North-star.
I keep pulling it out –the old map of my inner path. I squint closely at it, trying to see some hidden road that maybe I’ve missed.
I keep pulling it out –
the old map of my inner path
I squint closely at it,
trying to see some hidden road
that maybe I’ve missed,
but there’s nothing there now
except some well-travelled paths.
they have seen my footsteps often,
held my laughter, caught my tears.
I keep going over the old map
but now the roads lead nowhere,
a meaningless wilderness
where life is dull and futile.
“toss away the old map,” she says
“you must be kidding!” I reply.
she looks at me with Sarah eyes
and repeats “toss it away.
It’s of no use where you’re going.”
“I have to have a map!” I cry,
“even if it takes me nowhere.
I can’t be without direction,”
“but you are without direction,”
she says, “so why not let go, be free?”
so there I am – tossing away the old map,
sadly fearfully, putting it behind me.
“whatever will I do?” wails my security
“trust me,” says my mid-life soul.
no map, no specific directions,
no “this way ahead” or “take a left”.
how will l know where to go?
how will I find my way? no map!
but then my mid-life soul whispers
“there was a time before maps
when pilgrims travelled by the stars.”
It is time for the pilgrim in me
to travel in the dark,
to learn to read the stars
that shine in my soul.
I will walk deeper
into the dark of my night.
I will wait for the stars.
trust their guidance.
and let their light be enough for me.
~ Joyce Rupp
Photo credit: NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope
North-star.
I keep pulling it out –the old map of my inner path.
There is nothing quite like sisterhood and soul friendships we meet on our journey of life. It can be years since we’ve seen each other in person. Yet when we meet up again or talk over the phone it’s like having a cup of herbal tea together yesterday.
Synchronicity and God’s timing in ALL things
“Bend a bit and come to the mountains with me, she said”…and so I did. My soul was crying to be in held in nature. I felt deep gratitude for this gift as I needed time out to recalibrate, reflect and grieve.
The mountains were waiting but I’m without a map. You do not need a map re-mem-ber says my mid-life soul. Just your own inner guidance. She reminds me how out-dated maps are. I want you to come and please be at peace. Trust yourself and the universe, you know it already as we giggle like teenagers.
Flying above the clouds we land and the excitement of returning to mother nature to commune amongst the tress and her enchanted forests enliven the inner child in me again. So excited filled with joy, like it was Christmas eve about to unwrap my gifts.
Gaia is exhausted and so are all her children.
Tired of the abused concrete jungle, pollution and the contaminating parasites.
Rest is needed my child. Come home to me, it’s time-out to breath amongst the trees. Fill your lungs with fresh air and heal from the world’s and personal losses. To laugh, cry, dance under the stars and just be. Stretching those tired muscles that have been holding soo much. Listening and breathing in harmony with me in nature, resetting your nervous system. And so it did exactly that…
Peace overflows here. It was the first time in ages I could feel and just be.
The silence is deafening and I’m overwhelmed by the stillness of it all. Naturally my inherit nature starts relaxing with each breath. Breathing in sychrnonicity with the trees. There is only so much you can dig up, then you gotta take a rest.
The Solar Eclipse joined in Chiron and Aries was super intense, deep revelation and processing. This was the medicine. Reflection of the soul’s advancement. To go inside eating shadow!
As the days gracefully flowed into their natural rhythm, so do I. I begin to see the gift of re-wilding the feminine. I start by acknowledging and welcoming all parts of my-self. Witnessing the becoming, the inner knowing this is preparation and the awakening of the Elder and Crone .
I’m ready, I see my wings are unfolding, like they are taking a slow yawn. As they slowly began to expand and timeously open in their splendour. I look at them in awe. My heart is cracked open even further. Is this possible?? Like a mother I take all my children under my big warm wing and create pockets for them. I see the magnificence of the expansion and the en-ate possibility of flying higher to new heights. Soaring like an eagle …it’s time says the wind!
And just when I thought these mountains felt like home. God called again.
Thank you Vlam and Max for allowing me the space, time to re-coup.
Deep gratitude to have amazing friends and new found friendships in my life. I’m truly blessed.
Gifting the time to reset and open my wing span.
I’m ready and Willing for my next called assignment!
Back to the Cape of Good Hope
The table cloth has been set upon the mountain.
THY WILL WILL BE DONE
So what have you learnt my friend….?
We all need sisterhood
Conscious friendships, fun, laughter, dancing barefoot on the earth
swimming in waterfalls kissed by fresh mountain water
amazing sunsets, cosy fires and candlelight
walking meditation in the labyrinth with my sisters, being held by the elements
We raise our hands to the heavens speaking out intent for the new earth in all directions
dancing dragonflies on a misty night. Their flickering lights of joy in recognition to the soil has been freshly tilled
what a privilege it is to put my hands in the fresh earth
resetting the micro-biome
communing with the proteas and new plants setting the stage for the herbs to grow
the acorns from the oaks which fall so unconditionally to her mother
and for the food they create.
Giving thanks to the shade they carried in the past for scholars to pass through on their trails to school
loving conscious communities, supporting markets and fresh home grown produce
spending time loving and nurturing the children
sharing stories and creating new story-lines for generations to come
To the dawn chorus and evening chatter
to the rustle in each leaf where the playful monkeys swing
This is value
Co-habiting with all beings
we are nature
to the stone people, plant people, animal people and human people
bless all my brothers and sisters
Thank you Thank you Thank you
Giving thanks to the magnificence of life and all beings.
So what do you hold of real value? What fills you up?
It’s not in material things . It’s in helping one another with a compassionate heart
To lend a hand to lift another
be-ing there and holding space for one another
As Maya Angelou says “be a rainbow in someone’s cloud”
Humanity is in the “birth-canal” of new dawn. We all feel the pressures, as we are about to birth a new hue-man.
We are ecstatic, the excitement of dreaming our new world into being
co-creating and unfurling together!
Gaia IS my Eternal Home
For home is where the heart is
and like a pilgrim I follow my destiny under the stars
As above so below. And so it is!
Camagu
Gogo NomVuka