Off and off the the past year I’ve considered downsizing from my beloved  Simmons Beautyrest Marquee king to a full size bed.  My thought is that a double bed will free up enough space to give me an expanded sewing corner.  The king bed was fine when I was sharing it with kitties and paperwork, but now it’s just big and bulky.  As often as I move the furniture around at my place, I’d prefer the extra space. Continue reading →

Ma Yoga Shakti

Today July 4th 11am-Noon Satsang, Meditation and Chanting
Monday July 4th Noon Vegetarian pot-luck lunch.
Every morning at 5.30 AM – 6.30 AM Satsang followed by Aarti.

Yoga Shakti Mission, 3895 Hield Rd NW, Palm Bay, FL 32907, 321-725-4024www.yogashakti.org.  Come bask in the presence of this holy teacher, whom we are blessed to have among us in the flesh. Mataji is one of 5 living female hindu saints documented in Daughters of the Goddess, The Women Saints of India authored by Linda Johnsen. (See page 32 at this link for an excerpt of India’s Female Yogis)

Today I called my mortgage company to ask a question and they re-evaluated my escrow account and are sending me a big check and reducing my payments by $60 a month!  Two days ago, I wrote at Yesterday’s Synchronicity Saved Me From Bank Charges that I’d inadvertently paid a 4 figure bill out of the wrong checking account and I got to spend the morning fixing it.  Had a meeting with Wayne Wirs not cancelled,  I’d have missed seeing the overdraft  notice come in and fees would have been applied.  The synchronicity was not surprising, and it all worked out fine.

Today I went to pay my mortgage and noticed the amount was $36 higher than usual.  I called the mortgage company and found they needed to re-evaluate my escrow after I switched homeowners’ insurance companies for an almost 50% annual savings.  Good news!  They’ll send me a check for $800+ and my new mortgage payment is now about $60 less than I’d been paying.  Is my life magical and so I believe it is, or do I just think it will be magical and it is?

Last night’s dinner was a Boca burger and I had it in a pita with a handful of fresh spinach, 3 sliced cherry tomatoes, 2 slices of red onion, 3 bread and butter pickle slices, 3 dill slices, roasted red peppers and pickled pepper rings. I almost forgot to put the Boca patty in.   It was delicious.

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Yesterday I had just walked into WalMart when it began to rain.   I’d seen the dark clouds forming so I’d taken the umbrella in with me.  When I came out, it was pouring.  Shoppers were lined up waiting for it to let up so they could run to their cars.  I checked out the crowd then walked a young mom then an elderly woman out to their cars.  I got soaked but it made me feel like Superman must have felt when he saved Metropolis.  It was so worth it!

Mindfulness practice does what no drugs can do.  It causes neural pathways to grow thicker and more robust, more capable of carrying signals.  Anyone can benefit from this. Childhood trauma can cause neurons connecting critical thinking with emotional control in the brain to whither and die. Mindfulness heals these connections.  Compassion, empathy, understanding, acceptance and other benefits come from daily sitting practice of mindfulness.  Here is a tip for parents: Daily sitting 25-30 minutes a day heals the neurons connecting critical thinking with emotional control in the brain.  No beta waves means no words, no words means no story.  Nothing better than a direct experience of the universe that is beyond words.  The real universe is so much bigger than can be defined by words or contained by thought we let go of the basis of thinking to experience it in all its magical glory.  It is akin to being reborn fresh and new when thought returns.  From gong musician/therapist/healer Richard Hite.