If we knew for SURE:
That this life we're living is a game, or a classroom;
A fleeting experience, a gift from the Source of Being,
And just a precourser to our ultimate reunion with Oneness...
Would it change the way we appreciate our lives?
Sunday, January 31, 2010
Saturday, January 30, 2010
One Little Thing
Today's Happy Thought:
We live in a multi-verse full of synchronicity, in which our approach to life largely creates our outcome. In this way, life can be seen as a privilege, an opportunity for us to express, serve and experience.
We live in a multi-verse full of synchronicity, in which our approach to life largely creates our outcome. In this way, life can be seen as a privilege, an opportunity for us to express, serve and experience.
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Playing All-Out
I do this...my friends do this. I hope you do this, too!
"Nobody ever gets the best of you if you're doing something for love.
And if you're not doing it for love, you'd be better off finding something that you could do for love. Because you're not growing unless you're doing something for God.
If you're not doing something for God - if you're not doing it for the highest principle, then there's no point in doing it. You're just getting by. And mastership is anything except getting by. You do everything until it sings.
And why? Because you want to. You love to."
-- Sri Harold Klemp, What is Spiritual Freedom? pp.143-144
"Nobody ever gets the best of you if you're doing something for love.
And if you're not doing it for love, you'd be better off finding something that you could do for love. Because you're not growing unless you're doing something for God.
If you're not doing something for God - if you're not doing it for the highest principle, then there's no point in doing it. You're just getting by. And mastership is anything except getting by. You do everything until it sings.
And why? Because you want to. You love to."
-- Sri Harold Klemp, What is Spiritual Freedom? pp.143-144
Monday, January 25, 2010
Global Concerts for Peace
I love it when people mix consciousness, peace and music! It's just such a potent combination.
Enjoy the beautiful video trailer for Project-Peace on Earth, which is due in 2010. Their literature says, optimistically, "Peace has begun."
Its transformative aims center around the precept that "sound is the basis of form," and the filmmakers go on to describe the workings of string theory.
It is a set of concerts staged by leading musicians at sacred spots around the earth: Egypt's Great Pyramids, England’s Stonehenge, Australia's Ayers Rock, Peru's Inca Pyramids, Japan's Mount Fuji, and California's Mount Shasta. It includes a concert tour bus "Crisscrossing the nation."
You can go to their website to learn what they are up to today. The entire endeavor is to raise funds for practical, immediate aid for children around the world: Food, shelter, safety, health and education.
The video footage includes inspirational ideas from luminaries as diverse as Casey Kasem, Deepak Chopra and Jack Canfield. And as you look into the eyes of the children and ordinary people/mystics from around the world, I think you'll agree that enlightenment, for oneself and for the planet, isn't that impossible a dream, at all...
Enjoy the beautiful video trailer for Project-Peace on Earth, which is due in 2010. Their literature says, optimistically, "Peace has begun."
Its transformative aims center around the precept that "sound is the basis of form," and the filmmakers go on to describe the workings of string theory.
It is a set of concerts staged by leading musicians at sacred spots around the earth: Egypt's Great Pyramids, England’s Stonehenge, Australia's Ayers Rock, Peru's Inca Pyramids, Japan's Mount Fuji, and California's Mount Shasta. It includes a concert tour bus "Crisscrossing the nation."
You can go to their website to learn what they are up to today. The entire endeavor is to raise funds for practical, immediate aid for children around the world: Food, shelter, safety, health and education.
The video footage includes inspirational ideas from luminaries as diverse as Casey Kasem, Deepak Chopra and Jack Canfield. And as you look into the eyes of the children and ordinary people/mystics from around the world, I think you'll agree that enlightenment, for oneself and for the planet, isn't that impossible a dream, at all...
