Sunday, June 28, 2020
Thoreau in his Cabin––poem by Dorothy
Thoreau in his Cabin
I knew from early on
that they could not have me.
Thoreau in his cabin,
Aurobindo in his cave––
they were my models,
the goals I yearned to find.
Always I sought to be
who I was.
Not the false images
they held before me,
the lady dressed in fur,
face painted like a savage
ready for war,
shoes unfit to walk.
Books were my refuge,
music my escape.
Trees spoke to me,
flowers sang in my ears.
The stars whispered secrets,
the moon clothed me
in joy.
I had a hidden world,
invisible to the rest.
It was my place of refuge,
shrouded to all but me
in my lingering desire.
Dorothy Walters
June 25, 2020
I knew from early on
that they could not have me.
Thoreau in his cabin,
Aurobindo in his cave––
they were my models,
the goals I yearned to find.
Always I sought to be
who I was.
Not the false images
they held before me,
the lady dressed in fur,
face painted like a savage
ready for war,
shoes unfit to walk.
Books were my refuge,
music my escape.
Trees spoke to me,
flowers sang in my ears.
The stars whispered secrets,
the moon clothed me
in joy.
I had a hidden world,
invisible to the rest.
It was my place of refuge,
shrouded to all but me
in my lingering desire.
Dorothy Walters
June 25, 2020
Saturday, June 27, 2020
Pride, Prejudice, and the Global Pandemic
Pride, Prejudice and the Global Pandemic - YouTube
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Join bestselling author and mystical scholar Andrew Harvey for a discussion of his own experience as a gay man and the relation of the gay culture to our present world crisis.
www.youtube.com › watch
Join bestselling author and mystical scholar Andrew Harvey for a discussion of his own experience as a gay man and the relation of the gay culture to our present world crisis.
Friday, June 26, 2020
Gay Elders: Andrew and Dorothy discuss Growing up Gay
The Gay Elders Series: Dorothy Walters and Andrew Harvey ...www.youtube.com › watch
In this interview, Andrew and Dorothy discuss what it was like to grow up at the time when being gay was a cardinal sin and those who were indeed gay were considered to be reprehensible sinners.
(Presented as part of Gay Pride Month)
(Note: I cannot post this with a direct link to Youtube, but the information above will take you there if you follow the entries.)
Thursday, June 25, 2020
Turn Me to Gold––Kabir (tr, Andrew Harvey)
Let there be
Your Love, Lord,
Burning softly
In Every cell
of my dying and
Transfigured
Body.
By Your wild
and merciful
Grace, Lord of Truth,
Turn me to Gold
So I can love
in perfect fullness
You
Who Loves in me.
Kabir
from "Turn Me to Gold"
as translated by Andrew Harvey
I have been listening to Andrew Harvey's amazing webinar on Engoldenment from Shift Network. Andrew believes strongly that humanity is now undergoing a major mutation into a new configuration as "every cell of our dying and transfigured body" is regenerated. There is compelling evidence that this phenomenon is taking place for many at this time as Kundalini spreads across the globe. Think of the gifts of expanded awareness now occurring across the planet. As for me, I think of the bodily bliss I felt at the sacred places in Ireland, my ability to sense and feel the "energy fields" of others, the gift of mystical poetry that arrives spontaneously, and the ecstasy that often comes unbidden, even at this time of my life.
Saturday, June 20, 2020
Comments from Those Who Have Traveled to "the other side" and returned
Comments from those who have traveled to the other side and returned
Here are some comments from people who have gone to the "other side" and returned (through Near Death Experiences.) (Thanks to Jacquie Arnold for sending).
The Ecstasy and Joy Permeated the Whole of My Being
I found myself in a Place of Such Beauty and Peace - - Welcoming & Nurturing
A Tremendous Amount of Warmth and Love Came from the Light
I felt So Full of Joy and So Peaceful
I Was in the Other World and I know Forever - - There is Nothing to Be Afraid of After Death
I Felt Protected, So Safe, and Very Loved
The Light Was Like A Circular Opening that was Warm and Bright
I was Known and Loved
The Joy and Ecstasy I Felt was as If I had Drunk an Elixir or Potion of Love
Here are some comments from people who have gone to the "other side" and returned (through Near Death Experiences.) (Thanks to Jacquie Arnold for sending).
