Soul Shaking

soul shaking ... ahhh ...
flowing through the movements of closure ... not pushing ... ()
stopping, surrendering, listening, receiving, responding ....
staying, unpacking, claiming the power of the heart, stretching,  ... ()
warrior voices screaming, revealing truths, gesturing, responding ...
moving through the intensity of chaos ... not escaping ... ()
letting go, feeling deeply, breathing sanity, discovering, responding ....
arriving, slowing down, remembering, entering the lyrical field, intending ... ()
dancing with nature, enjoying the fullness of the moment, heritage in now, responding ...
learning, flowing, embracing, changing ... ()
letting come, making heart choices visible and real, moving forward, responding ...
crystallizing, living the heart beat, silencing ... ()
retreating, nature walking, strengthening, responding ...
birthing, clarity, sensible communication, emergence, integrating ... ()
resting, yes resting, and resting ... responding ....
soul shaking ... ahhh  ... smiling ...

Images:
Morning Mountain Breath ~ Lady's Valley and Cedar Forest 
Higher Perspectives ~ from Beirut to Annaya Mt

هل ... ام ... مع اللحظة

لم ازر هذه الصحفة البارحة و ان يكن

فهل هناك واجب ام الواجب جواب  مع اللحظة

هل الملىء عيب ام حوار مع اللحظة

هل الاغلاق مزعج ام دعوة للسكون مع اللحظة

هل نسيان الوقت عبئ ام انسجام كليّ مع اللحظة

هل التأخير عدم مسؤولية ام سؤال متجانس مع اللحظة

هل الشوق ضعف ام قوة العاطفة مرتبطة مع اللحظة

هل البساطة تقييم ام قيم تعمم في عمقها مع اللحظة

هل المعقول باطل ام عقل الحكمة و كلمة الحق مع اللحظة

هل العجقة و الفوضة غلط ام حركة داخلية و دعوة لسماع النظام الموجود في الوسط مع اللحظة

هل الهمّ عادة سليمة ام اهتمام بعيد عن المهم الحاضر مع اللحظة

هل العيد مرتبط بنهار واحد ام هو جمال و اتحاد آنيّ مع اللحظة كل لحظة 

Life is Now Leading Us

Life is now leading us
Yes, feeling the vibrancy that life is now leading us

Leadership principles as we know them, learn them and hear them are all disappearing
Leadership has dissolved in form, opening space for an evolved authentic way of relating

Stop, who is now moving life circumstances thats causal?
Observe, who can forsee their influence on the next moment and the usual

You, me, I, he, she, they, we, us  .... ah, it feels that this is all part of a language that is disintegrating
Connections, communities, roles, emerging patterns, new bodily forms ... ah, the essence of integrating

Open up, Open out, feel around, can we feel each other's stories, really?
Open in, Open through, feeling our own shining true Self, isn't that all we can feel in reality?

Coming together through our presence and integrity, listening to the leader - life itself in every instant
Becoming "responders" - individually and collectively - to what is present, calling our attention moment by moment

Letting go of what is resisting, through tears and sacrifices and grief, with trust and faith in the emerging
Letting come of what is longing to be, by stepping aside, silencing the head, acknowledging the pain, forgiving the past, feeling our body, discovering our natural beauty, all while deeply listening to what is moving through us and around us, an invitation for co-creating

One leader and One responder through all of us ...
Life is now leading us to show up in our fullness, our heartness, our intimacy, our greatness for ever harmonious ...

30, thirty what?

Who is showing up?
Who is coming through?
How come? Where to?

30, thirty what?
Masculine energy, prominent mid-life energy, a short breath of active under 40 adult age energy, a strong presence of North, a confirming presence of South, a few smiling faces, one radiant image, many open mouths with expressions of "I have something to say, Listen to me!", some poker faces - what's hidden, what's there, a few looking directly forward, many looking through their mental minds - lacking the inner Self sight ...

30, thirty what?
Professional technocrats, political allies, solid uniform pictures in one block ...
Where is the space to breathe?
Where is the heart in this?
Where is the care and holding space?
Where is the feminine energy?

Who is showing up?
Who is coming through?
How come? Where to?

a dance of north and south?
a spread of centres to expand and open?
a weaving thread to discover vision through identity?
a preparation for the field currently so distant from feminine qualities to enter the new emerging dynamics of interaction, being and doing?
a transition of acknowledgement towards wholeness and inclusion?

Who is showing up?
Who is coming through?
How come? Where to?


