Saturday, April 30, 2011
Poetry ~
Woods are lovely, dark and deep,
But i have promises to keep,
And miles to go before i sleep,
Miles to go before i sleep....
(as reflected by Robert Frost)
But i have promises to keep,
And miles to go before i sleep,
Miles to go before i sleep....
(as reflected by Robert Frost)
Friday, April 29, 2011
Non-ordinary ~
"Everybody has his/her own possibility of rapture in the experience of life. All s/he has to do is recognize it and then cultivate it and get going with it. I always feel uncomfortable when people speak about ordinary mortals because I've never met an ordinary man, woman, or child."
-Joseph Campbell, my hero
Thursday, April 28, 2011
Love -
☻/ღ˚ •。* ♥ ˚ ˚✰˚ ˛★* 。 ღ˛° 。* °♥ ˚ • ★ *˚ .ღ 。
/▌*˛˚ღ •˚ ˚…just sprinkling a little Love on your page. ~♥~˚ ✰* ★
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Wednesday, April 27, 2011
Ponderance~
"Of all that God has shown me
I can speak just the smallest word,
Not more than a honey bee
Takes on his foot
From an overspilling jar."
—Mechtild of Magdeburg from Women in Praise of the Sacred.
I can speak just the smallest word,
Not more than a honey bee
Takes on his foot
From an overspilling jar."
—Mechtild of Magdeburg from Women in Praise of the Sacred.
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
Creative Visioning~
f you do not see great riches in your imagination, you will never see them in your bank balance.
~ Napoleon Hill
Monday, April 25, 2011
Happy EAster Weekend
joyous spring delights and streams of rebirth
Sunday, April 24, 2011
Ponderance~
I always tell my students not to come out of meditation too quickly. Allow a period of some minutes for the peace of the practice of meditation to infiltrate your life. As my master, Dudjom Rinpoche, said: “Don’t jump up and rush off, but mingle your mindfulness with everyday life. Be like a man who’s fractured his skull, always careful in case someone will touch him.”
Saturday, April 23, 2011
Don't worry - be happy!
Worrying is like a rocking chair, it gives you something to do, but it gets you nowhere.
~Glenn Turner
~Glenn Turner
Friday, April 22, 2011
Humility ~
There are many different feelings which have an influence upon us, and which give a feeling of joy, of exaltation, but there is no sentiment greater or more effective than the feeling of bringing one's faults and weaknesses before God to ask for His pardon. To become conscious of one's shortcomings, to be sorry for them, to repent of them, and to ask His forgiveness in all humility, no ethics, no philosophy can give a greater joy than this. It is the sincere devotee of God who knows best what feeling it is to humble oneself before God. The proud one, ignorant of the greatness of God, of His all-sufficient power, does not know what is this exaltation that raises the soul from earth to heaven. To be really sorry for one's errors is like opening the gates of heaven.
from http://wahiduddin.net/mv2/archives/prayer.htm
from http://wahiduddin.net/mv2/archives/prayer.htm
Thursday, April 21, 2011
Ponderance~
Know that although in the eternal scheme of things you are small, you are also unique and irreplaceable, as are all your fellow humans everywhere in the world.
- Margaret Laurence
Take a deep breath in, let it go...Know that you are loved.
Liberation ...
If all we know of mind is the aspect of mind that dissolves when we die, we will be left with no idea of what continues, no knowledge of the new dimension of the deeper reality of the nature of mind. So it is vital for us all to familiarize ourselves with the nature of mind while we are still alive. Only then will we be prepared for the time when it reveals itself spontaneously and powerfully at the moment of death; be able to recognize it “as naturally,” the teachings say, “as a child running into its mother’s lap”; and by remaining in that state, finally be liberated.
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
Listening ~
"The reason why so few people are agreeable in conversation is that each is thinking more about what he intends to say than about what others are saying, and we never listen when we are eager to speak."
- Francois La Rochefoucauld -
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Ponderance~
Although the results of our actions may not have matured yet, they will inevitably ripen, given the right conditions. Usually we forget what we do, and it is only long afterward that the results catch up with us. By then we are unable to connect them with their causes. “Imagine an eagle,” says Jikmé Lingpa.” It is flying, high in the sky. It casts no shadow. Nothing shows that it is there. Then suddenly it spies its prey, dives, and swoops to the ground. And as it drops, its menacing shadow appears.”
Monday, April 18, 2011
Possibilites ~
It is of great value for you to give your conscious attention to what you specifically want, otherwise you can be swept up by the influence of that which surrounds you. You are bombarded by the stimulation of thought. And so, unless you are setting forth the thought that is important to you, you can be stimulated by another's thought that may or may not be important to you.
~ Abraham
Sunday, April 17, 2011
Love -
According to A Course in Miracles, a "perfect world" already exists in the Mind of God, like an energetic blueprint. Think of your meditations every day as a time when you "download" that imprint, like a file in a computer. The ego doesn't have to design your life....let love do it instead! Every moment we decide, whether consciously or subconsciously, whether to download fear or to download love.
Marianne Williamson
Marianne Williamson
Saturday, April 16, 2011
Ah, Jamaica --
the wondrous island of ONE LOVE!
Friday, April 15, 2011
Possibilites ~
The nature of everything is illusory and ephemeral,
Those with dualistic perception regard suffering as happiness,
Like they who lick the honey from a razor’s edge.
How pitiful are they who cling strongly to concrete reality:
Turn your attention within, my heart friends.
NYOSHUL KHEN RINPOCHE
Those with dualistic perception regard suffering as happiness,
Like they who lick the honey from a razor’s edge.
How pitiful are they who cling strongly to concrete reality:
Turn your attention within, my heart friends.
