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By Taizy from Ireland - Feb 28th, 2008 at 2:19 am EST

Here is a Christo-Celtic Spell-Prayer
Against the Powers of Darkness
(attributed to St. Patrick)

On Terra (earth) in this fateful hour
I place all Heaven with its power
the sun with its brightness
the snow with its whiteness
the fire with all the strength it hath
the lightning with its rapid wrath
the winds with their swiftness along their path
the sea with its deepness
the rocks with their steepness
the earth with it starkness
all these I place
With God's almighty help and grace
between myself and the powers of darkness.

Amen.

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Leadership

By Taizy from Ireland - Feb 9th, 2008 at 10:59 am EST

I have been thinking of the word "leader". This is at the core of this whole debate - who will be the best leader. So I went to Wikipedia and a few other places to get some definitions.

here is an extract:

"The word leadership can refer to:

Those entities that perform one or more acts of leading.
The ability to affect human behavior so as to accomplish a mission designated by the leader."

and (also from wikipedia)

"Categories and types of leadership

Leadership is a quality a person may have. One can categorize the exercise of leadership as either actual or potential:

actual - giving guidance or direction, like a teacher being a leader to a student, as in the phrase "the emperor has provided satisfactory leadership".
potential - the capacity or ability to lead, as in the phrase "she could have exercised effective leadership"; or in the concept "born to lead".

Leadership can have a formal aspect (as in most political or business leadership) or an informal one (as in most friendships). Speaking of "leadership" (the abstract term) rather than of "leading" (the action) usually implies that the entities doing the leading have some "leadership skills" or competencies.

Arieu defines a leader as "someone able to inspire another associate with a dream."

more here

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leadership

get back to this later

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obama's google speech

By Taizy from Ireland - Feb 8th, 2008 at 7:08 pm EST

this is a great speech, great ideas

Obama t Google headquarters in Silicon Valley, CA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4yVlPqeZwo

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"We are the ones we've been waiting for."

By Taizy from Ireland - Feb 7th, 2008 at 11:52 pm EST

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Hopi Elders' Prophecy
Oraibi, Arizona, June 8, 2000

You have been telling people that this is the Eleventh Hour, now you
must go back and tell the people that this is the Hour. And there are
things to be considered. . . .
Where are you living?
What are you doing?
What are your relationships?
Are you in right relation?
Where is your water?

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 your leader.

Then he clasped his hands together, smiled, and said, "This could be a
good time! 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 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.

And I say, 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 come to a halt.
The time of the one 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.

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