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Thursday, January 3, 2013

Meet ME Halfway




full moon icicles
lit with wonder. dare i ask?
here i am what now?






I still need to change the date in my watermark. The icicles by moonlight are from the last night of 2012, the sunsets, the first of 2013. The tiny hearts formed in ice are from the same first evening, as light was growing dim, found on the ground next to our house where they’d fallen. 





Ehyeh Asher Ehyeh
meet ME half way
release what has passed
resolve to enter this moment
(with a courageous heart)
faith in ME
unseen Mystery
Ehyeh
I Will Be
open to the possible reality of
this awareness: 
goodness 
intention (yours-ours) aligned
as life unfolds
Asher Ehyeh
That Which Will
BE



Thank you to my mentor and friend Rabbi Nancy Flam for her Thursday morning meditation offering. Below is how I received her discernment from Bikrat Avraham’s teaching on Ehyeh Asher Ehyeh ~ I Will Be That Which Will Be ~ one of the many names of the Mystery that birthed all into being, distilled yet again through my memory of her words. I pray that my second poem respectfully honors her transmission as I experienced it. 
I share here a loving response from my teacher after reading this poem: "May our continuing prayer today deepen because of the inspiration of each other's faithfulness.  
With much love, 
Nancy"

Amen, Amen, may it be so!

Linking to:
 himmelsk
weekly topshot
weekend reflections
ein stuk himmel
guest heart thursday 
haiku my heart
the weekend in black and white


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79 comments:

  1. Your photos always capture the spectacular beauty of nature. The icicle photo is breathtaking, a moment of pure wonder. And it is no surprise to me that hearts show themselves around your house, even in ice:)

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  2. Your images and words are always so soothing !!!

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  3. Such deliciously chilly shots.

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  4. Beautiful photos and words!
    Love the hearts!

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  5. Happy New Year to you too! Beautiful ice art and clouds.

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  6. Love the lighting in each of these photos! Magical! Especially love the last photo - the wonder of ice!

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  7. goodness intention aligned as life unfolds...here i am now what....two great lines for me...sometimes we must wait in that now what...cool shots too....

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  8. Beautiful
    as always.
    Your words and prayers
    always speak to my heart...
    I pray for the ability
    to accept all
    that is going on
    with this aging vessel...

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  9. I adore the simplicity and subtlety of the moonlit icicles... The darkness is so precious to renewal.

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  10. Beautiful photos Laura. That moon shot is magical!

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  11. Lovely photos! Great colours!
    I wish you a Happy New Photo Year!

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  12. We meet half way, here in this space. You share your creative heart. Blessed we are to "see through our hearts." Happy New Year dear Laura. Gorgeous photos!xo teri

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  13. Beautiful photos. And A happy New Year:
    Meta

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  14. Happy New Year! Beautiful shots, as always.

    Irene

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  15. really like the ICE shots. very cool! - Happy 2013 :-)

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  16. This was a wonderful New Year visit for me. The moon and the icicles....smashingly mystical!

    The photo edited sky shots are beautiful.

    The poem brightens my thoughts and imaginations for my new year. Permission to copy it for myself, not blogging it, just reading it over and over again.

    I treasure your gifts and tuck many away in my heart.

    ((hugs))

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  17. thanx for sharing your wonderful pieces of heaven with us and thanx for your lovely words! :)

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  18. Wonderful captures, laura! The first icicle shot with the moon is my favorite, but they are all beautiful. Have a happy day!

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  19. Laura, I'm always so enriched by your photos and you poetry. Guess I' m richer for knowing you. I wish you the best of the best.

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  21. Superb, magical captures, Laura, and inspiring words to match! Hope you have a wonderful and very happy new year!! Enjoy your weekend!

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  22. Very beautiful photos!Happy New Year 2013!

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  23. Beautiful photos to start 2013. I hope you have a great year.

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  24. yes! the icicles is also my favorite one !

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  25. A nice variety of beautiful shots.

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  26. Laura, your sky shots are gorgeous and your words so very inspirational. Also, the header on your blog spectacular!!! Happy New Year to you

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  27. I liked this one so much and your picture of the moon is so beautifully highlighted by the small hearts... thanks for sharing...

    I am organizing a Haiku Competition with topic 'Spirituality' with Paras Dharma Ashram sponsoring an all expense paid week of spiritual retreat in India (Rishikesh and Kushinagar - where Buddha attained Nirvana) for 2 winners which includes round trip ticket from the country of the winner to Delhi Airport and for 5 winners, without the round trip ticket... and I think you should participate in it too.... You are the perfect candidate for the same...

    Check the details here...
    https://plus.google.com/u/0/events/cvir3kk3723nb8gq773pp43ljlg

    Wish you all the best...

    __
    Shashi
    ॐ नमः शिवाय
    Om Namah Shivaya
    http://shadowdancingwithmind.blogspot.in/

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  28. These are amazing shots. That first is spectacular. I love the haiku, and the second is so very personal and touching. It's beautiful.

