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Dear Ones,
I apologize for not keeping up on daily quotes. Life if rich and full and sometimes we just don’t get to all we would like to accomplish.
In April I will be covering the People’s Climate Change and Mother Earth’s Rights Conference in Bolivia and will keep you updated.
I will continue to post poems and quotations intermittently…
 May your heart be filled with eternal love, grace and compassion for all life…
Blessings to you on Valentine’s Day and every day!
Love,
michael
Lovers
Lovers, you who are for a while
sufficient to each other,
help me understand who we are.
You hold each other. Have you proof?
See, my hands hold each other too.
I put my used-up face in them.
It helps me feel known.
Just from that, can we believe we endure?
You, however, who increase
through each other’s delight,
you who ripen in each other’s hands
like greapes in a vintage year:
I’m asking you
who we are.
You touch one another so reverently’
as thought your caresses
could keep each place they cover
from disappearing. As though, underneath, you could sense
that which will always exist.
So, as you embrace, you promise each other eternity.
Rainer Maria Rilke
 Rainy night in Copenhagen I feel so blessed to have found such a wonderful apartment in the center of Copenhagen. Thousands of people are frantically searching for a place to stay and thanks to friends I have found the perfect place to live and work. Next to Oslo, this is the most expensive city in the Europe. I discovered how true that was with my first meal. With the dollar falling against most of the world’s currency I would not suggest going to Europe for a vacation right now.
The purpose of this blog is to give you daily updates on what is happening here starting on Monday and to provide access to intelligent analysis of the issues, data, opportunities and programs that are happening. One of the solutions to climate change that will be discussed at the Climate Change Conference is cap and trade. I invite you to watch this new video by Annie Leonard (if you have not yet seen The Story of Stuff I would watch that also) http://www.vimeo.com/7908590 It is controversial statement and you will find lots of contrary comments on the internet. But, I feel it is a good place to start. One of the most important thing to question is the beliefs, assumptions and motives behind each arguments I only send these as a place to start thinking about the issue.
Still recovering from jet lag but wanted to connect with you all on this rainy night in Copenhagen. I am reminded of a story about people in desolate, sun scorched areas of the Sub Sahara who go out and dance and sing in the rain in thanksgiving. I feel so much gratitude to be here at this historic gathering and pray that the rain will nourish the roots of real change on our planet. A good start is having President Obama here on the 18th!
Great Blessings to you all,
michael
 Atlanta Airport Friday 120409
Surrounded by a flurry of damaging news reports from the climate denial industry I leave for Copenhagen. The damage that is being done to a very serious issue is immeasurable…
Here are 2 links I invite you to review to get closer to the reality of what is happening:
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,,25433059-5003900,00.html and http://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2009/12/02/CanadaEnvironmentCriminal/
The primary purpose of my taking this trip is to help educate a woefully uninformed American Public. If you get your news from the Corporate Controlled mass media please use discernment, as with any unknown source, including what I report. Hopefully it will stimulate you to do further research for yourself. More than 90% of the science community agree that climate change is here, it is very serious and it is primarily human induced. I will be supplying links, articles and daily news reports as things unfold over the next two weeks.
Please pass these on to as many people as possible. We have the technology and power to turn this around and time is running out! You make a difference
I will be adding information throughout the day.
Blessings,
michael
“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it’s the only thing that ever does”
Margaret Mead
This existence of ours is as transient as autumn clouds
To watch the birth and death of beings is like looking at the movements of a dance.
A lifetime is like a flash of lightning in the sky,
Rushing by, like a torrent down a steep mountain.
Dear Friends,
My apologies for not keeping up on entries in this blog. The best way to communicate with me is directly to michael@welloflight.com! I have not had the time or staff to keep up on all the social network technology. I am looking for someone to assist in this and hope to continue the quote of the day and other uses of the blog soon…
Since committing to cover the Copenhagen Climate Change Conference for KVMR and, yes there will be a daily blog and update, I have been very full in preparation. This is the most important diplomatic gathering in history and I feel it is important to keep people informed of its progress. So I will be reporting on the daily news and blogging on the well of light. Please be patient and stay tuned. For more on this go to http://arewelistening.net/schedule.htm#Copenhagen
Today’s Dance Church will be on Impermanence. Hope to see you there…
Love and Blessings,
michael
Then it was as if I suddenly saw the secret beauty of their hearts, the depth of their hearts where neither sin nor know/edge could reach, the core of reality, the person that each one is in the eyes of the divine. If only they could see themselves as they really are, if only we could see each other that way all the time, there would be no more need for war; for hatred, for greed, for cruelty. I suppose the big problem would be that we would fall down and worship each other.”
