Lighting the Path Less Taken

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I closed my meditation group down today
After four and a half year’s work
I got down to one person attending
And that became quite irregular
People move on when they have reached that point in life
Some moved away
Some became too busy
Some just became bored with it all
Some reached the point that they needed
After a year trying to increase numbers
I bit the bullet and went to town this morning
I conceded defeat and removed all my advertising
I went around the shop’s and pulled all my cards
Well that’s it then
It lasted four and a half years
And now it’s all over
I really need to pull myself together

Up to 27/07/ each year these are the numbers who had meditations at my home

70 106 85 59 35

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

Year endings
139 158 143 85 35
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

Nothing has a value if it's free
If I had charged
Maybe it would have had value to them.

And this arrived in my computer as I was setting up the email to the last person from the now closed meditation group

Elder's Meditation of the Day - July 27

"Let us put our minds together as one."
--Irving Powless, Sr., ONONDAGA
If we sat in a circle and put an object in the centre of the circle and we all described what we saw, everyone would see different points of view from each other. Some would even see opposites because they would be sitting on opposite sides of the circle. In other words, you don't have to see what I see for you to be right. In fact, everyone in the circle is right based on their own point of view. If we are willing to listen to everyone's point of view, then we can get a more accurate description of the object in the centre. This is one way to put our minds together. When we get the clarity from each other, we should give thanks and be grateful to each other.

Grandfathers from the four directions, guide me today with Your wisdom from the east, from the south, from the west and from the north

Oh dear Hermit, over the years people change...life is so loud, I am so sorry...I know the hopes you placed in this meeting. Endings hurt and disappoint.
Yet, I will challenge your thot about there being no value in free...depends on the taker. The greedy one has no values, but the seeker may well be unable to pay at that moment...an exchange of energy makes things balance.
The Elder's words are wise and true....when we choose to walk the path not so well traveled we do risk being left behind or alone but sometimes we meet the likeminded and they will choose to walk along with, maybe for an hour, a day, or maybe more but never give up hope.
My deepest condolences on this loss Hun and I know it is much felt like a death of a child you nurtured and cared for over the years only to see if walk away ungrateful and painful.
Perhaps you did much good with those who came and went, perhaps tis time for something else? Be open to the hope...
Love you my dear Hermit. q13

Sorry about the delay Sage

I’m hot and tired due to my ever increasing work load
The inclement environment in the factory
Increasing responsibility, etc

Even though I have lost my mediation group
This does not mean I do not frequent other people meditation groups
Once every three weeks I go to a White Eagle group
Sending out healing to many other people
And have a mini meditation towards the end of it all

The last visit to a White Eagle meditation was interesting
I sat opposite the leader of the circle
During the meditation I watched a crystal grow between us
Then a man walked up behind her and stood still

Her voice then change and we all had a message (Rowan & Hermie)

A personal message about continuing our spiritual journey
And she had no idea about what was said
Until we did a talk through the mornings meditation
She just knew she had a gap in proceedings

Oh Hermie...life gets so hard at times don't it? I am glad to hear about the Eagle group, I got prickles hearing about your vision..perhaps it was letting you know that while some things end, others are growing. Lots of loves.

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I seem to thrive on pressure
The mind is so much stronger
Than the aged body

Thanks for the reply

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We went for a bus ride
A walk
And a bus ride (home)

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OH Nigel...breathtaking, how lucky you both are. It feels so wonderful, thanks for shring..my oh my....

Beautiful

Thank You

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Ok so rewind to when I took time off work to do this job
Turning the staircase back to its orignal state

Once it reaced the above stage
It needed sanding and getting ready to stain
We chose the darkest colour that the sanded wood showed
This was so it all looked the same when finished
So after a week of a well known colour stain being applied
Four coats of this stain and then it required a final coat
So it was a light sand before the final coat

Jo/rowan loved her new stair case so much

Then it all went wrong
The stain started to lift when light sanded
It had not stained the wood
It was still the same colour as it was before staining

So after three weekends of sanding the " coloured varnish" off
As it did not stain the wood
We are around half way through
Undoing a weeks work
And maybe another two lost weekends to come
Instead of admiring our work
We are now spending our time starting afresh

Two new power tools have speeded things up
Paint stripper only smears it into the wood
Making it a lot more difficult to sand off

So every weekend we fill the house full of wood and paint dust
Doing Jo/rowans asthma the world of good

Life is good
The futures bright
The future is dusty

A week ago our Goddaughter came to visit for the day
As an Eight year old girl she came wanting everything
That was the easy thing to do
We live in a sea side resort
Ice-cream, sea, sand & fun on our door step
However, her mother chose last Friday
And we had another visitor on Friday
It was Cunard’s “Queen Mary II”
So I’ll give you a picture of that
There is a mile between the lighthouse and the ship
Just to give you some idea of scale

Hermie

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very cool......and little ones aren't they fun.....

Wow! Absolutely beautiful and how magical that you could share it with the 2 ladies you love most!

Well girls
Its 0045hrs
I've had me hot toddy
Now to bed with a hot totty

All full off a fine English common cold

Good night ladies and the new naughty one

I'll set and send to kick that common cold, enjoy your totty, kiss her cheek once for me! haha