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  29. Lovely shots, Laura, especially the blue ones! Best wishes for 2013. Here's hoping it will be a beautiful and healthy year for you!

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  32. Wonderfully captured, Laura.
    Happy New Year!

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  35. I like the changing sky against the outlined bare trees, rather pretty.

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  36. Lovely, you are so talented. Happy New Year from Norway.

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  37. Wonderful compositions, beautiful figures of ice.

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  38. Beautiful, beautiful !
    I wish you happy days in the new year :)

    Anne-Mari

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  39. We do share the same sky - but we dont often remember that!

    I wonder if we could get a group of people all to take a sky watch image at the same time? (+ or - five minutes). Not the same clock time - but at the same moment all around the world! Its tempting to try.

    Stewart M - Melbourne

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  40. Happy New Year, Laura.
    You are presenting some nice shots again. Specially the moonlit icicles are wonderful.

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  42. Beautiful photo series showing. Wish you a good weekend :) Hanne Bente

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  43. Lovely shots and Happy New Year.

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  44. Great mood on B&W! Have a great 2013!

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  45. What beautiful sky captures, along with lovely prose, giving food for thought.

    Shabbat Shalom!

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  46. Thank you Laura, for the gift of your poetic words and images! I love the tiny heart caught in the midst of cold ice . . .

    May you be well, may you be free from inner suffering, may you be happy, and at peace, and at ease!

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  47. Divine photography ~ you have a very creative eye ~ Wonderful^_^

    (A Creative Harbor aka ArtMuseDog and Carol ^_^)

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  48. Your lovely posts are the most welcome addition to my reading...you seem to be able to capture such deep spirituality in both writing and in photos. A giver of peace is here. I just wonder how to give thanks.....

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  49. This is lovely ~ Thanks for the inspiration and lovely pictures ~

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  50. If we only knew...what now? Just being open to what does come next and trying not to judge...that's the trick...so beautifully said in your haiku!

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  51. I'm coming via Rebecca's Haiku My Heart. Gorgeous photos and such beautiful words.

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  52. The moon icicle is such a great pic ! But I'm also very fond of your two last photos : those zoom on the ice are amazing !

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  54. Great pictures!
    http://amitaag.blogspot.in/2013/01/inside-cellular-jail-1.html

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  55. Thank you Laura for this beautiful prayer... it will echo throughout my days... that which will be...

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  56. O love that first photo, of the moon and icicles. A fantastic capture. I remember the moon that night. I oftentimes stand on my deck, barely dressed in Winter's icy cold, and just feel what I am to feel. Your Haiku tells me you were right where you were supposed to be. I know this because I have felt it too on these treks out on the deck.
    Wonderful photos. The natural heart shapes are astounding!


    Peace

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  57. Beautiful images, you've captured the wonder and magic of this earth we live in.

    Wishing you a blessed new year, full of all things good.

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  58. I stopped putting the year in the copyright :-)

    The icicles against the moon is a really interesting photo. I'd like to take some, but we haven't had much in the way of icicles this year (so far).

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  59. Fantastic photographs! I love the icicles.

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  60. All manner of beauty here as always...
    words and photos. prayers and inspiration.
    Yes, may it be so. ♥♥

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  61. I love the touch of light in the clouds in your first black and white.

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  62. Laura, Stunning photos and beautiful words.
    I wanted you to know you are the winner of my teabag drawing give-away! Email me your address and it will be on it's way. Big hugs. xoxo

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  63. The full moon accented by the icicles is unusual and beautiful... Thank you for sharing on Weekly Top Shot #64!

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  65. Love the photos....and the meditation! Beautifully worded.

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  66. "Here I am what now?" This transported me to the presence of God, if only for a moment.

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  67. So lovely and so much to think about. I picked a great blog to check out just before I turn off the 'puter for the night! Thanks

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  68. Gosto das imagens...o gelo sempre traz formas surpreendentes. Um abraço!

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  69. DAZZLING images, Laura...wow... Happy New YEAR ((HUGS))

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  70. Just beautiful...I see the heart in the frozen window ice

    happy New year!

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  71. Gorgeous Sky pictures in wonderful blue tones.
    I wish you a HAPPY NEW YEAR, Laure. Best regards, Synnöve

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  74. Ice is such a beautiful mystery. It takes such amazing forms, and yet, when it melts, there is nothing left, but formless water.

    I think you're right, creativity is a spiritual undertaking. One has to listen to one's soul.

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  77. These photos are just stunning. Only YOU see the beauty of hearts wherever you go... indicative of the love you always carry in your heart. Thank you for sharing that.

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  78. I've always been in awe of the essence of trees.
    And at this moment the inner eye of your photography.
    Shows what someone with innerstanding can do!:-)

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