Looking for Stones- A Meditation for Me ☼

Nova Scotia Fire Opal-photo by me ☼


"Book of Revelation 2:17- Whoever has ears to hear, let them hear what Spirit says to the Churches. To the one who is victorious,I give some of the hidden manna.I also give that person a white stone with a new name written on it, known only to that person who recieves it."

On Saturday after going over the home-work for my Thursday morning class, I decided to take a break to pick up dessert for the Thanksgiving family meal on Sunday at the local Bakery,then, I wandered up to Port Maitland Beach for a walking meditation before the tide took over the shore. There was nooone there when I arrived, so I went North towards the Head of the beach. It was a grey day, the sand shifting in the cool breeze, typical of October in Nova Scotia.
As I walked, I breathed in the salt air, clearing my head of thought, watching the storm inside which began to smooth to a trickle of silence.Slowly the steps in the soft sand take over for several minutes till I realized, again, as I've walked, my lesson for this week's discussion. I then pick my topic from what I've read, as I bend to scoop a fire opal from the sand. "Passion", I said softly to myself... Holding the stone tightly I clear my head again ,looking forward to the rocky bluff of the cliff,still a long way off. Stretching my mind and body towards it, again I walk....
The minutes,seconds,waves go by. Suddenly I hear the sea gulls call out. They fly, circling above me, looking towards where the grassy bank meets the sand, several hundred yards from where I am by the ocean.There some people coming over the bank to start off on the beach,too. I can't hear them talking because of the breeze, so they won't hear me, either, if I decide to speak aloud, as I sometimes do when I'm alone to pray.They begin to walk in the other direction, anyway, so I don't have to worry they will catch me to talk today. I notice there are sand piper's ahead of me, scurrying in and out of the waves,also. They don't seem to notice me as I appoach them. When they do, they simply walk away from me, not flying as they usually do, to watch me go past. Looking behind me as I stroll from them, they again continue to look for food. "I'm not that intimidating today", I think, remembering the verse in Revelation 3:15 (NIV) " I know your deeds, you are neither hot or cold. I wish you were one or the other!." and laugh...
I look ahead to see a clear stone ahead of me in the water. Scooping to pick it up, I see its a carnilian. "Courage", I smile again about the little birds, realizing my own dragon heart, too.
Stopping to take in the waves for a moment, I ask myself, "What is it I've come to find in the sand today?" and toss my fire opal back to the waves. Passion was not my intent, I think, looking at the carnalian. The wind whispers to me as I look to the horizion. The grey clouds look angry there, Rain for the fisherman off-shore, I wonder? Anger for me? I certainly don't need any to wake me up now. I know what I need to do, so no harshness about it. Breathing in 10 deep swallows of life, I began to walk toward the fast appoaching bluff. The beach is covered with sand this time of year so walking is easy. The large,rough, tumbled dark stones hidden for now.Going across the stream, stepping gingerly on the wet rocks to cross as not to get my shoes wet, I spy a purple/green crystal in the water. I reach into the silver coldness to pick up the stone, putting it into my pocket to hurry across. When I reach the sand, I pull it out to see its a florite, a bit roughed by the waves, but the purple/green is visable where its been cracked by the turning of sea water. "A Healing stone". Thats more like it. Healing is what I need for now. Going on in silence, feeling the stone in my hand, stepping towards the North sky, I realize I have finally reached the bluff. I look towards the next beach, Barteltte's. No time or energy to go the extra 1km as the tide will catch me today. I turn towards the South breeze, feeling the tingle of sand on my face as the wind gusts up for a second. I relish the vibration of the sea, wind and sand. My fire opal is in the waves, waiting for the next person to discover it...I wonder if they will realize what it is? Will they pick it up to look at the red/gold? Maybe bring it home for a while...or maybe they will just see a stone on the beach and walk by...

I head back toward my start, and again I realize my breath...

Nova Scotia Fluorite-photo by me ♥

Happy Thanksgiving Day

A Cheese Omelete and Canadian Ham : )

I'm looking forward to the week-end and the Thanksgiving holiday. I'll be attending a dinner on Sunday at my Son's home with him, the Grand Babies, my daughters/daughters-in-law plus other family. I want to wish my other Canadian followers a joyous Turkey Day and hope you get to bless those in your lives with your presence. If not, enjoy the solitude that a holiday brings to the Spirit-with-in ☼

Loves U 2 ♥

Soul Shift, Revelation and Self Fullness

(Maggie down-Town Yarmouth,NS)


~define Self-Fullness- Realizing we are complete with-in our own Universe. Love inside and outside ♥

Had another session last night with my Soul Shift study group on the Chapter called Me to You, how to change from focusing on ourself to focus on others. First thing I realized was this turned me off totally. Why? All the problems I've had the last few years with others trying to be in my business...We all know who those are from my comments here and I've know I've developed a bad relationship with myself because of this. Unforgiveness that won't go away... Remembering this I must try to focus on the fact I DON"T have to deal with them in my personal everyday life. A good thing...for now. Matthew 5:44-48
P.S.-note to self- those that hate us will kill themselves with their own condition.


