Be strong, Boulder.
Stay strong, Colorado.
Our love and prayers are with you.
May angels grace your path and ease your way.
…Rocky Mountain high, I once knew you well
as always, you are in my heart.
For Boulder – For Colorado
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Amidst the swirl…
I pray for peace
I pray for love
I pray for you.
I pray for health
I pray for wealth
I pray for you.
I pray for harmony
I pray for strength
I pray for you.
I pray for this world
I pray for our family
I pray for you.
I pray for clear vision, unbounded courage,
and an open heart
I pray for who we truly are in the light of life,
and who we can be – even here, even now
I pray for you.
I pray for you
I pray for me
I pray.
Aliana Alani (c) 2013
The Duende of Life
Within this world of sun and shade, sol y sombre,
reside magical moments, the duende of life.
Often tucked within the cloak of contrasts and opposites,
sometimes hidden from conscious view,
they hover like resonant keys
to golden doors
of long awaited stories.
Available to each and every one of us if we will but listen
and then dare –
to taste the fruit of their knowing,
drink from their cup of unlimited possibility,
luxuriate in creation’s abundance,
and know it to be our own.
Aliana Alani (c) 2013
There has never been a better time…
There has never been a better time to come home to The Garden of Love.
OVER THE COMING YEAR, I will be creating a series of paintings: small snapshots lush with colour and light guided by inner wisdom and brushed with the blessings that come from the inner garden.
DONE IN ACRYLIC (perhaps with a dusting of beads), each painting will be a segment of the delicious beauty that is The Garden. Some will be floral. Others may follow pathways or rippling pools, stately trees or even a view across vast waters. Some may contain portals. Others, faces. All will be rather surreal. Many will also carry within a touch of sacred geometry – a gateway to the Heart of The Garden – done primarily in white & gold.
THE INTENT IS to create both visual beauty and deep inner resonance connected directly to The Garden of Life, and hence of Love. So that whenever you view it, somewhere within your heart is touched and a door opens. You breathe the sacred breath of The Garden, and smile.
YOU CAN EASILY HAVE one of these paintings, either by buying one of the originals as they become available, or by having one commissioned specifically for you.
If this interests you, email me at: aliana@22shangrila.com.
Enjoy the day!
Here’s a bit of poetry for you…
I am the drop in the ocean.
I am the sea and the wave.
I am the sky and the starlight.
I am the weak and the brave.
I am the moment before you.
I am the time when you’re gone.
I am the breath when it enters.
I am the world’s sacred song.
I am the heart of all matter.
I am the dance of all life.
I am the love that lingers
Midst the chords of everyday strife.
I am You.
Aliana Alani ©2013
Life
Life is a series of moments. Precious pearls dashed along the shores of our hearts. They can get buried by the sands of time or cherished by the light of love.
Love each as if it was the door to infinity. Walk their roads with delicious delight. Lo and behold, soon your garden of life will flourish beyond measure.
Happy Earth Day!
YES, IT’S THAT TIME AGAIN – EARTH DAY – APRIL 22ND, the day each year when many stop to ponder this amazing planet of ours. Some wax poetic about its beauty, speaking eloquently of tall majestic pines or towering mountains, soft sweet perfumed breezes and rippling waters, the cooing of birds or the click-clack of dolphins, or the green grass of home. Others plant trees and talk of needed conservation. Some meditate, perhaps along a cliff top near an ocean, and feel the breath of life saunter through their souls with the intonation of each crashing wave.
WE LIVE IN PARADISE and once a year we collectively try to remember that.
SO HERE’S A CRAZY THOUGHT. What if each day when we opened our eyes and looked around, we perceived only the magnificence of life on earth in its myriad of forms, celebrated its exquisite delicious beauty, saw that beauty in ourselves as well, and in our heart of hearts gave profound gratitude for the opportunity of being a part of this, the Garden of Life and Love.
And then, like the great creators and storytellers we truly are, danced its dance with pure abandon and joy!
Imagine what our world might be like then.
Aloha Namaste Blessings
HAPPY EARTH DAY!
PS – That picture in the middle? Those are young elephant seals you’re looking at, on land and in the water!
The Garden of Love
Sometimes love comes like a gentle breeze on a soft summer’s night. Sometimes it’s a bear hug and a big sloppy kiss.
Sometimes the heart opens like the tender flutter of a butterfly’s wings. Sometimes it crashes apart in sheer wonder at the magnificence of it all.
It’s the same with change. Whether big or small, long predicted or just come upon, it always carries a taste of the unknown. It can feel like a tsunami, a whirlwind, or the fluttering ripple of that butterfly’s wings. It’s your picture after all, your change, so it’s up to you.
AS WE USHER IN this new era and level of being, as we welcome in this year to come, and as the heart of humanity opens and breathes life anew, I wish for each of you the greatest joy and unfolding happiness.
WHEREVER YOU MAY BE, whatever you may be doing, may you bring unending love to it and may you throw open the windows of your heart and, with abandon, dance the dance of life in the Garden of Love.
The EBook of BETWEEN WORLDS is here
Now you can get your very own copy!
It has been said that some stories have their own timing, a sense of place within the fabric and power of word when they choose to deliver themselves to our world. Such stories can drive authors crazy as we strive, usually vainly, to birth the tale before its inwardly designated moment.
BETWEEN WORLDS is one of those stories.
This, after many moons, is its first wave.
Set in present day Los Angeles California and in what has often been called The Garden of County Wicklow Ireland, BETWEEN WORLDS carves its tale along the pathways of time, casting us back through Ireland’s mystical mists into the sixth century and those precious moments before Glendalough became a renowned monastic city. It tells the tale of a woman who leaves her budding LA world behind to follow an invisible thread connected to the face of a man who has come to haunt her. Instinctively she feels Ireland carries the clues that will rid her of this vision and bring peace back to her world. The upper lake of Glendalough has other plans.
Called a historical romance by some, albeit with more than one twist, BETWEEN WORLDS is really a heart song to and for Ireland, and because everything is interlinked in our world, it naturally becomes a heart song for us all. Like all songs of the heart, it carries the potential for healing, and a key to love.
Be one of the first wave to read this EBook!
It’s a wonderful story whose time has come.
$9.95 CDN (plus applicable taxes)
You can order your copy(s) by leaving your contact details on the comment section below and we will get back to you. Payment is by PayPal. The EBook is available both in Kindle and main stream version (which can be downloaded onto Adobe Digitals Edition software and also thru ibook on your iphone). Each is also available in high or low res. Let us know which version you want.
If you want a taste of the tale before you buy, click on the Between Worlds – Sneak Preview page of this blog, scroll down, click on the pdf link below the book cover, and enjoy.
Word-of-mouth is a treasured thing when self publishing so do pass the word along to anyone who you feel would be interested. Truly it’s a story that deserves to be read.
I hope reading BETWEEN WORLDS will touch your heart. Writing it has definitely touched mine.
…book cover design by Tannice Goddard
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