Wednesday, June 16, 2021

 



          Graduation
 
We are in the season of Graduation,
  diplomas from school,
  transitioning from a year of lock down,
  the Summer Solstice arriving in days,
  perhaps a gifting up of old patterns
  an out with the old and in with the new.
 
What is the creative artist of you asking
  for permission to do for a revised edition of you,
  the unique, extraordinary expressive you?
 
What are the mindful questions to ask of yourself,
  like a bell ringing that will chime in a blessing,
  a sense of appreciation of the road traveled,
  and of new gateways opening offering that
  greater awareness of a true to Self being?
 
The magic and mystery of you is waiting for
   that greater unfolding that will instill, and install,
   the newest edition of deep joy and wonder,
   all for the asking, the saying “yes” to.
 
Now is the time to fly!
The horizon of celebration awaits your arrival.
 
The only question that remains is
  who will you fly with?
 
Who will be your wing man, helper, encourager,
  insight provider, fellow traveler?
 
This is not a solo journey.
It is a journey of relationships as well as flight.
 
 
          richard hammer
              6-16-21
               ~~~~~~ 

Always take time to breathe in, breathe out, sense, feel, and hear. 
The Universe is speaking but requires your listening. 
Silence and nature are helpful in establishing new directions. 

(Exactly two years ago I wrote a poem that prompted today's above poem)


            Being You


The effort of a lifetime is to be you.

It takes practice, intelligence, and being present.

It takes willingness to inquire, to open to unknowing.

It takes love and appreciation of your existing wholeness.

It takes this moment over and over and over again.

It is sharing, caring, and contributing.

It is laughing, singing and dancing in the flow of you.

It takes reshuffling the deck and starting over.

It takes courage and sometimes help.

It takes a desire for the generative, all the challenges,

novelties, connections and creativity that make up the journey.


The payoff, the destination?  The reason for it all? The goal?

It is simply you being you. It is showing up.

It is you being responsible for, and committed to,

  the area of your territory of the map of being.


It is life expressing Itself

  uniquely as you.

The journey is the destination.


Shine your light.

This moment is filled with love,

  beauty, goodness, and truth.

It beckons you into the forward path

  that is just ahead.



            richard hammer

                 6-16-19

                    ~~~~ 

Connecting
 
This earth life experience is for relating, connecting, exploring, 
expressing, appreciating, creating, and helping. 
 
In this moment what wants to be loved, served, remembered?
Each is a step toward vivifying the wholeness that is existing within
and all around this sacred pearl of a home in the universe. 
 
The gift is that of Light, Life, and Love .
It is the energy of Awake Being moving in Presence. 
It is seeing and being seen. 
It is working with, and playing in, the divine currents. 
 
Pause now for two minutes and listen. Really listen.
There is a voice of intuitive guidance asking to be heard. 
It is inviting you to fully embody this life dance.
 
            richard hammer
                 6-13-21

                ~~~~~~~ 

The Daily Way 

 "You wish to know happiness? Enjoy connection. You wish to know bliss? Set aside the smaller self. Focus not so much on “I” and seek out “we,” “us,” simply being a part of something greater. Connect, connect, connect … with apparently separate humans, animals, nature … it matters not. Connect as one in awareness and you will come to experience your true nature, which is unity. Unity consciousness. Maintain this state no matter what the outer circumstances, and you will understand what inner happiness is.

 You are so very loved."  - Suzanne Giesemann. - 6-13-21

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Sunday, April 4, 2021

 

  This Moment’s Invitation

 

There is strength in kindness.

There is strength in friendship.

There is strength in loving awareness.

There is strength in sitting stillness.

 

Each moment is a gift.

Each moment is an awakening.

Each moment is an incubation of flow.

Each moment is a sharing.

 

This is the true self

  in expression, manifestation, and joy

  in the climbing of mountains,

  in the walking through valleys,

  in the descending of rapids.

 

This moment invites

  a stepping into the circle of love.  