NYOSHUL KHEN RINPOCHE
Thursday, April 14, 2011
Ponderance~
Man sees what he sees; beyond it he cannot see.
~ Hazrat Inayat Khan
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
Ponderance~
“The divine wind of grace offers you hope and good fortune; it can cure everything. It can grant you an invisible protection, a miraculous healing; it can offer you visions through what I call ‘pure information,’ which is downloaded info that comes to you directly as visions, extrasensory perception, and dreams. Grace can carry you to dimensions and places of learning far beyond anything discovered by human beings before. Grace can grant you clemency for your darkness and liberate you. Grace is pure love, a great gift, the Sacred Healer, but it is one that is poorly understood.”
— Stuart Wilde
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
Vision ~
It is said, 'By the vision of God, their self will become God.' This happens when we come to see God in everybody. We develop goodness in our actions; our words become God's words because we are impressed with all that reflects only goodness and is mirrored around us. Then we become a museum or a picture of goodness. We reflect it from morning till evening, we reflect forgiveness, we reflect tolerance, and we reflect all these lovely qualities. As it is said, 'If my Beloved is in every kind of man, how considerate I ought to be towards all!' The lover is always very careful when he is with his beloved; he becomes thoughtful and tender. ...
Monday, April 11, 2011
GOD ~
Ah! how desirous I was to see the divine Beloved!
It is not the fault of the Beloved that you do not see;
He is before you!
It is the fault of you who recognize Him not.
Everything, whatever you see is nothing else but
The Presence of God!
Saturday, April 09, 2011
Love -
There is no greater teacher of morals than love itself, for the first lesson that one learns from love is, 'I am not, you are.' This is self-denial, self-abnegation, without which we cannot take the first step on love's path. One may claim to be a great lover, to be a great admirer, to be very affectionate, but it all means nothing as long as the thought of self is there, for there is no love. But when the thought of self is removed, then every action, every deed that one performs in life, becomes a virtue.
Friday, April 08, 2011
Mind~
The nature of mind is the background to the whole of life and death like the sky, which enfolds the whole universe in its embrace.
~SOYGAL RINPOCHE
Thursday, April 07, 2011
Death -
When we die we leave everything behind, especially this body we have cherished so much and relied upon so blindly and tried so hard to keep alive. But our minds are no more dependable than our bodies. Just look at your mind for a few minutes.
You will see that it is like a flea, constantly hopping to and fro. You will see that thoughts arise without any reason, without any connection. Swept along by the chaos of every moment, we are the victims of the fickleness of our minds. If this is the only state of consciousness we are familiar with, then to rely on our minds at the moment of death is an absurd gamble.
You will see that it is like a flea, constantly hopping to and fro. You will see that thoughts arise without any reason, without any connection. Swept along by the chaos of every moment, we are the victims of the fickleness of our minds. If this is the only state of consciousness we are familiar with, then to rely on our minds at the moment of death is an absurd gamble.
Wednesday, April 06, 2011
Transformation --
Each challenge is there to guide you toward the desire of your heart
Each problem, always turns into a blessing
Each sorrow leads you to your joy
Each doubt--to your knowing
Each lack--to your abundance
Each debt--to your freedom
Each feeling of hopelessness--to your power
Each cry of pain--to your comfort
Each act of war--to your peace
Each act of anger--to your love
And each journey through darkness--into the light."
Each problem, always turns into a blessing
Each sorrow leads you to your joy
Each doubt--to your knowing
Each lack--to your abundance
Each debt--to your freedom
Each feeling of hopelessness--to your power
Each cry of pain--to your comfort
Each act of war--to your peace
Each act of anger--to your love
And each journey through darkness--into the light."
Tuesday, April 05, 2011
Soul mate
A soulmate is someone who has locks that fit our keys, and keys to fit our locks. When we feel safe enough to open the locks, our truest selves step out and we can be completely and honestly who we are; we can be loved for who we are and not for who we're pretending to be. Each unveils the best part of the other. No matter what else goes wrong around us, with that one person we're safe in our own paradise. Our soulmate is someone who shares our deepest longings, our sense of direction. When we¹re two balloons, and together our direction is up, chances are we've found the right person. Our soulmate is the one who makes life come to life.
Monday, April 04, 2011
Intimacy
I BELIEVE IN THE ROMANCE OF THE UNIVERSE. THE MORE INTIMATE I AM THE MORE EMPOWERED I FEEL.
Sunday, April 03, 2011
Ponderance~
God speaks to everyone, not only to the messengers and teachers. He speaks to the ears of every heart, but it is not every heart which hears it. His voice is louder than the thunder, and His light is clearer than the sun -- if one could only see it, if one could only hear it. In order to see it and in order to hear it man should remove this wall, this barrier which he has made of the self. Then he becomes the flute upon which the divine Player may play the music of Orpheus which can charm even the hearts of stone; then he rises from the cross into the life everlasting.
Saturday, April 02, 2011
Harmony ~
Man creates his own disharmony in his soul and then treats others in the same way; therefore he is not satisfied with his own life, nor is he satisfied with others because he feels that he has a complaint against others, although mostly it is caused by himself. What he gives he receives back, but he never sees that. He always thinks: what the depth of his being yearns for -- love, goodness, righteousness, harmony and peace -- everybody must give to him. But for him when it comes to giving he does not give because he lives in the other life he has created. ...
Friday, April 01, 2011
Quote from the Bhagavad Gita ~
"You grieve for those who should not be grieved for. The wise grieve neither for the living nor the dead. Never at any time was I not, nor thou, nor these princes of men. Nor shall we cease to be hereafter. The unreal has no being. The real never ceases to be."
—Krishna to Arjuna
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