Hello All,

I just wanted to share that I was listening to the recording of the high teaching the other day and I was so struck at how profound this story is. Remember how those of us at the actual teaching were all kind of fried at the end? That is uncharacteristic for me but I was a zombie at the end of that night.

Well, as I listened to Sage's voice telling the story of Lilith, I felt as if I could pause the recording and meditate for a half an hour on each sentence! I want to encourage all of you to consider buying a recording and listen to it at home, because there is a wealth of richness in it. Each paragraph, each sentence, even some words, jump out and give food for thought. No wonder I was so tired after listening for an hour and a half! This story truly is a lot for me to get my arms around. I have enjoyed breaking it into smaller pieces.

I looked up "bliss" the other day and the definition that I liked the most was: the search for God, to live in God. I loved that. Bliss seems to me to be a holy state; the practice of being present and open hearted. Some days it's easier than others to be in this state or to do this practice. Today it's harder... So I'm hoping that I can just keep my eyes on the hills and not get called into the cave and find some silence to listen to the God-voice within.

xoxo

“Eating the World” by James Typton

I was born with my mouth open...
entering this juicy world
of peaches and lemons and ripe sun
and the pink and secret flesh of women,
this world where dinner is in the breath
of the subtle desert,
in the spices of the distant sea
which late at night drift over sleep
I was born somewhere between the brain and the pomegranate,
with a tongue tasting the delicious textures
of hair and hands and eyes;
I was born out of the heart stew,
out of the infinite bed, to walk upon
this infinite earth.

I want to feed you the flowers of ice
on this winter window,
the aroma of many soups,
the scent of sacred candles
that follows me around this cedar house,
I want to feed you the lavender
that lifts up out of certain poems,
and the cinnamon of apples baking,
and the simple joy we see
in the sky when we fall in love.

I want to feed you the pungent soil
where I harvested garlic,
I want to feed you the memories
rising out of the aspen logs
when I split them, and the pinyon smoke
that gathers around the house on a still night,
and the mums left by the kitchen door.

Welcome to the Lilith blog...

The High Teaching that Sage offered last Monday night offered much food for thought. There are several different definitions of Lilith - here are just a couple to get you thinking.

Sumerian Goddess Lilith, Eve's dark sister and first wife of Adam, representative of all that is dark, wild, intensely creative, and free in human nature, existing beyond the reach of society's boundaries or control.
In astrolgy, Lilith is also called "The Dark Moon" and is about the Junguian concept of Shadow, the dark side that each one of us carry in our souls and need to be integrated to our Self in our search for wholeness.

The first definition is a lot more 'free' sounding to me. I love the periods in my life when I have been living in that wild, creative, and free space - existing "beyond the reach of society's boundaries or control." But I do have to say that usually that is a way more "manic" period in my life. Wondering what is living for you folks who were at the high teaching and looking forward to hearing what you have to say...peace.