The Ecstasy and Joy Permeated the Whole of My Being
I found myself in a Place of Such Beauty and Peace - - Welcoming & Nurturing
A Tremendous Amount of Warmth and Love Came from the Light
I felt So Full of Joy and So Peaceful
I Was in the Other World and I know Forever - - There is Nothing to Be Afraid of After Death
I Felt Protected, So Safe, and Very Loved
The Light Was Like A Circular Opening that was Warm and Bright
I was Known and Loved
The Joy and Ecstasy I Felt was as If I had Drunk an Elixir or Potion of Love
Thursday, June 18, 2020
The Secret Path–poem by Dorothy
The Secret Path
Now is the time
to enter
the secret kingdoms,
to receive
the hidden lore.
Not all are prepared
to go here.
They would be quickly
reduced to nothingness,
flash of immolation,
Semele and Zeus.
Most pass by
without knowing,
the entrance not seen.
Once you go here,
you can never return.
What you have seen
cannot be revealed,
for you speak a new language,
paint in colors not known.
You are now
a stranger to yourself,
a being undefined.
Begin the journey
if you dare.
You will drown
many times over,
be consumed in fires
that have no end.
You may not even remember
how you got here,
why you have come.
You will have taken
the only path you could follow
for it was the one
that led you home.
Dorothy Walters
June 16, 2020
Now is the time
to enter
the secret kingdoms,
to receive
the hidden lore.
Not all are prepared
to go here.
They would be quickly
reduced to nothingness,
flash of immolation,
Semele and Zeus.
Most pass by
without knowing,
the entrance not seen.
Once you go here,
you can never return.
What you have seen
cannot be revealed,
for you speak a new language,
paint in colors not known.
You are now
a stranger to yourself,
a being undefined.
Begin the journey
if you dare.
You will drown
many times over,
be consumed in fires
that have no end.
You may not even remember
how you got here,
why you have come.
You will have taken
the only path you could follow
for it was the one
that led you home.
Dorothy Walters
June 16, 2020
Wednesday, June 17, 2020
Transforming––poem by Dorothy
Transforming
It is said that in ancient India the yogis underwent extreme austerities and purifications so that they would be ready to receive the intense energies that would come to them when they fully awakened.
I don't know what to say about it,
really.
I just know that I
feel different, breathe different,
know more.
What does it mean
to move your fingers
in imperceptible motions
and send sweet thrills
down to your feet?
How can you circle your hands
near your body
and awaken bliss in each place?
What is ecstasy?
What is bliss?
What is the source
of the great light within?
Who are we
that we are enabled
to receive such blessings?
How is it that each cell,
each muscle and covering
is turning to its own
essence of gold?
Who are the overseers,
planning and conducting
this metamorphosis?
All they require of us
is openness, a willingness
to receive.
They are doing the rest.
It is going on everywhere.
How can we withstand
such intensities,
these frequencies of love?
Dorothy Walters
June 16, 2020
Tuesday, June 16, 2020
And Then Yet Another Sublime Experience
And Then Yet Another Sublime Experience
I decided to listen to music once I got up so I turned on the classical music station on the T. V. Soon I was listening to a Bach Symphony and now each note, each emphasis, resonated in my body as acute bliss. Again I moved my fingers in micro movements, again I sent energies up and down my side in subtle waves of bliss.
Always the energetic tone was one ever more delicate, more refined than earlier "bliss outs." This "session" lasted for some 30-40 minutes. At last I ceased and sat down at my computer to check my mail.
At this moment, something like a line of poetry entered my head (from where? never know) So I very quickly wrote the poem I posted yesterday. I liked it and hoped others would as well.
I thought later that this had been a "perfect day."
Dorothy Walters
June 13, 2020
I decided to listen to music once I got up so I turned on the classical music station on the T. V. Soon I was listening to a Bach Symphony and now each note, each emphasis, resonated in my body as acute bliss. Again I moved my fingers in micro movements, again I sent energies up and down my side in subtle waves of bliss.
