“To see those eyes looking back at you,
as eyes should see you at last,
seeing you, as you always wanted to be seen,
seeing you, as you yourself
had always wanted to see the world.”
– David Whyte
As I grow wiser and refine my life and work in more alignment with life force, the invitation is to commune with the World in its fullness. The world wants to be seen and witnessed. Following this invitation, I am offering my gift of seeing – whether it is through photography, visual storytelling, hosting Council, envisioning an event or one-on-one Presence Sessions – what is, what could be, what wants to happen.
I am here to live courageously, aroused by the longing of the heart.
What if I can deeply listen to the silence of things,
look in the eye of the yet unseen,
what if I hold the kind of faith sustained by the Source and Great Mystery,
who would I be? what could I create?
on men
One of the most powerful things I witnessed in my life is seeing men pray in ceremony, seeing men connect with one another and seeing men cry. Men allowing themselves to feel and reveal their vulnerability. As a woman I long for men who deeply seek for their service to life. Does he know his power and what this power is good for? Does he dare to look into his shadow and is he aware of the cultural poverty he comes from? Is he willing to work with the shame and guilt...
my body, my queendom
DEEP INTO MY BODY. COME DOWN INTO THE BODY. WAKE UP TO YOUR BODY. As if this life is a walking dream… Whoever is busy with ascension plans, I am streaming in the opposite direction. As above, so below. Going downward into the darkness, I have done this before so now slowly descending almost with a longing, the taste of dark soil and bittersweet ash in my mouth, hungry to claim more of my soul in this all-consuming dive. Everything I have been looking for out there – acknowledgment, approval, wisdom, guidance,...
a woman of her own
I walked down the path past the last cottage and saw two smaller paths heading to right and left at the end of the road. I had to return as my sisters waited for me on the little hill but my soul whispered: “Stay. Follow that path into the Wild, into that unknown territory.” I heard the invitation and I promised to come back next day. The next day I returned with few things in my backpack, my journal and my paints. I just needed to relate to Me, my body and...
elders
Our elders – even though elderhood does refer to a certain wisdom that arrives with age, this status is not limited to age and not all people with old age are elders – are precious lifelines to our development and wellbeing, even sanity. When you look at the modern society, it is unfortunate to see that this agency has nearly disappeared from our midst, intertwined with many other factors of decay and corruption, or perhaps simply change in the way we lived as humans for millennia. When parents, grandparents or other people...
beyond hope and despair in troubled times
Hope is irrelevant. So is despair. Grief is real and necessary, especially in troubled times… Whether it’s Trump or Erdogan triggering deep wounds, one needs the equanimity and willingness to be with the world as it is right now. Only uninitiated adolescents curse and try to manipulate what is when it doesn’t suit them. What does an adult do?What does an elder do? I imagine they understand the cycles of life and death. That there’s work to be done, beyond hope and despair, in times like this. The work is not to show...
undone with poverty
Let me tell you about my ‘poverty’. The poverty that most of us were born into. By the time I was born into it, it was so normalized that it wasn’t perceived anymore as poverty; in fact perhaps it was disguised as modernity, progress and even wealth, ironically. My poverty looks like this: My poverty begins with language: it begins with me writing this text in English rather than my native language, Turkish. I was not born in a village, not even extended community. I did not grow up eating food grown...
SOUL JOURNEYS & EVENTS 2019
IGNITE YOUR VOICE – Spoken Meditations
