Posts Tagged "life"
Your purpose….
Your purpose on earth is to take any and all appearances of fear, lack, and limitation, and demonstrate to yourself and others that none of them have reality or power over you. —– Seek life. Feel life. Know life. Live life. Love life. Give life. Be life. —– What you condemn you continue. Focus on where you want to go rather than what you want to get away...
Read MoreMeditation
Meditation is not something different from daily life, do not go off into the corner of a room and meditate for ten minutes, then come out of it and be a butcher-both metaphorically and actually. Meditation is part of life, not something different from life. Meditation is one of the greatest arts in life-perhaps the greatest, and one cannot possibly learn it from anybody. That is the beauty of...
Read MoreWalk on
Good morning Grandfather I entered this life a ways back And put skin on to walk two-legged On this creation And what a glorious time it was It taught me about breath And about sense and feeling And caring through my heart And I walked on Around that red road Looking and trying to understand more About the Mystery And the secrets she holds And you spoke to me Through the wind And you sang to...
Read MoreTaoist prayer
All we need is the morning. As long as there is sunrise, then there is the possibility that we can face all of our misfortunes, celebrate all our blessings, and live all our endeavors as human beings. Spirituality is something that has become necessary in these troubled times. Yet it is inherently superfluous. We need it to remind ourselves, to bolster ourselves, to integrate ourselves, to...
Read MoreLetting it Go
“By letting it go it all gets done. The world is won by those who let it go. But when you try and try, the world is beyond the winning.” — Lao Tzu “If you let go a little, you will have a little peace. If you let go a lot, you will have a lot of peace.” — Ajahn Chah We must let go of the life we have planned, so as to accept the one that is waiting for us. —...
Read MoreFirst Lesson
Lie back daughter, let your head be tipped back in the cup of my hand. Gently, and I will hold you. Spread your arms wide, lie out on the stream and look high at the gulls. A dead-man’s float is face down. You will dive and swim soon enough where this tidewater ebbs to the sea. Daughter, believe me, when you tire on the long thrash to your island, lie up, and survive. As you float now,...
Read MoreSea Glass
I want to age like sea glass. Smoothed by tides, but not broken I want my hard edges to soften. I want to ride the waves and go with the flow. I want to catch a wave and let it carry me to where I belong I want to be picked up and held gently by those who delight in my well earned patina and appreciate the changes I went through to achieve that beauty. I want to enjoy the journey and always...
Read MoreLuminous tease
Change yourself in the way you want everyone else to change Love your enemies in case your friends turn out to be jerks Avoid thinking about winning the lottery while making love Brainwash yourself before someone nasty beats you to it Confess big secrets to people who aren’t very interested Write a love letter to your evil twin during a lunar eclipse Fool the tricky red beasts guarding the...
Read MoreShadow Blessings
Life is a vast and intricate conspiracy that’s guaranteed to keep you well supplied with blessings. What kind of blessings? Ten million dollars, a gorgeous physique, a perfect marriage, a luxurious home, and high status? Maybe. But it’s just as likely that the blessings will be interesting surprises, dizzying adventures, gifts you hardly know what to do with, and conundrums that dare...
Read MoreDaily Reminder
Focused Life force Energy
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