Sunday, January 24, 2010
A Spiritual Conspiracy
This poem was given to me in third-generation xeroxed form by a girlfriend who showed up at our Goddess get-together. I didn't expect to see it so widely represented in the blogosphere! A wonderful example of an underground phenomenon, and it seemed to articulate an activity that so many of us already feel we are creating. Peace and Earth stewardship needs the lovers as well as the warriors!
By ~ Author Appropriately Unknown
A SPIRITUAL "CONSPIRACY"
On the surface of our world right now
There is war, violence, and craziness
And things may seem dark.
But calmly and quietly
At the same time
Something is happening underground.
An inner revolution is taking place
And certain individuals
Are being called to a higher light.
It is a silent revolution
From the inside out
From the ground up.
This is a global co-operation
That has sleeper cells in every nation.
It is a planetary Spiritual Conspiracy.
You won't likely see us on T.V.
You won't read about us in the newspaper.
You won't hear from us on the radio.
We don't seek glory.
We don't wear any uniform.
We come in all shapes and sizes, colors and styles.
We are in every country and culture of the world
In cities big and small, mountains and valleys
In farms and villages, tribes and remote islands.
Most of us work anonymously
Seeking not recognition of name
But profound transformation of life.
Working quietly behind the scenes
You could pass by one of us on the street
And not even notice.
We go undercover
Not concerned for who takes the final credit
But simply that the work gets done.
Many of us may seem to have normal jobs.
But behind the external storefront
Is where the deeper work takes a place.
With the individual and collective power
Of our minds and hearts
We spread passion, knowledge, and joy to all.
Some call us the Conscious Army
As together
We co-create a new world.
Our orders come from the Spiritual Intelligence Agency
Instructing us to drop soft, secret love bombs
when no one is looking.
Poems ~ Hugs ~ Music ~ Photography ~ Smiles ~ Kind words
Movies ~ Meditation and prayer ~ Dance ~ Websites
Social activism ~ Blogs ~ Random acts of kindness…
We each express ourselves
In our own unique ways
With our own unique gifts and talents.
"Be the change you want to see in the world"
That is the motto that fills our hearts.
We know this is the path to profound transformation.
We know that quietly and humbly
Individually and collectively
We have the power of all the oceans combined.
At first glance our work is not even visible.
It is slow and meticulous
Like the formation of mountains.
And yet with our combined efforts
Entire tectonic plates
Are being shaped and moved for centuries to come.
Love is the religion we come to share
And you don't need to be highly educated
Or have exceptional knowledge to understand it.
Love arises from the intelligence of the heart
Embedded in the timeless evolutionary pulse
Of all living beings.
Be the change you want to see in the world.
Nobody else can do it for you.
Yet don't forget, we are all here supporting you.
We are now recruiting.
Perhaps you will join us
Or already have.
For in this spiritual conspiracy
All are welcome, and all are loved.
The door is always open.
~ Author Appropriately Unknown
By ~ Author Appropriately Unknown
A SPIRITUAL "CONSPIRACY"
On the surface of our world right now
There is war, violence, and craziness
And things may seem dark.
But calmly and quietly
At the same time
Something is happening underground.
An inner revolution is taking place
And certain individuals
Are being called to a higher light.
It is a silent revolution
From the inside out
From the ground up.
This is a global co-operation
That has sleeper cells in every nation.
It is a planetary Spiritual Conspiracy.
You won't likely see us on T.V.
You won't read about us in the newspaper.
You won't hear from us on the radio.
We don't seek glory.
We don't wear any uniform.
We come in all shapes and sizes, colors and styles.
We are in every country and culture of the world
In cities big and small, mountains and valleys
In farms and villages, tribes and remote islands.
Most of us work anonymously
Seeking not recognition of name
But profound transformation of life.
Working quietly behind the scenes
You could pass by one of us on the street
And not even notice.
We go undercover
Not concerned for who takes the final credit
But simply that the work gets done.
Many of us may seem to have normal jobs.
But behind the external storefront
Is where the deeper work takes a place.
