Another Angle on Amber Ginkgo Carpet

Delicate & glorious, each leaf – beauty falling all around ~ softly, endlessly letting go and free-falling to earth . A golden carpet with growing depth fans out into a full mandala from where I stand.

First, my mother comes, wrapped in light winter garb; it is late for her, but such wonder and joy is contagious. I run inside; only light coaxing captivates my father as well. With his native american carved cane in hand, a wool scarf thrown lightly around his neck, he limps out ~ now the joy is witnessing smiles open their faces and light up their eyes ~ Pure presence is awesome and so precious.

An evening like this is, indeed, precious. Since there was so very little wind, the falling of amber leaves grew silent and took a pause here and there, then leaves began their descent again ~ I stayed outside until nearly midnight on my third visitation; sometimes now I close my eyes and fall into that magical timelessness all over again.

Etymology on Ginkgo: “Ancient Chinese records are surprisingly complete and describe the tree as ya-chio-tu,                                                                meaning a tree with leaves like a duck’s foot.” Ginkgoes have been known to live as long as 2,500 years!!”                                                                               Many Blessings,       Roxanna ~ www.vesselofvoices.com

Gingko leaf as 'Duck's Foot'

As I step toward the gate a shower of amber gingko leaves rain down upon me, whispering across a shoulder, blessing my crown, a hand,  . . . a gingko leaf here, a gingko leaf there  . . .  like falling snow in the stillness of a birch grove with the  accompaniment of the softest, lightest music I’ve ever heard ~ like velvet at the tips of angels’ wings kissing the earth.

One by one by Golden Leaf falling ~ Eve of 11-11-11

Joy bubbles over like a stream in springtime ~ the atmosphere so numinous it transports me. Delicate & glorious, each leaf – beauty falling all around ~ softly, endlessly letting go and free falling to earth . A golden carpet . . . next blog ~ sharing amber joy . . .

A Golden Shower of Blessings upon you,

Roxanna

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Two Leaves on a Pond ~ Mother & Daughter leaves!

On a full moon night in November I attended a book signing and talk by JacLynn Herron on Singing Solo: In Search of a Voice for Mom.  Singing Solo is a heartfelt memoir about a mother-daughter relationship as the mother’s health declines; J. Herron opens  a window into          living and dying in a nursing home after her mother suffered several strokes on top of alzheimer’s diagnosis, and the multi-faceted                           roller coaster ride that ensues. 

Following an evening of honest conversation and poignant sharing, I drove home and stepped out onto a red brick pathway under the pearly full moonlight, completely in the dark about . . . in next blog read about the magical shower  . . .

May you be blessed with wonder,

Roxanna

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'Yalim' Heart ~ Inspiration!

“My Heart! At times one moment is as a year, and at times one year is as a moment to thee.”  Hazrat Inayat Khan

Earth to All ~ Happy Feet Happy Hearts ~

Summer is here (Solstice next week) Let’s Gather on teleconference & prepare our hearts, minds, and, yes, our feet too!! During summertime we have so much more opportunity to receive the magnetism and grounding from Earth that stabilizes, strengthens, and improves our immune systems, our bodies, and hearts.

TeleHeart Conference Call – ~ The easy way  to Connect
Free Call with Sounding the Heart Meditations ~ Synchronize your Breath and Heartbeat,          Inspire Natural Rhythm and Radiance,  Smile into the Heart of Summer 

WEDNESDAY NIGHT TOMORROW!! 15th: 6:30 pm PDT 8:30 CDT

Check for your time zone and Join us on telephone line ~ research shows that when we connect through the heart, our health improves, our moods are uplifted, & our self-doubt diminishes/vanishes.

Please Reserve by Contacting Roxanna at 763-391-2764 or simply Commenting Right Here or Going to website: http://vesselofvoices.com and emailing me. Looking Forward to Gathering with Like Hearts and Minds

Blessings for a Happy, Healthy, Whole Heart,

Roxanna

763-391-2764   P.S. this will be great to be with those of you In MN just before my feet hit the fertile earth of the Twin  Cities next Monday.

by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

A few Gather in the Light by the Sea

Tell a wise person, or else keep silent.

Because the mass man will mock it right away.

I praise what is truly alive,

what longs to be burned to death.

In the calm water of the love-nights,

where you were begotten, where you have begotten,

a strange feeling comes over you

when you see the silent candle burning.

Now you are no longer caught

in the obsession with darkness,

and a desire for higher lovemaking

sweeps you upward.

Distance does not make you falter,

now, arriving in magic, flying,

and finally, insane for the light,

you are the butterfly and you are gone.

