Was that the J. Paul Jetty? Seriously, one of your finest.

Ron

Best place to be when pondering

Jude,

I've been out sauntering in my crawlspace mind and I've felt perspective like a torn afghan. Thank you for saying, in time - at times, what I almost completely fail to express.

Signpost

Peace guru,

B

Hmmmm... wonder if this is your Waiting Arms jetty? And with the twin ribbons of the comments of Sage and Eileen, reckon they have tied these thoughts together beautifully! "Torn between the burden and the gift (mystics) ponder their worth even as they embrace the honour" - seems spot on to me and this comment goes through me like a knife through butter. Certainly, in terms of personal essence - which is fluid, I think - once we have dispensed drops of ourselves into the liquids of other lives, there is no possibility of being able to take back that of ourselves or our "message" that has been given, and indeed, some sort of metaphysical constitutional change has thus taken place - like a dye permeating water. Love the notion of "deployment" too: an unusual "militaristic" metaphor given the soft-edge in the context, perhaps, of meaning to spread out evenly. Guess you have filtered yourself well into the atmosphere on your own page this evening, Senor! And is that Stonehenge in sight down the end, there? :)) No wonder I can relate... this is only Day 4... I shall become a total liability by day 21...

exquisite as always..I don't think you will ever disappoint ..your work is just marvelous..have many of your poems saved..what a treasure! Thankyou Jude..


Vesna

Who could resist sharing such wonder :-)? Love the photo. Thank you for sharing this moment with us.

It is good to be deployed twixt heaven and earth
Can visualize and smell the surroundings in this striking picture.
Peter

Oh this is beautiful.....never seen snow on rocks before...that is real snow right...not just foam looking like snow??

Awesome....just too good to be true.....Love it... the whole package!!

Love Tinka

Some moments are beyond description...

Snow on the beach, not something I have ever experienced since the West Coast beaches never have that. What a beautiful place for breathing in your thoughts and for feeling a peace and closeness with all the universe. The roll of the tide is a constant reminder that life is motion and that what we experience this moment will never be exactly the same again. What a wonderful place for ponderings and making wishes and recalling those that were granted in the past. This is such a personal poem that I felt as though I was sneaking a peek into your soul while you were sitting quietly watching the waves. Excellent, deep and defining write, Jude. Beautiful photo also.
Take care,
Sherry

The footprints show that others have been there too. Who knows from what perspective they viewed the same scene? What did they contemplate and how were they then deployed?

Love & Light,
Joseph

It's places like this where deployment is an intriquing and wonderful experience. One can be ruler of their own kingdom or the pauper on the cobblestone streets. Every rock a potential lover or at least the dream and wish of the perfect relationship. Then as quick as a blink of an eye..we are back readying ourselves for another and different journey.
Thank you Jude for allowing the rest of us to sit upon your jetty.

Lisa

This is enticing and mysterious. Sometimes we just have to be alone and live in the moment. There is no way to communicate or share our experience with another. I would really like to hear you read this. Are you going to do anymore readings on AD?

You seem to have gotten a bit more snow & it stayed around a bit longer, as ours is all but gone...a good place there on that jetty to wrestle with interior demons and find exterior angels to write about...Ed & RUFUZ

the weight of the unique mission which we have each been given can often feel isolating and the act of surrendering enough to allow for deployment can prove mammoth. yet, even in quiet moments of reflection, there is something of the awe-some wondrous mystery of it all. this interpretation may not be entirely true to your intent in "Deployed," Jude, but I can certainly identify with the inevitable temptation to want to trade my journey for another's or to return to familiar resistance. and, btw, nice photo and what an amazing place to sit and ponder it all. Dawn

Nature can take us to many
thought provoking places.
Excellent write Robert.
Thanks always for for stopping my way...

A landing place for you to put yourself out there on nature's front lines. This is the main ritual centre, this photograph, which correlates with sacred alignment. Deployment uses its ritual path such as how the pilgrims every winter used ley lines originating in ancient times as a network of landmarks to guide travelers, beacons to mark courses. Ley lines are recognized at Delphi, Athens, and Delos in Greece. Most are sited on prominent outcrops. They are ancient sites of megalithic monuments, churches (Salisbury Cathedral in Wiltshire) holy wells, and cairns through the English countryside, St. Michaels line in Avebury, Wiltshire.

Jude, this is a web of physical and spiritual energy running through the terrestrial landscape and ultimately aligning with the stars.

Sage

Mystics will always find things that cannot be shared nor can they ignore the gift of enlightenment as it continues to grow within them. Torn between the burden and the gift they ponder their worth even as they embrace the honor . Finding places that are imbued with spiritual essence it becomes their fueling station. Yours is the ocean and its surroundings. Your photo is an image of the altar where you worship, beautifully captured...
wonderful pic and poem

Wow deep and dark write with an image of you walking the beach bundled up against winter's chill but trying to figure out the nature of your vision.

Felix

Solitary moments are often the very best interludes in life...I could feel this in your verse...great job Jude...a peaceful eloquent write...Blessings, Michelle