The Spiral Library
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An experimental space to hold collections of musings, inspiration, creation, questions, answers, thoughts, feelings, etc.
Day 23 : You Are Everything
I just want to remind you
There is nothing,
Nothing
You need to do
To prove your worth,
To be enough,
To be loved,
To be adored.
You are everything,
Everything and so much more.
Day 19 : To Waver
Day 18 : 11 Principles for an Expansive Creative Life
Day 17 : May We Become Immense
Day 16 : An Artist’s Prayer
Dear Creative Mother,
light source that moves through all things,
I open my heart and allow the light from within me
to dance with the light of the universe.
May I remember that everything is a co-creation,
woven into a vast web of care, connection, and devotion.
May I trust that the smallest act, the gentlest gesture,
ripples outward beyond what I can see or know.
When the world feels cruel, senseless, or pointless,
help me to become immense.
Expand my capacity to love, to stay present,
to show up generously, even in the face of heartbreak.
Let my creativity be a sacred conversation
with the seen and unseen worlds.
Remind me that love is enough,
that devotion itself magnetizes opportunity.
Keep me humble in my learning,
always growing on this pathless path.
May I slow down enough to hear the whispers of my heart,
and honor the wisdom of my own rhythms.
May I meet each moment, and every breath,
with compassion and love for all beings.
Guide my hands, my words, my heart.
Let me be a channel, endlessly supported, and divinely guided.
Day 11 : Devotion to the Experiment
Day 10 : Permission to Dissolve
Day 02 : Love Notes for the Journey
Poem №041
There are certain lessons
you can only learn through living
It was never about perfection
or getting it right
Your job
is to show up
to the practice
and bear witness
to what arises
on the path into
the great unknown
The challenge
is to meet yourself
with curiosity
questioning
what you thought you knew
All along the way
you’ll have to choose
the next right step
on a nonlinear
spiraling path
And each time you face
a lesson you thought
you’d already learned
You’ll be invited
to surrender
to the journey
and find compassion
for your process
Remember this
courageous one:
You don’t walk
the path alone
There’s infinite expansion
in the practice
And perfection
was always
a dead-end road
Poem №040
Wonder to the edge of hope
throw yourself into the space
where everything you thought you knew
meets everything you never dared say out loud
Let yourself imagine
the unimaginable
Paint the sky with the
vivid colors of your dreams
Watch your world
turn upside down
Face the fear
of letting go
breaking down
cracking open
no return
He said I contain multitudes
Now look at you
on the edge of hope
larger than life
expanding in a whole new way
Poem №039
I will choose
This path
Back to myself
A thousand times
Before
It feels familiar
Poem №038
Upon waking
I want nothing more
Than to escape
Falling back
Asleep
There’s no relief
I’m turned
Upside down
By my subconscious
This kind of sleep
Magnifies
The anxious mind
Back into
The unforgiving
Waking world
I face the ache
Of avoiding discomfort
Poem №037
A fork in the road
And I’m paralyzed by
The unknowable
Poem №036
Mom!
Ready?
Yes!
They climb to the top
joy beaming from
their triumphant grins.
Over their shoulders
they look to me
for proof of my
unwavering attention.
The air
smells like summer
and we have
nowhere else to be
but here.
Poem №035
From the origin of you
I arrived in a flood
Of life and blood
In the cradle of your arms
You found belonging in my being
Finally, a place to attach meaning
You held on tight
Determined never to let go
Of the unconditional love
Finally, within your grasp
But nothing
Could ever
Fill the shape
Of the empty place
Where your own love
Belongs
Poem №034
Birth is an alarming entry
From the dark cave
Of a mother’s womb
We are spit out
Into the wilderness
Of an unforgiving world
And we begin the journey
Raw, vulnerable,
With the jagged edges
Of all the unlearned lessons
From every life you’ve already lived
Like rough stones
Dropped into an ocean,
Our life becomes a series
Of ebbs and flows
As each wave pulls us
This way and that,
Smoothing out our rough edges,
Dragging us through
The same lessons
Again and again
Though you will resist
With all your strength,
Your first invitation:
Is to release the control
You never really had,
And to surrender yourself
To the experience of returning
Again and again
To the lesson you thought you learned,
The pain you thought you healed,
And to return
To the most jagged
Of wounded edges,
The ones that ask
For the kind of healing
That requires
A lifetime
Of being rolled
Over and over
In the inner ocean
And slowly, but slowly,
As you meet your many layers
With the intimacy
Of a lifelong partner
As you become the adoring
Companion of your own heart
And the roughest
Of your edges soften
You’ll find the pearl
Of unconditional love
That resides within you
Polished by a lifetime
Of being nurtured by
Your inner ocean
Poem №033
Lost in a fog
Disconnected
Uncomfortable
Uncertain
Of the ground
Beneath my feet
Longing for the safety
In belonging
I can’t find my way back
To anything familiar
And I drift further
Into the fog
Until I finally
I give up the fight
And let go
In surrender.
Get quiet
Listen closely
To the very thing
You’re avoiding
Give voice
To the lost part
Do the unthinkable
And step fully
Into the discomfort
Let it rise within
Let it take you under
And in the surrender
Watch the fog lift
As you come up for air
Feel yourself release
In relief
As your feet
Touch the ground
Again
Poem №032
I was someone else
Entirely years ago
Before I broke free
Poem №031
Let yourself fall
From the pedestal
Let your armor
Break and fall away
Inside of you is
Everything
You’ve been searching for
And all the light
You were afraid
You’d never find
Poem №030
You want so badly
To “let it go”
To “move on”
To “get over it”
But you were never meant to be the kind of person
Who could blindly force your way
To the peak of the mountain
They built on the backs of others
The world you’re moving toward
Requires your whole self
And while the world may tell you differently,
That, my love, is your magic wand, your super power
So you slow down
You get quiet
You breathe into the tightness in your chest
Into the resistance that puts the brakes on
Like a toddler who will not be made to walk to the car
And you listen
You listen for the whispers
From the parts of you
Who are unwilling to be forced forward any longer
To the parts of you
That demand to be cared for
Listened to, honored
And as with any “unreasonable” toddler
When you get curious,
When you meet yourself with gentle inquiry
Instead of force, impatience, irritation
These parts willingly offer you the keys
You need to unlock the dam
That’s blocking your flow
And your job is to continue to go slowly
To not rush the process
To move with exquisite care
As you journey toward a world
That would shock your ancestors
A world where the compass that guides you
Points toward love, generosity,
Abundance in community
Where belonging is found
In an ocean of unconditional support and guidance
Imbued in all that is seen and unseen
Where freedom comes from knowing
And honoring your whole self
With unwavering and radical self-love
I need you to know that
While the tools you used to get yourself this far
Won’t help you on this next step of the adventure,
The well of love you’ve uncovered
Can take you anywhere and everywhere
So, take your own hand
Move with abundant care
Let loving kindness be your compass
And I’ll meet you there
Where they never dreamed we could go
The place only our hearts know
“You find peace not by rearranging the circumstances of your life, but by realizing who you are at the deepest level.”
—
Eckhart Tolle