Doctorate Received!

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Boom! Yesterday I got a big envelope in the mail. I have to scan mail or ask someone to read it, but I know what comes in a huge envelope backed by a piece of cardboard…

My doctoral diploma in Metaphysical Science (Msc.D.) from the University of Metaphysics! Cheers!

The dissertation, “Breathing and Voicework in Metaphysical Practice,” was a lot of work, but a natural topic for me. Making sure the physical voice, and any sound we make, is authentic, is very important to me personally. Many practices can be involved, but they all lead to the same thing – experiencing God-within and radiating that Oneness outward. The research and practice was fun and enlightening!

Along with the journaling practices from my masters thesis, I offer voicework as well. Local workshops are upcoming, and individual sessions are available, in person and online. I’ll be updating Mystical Strings with these offerings, options, and prices soon.

This is not an ending, but the turning of a page. The degree is an accomplishment. I affirm that I cooperate with God’s Power working through me to fulfill the divine purpose of my soul in this and any moment.

To everyone who has, does, or will ever encounter the work I’m blessed to co-create, I give my heart-felt thanks! I am here, this work is here, to draw us inward to the God of our being, Source of all creations!

Thank you, Namaste!

And so it is!

Good to Be Green

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Instrument: Caera –
Mahogany Tenor Ukulele in 5ths Tuning

1. A famous frog once lamented,
“It’s not easy being green.”
It’s loud and bright and memorable,
A difference clear to see.
You cannot be invisible,
You glimmer with a sheen,
And it’s good, it’s so good to be green!
Refrain:

2. We don’t all have to look like
Other froggies on the scene.
We’re loud and bright and memorable,
A difference clear to see.
We cannot be invisible,
We glimmer with a sheen,
And it’s good, it’s so good to be green!
Refrain:

3. The Spirit is inside us,
And It guides us how to be.
It’s loud and It’s bright, and It’s memorable,
It’s a difference clear to see.
It cannot be invisible,
It glimmers with a sheen,
And it’s good, it’s so good to be green!
Refrain: (Twice)

Refrain:
Green! The color of vibrant life.
Ground what is old; let the new take flight.
Be who you are; don’t apologize.
‘Cause it’s good, it’s so good to be green!

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Limericks
Drama Song
Star – Relaxation Music
Simple Blessing – Music and Poem

Kick off Our Blankets

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Instrument: Tempo – Seagull Excursion Folk Acoustic Guitar
(Capo 2)

1. The Winter’s had us all wrapped up in blankets, you know,
Swaddled from the snow and dark and cold.
We kick ’em off and celebrate the Springtime and flow,
Uncovering our Spirit bright and bold!
Refrain:

2. And all of those emotions we’ve been hiding? You know,
They’re covered up but cannot be denied.
They’ll tear a hole in every single layer and flow,
Until we let them see the Light inside!
Refrain:

3. The thoughts we think are habits long established, you know,
The blanket statements thrown across our mind.
It’s time to give the upper room a cleansing and flow
To thinking of the great, inspired kind!
Refrain: (Twice)

Refrain:
So, let us kick off our blankets;
We don’t need their shelter now!
The Light within emerges
As we let It show us how.
The Spirit is our Comforter,
As gentle as a cloud.
So, let’s kick off our blankets;
We don’t need their shelter now!

Merry-go-round

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Instrument: Brio – Red Cedar Concert Ukulele

1. Look at all the animals
Spinning round and round.
Take a ride on one
Till you get dizzy and fall down.
And keep your arms and hands inside
This crazy merry-go-round.
Refrain:

2. Feelings in a turmoil,
Thoughts are whirling fast.
Burning self-delusion,
Hurried future, worried past.
Hang on and find the Center,
‘Cause this ride will never last.
Refrain:

3. Look at all the animals,
Two of every kind.
Thoughts are just alike
And find each other in the mind.
So lift up all your thinking,
And let Spirit be your guide.
Refrain: (Twice)

When we are still, the miracle will set us flying free.

Refrain:
You see the hub
That keeps this thing a-turnin’ ’round, turnin’ ’round?
The solid core
That holds it up and never lets it down?
That Spirit’s real and turns the wheel for you and me.
When we are still, the miracle will set us flying free.

