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SONG OF OUR HEARTS

In eastern traditions one’s spiritual journey is likened to the gentle and gradual unfolding of petals around the circular corolla of a lotus flower…

 The spiritual journey is not depicted as a linear journey from here to there, but rather as a circular opening: a very feminine symbol that describes the soul’s blossoming into its own essence, one gentle petal at a time.

Lotus Flower by Photographer Lisa Saraswati Cawley

 Over this last year it has been a true honor and privilege to witness the unfolding petals of nearly 100 women, from various spiritual paths and traditions all around the world, as they shared their poetry with us here at Journey of The Heart.

Together, these brave and beautiful women wove an awe-inspiring tapestry of voices, in over 200 poems that expressed the contents of their hearts.

To honor women and their voices on the one-year anniversary of this poetry project, I offer you the touching story that resounded in the collective voice of these poetesses: 

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  1. UnknownOctober 7, 2013 at 8:33 PM

    Wow....I am speechless...so Divine

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  2. UnknownJanuary 29, 2014 at 2:11 PM

    Just spent some time being blessed by the love and beauty, thank you.

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