The Heart...

 Martine Barnard

The heart must always come before the instinctive centre.

~O 

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If You Think...

 

If you think you are too small 

to make a difference,

try sleeping with a mosquito.

~His Holiness the Dalai Lama

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This Reminds Me ...

 

This reminds me of how I pick fruit and vegetables 

and in those moments 

I am choosing the ones with the blemishes on them intentionally.

I think they will be tastier in their imperfection. 

They have a story to tell my palate. 

The oddlier shaped the better! 

If they happen to be there in front of me 

I do not push them away with my eyes or hands. 

I honor them and their journey. 

So if I can do that for those edibles 

I can surely do that for myself! 

The beauty in imperfection - 

a gateway to acceptance.

~M

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Much Friction...

 

Much friction seems to come into our lives 

through our false personality, 

that either wants situations, 

people (including ourselves), 

to be different than they are. 

Our soul isn't seeking to change things, 

so much friction will evaporate 

when we live in our essence and experience life as it is,

without trying to change anything.

~J

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Our Union...

Edmund Blair Leighton 

Our Union is like this:

You feel cold

So I reach for a blanket to cover

Our shivering feet.

A hunger comes into your body

So I run to my garden

And start digging potatoes.

You ask for a few words of comfort and guidance,

I quickly kneel at your side offering you

This whole book-

As a gift.

You ache with loneliness one night

So much you weep

And I say,

Here's a rope,

Tie it around me,

Hafiz

Will be your companion

For life.

~Hafiz

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I Am In The Process...

 

 

I am in the process of moving some worms 

that are creating fertilizer for my garden. 

It is to entice them into the new section of the worm bin 

that has the new food in it. 

They will be attracted to this new 'home environment' 

and move on their own because it is good for them, 

it is their survival, 

it is their instinct to do this. 

Of course, I am going to try to make it as easy for them to make that choice 

as I can and eliminate any impediments for this to happen. 

I am manipulating the transition in this case.

I bring this up because it is a process 

and we are in process too,

 we are not stuck as sometimes it feels. 

There is something helping us to transition too! 

What is there for the gods 

once we move into each new space, 

shed that layer of skin, 

but this wonderful rich fertilizer we leave behind.

~M

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To Me...

 

Tara Baden

To me, designer friction 

is here to Remind us how to be vulnerable, 

it’s also an invitation 

to invest our energy into the unknown, 

while trusting the process. 

To remember the law of impermanence, 

(this too shall pass), 

and then take the great opportunity 

that each friction brings to us 

in order to get closer to one’s true essence. 

To have faith. To surrender. 

Again, and again. 

The good news is,

designer friction will appear as many times 

as I need it to learn, to understand, 

to work with my features, 

to see myself. 

The bad news is the same. 

~C

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You Can Be God...

 

Aaron Michael Ritchey

You can be God, 

the spirit, the real self. 

But whenever I come across it 

I abruptly stop and think "Me?!" 

She is waiting for Me? 

Who am I? a

That I am worthy? 

And then I feel that deep understanding pulling at me. 

It's the real I that is waiting for me 

(the ordinary me) to find it's way to the real I. 

Like those moments with Mervyn, 

where he looking at us, 

present and waiting. 

He is seeing the real I inside the personality. 

And because he can see this – 

I feel that something is possible. 

~J

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The Happy Virus...

Tashi Norbu

I caught the happy virus again last night

when I was out singing beneath the stars.

It is remarkably contagious, so kiss me!

~Hafiz

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The Soul Moves...

 

The soul moves at such a different pace. 

We need to match that slower, 

more intentional pace if we want to join the dance.

~J

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Be Strong And Courageous...

 

Be strong and courageous. 

Do not fear or be in dread of them, 

for it is the Lord your God who goes with you. 

He will not leave you or forsake you.

~Deuteronomy 31:6 

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