Laundry has never been an issue. No kids, I’ve always done my own and my mates do their own. I’ll wear something until I sweat in it. Lately I’ve been working in the yard a few times a day = more laundry. Working out every day = more laundry. Thus, Sunday morning has become laundry day. The past year I’ve been staying home Sunday mornings, taking a break from church to catch up on personal time. I like having nowhere I have to be and no one to answer to. I’ve found that doing the laundry is a valid spiritual path. Keeping my own home clean and cleared of unnecessary items has become a great metaphor for keeping my life clear and uncluttered. When I find things piling up, that reveals my state of mind. Continue reading
Yearly Archives: 2014
Create more space for intimacy – don’t bring unresolved baggage into a new relationship
Jeff Brown
soulshaping.com
When I would go to bed with a woman when I was young, I didn’t realize that there were many of us in the bed at the same time. There was her and I, her parents, my parents, our past lovers and anyone else we had unfinished business with. That’s the thing about being unconscious – we can’t help but bring our unresolved baggage into every other relational encounter. We imagine it’s just the two of us, but our projections and patterns ensure that the bed is symbolically filled with many others.Talk about an unwelcome orgy! A little hard to move around freely with so many projections on the mattress. One of the reasons we do the work to heal our past is so that we can actually create more space for intimacy. With our patterns fallen away, we stand a much better chance of holding love safe. With our projections worked through, we can actually see the beloved with clear eyes. Finally, its just the two of us… Jeff Brown
Related: Satori in the Bedroom
I love it when I attract the best case scenario
Next week is the bf’s birthday and he deserves something special. Gotta love an even tempered man who knows what’s important in life. In 12 months we’ve had zero arguments and I’ve belly-laughed out loud every single day. How does it get any better than this?
It’s not a valid affirmation if it’s not true
A friend questioned the validity of repeating affirmations that are untrue, in the hopes of trying to convince yourself of something. That’s where people go wrong with their “affirmations.” You can’t choose a phrase that you know isn’t true. You choose a phrase that is a true statement of something you want to be made more fully aware of. I can say “in this moment I have all I need,” and it’s true. That repeated true phrase leads me to more fully realize that truth. Sure, the car payment may be due Thursday and if I don’t have it right now, I know I’ll have it by Thursday. But I’m talking about right now. Not tomorrow, not yesterday. Can I pay off my mortgage right now? No. Do I have in this moment all I need? Yes, absolutely. And the more I realize that, the wider my eyes will open and the wider my mind will open to encompass new ideas, possibilities and opportunities.
If one income stream slows down, be on the lookout for opportunity
If one door, whether it be relationship or a stream of dollars, is beginning to close and momentum seems to be slowing down, that’s your signal to look around because another is staring you in the face, waiting to be discovered. Trust me, the Universe is waiting to delight you. You’ve just got to get into the vibe of allowing it. How do you get into the vibe? By looking for it. Look for something to interest and excite you. By expecting it. Expect that any moment you may have opportunity staring you in the face, possibly disguised as the most unimportant, mundane nothingness ever. Look at everything around you as though you expect it to whisper the answer to you, and it will begin to. How do you allow it? You allow it by dropping all resistance; resistance to anything, since it’s all related. You clear up the past and forgive anything you’ve left unforgiven. Then stand back and watch the floodgates open in ways you never thought possible. Continue reading
Commanding the Elements, Summoning the Lemon Seeds
Commanding the Elements
Ah, the joy of cooking while half asleep. I made pinto bean soup last night and this morning I reheated it to adjust the flavors. I squeezed a fresh lemon, then scooped up the 8 seeds and tossed them right into three quarts of soup. I reached in as quickly as I could reach a spoon, but they were nowhere to be found. Treasure hunt for lunch! I let the soup cool as I went back into the office. An hour later, I had a thought that I could call the lemon seeds to me. If I could ease myself into unity consciousness, I could communicate with them and understand when they respond to me. It was worth a try. Continue reading
Show the world you walk your talk—and when you don’t, what went wrong.
Spiritual brother Wayne Wirs writes: “Personally, I don’t want to live my life as a hypocrite—or worse, die as one—so I strive for transparency in my blog. I don’t want to preach A while living B. If you consider yourself a spiritual student or authority, even if you have no interest in becoming a teacher, I strongly urge you to start a blog, or if you have one, to intersperse your “teaching posts” with personal posts. You’ll be amazed at how humbling and eye opening the experience can be. Become transparent. Show the world you walk your talk—and when you don’t, what went wrong. Show the world your flaws. The most powerful aspect about blogging about your personal life is that it throws your actions right back in your face. Personal blogging makes you very conscious of the difference between your theories… and your actions. Personal blogging forces you to live true. And to live true—isn’t that what a spiritual life is all about?”
Decide how you want to be seen, then become that
Decide how you want to be seen by those around you, then act as you would if you were who you wanted to be. That’s how you become it. Want to be seen as the better person who forgives and moves on? Then forgive and move on. Want to prove that grouch has no power over you? Stop giving them power over you. You’ll know when you’ve done that because you will stop talking about it and stop thinking about it.
Gotta go all the way, babe. Don’t stop short of success.
We drove west today looking for Three Forks Marsh Conservation Area, taking Malabar Road west until the pavement ended. I didn’t follow the dirt road since it was muddy from last night’s rain, and since I didn’t know where I was going. I asked galpal Mary Jo Woolley” Did I not go far enough?” She replied, “Gotta go all the way babe. Once you go around the corner you’re in.” I should know that. Just like in life, you gotta go all the way, don’t stop yourself short. We did, however, find McGriff Park south on DeGroodt and played on their swings and monkey bars and watched kids doing skateboard tricks in the skate park.
I’ve got all the time in the world and not a moment to lose
A good ratio for me is to spend twice as much time in my sadhana, my spiritual practice: meditation, yoga, contemplation, spiritual study, prayer, creative visualization, as I spend watching tv or movies. I find that is what works to keep me balanced. When I’m out of balance, it’s usually after I’ve allowed myself a period of being non-productive. I don’t beat myself up for it, but there are so many things I’m waiting to do that it’s a shame to waste a moment.