27 Saturday Oct 2012
Posted in inspirations, Spirituality
I needed to hear this message today as sometimes I wonder if I am doing enough spiritually or if I am wasting my time. These are doubts that come from the ego but puts me in a pensive mood. I guess it’s because I have a birthday coming up in two weeks, and the older I get, the more I desire to make a difference for myself and others. I realized however, that doing small things with love can actually become great things that fulfills the heart and soul.
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12 Sunday Aug 2012
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Source of quote and image from a very inspirational page: https://www.facebook.com/ashleigh.walkinshaw
Beautiful!
Happiness that comes from within is permanent, as it’s not dependent on experiences and objects that come and go. I have experienced sweet peace or moments of deep gratitude even in the midst of dealing with the challenge of my hearing fluctuating, giving me moments when I have the blessing of hearing and others when the world is a whisper.
08 Tuesday May 2012
Posted in consciousness, Spirituality, Uncategorized
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acceptance, Inspiration, Love, marianne williamson, meaning of life, Source, Spirituality, trust
“Love is what we are born with. Fear is what we learn. The spiritual journey is the unlearning of fear and prejudices and the acceptance of love back in our hearts. Love is the essential reality and our purpose on earth. To be consciously aware of it, to experience love in ourselves and others, is the meaning of life. Meaning does not lie in things. Meaning lies in us.”
Marianne Williamson
I am not yet at the stage where I love everyone all the time or see love in all things. I do perceive with the eyes of judgment from time to time. If I were to see a mother terrorizing her toddler with blood curling screams, I would react with judgment and a desire to protect. I met such a situation years ago in New York and reacted with concern. Of course the mother snapped at me and told me to mind my business. Sadly, a few onlookers and I had to walk away as she was not beating up her child and had stopped the screaming.
Yet, I am aware that partly what stands in the way of being love as a state of BEing are my thoughts, my self-identification where I think I am really this body, even if I have had a few spiritual experiences, the mental stories I created about life and still believe. I am aware that it takes understanding and a willingness to shift from perceiving through the eyes of limitation (fear) to one of expansion (love).
I am fortunate I do not have issues with race, politics or religion. In that sense I do see unity in all as we are from the same Source. My challenge is to let go of the idea the world is not a safe place and to continue to accept that the tapestry of life is perfect. When something challenging happens in my personal space or in the world, it’s meant to be. I have known this for decades and seen the process of growth, yet when faced with a new challenge in my path, I realize once again there is more work to do in unlearning, and to accept that it’s not for my mortal mind to comprehend but for my heart to trust.
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22 Sunday Apr 2012
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earth day, Inspiration, Love, Peace, Spirituality, world prayer
Happy Earth Day! May we continue to honor the planet and all of life. I believe that when we join in intention be it through prayer, thoughts or meditation, we contribute energetically and spiritually to the world. Action of course also contributes. May love and peace prevail in our little planet!
Affirmative Prayer:
For the World
Where there is hatred, let there be love.
Where there is hunger, let there be nourishment.
Where there is suffering, let there be relief.
Where wars are being fought, let there be peace.
Where there is prejudice, let there be unity.
Where sickness is, let there be healing.
Where there is ignorance, let there be understanding.
Where there is religious or spiritual intolerance,
let there be acceptance.
May love, peace, and wholeness prevail on Earth!
And so it is! Amen.
“Beyond Inspiration” excerpt.
@ Copyright 2012 “Beyond Inspiration
15 Wednesday Feb 2012
Posted in consciousness, Love, Onenness, Spirituality
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compassion, healer, healing, inspirations, Love, onenness, spiritual, unity
I am exploring healing for self and for others. The healing need not always be physical: it can be spiritual, emotional and even with creativity and finances. To me healing means balancing the energy and clearing blocks that stand in the way of a harmonious flow and for Awareness/God/Source to lead the way.
The video I am sharing is a beautiful reminder of how we ALL are healers for one another, and how through our human challenges we can learn to open our hearts in compassion and love for self and all living beings.
May our paths be one of Love and Wholeness!
If video is blocked on this page, you can see it in Youtube.
08 Wednesday Feb 2012
Posted in positive thinking, Spirituality
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choose love, harmony, I choose love, Love, Peace, unity, world peace
Photo by Howe Montaqgue
I hardly watch the news or read disturbing articles, but occasionally my curiosity gets the best of me, it saddens me to read of man’s inhumanity to another.
Yet, in the midst of the darkness, there is also light. The best way to balance this world is by being light bearers and extending love, prayers and positive thoughts to the planet and to our brothers and sisters.