With the individual and collective power
Of our minds and hearts
We spread passion, knowledge, and joy to all.
Some call us the Conscious Army
As together
We co-create a new world.
Our orders come from the Spiritual Intelligence Agency
Instructing us to drop soft, secret love bombs
when no one is looking.
Poems ~ Hugs ~ Music ~ Photography ~ Smiles ~ Kind words
Movies ~ Meditation and prayer ~ Dance ~ Websites
Social activism ~ Blogs ~ Random acts of kindness…
We each express ourselves
In our own unique ways
With our own unique gifts and talents.
"Be the change you want to see in the world"
That is the motto that fills our hearts.
We know this is the path to profound transformation.
We know that quietly and humbly
Individually and collectively
We have the power of all the oceans combined.
At first glance our work is not even visible.
It is slow and meticulous
Like the formation of mountains.
And yet with our combined efforts
Entire tectonic plates
Are being shaped and moved for centuries to come.
Love is the religion we come to share
And you don't need to be highly educated
Or have exceptional knowledge to understand it.
Love arises from the intelligence of the heart
Embedded in the timeless evolutionary pulse
Of all living beings.
Be the change you want to see in the world.
Nobody else can do it for you.
Yet don't forget, we are all here supporting you.
We are now recruiting.
Perhaps you will join us
Or already have.
For in this spiritual conspiracy
All are welcome, and all are loved.
The door is always open.
~ Author Appropriately Unknown
Saturday, January 23, 2010
Authenticity: Staying Current With Yourself
Staying current with oneself means being clear in one's feelings and with one's communications. We tend to censor ourselves and leave so much unsaid. This causes a backlog of unresolved emotions and pulls us out of the moment. Then, we wonder when (and even if) we will ever get to see life working in our favor again. We risk having a state of "reversal" unless we can stay as current as possible with our true feelings, even if we can't always share them all with others.
Relationship Coach Rori Raye wrote this simple but brilliant essay:
How to love your feelings and stop pretending
TO LOVE YOUR FEELINGS, try this simple first step:
When something's bothering you - anything -
something someone did or something that happened,
no matter how small it seems to your brain, STOP.
Notice that your head is running a bunch of
thoughts, and notice that your insides are being
pulled in different directions.
One of the directions might be your head
spinning and spinning about what happened.
One of the directions might be the awful
feeling in the pit of your stomach that got
"triggered" by what happened.
Whatever thoughts and feelings you notice -
choose the one that's in your body instead of the
one that's in your head.
You may be tempted to keep getting pulled into
your head - after all, it's used to spinning
around thoughts and things.
That's okay. Don't argue with your thoughts or
beat yourself up for having them.
Just locate whatever you notice that's in your
body. A stuck place around your heart, or a
tenseness in your shoulder, or a nauseous feeling
in your stomach.
Then, just simply, say to yourself - I Love My
Feelings.
You may be tempted to judge them - to tell
yourself your feelings are foolish or silly, and
that you need to be more positive or straighten up.
For now, just say, over and over - I Love My
Feelings.
What you'll feel, the moment you say that to
yourself - and mean it as much as you can - is a
second or two of relief. You'll feel something
relax.
And that's great! That's all you need.
Try this in bits and pieces throughout the day.
Just say to yourself I Love My Feelings - and
let me know how it works for you!
Relationship Coach Rori Raye wrote this simple but brilliant essay:
How to love your feelings and stop pretending
TO LOVE YOUR FEELINGS, try this simple first step:
When something's bothering you - anything -
something someone did or something that happened,
no matter how small it seems to your brain, STOP.
Notice that your head is running a bunch of
thoughts, and notice that your insides are being
pulled in different directions.
One of the directions might be your head
spinning and spinning about what happened.
One of the directions might be the awful
feeling in the pit of your stomach that got
"triggered" by what happened.
Whatever thoughts and feelings you notice -
choose the one that's in your body instead of the
one that's in your head.
