Cabbage White Butterfly (Pieris rapae) drinks nectar from onion weed.
How often do we dismiss the ‘little things’, especially if they are common? In our busy lives, we often forget to ‘stop and to smell the flowers’. It’s a shame, because there is so much intricate and delicate beauty in the smallest life, and this vulnerability deserves respect!
I went for a walk along a local creek, and found a shady spot to listen to bird and insect choruses. It was here, that I watched this butterfly dance and feed upon the flowers. It was such simple delight! 🙂 ❤
At night, when the sea cradles the womb of the land.
At night, when the sea cradles the womb of the land,
rippling liquid rainbows upon the sand,
I lie back on the dunes and look up at the moon,
moving from horizon to its zenith all too soon.
I hear the hush of the sea, its murmurs and swells,
and hear its rumbling, moving waves crashing like bells.
I feel the earth pulsing beneath me,
I feel the sea moving within me,
As I watch the stars above twinkle,
in a space-time distorted wrinkle,
Upon our Galactic home, Earth,
She is our hearth!
When all the stars are sown, across the night-blue space, With the immense unknown, in silence face to face.
We stand in speechless awe, while Beauty marches by, And wonder at the Law, Which wears such majesty. Bliss Carman
Drink deeply into the cosmic night sky, and feel the abundance, gratitude, attunement and divine love of the universe entering your heart. Be still and feel the music transport your soul and fly among the stars!
This video includes beautiful photos of the milky way, the starry night sky, the moon, and our closest star, the sun, which brings us life! It is a celebration of our place in the cosmos!
Thank you for listening and watching. Blessings to you, Bridget 🙂 ❤
Bottom line economics and business as usual is not the answer, it is the problem!
If we can learn anything from this Covid-19 Pandemic, it is that ‘business as usual’ is destroying this planet!
We must redefine our values, and recognize and prioritize what is truly valuable for life!
It is wonderful to note that pollution is right down, and that nature is fighting back. We can see the Himalayas for the first time in decades; noise pollution is down 40% and birds and animals are coming back! :).
We are being given a ‘ GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY’ to re- evaluate what is truly valuable: family, community, healthy environments, clean water, fresh air, biosphere, LIFE!
Now is the time, for us to come together and plan a new future! We can re-orientate our way of doing things for the benefit of the whole, instead of the few, and the ‘bottom line’!
Do we care enough for the planet and each other, to UNITE and make a better and healthier world?
To know what is truly valuable, and to prioritize those values, thereby creating new systems, where we put healing the Earth number 1! We can also heal ourselves, our families, our communities, each other.
We can each play our role to lessen ‘human garbage pollution’ and to create happier and healthier lifestyles; where we SLOW DOWN long enough, to smell the flowers, to watch the sunsets, and enjoy life more.
The way to the SOLUTION.
Instead of asking how much can we get? Ask, how much do we truly need? ❤
HAPPY AUSTRALIA DAY? I say this with mixed feelings, and really feel that we should change the date, for to the First Nations Aboriginal peoples of Australia, that have lived here continuously for over 70,000 years,Australia Day, is not a day to celebrate! Many call it Invasion Day for obvious reasons, except for a mob in South Australia who call it Survival Day, a day that acknowledges and reinforces the present and future of aboriginal culture, despite the negative effects of colonisation. I like the name Survival Day better!
Please read: Australian dig finds evidence of Aboriginal habitation up to 80,000 years ago
Although aboriginal people were the first custodians of Australia, they were not treated so :(.
Aboriginal people had their land taken from them, many of them were killed, and they were not even considered people until 1967, when aboriginal people were given the right to vote and were granted citizenship!
Why Australia Day? Australia Day, is the official National Day of Australia. Celebrated annually on 26 January, it marks the anniversary of the 1788 arrival of the First Fleet of British ships at Port Jackson, New South Wales, and the raising of the Flag of Great Britain at Sydney Cove by Governor Arthur Phillip.
Captain Cook raising the Union Flag on Possession Island on 22 August 1770, by John Alexander Gilfillan. Wikimedia
To celebrate a Nation on the basis of raising a flag, to denote ownership of the continent by the British, ownership which was not theirs to take, was simply part of British imperialism, a slap in the face to the original and current occupants of the land, some who have been here for at least 70,000 or even up to 80,000 years! No wonder it is otherwise known as Invasion Day!