Thomas Merton
Can we see the beauty in all hearts? Perhaps the place to start is with our own and to trust that we are all Divine by Design. I invite you today to practice seeing the beauty and Divinity in everyone you encounter. Your work is the work of conscious evolution…
with Love and Gratitude,
michael
If water derives lucidity from stillness, how much more the faculties of the mind! The mind of the sage, being in repose,
becomes the mirror of the universe, the speculum of all creation.
Chuang Tzu
Coming back from the high Sierra’s I felt a overwhelmed by the busyness around me. Especially, when I went to the gym that first morning with 14 televisions going full blast, each with a different perspective on the world, except for one common element, they all wanted me to buy something. But, what my soul craves is to be in that still place I savor in nature… We all seem to be suffering from Nature Deficit Disorder. Perhaps a walk in nature today would still our busy minds. If not that, let’s take three deep breaths together right now… Can you feel the heartbeat of the earth? She is breathing us. Let go and let her do her work.
Blessings,
Michael
Nature supports our personal blossoming (if we have any quiet exposure to her) through her spontaneities, through her beauty, power, and mirroring, through her dazzling variety of species and habitats,and by way of the wind, Moon, Sun, stars, and galaxies.
Bill Plotkin (who will be on Conversations on KVMR next week)
Is the flower of your heart opening right now. Perhaps it is time to take a nature break and remember what is really important. When we take time in nature we realize that we are nature. That we are being breathed by natural forces, that our personal cycles are aligned and impacted by hers, and that there is a greater intelligence at work here that we can fully surrender to… This allows to realign our priorities and recommit to our life purpose…
Wishing you a day filled with Love, peace and inspiration…
michael
“The human being is that space in which the comprehensive compassion that pervades the universe from the very beginning now begins to surface –within consciousness.(As compared with the natural displays of compassion by other creatures that is not necessarily ‘within consciousness.’) That’s the only difference. We didn’t create compassion, but it’s flowing through us-or it could. The phase change that we’re in seems, to me, to depend upon that comprehensive compassion unfurling in the human species.”
Brian Swimme, coauthor with Thomas Berry of The Universe Story
We are on the brink of a collective breakthrough in the evolution of consciousness. What allows for that breakthrough is that we have become aware of being aware and we are realizing that we have the power of choice. It is this conscious choice that will determine if we are to have an evolutionary bounce or crash. Having taken hold of the reins of the beast we must now train him to use this power with wisdom and compassion. How will you train the beast today? Do you realize that the reins are in your hands? How will you let compassion flow through you today? Let’s choose this life affirming power of conscious compassion today…
May our hearts melt open in the fires of our deep compassion…
michael
If you’ve heard this story before, don’t stop me, because I’d like to hear it again.
Groucho Marx
Ever notice how the stories we tell and the ones that continually replay in our heads emanate from a relatively small number of themes, like “not enough…”, “searching for love…”, “life is hard…”? Not all stories are negative — what’s important is to be aware of the stories we are telling with our lives. One of the reasons I love moving meditation is that it brings up our current story and leaves us with a choice of whether to act out that story or choose a new, perhaps more life affirming one. I invite you to explore your story today. What is it and how is it shaping my actions, my conversations and my life? If you were the author of your own destiny, which you are, what is the story you would begin writing right now, with this breath. This morning at Sweat Your Prayers we will be exploring our stories in movement…
May you life fully into your soul’s story,
michael
Out beyond ideas of wrong-doing and right-doing is a field. I’ll meet you there.
Rumi
There is a tendency to sort and categorize everything and everyone. We often put people and things in boxes of right/wrong, good/bad, worthy/not worthy, all of which are based on our past experience. As we quiet the mind we begin to see the continuum between our inner world and our perception of outer reality. On closer inspection we begin to see the interconnection of all life. A simple practice is to catch our judgments, projections and perceptions and say “I am that”. If we really explore the I in the other we will begin to sow the seeds of peace and joy. Try it today. Let’s break down the walls of separation and step into to the field of pure love and compassion.
Blessings on your day.
michael
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May your heart be filled with eternal love, grace and compassion for all life…
