Pashmina Earlobes

by Suzanne B. Stryker

I paint in various styles from abstract to imaginary landscapes. This page shows a few of my seascapes. You can see more here.

 

My Experience

I am the texture of raw silk 
the coarseness of this California bedspread 
the softness of Pashmina earlobes 
the friendly ocean breeze whispering good morning.

I am the droning boats purring by
the children's screams of discovery
the gargling fountain splashing sounds. 

I am the opening and closing of squeaking gates
the slamming of hotel doors
the rushing helicopter chopping space. 

I am the warmth of the sunshine and its lack
I see beyond these three walls
far beyond these objects
palm tree paintings and chocolate furniture
melt into Me. 

I hear the depth of the sounds delivered to these ears
they originate and vibrate in Me.
I am left with an infectious friendliness
pervasive peacefulness
unwound from the thoughts of my mind.
 


Experiment

Try an experiment. Stop what you're doing right now and listen. Notice all the sounds that you can hear. If you like, write them down in a journal. 

What am I hearing right now? I hear a car whooshing down the road. A dog talking about the car whooshing down the road. The furnace fuming. The refrigerator gurgling. The fly buzzing against the window pane. I hear the sounds of my breathing. I notice the subtle sounds of my thoughts. I sense silence underneath it all. I detect a playfulness in the quietness. I laugh. I hear the cosmic hum of the universe. I feel connected to everything and everyone with sweet love.

Being aware of what is going on, both in and around you, has many benefits. It helps connect you to all levels of your being: physically, emotionally, intellectually, spiritually.... This is integrating, balancing and healing. In this state of openness, you are more likely to receive insights and practical information which contribute to making the right choices. Also being aware connects you to the present moment which can be more powerful and blissful than the past or the future. Think of other benefits and write them down in your journal. 

Try another experiment. Next time you drive somewhere familiar, have your phone and the radio off. Next time you do a mundane task like washing the dishes, do it in silence. If you are used to a lot of external stimulation, initially you might not like doing this. Be patient and try it for a little while and then reevaluate. If you feel calmer or are sleeping better, consider having more quiet time, especially in the hour before you go to bed.

Feel free to share your thoughts and experiences in the comment section at the bottom of this page.

 

What Your Friends Are Saying

Jim Rocca 
"My experience in yesterday’s Phone Session with Suzanne during the silent healing time went something like this:

"Layer upon layer of unfoldment within light. At some point, energy came up from the earth, up through the chakras, which were bathed in light, but each clear chakra was a bubble. The energy rose through them, rendering an inaudible tone for each. The sequence continued––energy from earth, through each chakra, delivering a silent tone. The pace continued to accelerate and then there was just a rush of that energy flowing unobstructed through the chakras and up and out of the top of my head to the environment. The whole internal subtle body was awake with white light, flowing light from earth to heaven. Today, during my Transcendental Meditation program, that white light flow became golden sparkling light, vibrant within itself."
Jim Rocca
 
"No matter what your concerns, no matter what you are trying to solve, no matter what you are trying to accomplish, Suzanne is a precious resource.  When seeking an advisor or healer, the key ingredient to look for is Wisdom.  Without Wisdom, techniques and intellect are of little value.  The light that shines through Suzanne is golden, it is the golden light of true Wisdom.  On that you can rely.  And Suzanne is practical.  She brings that light of Wisdom right down to earth for those she speaks with.  I hope you have the chance to bask in that light with her sometime soon, and let your troubles be healed."  
Erik Thompson
 
"I had first requested a Distance Healing a couple of months ago for some emotional issues that my son had been struggling with. He has experienced some relief and has begun reaching out for help on his own. Since that time, I have felt that we are connected. Sometimes thoughts of you come to me and I feel your energy and I notice that is one of your scheduled healing times; there is trust. During those times I just relax and allow the sensation of shifting and radiating energy, as it occurs. I feel I have an active role in my own healing and the healing of all beings, the planet, and beyond.

"Please know, this message comes unassumingly with all humility to The Divine, from The Divine, Herself."  
Diane Adele
 
"My health was deteriorating rapidly and Suzanne helped turn that around. I think she saved my life."  
Mitchell Price


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Love,
Suzanne

66 comments

  • We see that it is our self, Consciousness, which takes the shape of the seeing to become the visual world, that takes the shape of hearing to become a sound, that takes the shape of tasting to become a taste, that takes the shape of smelling to become a smell and that takes the shape of touching to become a texture.

