for a rapid and miraculous healing in Jesus name as well.

I light another candle for those who are lonely. Who feel empty or unlovable. I send you a hug from Gods angels. That you will never feel loneliness any more. Your own personal heavenly angels will accompany you from now on all the rest of your days.

I light a candle for all the brothers and sisters here struglling with family members. That you would be given the opportunity to speak from your heart eloquently, powerfully and significantly and be understood, accepted, appreciated and loved. That your entire family be healed of any and all of the above as well.

I light one last candle. This one is for you (general you). Because you deserve someone thinking of you once in awhile and encouraging you because of no other reason than that you exist.

Be blessed all...

[Lady Pamela]

Pardon the typo's..typing left handed and I suck at it..ha

I am asking that the Great Spirit, elders and guides bless and direct those needed for myself.
Also asking for those on the planet to add a little energy and prayers my way at this time. For healing and so those who are caring for me to be directed as to what to do.

I was told in emergency that my clavical joint had seperated and my neck/shoulder was sprained. Also a bump in my right inner clavical bone present.

There was nothing to create this mess, I woke and it was there. And steady has gotten worse.

I was told if it is not gone or healing soon then other tests would have to be done. Possible test for clavical cancer. Hopeful it is not that but all the same, Prayers needed.

I have had cancer before so it is possible to have. But I won't jump there untill I give it healing time.

Thank you so much for your love and care on this thread to everyone.
And for your help adding to my prayers at this time.


Also sending out love and prayers to those who need it at this time myself.
May the guides bless and protect the process they are going through as well.


Namast'e,
Pamela

[girl_dee]

iighting a candle for the person Syr got called out on to go rescue.

[Turtle]

Lighting candles for healing tonight, for many people dealing with different issues...

...for those facing difficult situations...
...for those who are worrying...
...for those in pain...
...for the people who get the help they need in the moment, yet still need to
pull through...
...for those who don't know what is going to happen...
...for the people who help pick up the pieces, who hold the hands, who help
carry the burden...
May we all have someone whom who we can be with who understands...
May we all feel the love and comfort in that understanding - human or
divine...
Blessed Be