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Deep Inside the Darkness is Light

April 4, 2015 · Leave a Comment

“As long as you do not know what you are experiencing inside, you are asleep in your life, even though you may think you are very awake.” ~gary zukav  Protection has got me thinking and feeling small. Rejection is fresh and overt as I begin to date again. It is harder than I thought it […]

Happy Valentine’s Day!

February 14, 2015 · Leave a Comment

I do not fit snuggly into a world built on principles of clock time and corporeal senses alone. I may appear eccentric if I write about things like “equanimity” and “straddling eternity.” But it is in the effemera I feel most hardy. My strength seems to build upon itself in the light of my spirit. […]

How To Unfold

February 11, 2015 · Leave a Comment

“Raise your words, not voice. It is rain that grows flowers, not thunder.” ~rumi How do I unfold? Until I am able to live in the dream for my highest self, I am borrowing my Soul’s heart to assist me in making decisions. To do this I am meditating more regularly, which helps me to […]

A Daily Practice

January 26, 2015 · Leave a Comment

“Fish live in streams Birds nest in trees Human beings dwell In warm hearts.” ~Japanese folk Zen saying Keeping my heart open is the plan for the day. It is the plan for everyday. It is a mantra, a philosophy, a way of life. Keeping my heart open allows all my periodic fears to be […]

New Art

January 21, 2015 · Leave a Comment

“For me, a picture should be like sparks. It must dazzle like the beauty of a woman or a poem. It must have radiance; it must be like those stones which Pyrenean shepherds use to light their pipes.” ~joan miro  Joan Miro inspires my new creative work! Here is a sketch for a pendant to […]

An Open Invitation

November 21, 2014 · Leave a Comment

Crazy good explanation…I am so grateful for it’s joyful clarity! http://omeleto.com/199433/

Fallen

October 24, 2014 · Leave a Comment

Fallen I am wounded  I am weak  I am not alone. Scooped up Made warm and welcome Earth dug deep with candles lit Your love nourishes me. Gracious nestling In your family’s home,  your heart, your lives, your land. Just now this way  I am safe  I can crow  I am made stronger  in your […]

What Is is OK

September 26, 2014 · Leave a Comment

Work in Progress Glimpses of letting go Glimpses of holding on And the living in between Galloping forward  I am a work in progress  Rocking back and forth this way Steadiness seems out of the question right now But as sure as the letting go and the holding on and the in between happen over and […]

Paying Attention

September 21, 2014 · Leave a Comment

A Centipede was happy quite  until a frog in jest said, “Pray which leg comes after which?” This raised his doubts to such a pitch, He lay bewildered in a ditch Considering how to run. ~ Author Unknown Taking yet another e-course with Thomas Moore, author of “Care of the Soul”, we are studying The Holy Fool: […]

Receiving Love

September 5, 2014 · Leave a Comment

Oh I can give Love all day long.  It is automatic and very fulfilling. Every morning I enjoy making sure the needs of my dog are graciously and completely met.  I feel real happiness making sure my sister has all she needs to be relaxed and feel like a winner. And when I am able to […]

non-judgmental awareness

July 27, 2014 · Leave a Comment

“The present moment is filled with joy and happiness. If you are attentive, you will see it.” ~thich nhat hahn Ahhhhhh – to be in non-judgmental awareness is a lovely vacation of sorts. It is a getaway from the push and pull of things. When I am here all that crosses my “virtual desk of life” […]

In the Stream

July 17, 2014 · Leave a Comment

Today I am noticing my open heart is a garden where everything placed in it grows. And everything that comes from it nourishes. And when I relax into the flow of life, life provides all that I need easily and comfortably. LIFE is on my side! What better motivation can there be to arrange things in your […]

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Lani received a B.F.A from Virginia Commonwealth University in 1986 and earned a B.A in Art Education from NCCU in 2000.
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