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Points of Light

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It is the start of the festive season again. The dark nights of winter allow the fairy lights and decorations to sparkle in every town and village and through the windows of homes up and down this little island. People, even those who already look harassed by the work, expense and extra busyness of December, smile at each other for no reason and offer greetings. It seems as if we somehow respond to the colour and light in the darkness in a way that transcends the everyday stresses of modern life… as if the inner child sees the wonder of the sparkling lights and understands their significance.

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Magic #Writephoto #SueVincent

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The white fairy waited for the travelers to pass before she stepped out of the hillside. They were so focused on the cold, she wasn’t sure they would notice her, but if they did, they would not have been ready. Her job was to catch the ones who were ready. Those who ventured into the forest not to get through it, but to become it. These travelers were easy enough to spot. She called them the dreamers. She could see the glow of their green hearts as they gazed in wonder at a landscape that looked lifeless to most.

Of course, they often spotted her with ease, even when she sometimes tried to test them with her stillness. Eyes that could see were never fooled by attempts at camouflage. Today, though, she was waiting for the one who didn’t yet know the world he thought was real was really a facade. These were her favorite humans. She loved to catch the veil as it lifted from the inner eye. The moment of surprised delight that followed made the wait well worth it.  Magic, these travelers were about to discover, was not a just the stuff of fairy tales.

 

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Bleak #writephoto prompt #suevincent

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Gaia had been asleep for too long, the land turned bleak for want of her touch. The waters surrounding Earth were muddy with despair. It would take a thousand years to clear their memory of force.  Yet, despite the heavy tread of man, deep within the crevices, hope began to bloom into life.

She could wait. Her cracked face nestled against the side of her ancestors watched in stillness. Her hollowed eyes recorded each step that passed and stored their imprints. Time was nothing more than an accumulation of weight, and below her she could feel the quickening of the land’s heartbeat. The reign of power was shifting, awakening the goddess back to life.

This was my contribution to Sue Vincent’s weekly #writephoto prompt. If you would like to participate, please click here. 

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Notes from a small dog: The dotted line…

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I am an animal. Therefore, I am not sentient…

I have no emotions.

I do not feel happiness…

… joy…

… or fear.

I have no curiosity, because I am not a sentient being.

I have no understanding of the finer emotions, like gentleness, or sharing.

No understanding of wonder, excitement…

…or hope.

I do not suffer when I am ill.

I need no comforting…

I cannot laugh…

…or be bored…

…and I have no sense of humour.

I feel no guilt…because I am not conscious of wrongdoing…

…and I cannot feel love.

My two-legs disagrees.

Under the current EU laws, animal sentience, and the existence of their feelings, is recognised and must be taken into full account as new laws and rulings are passed.

The UK government have quietly voted to exclude animal sentience from the laws being passed to define our nation as we leave the EU. Although…

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She of the Voice

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SHE OF THE VOICE

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The Shining One Fatima“Ra-bi-ya, Ra-bi-ya…’

As she surveys the black and white squares of the court before her, the song echoes in her head, a beloved memory of time spent, long ago, with her mother, playing their hiding game among the orange groves in the gardens of the royal home.

‘She of the voice, the inner voice,’ had been the way they referred to her, later in childhood, when she would suddenly go quiet and listen to that wonderful, silent dialogue that taught her so much about what was really happening in front of her; watching others react while she smiled and laughed so much they thought she was just being girly.

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To dare, to dream, to be…#SueVincent #TheSilentEye

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TO DARE, TO DREAM, TO BE…

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‘To know, to dare, to will… and to keep silent’… this is a phrase heard within many branches of the Mysteries and one which echoes facets of the labyrinthine journey undertaken by those of us who work within them. It is an old saying, but none the worse for that, as much of the magical and mystical tradition is rooted in history. It contains much wisdom… a veritable treasure trove that responds to exploration by the meditative mind.