Always the energetic tone was one ever more delicate, more refined than earlier "bliss outs." This "session" lasted for some 30-40 minutes. At last I ceased and sat down at my computer to check my mail.
At this moment, something like a line of poetry entered my head (from where? never know) So I very quickly wrote the poem I posted yesterday. I liked it and hoped others would as well.
I thought later that this had been a "perfect day."
Dorothy Walters
June 13, 2020
Monday, June 15, 2020
What is Happening–A Recent Experience
What is Happening––A Recent Expansion of Consciousness
Are the veils thinning? Unusual things are being reported over the world.
As someone who has followed an "energy path" for many years, I take note of shifts occurring in my own subtle body. Recently it feels as though specific changes are happening that suggest a movement into a new level of response is being achieved.
Example: Much of my own spiritual development is tied to states of ecstasy (bliss), For me, these states are in fact "quasi erotic" or, as one student observed, "like sex, only different."
A few days ago, I knew the minute I awoke that something different was going on inside (my subtle body). It was in fact as if I had a different nervous system, and bliss came, but only when I moved my hands (or arms or body) in micromovements. An external observer likely would have seen nothing at all when I moved my fingers so subtly this this movement was virtually imperceptible. I never touch my body during such sessions, but rather confine my moves and focus to the aura itself (the field emanating from the subtle body). I simply hold my arms about chest high, and then, through concentration, send the energies down the left side to the feet, then back up and down the right. Then I move my arms and hands gently up through the chakras (in circles) all the way to the top. Each tiny movement produces exquisite, ineffable bliss.
Then I entered a state unknown to me before. It was stlll bliss, still ecstasy, but it was more than that. Somehow I can't even recapture precisely what that state was (for it was indeed ineffable) but I felt as though I had tasted a new stage of my own evolution. It was as if someone else was feeling these sweet waves of delight. My role, as always, was to receive this blessing. I still moved my hands and fingers in micro movements. But this was beyond (in delicate feeling tone) to all the many states and stages I have known previously (and I have followed ecstasy as my teacher for 40 years since my original awakening in l981). I have tasted its many shades and nuances, always more subtle, more delicate, more like an actual connection with "the divine."
As always, I had no one to share this experience with, nor have I ever read about or encountered someone who has experienced something similar. Are the stages I have gone through a foretaste of what all of us will experience as we move into the next level of human evolution? Is everything now preparation for what is to come in a major shift of the species? Is this how the angels feel? Are we each receiving new frequencies into our bodies to be ready for the shift?
Next day, I was back into my "familiar" body with its "normal" nervous system. I was grateful to be given time to integrate these new frequencies, as Kundalini continues its work of refashioning my entire being, physical and spiritual.
Dorothy Walters
June 12, ? 2020
Are the veils thinning? Unusual things are being reported over the world.
As someone who has followed an "energy path" for many years, I take note of shifts occurring in my own subtle body. Recently it feels as though specific changes are happening that suggest a movement into a new level of response is being achieved.
Example: Much of my own spiritual development is tied to states of ecstasy (bliss), For me, these states are in fact "quasi erotic" or, as one student observed, "like sex, only different."
A few days ago, I knew the minute I awoke that something different was going on inside (my subtle body). It was in fact as if I had a different nervous system, and bliss came, but only when I moved my hands (or arms or body) in micromovements. An external observer likely would have seen nothing at all when I moved my fingers so subtly this this movement was virtually imperceptible. I never touch my body during such sessions, but rather confine my moves and focus to the aura itself (the field emanating from the subtle body). I simply hold my arms about chest high, and then, through concentration, send the energies down the left side to the feet, then back up and down the right. Then I move my arms and hands gently up through the chakras (in circles) all the way to the top. Each tiny movement produces exquisite, ineffable bliss.
Then I entered a state unknown to me before. It was stlll bliss, still ecstasy, but it was more than that. Somehow I can't even recapture precisely what that state was (for it was indeed ineffable) but I felt as though I had tasted a new stage of my own evolution. It was as if someone else was feeling these sweet waves of delight. My role, as always, was to receive this blessing. I still moved my hands and fingers in micro movements. But this was beyond (in delicate feeling tone) to all the many states and stages I have known previously (and I have followed ecstasy as my teacher for 40 years since my original awakening in l981). I have tasted its many shades and nuances, always more subtle, more delicate, more like an actual connection with "the divine."