This quote by Bryon Katie is a reminder of the importance of doing inner work so that we let go of our internal negativity and become a force of peace unto this world:
“A teacher of fear can’t bring peace on Earth. We have been trying to do it that way for thousands of years. The person who turns inner violence around, the person who finds peace inside and lives it, is the one who teaches what true peace is. We are waiting for just one teacher.
You’re the one”
Let’s choose love over fear!
24 Tuesday Jan 2012
Posted in consciousness, Spirituality
“There are four questions of value in life… What is sacred? Of what is the spirit made? What is worth living for, and what is worth dying for? The answer to each is the same. Only love.” Don Juan deMarco
31 Saturday Dec 2011
Posted in Love, meditation, Onenness, positive thinking, Spirituality
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harmony, Inspiration, john lennon, Love, new year, Peace, poetry, Spirituality, wayned dyer, world peace
As the year is coming to an end, what better time to focus on peace and change for ourselves and the betterment of humanity.
I am sharing different music videos that can be listened on a lazy day and perhaps inspire you to create your own changes, or if not, then at least relax you.
Peace I am aware cannot be accomplished overnight, the human condition pretty much show us this, and it used to be discouraging at times for me to see that basically mankind has continued with the conflicts that are centuries old.
Yes, I am a dreamer, and at times a doer. Altough I am very human and have moments of inner struggle, I try to contribute to the consciousness of our world by having peace in my heart and therefore in my home, and in turn I am generally very peaceful towards family, friends and strangers, but in order to experience this, I made personal changes by letting go of what no longer worked for me.
As Lao Tzu said, we need to start with ourselves. One person at a time, can create change.
“If there is to be peace in the world, There must be peace in the nations.
If there is to be peace in the nations, There must be peace in the cities.
If there is to be peace in the cities, There must be peace between neighbors.
If there is to be peace between neighbors, There must be peace in the home.
If there is to be peace in the home, There must be peace in the heart.”
— Lao Tzu (570-490 B.C.)
I admit, I had never heard of this singer, who is English of Scottish-Irish origin; my lifemate shared it with me last year, and I was moved to tears! He was only 10 years old in this clip (he is now 20) and sings with passion, as he asks the questions mankind has often asked, why is there suffering, why is there need and what can we do to help.
Disregarding Michael Jackson’s eccentric ways, I find the late singer was a powerful performer, with yet another reminder that to make a change in the world we need to make a change within ourselves.
As Ghandi said: “Be the change, you wish to see in the world”
Words of true wisdom.
BOB DYLAN – Blowing in the Wind
This song has been described as a protest song, but the lyrics does not preach, or suggest a course of action; it lets the listener listen to the philosophical questions and come to his own answers, which are blowing in the wind – near you, your heart.
The same message of peace has been repeated worldwide for thousands of years, by spiritual leaders to philosophers (well most) and yet we still don’t get it, but one day I assume we will, if not in this generation then in another one.
May the New Year bring everyone love, joy, abundance and the “peace, that passes all understanding!”
17 Saturday Dec 2011
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forgiveness, heart poems, Inspiration, inspirational writings, Love, open heart, poetry, prayer. poems, Spirituality
This open heart of mine
can feel the sorrow and joy of
those I love and even for the
stranger crossing my path.
But I have learned, that no
matter how open one’s heart
may be –
the mind’s filters and fears
have a way of stepping
carelessly
on the petals of the heart.
The human part of me, feels
a quiet sadness, perhaps a void,
a small death –
as I am reminded yet again,
nothing in the illusion of life
stays the same
or is what I thought it would be.
Yet, my soul feels the gentle ripples of
peace, a sense of gratitude and a wisdom,
that in the midst of the thorns
life sometimes gives,
there is beauty
there is love
there is joy
there is Spirit
and the opportunity to continue
to live life with a child-like wonder
and an eternally open,
yielding heart.
@Copyright 2010 Sufilight
28 Monday Nov 2011
Posted in Inspiration, Love, meditation, Onenness, positive thinking, simplifyng life, Spirituality, surrender, Truth
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acceptance, forgiveness, Gary Zukav, harmony, Inspiration, Love, Spirituality, surrender, Truth
“Forgiveness is not a moral issue.
It is an energy dynamic…
Forgiveness means that you do not carry the baggage of an experience.
When you choose not to forgive,
the experience that you do not forgive sticks with you.
When you choose not to forgive,
it is like agreeing to wear dark, gruesome sunglasses that distort everything,
and it is you who are forced every day
to look at life through those contaminated lenses
because you have chosen to keep them.”
Gary Zukav from “The Seat Of The Soul”
Love is The Answer 