I was surprised by comments by others about people they love. Most said THEY WERE FEELING GUILTY BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T " LIKE" SOME OF THOSE PEOPLE BECAUSE OF THEIR NEGATIVE BEHAVIOUR. I spoke up, of course, and reminded some we can love these people in our life but we don't have to agree with them, put up with their actions or support activity that is considered negative by our SELF. We must, though, be self-full. Able to say we accept the way we are, also. If not,we are wrong pointing out their faults, as to me, this is a moral sin. Matthew 21:18-27

This morning, I attended session #3 of Revelation with Beth Moore, Chapter 2:1-7.
I LOVE this WOMAN ♥
Every time I hear her it gets better and better! The message? Nikao...greek for overcome. Who is the church? We are the church, each one of us. My interpretation- If we are in zinc with Spirit, the planet, and our own self-fullness, our Christ will avenge us, save us, nurture us. The Universe is LOVE. Beth Moore told us ,"Let go of unforgiveness and give it to the Universe.". WoW! How many times have I said/done THAT! It Does work!

Beth Moore closed with saying:
1. Remember
2.Repent
3.Return to those first things...
then she whispered into her microphone, " Tree of Life"

Loves U 2 ♥

Toast or No Toast...What a Question!

The roads down my way are becoming more treacherous!

I was up early yesterday making breakfast and walking into the bedroom to fix my hair, as usual, for got I was making toast with my camp toaster on the electric stove. Suddenly the smoke detector went off with the kitchen and living room full of smoke. I've been making my toast this way for over a year now sense the other hand-me-down toaster crapped out. Every time I go shopping, I would forget to buy one till I went to make toast that I needed a new one: (

This time, though, I wrote it down right away to stop at the Mall. Walking quickly to kitchenwares, so as not to forget why I went in I was shocked to see so many types of toasters. There were side loads, wide end slots and multiply entry models. Which to choose???
I settled for a high functioning Mercedes edition, complete with race stripe design. As I was proudly paying for my luxury toaster, another shopper stopped to admire with myself and the cashier, sharing a similar story as mine about burnt toast with a camper toaster that every day. Laughing I pointed to the kitchenwares, were she hurried, before she forgot she wanted one...

...looking...

If we watch the Sky, touch the Earth and listen with our hearts, we will find God in everything. Look for the 'normal'.

Missing my Thai Women

"I have simply tried to do what seemed best everyday as each day came."
~Abraham Lincoln

Another September is done. I took time today to capture some Fall colors on my walk by the lake and in the yard at home. Thank you, God, for making my life so beautiful!

It’s been a year now sense I last seen my Thai friend, Som Jean. After Royal Harbor plant closed, the Thai woman went to work in PEI at another fish processing facility. I had many phone calls from her till after Christmas last year; then Som Jean and some of the other Thai women to work in Ontario. We talked on-line a few times till 2 months ago when I lost contact. Her Facebook account is still open but no new news...computer broken? Not sure: (

I miss her lots. She was one of the first Thai women I communicated with when they arrived. We shared lunches, notes of mixed language, broken English/Thai conversation, knowing looks, then thoughts. The woman and I often sang in Thai on the processing line, entertainment for those around us. It was very funny to experience for everyone and we all grew to love each other as sisters.
The Thai women came on many shopping trips with me to Meteghan and Yarmouth, stopping to experience my house, coffee talk and to meet my pets. They would 'cook' for me bringing me to their home with a once-a-month parcel arriving from their home land filled with Asian herbs, cooking supplies and a gift for me, usually, of something special : ) They explained in broken English and gestures what each item was used for, often giving a sample to try. I would bring in for them local sweet/medicinal herbs for them to experience, too. We all grew onions in pots all winter, having local fresh herb tea for colds from what we learned about Nova Scotia wilderness.

I still have a note for me in runic style Thai and smile when I look at it, remembering what it said with a laugh. Miss you all's muchly, especially my Som Jean.

A few of the Thai Woman and Me. Som Jean is by my left shoulder ♥

Allen Lake

Allen Lake

Ferns

Revelation with Beth Moore -part 2

Anyone know what this is? I bought at the Sally-Anne store...

This Thursday morning, I attended my Ladies study group at the Church again. After some grapes and coffee, we 30+ woman divided into smaller groups and we went over our home work from last week. One topic was to note a phrase that struck with us in our home study. Mine was verse Revelation 1:8 “I am the Alpha and Omega. Who is, was and is to come." Now isn't that a reincarnation quote if you ever heard one? I thought so, but never mentioned it, not knowing how anyone else attending felt about such things... I did noticed as we progressed with the home work that most seemed to think the Christ would appear at the apocalypse in super-natural form to save the good Christians with everyone else doomed to hell fire. O My! That’s not what I think as I’ve always felt if we are supposed to survive we would. Our faith, instinct or intuition would save us. I like to refer this to story I heard back in grade school about a survivor of the atom bomb dropped on Tokyo. A man ducked down behind a wall to like his smoke, just as the bomb was dropped and survived while hundreds around him perished. Thats a miracle! Now to me, it'could' happen, if we have a holocaust, like some think we will.

After the home-work talk we went back into our main room to watch the video for lesson 2, Revelation 1:9-20 where the apostle John gets a vision from a Christ form. From the description of the proverb I could en-vision my Tree of Life again. 7 stars and 7 churches, to me meant 7 planets and 7 energy points. Energy points you might say? Could be on the body- like chakras, on the earth- like ley-lines or points in the solar system-other planets maybe(?)... I must dream more on this one but I do feel a pattern here...
Beth Moore went on the talk about how "we must stand in the spine of the Christ". Powerful, I thought...She also mentioned the word Ego Aimee. Tears welled to my eyes and I looked around me quickly to see if anyone noticed me... My thoughts went back to 5 years ago when in a meditation a voice spoke to me and called 'Aime". I wondered at the time if it was Amy? Or aim me? It WAS Aimee... the I AM.
Loves U 2, Universe .
John 14:15-17