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May my ancestors, your ancestors, ancestors of those who are not aware of their presence, ancestors of those who have forgotten about them find peace.
May the divine Mother Earth, prakruti find peace. May we heal so that we may take mindful steps.
May we all remember to always remember where we came from.
May we always be respectful to our roots.

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A Glass of Lemonade

Just like most of the weary traveler scorched by the summer heat, you dream of cool water bodies to immerse yourself in or of drinking tall glasses of cool lemonade or applying unguents on your hot and tired body. In many of your summer dreams, you recollect your childhood spent playing near the River Green and spend days eating ripe mangoes from the tree in your yard. You long for your childhood companions and think of the times when you could play forever in the cool waters. The summer also brings back your dreams of a loved one and the quiet knowledge of his affection, not uttered aloud everyday but read through the love-light that you read in his eyes. 

 

In the midst of this tedious summer, you find reasons to celebrate- like the first rain that brings smells of the wet earth and a sense of coming alive with nature. You feel the same resurgent life as you step into the River Green and forget time in its waters. Or when you sip a tall glass of tasty lemonade from a wayside shop just to quench your thirst. This sweet and taste of lemonade quenches your thirst but keeps you craving for more, and this becomes linked in your mind with summer heat. 

 

Like the love-light in his eyes that you recall every now and then, going back again and again to your loved one and your dreams of being one with him in all senses- mind, body and spirit- you dream of the tasty lemonade that comes back to you every time you think of summer. And, though this love has lasted several summers not one and has awakened in you desires too deep for words, your thirst for this glass of elixir and the love of your dreams have stayed the same throughout the many summers. 

 

 

Two of Cups

Though we may be apart, in a sense we are always together, across all lives, present and future. For this sense of a paradoxical aloneness creeps on you when you stand in the crowds. 

 

You are my other half, my twin flame in this life, for it is with you that my dreams run wild and I weave stories of togetherness in an unreal realm. And, I have become like you in the years that followed. 

 

In a way, when I look back on life, like a traditional Indian bride, I have walked with you around every revolution around the sun, I have stayed loyal to your love and held your name holy like a talisman. 

 

You are my other self, whom I do not know for I have never seen you as you really are, for I was struck blind by your light. Yet I know you were with me in each and every circle round the holy fire and will find you near me in every dream. 

 

Even when I dream, you are with me and I return to your thoughts time and again just to hold your hand in an unreal realm where rules don't matter and hearts speak only the truth. In another world, in a parallel universe, we celebrate our life of eternal togetherness. 

 

It is destiny that brought us together and again we spend our time chatting away about how life has been during these years of absence. I dream of a life of togetherness again, stargazing or soul gazing or learning more of each other. 

 

And, though apart in real, in every circambulation around the sun, you and I will grow together in wisdom and though our lives will remain apart, you and I will find that this sense of oneness with each other in spirit, that itself is a reason for celebration.

Happy Summer Solstice

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I am held by the Earth. I am rooted in my truth. I am solid, centred and still. I am firm in my convictions. I know my own mind. I trust myself. I trust I will make the best choices for myself and others. I am a conscious observer. I am an open listener. I always return to centre. My centre remains calm and unperturbed. The anchor I cast allows me to explore without fear. The anchor I cast engenders a sense of calm and security. I metabolise negative feelings quickly. 

I cast out bad vibes from my surroundings. I process uncomfortable emotions without fear. I eliminate old, stale energy and invite new energy in. I feel good and refreshed. I feel vibrant and clear. I am renewed, restored and revitalised. I am clean, fresh and ready to start the day. I invite positive energy into my world. I reflect all that is good and "of the light". I emanate positive energy from the inside out. I am looking forward to my day. I am excited about what I will do today. Today is full of possibilities. Today is a gift from the Universe, and I am grateful. A smile from me will make someone's day today. I have an attitude of gratitude, and it shows. I thank the Universe for my many blessings. 

I have the tools of mindful breathing to help me. I can change my mood with mindful breathing. I remember to breathe when I'm feeling sad, stressed or exhausted. I don't hang on to negative thoughts and feelings very long. I know how to move on by processing my emotions. I do not waste time on resentment, anger or fear. I'm grateful to have the time that I have, and I use it wisely. I give of myself but honour my boundaries. Other people sense and respect my boundaries. I affect positive change by example. My enthusiasm is contagious. My peaceful demeanour is healing for people to be around. Good luck is attracted to me like bees to honey. I can't help but have good luck. It just follows me wherever I go. I notice opportunities and see how they can benefit me or those I love. I'm a lucky person, and I know it. 