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Islands…#SueVincent

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Over the past few days, social media has been awash with disgust at the note left on an ambulance window when the paramedics had been called to a dying man. It was a critical and time sensitive occasion and the patient died later in hospital. The man who had left the note, which read ‘you may be saving lives, but don’t park your van in a stupid place and block my drive’, has since called his own behaviour ‘monstrous’.

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Haven #writephoto #SueVincent

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Here is my contribution to Sue Vincent’s weekly #writephoto prompt:

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She couldn’t take her eyes off the light. How it bent to the west, as though in wait. The land of dreams poured a backdrop of violet over gold beckoning the flame covered in glass. Too soon it would be cloaked in darkness, and she would lie in bed and await the demons. They always came in search of the light within. Dressed in red or black, they hovered in wait over her body as it drifted toward sleep.

 When you close your eyes, you can see.

Always she resisted the urge to open. It didn’t matter why she had been chosen. What mattered was that she didn’t fall asleep. Like the false light outside, she knew she must contain the light within. And so each night, before she found rest, she became the sun. The demons who came seeking her fire discovered the power of light. Driven by a desire to take, they lost everything before they became one.

 

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A blogger survey

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I was nominated by the wonderfully inspiration blogger, Savvy Raj, to answer these questions she has posed for her Sunshine blogger nominees. Do visit her fabulous blog, it’s well-worth the time.

The Q & A:

What is your take on equality of sexes?

My first thought was, “what is there to take?” In all seriousness, though, doesn’t it really come down to this, in essence. The idea of not taking, and simply allowing for the nondivision of all humanity, regardless of sex, creed, color, income, education…and the list goes on? I guess I’m just plain tired of categorizing and dividing, and the seemingly endless and tiresome quest of the individual to get “ahead” and be “above.” The strive to be better, or stronger (which has what has allowed for the inequality of the sexes) really speaks to the innate fear that we are not enough.

What is your idea of happiness?

My idea of happiness is inner peace. Finding that harmony with the mind and living fully  (joyfully) through the heart.

What is your idea of a perfect day in your life?

A day lived in pure joy. Then, it really doesn’t matter where you are, or what you are “doing,” because you are truly “being” present in each moment.

Do you like to dance, if so what style or form attracts you?

Let me first say, I wish I could dance. I love the beauty and grace of the art of dance, and it can fill me with awe as an observer. I’m not blessed with the natural grace of a dancer’s rhythm, but I do, on occasion, enjoy the abandon of dancing when no one is watching. 😉 In terms of what I like to watch the most, probably ballet.

What are you most thankful for?

Love. Really, without it, where would we all be?

Among the many valuable qualities what is the most important quality to develop as a human being?

Compassion.

Luna #writephoto prompt #suevincent

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My contribution to Sue Vincent’s weekly #writephoto prompt challenge.

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Luna looked through the trees at the moon and thought about death. Death, she decided, was the unbroken space of silence. Where words disintegrated before they could form sound in the black expanse of no-time. Would it feel, cold, she wondered, as she shivered her body under the night sky, or would there be no feeling?

When she was a young child, she would lie in bed and think about death before she slept. She couldn’t help it. Her mind would pull her into that place of fear, and the thought of nonexistence would race her heart into panic until she pushed the terror back into the darkness. Now she found the idea of infinity equally terrifying. How exhausting, to be endlessly cycling through lifetimes, or to be forever hovering in the void of space.

Heaven, her grandfather once told her, was the dream of the hopeful. Hell, a threat to the guilty. “When you die, you die,” he said. “Your body goes back to Earth, and that’s it.” Yet, Luna had seen the ghosts of lives past. Even her grandfather had appeared years after his death, hovering above her bed in an aura of light.

The spirits never her told her what happens after the breath stills inside the body. They never talked about what infinity really means, or how many lifetimes you have to live to get there. In fact, they never said anything at all. They just watched her live.

 

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