As always, I had no one to share this experience with, nor have I ever read about or encountered someone who has experienced something similar. Are the stages I have gone through a foretaste of what all of us will experience as we move into the next level of human evolution? Is everything now preparation for what is to come in a major shift of the species? Is this how the angels feel? Are we each receiving new frequencies into our bodies to be ready for the shift?
Next day, I was back into my "familiar" body with its "normal" nervous system. I was grateful to be given time to integrate these new frequencies, as Kundalini continues its work of refashioning my entire being, physical and spiritual.
Dorothy Walters
June 12, ? 2020
Sunday, June 14, 2020
A Delightful Experience
A Delightful Experience
Last night I had an experience I have long wished for but never expected to have. As I was getting ready to go to bed, I suddenly smelled a delicious odor that seemed to come from nowhere. It was not like a flower or perfume. Rather it resembled some slightly pungent incense. I continued to inhale its fragrant and lovely scent as long as I inhaled slowly and deep. I was lost in this olfactory delight for many minutes before I finally gave up and went to bed.
Yes, I think that these days the veils are thinning and we are having unusual experiences, aspects of mind expansion. All this is part of our progress toward full transformation, as we move closer to our mutation into a new species. Kabir said, "Turn me to gold." The Mother (spiritual wife of Shri Aurobindo) was convinced that our very cells were being regenerated in our mutual progress toward a new state of being.
Friday, June 12, 2020
"The Ascent"––poem by Dorothy
The Ascent
There are a thousand ways
to climb this mountain.
Some do it
on hands and knees,
others, like angels, floating
above the path.
Some have lost their way
and sit longingly
among their vast possessions,
and wonder why they
are unhappy,
what they have done wrong,
Many don't care,
proclaim there
is no mountain,
for they do not see it
among their numerous estates.
And always there are countless,
also invisible, helpers,
holding out their hands,
helping us to ascend.
Dorothy Walters
June 12, 2020
Wednesday, June 10, 2020
Book Launch Replay
To listen to the replay of the Sunday book launch of "Kundalini Wonder,"go to this link:
"Here" does not work for this replay
Kundalini Wonder Book Launch
Recording is Ready...
Thank you for registering for the Kundalini Wonder Virtual Book Launch.
If you weren’t able to join us live you can find both the video and audio recording here.
We also want to remind you to take advantage of the special offer from Emergence Education Press.
The first 50 people who purchase a copy of Kundalini Wonder will have the option to receive a free copy of Dorothy’s book of poetry, The Kundalini Poems, as a gift.
Kundalini is the energy of awakening and as we heard during the book launch, awakenings to Kundalini are being reported by more and more people across the globe.
It seems that awakening on our planet is accelerating, perhaps to meet the demand of these challenging times.
Kundalini Wonder is a true masterwork, full of the fruits of Dorothy’s deep dedication over four decades.
In this book, you will find reflection and insights that illuminate the meaning of Kundalini as a divine connection to our energetic source.
Special Book Offer
Find out more about the book, and our special offer, here. (See Emergent Education Publishers site)
"Here" does not work for this replay
Kundalini Wonder Book Launch
Recording is Ready...
Thank you for registering for the Kundalini Wonder Virtual Book Launch.
If you weren’t able to join us live you can find both the video and audio recording here.
We also want to remind you to take advantage of the special offer from Emergence Education Press.
The first 50 people who purchase a copy of Kundalini Wonder will have the option to receive a free copy of Dorothy’s book of poetry, The Kundalini Poems, as a gift.
Kundalini is the energy of awakening and as we heard during the book launch, awakenings to Kundalini are being reported by more and more people across the globe.
It seems that awakening on our planet is accelerating, perhaps to meet the demand of these challenging times.
Kundalini Wonder is a true masterwork, full of the fruits of Dorothy’s deep dedication over four decades.