I'm blessed, and I am grateful every day. I remember how precious life is, and I make the most of it. I choose to see the bright side of things today.

Inner Child Healing Affirmations:25 Positive Affirmations to Heal Childhood Trauma

1.       Today I choose me.

2.       I choose to create an atmosphere of peace and safety for myself.

3.       I do not blame myself for my childhood experiences/trauma

4.       Boundary setting helps me to create safety within my life.

5.       My mind, body, and spirit belong to me.

6.       Love and tranquility surround my interactions and my decisions 

7.       I replace hate, anger, agitation with others with intentional and positive interactions.

8.       I release the feeling of isolation

9.       I release the feeling of guilt, hurt, and shame.

10.   My abuse/traumatic experiences do not define who I am as a person.

11.   Even though I am in pain…I truly and deeply love and accept myself.

12.   I allow myself to accept positive comments and thoughts about me.

13.   I deserve to be respected and treated with love.

14.   I am open and receptive to compliments.

15.   Today I comfort my inner child

16.   My inner-child awaits to be acknowledged.

17.   My value is just as significant as any other person.

18.   Setting firm boundaries come easy for me.

19.   I receive love and kindness with ease.

20.   I ensure my inner-child of his/her safety by use of my words of kindness, compassion, and hope.

21.   I am ensuring my inner-child feels safe from pain through my actions.

22.   My willingness to follow through on my promises demonstrates the importance of my self-connection.

23.   A feeling of peace and tranquility comforts my being.

24.   I acknowledge and accept that healing is possible.

25.   I break the cycle of thoughts and behaviors that leads to experiencing the trauma again.

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Happy Summer Solstice

Self-criticism

Seven times I have despised my soul:
The first time when I saw her being meek that she might attain height.
The second time when I saw her limping before the crippled.
The third time when she was given to choose between the hard and the easy, and she chose the easy.
The fourth time when she committed a wrong, and comforted herself that others also commit wrong.
The fifth time when she forbode for weakness, and attributed her patience to strength.
The sixth time when she despised the ugliness of a face, and knew not that it was one of her own masks.
And the seventh time when she sang a song of praise, and deemed it a virtue.

Kahlil Gibran, Sand and Foam

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9 May 2022

Flow with the tide, not against it. When you feel that change is necessary, be willing to change and do not try to resist it. Be very flexible. Keep open, and never let your attitude be 'What was good enough for my parents is good enough for me.' Change will never come if that is your attitude, and changes must come. The new cannot fit into the old mould because the new has outgrown the old and needs more room. Give it more room by expanding with it. It need not be a painful process when there is no resistance. When a plant is pot-bound, it needs to be repotted to allow its roots to expand. When your consciousness has outgrown the old con ceptions, it needs to be allowed to expand into new realms. This process can come about very naturally; there need not be any stress or strain. Simply let go, relax and feel yourself changing and expanding as naturally as breathing, moving out of the old into the new.

We Are Free to Be Ourselves

In order to be whole, we must accept all of ourselves. So let your heart open and make plenty of room in there for all the parts of yourself. The parts you are proud of and the parts that embarrass you. The parts you reject and the parts you love. They are all of you. You are beautiful. We all are. When your heart is full of love for yourself, then you have so much to share with others. 

Let this love now fill your room and permeate out to all the people that you know. Put the people you want in the center of your room so that they can receive the love from your overflowing heart. From your child to theirs. Now see all the children in all the people dancing as children dance, skipping and shouting and turning somersaults and cartwheels, filled with exuberant joy. Expressing all the best of the child within.

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Eid Mubarak

Beltane blessings

Bless, O threefold true and bountiful,

Myself, my spouse, my children.

Bless everything within my dwelling and in my possession,

Bless the kine and crops, the flocks and corn,

From Samhain Eve to Beltane Eve,

With goodly progress and gentle blessing,

From sea to sea, and every river mouth,

From wave to wave, and base of waterfall.

Be the Maiden, Mother, and Crone,

Taking possession of all to me belonging.

Be the Horned God, the Wild Spirit of the Forest,

Protecting me in truth and honor.

Satisfy my soul and shield my loved ones,

Blessing every thing and every one,

All my land and my surroundings.

Great gods who create and bring life to all,

I ask for your blessings on this day of fire.

Beltane ☀️

May Day, May Eve, Lady Day, Walpurgis/Valpurgis Night, Roodmas, Gŵyl Galan / Calan Mai (Welsh)

Beltane or May Day, which occurs about 6 weeks after the Equinox – symbolizing spiritual union and fertility. 

