A Warrior’s Creed

Samurai

 

 

I have no parents:
I make the heaven and earth my parents.

I have no home:
I make awareness my home.

I have no life and death:
I make the tides of breathing my life and death.

I have no divine powers:
I make honesty my divine power.

I have no means:
I make understanding my means.

I have no magic secrets:
I make character my magic secret.

I have no body:
I make endurance my body.

I have no eyes:
I make the flash of lightning my eyes.

I have no ears:
I make sensibility my ears.

I have no limbs:
I make promptness my limbs.

I have no strategy:
I make “unshadowed by thought” my strategy.

I have no design:
I make “seizing opportunity by the forelock” my design.

I have no miracles:
I make right action my miracle.

I have no principles:
I make adaptability to all circumstances my principle.

I have no tactics:
I make emptiness and fullness my tactics.

I have no talent:
I make ready wit my talent.

I have no friends:
I make my mind my friend.

I have no enemy:
I make carelessness my enemy.

I have no armor:
I make benevolence and righteousness my armor.

I have no castle:
I make immovable mind my castle.

I have no sword:
I make absence of self my sword.

Anonymous Samurai song – 14th century

 

Deep gratitude and appreciation to Stuart Wilde for giving me this creed. I first heard it when I attended his magnificent “Warrior’s In The Mist” 8 day intensive many years ago. It is powerful because of it’s simplicity and straightforward approach to living. I would suggest that you add this, along with the Warrior’s Prayer, to your daily meditations. The changes that will come about for you will be amazing. =)

Bright Blessings,

Ross – “Tolemac”

 

Samurai image courtesy of Rodolfo Carvalho at Atelier and DeviantArt with much gratitude.

Blessings Of The Winter Solstice – 2010

The Winter Solstice will be direct this year on Tuesday December 21st, at 11:38PM GMT/UT, 6:38PM EST, 5:38PM CST, 4:38PM MST, and 3:38PM PST.

This years Solstice has the extra added power and energy of a full Lunar Eclipse in Gemini opposing the Sun in Sagittarius. With both signs being at 29 degrees, this signals an ending of what was and new beginnings. This year’s event will take 3 hours and 38 minutes from beginning to end. The eclipse begins on Tuesday at 6:33 a.m. GMT/UT, 1:33 a.m. EST, 12:33 a.m. CST, 11:33 p.m. MST Monday , and 10:33 p.m. PST Monday, when the Earth’s dark-reddish shadow will begin to show on the edge of the moon. It will take about an hour for the shadow to cover the entire moon. Totality begins at 7:41 a.m. GMT/UT, 2:41 a.m. EST, 1:41 a.m. CST, 12:41 p.m. MST, and 11:41 p.m. PST and lasts for 72 minutes.

I offer up this blessing:

Great and Eternal mystery, Great Spirit; God, Goddess, All that is; The Infinite Radiant Is. I thank you for this light and this life. For this beauty way. I thank you for this season of deep contemplation, reflection and retrospection. It is this time of season that offers us the opportunity to grow inwardly as we await the coming of the outward growth of Spring.

In this time of the short day and the long night, I give thanks for all that I have achieved this past year, and all that I will achieve in the new one. I offer up prayers and blessings of gratitude, and thanksgiving for the lessons I have learned; the relations of all varieties I have helped, and that have helped me to grow.

I thank you for this time of stillness so that I can once again hear my heart beat in time with the true rhythm of the Universe.

As we move forward from this Solstice day, I give thanks for the renewing energy that fills all of our lives with the mounting warmth of the new Sun and the new year.

In Gratitude; In Thanks; In Peace; In Wonderment; In Joy I say Ring Out Solstice Bells!

Brightest Blessings to all!

Ross – “Tolemac”

Ring Out, Solstice Bells by Jethro Tull

Now is the solstice of the year.
winter is the glad song that you hear.
Seven maids move in seven time.
Have the lads up ready in a line.

Ring out these bells.
Ring out, ring solstice bells.
Ring solstice bells.

Join together ‘neath the mistletoe,
by the holy oak whereon it grows.
Seven druids dance in seven time.
Sing the song the bells call, loudly chiming.

Ring out these bells.
Ring out, ring solstice bells.
Ring solstice bells.

Praise be to the distant sister sun,
joyful as the silver planets run.
Seven maids move in seven time.
Sing the song the bells call, loudly chiming.

Ring out these bells.
Ring out, ring solstice bells.
Ring solstice bells.
Ring on, ring out.
Ring on, ring out.

