I didn’t realize Sarah Silverman was such a chanteuse. Last night I heared her sing “Did you ever take drugs so you can have sex without crying” on her tasteful as always comedy special on Showtime — this one entitled “Jesus is Magic.” She’s a nice Jewish girl who is an equal opportunity offender. She mentions being raped by a doctor “kind of bittersweet for a Jewish girl, really…” Offensive or not, she’s found a way to acknowledge she’s had a challenging life and make the best of it in her own way. Ah, it’s all grist for the mill, isn’t it? A good yogi knows that. And so does a good comedian.
Yearly Archives: 2011
What I should have done Tuesday and what I did instead
What I should have done yesterday was update my mailing labels, print them out, order office supplies, update bookkeeping on the new program, coordinate my drivers for Friday’s magazine delivery, do my post office paperwork for Friday’s mailing, return calls, and begin to get the second quarter financials together for my tax chick. What I did instead of office work was work in my yard. I pulled out a rotting 4×4 post and put in a fresh one, then created a fence of cut bamboo alongside the east side of the driveway. I cut about a dozen palmetto fronds out of the pathway into the east garden and wove them into the bamboo fence to give privacy as I watch the street. Now I can sit on the wrought iron chair behind the fronds and be fairly hidden, yet still get the breeze as it comes through. Within minutes of me putting the area up and sitting to check it out, a pair of pilated woodpeckers and two baby cardinals landed within inches of my face. Nice hiding place! Continue reading
Feedback from a prediction I made last year
A friend recently got married. I wrote to her, “When we did a reading last year or whenever it was, what did I say about you getting married? I seem to recall I saw it within 3 years but not sure what year I said it. Just wondering, please tell me your recollection.” I don’t always keep track of the predictions I see, I depend on whoever they are for to to keep track of them. She wrote back “Yep. You said I would be married before 2012. You also said the guy had a picture of himself on a motorcycle. You also offered your condolences.” I laughed. The condolences part is because I’m not a fan of marriage — we didn’t know who her partner would be at the time of the reading.
Gardening as kids ride by “Look, she’s out in the yard”
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I spent yesterday alternating lazing about with doing some yard work. It was one of those days when the mood flows in and out of euphoria, a beautiful sunny spring day, 80 degree weather, jays and cardinals in the sprinkler at the east garden bird bath, wrens and doves at the bird bath in the courtyard. For awhile there was a lot of bird calling and squirrels chattering when the young hawks came on the scene, but they didn’t stay long. I raked the dried oak leaves into mulch for the plants in the yard. I’m a firm believer in mulch. My jungle yard is proof it works. I pulled a few wheelbarrows full of wedelia and ferns out of the garden area to the left of the front walkway under the giant oak, and raked another few wheelbarrowsful of dried oak leaves out of there, using it as mulch for the giant philodendron and turk’s cap and bottlebrush in the front berm. My cats Izzy and YinYang lazed about under the bamboo. Continue reading
Know that what you do matters in a huge way
Know it deeply within yourself that what you do matters in a huge way, whether you perceive anyone else knows it or not. Playing small does a disservice to everyone; honor those who see your light by seeing it as well.
Abraham-Hicks on Pivoting
You have the ability to pivot under any and all conditions. The fastest path to the joy you seek is for you to take your pivot as you sleep. By reaching for good-feeling thoughts before you go to sleep and then experiencing the benefit of the quiet mind that occurs while you sleep—and then upon awakening, immediately turning to good-feeling thoughts—you can accomplish the ultimate Pivoting experience. Abraham-Hicks
Nationalism is a slippery slope. We are citizens of the world
Do unto others as you would have done unto you. Nationalism can be a dangerous slippery slope. We are citizens of the world. I pledge allegiance to the world. To cherish every living thing, to care for earth and sea and air, with peace and freedom everywhere! April Nall
May 5th National Day of Prayer – Yogananda’s Prayer for A United World
Paramahansa Yogananda - Photo Courtesy of Self-Realization Fellowship, Los Angeles, CA
Quickly approaching is National Day of Prayer, the first Thursday in May, a time when many in the U.S. will pray for our nation and the world. Self-Realization Fellowship monastics, along with thousands of Worldwide Prayer Circle members, pray morning and night every day of the year and will offer special prayers on that day for the healing and upliftment of all humanity. Indeed prayer is a powerful force with the potential to change lives, and the world. Continue reading
The real way to cope with killer gas prices
Do you want to know the real way to cope with killer gas prices? Stop thinking a raise in the price of anything has to impact your lifestyle. Stop thinking you don’t have enough money, that you’ve never had any money and that you can’t imagine having any money. Snap out of it and remember that you are the one who determines what you attract to yourself, every day, through every thought you stay focused on. Rising gas prices? So what. That’s when you remind yourself that there is more good (and more dollars) waiting for you as soon as you can release enough resistance to let it in. That’s when you remember that YOU are the vortex, you are the one in charge of whether you find things throughout the day to surprise and delight yourself, or whether you watch the news all day and worry about what they say is happening.
Do you find yourself barely making enough money to live? Do you wonder why you can’t attract a good job or relationship or opportunity? Do you watch the news and think our world desperately needs changing? It’s all related. Do yourself a favor and take a break from the news. For one week, just one week, don’t watch or listen to or discuss any news or current events. Focus only on something you enjoy alone or with loved ones, and do it. When you do that, that is when you’re releasing resistance so that what you’ve been praying for and hoping for and dreaming for can come to you.
So the real way to cope with killer gar prices? Or cope with anything? Recognize that as distressing as any situation feels, it’s only your thoughts you’re dealing with and you have the power to change those. Then choose to do it.
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On The Runway, Lining Up For Take Off Into The Next Life
The healing bench
A friend read in my blog that my sister passed and he sent his condolences. I told him that in our group of friends we call each other sister. There are more of those posts each year. In our group, we know there is no death, so we meet to celebrate the life. I’m so used to family and friends dying that I just incorporated it into my job. I have a healing bench here and I pray for the names on it on a daily basis. I have an altar and meditation area and I sit twice a day in order to come back to center on a regular basis. That helps me stay as clear as I can, looking each day at what’s inside me and deciding what to keep and what it’s time to discard. When asked, I go sit with friends who are passing, and when they have relatives passing. I hold their hands for healing touch and listen to them if they can talk. I ask them about good times from the past and turn their thoughts to who they’d like to see again. That helps put them on the runway so to speak, lining up for take off. That helps them vibe there with some passed loved ones and calls those energies toward them so they can feel ready. Ready to pass. Ready to die. Continue reading