sampling for the new year

All of you here are invited to participate and join us in a short ritual adventure.
Tonight we have the opportunity to ask our community some important questions as we move into the next solar cycle.
Out of winter we shall find the spring from which we all must emerge ready and prepared to move forward in all directions improving the quality of our lives and that of the Earth.
Step with us as we move through the cardinal directions, engage in the sharing of community and wonder.

Come writers and critics
Who prophesize with your pen
And keep your eyes wide
The chance won't come again
And don't speak too soon
For the wheel's still in spin
And there's no tellin' who
That it's namin'.
For the loser now
Will be later to win
For the times they are a-changin'.


From the South to the West - in the shade of Avalon,
From the West to the North and our home in Gaia’s womb,
From the North to the East hear the power of Babylon,
From the East to the South - far above the daily gloom

From our hearts to our spirits, collective conscious soon
From the deep sea of being, to the sun and adoring moon,
Carry us on the waves to the lands we've never been,
Carry us on the waves to the lands we've never seen.

We have been telling the people that this is the Eleventh Hour.
Now you must go back and tell the people that this is the magic Hour.

The line it is drawn
The curse it is cast
The slow one now
Will later be fast
As the present now
Will later be past

And there are things to be considered
There are questions to be asked
There are responses to be generated:

Where are you living in body and mind?
Are you in your body are you healthy?
Is your mind focused living in the now?
Are you paying attention to the world around you?

Come mothers and fathers
Throughout the land
And don't criticize
What you can't understand
Your sons and your daughters
Are beyond your command
Your old road is
Rapidly agin'.
Please get out of the new one
If you can't lend your hand
For the times they are a-changin'.

What are you doing in your life to fulfill your spirit?
Are you dancing without mind, letting your spirit and soul freak free?
Are you seeking hope, joy, and peace?
Are you loving one another? Are you embracing cosmic wonder?

Come senators, congressmen
Please heed the call
Don't stand in the doorway
Don't block up the hall
For he that gets hurt
Will be he who has stalled
There's a battle outside
And it is ragin'.
It'll soon shake your windows
And rattle your walls
For the times they are a-changin'.

From what watershed does your water spring forth?
Is your water safe and clear?
Do you keep your watershed clean?
Do you keep the watershed of others clean?
(use hand mic and encourage a different person to respond quickly to each question as you repeat them)

There is a river flowing now very fast.
It is so great and swift that there are those who will be afraid.
They will try to hold on to the shore.
They will feel they are being torn apart, and they will suffer greatly.
Know the river has its destination.
The elders say we must let go of the shore, push off into the middle of the river,
Keep our eyes open, and our heads above the water.

Come gather 'round people
Wherever you roam
And admit that the waters
Around you have grown
And accept it that soon
You'll be drenched to the bone.
If your time to you
Is worth savin'
Then you better start swimmin'
Or you'll sink like a stone
For the times they are a-changin'.

Are you right in all your relationships with all your relations?
Is your family healthy?
Are your loved ones safe and hope filled?
Are you prepared to be the best light spirit being you can be for the planet??

Know your garden.
It is time to speak your Truth.
Create your community.
Be good to each other.
And do not look outside yourself for the leader.
This could be a good time!
See who is in there with you and celebrate.
At this time in history, we are to take nothing personally.
Least of all, ourselves.
For the moment that we do, our spiritual growth and journey comes to a halt.
The time of the lone wolf is over. Gather yourselves!
Banish the word struggle from your attitude and your vocabulary.
All that we do now must be done in a sacred manner and in celebration.
We are the ones we've been waiting for.

Let us sail, let us sail, let the river within us flow,
Let us reach, let us beach on the reefs for which we care.
Let us sail, let us sail, let us stand upon your shore,
Let us reach, let us beach far beyond a place we dare.