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Bleak (Psalm 102*)

My God, hear me and listen to my outcry. My heart is hurt and my soul is troubled My days are wasted, and I cannot concentrate. I am bewildered and need your help. I am unsettled and want You to answer me. I am totally distracted, and I cannot get anything done. I lie awakeContinue reading “Bleak (Psalm 102*)”

Posted bycarlfmaulbeckFebruary 9, 2023Posted inpsalmTags:help, listenLeave a comment on Bleak (Psalm 102*)

I The Magician

Based on Meditations on the Tarot Sharing harmony – the synthesis of the impulse of the unconscious and the compulsion of the conscious The wisdom of Solomon… balances a conundrum – “Give the living baby to the first woman. Do not kill him; she is his mother.” [1] Thus the method of analogy leads toContinue reading “I The Magician”

Posted bycarlfmaulbeckJanuary 29, 2023Posted inTarotTags:balance, discovery, Harmony, magic, windLeave a comment on I The Magician

The Tooth

The whole tooth and nothing but the tooth… the tooth is not free. Here it comes, dad said, as he lowered the bucket and then the handle broke wiping out my tooth but the root was OK… the answer was a crown. Fifty years of cleanings with some caries and a bout with periodontitis, impactContinue reading “The Tooth”

Posted bycarlfmaulbeckJanuary 19, 2023Posted inLife and DeathTags:brush, crown, gum, implant, toothLeave a comment on The Tooth

Psalm 22 (Final Part)

For She has not scorned me    in my suffering;    She has not disregarded me    in my affliction    She has listened to my cry for help. I will tell my story over and over;    I will keep all my promises. The poor will have food and be satisfied;    all whoContinue reading “Psalm 22 (Final Part)”

Posted bycarlfmaulbeckJanuary 17, 2023Posted inCompanionTags:joy, justice, listen, mend, satisfiedLeave a comment on Psalm 22 (Final Part)

Help Me (Psalm 22) Part 3

I am surrounded by the willful;    they encircle me and    take away my confidence.    I am naked and vulnerable. I hurt in my bones;    I wallow in my misery. I have nothing left    my body is sacked,    my heart is bursting. I beg you, my Lady, be not farContinue reading “Help Me (Psalm 22) Part 3”

Posted bycarlfmaulbeckJanuary 15, 2023January 15, 2023Posted inCompanionTags:rescue, saveLeave a comment on Help Me (Psalm 22) Part 3

Help Me (Psalm 22) Part 2

For you have brought me here;    I have trusted you    I felt safe    as safe as at my mother’s breast. Yes, from birth I was chosen by you;    from my mother’s womb you have been my God. Do not be far from me,    for trouble is near    and thereContinue reading “Help Me (Psalm 22) Part 2”

Posted bycarlfmaulbeckJanuary 13, 2023Posted inCompanionTags:chosen, help, safe, wearyLeave a comment on Help Me (Psalm 22) Part 2

For Me (Psalm 22) Part 1

My God, my God,    why have you abandoned me?    why do I not feel safe?    are you listening to me? O my God, I cry out by day, but you do not answer,    by night, and you do not respond. Yet you are our God;    and we are your people.Continue reading “For Me (Psalm 22) Part 1”

Posted bycarlfmaulbeckJanuary 11, 2023Posted inCompanionTags:abandon, listen, psalm, respond, safeLeave a comment on For Me (Psalm 22) Part 1

IX The Hermit

(from the Meditations on the Tarot) In solitude but not alone, exercising inner strength. With expectant longing, practicing prudence. The wolf will live with the lamb, the leopard will lie with the goat, the calf will sit with the lion, and the little child will lead them.[1] The Hermit synthesizes – idealism and realism, pragmatismContinue reading “IX The Hermit”

Posted bycarlfmaulbeckJanuary 3, 2023Posted inTarotTags:hermit, TarotLeave a comment on IX The Hermit

Mother

the Spirit came upon her and the one born of her is called Holy[1] we are clingy and restless beyond life, Moms give being their holding is freeing my tongue stammers and falters[2] as I acclaim our Mother we are cranky and hapless beyond life, Moms engender union, never asunder we should thank Her weContinue reading “Mother”

Posted bycarlfmaulbeckDecember 27, 2022Posted inCompanionTags:MotherLeave a comment on Mother

Triangulation

Triangulation – damaging and enabling conflicting and stabilizing discouraging and empowering without regulation – preservation presentation preparation with speculation – information interpretation imagination without manipulation – alteration application association with modulation – communication cooperation consideration

Posted bycarlfmaulbeckDecember 21, 2022Posted inVirtueTags:regulation, triangulationLeave a comment on Triangulation

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