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Cynthia L. Schaefer

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Cynthia Schaefer is a poet, mother, and self-help enthusiast that writes inspirational poetry that dives into suffering and floats up into serenity. Poetry is her window to see more clearly, feel, and find her voice. Her vision is to help others see the beauty around them now. When she is not writing, she enjoys singing, boating, and playing tag football with her family.

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Cynthia, reading your book i entered in a question: which spiritual development practice you are using and have the spiritual growth?

Cynthia L. Schaefer Hi Flávio,
Thank you for your question and for reading my book. I had a spiritual breakthrough after reading Eckhart Tolle’s, The Power of Now. His boo…moreHi Flávio,
Thank you for your question and for reading my book. I had a spiritual breakthrough after reading Eckhart Tolle’s, The Power of Now. His book propelled me into the practice of presence.

I practice presence by clearing my mind or observing my thoughts to help me focus on my senses and appreciate what is going on around me. When I notice each step as I walk or feel the water through my hands as I wash them, these ordinary acts allow me to see the joy and gratitude in being. There is always something to notice.

Meditation relaxes my mind and eases the stresses of the day. Tension has a funny way of creeping in without me realizing it. When I sit in silence for a few minutes, my nerves calm and my energy renews.

Poetry supports my practice by writing what I am seeing or feeling in the moment. Articulating what’s happening all around me or within myself allows me to connect to it more. Plus, later I reread what I wrote, then I gain a deeper understanding of it.

With all things, including my spiritual life, I feel when I take a step forward; I take two steps back. You may have noticed the back step in part 2 and part 3 of my book. While I want to push forward, stepping back is a part of my process. The pull back into old patterns is frustrating and an opportunity to change by choosing to avoid the negative self-talk and show self-compassion. Self-love has been the greatest gift of this journey. The more I treat myself with loving kindness, the better I show up for myself and my family.

Eckhart’s book was one element of the catalyst that combined at a pivotal moment in my life where I was open to listen. Since then, I have practiced presence, meditation, writing, and self-love to further my spiritual growth. Everyone has their own spiritual journey. This is mine and I hope you found my answer helpful.
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What books are on your summer reading list this year?

Cynthia L. Schaefer Since we are in February I'm going to give you a list of books that are on my list for this year. Devotions by Mary Oliver, Rumi's Little Book of Life…moreSince we are in February I'm going to give you a list of books that are on my list for this year. Devotions by Mary Oliver, Rumi's Little Book of Life, Watery Through the Gaps by Emma Blas, Self-Compassion by Kristin Neff, The Dance of Anger by Harriet Lerner, and Play by Stuart Brown, MD. Plus the ones I am currently reading like Writing Down the Bones by Natalie Goldberg. That should keep me busy for awhile. (less)

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“Sometimes you wake up. Sometimes the fall kills you. And sometimes, when you fall, you fly.”
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“And, when you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.”
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“Let us begin this letter, this prelude to an encounter, formally, as a declaration, in the old-fashioned way: I love you. You do not know me (although you have seen me, smiled at me). I know you (although not so well as I would like. I want to be there when your eyes flutter open in the morning, and you see me, and you smile. Surely this would be paradise enough?). So I do declare myself to you now, with pen set to paper. I declare it again: I love you.”
― Neil Gaiman

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No pretensions: just poetry. Stop by, recommend books, offer up poems (excerpted), tempt us, taunt us, tell us what to read and where to go (to read No pretensions: just poetry. Stop by, recommend books, offer up poems (excerpted), tempt us, taunt us, tell us what to read and where to go (to read it!) Goodreads honors wordsmiths: poets and poetry promoted and prompted here. ~~~ "Poetry is the synthesis of hyacinths and biscuits." -- Carl Sandburg “God has a brown voice, as soft and full as beer.” —Anne Sexton On Clouds – “…what primitive tastes the ancients must have had if their poets were inspired by those absurd, untidy clumps of mist, idiotically jostling one another about…” —Yevgeny Zamyatin “If the poet wants to be a poet, the poet must force the poet to revise. If the poet doesn’t wish to revise, let the poet abandon poetry and take up stamp-collecting or real estate.” —Donald Hall “Poetry is a rich, full-bodied whistle, cracked ice crunching in pails, the night that numbs the leaf, the duel of two nightingales, the sweet pea that has run wild, Creation’s tears in shoulder blades.” —Boris Pasternak “Wanted: a needle swift enough to sew this poem into a blanket.” —Charles Simic “Language is a cracked kettle on which we beat out tunes for bears to dance to, while all the time we long to move the stars to pity.” —Gustave Flaubert “Poetry is not an expression of the party line. It’s that time of night, lying in bed, thinking what you really think, making the private world public, that’s what the poet does.” —Allen Ginsberg. ~~~~~ Amy King, Moderator Amy King is the recipient of the 2015 Winner of the WNBA Award (Women’s National Book Association). Her latest collection, The Missing Museum, is a winner of the 2015 Tarpaulin Sky Book Prize. She serves on the executive board of VIDA: Women in Literary Arts and is co-editing with Heidi Lynn Staples the anthology, Big Energy Poets of the Anthropocene: When Ecopoets Think Climate Change. She is also co-editing the anthology, Bettering American Poetry 2015, and is an Associate Professor of Creative Writing at SUNY Nassau Community College. ...more