As hopeless as any situation feels, it‘s really only your thoughts that you’re dealing with. And you have the power to change those. Louise Hay
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Shamans “see” through their hearts
Shamanic tribes like the Maori of New Zealand believe that the physical world we experience is actually a projection coming from each individual heart. The Mayans and the Q’ero tribe in the Peruvian Andes have their own versions of this basic understanding. Their shamans know that self-importance, created by the ego, is dedicated to keeping the powerful heart portal closed off enough to prevent Spirit from shining through. The ego accomplishes this by shutting down the heart to the point where the portal remains closed to the spirit world. The portals pop open only when a certain amplitude is reached, so keeping it below a certain level prevents opening. What keeps amplitude low are all the familiar maladies: fear, hostility, self-importance, depression, self-doubt, cynicism, and frustration. Because of these, most people’s hearts are shut down most of the time, which feels bad in the chest and cuts off the main avenue of escape from pain and suffering — an open heart. Gratitude counters these ploys by the parasitical false personality and raises the amplitude high enough to begin the heart-opening process.
Hank Wesselman and Sandra Ingerman
If you are your authentic self, you have no competition
“Most people are in love with their particular life drama. Their story is their identity. The ego runs their life. They have their whole sense of self invested in it. Even their — usually unsuccessful — search for an answer, a solution, or for healing becomes part of it. What they fear and resist most is the end of their drama. As long as they ARE their mind, what they fear and resist most is their own awakening.” ~ Eckhart Tolle, from The Power of Now
A Prayer for Oklahoma
Heavenly Father/Mother God: Allow the flood waters to flow through your loving hands and bring comfort and hope to those impacted. Bring those communities together in love and mutual assistance.
“In the end only kindness matters. We are God’s hands” – Jewel
“Perhaps this is the best we can do; to help when we can, to witness each other with kindness, to offer our presence, to show the trust we have in life. Spiritual life is not about knowing much, but about loving much.” Jack Kornfield
Oh nice, beginning to sprinkle off and on. I can’t believe how much the bamboo and the loquat saplings grew overnight in the rain. I am tickled that it’s mid-May and the weather this week has temps of a high of 84 and down to 63 at night, 75% humidity. I love windows open to the yard and Paradise right outside my window as I work. When I’m inside with a/c on (usually May through October,) I can feel confined and stifled. This is heavenly, and a day off to boot!
Two perfect gardenias
two gardenias side by side
one new blossom, one fading bloom
one happy for its time in the sun
the other content to rest in gentler shade
both beautiful and perfect
there is no competition in God’s garden
Andrea de Michaelis
Tarot Card of the Day: Five of Coins
Meditate upon the meaning this card might have for you since it showed up for you at this exact moment.
MEANING: The 5 of Coins can point to a time when life is feeling less than secure. The important thing to remember is that there is always help available when we need it, from forces both seen and unseen. You may feel alone, but you have the capacity to change that. Reach out. This card points to a feeling of being left out in the cold, as though everyone else in the world has everything and you are the only one that is suffering. Realize that this is not the case. Do the best you can, with what you have, but remember that the wise thing to do, if one needs help, is to go out and ask for it. The help you need will come. Continue reading
I’m not going to censor myself to comfort your ignorance. Jon Stewart, Daily Show