***
a reflection as I saw the photos of the newly elected government in Lebanon in the newspaper this morning.

PEACE ... سلام

I read this post on the Amazing Women Rock Facebook group wall today "‎(Daniel Quinn) Good news! The Peace Train's sounding louder! May all the world join in. Israeli voices for peace with justice are not frequently heard in, especially in the US, and most would be surprised to know that Yael Dayan would become an outspoken peace activist who advocates giving back the occupied territories — including East Jerusalem — to the Palestinians." 

....

I read this and approached the article (A Conversation with Israeli Peace Activist Yael Dayan, Daughter of Moshe Dayan) with an open mind and initially with a semi-open heart .. as I continued reading, I noticed how June 1967, the month and year I was born, was showing up everywhere - in this article, on the billboards on our streets, in conversations ... and suddenly things were getting more stirred up in me ... what? I wasn't sure ... but the feeling of my first breath during that time of separation was overwhelming ... i stay connected to my breath and continued reading ...

I read and suddenly I realised that I had to let go of some assumptions that were surfacing and to open my heart a bit more ... it was then that I sensed this:

the calling for PEACE سلام in the precious lineage of place and land is getting stronger and more visible

the message is simple ... PEACE سلام ... 
and it is coming through many messengers 

PEACE سلام wants our collective attention and her voice is showing everywhere if we listen carefully with awareness, showing up through many in many forms ... and with this came the following questions:

Where is the health residing?  ...... How can we access the PEACE سلام that is always there, present in the deep roots waiting to be unveiled and embraced? ...... How can the human values of rightfulness and justice hold with tenderness and love the tears of Palestine, tears she shed through many in many situations, to hold them, acknowledge them and transform them back to the pearls of its heart, the absolute truth which she always carries, jewels and gifts radiating the creative energy of Palestine and its people, also showing up more and more right now (for inspiration check the talks of TEDxRamallah held on April 16 2011) .... What is necessary to let go of in this present moment now? ...  What new forms of operating individually and collectively are being invited inwards to respond outwards to the message of PEACE سلام ? ..... Who are the hearts speaking and listening ?  ......

with compassion and trust,

hala

Link to the Article: 

http://www.nashvillescene.com/pitw/archives/2011/05/10/a-conversation-with-israeli-peace-activist-yael-dayan-daughter-of-moshe-dayan

History comes with Herstory - New Emerging Patterns through the Mediterranean East

connecting patterns as I read "A History of the Middle East" by George Corm - going back to the 9th century when he writes "Arab Empire reached its zenith, bringing arts, literature, philosophy and science to uncharted heights. Arab culture indeed embraced the legacy of the Greek philosophers which was later passed onto Europe via Arab Spain ... "

How can this relate to what is happening right now? is it the spread of a new pattern initiated through the initial shift in Greece (which happened before the Tunisian/Egypt revolutions) and then moving through into Europe through Spain ?

Is the lineage of the land and place (Herstory) speaking now through the people to reenter the playground, by facing the old patterns, working through them and emerging with the ones that are necessary for the future ?

observations and questions .... 

what also caught my attention in the book, so far (I am still in its first chapter), is the relationship and positioning of Greece ... Corm writes " From the beginning of the Byzantine Empire in 1453, the Greek presence in the Middle East constitutes a fundamental historical fact that official histories for not emphasise enough. When Europe annexed the Greek heritage to its own cultural patrimony, contemporary Iranian, Arab and Turkish cultures simply erased all memory relating to that heritage. In reality, however, Asia Minor and the Mediterranean coastline has provided Greek history and culture with a solid founding since the founding of Troy."

and the question that comes to me:

How can we open the space for the memory to return?

With care,

Hala

Flow ~~ Grow

flow, flow, flow, shine the beauty of the inner glow
rest, rest, rest, bring the east into the west
wait, wait, wait, stop the time in all our dates
eat, eat, eat, nourish the souls in various feasts
touch, touch, touch, meet the silence in the rush
speak, speak, speak, know the stories at their peak
cuddle, cuddle, cuddle, embrace the moment in a huddle
pour, pour, pour, experience life's offers more and more
feel, feel, feel, sense the movement in the wheel
play, play, play, find the essence in the day
learn, learn, learn, what the future longs and yearns
dance, dance, dance, come together in one stance
lead, lead, lead, weave the way with gems and beads
act, act, act, leave your heart in every fact
grow, grow, grow, with our Oneness we will flow