Connection

Image from Unsplash by Priscilla du Preez Substack 11/2/25 Connection Welcome Community of my Heart and thank you for coming here! If you like what you read, I would love it if you would click the ‘like’ button, and comment as well if you like. Liking a post affects the algorithm and…

What is enlightenment?

“All spiritualities consistently describe the same state: a direct experience of reality unclouded by thought. Love, presence, God, enlightenment-same thing. This is what happens when the mind grows still. The end goal is to wake up to this moment, fully, and live from it.”…

Shard,as in a shard of memory

What interests me about memories isn’t what the memory is about, but what it elicits when it arises in my mind. Watch this--- The scent of my grandmother’s linen closet…the labyrinthine halls of the second floor in her house where I played with my dolls, creating…

Encounter

Welcome Community of my Heart and thank you for coming here! If you like what you read, I would love it if you would click the ‘like’ button, and comment as well if you like. Check out “Notes” on my main page too. This essay is in response to Beth Kempton’s Soul Circle topic this…

Autumn

image by autumn mott rodeheaver from unsplash Autumn nurtures my soul with its gradual release of the summer’s growth so that the plants’ lifeblood recedes into the earth to nurture next year’s life emerging.

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Home

“To forget one’s ancestors is to be a brook without a source, a tree without a root.” Chinese proverb This essay is in response to Beth Kempton’s Soul Circle topic this week-Home Home is here in this moment, and in every moment my ancestors have lived. Their laughter & tears are the structure…

Clarity

Art by Susan Seddon Boulet “What would happen if one woman told the truth about her life? The world would split open.” Muriel Rukeyser “I dedicate my spirit to eradicating patriarchal holds on women’s sovereignty.” M. Chabinsky Sovereignty means complete independence, authority and power.…

Sangha/Community

“The sangha is an island of peace.” Thich Nhat Hanh “Everyone is in my sangha. I don’t know if that’s the proper definition, but that’s the way I’m going to hold it in my mind.” Jeff Bridges Welcome Community of my Heart and thank you for coming here! If you like what you read, I…

surprise

just a beautiful surprise for my birthday!

Growing Myself

”Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.” Einstein

I Am Space

“Stillness is the alter of the spirit.” Paramahansa Yogananda Welcome Community of my Heart and thank you for coming here! If you like what you read, I would love it if you would click the ‘like’ button. Check out “Notes” on my main page too. I am brave. As a rebellious spirit, I have…

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Stay “ Stay at the center of your circle and let all things take their course. “ Tao Te Ching

Peonies and Purpose

“The world is starved for stories of women on the spiritual path.” Sara Avant Stover Welcome Community of my Heart and thank you for coming here! If you like what you read, I would love it if you would click the ‘like’ button, and comment as well if you like. Check out “Notes”…

A Rainy, Sunday Morning

Three gratitudes every morning- I am grateful for my garden. It gives me joy no matter the weather. I am grateful for a rainy day. Soft, gentle moisture for all the new plants. I am grateful for Her. She guides life on this planet.

Intimacy of Place

“I call upon my mother, grandmother & my long line of strong women to guide & support me through difficulty, to have pride in me as I grow & expand my life, and most of all, to welcome me into the women’s club when I leave this life. They are my inspiration and the loving arms…

Celebrating!

Misty

The light is exquisite this morning….I can see for miles.

Hello, sun

Hello, sun in my face. “Hello, sun in my face. Watch, now, how I start the day in happiness, in kindness.” Mary Oliver This Sweet Almond, surrounded by a scent so light and enchanting, the rest of the trees and plants in the yard cannot help but follow Her instructions to burst forth…

The Blaze of Life “To follow my Heart Fire-this energetic inner blaze, the love of life-at the center of my being.” Shiva ReaThanks for reading Renaissancemoon!

The Blaze of Life
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