To sell land, and own it as we know it today, was/is not part of Aboriginal culture or values. Aboriginal people respect/ed their country and treat/ed it as a Mother, who gives/gave them their home! They used the land along different territorial/country borders, which often overlapped, and were often Matrilineal. There were over 500 different aboriginal nations, many with distinctive cultures, beliefs and languages.
First Nations Map/ Indigenous Australia. Know the language, know the land
Aboriginal people have a spiritual relationship to the land, therefore honored their relationship with the land, lived as best they could within nature’s natural cycles, never taking more than they needed, and thereby keeping the balance.
For, the British, to stake an imperial claim, stating that they were the first one’s on Australia, which was called Terra Nullius, at the time, because people believed that no one lived there; and to deny the existence of people when they arrived, not even calling them people, but just part of the wildlife, is total arrogance, ignorance and plain right nasty!
Long before European explorers made contact with the Aborigines, the Aborigines of northern Australia had contacts with the Indonesian, Malay and Macassan fishermen who came in search of trade, of trepang (bêche-de-mer, a large edible sea cucumber) and tortoise-shell.
Also, the Dutch had been exploring the Northern Coastline of Australia, and made a brief settlement there, at least 170 years earlier.
To celebrate Invasion Day, is like having Hitler’s Birthday as Holocaust memorial day!
Invasion Day 2020 Brisbane. Seven to eight thousand march.
And, now it seems that our right wing government don’t even recognise aboriginal people as Australians, according to a current online citizenship test. The question asks, ‘”From what country did aboriginal people come to Australia by boat from?” This sounds to me as though they are trying to equate aboriginal people, as refugee boat people!
The answer according to our latest Science, is Indonesia/Sumatra, post Mount Toba eruption, 76,000 years ago, and some artefacts made by aborigines found in Kakadu date possibly as old as 80,000 years! First waves of people may have come to Australia, even prior to Mount Toba eruption!
Aboriginal elders in the far north of Northern Territory have stories and have pictographs of Yingana, Creation Mother, carrying lots of dilly bags full of babies, painted by their ancestors. Yingana, is believed to be the first female ancestor who landed upon Australia from the North, thus aboriginal people have been here a long, long, time…
Yingana, Creation Mother, carrying lots of dilly bags full of babies, painted by the aboriginal people of Australia. She is believed to be the first female ancestor who landed upon Australia from the North, approximately 70,000 years ago, post Mount Toga eruption, Sumatra/Indonesia. Pictograph, c. 20,000 BCE. Gunbalanya, NT, Australia.
Aboriginal people made the most of this harsh land, lived as best as they could in harmony with this land, knew its seasons, its medicines, where all the waterholes were, they knew the secrets of this land. They have a spiritual relationship with this land, and they are still here!
Why do we still have this flag? Why are we still connected with Britain? Why don’t we recognize the original occupants of Australia?
Isn’t it time we had Treaty? Isn’t it time we respected the vast knowledge and wisdom of the original long term inhabitants of this land? Isn’t it time we changed the date? It has been celebrated on other days before, why not now, so that we can have a happier Australia Day?
My proposal for the New Australian Flag
First of all we need to get rid of the Union Jack, as Britain did not treat colonists well either, and Australia has no links with the British parliament anymore.
To have a combination of the Australian aboriginal flag (which would unite us under aboriginal values of respect and spiritual connection to the land and would acknowledge our First Nations people as the original custodians of Australia), with the Southern Cross (“Eagle’s foot”) and its pointers, both Alpha Centauri and Beta Centauri (“Eagle’s Club”), as it actually is, would value and respect aboriginal people’s cosmology.
The Southern Cross constellation and its pointers, would also represent all the different people who live here in Australia under Southern Skies!
It would also represent our ‘cosmic origins’ as as we are made up of the elements of stars!
When Captain Cook first asked the Australian aborigines where they were from, they pointed up at the stars!
At heart, we should aim for Collaboration and Unity, for separateness does not create harmony, identity, nor shared goals nor dreams!
