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Showing posts with label peace. Show all posts
Showing posts with label peace. Show all posts

Wednesday, March 2, 2022

Transformation

 

Welcome March, the meteorological spring begins and with it comes transformation. I am holding hope in my heart for love and light to overcome hate and darkness, and I invite you to take a moment to send that hope into the universe through meditation or prayer.

 


 If we could spread love as quickly

as we spread hate and negativity,

what an amazing world we would live in.

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 May peace be with you, Diane xxx




Saturday, February 13, 2021

This Really Is The Age of Aquarius

 

No this is not an eyeball, it is the Helix Nebula located in the constellation Aquarius. It's been referred to as the "Eye of God" nebula. Read more at the very bottom of this post.


Hello Friends! I'm still around, sorry I haven't visited your blogs lately. One insistent blogger friend has left me messages and I finally decided I better respond and post something! Thanks Stacy for prodding me out of my winter stupor hiding under a pile of blankets with my cat Guy and watching YouTube most of the day! It has been so freaking cold, of course I don't have to tell you Canadians about that. LOL!

I went to Stacy's blog MagicLoveCrow and saw her new fantastic painting and she spoke about Aquarius. I remembered reading about the new cycle we are entering a while back and so I thought I would post a bit about it.

Here's info from one website that explains the theory. "With Aquarius at the helm, we might begin steering toward a new way of working together to achieve our goals, prioritizing the good of community as a whole. In other words, we've only begun to see just how useful social activism can be to achieve progressive aims."  Source, click here.

Now I'm old enough to remember the song, "The Age of Aquarius" performed by the 5th Dimension.  I thought I'd revisit the lyrics below. Let's hope Aquarius brings peace, love and enlightenment to us all!

 The 5th Dimension Lyrics  "Age Of Aquarius"

When the moon is in the Seventh House
And Jupiter aligns with Mars
Then peace will guide the planets
And love will steer the stars

This is the dawning of the Age of Aquarius
Age of Aquarius
Aquarius! Aquarius!

Harmony and understanding
Sympathy and trust abounding
No more falsehoods or derisions

Golden living dreams of visions
Mystic crystal revelation
And the mind's true liberation
Aquarius! Aquarius!

When the moon is in the Seventh House
And Jupiter aligns with Mars
Then peace will guide the planets
And love will steer the stars

This is the dawning of the Age of Aquarius
Age of Aquarius
Aquarius! Aquarius!

Let the sun shine, Let the sun shine in
The sun shine in
Let the sun shine, Let the sun shine in
The sun shine in ...

Now here's some more about that weird photo at the top of the post....
"The Helix Nebula, also known as The Helix, NGC 7293, is a large planetary nebula (PN) located in the constellation Aquarius. Discovered by Karl Ludwig Harding, probably before 1824, this object is one of the closest to the Earth of all the bright planetary nebulae. The estimated distance is about 215 parsecs (700 light-years). It is similar in appearance to the Cat's Eye Nebula and the Ring Nebula, whose size, age, and physical characteristics are similar to the Dumbbell Nebula, varying only in its relative proximity and the appearance from the equatorial viewing angle. The Helix Nebula has sometimes been referred to as the "Eye of God" in pop culture, as well as the "Eye of Sauron"."  Source

Share your thoughts! 

Stay safe, well and happy! ~~ Diane

 

Friday, December 30, 2016

A New Year Soon Begins





The moving song below was performed on one of the Christmas specials I recently watched.  I was first drawn in by the beautiful melody and then the lyrics.  

I was unable to locate a recording to post, but I hope you enjoy the lovely, but bittersweet lyrics. They reflect my feelings about this past year and the new one that is almost upon us.  It's a nod to the past and a glance towards the future. Let's hope there are more bright moments and fewer dark days ahead. So while our futures are still unknown, perhaps if we all hold strong together we'll get through it.





Thou Gracious God


Thou gracious God, whose mercy lends
the light of home, the smile of friends,
our gathered flock thine arms enfold
as in the peaceful days of old.

Wilt thou not hear us while we raise
in sweet accord of solemn praise
the voices that have mingled long
in joyous flow of mirth and song?

For all the blessings life has brought,
for all its sorrowing hours have taught,
for all we mourn, for all we keep,
the hands we clasp, the loved that sleep.

The noontide sunshine of the past,
these brief, bright moments fading fast,
the stars that gild our darkening years,
the twilight ray from holier spheres.

We thank thee, Father; let thy grace
our loving circle still embrace,
thy mercy shed its heavenly store,
thy peace be with us evermore.


Words/lyrics - American Poet - Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. 1869 
Music/English Folk Tune - Wareham