Wednesday, June 23, 2010

Coyote- The Trickster

I love storytelling and especially love the traditional stories of our First Peoples.
Some of my favorite stories are about our brother Coyote
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Coyote represents many things. He is the eternal trickster, always getting others to compromise themselves in order for him to get what he wants, or to do for him what he is perfectly capable of doing for himself.

When it all goes bad, as it inevitably does - Coyote never takes ownership- blaming and  shouting his victimization for all to hear!!!

Brother coyote also reminds us to not take things so seriously, that when we do we forger the humor in situations and in ourselves., He is a reminder of the childlike pranks that will crack up the stoniest of faces and situations. Use humor to remove fear and worry....

On the medicine wheel, summer is governed in some tribes by Coyote- the place of birth and innocence. Embrace this time to play, to create, to twirl and skip. Use humor to dispell the seriousness of the illusion we've created....
To balance reverence with irreverence is the teaching of this Wylie trickster!!!!

Friday, June 18, 2010

South Winds of Innocence

The South winds blow
from the Place where Innocence lives
Bringing the Awakening of the Child
that lives still in my heart.

The simplicity of childhood;
where all that was important
was in this moment.
Where imagination and play
were woven together like a beautiful tapestry.

South Wind of Innocence,
blow the dust of self importance,
worry and fear  from my mind
and allow me to remember
the childlike joy of being alive.

Marianne Goldweber

Tuesday, June 15, 2010

Becoming.....

Everyone has an Illusion created of what they want the outside world to see.
As with any Illusion, the only one in it is usually us.

It is very difficult to  look at ourselves from another perception. Like seeing yourself on film- or  hearing yourself on a recording. We can't believe that is how we look and how we sound.
It can be painful.
However, the more we watch and listen- the more opportunity we have to correct the things that make us uncomfortable, and to understand why we do that- and the easier it gets.

It gives us the ability to change what we don't like and come to love what we see.

Our inner critic and judge is crueler than any one we've met. So this observation is not about blaming and punishing ourselves, just self awareness and  accountability; forgiveness and the desire to be better spiritual beings in our human form.

This is the awakening.

This is where the healing and growth occur. People begin to respond to us in a different way. They may even get angry with us for the changes we make because it exposes their illusion, They feel  guilt and shame so they seek to punish us. They become angry for leaving them with no one to play with in the illusion. They may come along- but they may also go away. This is the risk that keeps most of us from changing. WEe want to change, but we want the illusion too...that's not possible.

But learning who we authentically are, minus the illusion, creates inner peace.
Once you have that- who you were is just a story.  Not the total of who you are but a piece of the you that stands here today.

Like a scar- a reminder of where we've been, in order to be in this moment.

With this compassion and understanding we will now begin to understand why others do what they do, we begin to see past the illusion they've created and why. This is the interconnectedness that binds us all together.

Ultimately we come to understand that there is nothing separating any of us from each other that love, and compassion, faith and trust cannot overcome- even if they have not come to see it for themselves.

Be the change you wish to see
Have the courage to change no one but yourself and you will find that all of the trivial  problems that are keeping you from the joy filled life that the Universe wants for you will start  to manifest.

You are beautiful
You are magnificent
You are the purest form of the expression of the Divine....
What are you waiting for?

Marianne Goldweber

Monday, June 14, 2010


The miracle mile....

We toil and work
scrimp and save
our head bowed down like a slave.
Our human self forgets we're free,
There's more to life than what we see.

 Lift your head and look up awhile,
it's an infinite path on the Miracle mile.

Lined with helpers along the way
other journeyers and sages
and places to play.

There is beauty and  joy around each turn,
only doom and gloom is what we've learned.
and If you can't see past today
Faith will follow you every step of the way.

Spirits and fairies, loved ones too,
watching over to help you through.

We are in such a rush to reach the end
once it's done-
you can't do it again.
The People we pass,
Opportunities too,
go by only once and lie behind you.

So stop and share,
admire and create
Adventure and Magic lie behind each gate.

Share this road and sit awhile,
enjoy the trip like a child.
and when we come to the journeys end
we will not regret the time we spend
meeting new folks and sharing some time,
learning new things and being alive.