A Celebration

According to some sources, today is the end of the Mayan Calendar that have been keeping time records for some 16 billion years. According to my calendar, there are two weeks left before the 11-11-11 gateway. And, according to my family records, it is our anniversary today. So, a celebration is in order - as it is every day of our life.

Just look at the sky, look at the sun (use your phone camera though), and look yourself in the eyes (use a mirror, or the eyes of a loved one). Do you see the beauty in all that is?

Today's Skies. Whole Foods Plaza, Princeton/West Windsor, NJ. 9 a.m.

P.S. A few hours after I finished this post, today's title from Paulo Coelho's blog caught my attention: Don't scold the Lover. With a Rumi's poem, his post is in perfect resonance with the energy of the day for me. Grateful, sharing:
http://paulocoelhoblog.com/2011/10/28/he-followed-the-bewildered-footprints-editar/

P.P.S. And there is more for today: Ode to You is written by Meredith Murphy in her Expect Wonderful Digest. In joy:
http://expectwonderful.typepad.com/meredithmurphyblog/2011/10/you-were-made-for-this.html

On Good and Bad

There seems to be increasingly less time these days for the multitude of things we used to do. There is certainly more time needed to observe and reflect, and to simply be. Somewhere in-between there lies our daily life.

Sometime between collecting my son from school and driving him to his cello lesson, I grab a pair of jeans in my closet. Where there is no time to think, there is always a moment to feel. I feel the jeans are hugging me with more passion than before. I look at them; those I did not wear since August, and they certainly shrank in the two months time in a closet. Yet, there is no time to think, so I jump in the car and off we go.

Mere two minutes later we hit the traffic. The lack of movement signals to the brain that it can rush into the thinking process, and so it does. It grabs the last thought by the tail, and I hear myself thinking out loud, "My butt is getting bigger and bigger."

"Is it a good thing, or a bad thing?" an immediate response from the back seat follows.

I laugh so hard that I am glad the car cannot move much. If there is a problem, it is clearly in my head. In the head is where we create and sustain our ideas. It is us who make them problematic. In the heart is where we feel and fulfill our desires. It is us who create and enjoy them.

Had we too had more clarity as children? And whose ideas about good and bad are those? Not mine. Yours?

Trees Have Wings Too

October 22, 2011, On the Other Side of the Window

Eldunari

The heart of a dragon is the same as the wings of an angel.

I brought this thought from a sleep space, and have been pondering it for some time. I understand that the reference to a dragon, as well as an angel, is to the inner aspects each of us carry. But I wanted to see it. And so, as it often is, what I looked for was in front of my eyes all this time. Take a look!

Gold on Blue

Sunset on Tuesday

West Windsor, NJ

Peace of Mind

The topic of today's conversation is Peace. We would like to talk to you about the essential state of being, namely peace of mind.

Your mind has been trained to be constantly active - "smart" - and to work to protect you from external situations coming to you, potentially jeopardizing your state of being - the status quo, not your well-being - as well as from your inner feelings. Do you see how mind then works considering what to protect you from?

Your feelings are as dangerous and undesirable to the mind as the circumstances that might change your life. To be smart for the mind is to remain in control. But can you?

You can try, and you can struggle. Many do, and they will put all their effort to see others doing just that, as so they have a confirmation of their "smartness". Their "growth" is a set of changes of the illusionary terms. They might fail [on their course of affairs], but that again is in the field of illusion. They remind us of a swimmer who is in an ankle-deep water putting all the effort into the swim.

What is then your true reason for being in a physical body? It is to bring full consciousness to the field of creation in form. And a means to an end is allowing, recognizing, and accepting your feelings. Being true to yourself is all that counts.

We can say a lot about it. But what we want you to do is to go out and live the experience of the physical world fully and unconditionally; let go of the ongoing analysis of everything that takes place within and around you; fire the judge that occupies the center of your head; and breathe deeply.

Begin today, and journal often. Watch the simple miracles of life to flow in your life through this door with the tag Allow on it. Don't forget to stay happy, enjoying each step. Once you find yourself on the other side of this door, observe it, and make a conscious decision about where you want to be. You are allowing your peace of mind and accepting your freedom then. What an accomplishment.

Unity Consciousness

Developing individual units of consciousness creates unity consciousness.

October Energy Update

Inception: The Final Initiation
October Energy Update by Lauren C. Gorgo
http://www.thinkwithyourheart.net/2011/10/06/inception-the-final-initiation/

The Word of The Moment

Rendering

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/rendering
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rendering_%28computer_graphics%29
& more than can be found in any of the definitions.

The Liquid Transition

NJ Morning Skies on 10-10-11

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NJ Autumnal Shore on 10-10-11

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Swimming in the ocean today was a magical experience. The crystalline waters cleared the mind, rendered the body multidimensional bringing the feeling of fluidity and stirring all the parts into one whole being experiencing life in the moment.

Help-ER

Are you a helper? I mean one of those people who just have to save someone without being asked for help, and call it their responsibility? I'm sure it does not apply to you, but you might know someone like that. I, for instance, happen to know at least one. And so, that one, I thought, might find this to be an interesting observation...

What does a helper ends up with? Just look at the word:

Help-ER

For some reason, I no longer want to be one. I do not like the ER ending. I know just how easy it is to get there, and how much effort it takes to help yourself out of it.

So, I have to make peace with just the four letters. I guess I'm capable enough to allow it. And then, with some practice of course, to be able to ask for help! And you know what, it seems to be a fair price for letting go of that help-ER pattern for a change!

Внутренний Диалог (в стихах) /The Inner Dialog/

Стихи рождаются -
Рождаюсь с ними я,
И сердцу открывается
Познание бытия.

Не упаковка знаний
В скорлупе гордыни,
Но мира обаяние
Сокрытое доныне.

И с каждым днём
Всё больше света видно,
И нет уж мест тех в нём,
Где больно и обидно.

Всё верно, рождены
Мы были в боли и печали,
На правил свод обречены,
О свете не подозревали.

Мы молча следовали всем
И громко после возмущались.
Но время вышло жёстких схем,
Где за себя не отвечали.

Теперь, когда светло вокруг,
Не грех и повести беседу.
Узнать, что хочет личный дух
Сегодня, например, к обеду!

Но дальше - больше. Пошутить
Уже не будет исключением,
И чашу радости испить
Обычным станет поведением.

На что хотим - дышать, любить -
Себе пора дать разрешение.
Легко в ответственности жить
С собою принятым решением.

Так решено, сегодня - в путь!
Горят ль мосты, потоком ль смыты,
С тропы доверия не свернуть,
Не сбиться с внутреннего ритма.

Стихи рождаются на свет -
И в сердца каждый слог
Душа вдыхает свой сонет,
Чтоб мир в любви жить мог.

3 октября 2011 г.

Fall Trees Blossom

This picture was taken on October 1, 2011, at the Grounds for Sculpture, a NJ park.

Is it me, or the trees now blossom in the Fall too?