Beltane is a fertility festival that celebrates the return of spring, the sun’s warmth and nature’s abundance. It is a cross-quarter festival, celebrated approximately halfway between vernal (spring) equinox (Ostara) and the summer solstice (Litha).

Literally, Beltane is thought to mean ‘fire of Bel’ or ‘bright fire’, associated with the Celtic sun god Bel, the bright and shining one. It is the Gaelic name for the month of May, also known as Beltaine/Beltine in Old Irish, Bealtaine in Modern Irish, and Bealltainn in Scottish Gaelic.

Beltane incorporates many traditions, including the Gaelic practice of using bonfires to ensure protection from harm. It closely follows the Germanic ‘May Day’ festivities, such as dancing around the Maypole to celebrate the earth’s growing fertility. 

In northern Europe, this day was called the feast of Walpurga, or ‘Walpurgisnacht’ (Walpurgis Night). In the Christian calendar, it was celebrated as ‘Roodmas’, or the Feast of the Cross.

Beltane is the last of the three spring fertility festivals, the others being Imbolc and Ostara. In many Neopagan traditions, Beltane and Samhain are treated as the most important dates on the Wheel of the Year. They divide the year into its two primary seasons, the dark season of winter, and the light season of summer.  

On Samhain, the Wild Hunt is set loose to bring winter into the world, while May Day (specifically Walpurgis Night) is celebrated as the last night that the Wild Hunt of winter rides free.

In Wicca, Beltane marks the emergence of the young God into manhood (known as the Stag King at this time). Stirred by energies in nature, he marries the Goddess (the May Queen) and she becomes pregnant.

Beltane is associated with lust and passion! It is the traditional time for marriages and handfastings. Young unmarried adults would stay overnight in the woods ‘A-Maying’, while those who were married were given permission to remove their wedding rings and enjoy lusty freedom for the night. 

Often bonfires were jumped to encourage luck and fertility. Groups danced with ribbons or greenery around Maypoles, a phallic symbol of fertility and the union of the Goddess and the God to create life. Morris Dancing and images of the Green Man were also common.

It is a time of planting, flowers, birds, bees and honey. At this time, it is thought that the veil between the worlds are at its thinnest (as with Samhain), therefore faeries are thought to return from their winter hiatus.

As life springs forth from the fertile earth, this is a good time for all celebrations of fertility, new ideas, abundance and prosperity.

Half way between the spring equinox and the summer solstice is a festival known as Beltane. It is one of four Gaelic festivals that are still observed today, The others are Samhain, Imbolc and Lughnasadh. It is usually held on May 1st and widely celebrated in Scotland, Ireland and the Isle of Man. 

Some of the earliest Irish literature make mention of Beltane and it has associations with important events in Irish mythology. It is also another time of the year when the veil between our world and the underworld is thin, making it the best time to contact the spirits.

HOW WAS BELTANE OBSERVED?

Traditionally, Beltane marks the beginning of summer and was the time when cattle would be driven out onto the summer pastures. It was common for rituals to be performed that would protect farmers crops and cattle, as well as people. And also to encourage growth. 

It is common practice to light bonfires because it is thought that the smoke, ashes and the flames have protective powers. Customs included walking around the bonfires or between two and sometimes even to jump over the flames or the burning embers. 

Fires in a home would be put out and then re-lit using the Beltane bonfire. As well as the bonfires there would also be a feast, with some of the food and drink being offered to a supernatural race known as the aos si.

People would decorate their homes with yellow May flowers as well as the cattle. And in certain parts of Ireland a May Bush would be made. This would consist of a thorn bush decorated with ribbons, flowers and brightly colored shells.

IS BELTANE STILL OBSERVED TODAY?

As with many myths and legends there is still a place for Beltane today. While its celebration may not be quite as widespread as in previous years its customs are still observed today. In terms of festival, interest has almost died out by the middle of the 20th century. 

However, it has seen a revival in recent years and a few places hold cultural events to mark the occasion. Presently, the custom of lighting Beltane fires is only observed in County Limerick and Arklow. But it is being revived in a number of other parts of the country. There are also certain groups that are looking to revive the custom at the Hill of Tara and at Uisneach. 

Some areas of Newfoundland still decorate the May Bush. And the town of Peebles in the Scottish Borders still has a week long Beltane fair, but it is held in June. In Edinburgh, on Calton Hill, the 30th April sees the Beltane Fire Festival. An event that has been held every year since 1988. its inspiration is the traditional Beltane, but nowadays it is more of a modern arts and cultural event.

Beltane honours Life. It represents the peak of Spring and the beginning of Summer. Earth energies are at their strongest and most active. All of life is bursting with potent fertility and at this point in the Wheel of the Year, the potential becomes conception. 

