A poem for when you’re feeling disconnected…✨
What if she orbits right up and
Out of her head and into space
Beautiful, dark, and eternal
Where she connects with stars
The seeds of her soul
And with galaxies
Swirling spirals of cosmic wisdom
Seeded deep in her knowing
So that when she descends again
Rooting into her body
She too is beautiful, dark, and eternal
©Ashley Castle Barnes ~ Cat Lady Poet
Reconnect with your universal self and rediscover the wisdom within. 💫 ✨
What secrets are weaving
Through the wind,
Into her heart and mind,
What moments is she stealing
Through the night,
For only her eyes to find
©Ashley Castle Barnes
At any given moment, we are receiving bits of information, wisdom, inner knowing.
Some may be able to access it very clearly and easily. Others may need a tool to access it.
For me, it’s writing.
My mind is so full of chatter that it’s often hard to discern the info coming through.
The physical act of writing gives me focus.
The emotional act of writing accesses feelings that otherwise would’ve stayed below the surface.
The spiritual act of writing moves stuck energy, offers healing for big and small traumas, and creates clarity around next steps – and even my bigger purpose.
We all use words – to communicate, to teach, to mentor, to coach, to lead, to share, to vent.
The thread of energy weaving through these common experiences is our connection to the secrets and whispers of our soul, our inner wisdom and knowing.
And when we’re in alignment with that thread, things just seem to fall into place.
Validation comes from surprising sources.
We find joy, ease, and inspiration where we didn’t before.
How are you following your energetic thread today?
On the shores of new existence
She rises to meet the waves
That with her ever-widening wisdom
And courage
Will carry her to her next rising tide
©Ashley Castle Barnes
Waking up today, I felt a certain sense of sadness and a little bit of fear.
The book pre-launch event happened yesterday. The rush is over. The “now what?” question lingers.
It’s not a literal question; there are plenty of tasks to be done next.
It’s an energetic question.
How do I stay in the energy created by the event once I get into the next to-do?
How do I ride the waves created into the next big moment?
How do manage the inevitable lows, not giving up hope and not burning out trying to stay afloat?
Maybe I should read my own book!
Even as I write this, I know it points to the high-and-low, push-and-pull energy that is the magic and mystery of liminal space.
We are not guaranteed a smooth ride.
But if we harness the energy created by stepping off the shore into the unknown, we can use it as anchor when we feel unmoored and tossed about.
Until the next shore comes into sight.
How are you harnessing the energy of liminal space today?
What comes through her mind
Is bigger than she can be
Farther than she can see
Implanted like a seed
Waiting to burst forth
And be free
©Ashley Castle Barnes
Sometimes I need to be reminded that the words I write aren’t my words.
Yes, they come my from my brain to my paper.
Yes, they sound like my voice and they are often inspired by a sight, a sound, a thought, or an experience.
But they’re not mine.
They belong to the collective wisdom.
And I have the privilege to hold space for them to come through.
What is coming through you today?
Standing in her truth
And power
Never feels so daring
Or so bold
As when it rises
From the quiet place
Inside
©Ashley Castle Barnes
There is a tendency to think boldness and daring is loud. That we must be highly visible – e.g., audible – to be powerful.
The quiet place inside us begs to differ.
The place where stillness resides is the root of our power.
The place where we are quiet enough to hear the voice of our inner wisdom guiding us, amidst all the shouting voices around us (and sometimes in us).
This is where we find our truth. And where it’s not necessary to speak it, but simply to feel it.
To be it.
And then we can project it outward into how we show up in the world.
Are you able to access this place of wisdom? What is it telling you today?
Her world
No longer crashing down
But gently raining truth
Soaking her in wisdom
For whatever adventures
Lie ahead
©Ashley Barnes
In the wisdom of her inner temple
Her truth is revealed
Stop comparing, start listening
Minimize distraction, find focus
Stop trying and allow
Powering through is not the way
In the wisdom of her inner temple
She finds her way
©Ashley Barnes
I’m a thinker by nature and while my body might be still at times, my mind is always going.
I love thinking up new ideas, creating, dreaming.
And yet, it’s good to let the heart take the lead from time to time.
For it’s in this deeper place of knowing that we become aware of things that our minds could never dream up on their own.
It’s also in this place that we find strength to carry on, even in what seems like endless darkness.
This is where we find the truth.
And the truth leads us to freedom.
How are you listening to your heart today?
Cat Lady Poet 