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Sunday, January 30, 2011

towards the big dream ...

The journey toward your big dream changes you. In fact, the journey itself is what prepares you to succeed at what you were born to do. And until you decide to pursue your dream, you are never going to love life the way you were meant to.

- Bruce Wilkinson  

Saturday, January 29, 2011

May his soul rest in peace

Pt.Bhimsen Joshi is no more. In homage I post this song that has never failed to bring tears to my eyes.. and sometimes a shiver through my body.

Thanks to the sweet stranger who had once posted this link as a comment...



 

Saturday soliloquy


Sometimes I have this sudden sharp jab of the desire to go home. It takes a while for the resulting tumbling, clouding emotions to clear and for me to realise that I am swimming outside my comfort zone and the need for comfort beckons. It takes a further effort to see that in this comfort-deprived zone there is opportunity for learning, and of course, growth.

We are somewhat like babies in this respect. Witness the baby, trying to crawl, sit, stand, then trying to walk. Tumbling, falling, crying, and yet, trying again, never giving up. Imagine if the baby had given up after its first fall and just lain there in the comfort of the bed, content to stare at the ceiling. It would never have walked.

And so I overcome the desire for comfort with the desire for growth.

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Dependency on social networking and connectedness is like being a desktop computer, you always need to be plugged in to the electric supply to be able to function.

The laptop on the other hand has its own power supply, you only need to plug it in once in a while to recharge.

Being a laptop is kind of liberating.

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Rootlessness sounds like such a scary word. Maybe for some it really is. For me, however, it is like having wings.

to write or not ...

The secrets that lie beyond the mind are so ethereal, the moment I try to shape them into words, they lose their beauty and become like chaff, the kernel missing, only the shell remaining. It is almost like they have been brought down and somehow debased and to leave them unformed would have been somehow better. I am almost tempted to not give them shape. 

So the dilemma remains ...

Wednesday, January 26, 2011

Today's gems ...

"Each problem has hidden in it an opportunity so powerful that it literally dwarfs the problem. The greatest success stories were created by people who recognized a problem and turned it into an opportunity." Joseph Sugarman


You can't make the same mistake twice...the second time you make it...it's no longer a mistake...it's a choice... ~ FB friend (name withheld)

We cannot be present and run our story-line at the same time. -Pema Chodron

softly, simply strung


To joyfully walk
the path of life -
‘tis but an adventure.

to gratefully accept
what life might bring -
thorn or splendid blossom;

the voice within
to heed and follow -
can Soul ever be wrong?

each shining moment
is not ours to keep -
to live and forever let go;

to merge into
the silence vast -
such stillness and such treasure.

Sunday, January 23, 2011

Did you know?


did you know my love for you keeps me awake at night, lancing my heart with an aching tenderness...

did you know I guard this warm, exuberant flame within my heart with fervent zealousness, refusing to allow it to go out...

did you know that lovers can hear a song that no one else can, because the melody that comes from one’s heart only the other can hear...

did you know that you live within me, formless and nameless, and yet, when your name comes to my lips, it always comes with joy...

did you know that I dwell in your thoughts even when you don’t think of me and when you do think of me you can only call it love...

did you know that this is enough, nothing more is needed, nothing more is sought. I am full...

Universe shouting ...

We are the miracle of force and matter making itself over into imagination and will. Incredible. The Life Force experimenting with forms. You for one. Me for another. The Universe has shouted itself alive. We are one of the shouts. ~ Ray Bradbury

Sunday afternoon insights


Like a master sculptor and skilled surgeon, God chips and moulds, cuts and incises, dismembers, stitches up, breaks and remoulds, allows to bleed, ravages with pain, heals with compassion, handles with infinite tenderness, this imperfect lump of clay, quivering mass of flesh into something worth being proud of, a masterpiece...


I just realised that reality and imagination are just two different perspectives. Reality seems more solid because it seems to be backed up by the senses. But can the senses be relied upon totally? Imagination is more powerful because it is not shackled by the hard rock of reality, and is infinitely free, thus bringing everything into the realm of possibility...


You can understand and accept others only to the extent to which you can understand and accept yourself. Self-knowledge and self-acceptance is primary, everything else will follow...

Acceptance

It’s acceptance itself that transforms difficult to easy, blame to compassion, guilt to forgiveness, condemnation to "isn’t that interesting", etc…. Both are equally true depending on perception and we get to choose which one serves us the best. What a gift. ~ Hal Tipper

Saturday, January 22, 2011

Gem of the day!

Where there is an unwilling heart there are 100 excuses. 
Where there is a willing heart there are 1000 ways.
~ Arlen Price

Friday, January 21, 2011

how true !

true friendship isn't about being there when it's convenient...it's about being there when it's not... :)

(liked this so much, pinched it from FB)

Sunday, January 16, 2011

2 rockers for 2day :)

You can do anything you think you can. This knowledge is literally the gift of the gods, for through it you can solve every human problem. It should make of you an incurable optimist. It is the open door. Your chances of success in any undertaking can always be measured by your belief in yourself. ~ Robert Collier
My experience is that the teachers we need most are the people we’re living with right now. ~ Byron Katie
 (from FB as usual :)

Saturday, January 15, 2011

Mindblowing thought

Rejoice in the way things are. When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you. 

~ Lao Tzu

Thursday, January 13, 2011

Inside out :)

Do not wait for your ship to come in - swim out to it ! That also includes waiting for your perfect relationship, job, happiness or anything else you're waiting for someone else to provide or manifest. True happiness is an inside job that you carry with you regardless of external conditions.