“Blackfella, whitefella, It doesn’t matter what your colour As long as you a real fella As long as you a true fella…” Warumpi Band
And, let’s get this fact straight! The 26 January 1788 was not when Australia was formed. That happened when Australia became a Federation in 1901, and even more true to the original people of this land, it could be on the anniversary of Terra Nullius being overturned by the Mabo decision in 1992!
There are so many possible better days to celebrate, without the grief of remembering the Imperialist British using Australia as a penal colony for their prisoners- many whom were imprisoned for stealing bread, because they were poor and hungry- and as cover for their denial of the sins and the long suffering genocide (and abuse) of the First peoples of Australia, the Australian Aborigines.
Let’s celebrate our First Nations peoples SURVIVAL!
And, if we are to still have a public holiday on 26 January, then we should celebrate it for the Rum Rebellion of 1808, which was the only successful armed takeover of government in Australian history. We need more of this thinking, with our corrupt government. Power to the people!
I don’t think it would be very difficult to make another National public holiday, one in which celebrates and recognises the diversity of our First Nations People, and all people that live here in Australia! 🙂
Together, hopefully, there will be more emphasis on collaboration rather than competition in culture at large in the future, as that really seems the best way to survive in the long run, and the way things are in so many areas we really do need to get our collective act together!
Yet, we must put First Nations people at the heart of our Australian identity! Treaty will bring the ‘bridging of heart’ that is needed here, in order for Australia to go forward with pride and true National Identity, celebrating the original peoples of this land and the diversity of all who live in Australia and call Australia home.
These facts are for certain, Australia is the oldest continent in the World, with rocks and minerals up to 4.4 billion years old; and has the oldest living culture, the Aboriginal people of Australia, on this planet! This is certainly something to be proud of and needs to be celebrated!
” Australians let us all be one with peace and harmony.
Our precious water, soil and sun grant life for you and me.
Our land abounds in nature’s gifts to love, respect and share.
And, honouring the Dreaming, Advance Australia Fair.
Australia, let us stand as one, upon this sacred land.
A new day dawns, we’re moving to trust and understand…..”
The lyrics for this revised anthem were written by Judith Durham, Kutcha Edwards, Lou Bennett, Camilla Chance and Bill Hauritz. In this video clip it is performed by Kutcha Edwards during the KAGE Team of Life theatre production.
“The first fall of snow is not an event, it is a magical event.” J.B Priestley
This is my latest meditation video, First Snow. As someone who hasn’t experienced snow very often ( I was caught in a blizzard on top of Mount Wellington, Hobart, Tasmania, once, and I have seen in on top of mountains in NZ, Himalayas and in the Alps), it was very magical for me.
I was staying in a small cabin in the mountains of Northern Norway, and this was the first snow for the season. If you listen carefully, you can hear some bird song, the wind, and the falling snow. Please sit back and relax to the rhythm of falling snow and the inspiring music. I hope you enjoy!
“Letting go isn’t a one- time thing, it’s something that you have to do everyday, over and over again.” Dawson’s Creek.
Emergence by Bridget Cameron
I’ve been getting rid of clutter from my life, letting go of unnecessary things that only weigh me down. It is something that I like to do as frequently as I can. Each time I let go of things, I feel lighter and more focused upon the things that I really enjoy doing.
Sometimes even, I find lost treasures, things that I had forgotten about. Today, I discovered this painting of mine, that has been hiding in the shadows collecting cobwebs, and it filled me with such joy, that I’ve hung it in my bedroom!
It’s quite fitting that it is a newly emerged butterfly, the symbol of freedom! 🙂 ❤
“To succeed it is necessary to accept the world as it is and rise above it.” Michael Korda
I am always impressed by the sheer size of a pelican and how it can muster the strength to take off and fly. Despite its large size, they are deceptively light. This makes them buoyant and they float effortlessly on the water. And although, they may, at times, have trouble taking off from the water’s surface, they persevere, not allowing themselves to get bogged down in the water :).
“Gently close your eyes and feel your phosphenes, when none is there to feel you.” Naren Yousuf
I’m in my mental laboratory creating magic. You know when you close and rub your eyes and you see beautiful patterns and colours that morph; that is what I have tried to emulate.
