by April Rameé | Jan 30, 2014 | Warrior
I am home. The same but changed. Expanded into a new realm. Heart mended. Ready. READY. READY!!!!!
Here I stand in this truth at the moment. Poised, planted, prepared.
Inspired by Burning Man, Bhakti Fest, Peru, Georgia, Australia, New Zealand, Unconditional Love, PURPOSE….
An image I believe embodies the power words.
After deep reflection and meditation I chose 4 power words to guide me through this year – 2014:
PRACTICE
COMMITMENT
HAPPINESS
ABUNDANCE
Inspired by Fransceca Cuervo, I choose to live by these words rather than create new years resolutions or goals. The year folds into harmonic reverence guided by the four words.
See you in the fold.
~April
by April Rameé | Nov 4, 2013 | Poetry, Travel, Warrior
While visiting the land of my ancestors in northern Georgia in late October, I learned about the Cherokee War Woman. The Cherokee is a matriarchal society were children took on the last name of the woman, the women were equal to men, owned all the possessions, and more. There is a certain type of Cherokee woman, the War Woman, who sits in tribal council, makes decisions on war, and also fights alongside her fellow warriors. This war woman is beyond inspiring and feels natural to me to understand her spirit. I also discovered a book that changed my life in the sweet mountains of Georgia, Warrior of the Light by Paulo Coelho. Around the fire during the full moon, lunar eclipse I wrote the following poem for all the warriors out there, men and woman, howled at the moon, and gave this poem to the fire.
Warrior, War Woman
Howl at the Moon.
Warrior of the light,
Us war women are.
Forgive and let go.
Let go of the past, present, and future.
How can we run with fierce perception and focus into the task, purpose
with pure love if the rock of time holds down the shoulders of strength?
Warrior, War Woman.
Shine your light bright.
Warrior of the light,
Us war women are.
Catch and carry the moon bow.
How else can we love with indifference, independence
love the highest within our brother and sisters
if the innocence, elusiveness of the moon is not harnessed into the weapon of the light,
by the warrior.
Warrior of the light.
~April Rameé
War Woman
by April Rameé | Oct 10, 2013 | Quote, Warrior
Inspiration for the Warrior
The oracle below is excerpted from the book PRONOIA Is the Antidote for Paranoia: How the Whole World Is Conspiring to Shower You with Blessings by Rob Brezney
[blockquote]In Tibetan Buddhism’s “Four Dignities of the Warrior’s Path,” courage and ferocity are absent. In fact, the qualities regarded as essential for being a warrior have nothing in common with the training regimens of Marines or football players or lobbyists. The first dignity is often translated in English as meekness, but that word doesn’t convey its full meaning. “Relaxed confidence” is a more precise formulation — a humble feeling of being at home in one’s body. Perkiness, or irrepressible joy, is the second dignity. To develop it, a warrior cultivates the habit of seeing the best in everything and works diligently to avoid the self-indulgence of cynicism. The third is outrageousness. The warrior who embodies this dignity loves to experiment, is not addicted to strategies that have been successful in the past, and has a passionate objectivity that’s free of the irrelevant emotions of hope and fear. The fourth dignity is inscrutability, or a skill at evading the pigeonholes and simplistic definitions that might limit the warrior’s inventiveness while fighting for his or her moral vision.[/blockquote]
