Art & Prayers of Michael Leunig
The path to your door
Is the path within:
Is made by animals,
Is lined by flowers,
Is lined by thorns,
Is stained with wine,
Is lit by the lamp of sorrowful dreams:
Is washed with joy,
Is swept by grief,
Is blessed by the lonely traffic of art:
Is known by heart,
Is known by prayer,
Is lost and found,
Is always strange,
The path to your door.
Michael Leunig
Let us pray for wisdom. Let us pause from thinking and empty our mind. Let us stop the noise. In the silence let us listen to our heart. The heart which is buried alive. Let us be still and wait and listen carefully. A sound from deep below. A faint cry. A weak tapping from within. The cry for help.
We shall rescue the entombed heart. We shall bring it to the surface, to the light and air. We shall nurse it and listen to its story. The heart’s story of pain and suffocation, of darkness and yearning. We shall help our feelings to live in the sun. Together again we shall find relief and joy.
What is a myn anyways?
Radical feminists claimed the word womyn to clarify removal of woman from “man” as patriarchal reality.. myn are the awakened men of our world naming their selves away from the separated anti life program of men..
Myn is a new word my friend zach shared with me and has become a big understanding and experience in my Life…
Once I got it about myn, I began meeting them everywhere.. I believe the myn are a key in our collective transformation as humanity… deeply important for many reasons..
The powerful effect of fathering/ brothering.. as a bridge for men making the transition..
The hope for our beloved sons..
The return of healthy self love and honor for male being, healing the deep pain of being the gender identified with perpetrators and exploiters
Answering the call of many goddess ( womens) hearts for god myn) true love partners..
Myn are: emotionally willing/ people who feel.. they cry, they admit , they own and they are safe haven for women children and other men to feel with.
Myn are people who are safe for and sensitive to children.
Have a light in their eyes
Myn have a lovingness with their brothers, and often engage in mens circles and ceremony.
Care deeply about Life. They are pro-diversity, pro –truth, pro peace and often activists...
Myn are huggers and affectionate..they cover the range of positive sexual orientation
Myn are so ready to redeem the ugliness of unconscious and abusive male history into current beauty, justice and service now
They are magnificent babies and young boys in our midst who bring in a new and loving way of being
Myn are listeners..Myn are doing their share of the house work, the emotional work and the love work
Myn take fathering very much to heart.
Myn have healthy testosterone and mojo!
They are courageous. They stand up.,. willing to face and deal with what is and make new choices.
They are morphing, and very active learners.
Myn carry the dream of earth restored, and global community
They are here, spanning the whole sapectrum in age, race and lifestyles.. and our myn population is growing!
Ps.. if a man secretly or openly desires to be a true myn.. he will be. For certain. Tho he may have to move thru a lot to really have himself.
Blessings, blessings, blessings to all our myn, and all who will become myn.
We love you so much.
Beatitudes
Happy and aligned with the One are those who find their home in the breathing; to them belong the inner kindom of heaven.
Blessed are those in emotional turmoil; they shall be united inside by Love.
Healed are those who bear the fruit of sympathy and safety for all: they shall hasten the coming of God’s new creation
Healed are those who weep for their frustrated desire; they shall see the face of fulfillment in a new form.
Tuned to the source are those who shine from the deepest places in their bodies. Upon them shall be the rays of universal love.
Blessed are those who from their inner wombs, birth mercy; they shall feel it’s warm arms embrace them.
Healed are those who devote themselves to the link of spirit; the design of the universe is rendered through their form.
Integrated, resisting corruption are those who have dissolved heavy morality within; they shall be open to receive the splendor of Earth’s fruits.
Tuned to the soulforce are those persecuted for trying to right society’s balance: to them belongs the coming queendom and kingdom (kindom).
Healed are those who have the courage and audacity to feel abundant inside; they shall envision the furthest extent of Life’s wealth.
Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for physical justice/righteousness;they shall be surrounded by what is needed to sustain their bodies.
Healthy are those who turn their mouths to receive a new birth of universal stability, they shall be encircled by the birth of a new society.
Healed are those who extend a long heartfelt breath wherever needed; they shall feel the heat of cosmic ardor.
Aligned with the One are those who prepare the ground for all tranquil gatherings; they shall become fountains of livingness.
All who are enraptured, saying inspired things- who produce on the inside what the spirit has given them within.
It is the sign of the prophets and prophetesses to feel the disunity around them intensely.
( compilation of a new translation of Jesus’ words/ the beatitudes, from the original Aramaic...my apologies for not knowing the name of the translator)
Experiences of FNW Church
How is a church not a church? Like any church, there is serious testifying, serious speaking of "the word" by all who attend a gathering of "two or more". But there are no church leaders, there is no tithe expected, there are no rules, no sinners or saints (just santas - those beloved of Her), no intentional guilting of "wrongdoers", no predetermined, lone empowered figure stepping up to preach a sermon. And what is the word? Anything from the gut, or from deep in the heart, spoken or shouted, supporting the Mother Principle. Anybody in FNW church can stand in "the pulpit" and be the preacher.
In FNW Church you or I can testify in pure sound. It's usually not pretty, well ordered, thought-out, or pre-planned. It can be tearing, agonized screams or cries of emotional pain, witnessed and validated by others present. It can be rage pouring forth in forms that do not hurt anyone but instead allow the wolf to finally get OUT. It can be terror expressing and becoming love and trust instead of being gotten rid of by cutting off scared parts, as we've always done before because we didn't know any different. It can be grief that never seems to end, but instead finds loving arms and soft validation.
Churching means I can be all of myself in a group of people. How priceless is that? I don't get to be that in nearly all other groups I participate with. I get to be vulnerable, funny, weak, powerful, wild, restrained, empathetic, responsible and reckless. Contradictory! Nobody tells me to shut up. Nobody says I have to be consistent or else I am not following the rules. I have been in the depths of despair and in outbursts of ecstasy and communion with the group, silent or spoken. It all gets to be. We are building the bridge from hell to heaven, and in church, we need the whole magilla in order to do that.
My fellow churchgoers are men and women, speaking Earth's pain, Her need, Her vibration, Her longing for a loving touch from Spirit, Her wisdom composed of hard-earned truths. Speaking in forms inherent with all the chaos and wild variability that we see reflected in Nature and in the paradox that is the planet Herself. Sensations and emotions. Uncertainty and surety. Intuition and desire. All are welcome within the ceremonial doors.
To be in Fat Naked Woman Church, you need only bring everything to the table, and refrain from shutting anyone else down when they are testifying. The ever-evolving "membership" is REDicated from our roots to restoring Her place in the Pantheon alongside His.
Excerpt from Kabir's Song by Bernadette White
"My Dear Rose Garden Girl - ... What ever you do - Never advertise Fat Naked Womens Church. Apart from the likelihood- it's already happened- of getting confused with the musical group, we also become confused with religion, people who have problems being fat, or female. Promise me ...
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