In this book, you will find reflection and insights that illuminate the meaning of Kundalini as a divine connection to our energetic source.
Special Book Offer
Find out more about the book, and our special offer, here. (See Emergent Education Publishers site)
Thursday, June 04, 2020
Dorothy Walters––Book Launch, Sunday, June 7, 4 p.m.,Eastern Time
https://emergenceeducation.com/kundalini-wonder-book-launch/
Hi Dorothy,
In 1981 Dorothy Walters, PhD., underwent a virtually spontaneous Kundalini Awakening that changed everything and has continued to unfold to the present day. The ecstasy and the challenges of her experience ultimately led to a deep sense of union with the divine.
Since her awakening Dorothy has devoted her life to researching and writing about the mysterious phenomenon of Kundalini, and has assisted many people who found themselves on a similar path.
Dorothy has just published a book informed by decades of dedicated spiritual work that profoundly illuminates the path of Kundalini awakening.
The book is called Kundalini Wonder and you are invited to a virtual book launch event this Sunday June 7th at 4:00pm US Eastern Time.
During this hour-long event, Dorothy will talk about the book and its significance for the modern seeker. Dorothy will also read a short excerpt from the book and be available to answer any questions you might have.
Dorothy and I first connected in 2002, after I had written a book review of her memoir, Unmasking the Rose, A Record of a Kundalini Initiation.
I am honored to be the publisher of Kundalini Wonder.
This is a book of rare value. Seldom do spiritual books manage to offer decades of experience in such a beautiful and concise way.
I hope that you will join Dorothy and I on Saturday to celebrate this launch.
Register for the book launch here
Sincerely,
Jeff Carreira
P.S. Right now Emergence Education Press is making a special offer. The first 50 people who purchase a copy of Kundalini Wonder can also receive a free copy of Dorothy’s book of poetry, Kundalini Poems, as a gift. Find out more here.
Here is the beautiful flyer that Jeff made for the book launch:
http://emergenceeducation.com/kundalini-wonder-book-launch
Here is the beautiful flyer that Jeff made for the book launch:
http://emergenceeducation.com/kundalini-wonder-book-launch
(I can't get this to open. Maybe you can.)
Emergence Education, P.O. Box 63767, Philadelphia, PA 19147, United States
Monday, June 01, 2020
Each Morning––poem by Dorothy
Each Morning
Each morning I wake
and think in my mind
about all the things
I must do that day.
The waiting mail
to be answered,
the bills to be paid,
the exercise I swore
I would not put off
any longer.
But first, I think,
I will say hello
to the great and
wonderful beast
that lives in my
living room,
wearing its own
familiar face,
waiting patiently for
my greeting.
And before I know it
I am lost in the world
of whatever,
from Hindu prayers
to Aretha Franklin,
it doesn't seem to
matter,
I am a captive
and gone into trance
and learning
new things.
Did you know
that certain sites
have millions of
followers,
and they are there,
all hoping to grab you,
draw you in
to their special magic,
whether it is
music flowing
in a certain way,
or someone explaining
what you have often
wondered about,
and all are irresistible
and the bills can wait
another day,
and tomorrow
you can go for a walk,
and get the exercise
you need,
for sure.
Dorothy Walters
May 31, 2020
Each morning I wake
and think in my mind
about all the things
I must do that day.
The waiting mail
to be answered,
the bills to be paid,
the exercise I swore
I would not put off
any longer.
But first, I think,
I will say hello
to the great and
wonderful beast
that lives in my
living room,
wearing its own
familiar face,
waiting patiently for
my greeting.
And before I know it
I am lost in the world
of whatever,
from Hindu prayers
to Aretha Franklin,
it doesn't seem to
matter,
I am a captive
and gone into trance
and learning
new things.
Did you know
that certain sites
have millions of
followers,
and they are there,
all hoping to grab you,
draw you in
to their special magic,
whether it is
music flowing
in a certain way,
or someone explaining
what you have often
wondered about,
and all are irresistible
and the bills can wait
another day,
and tomorrow
you can go for a walk,
and get the exercise
you need,
for sure.
Dorothy Walters
May 31, 2020
