Healing Room ,Sinéad O'Connor

Songs and Poetry that speak of healing.......

  

I love this song.....now here is someone coming through and finding they can allow all the feelings and really going on the journey into healing and faith and self belief...at least that's what I read into it......

Mary Oliver the poet also writes about this in her poem 'The Journey':

 

 

The Journey

One day you finally knew

what you had to do, and began,

though the voices around you

kept shouting

their bad advice--

though the whole house

began to tremble

and you felt the old tug

at your ankles.

"Mend my life!"

each voice cried.

But you didn't stop.

You knew what you had to do,

though the wind pried

with its stiff fingers

at the very foundations,

though their melancholy

was terrible.

It was already late

enough, and a wild night,

and the road full of fallen

branches and stones.

But little by little,

as you left their voices behind,

the stars began to burn

through the sheets of clouds,

and there was a new voice

which you slowly

recognized as your own,

that kept you company

as you strode deeper and deeper

into the world,

determined to do

the only thing you could do--

determined to save

the only life you could save.

 

Mary Oliver

 

And here in her poem:

 

 

Wild Geese

You do not have to be good.

You do not have to walk on your knees

for a hundred miles through the desert repenting.

You only have to let the soft animal of your body

love what it loves.

Tell me about despair, yours, and I will tell you mine.

Meanwhile the world goes on.

Meanwhile the sun and the clear pebbles of the rain

are moving across the landscapes,

over the prairies and the deep trees,

the mountains and the rivers.

Meanwhile the wild geese, high in the clean blue air,

are heading home again.

Whoever you are, no matter how lonely,

the world offers itself to your imagination,

calls to you like the wild geese, harsh and exciting 

over and over announcing your place

in the family of things.

from Dream Work by Mary Oliver

published by Atlantic Monthly Press

© Mary Oliver

 

And here I think Sinead sums it up.....it's inside us all...the healing room.....

 

 

 

October Project - Bury My Lovely

Healing the shadows

Been thinking a lot about the shadows we all carry deep inside...the scars, the wounds, the hurts from childhood and the words of William Blake in 'Infant Joy' where the new born soul is born as an expression of joy....'I happy am'......and I thought that these music videos seem to sum this up to some degree. How I wish we could heal these wounds and wash away the pain.......I have been wondering how possible this is for those who have had a life time of hurt...and look around me at the society we live in and feel completely overwhelmed by the suffering caused by violence and abuse.....and yet there is also so much hope and so much love and wish for healing in spite of this and the more light and love we share now the more hope there is for others....... I know that for me the way through has been through art, poetry, music, friendship and nature......also through working with these wounds in a small way .....I do believe as Ghandi says the 'we have to be the change we want to see happen in the world' and even when it is hard to still be at all it is necessary to learn, grow and become .....keeping the channels of loving kindness open Blessed Be xxx

Sarah McLachlan - Adia [Official Music Video]

Beltane Musings....

I cannot really believe Beltane is almost here again and yet there is so much around us to delight in: bluebells raising their chalcedony heads from lush grassy banks and woody shades; the hawthorn starting to blossom after the snowy bursts of Blackthorn; wild garlic on every back and hedgerow....what a blessing all this flowery beauty is all watered by the rains which seem to have been rather abundant in Cornwall in April. I seem to have been absent from blogging for a while....I have been out and about as usual enjoying nature and also practising more healing from home which is beneficial to my state of inner peace and calm.I have also been doing more one to one work with children both emotional healing and teaching. Beltane is a time to really appreciate the beauty of mother Nature all around us fertile and free...especially in these recession driven times when so much is more expensive a walk can be a great meditation and salve and costs nothing especially if you can walk out from your own front door to appreciate it and be. It is also a time of love and lust for life as we walk the dragon ley lines and connect with source energy: the firey dance of delight in all the blessings we have been offered and jumping the Beltane fire, symbolic of the shift from winter to summer as well as a cleansing and purification of the land and home. This is a time to gather with others and to share the warmth of community and friendship.Appreciate every day the blessings the Goddess has bestowed upon you however small and as you sow these seeds of gratitude and love in your heart so will she bless you in an abundance of ways bringing more love into your life and more healing. This is a time to come from the heart chakra and be centred in 'heartfelt' being, letting love for your fellow beings guide you on your path and flow through your body.... let your heart be your guide..xxx

Imbolc Blessings

I celebrated Imbolc with a number of walks by streams and to nearby wishing wells. It was lovely to enjoy the clear blue skies and crystal light of the sun as it lit the newly budding branches. I was struck by birdsong and water flowing.By green shoots and ice on frozen puddles. By muddy paths and the freshness of the air. This time of year always holds special meaning for me. I love the chrisp air and the sense of the earth awakening after a long winter sleep. This year I am also appreciating the return of my sight. I have had a reoccurence of a chronic eye condition which has left me feeling very scared and vulnerable....I prayed to Brigid for healing and lit candles in her memory as well as asking for healing at the wells. Luckily my prayers were answered lst Friday the day after Imbolc when the grey over my right eye started to clear again. I do not know when this greyness will strike and as I am reliant on my right eye having lost my left eye central vision to PIC a rare eye condition I am thankful for the sight I have. Seeing clearly is a most precious gift and one I cannot take for granted...this is a time for rest and healing.

This time of year is a time to wake up and start to appreciate the outdoors again...to hear the faint music of spring awakening in the land and experience the final frosts and sharp cold of winter. There is hope in the darkness as the evenings gradually grow longer and the sun grows in strength. We welcome Brigid to our home and hearth to bring in healing, inspiration, warmth and fresh ideas. We sow the seeds now for the year to come and decide what dreams of winter we would like to awaken and nurture into life.

I am aware of the need for healing on this earth and the need to use my healing gifts more consciously in my daily life. As space is cleared in my home ....spring cleaning....I am open to new fresh ideas and to welcoming Brigid's gifts of healing and inspiration into my home.

Blessed Be xxx