~ Hal Tipper

Wednesday, January 12, 2011

Tao thoughts

------ I found this on the net today -------

"To be whole, let yourself break.
To be straight, let yourself bend.
To be full, let yourself be empty.
To be new, let yourself wear out.
To have everything, give everything up.

Knowing others is a kind of knowledge;
knowing yourself is wisdom.
Conquering others requires strength;
conquering yourself is true power.

To realize that you have enough is true wealth.
Pushing ahead may succeed,
but staying put brings endurance.
Die without perishing, and find the eternal.

To know that you do not know is strength.
Not knowing that you do not know is a sickness.
The cure begins with the recognition of the sickness.

Knowing what is permanent: enlightenment.
Not knowing what is permanent: disaster.
Knowing what is permanent opens the mind.
Open mind, open heart.
Open heart, magnanimity."

Tuesday, January 11, 2011

Quote Of The Day

'We do not "come into" this world; we come out of it, as leaves from a tree. As the ocean "waves", the universe "peoples". Every individual is an expression of the whole realm of nature, a unique action of the total universe.'

~ Alan Watts

Wednesday, January 05, 2011

Infinite Possibilities

Virtually everything in our society tells us, reminds us, and insists that we are limited, aging "creatures", who live lives between luck and fate, in a hard, unforgiving world... and sadly, many of us have believed it. The truth however, and this will likely ring true in your heart of hearts, is that we are INFINITE and POWERFUL... fun loving gladiators of the Universe; Adventurers just being human, with eternity before us, and the power of our thoughts to help shape it.


WE MAKE OUR OWN REALITIES, OUR OWN FATE AND OUR OWN LUCK... that, is how powerful we are... and that is how powerful YOU are. To offset all the contradictory thinking of the masses, YOU NEED TO HEAR THIS KIND OF MESSAGE as often as you have to hear all the others...


This is NOT a motivational audio program. It's more philosophical, and it's aimed at the "Truths of Being"; becoming aware of them, understanding them, and harnessing them. My aim throughout is to remind you of:


* how POWERFUL you are,
* HOW FAR you can reach, and
* how much you DESERVE...


... so that you can begin thriving as the giant you are, in a kingdom where you have indeed been given dominion over all things.


Blood, sweat and tears AREN'T what it takes to see your dreams come true, imagination, belief and expectation are what's needed... then you're drawn into action, circumstances and "coincidences" that make dream manifestation INEVITABLE. This isn't wishful thinking, it's the way things have always been in time and space. You don't need more education, more connections, or more lucky breaks... you just need to understand the principles and concepts that every prophet and messiah has shared since the beginning of time. Principles that have nothing to do with religion, but everything to do with the truth about who we are, why we're here, and the magic at our disposal.


Your dreams are not yours by accident. You have them for a reason, many reasons, not the least of which is to make them come true. Your dreams are what's meant to be... you just have to do your part... but that can be mighty tall order... when you DON'T fully understand what your part is, nor the processes that make dreams come true. With UNDERSTANDING however... you'll find that NOTHING COULD BE EASIER than the way things have always been.


Just look around you today at those who are so-called successes. Are they smarter than you? Are they more deserving than you? Have they paid greater dues than you? NO. NO. NO WAY. Whether through their intelligence, or ignorance, usually the latter but it DOESN'T matter, they're actually living in ways that ENGAGE life's principles so that the Universe begins serving them. The good news about this... is that such people are PROOF that ANYONE ELSE can do the same. But here you'll have an advantage...


YOU'LL UNDERSTAND YOUR SUCCESSES and therefore won't have to live in fear that they could ever be taken away from you.


There is nothing you can't do, nothing you can't have, and nothing you can't be...


* You do have the power,
* You are guided, and
* the Universe IS conspiring on your behalf.


My series outlines dozens of principles that have been around since the beginning of time... principles that are now at play in your own life, whether you know what they are or not, and principles which are ridiculously easy to use. By identifying, understanding and harnessing them... you WILL access the power that literally turns wishes into reality, your wishes.


If someone told you the truth about life, reality and the powers you possessed... would you recognize it as the truth? If someone offered you the keys to the kingdom of your wildest dreams... would you accept them? Is there something in your heart, right now, that's telling you that just maybe, you could use and benefit from these simple recordings? I think there is.

~ product description for 'Infinite Possibilities' by Mike Dooley

Tuesday, January 04, 2011

Insight of the day

I have come to realise that burdening others with my expectations not only enchains them and leads to disappointment for me, it enchains me even more. By not having expectations of people I acknowledge that they have every liberty to be themselves, and not to be the kind of person I want them to be. It is very highly liberating. (And of course highly recommeneded :)

Monday, January 03, 2011

Happy New Year

For the first post of the new year, I offer you a poem and a saying that have introduced themselves to me as very appropriate for this time:

THE LONE TRAIL
The trails of the world be countless, and most of the trails be tried;
You tread on the heels of the many, till you come where the ways divide;
And one lies safe in the sunlight, and the other is dreary and wan,
Yet you look aslant at the Lone Trail, and the Lone Trail lures you on.
And somehow you’re sick of the highway, with its noise and its easy needs,
And you seek the risk of the by-way, and you reck not where it leads.

- Robert W Service from ‘The Happy Vagabond’

and

‘Do not follow where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail’ (Modjeska)