Dearest friends,
it has been quiet on here and there’s more sharing about to happen about the density of life I’ve found myself in recently. For now though, on this solstice day, I want to share a prayer with you.
An invocation to the sun.
(If you are coming to “Sacred Circle” tonight skip this one, as I will be praying and singing and drumming this one tonight for you over cacao ceremony.)
To the sun of the East
that rises anew every day
I ask of you to bring me a softening.
A sense of hope.
An immense allowing.
Just as you greet me on the horizon every morning I can soften into the knowledge that gentleness, tenderness and new light will find me on my darkest path
To the sun of the South
that stands high and bright, that burns with strength
I ask of you to bring me into my own power.
To speak my truths,
fully from my center, just as you fill the sky at midday.
I ask of you courage to let my fire burn and to let my light shine,
and not to shy away from the heat,
the density,
the complexity,
the possibility of my own life.
To the sun of the West
that falls, that sinks on the horizon,
but does so in beauty and in rosy goodness.
I ask of you trust.
Trust in my own understanding of things.
My ability to discern and look into all things deeply.
To trust that everything will be revealed to me in the appropriate time.
To the sun of the North
sun of the dark,
hiding,
resting.
I ask of you the willingness to sink deep into my own rest.
I ask of you patience on my path.
Patience to allow things to unfold as they will.
I honor that there is no light without shadow.
I honor that there is no day without night.
I honor that there is no expansion, without contraction.
I know that there will be no flight, without rest.
To the sun within
the light that is mine alone,
the fire that burns deep inside.
My inner flame that springs from my powerful heart.
I ask of you to speak freely to me.
I ask of you to be the clear voice and the open ear to receive all at once.
I ask of you to guide me, unfalteringly,
to live from my own light.
To the solstice sun
oh powerful, beautiful sun of the solstice,
as you appear to stand still in the June sky,
but are truly the sun of deep
transformation.
We planted our seeds in spring and now we enter the season of growing abundance - summer.
I ask of you to help me release anything that knocked me off balance.
To purify .
To burn away everything that no longer serves me.
To burn up in flame my limiting beliefs about myself.
To melt away my fears.
I ask of you to let me breathe life into my deepest desires,
to bite into the ripe fruit that is my life and let the rich juices drip down
my chin in delight.
I ask you for strength as I’m moving forward into the plentiful beauty of my life.
I ask you to let me savor the honey of my days.
I ask you to not let me miss the sensuality of every single day of my breathing life.
I ask you to let my soft body taste what it wants and feel what it craves.
I ask you to let me have my longings, as I could never have too many,
as I could never be too much for myself.
Sun of the solstice - as Rilke wrote
I have not grown old
and it is not too late to dive
into my increasing depths where
life calmly gives out its own secret.
Sun of the solstice,
my body is my altar,
my heart is offering,
and my spirit is my temple.
Let my fire burn.
The journey is the point,
Powerfully beautiful and a reminder to me of the sovereign power we all carry within. ☀️
Thank you, Happy Solstice and Be Blessed ☀️💫🕊️