Little Brook.....

It was with you that I had my first conversation and was introduced to "Communing with the beings of the Natural World".  You were not the original brook but I thank you for standing in for your kin.  Our conversation went like this:

Little brook, little stream, I heard you before I saw you...or was it sister wind rippling through the trees as we approached you?  Your gentle song gladdened and saddened my heart. Gladdened, because you sing as you give life and you and your song nurture me.  Saddened, because I saw what a small stream you had become and wondered how much you would have liked to go deeper?

We humans have closed our ears and our hearts to your song.  Closed our ears and our hearts to your needs. We treat you as an object for our gratification with no sense or willingness to know your Being, your gift as you are!  We expect and demand that you fill our needs...fill...fill..fill as we deplete all that nurtures you and refreshes you. 

We your blind and selfish kin do not honor you with the understanding of "kin".  We pollute your sparkling crisp essence and drown your song with the noise of more more, with no thought of replenishing or renewing you. I fear what you might say to us and you would have every reason to disown our kinship.

We truly speak with forked tongue extolling your beauty on the one hand while objectifying you on the other-
How do we begin to heal our relationship...How do we become kin little stream?  Is it yet possible or have we come to little to late?

        As you have said dear human, even in my little-ness I sing and I move; you and others have honored that and that is a beginning.  We are entering into relationship, a mutual relationship...Many are beginning to see me for and in my essence and fullness, rather then my doing...Just as you humans are beginning to realize the contamination of to much "doing" without valuing your essence..your own fullness.

Each of us then, needs to be nothing more or less than who and what we are in our fullness...To begin to realize this and recognize this is the beginning of healing and the renewing of kinship and relationship.

Thank you "little stream", this sharing has gladdened me and amazed me!

Dear Clouds,

Just as you often hide the sun, you remind me of how I hide from the sun within me.  What am I afraid of?  You are an indicator of present weather conditions and sun still shines weather we can see sun or not. I often forget this.  Just as the golden light of Wisdom and Love within myself is always shining there weather I choose to honor its gaze or not.

Why do I resist going within so strongly?  Do I really believe I will find emptiness?  What's in there?  Who cares?  Your wasting your time..Do something Ego cries, and yet, I am drawn within...stop ..stop .. stop.. my heart cries!  Help me dear clouds to understand my resistance and to move within.

Dear Assunta ,
Just as you said about us, clouds are indicators of present moment and can often look fierce and bring fear. You have many stories within you that have called into question your sense of truth and thus you tremble at the thought of really trusting YOURSELF.  this fear clouds your light and your beauty.  To be in touch with those stories and reclaim your light is your journey within and only you can take the necessary time and steps to remove the clouds and restore the blue sky of peace and renewed trust in your SELF.

As you said, Sun is always shining yet in your heart you do not believe it because of the clouds of pain and doubt that have yet to be made present to you so that Light can come forth.  Go for it.  Go Go Go within and see for yourself the bright Sun that you are.  Mom Riley was right.. You are Sunshine!!!

Dear Clouds,
I am again amazed at our conversation and communion.  Thank you and I accept your challenge to go within to find my Sun. Much love, Assunta

Dear Sun,

It is in seeing your radiance that I finally am able to choose to move my life forward in a most positive and focused manner.  For to long I have not dared my own brilliance to come forth.  From this day forward may all that I think, do and say facilitate the emergence and brightness of the Diving Light within me.  May that glorious light spark to life the light of all beings that The Ground of Our Being chooses to put in my path.  I truly want to say at my death that "in being fully alive, my life gave glory to The Energizer"!  What would you say to me brilliant sun?

Dearest Assunta,
The Glory of God is YOU, Fully Alive...you are just now allowing yourself to live and to live fully without regret, fear or guilt.  Know that all beings will be blessed with your compassion and love as you let your Light Shine.  Don't keep waiting for big events...special happenings...just as I shine on all things, let your light shine in all that you do, on all that you meet. 

Let your laughter ring out..Let your song be sung..ENJOY.. and knowing how you care and love those especially who are hurting, continue as you have been doing recently..sending the energies of your prayers out to all who are in pain, fear and doubt..no prayer is wasted. The "little things" mean a lot. More than you know.  And when my brilliance is hidden by the clouds.. REMEMBER..I am still shining..just hidden.  Walk in confidence and peace.  The world sorely needs the brilliance of who you are and the brilliance of all our sisters and brothers human and non human. Give each other the courage to shine and to live fully.