What causes these patterns? Phosphenes are the moving visual sensations of stars and patterns we see when we close our eyes. They are thought to be caused by the inherent electrical charges the retina produces even when it is in its “resting state” and not taking in a ton of information and light like it does when our eyes are open.
I just love the multiple patterns and colours phosphenes produce, with a a little help from our imaginations .
“The greatness of a nation can be judged by the way its animals are treated.” Mahatma Gandhi
2018, is officially the Year of the Bird, and this week 22-28 October is also National Bird Week here and in other countries too, so I’ve written this poem to respect and protect birds! 🙂 ❤
Yellow-tailed black cockatoo couple
Our Bird Friends
Song birds, pretty birds, birds in flight,
Messengers, ambassadors, bringers of light,
The joy within is what you ignite.
They torch the embers in our souls,
As they ascend on thermals and then roll,
Adjusting to what is, within the flow,
In the moment, embracing the highs and the lows,
Reeling and soaring feeling what blows,
Lifting and making our spirits soar and grow.
Birds of colour, birds of light,
Your palette brings us a glorious sight,
Scarlet, orange, yellow, aqua, gold, white,
Black, vermilion, cobalt and purple gleaming bright,
In Iris’s rainbow expression both day and night,
Arching across city and country with wings in flight.
Birds of chatter, birds of song and seer,
You delight and intrigue and bring us cheer,
and remind us of all we hold dear.
Your orchestral melodies, elates our hearts and our ears,
and, invites nature’s symphonies loud and clear,
Together as ONE, singing out across all spheres.
Whether birds are in a tree, that’s nice,
Or on the ground, sea, sky or crevice,
You remind us that you rule the ‘skies’ paradise,
and have a rightful place in our cities, forests, seas and on ice.
So let’s say, “Hip, Hip, Hooray,” thrice.
And, protect you and us before we pay the price.
Translators, communicators, travelers both near and far,
You bring us beauty, joy and sing upon the wind and stars,
I especially enjoyed watching the lunar eclipse, as the atmosphere was really ‘still’ and quiet. This silence pervaded all, as the eclipse slowly unfolded within the night.
Lunar eclipse 28 July 2018, 2:30-5:55 a.m. Adelaide, South Australia
As the moon turned blood red and was in darkness, a kookaburra broke the silence and announced a new dawn, as the moon slowly began to brighten again, and a new day dawned.
“Oh sweet beauty manifest before my eyes, your silence calls me to be still.” Bridget Cameron
Take an island retreat during this Easter break and relax watching birds and gently waving ripples upon a calm soothing lake. Surrender, and listen to the whispering trees…. Happy meditating and blessings to you, Bridget 💝💜💖 🙂
“Tis true without lying, certain and most true. That which is below, is like that which is above, and that which is above is like that which is below.” Isaac Newton
This adage is traditionally attributed to the Emerald Tablets of Hermes Trismegistus.
Australian garden orb weaver spider (Eriophora transmarina) and full moon
I’ve always been fascinated by the symbolism of spiders as master weavers of destinies, and language, and the similarity of stories between different nations. She is often called the mother of language and a great storyteller as she weaves her language upon her loom.
Spider’s web is akin to a mandala, the Sanskrit meaning of mandala is circle. The circle is a symbol of perfection, eternity, unity and completeness, and the mandala is a spiritual and ritual symbol in Hinduism and Buddhism, representing the universe. In Hindu and Buddhist traditions, the centre represents the beginning point of contemplation of and devotion to the divine.
Creating mandalas help the focusing of attention of practitioners and adepts, and as a spiritual guidance tool, for establishing a sacred space, as an aid to meditation and trance induction. In ancient Greek and Roman traditions this central point often signified the self, as it is in Jungian psychology too. It is always at the centre in which we find our calm, and heart- centred sacred space!
Sri Yantra mandala
Spiders have the extraordinary capability of creating, weaving and spinning their own webs. This ability shows and teaches us the gift of creation. We have the power to create what happens in our lives, to us and to others, by the choices we make. Consequently, we create our own reality according to our thoughts, feelings, actions, and reactions, and we make an impact upon the world and universe through our presence.