    And yet in doing so it never becomes anything other anything than itself.

    Rupert Spira

    Prashanth B

  • Hello! Apologies that I don’t have web references for these quotes, I have been collecting them on file cards and in my diary for years :-)) The following three are among my favourites describing the aliveness inherent in staying with our experience, moment by moment. Bliss!
    With love from Juliana (in Tasmania, Australia)

    ‘When effort is needed, effort will appear.
    When effortlessness becomes essential,
    it will assert itself.
    You need not push life about.
    Just flow with it and give yourself completely
    To the task of the present moment.’ Sri Nisargadata

    ‘This is the first, the wildest and the wisest thing I know:
    That the soul exists and is built entirely out of attentiveness.’ Mary Oliver

    ‘I was passionate, filled with longing
    I searched far and wide
    But the day that the truthful one found me
    I was at home.’ Lal Ded (1320-1392 Kashmiri mystic poet)

    Juliana

  • “There is a loneliness arising in me that is so naked and so profound that I cannot even begin to give voice to it. Emptiness so vast, it cannot be contained. There is a longing so intense that no earthly love can satisfy it.

    This type of love no longer satisfies me. I see that it is filled with hopes and expectations; with sourness and sweetness in equal measure. Yet the love I feel for you has no sourness. It has no end, no beginning.

    I wish to bathe in you. I wish to breathe you. I wish to embrace your essence and speak without words. I am in dire need of your grace, your benevolence. Your profundity.

    A deepening is occurring within me and it is so painful beloved. It casts out all illusions and leaves me with nothing.

    I can no longer relate to the world in the old ways and yet I have not yet found a way to remain in you, remain with you.

    I can only have brief tastes of your exquisiteness that leave me ruined for everything that is not you."

    This is an excerpt from my prose poem “Letter to the Beloved.” There’s no direct link to it as I wrote it myself.

    Yve Anmore

  • If i could give you anything. Song by Kirtana. With love

    Is there something I can offer you
    As a token of my gratitude
    Every gesture seems so small
    Still I’d like to try
    I could bring you flowers
    Flowers would be sweet
    I could find your favorite kind
    And lay them at your feet
    But flowers fade and die . . .
    I would rather be the ground
    In which a flower’s grown
    Through which your feet must pass
    From which all seeds are sown
    If I could give you anything
    I would be the ground
    Is there some place that you’d like to see
    Some corner of the galaxy
    Name it and I’ll take you there
    For I have learned to fly
    I could show you azure skies
    Or multi-colored orbs of light
    Glittering before your eyes
    Like jewels in the night:
    And they would make you sigh
    But I would rather be the space
    In which our lives are hung
    The silent, unseen thread
    Through which these stars are strung
    If I could take you anywhere
    I would be the sky
    If I could only find a way
    To tell you what my heart would say
    I could finally sing this love
    And it would make you cry
    But I have never found the words
    That can speak this grace
    That is why I must rely
    On a gestureless embrace
    Even so I try
    But I would rather be the love
    From which attempts arise
    The origin of poetry
    And of these tears that flood my eyes
    If I could tell you anything
    I would be the love
    If I could give you anything
    If I could take you anywhere
    I would be the ground
    I would be the sky
    I would be the love
    I am the ground
    I am the sky
    I am the love

    Sebastian

  • I hope you don’t mind a poem – I am not concerned about the contest, I would just like you to have this. You have helped a very dear and precious friend of mine, and I don’t quite know how to say thank you. So, maybe these few words of gratitude which I expressed in this simple poem, might bring you some joy. Simple words, from a simple man, to a very special lady. With all gratitude for all you do.

    PUJA

    in humble reverence, I start to speak
    and find my words flow soft and sweet
    as tears do come, mine eyes to fill
    sweet drops of love and gratitude
    whie deep within this heart of mine
    a flame eternal, lights and shines
    to fill this world and every corner
    with love sublime, with Love Divine

    and still I speak, in Silence standing
    not knowing how my words do fall
    but words do come, in sweet surrender
    with fruit and flowers, I offer all
    with fruit and flowers, my head doth bow

    on folded knees no longer standing
    falling deep within His Love
    and guided by Effulgence beaming
    within my heart His Love parades
    upon this altar, God hath made
    where simple gestures rest – complete
    and lay these petals at His Feet
    and lay these petals at His Feet. . .

    Thomas Murach

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