SpiritSong
An illustrated collection of prayers and lessons for the growth of the soul
by Kathleen Meadowlark Dawe
illustrated by Kia
© Copyright 1998 by Kathleen Meadowlark Dawe
All rights reserved
The book is divided into four sections: Connection to Self, Connection to Others, Connection to Earth, and Connection to Spirit. The following selections represent one piece from each of these sections. Enjoy!
Are they shed as rivers of great tears running down moist cheeks, begging to be kissed away? Are they wiped by a woeful hand to join with the moisture of the world? Do they eventually flow into the sea where they lie as emotional pearls wound about lost and forgotten Goddess statues of ancient times? Will they rise again someday… together?
Are they expressed as winds of emotion that blow out from us to join with the clouds? Are they swept up by the winds of the weather spirits and carried around the world to manifest as a tempest or a typhoon? Do they find wild release into a nameless sea only to cycle through again… becoming part of all that is… once again?
Are they shot as flaming sparks into the night sky, to join with the stars millions of miles away, to burn in a fiery blaze? Do they rise like the phoenix, healed and metamorphasized into something new? A greater dream? A star of tomorrow that is even stronger and brighter, whole, and fully able to become real in another place and time?
Or, are they petals of once beautiful flowers that lived their brief and fragile time on the earth plane? Like all things, do they grow, live, then wither and fall in death to continue changing? Do they join with the soil and become one with the earth to actually become the fertile ground upon which new dreams are born?
I wonder at the idea of how hopes and fantasies are born and brought into manifestation -- how some ideas and dreams find completion and others do not. Focused thought and the energy of hoping and dreaming can make some dreams become real. Still, other hopes and dreams are born that seem lovely and full of promise, yet are lost and never brought to fruition. In both experiences incredulous amounts of effort go into building those dreams.
If manifestation is the fruit of some dreams, what is the fruit of all the energy born of love and positive thought created by praying for something we can not attain? I can know intellectually that painful feelings we experience are only dramas staged by our higher selves to help our soul’s growth… but emotionally the feelings of sorrow still cry out. What is the lesson?
Where does that energy go from those unborn dreams, and unheard prayers?
I must believe that like all things in nature the energy is somehow recycled. It is transformed and given back to the heart, back to the soul, back to the universe… to be reborn… healed and whole. Comfort is found in forgiveness, and in trusting enough to let yourself hope and dream again. Close a door… open a window… give rebirth a new chance. Isn’t the art of living to learn from our mistakes and experiences, and to revere both the lessons and teachers who brought them to us?
After all, endings are also beginnings…
Play with me, stay with me,
Spend the whole day with me.
Lie with me, sleep by me,
Dream the whole night with me.
I’ll sing with you, dance with you,
Make wild romance with you.
Laugh with you, cry with you,
Spend my whole life with you.
Read with me, teach with me
New ideas reach with me.
Try with me, fly with me,
Grow old and die with me.
Search with me, travel with me,
Our problems unravel with me.
Experience and taste with me,
Go slow and make haste with me.
I’ll love you, and hold you,
Feel shy and be bold with you.
Give to you. Share with you,
Do all we dare with you.
Friend of mine, love of mine,
Mate for all time of
mine.
Together & Equal
Body heart and soul is yours,
All my life holds is yours.
I give my gratitude and my respect to the SOUTH -- the place of honoring of the family; the place of balancing of love and warrior energy; the place of learning and teaching. Bless us with your healing energy and knowledge and accept our human blessings in return. May my path be one of hearing your teachings.
I give my gratitude and my respect to the WEST -- the place of introspection; the place of honoring our dreams and intuitions and Spiritual guidance. Bless us with your healing energy and knowledge and accept our human blessings in return. May my path be one of believing your teachings.
I give my gratitude and my respect to the NORTH -- the place of healing, completion and gratitude.; the place of our elders and our Higher selves. Bless us with your healing energy and knowledge and accept our human blessings in return. May my path be one of exemplifying your teachings.
I give my gratitude and respect to our MOTHER EARTH -- You who holds and nurtures all things by your very being. Forgive the atrocities we humans have heaped upon you in our ignorance. Accept our Love and gratitude for your patience in our slow learning of how to respect and heal you (as well as ourselves). Help us to see that WE ARE ONE. Bless us with your healing energy and knowledge and accept our human blessing in return. May my path be one of shared gentleness with your teachings.
I give my gratitude and respect to our SUN, MOON, STARS and CELESTIAL FORCES of our Universe. Help us to expand our understanding of the interconnectedness of all things. Help us to grow into an expanded view of the nature of our world and the Universe and how WE ARE ALL RELATED. Bless us with your healing energy and knowledge and accept our human blessing in return. May my path be one of ever expanding awareness with your teachings.
I give my gratitude and respect to ALL THE CREATURES that share this Earth walk with us. Help us to learn how to share our world and foster the continued growth of our shared responsibility for peace and continued coexistence. Bright blessings and protection to all the four legged creatures; the creatures with two legs -- our brothers and sisters of all four races -- yellow, red, white, black, and all mixtures thereof; the many legged creatures; the no legged creatures; the creatures with scales; the creatures with fins; the creatures with wings and all creatures visible and invisible; known and unknown. Help us to realize WE ARE ALL EQUAL IN IMPORTANCE. Bless us with your healing energy and knowledge and accept our human blessings in return. My path be one of awareness and responsibility to the good of the whole and your teachings.
I give my gratitude and respect to THE PLANT KINGDOM that shares this space on our beloved Mother Earth. Help us to learn how to share our world and foster the continued growth of our shared responsibility for peace and continued coexistence. Bright blessings to the majestic TREES -- grandfathers of the plant kingdom, and to the FLOWERS -- children of the plant kingdom. Help us to realize your primary and vital contribution to the elemental ecosystem upon which all life is dependent. Help us to accept the truth that WE ARE INTERDEPENDENT. Bless us with your healing energy and knowledge and accept our human blessings in return. May my path be one of fostering our mutual ability to flourish and honor your teachings.
I give my gratitude and respect to THE STONE AND MINERAL KINGDOM that were the original Earth creations and inhabitants. Help us to hear your voice, the language of our primary ancestors -- the elements that make our very flesh and bones. Help us to humble ourselves and recognize the basic concept that all existence goes back to the hydrogen atom affirming that NO THING CAN EVER BE SUPERIOR TO ANOTHER. Bless us with your healing energy and knowledge, and accept our human blessings in return. May my path be one of right relationship with all things in all ways.
