“Everywhere water is a thing of beauty
gleaming in the dewdrop,
singing in the summer rain.”
John Ballantine Gough
Tag: nature
Fields of Freedom
“Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and right doing,
there is a field. I’ll meet you there.
When the soul lies down in that grass,
the world is too full to talk about.
Ideas, language, even the phrase “each other”
doesn’t make any sense.”
Rumi
Simply Bee
“Give up defining yourself –
to yourself or to others.
You won’t die.
You will come to life.
And don’t be concerned
with how others define you.
When they define you,
they are limiting themselves,
so it’s their problem.
Whenever you interact with people,
don’t be there primarily as a function or a role,
but as the field of conscious Presence.
You can only lose something that you have,
but you cannot lose something that you are.”
Eckhart Tolle
Strength of Inner Peace
“What lies behind us and
what lies before us are tiny matters
compared to what lies within us.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
AJOITE
Scientific Properties: Ajoite is an attractive copper silicate mineral that is named for its type locality in the Ajo District of Pima County, Arizona. It is a secondary mineral that forms from the oxidation of other secondary copper minerals. Ajoite forms excellent microcrystal specimens. The small prismatic crystals are often arranged in tufts with an almost aquamarine-like blue green color. It is associated with other rare and colorful minerals such as shattuckite, copper, papagoite and plancheite; which makes specimens even more attractive. The color variety in a single multi-mineral specimen is sometimes surreal. Massive samples of ajoite are also unique and are sometimes carved or tumbled and can be used as an ornamental stone. Ajoite’s classification as a phyllosilicate is questionable as its true structure is as yet unknown. More Facts
Mystical Properties: Traditionally Ajoite is a stone of peace and harmony. It can help release and overcome sorrow, anger, fear, and heal old emotional wounds. Ajoite also helps connect to the Higher Self and God/Universe/Goddess/All That Is. It is excellent for meditation, and can remove and release negative energies from the physical, emotional, and ethereal bodies. It acts as a stone of transformation, bringing change and growth in a spirit of love. More Properties
Blessing Rain
“Soften my heart,
O God of living waters,
that the shower of Scripture
I am about to read
may enrich the soil of my soul.
Rain down your wisdom
in sacred streams
to carry me like an upturned leaf
through the currents of this gray day.
Amen.”
Edward Hays
Prayers for a Planetary Pilgrim
Rocky Dependence
“A true friend knows your weaknesses
but shows you your strengths;
feels your fears but fortifies your faith;
sees your anxieties but frees your spirit;
recognizes your disabilities
but emphasizes your possibilities.”
William Arthur Ward
True Radiance
“The gloom of the world is but a shadow.
Behind it, yet within our reach is joy.
There is radiance and glory in
the darkness could we but see –
and to see we have only to look.”
Fra Giovanni Giocondo
Look… Don’t Touch
“She was illusive. She was today.
She was tomorrow.
She was the faintest scent of a cactus flower,
the flitting shadow of an elf owl.
We did not know what to make of her.
In our minds we tried to pin her to a corkboard
like a butterfly, but the pin merely went through
and away she flew.”
Jerry Spinelli about ‘Stargirl’
Miracle Grow
“Every day we are engaged in a miracle
which we don’t even recognize…
a blue sky…white clouds…green leaves.”
Thich Nhat Hanh
Loving Assortment
“If you may count every drop of water in the ocean
and count every grain of sand in the sea –
multiply it by a thousand and that’s how much I love you.”
George of Langkloof