Archive for September, 2009
Forgotten Feelings
Posted by: | Comments“Most of us have forgotten what it’s like to really feel. We know what anger, frustration, anxiety, stress, hysteria, jealousy, boredom, happiness, excitement, and embarrassment is. These are but a few of our human emotions. But they are not feelings. They are more like agitated states of mind. To feel is to move and to dance to the rhythms of our heart. To feel our lives, every inch of it, is to experience the divine. From the agony to the ecstasy, it’s all an expression of what is holy within. Our heart is the chalice that holds the sacred elixir of life. To drink deeply of its wisdom and its achingly beautiful grace, is to know God.”
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“This is where many of us fear to tread. We think we won’t survive our feelings, our power, our worthiness. But we will. It is written. It is our destiny. The world of duality, the only one most of us have ever known, is coming to an end. And it’s ending in our minds. No, the earth is not going to explode and disappear. It is ending through the power of our minds to create something else. Something based on new beliefs about what and who we are. Something that feels more like oneness and unity, and less like fear and separation. As we move into this new awareness, like magic, our eyes will begin to see a new world. It is here the ancient prophecy of old telling of a new world, a new people, will come to light. It is US. It is WE. We are emerging from the chrysalis of transformation to a freedom beyond our wildest imagination… “
Roviat’s new clothes
Posted by: | CommentsArrow and I have been busy the past few days with the site redesign. I liked the old colors, and may convert this theme to them as we find time. Everything is still here… I think it might be more accessible in this style. I also converted to the Feedburner feed; it appears to be working, plus it has the option for posts to be sent as emails, if you prefer that option. Still, if you are not getting your feeds, let me know…. or if things don’t appear right in your browser. I had some trouble with Firefox displaying correctly, but think we’ve got that straightened out.
There are still a few more changes to make, a few sidebar widgets to get sorted out, and a new contact page. Any suggestions welcome, of course.
Arrow’s self assigned part in this [which he fulfilled admirably] was to allow me no more than 2 hours of computer time between dog games or walks. That is his way of making sure I keep my head clear.
Going Beyond
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Look between the shapes
Taste beyond sensation
Hear beyond sound
Touch beyond the physical
Smell beyond the scents
Live beyond the possible
Know beyond the known
Read between the lines….
Choice of Interaction
Posted by: | CommentsThe following thoughts surfaced as Arrow and I hiked along a country canal this morning, in glorious 85 degree sunshine, and stood on a small dam listening to the water cascade.
The things we make and interact with—money, vehicles, furniture—are not alive in the sense that plants, animals and humans are alive. We give so much time to these “inanimate” objects while lessening or even loosing our connections to living things.
Children that play outside with nature, interacting with the grass, plants, and animals are learning about life with living things: the living universe. Can these lessons be learned by kids who play mainly inside with plastic toys? Watching nature shows on tv is still a far cry from having hands on experience. It seems to me all the best lessons of life come from come from the give and take of life itself.
Ancient man held an intimate relationship with not only plants and animals, but also with the more subtle energies such as the weather, the earth, and the energies from the universe itself. He recognized the active interconnectedness of all life. In our growing preoccupation with organized religion, politics, and industrialization, we left our ancient heritage to embrace inanimate things.
Yet inside our hearts we remember. Perhaps we are ready to reclaim these ancient connections, and honor ourselves as well as the universe that has cradled us for so long.