Hello Creative Family —
Our last episode on embodiment, in the Substack itself I mentioned a new word that has been added to the dictionary. And I thought it best for us to carry that seed a little further.
Take heart this week, it is a powerful place to reside.
Love,
Kate
To Learn From Animal Being
by John O'Donohue
Nearer to the earth's heart,
Deeper within its silence:
Animals know this world In a way we never will.
We who are ever
Distanced and distracted
By the parade of bright
Windows thought opens: Their seamless presence Is not fractured thus.
Stranded between time
Gone and time emerging,
We manage seldom
To be where we are:
Whereas they are always Looking out from
The here and now.
May we learn to return
And rest in the beauty
Of animal being,
Learn to lean low,
Leave our locked minds,
And with freed senses
Feel the earth Breathing with us.
May we enter
Into lightness of spirit,
And slip frequently into
The feel of the wild.
Let the clear silence
Of our animal being
Cleanse our hearts Of corrosive words.
May we learn to walk
Upon the earth
With all their confidence
And clear-eyed stillness
So that our minds
Might be baptized
In the name of the wind And the light and the rain.
~ John O'Donohue From: To Bless the Space Between Us
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Hebrews 4:12: "For the word of God is alive and in action. It is sharper than any double-edged sword... and can discern the secret thoughts and motives of a human heart".
* This episode was recorded on September 9th, 2025
