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Venus

Venus setting
Venus from my backyard.
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I went out just as Venus set
To see what I could see.
Dark and shrouded in mystery,
I met my family.

“Come home,” she said, “Come home.
You are always welcome home.”

I felt her calling all night long
I even heard her in my dream.
I wrestled with mind and soul all night
Nothing felt like it should seem.

“Come home,” she said, “Come home.
You really really want to come home.”

So I spread my arms, I leant right over
The wind rushed right through my hair
It was cold, it was wild,
She held me like a child.
I never want to go back there.

So I left my home to go to my real home.
I really really want to stay home.

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Dust off the deception

There is no guarantee in life. Even death is not guaranteed. Highly likely. Probable. Not guaranteed.

So what if we just bask in the freedom of no guarantees?

What if we had no food? We’d grow our fucking own.

What if we were homeless? We’d live off the land.

What if we all lived in a Tank Girl / Mad Max type of world? But darling, we already do.

We have simply been overcome and overrun, overruled and overwhelmed, by invisible rules and expectations, invisible societies and invisible governments. It’s all a farce. It’s all an illusion. And like the fools we are, we bought into the lie of categorising ourselves into neat little boxes, and we played the game until it played us.

We world as we know it isn’t crumbling. It’s the figment of our imagination that has crashed.

Get up, dust off the deception, and live.

Beyond who you think you are and thought you were…

Anna Shelley

You are more than just your body. You are more than just the blood that runs through your veins. You are more than just the thoughts that cloud your brain. You are more than just your shell of existence that goes about its day meandering here and there and aimlessly strolls through the desert of life.

Beyond this shell, beyond your complex mind, beyond who you think you are and thought you were, you are the magik of the stars that sparkle in the night sky.

You are the magik of the stars that fly through the night, the planets that vibrate in harmony with one another, the deep dark emptiness of space that permeates your mind and clears the heart.

You are fire. You are earth. You are space. You are water. Imagine the alchemic creation waiting for you when you combine your elements.

The ripples of the universe are waiting for you to make waves.

This is all good and everything, but what, practically speaking, does this mean? And what, practically speaking, should we do?

It means that nothing really matters, as everything is insignificant, and that everything matters, as we are all connected by the fabrics of the universe that ebb and flow with the cycles of our lives.

Stay grounded.

Be who you are and live like you mean it.

There is only one thing that is REAL

The only thing that is REAL is your very self here, right now. The only thing that is REAL is this present moment. The ONLY thing you can be sure of is your essence here on Earth, right now in this present moment.

Truth is, you don’t know if the blue sky looks the same for others as it does for you. Colour is only your interpretation. Government is a human construct. The economy is liquid. Borders are imaginary lines on the surface of the Earth. Daydreams and night dreams intersect with one another. What is hot for one, is cool for another. Death is merely an aspect of life.

We are all connected by the fabric of the cosmos, held together by threads of stars. If we all breathe as one, then we can only be REAL right now.

Plant your feet in the Earth. Feel her caress your skin, your bones, your body, your shell of existence. It is with immense gratitude that we get to experience this. It is like nothing else in this world.

Reality may be a figment of our imagination, but we can at least be sure that now is REAL.

Be here now. It’s the only thing we know is REAL.

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But first, ground yourself

Anna Shelley

Stand with your bare feet on the Earth and look up at the sky. Breathe in that gloriousness that nature provides us every single day. Isn’t it wonderful? Isn’t it magikal? Isn’t it simply divine?

The world is a tumultuous place. Society’s reliance on governments, institutions, organisations – however positive some of it may be – has left us vulnerable. We have forgotten how to take care of ourselves. Humans are such resilient creatures. We can handle a lot. We can also do a lot for ourselves.

If we have all the food and shelter we need (and I am all-too-aware that many do not) what is left but to enjoy it? Create tantalising food. Put on some music and dance wildly. Build sculptures for birds to bathe in. Stretch and run and jump and play in our own bodies. Read and write and sing and create the joy that we were made to experience every single day of our lives. And when we are overflowing with the bliss of life, let’s gift it to others. Bake cookies to share. Give a few rolls of loo paper to those who’ve missed out.

And then… once more… ground yourself. Get those feet planted firmly in the Earth, look up the sky and breathe her in. Mother Nature is here for us.

Enjoy…

A Vision of the World

Bringer of Truths from Expressions

I am a vision of the world. An ally of the forests. Guardian of the mountains. Keeper of dreams.

I hold their vision.

I am a holder of sound frequencies. A sound board of feelings. Resonator of thought. Bringer of truths.

I hold this vision.

Of course.

And in the every day, the mundane, the profane?

I do all this and more. I hold these responsibilities of the world in one hand, and the responsibilities of ordinary life in the other.

While these things may seem like separate responsibilities, or separate lives, this is only the illusion of separation at play.

Remember: We are all made of the same star dust.

Our visions are born of the same stars.

We are all children of the cosmos, connected through the bloodlines of diamonds.

Never forget whence you came. Forgetting is the illusion. Remembering is the truth.

Be all that you are all the time. Forget about the illusion of worry.

Live. Love. Be.

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