Everything Good...

 

William-Adolphe Bouguereau

"Everything good or true 

that the angels inspire in us is God's,

so God is constantly talking to us. 

He talks very differently, though, 

to one person than to another."

~Emanuel Swedenborg, Secrets of Heaven 1

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It Is Not Enough...

 

Alice Neel

It is not enough to study, 

or to find a "way". 

We must make that higher effort to "be at home" 

or be present, 

in order to actually have the teacher 

or teachings manifest in ourselves. 

A poignant reminder to be ready 

to be called upon to embody spirit, 

to be available to be of use to the Gods.

~J

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A Great Musician...

 

Ludwig van Beethoven

A great musician I knew once said 

that if you cannot comprehend the depths, 

you cannot comprehend the heights. 

And without these two, 

you cannot be a great musician. 

~J

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So Grow Where We Are Planted ...

Danielle Clough

 

So grow where we are planted 

and Love what is here and now 

with us in this moment are wonderful aspirations. 

I take meetings 

as a place to be purely present without interruption, 

a place to practice being present 

and remember you all that are with me - 

our little caravan to the stars. 

Each of us in the universe in our present 'now'. 

~M

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Inner Peace

 

Inner peace can be reached 

only when we practice forgiveness.

Forgiveness is letting go of the past, 

and is therefore the means

for correcting our misperceptions.

~Gerald Jampolsky

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I Have A Great Fondness...

Vincent Van Gogh

I have a great fondness for Van Gogh. 

Recently I learned some new information 

about him from a movie, 

“Eternity’s Gate” I think, 

with William Defoe, playing him. 

There was a scene where Vincent 

climbed up some very craggy 

and difficult rocky landscape 

(a proper Hike!!!) with all his painting gear. 

And then he saw the entirety 

of the landscape about him from up high, 

and painted it, like a map, 

the fields the houses all the borders between. 

It reminded me of Growth in being 

and how as we take in pain, 

suffering impressions life itself. 

We must give back and look to a broader view. 

Like lightening, 

the intense energy entering the container of the body, 

it has to be grounded, interpreted. 

And I love his effort in doing that.

~C

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I Had Two Very High States...

 

Vincent Van Gogh

I had two very high states with Van Gogh - 

one in LA at LACMA at a very robust exhibit 

and one in Amsterdam at the Van Gogh museum. 

What struck me most 

was the *light* in his paintings. 

The light pierced me. 

Lifted me. 

Hydrogrens living on the canvas lifted my inner world. 

Art is such an incredible medium 

for transforming emotion and experience. 

Making beauty and pain digestible.

~E

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As The New Year...

 

As the New Year is about to begin 

we need to cry out, 

to show that we are alive, 

moving, aspiring, and growing. 

On this day of renewal and reset, 

we are moving from the death of the old 

to the birth of the new, 

and thus we give a loud cry, 

like a newborn babe. 

~Rav Pinson 

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