 

The Great Welcoming triads are here:

  grace, gratitude, and grandeur,

  beauty, truth, and goodness, 

  purpose, passion and possibility.

 

Come with me into the fields of forever.

  Let us walk together.

          

        richard hammer
             4-4-21





Thursday, April 1, 2021

 April is Poetry Month! 

Take time during the day to read a poem or write one. What is the creative muse in you wanting to say? 

~~~~ 

Self Permission Slip

 This Day

  may I move with insight, flow, and intent

  may I move with integrity, peace, and joy

  may I move with gratitude, grace, and loving kindness 

  may I move with patience, resilience, and resolve

  may I move with creativity, beauty, and abundance

  may I let love lead the way and open the door.

 

            richard hammer

                 4-1-21

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My friend Lorna Kant loves to write haiku - lines of 5-7-5 syllables.


When one comes to a

Bridge over troubled waters

Trust that it will hold


Invite yourself to cross the bridge of not good enough and come into your creative expression moment.






Wednesday, September 9, 2020

 


          Next Steps

 

How do you know when it is time

  to travel in a different direction? 

 

Is it star alignment?

Is it voices in the night?

Is it a trusted friend's insight?

Is it a card pulled from a tarot deck?

Is it a reading the writings of a wisdom teacher?

Is it going on a retreat and journaling?

 

There are paths, practices, and parallels.

 

Perhaps it is your enneagram type calling?

Perhaps it is your yin or yang side calling?

Perhaps it is your interaction with a loved one?

 

Is it a whisper or a shout that is heard?

Is it a shove or gentle nudging?

Is it a seasonal life pattern change?

 

Where are you out of balance? 

How do you know?

 

Can you open your heart and listen?

What values you hold need a deeper dive into?

Is it a small shift or great step to more fully embody

  these values? 

 

Spirit is always calling.

Nourish and nurture this calling.

Shift the terrain, inner and outer. 

 

Can you view your life as a theme?

Harvest the gifts of the past.

Cultivate self-honesty and self-love.

 

Decide to walk forward into the Light.

Decide to move what is stuck.

Decide to pause and listen for what wants

  to come in you, through you, and as you.

The mandala of your being is being expressed.

What is to be given? What is to be received? 

In all ways radiate this with gratitude and kindness.

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9-5-20 - richard hammer 



 

Tuesday, July 21, 2020

Today Is The Day





Today Is The Day

Today is the day
to add another thread to your life,
the creative weaving of the loom of you,

to add another awakening
to the ever changing vista,

to appreciate all that is you
and around you,

to be available to the experience
of rising and setting suns,

to touch another
with your ever flowing loving kindness,

to sing and dance wildly
in the evening moon light
while kissing the stars,

Today is the day to be all you can be,
authentically, unreservedly, boldly, uniquely you.

This IS your time.  Seize the day.
And show the world your happy face.


richard hammer
7-21-20 
~~~~~~~ 

The photo is of Rebecca Dowling, a relative, 
who passed on from cancer at a young age. 
So much life lived and to be lived.

Wednesday, June 24, 2020

The Mystery Point


The Mystery Point

There is a stepping in and a stepping out,
and the place in between.
A moment of lifting of veils of conditioned
awareness for what lies there.
This is the mystery point,
a point of infinite energy and engagement,
a point of power, presence, and possibility,
a point of joy in the unknowing,
a point of allowing the fullness of being
to be uniquely expressed.
Just this, now
and now, and now.
~ richard hammer (6-12-20)

Wednesday, May 27, 2020




   Wisdom Moments

There is wisdom everywhere.
There is grist for the mill everywhere.
There is light for the next right step everywhere.

Pause now and listen.
What is asking to speak?
What is the voice that seeks being heard?

Sit here for awhile
  river’s edge, shoreline, or open field,
  mountain top, or forest path.

Open to the beauty that is shining here.
Open to the mirror of yourself
     Seeing you.


          richard hammer
               5-27-20