Journey of the Heart

Home is not a place; it is a state of being... We all have a longing inside, a strong desire to arrive at some ‘home’ that feels peaceful, loving and protective. We all need and want a connection like this, which is more like a spiritual connection with the source of all beings. The source is that which has created all: we humans included.  It may feel like the most humbling experience when we receive glimpses of this kind of connection, and we try to hold on. Yet we cannot hold on. This state of being can only come naturally if we are receptive to it; if we trust it enough, knowing that it is the source of our heartbeats and the source of the very blood circulating through our veins, and providing us with this body as the vessel we need to navigate our ways through this world. Is this not something to be humbly grateful about?  Surely at times we forget, but eventually we will turn to this source of our beings. It is always there proving our the shelter we need, the pro...

I seldom find spaces I feel fit my heart, but in nature that is not the case… The pleasure and joy and deep knowing of belonging, of being where you're meant to be; that is what this is about. Coming Home by Jesse James I lost my life in the trees, buried beneath the moonbeams. This is my home. My calling. Where words writ come to pass or exist. The trees, They embrace me. And the moon, she shines, laughing at me. Whispered breaths of the soil, squished beneath toes, warm within my footprints; Proof of cities left behind. They tell me I've arrived. Here in this space where I belong. Jesse James : (pronouns: they/them) An equal blend of mystical myth & science, 25 year old Jesse James is a writer & creatrix of many things. The owner of Artemisian Artes & member/founder of The Creating Conscious Arts Collective, they use their voice to promote holistic wellness and inclusive activism & advocacy. An individual ...