Today, I spent some time visiting my mother and her husband at their home. As we talked, I spoke about The Walk for Peace, and about some of the things I wrote about in last night’s blog. At one point during the conversation, my mother got up to retrieve the items in this photograph to give to me.
Just before I stepped off in March of 2016, my mother attended a solstice celebration where she chose to send me into the world energetically in a way that would support me on the Walk. I knew my mom was going to the ceremony, but I had no idea that she had kept all of the items from that night.
There are ashes from a piece of paper that had things written on it and then was burned as part of the ceremony. Also, there were two stones and a tiny geode for different energy and clarity on the Walk. And, there was a piece of paper with a picture of me and Chandler, with three other pictures representing the Walk as well as a the following:
She who is centered in the Tao can go where she wishes, without danger. She perceives the universal harmony, even amid great pain, because she has found peace in her heart.
Music or the smell of good cooking may make people stop and enjoy. But words that point to the Tao seem monotonous and without flavour. When you look for it, there is nothing to see. When you listen for it, there is nothing to hear. When you use it, it is inexhaustible.
Tzu (Tao Te Ching, chapter 35″ translation by Stephen Mitchell)
For this Peace Walker, the words tell me that if I Walk in Peace with the faith that Peace Unites, I will have everything I need.
I am grateful for this gift, and for the moments of Peace that were shared in that Spring Equinox ceremony. And, I am grateful for the ripples of Peace that the Walk continues to create.
Thanks, Mom.
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