And so long as you haven’t experienced

this: to die and so to grow,

you are only a troubled guest

on the dark earth.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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A Gathering by the waves of teleconference for a Special Spring-Heart Meditation (Free)                                        ~ Easter Night  7 pm PDT, 6 pm MDT, 9 pm CDT, 10 pm EDT      Guided by Roxanna

You Must Register even tho it is free – easy to do ~ comment here or call 510-495-5643 OR call (763) 391-2764 and leave a short message with your tele#  and email. We are gathering a flock, a pod, & a herd ~  come beginners, experienced, & anywhere in middle of the road! Info will be sent to you.

With Earth Spring Blessings and Green Shoots,

Roxanna                                                                         Roxanna L. Rutter, Ph.D. http://vesselofvoices.com 

AFTER HER DEATH

I am trying to find the lesson

For tomorrow. Matthew something.

Which lectionary? I have not

forgotten the Way., but, a little,

the way to the Way. The trees keep whispering

peace, peace, and the birds

in the shallows are full of the

bodies of small fish and are

content. They open their wings

so easily, and fly. So. It is still

possible.

I open the book

which is strange, difficult, beautiful church

has given me. Matthew Anywhere.

Saturday ~ 19th of February ~ Free teleconference ~ Reserve Now by commenting here or send an email thru http://vesselofvoices.com. Begins at 7:20 Pacific Time, 8:20 am MT, 9:20 am CT   http://www.worldtimezone.com/time-usa12.php

Power of Breath touches deeply into a our hearts ~ we need no airfare nor even wheels ~ just a decision – to show up, pay attention, and be Present ~ that’s it ` the rest follows ~ with your awareness of each beat  of your heart, your horizon expandss into rich new perspectives.

A Gentle Opening to a Wildly Wider Horizon 

I have some simple tools; we shall start with a beautiful Heart Rhythm Meditation to really feel our connection to our own bodies, hearts, and souls; and to each other ~ specific ways of being with the essence  of Elemental Energies, much like the internal work of acupuncture, Qi Gong . . . ~ we are of the earth; we are 55 – 75% water; we are fire and we are air;to feel these elements in our breath, bodies, and heartbeat empowers and revitalizes our very cellular make-up.

Come beginners and experienced meditators alike ~ artists, plumbers and gardeners; bankers, hotel owners, and teachers . . .  all are welcome; it is time for each of us to stop and listen, to really stop and breathe into and hear the beat of life within our own breasts ~ the spark of life force within is a clarion call ~

What you will discover ~  buried gems awaiting the light of your awareness~ from ancient to contemporary times pilgrims go out across the wide open lands to unveil, to reveal something of the divine

Come One, Come All ~ Lines are Open and free ~ up to 40 or 50 (participants)

Clarion Call from Air 

Looking Forward to Being with you,

This is a great opportunity to check in with your heart! Friends notice when we are connected!

Roxanna   http://vesselofvoices.com

each beat of this wildly wide and precious heart

Milagro Meditation ~ Heart Rocks!

Excerpts from Mary Oliver’s exquisite Writings                   followed by a way to make your Heart Whole again

“to live in this world
you must be able
to do three things
to love what is mortal;
to hold it
against your bones knowing
your own life depends on it;
and, when the time comes to let it go,
to let it go”
— Mary Oliver

We hold the World in our Hands and Hearts

Heart Meditations ~

Smile to Your Heart and the World will Smile with You

Saturday 19th of February

7:30 am PT  8:30 am MT  9:30 am CT  10:30 am ET

RESERVE NOW

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or Call me or email me through http://vesselofvoices.com

~ we need each other for our hearts to grow wildly wide and even more precious!! Look forward to being with you!

With Bouquets of Blessings to All,

Roxanna

Note ~ For the Curious, the skeptical, the wanderers and wonderers,

want to know more about the conference call (‘TeleHeart’) check out next blog or 2 or scroll back  . . .

~ Heart to Heart ~

One day a small package arrived ~ this is what i found inside ~ what a great surprise from a woman friend with a heart of , well, flowers ~ all colours!  A day like every other day became an extraordinary day!

“A new hope is born in my heart by breathing Thy peaceful atmosphere.”

Hazrat Inayat Khan

Imagine receiving a heart ~ a soft,  flexible, and most colourful heart in the mail! Imagine living from a such a heart-centered place! Just now, in this writing I am inspired to send a surprise heart to someone I  care about, to someone who may need a little inspiration or a visual reminder of how kind-hearted she/he is ~ what a perfect time of year to send along a little heart!

May your heart be happy and flexible! Strong and confident! Creative and respectful!

Wholeheartedly,

Roxanna   http://vesselofvoices.com

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