I want to thank those of you who have read and contributed to CelebraZine. I am grateful for the introduction to the works that putting together this celebration has gifted me with, and to the company of the gentle souls that have shared this part of my journey with me.
Peace and wonder to all you for the works seeking to better our world!!!
However, in order to best honor my place in–and give my best gift to–this world, I must take a long sabbatical of walking the mountain, extended meditation, focused writing of my novels, and fully embracing the sacred prosaic that is glorious life.
We have never been truly parted, yet will we meet again…..
May you be forever gifted with awareness of the beauty, wonder, and sacredness in the world around you and within you.
Blessings, dear ones,
CG
C.G. Walters primarily writes fiction that focuses on the multidimensionality of our loves and our lives. Autographed/signed copies of his current novel,Sacred Vow, are available from the author– or purchase from Amazon as ebook, paperback, orKindle version
The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated. –Mahatma Gandhi
aki presents Ashes and SnowTo date, more than nine and a half million people around the world have visited the exhibition.
…the function of art is exactly that which I have clearly named as the first function of mythology; to transport the mind in experience past the guardians–desire and fear–of the paradisal gate to the tree within of illuminated life. In the words of the poet Blake, in “The Marriage of Heaven and Hell,” “If the doors of perception are cleansed, everything would appear to [us] as it is, infinite. –Mythological Themes in Creative Literature and Art in Myths, Dreams, and Religion. Ed. Joseph Campbell
In Buddhism the ancient Pali terms for good and evil are kusala and akusala which mean ‘skilful’ and ‘unskilful’.
Many thanks to those featured today, for the work they do to better our world!!!
Our focus dictates what we see, which reinforces our focus, further confining the possibility of what we will see. May you be blessed by these offerings reminding us of the beauty, wonder, and sacredness in the world around us and within us.
Celebrate yourself!
Be a part of the expression of celebration. Submit your submission –whether you created it or found it–(containing text, image, video, and audio, poetry, quotes, etc.)anytime for the daily installments of CelebraZine, a ‘running blog carnival’ ofself improvement by focusing on What’s Right in the World.
C.G. Walters primarily writes fiction that focuses on the multidimensionality of our loves and our lives. Autographed/signed copies of his current novel,Sacred Vow, are available from the author– or purchase from Amazon as ebook, paperback, orKindle version
I find this quote from Joseph Campbell’s “Hero with a Thousand Faces” to be a wonderful description/instruction for a successful marriage of yin and yang, or lover and beloved. Keep in mind we are talking mythology, metaphorical embodiment of higher concepts.
If the wording presents a problem, replace the word ‘woman’ with the the concept of the feminine, the yin, and replace masculine phrases with yang.
“Woman, in the picture language of mythology, represents the totality of what can be known. The hero is the one who comes to know. As he progresses in the slow initiation which is life, the form of the goddess undergoes for him a series of transfigurations: she can never be greater than himself, though she can always promise more than he is yet capable of comprehending. She lures, she guides, she bids him burst his fetters. And if he can match her import, the two, the knower and the known, will be released from every limitation. Woman is the guide to the sublime acme of sensuous adventure. By deficient eyes she is reduced to inferior states; by the evil eye of ignorance she is spellbound to banality and ugliness. The hero who can take her as she is, without undue connection but with the kindness and assurance she requires is potentially the king, the incarnate god, of her created world.”
Blessings and a joyous heart brimming with love to you all…
