Kate Lamberg Center for Natural Healing and Creative Arts~

  The deception, revered by our misinformed ego is that we are separate and different.       A truth, believed by millions is... we are one soul, with many more similarities than differences. Compassion sprouts from realizing that. We all need to be heard, understood, touched/hugged, and loved for who we are.  Blessings grow in silent stillness, as well as in gentle interactions with others. Our pains, joys, and uncertainties are our common humanity. Let's dance, be in touch with,     and taste the sweetness. sherbert roses

  we are dancing again on the rained on earth wingless, we learn from our winged friends how to allow the southwest winds to continue to move us as we celebrate each other, moving through seemingly impossible boulders light directing radiant space paths chosen in sighs the trees breathing with grace the romance that never dies

  riddled with twists and turns the circuitous route of the soul, seeking solace--walking barefoot on cool grass as the sun rises   chatting with flowering bushes as she waters:knowing deep down beneath the earth-- we are all connected...and are as deeply rooted as we grow ourselves tall and leggy-- above this spinning earth   sunflowers, one hundred year old oaks grow here seers, healers, poets, musicians grow in parallel -- pursuing soul's request for silence....   just a little birdsong and coffee  to fill the coffers of uncertainty so early in the morning, no words need to be spoken   stretching toes and heels on the newly watered lawn we all become the princes and princesses  of a natural world   tethered to air, water, earth, and fire-- we must remember... that it is human to seek wholeness,  and to surrender is the only way to know peace

  Trust is necessary in true friendships. I trust you show up on your own steam, as I show up on my steam and honor our cooperative spirit.    If I do something to trigger anger in a friend-- that is her responsibility to clear it up, not mine.  How invested someone is in the friendship reflects how vast their patience in waiting to talk about it. If anyone is ready to dismiss the friendship when one thing happened to anger them, there seems to have been a lot less investment in the friendship.   So called friend says, "I was being nice"...and...."I am done being nice." Hmm, maybe they never even liked the other or considered the other a friend.  After mutual sharing of personal things? Then calls you crazy for doing a litany  of things, including sharing feelings that were never voiced previously.   If invested in the friendship, those feelings should have been aired, not buried. This tends to be how grudges set in and build up. Bottled rage,...

  Mindfully accepting our painful feelings is an essential prerequisite to supporting ourselves with kindness and compassion. Accepting our pain means being willing to be present with it, not pushing it away or reacting to it. Bodhipaksa, “Loving Pain”  

  Our inner light is born through accepting what is. Surrendering to the almighty present tense is to relax into the moment.    Peaceful hearts do not need to try harder. Letting go is to give up control.   To observe the beauty of all that shines is only possible within a relaxed state of mind. Here there is no room for opinions, righteousness or blame.    Right now the sun is high in the sky, even though it is cloudy, and we cannot see it with the naked eye.   Believe in the oneness of all beings, and war between people and countries would hault on a dime. Peace for all, may all know peace. 

  Don't believe what anyone says about you if you do not feel it is true. Name calling/being bullied is the most hurtful thing a child must endure when growing up. Statistically, those children grow up to become abusers themselves, often expressed in gaslighting and name calling others as well as denying saying anything inappropriate. Yes, let us choose peace over drama, and a mutual respect. Either we are all crazy or no one is crazy. I like to think of myself as a good kind of crazy, bringing gentleness, compassion and clarity...through my poetry, healing practice, and simply my presence. Some of my finest spiritual teachers were terrifically crazy, going to great lengths to edify with humor, artfulness, and loving kindness. I don't wish to be thought of as normal, if that means always acting in predictable ways. There is no true inner growth there. I go out of my way not to hurt others.Sometimes that means distancing, when the drama blurs perceptions/the truth of the situat...