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Train of Thought
Movin’ Around

Stars of Night

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Instrument: Tempo – Seagull Excursion Folk Acoustic Guitar
(Capo 3)

1. The brilliant stars across the sky
Have shone since ancient days
To wish, protect, and to direct
And light the path we take.
Refrain:

2. Their tender tales and story-songs
Reflect the depths of time
And help to show the lives that flow
Within Eternal Mind.
Refrain:

3. For we are stars of ancient days
That travel through the sky
And shimmer long as we go on
The Spirit’s path of life.
Refrain:

O may we
Refrain:

Refrain:
Shine, shine, o stars of night,
Sparks of God’s wondrous Light,
And Love that wakes the inner Sight!
O [ending: We] shine, shine, o stars of night!

The Music Inside

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This poem is based on my experiences writing songs on ukulele. But it applies to all of life! Things tend to go better when we let the Universe or God micromanage them, rather than trying to go it “alone.”

4 strings and a bundle of nerves
2 hands and a couple of curves
fingers flying and taking a swerve
All for the music inside!

3 chords and the timing is wrong
Strumming, picking, is that a song?
Play it, sing it, move along
All for the music inside!

4 strings and a barrel of fun
Worry and hurry are over and done
The singing and playing in Spirit is One
All for the music inside!

Shared at
dVerse,
where you’ll find many wonderful poets and poems!

Heartsong

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Instrument: Caera – Mahogany
Tenor Ukulele in CGDA Tuning

1. Our heart is the center of body and mind,
A chapel where seeking becomes what we find,
The altar connecting the earth and the sky
As One, as One.

2. Our heart is the Light of a being so fair,
A chapel of healing, of comfort and care,
The altar to worship the Lifeforce we share
As One, as One.

3. Our heart is the home of the Spirit that breathes,
A chapel of wisdom we enter in peace,
The altar where burdens are gently released
As One, as One.

4. Our heart is the rhythm of all that we are,
A chapel of Love and the music of stars,
The altar of harmony sung in its parts
As One, as One, as One, as One.

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Eternal Love

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Lyrics based on 1 Corinthians 13 and meditation.

Instrument: Brio – Red Cedar Concert Ukulele

1. I thought I knew so many things when I was young,
But knew in part and understood just pieces of the One.
Yet the Love that brought us here in Spirit always will remain,
The greatest gift of ages that will never fail or change.
Refrain:

2. I see a dim reflection of a perfect place,
A veil over a mirror, but in Heaven face to face.
And as time is moving onward and the bless’ed Kingdom comes,
We feel the purest Presence of eternity in Love.
Refrain:

3. Without it we are nothing by ourselves alone.
In God we can discern the Truth and know as we are known.
Everything we see will all be gone, but there’s no need to fear.
The Love of our Creator is embracing us right here.
Refrain: (Twice)

God’s Love within our Spirit is the Light that never fades.

Refrain:
And may Love keep playing on the strings of our hearts,
Because Its sweet vibration is the ending and the start.
And even though the world we know will someday pass away,
The Love within our Spirit is the Light that never fades.

Dance!

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Also published in Seasons of the Moon, Volume 13 Issue 3 Beltane 2016

Instrument: Brio – Red Cedar Concert Ukulele

Refrain 1:
Dance, get up and dance!
Move your body joyfully and prance!
Feel your body lighten and your mind freed at last
As you dance, get up and dance!

1. Move and sway in crescent moon shapes,
Figure-eights, and circles too.
Back and forth and side to side,
Harmony surrounding you.
Refrain 1:

2. Lift your arms in joy and blessing,
Offer up your voice to speak.
Spread your hands and raise your power.
What you’ve given, you receive.
So

Refrain 2:
Dance, come on and dance!
Move your body joyfully and prance!
Feel your spirit open and your energy enhance
As you dance, come on and dance!

3. Stomp your feet with good intentions
Manifest, so mote it be.
You are love and light and laughter.
In yourself is all you seek.
So
Refrain 1 & 2:

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Sound or Silence Choice

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Instrument: Tempo – Seagull Excursion Folk Acoustic Guitar

1. I was born in the silence,
Just another day to most.
But I was born in a crashing din
To the ones that held me close.
Refrain:

2. Oh to sleep like a baby
In a world of loving kind.
But many fight when the night is dark,
In a restless state of mind.
Refrain:

3. Some believe in each other
And encourage all they do.
Others try to stop different
Expressions of the Truth.
Refrain:

Either way we leave a mark
With our sound or silence choice.

Refrain:
O from the silence and the sound,
Some effect will come around.
Any time and any place,
We all have a choice to make.
We can be a gentle spark
Or a yelling, jarring voice.
Either way we leave a mark
With our sound or silence choice.

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