You may be tempted to keep getting pulled into
your head - after all, it's used to spinning
around thoughts and things.
That's okay. Don't argue with your thoughts or
beat yourself up for having them.
Just locate whatever you notice that's in your
body. A stuck place around your heart, or a
tenseness in your shoulder, or a nauseous feeling
in your stomach.
Then, just simply, say to yourself - I Love My
Feelings.
You may be tempted to judge them - to tell
yourself your feelings are foolish or silly, and
that you need to be more positive or straighten up.
For now, just say, over and over - I Love My
Feelings.
What you'll feel, the moment you say that to
yourself - and mean it as much as you can - is a
second or two of relief. You'll feel something
relax.
And that's great! That's all you need.
Try this in bits and pieces throughout the day.
Just say to yourself I Love My Feelings - and
let me know how it works for you!
Friday, January 22, 2010
Invictus: The Poem That Gave Mandela Strength
Sometimes a poem can be a really useful tool, something to remember and hold on to, a gift from one striving soul to another.
This poem was a pivotal part of the recently released film, Invictus, in which Nelson Mandela shares that it had inspired him during his 27 years in prison, helping him to "stand when all he wanted to do was lie down".
Thanks to Angelique Goodwin for posting this on Facebook today!
(from www.poemhunter.com)
***
Invictus
Out of the night that covers me,
Black as the Pit from pole to pole,
I thank whatever gods may be
For my unconquerable soul.
In the fell clutch of circumstance
I have not winced nor cried aloud.
Under the bludgeonings of chance
My head is bloody, but unbowed.
Beyond this place of wrath and tears
Looms but the Horror of the shade,
And yet the menace of the years
Finds, and shall find, me unafraid.
It matters not how strait the gate,
How charged with punishments the scroll.
I am the master of my fate:
I am the captain of my soul.
William Ernest Henley
Entertainment Tonight wrote:
Morgan Freeman is excited to hop on the plane next week and share 'Invictus' with "Madiba," Nelson Mandela's nickname in South Africa. ET was with the cast on American soil Thursday night for the Los Angeles premiere of the film.
The newly crowned Best Actor by the National Board of Review said of screening the film for Mandela, "He's special and if we can do this for him, that'll be more than special."
Though director Clint Eastwood "will let the younger guy…like Morgan" make the long trip to South Africa, he did say the Oscar-winning actor "was born to play Nelson Mandela, so that should be no surprise that he's doing it and he really is quite splendid in it."
This poem was a pivotal part of the recently released film, Invictus, in which Nelson Mandela shares that it had inspired him during his 27 years in prison, helping him to "stand when all he wanted to do was lie down".
Thanks to Angelique Goodwin for posting this on Facebook today!
(from www.poemhunter.com)
***
Invictus
Out of the night that covers me,
Black as the Pit from pole to pole,
I thank whatever gods may be
For my unconquerable soul.
In the fell clutch of circumstance
I have not winced nor cried aloud.
Under the bludgeonings of chance
My head is bloody, but unbowed.
Beyond this place of wrath and tears
Looms but the Horror of the shade,
And yet the menace of the years
Finds, and shall find, me unafraid.
It matters not how strait the gate,
How charged with punishments the scroll.
I am the master of my fate:
I am the captain of my soul.
William Ernest Henley
Entertainment Tonight wrote:
Morgan Freeman is excited to hop on the plane next week and share 'Invictus' with "Madiba," Nelson Mandela's nickname in South Africa. ET was with the cast on American soil Thursday night for the Los Angeles premiere of the film.
The newly crowned Best Actor by the National Board of Review said of screening the film for Mandela, "He's special and if we can do this for him, that'll be more than special."
Though director Clint Eastwood "will let the younger guy…like Morgan" make the long trip to South Africa, he did say the Oscar-winning actor "was born to play Nelson Mandela, so that should be no surprise that he's doing it and he really is quite splendid in it."
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