Dear Dolphin,

Hello,
I don't know what it is that draws me to you but I am drawn to you.  I'm not sure if its your playfulness, your sensitivity or the great wisdom that I've read that you have.  I just know that there is something about you that attracts me and warms my heart about you.  I guess there is a part of me that would like to know what you know, if that's not to ego minded.  And its not the knowing of intelligence so much as the knowing of the spirit..I feel a little foolish right now as I can't quite put it into words.  But I truly believe you know.

Dear Sunti,
I do know and I hope I can share it with you.  There is a playfulness in me yes, and a sense of "one with ness" with everything.  As you sing in your beautiful O Gaia cd about sister water as "weaver of wonder, weaver of web", I truly know and feel the wonder of being a part of that weaving and wonder and you are beginning to have a sense of it yourself..yes.? And that is where the playfulness comes from, the joy of being a part of so much, of knowing the sense of connectedness to ALL THAT IS..and I am not alone in that knowing as my sisters and brothers in the Dolphin family and all of the sea family each in their own way..share in this joy of Oneness!!

Won't it be wonderful when all beings human and non human know and live out of that sense of oneness!!
And one more thing, we are here to teach you humans to lighten up..you need it especially.. and you are beginning to do it.  Play..Be..Enjoy and take each day as the gift that it is.

See, you wondered if I had something to give you of my wisdom and now you know that I do..and I am delighted that you are attracted to me and my Dolphin family because your love for us may keep us from being wiped out by the so called high tec advances of your culture.

Well, its time to go my pod is calling.. peace and joy to you dear friend. Dolphie

Dear Dolphie thank you so much, I look forward to communing with you again. Love, Sunti
Thank you A-Z Animals for the beautiful picture.

Dear Blue...

I was looking for you and then I was disappointed when I found you. I'm sorry. I wasn't disappointed in finding you, as much as I thought you'd be in some sort of special setting and

yet here you are fully you in all your beauty and I'm feeling disappointed!! Commune with you, you must be thinking..you ungrateful!!!

And yet, as I sit here looking at you I hear myself saying "isn't that the trap we allow our selves to fall into.." looking for the "special" the "spectacular" and not seeing the fullness and beauty of our very selves. We don't need a special setting..we are beautiful as we are.

I'm not sure why I haven't communed with you sooner as your family has a special meaning in my life as you know. I've been shying away from communing period. This is silly I tell myself and yet I know from the wisdom that's been shared with me it is far from silly. I don't want to appear foolish..folks are going to think I'm nuts. Here we go again..one minute I'm most comfortable with all this and the next I think I've lost it.

I need clarity and wisdom dear Blue. You know the stirrings of my heart what is it that holds me in.. keeps me back from embracing my kinship with you and all our relatives?? Or is that not it at all...what do I need to hear tonight? Please share your wisdom with me..thank you.

Dear Assunta...

I'm glad you picked me..I was afraid I wouldn't be chosen ..just because I wasn't framed in a nice background like my friends...and yet you chose me. You saw me in a different way and you chose...isn't it funny we were both being trapped by the backgrounds; and isn't it interesting that it is our so called "personal backgrounds" that can be a trap for us again and again if we get stuck there.

The scenery around us..the setting no matter how beautiful IS NOT US!! Backgrounds can enhance our lives but never take the place of them. Are you enough? Am I enough? I am one small vibrant and strong creature..you found me important...you see me as valuable. That helps me to know that "I am Enough", Being Me is enough. I invite you to learn more about me.

You are learning more and more about you and are becoming more and more at peace with the beauty of YOU, the fullness of YOU. YOU ARE ENOUGH. You are wondering and waiting for the big change, the big event the spectacular moment that will tell you that you are Enough.

Stop waiting dear one and KNOW from this day forward that you are enough.

Be YOU. BE THE FULLNESS OF YOU and that might mean ..doing more of what you are doing right now..commune more often...and we can share our strengths and the power that enables us to do what might seem impossible...like my yearly trek to a warmer climate, which is all part of being me.. as honoring your needs and challenging your fears are a part of you..

We are fragile and beautiful and strong and powerful.. as ourselves, yes even more so together.