Explore
Gaia Soulmates
 Advertising keeps Gaia free! Interested in sponsoring us?

Gaia: Connect. Grow. Inspire. Empower.

Tibetan book of the dead (Bardo Thodol)

Posted on Sep 8th, 2009 by HummingBird : Joy HummingBird

The Tibetan Book of the Dead remains an essential teaching in the Buddhist cultures of the Himalayas. Narrated by Leonard Cohen (one hour and a half)

Add Comment views (55)  
HummingBird : Joy

When a beloved passes

Posted on Aug 25th, 2009 by HummingBird : Joy HummingBird

“Last year at the end of August my father died.... I loved my father very much and for some months after he died I entered a strange sort of place. I found out I couldn’t... More »

4 Comments views (118)  
Sunonleaves

Death of a tree

Posted on Jul 1st, 2009 by HummingBird : Joy HummingBird

a photograph journal on the death of the precious tree which has taken my breath away for as long as I've lived in its shade - as long as I've received the sparkling light filtering... More »

9 Comments views (82)  
Tree

Fear as teacher

Posted on Mar 18th, 2009 by HummingBird : Joy HummingBird

A Walking the Labyrinth post:   FEAR 1. My greatest fear is… 2. How fear effects my life 3. The worst thing that could happen if my fear is realised 4. What my fear teaches... More »

6 Comments views (172)  
Dream

Shadows & reflections and Before thought

Posted on Sep 18th, 2008 by HummingBird : Joy HummingBird

1 Shadows and reflections Shadows and reflections have been inspiring me so! I have been photographing them and contemplating painting too. The other day while teaching an art class I noticed a reflection cast by... More »

10 Comments views (197)  
Dscf5291

A dream

Posted on Aug 31st, 2008 by HummingBird : Joy HummingBird

A precious being, 'X', told me a dream he had the other night. A friend was committing suicide. He poured petrol over himself and set himself ablaze. It was a shocking and horrifying experience. X... More »

10 Comments views (212)  
Umbilicalcord

doorways and transformations

Posted on Apr 11th, 2008 by HummingBird : Joy HummingBird

Sharing extracts from mails, responses to friends on Gaia regarding death and loss of loved ones... "I feel we never heal - because this is not what its about. Death is not a disease but... More »

8 Comments views (194)  
Gra1

How do children know

Posted on Mar 20th, 2008 by HummingBird : Joy HummingBird

... responding to Andrea's post: How do children know? http://pods.gaia.com/passing/discussions/view/260972 when I was 7 years old... my mother came through the gate after one of many many visits to the hospital to see my father.... More »

6 Comments views (205)  
Awenfriend

Gra-anna's memorial day 4th of December

Posted on Dec 6th, 2007 by HummingBird : Joy HummingBird

this was probably the hardest poem I ever wrote... and like all tough journeys undertaken a door opens http://www.at.artslink.co.za/~artstudio/G_book.html Loved one 4/12/05   Dear one you came to this planet through the passage of my... More »

5 Comments views (294)  
Anna_swans

Gra-anna

Posted on Jun 18th, 2007 by HummingBird : Joy HummingBird

Gra-anna Beloved 1979-2004 Gra-anna’s Book is a virtual book which can be downloaded from the internet: you can go to this website and click on the link: Gra-anna’s Book http://www.artslink.co.za/artstudio

Add Comment views (764)  
Graanna