On May Eve the sexuality of life and the earth is at its peak. Abundant fertility, on all levels, is the central theme. The Maiden goddess has reached her fullness. She is the manifestation of growth and renewal, Flora, the Goddess of Spring, the May Queen, the May Bride. 

The Young Oak King, as Jack-In-The-Green, as the Green Man, falls in love with her and wins her hand. The union is consummated and the May Queen becomes pregnant. Together the May Queen and the May King are symbols of the Sacred Marriage (or Heiros Gamos), the union of Earth and Sky, and this union has merrily been re-enacted by humans throughout the centuries. 

For this is the night of the Greenwood Marriage. It is about sexuality and sensuality, passion, vitality and joy. And about conception. A brilliant moment in the Wheel of the Year to bring ideas, hopes and dreams into action. And have some fun..

Traditions of Beltane

Beltane is a Fire Festival. The word 'Beltane' originates from the Celtic God 'Bel', meaning 'the bright one' and the Gaelic word 'teine' meaning fire. Together they make 'Bright Fire', or 'Goodly Fire' and traditionally bonfires were lit to honour the Sun and encourage the support of Bel and the Sun's light to nurture the emerging future harvest and protect the community. 

Bel had to be won over through human effort. Traditionally all fires in the community were put out and a special fire was kindled for Beltane. "This was the Tein-eigen, the need fire. People jumped the fire to purify, cleanse and to bring fertility. Couples jumped the fire together to pledge themselves to each other. 

Cattle and other animals were driven through the smoke as a protection from disease and to bring fertility. At the end of the evening, the villagers would take some of the Teineigen to start their fires anew." (From Sacred Celebrations by Glennie Kindred) Green Man - Beltane.

Handfasting

As Beltane is the Great Wedding of the Goddess and the God, it is a popular time for pagan weddings or Handfastings, a traditional betrothal for 'a year and a day' after which the couple would either choose to stay together or part without recrimination. Today, the length of commitment is a matter of choice for the couple, and can often be for life. 

Handfasting ceremonies are often unique to the couple, but include common elements, most importantly the exchange of vows and rings (or a token of their choice). The act of handfasting always involves tying the hands Handfasting ('tying the knot') of the two people involved, in a figure of eight, at some point in the ceremony and later unbinding. 

This is done with a red cord or ribbon. Tying the hands together symbolises that the two people have come together and the untying means that they remain together of their own free will.

Another common element is 'jumping the broomstick' - this goes back to a time when two people who could not afford a church ceremony, or want one, would be accepted in the community as a married couple if they literally jumped over a broom laid on the floor. The broom marked a 'threshold', moving from an old life to a new one.

Mead and cakes are often shared in communion as part of the ceremony. Mead is known as the Brew of the Divine, made from honey which is appropriate for a love ceremony (and is the oldest alcoholic drink known to humankind).

Going A-Maying

Handfasting or not, both young and old went A-Maying... Couples spent the night in the woods and fields, made love and brought back armfuls of the first May or haw thorn blossoms to decorate their homes and barns. Hawthorn was never brought into the home except at Beltane - at other times it was considered unlucky. Young women gathered the dew to wash their faces, made Flower Crowns and May Baskets to give as gifts. 

Everyone was free to enact the Sacred Marriage of Goddess and God, and there was an accepted tradition of Beltane babies arriving nine months later.

Maypole

The Maypole is a popular and familiar image of May Day and Beltane. A phallic pole, often made from birch, was inserted into the Earth representing the potency of the God. 

The ring of flowers at the top of the Maypole represents the fertile Goddess. Its many coloured ribbons and the ensuing weaving dance symbolise the spiral of Life and the union of the Goddess and God, the union between Earth and Sky.

The colours of Beltane are green, red and white/silver. Green represents growth, abundance and fertility. Red represents strength, vitality, passion and vibrancy. White represents cleansing and clearing and the power to disperse negativity...

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Earth teach me quiet ~ as the grasses are still with new light.

Earth teach me suffering ~ as old stones suffer with memory.

Earth teach me humility ~ as blossoms are humble with beginning.

Earth teach me caring ~ as mothers nurture their young.

Earth teach me courage ~ as the tree that stands alone.

Earth teach me limitation ~ as the ant that crawls on the ground.

Earth teach me freedom ~ as the eagle that soars in the sky.

Earth teach me acceptance ~ as the leaves that die each fall.

Earth teach me renewal ~ as the seed that rises in the spring.

Earth teach me to forget myself ~ as melted snow forgets its life.

Earth teach me to remember kindness ~ as dry fields weep with rain.

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