A New Years Blessing of Release and Letting Go – 2009

Reprinted and updated from my A New Years Blessing of Release and Letting Go, 2008 post

You can use this blessing at anytime really, but it is particularly good to use at the end of something. A job, a committment, a relationship, a project, whatever. This will help you to let go of what has ended and to bring back to you your energy that you have used or given away during the process. Simply substitute “old year”/”2009” with whatever you are releasing. This is best done from a meditative state. Look with your inner sight at the object of release, and say…

Hello, old year of 2009. I see that it is time for you and I to part. In my minds eye, I look back and I see all that you and I accomplished together, and I am grateful for those things. I see all that you and I did not accomplish, and I am grateful for the lessons of those things.

It is with this gratitude and thanks that I now release and let go of all that we were, knowing that I have grown from the experience; knowing that I am different than I was and that I no longer have use for what was, but instead look at the present state of what is and look forward to what will be.

I release and let go of all of the negative emotions that I had in 2009, no matter what might have caused them to surface. I recall back to me all of my energy that I spent and sent out in negative thought and feeling. I recall back to me also all of the positive energy that I gave out, knowing that only I can use my own energy.

I fully release and let go of the people, events and things from the past year that no longer serve my highest purpose. I release them joyously, and with a glad and grateful heart for the lessons learned. I wish them well, and I wish them gone from my life so that I may invite in new people, events and things that are better aligned to who I am now.

I now say Goodbye to you, 2009. You were what you were, and I am thankful for the many things I experienced and learned during your time.

So mote it be!

I wish you all the very Brightest Blessings for the New Year!

Deep Peace, Prosperity, Health & Happiness!!

Ross – Tolemac

Winter Solstice 2009

Reprinted from my Blessings of The Winter Solstice, 2008 post

I offer up this blessing:

Great and Eternal mystery, Great Spirit; God, Goddess, All that is; The Infinite Radiant Is. I thank you for this light and this life. For this beauty way. I thank you for this season of deep contemplation, reflection and retrospection. It is this time of season that offers us the opportunity to grow inwardly as we await the coming of the outward growth of Spring.

In this time of the short day and the long night, I give thanks for all that I have achieved this past year, and all that I will achieve in the new one. I offer up prayers and blessings of gratitude, and thanksgiving for the lessons I have learned; the relations of all varieties I have helped, and that have helped me to grow.

I thank you for this time of stillness so that I can once again hear my heart beat in time with the true rhythm of the Universe.

As we move forward from this Solstice day, I give thanks for the renewing energy that fills all of our lives with the mounting warmth of the new Sun and the new year.

In Gratitude; In Thanks; In Peace; In Wonderment; In Joy I say Ring Out Solstice Bells!

Brightest Blessings to all!

Ross – “Tolemac”

Ring Out, Solstice Bells by Jethro Tull

Now is the solstice of the year.
winter is the glad song that you hear.
Seven maids move in seven time.
Have the lads up ready in a line.

Ring out these bells.
Ring out, ring solstice bells.
Ring solstice bells.

Join together ‘neath the mistletoe,
by the holy oak whereon it grows.
Seven druids dance in seven time.
Sing the song the bells call, loudly chiming.

Ring out these bells.
Ring out, ring solstice bells.
Ring solstice bells.

Praise be to the distant sister sun,
joyful as the silver planets run.
Seven maids move in seven time.
Sing the song the bells call, loudly chiming.

Ring out these bells.
Ring out, ring solstice bells.
Ring solstice bells.
Ring on, ring out.
Ring on, ring out.

A Truly Unique Gift

This year, I’m offering Gift Certificates for a Healing session that you can give to whoever you feel would benefit, including yourself! As an expression of my gratitude to all of my clients and to those who come to read my blog, each gift certificate will be for $15 an hour off the regular price.

As a special Holiday bonus, if you purchase gift certificates for three or more hours, or, if you buy certificates for less than three hours and you make a donation to this site of $50 or more, you’ll receive the gift of a free one hour healing session. You can use this free healing for yourself, or for anyone you choose. For anyone who purchases certificates for 5 or more hours, you’ll also receive a bottle of Velvet Vapor – Healing and Clearing spray as my gift to you.

Give someone you care about this truly unique gift of healing.

This offer does not apply to the Healing Packages, as they are already discounted. However, if you get one of the Packages, and either purchase a single gift certificate, or make a donation of $30 or more, you’ll receive a free one hour healing session.

To give a Healing Session Gift Certificate to your loved ones, simply click this email link – Gift Certificates – and tell me how many you’d like to order. Please include your name, and the name and email address of the person you are buying the certificates for. Also, please let me know if you’d like this to be a Christmas Gift, and I’ll be sure to send out the Certificate by email to them on Christmas Eve. These Healing Session Gift Certificates will be available for purchase until January 10th, 2010.

I wish you all a very Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays and the Brightest of Blessings for the new year! =)

Ross – “Tolemac”