Existentially, the connection between spider and her web and the cosmos too, is intrinsically and extrinsically linked, as we are all connected through the heartfelt strings of love, the filaments of cosmic web. They help remind us of our inter-connectedness to all life! Spider is thus, the cosmic weaver, in a cosmic web of universal galaxies. Awesome! 🙂 ❤
The entire Universe can be seen as a cosmic web of galaxies
A simulated galactic cluster threaded through with dark matter
Computer models of the cosmic web indicate it is made up of nodes connected by filaments, which look strikingly like the structure of the human brain. Image credit: Flickr/ UCL Mathematical and Physical Sciences/ Andrew Pontzen and Fabio Governato
One is only micrometers wide. The other is billions of light-years across. One Shows neurons in a mouse brain. The other is a simulated image of the universe. Together they suggest the surprisingly similar patterns found in vastly different natural phenomena. DAVID CONSTANTINE
Schilt Publishing and Gallery had a competition, and professional photographers from all over the world sent Schilt Publishing their best photographs of cats. My photo, A moment in time, Gizzy was accepted :). As cats are very sensitive, and sense more than we do, I tried to capture her aura within that moment…
PhotoCat exhibition has been showing for 2 months now at Schilt Publishing and Gallery, Amsterdam, and is now moving to Bloem op Ijburg restaurant, Amsterdam.
PhotoCat Book
The beautiful hard cover book, PhotoCat, is filled with beautiful and humorous photos of cats from around the world. I feel honoured to have one of my photos of my cat Gizzy included within its pages. If anyone wants to buy this gorgeous book, you can buy it here: https://www.amazon.com/PhotoCat-Sacha-Boer/dp/9053308962
What a treat last night! For the first time in 152 years, there was a supermoon,
bluemoon, and a total lunar eclipse :) .
It was overcast for much of the eclipse here in Adelaide, South Australia, and I watched mostly behind veiled clouds, which made the transformation appear more mysterious. From super full moon’s brightest haloed light, to the gradually… darkening and disappearing moon; that then changed into blood red, rusty iron oxide red!
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Slowly, the moon became more orange/yellow and brightened, as the Earth’s shadow leisurely departed, and the eclipse came to a close leaving a bright Supermoon.
I was fortunate in capturing some clear images when the clouds dissipated briefly from time to time. This is what I saw! I hope you enjoy… Did anyone else get to see it? ❤ 🙂
“Your calm mind is the ultimate weapon against your challenges, so relax.” Bryant McGill.
Sit back and relax and take some time for you! Watch ducks and moorhens swim on a crystal clear lake whilst listening to moving water, bird song and relaxing music 🙂 <3.
My first water lily for the season has bloomed in my little garden pond. It is so beautiful, and so is my fish too 🙂 ❤
Charles de meurville water lily and gold fish.
Peace within, creates beauty without…. Be as the water lily, opening to the rising sun, unaffected by the muddy depths of its birth, or even the water that sustains it.
“If we can teach people about wildlife, they will be touched. Share my wildlife with me. Because humans want to save things that they love.” ― Steve Irwin
Echidna under a rainbow
I had the rare privilege of meeting up with an Echidna today, and I felt most honored. She shuffled around me for a long time and she really made my day! 🙂 ❤
“The cave you fear to enter holds the treasure you seek.” Joseph Campbell
“Spiritual life is like living water that springs up from the very depths of our own spiritual experience. In spiritual life everyone has to drink from his or her own well.” St Bernard de Clairvaux
Natural Arch(Bridge) and waterfall, Queensland, Australia.
I had a pair of red-rumped parrots fly up to me today and spend some time with me. I felt most honored. I just love their grace, colours and temperament 🙂 ❤
“Neither fire nor wind, birth nor death, can erase our good deeds.” Buddha.
Please watch my new video and be mesmerized by fire sprites dancing in the fire’s light, and relax to the rhythm of flames and the hypnotic music :).
It’s the perfect meditation for a cold Winter’s night, and the celebration of the fast approaching Winter Solstice( 21st June) here in the Southern Hemisphere. Cheers also to those celebrating the Summer Solstice in the Northern Hemisphere. Blessings to all 🙂 ❤
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Bridget Cameron 
