Daily Meditation March 23, 2010

Listen here: 
http://www.eaustin.audioacrobat.com/play/WdzG8mvs
May we unite in our love of all creation for the sake of the Creator!
Elizabeth Austin

Daily Meditation March 22, 2010

Listen to today's Meditation: 
http://www.eaustin.audioacrobat.com/play/W5wPrTPs

Read Anna Hine's new Daily Meditation Poetry blog:
http://www.aghines.blogspot.com/

Thank you to all who take a few minutes each day to reflect on the beauty of our planetary home.
In the Mystery,
Elizabeth

March 8,2010 Daily Meditation

Participants Dawn Kirk and Andrea Wachter add their reflections. 
Click here to listen:    http://www.eaustin.audioacrobat.com/play/W98lP9ks
Til tomorrow,
Elizabeth

Celebrating Ernestine Griswold

Ernestine Griswold has moved from this reality to another. My life has been made better by her presence. She was my friend, as well as my cohort in many adventures including Sacred Theatre and Mystery School. For the past several years I was her Life Coach, an honor my heart will cherish forever.

I will always treasure and remember Ernie's willingness to step up - even when her hands were shaking and her knees were knocking with fear. She stepped up to take piano lessons from great pianists (and befriend them), to play the piano in concerts, to dance a self-choreographed dance before an audience, to take acting classes and perform on stage, to make long and arduous pilgrimages to sacred places, to create and perform her Sacred Theatre plays, to listen for the voice of the Divine,to answer her soul's call.

She yearned for deeper connection with Source, The Lady, The Divine,even though she experienced them often. She was frail in appearance,strong in every other way. Loyal, steadfast, generous, courageous,daring, loving, kind, courteous, adventurous, brilliant, deep-seeing,creative, gracious -these are a few of the qualities she expressed in her daily life. She longed to be of greater personal service to the world, contributed generously to numerous charities, all the while yearning to do some of the work herself. She was always surprised to hear herself praised, to discover someone she admired sought her company.

In coaching sessions, we focused often on the fact that everything we do adds to the positive or the negative energy of the world - nothing is neutral anymore. That being happy is important because it adds to the positive. She lived happily and gave of herself generously. It has been marvelous to hear people here in Ashland speak of their conversations with her in the last 2 weeks of her life. She moved here to be near her Mystery School and Sacred Theatre friends, but she soon involved herself in many other circles, from the Beyond War group to the Horizon Institute to dance groups, acting classes and theater groups. She had recently visited her daughter, son-in-law and grandchildren for a month in Australia. And she had visited  her sons (New York, Utah), her deceased son's family (Colorado) and her brother (So. California)in the past several months.

The morning after her death, on Jefferson Exchange, a radio show Ernie usually listened to, the guest was Richard Groves, who teaches the Sacred Art of Living
and Dying. He identified four core spiritual pains that face people of all faiths when they are dying: forgiveness, meaning, hope, and relatedness. I believe Ernie had transcended or resolved these pains, and was at peace when death came for her.

We had an appointment scheduled for 1::45 PM Wednesday, the day she died. Over recent months she had mentioned a sense there was something coming - a big change. And so there was.

There is a hole in my heart. And there is also an indelible imprint of Ernie.

Kaire Ernie!

I trust you now know how very loved you have always been, and will always be.
Elizabeth

Great Life of Helen Keller by Dr. Jean Houston

Jean's presentation of the life of Helen Keller may be heard by clicking on the title of this post or by clicking on thefollowing link. An audioplayer will appear, and the talk begins in a few seconds, automatically. I encourage you to listen to the Q & A period, too, as Jean expands on the meaning for our own lives via the life of Helen Keller. There is a long pause between Jean's presentation and the beginning of the Q & A, because it took people a few moments to come back to present time - just be patient.

http://www.audioacrobat.com/play/W0BjKh2Q

Enjoy the presentation,
Elizabeth Austin

The Great Life of Hildegarde of Bingen

Part Two of Jean Houston's series "Great Lives" can be heard by clicking the title of this post or going to the following URL:

http://www.audioacrobat.com/play/WSjV1QcQ

An audio player will appear on your screen. The audio will start automatically in a few seconds - be patient! You do not need to do anything else to listen to Jean's telling of this profound life story, a life story which transcends the bounds of time, religions and cultures.

Hildegarde was an amazing human being who listened to her soul's call and answered wholeheartedly, "YES!" Her life was not without trials and heartaches. We can learn much from this strong woman who lived 10 centuries ago.