May Holiday- May 1- Summer

This is a Time of

Deep Nurturing

-of Attentive Care and steadfast dedication

to the Moment as the Seed of the Future.

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Baby animals are under the watchful care of their parents,

being fed and warmed and looked over constantly-

for at this stage of development,

without this parental care,

the new lives will not survive.

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Our Food Plants-

that will give us sustinence

throughout the growing season

and most Importantly,

through the Long Winter-

are in their infancy.

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The Fate of our Food Stores,

the lettuces, the corn, the potatoes, etc.

still depends

on many months of this same Attentive Care.

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The First of May is celebrated in many cultures and countries as a joyful and festive occasion that marks the beginning of Summer. (The "Wikipedia" has an article on this cross culturally- as do countless books at your library.) Indeed the trees are heavy with Bloom and the air is perfumed with scents that stir the pleasure centers of the brain. We have shaken off the cloak of Night (winter) and Emerge from our Sleep into the Regenerative Light of the Sun. We move fully and consciously into our roles as Caretakers of All Life as it seems to spring forth before our senses.

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:) Watch for animals on the sides of the road as you drive, go slow-

know that parents are out fervently gathering food for their babies.

Be a voice for them amongst all human beings that you know...

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I'm going to plant a heart in the earth

water it with love from a vein

I'm going to praise it with the push of a muscle

and care for it in the sound of all dimensions.

I'm going to leave a heart in the earth

so it may grow and flower

a heart that throbs with longing

that adores everything green

that will be strength and nourishment for birds

that will be the sap of plants and mountains.

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-Rosario Murillo

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As we continue to hold the Intent of Beautiful Waters on our planet, and sending our light rays of Love to the Tender Green Shoots and Baby Animals emerging- let us together, in this period, fully ground our meditation, going deep into the Earth to bring our Conscious Awareness to the SOIL:

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May 1 - June 21

Deep Earth

nourishing, vital, healthy soil

Where would we be without the soil that nurtures

and supports our food plants into Being?

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By what miracle

does this cracker

made from Kansas wheat,

this cheese ripened in French caves,

this fig, grown and dried near Ephesus,

turn into Me?

My eyes,

My hands,

My cells, organs, juices, thoughts?

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Am I not then Kansas wheat

and French cheese

and Smyrna figs?

Figs, no doubt,

the ancient Prophets ate?

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-Judith Morley

See and feel the soil beneath your feet as

Vibrant and Pulsating with Radiance

Take Off Your Shoes

HUM

Y Rev. Ursula Carrie