Thursday, January 31, 2013
Wednesday, January 30, 2013
Tuesday, January 29, 2013
the power of meditation
Meditation is a method for acquainting our mind with virtue. The more
familiar our mind is with virtue, the calmer and more peaceful it
becomes. When our mind is peaceful we are free from worries and mental
discomfort, and we experience pure happiness. If we train our mind to
become peaceful we shall be happy all the time, even in the most adverse
conditions. But if our mind is not peaceful, then even if we have the
most pleasant external conditions we shall not be happy. Therefore it is
important to train our mind through meditation.
Geshe Kelsang Gyatso
The Meditation Handbook
Geshe Kelsang Gyatso
The Meditation Handbook
Monday, January 28, 2013
Sunday, January 27, 2013
Love is not all
Love is not all: it is not meat nor drink
Nor slumber nor a roof against the rain;
Nor yet a floating spar to men that sink
And rise and sink and rise and sink again;
Love can not fill the thickened lung with breath,
Nor clean the blood, nor set the fractured bone;
Yet many a man is making friends with death
Even as I speak, for lack of love alone.
It well may be that in a difficult hour,
Pinned down by pain and moaning for release,
Or nagged by want past resolution's power,
I might be driven to sell your love for peace,
Or trade the memory of this night for food.
It well may be. I do not think I would.
Edna St. Vincent Millay
Saturday, January 26, 2013
Friday, January 25, 2013
motivated by love
"The more you are motivated by love,
the more fearless & free
your action will be."
Dalai Lama
the more fearless & free
your action will be."
Dalai Lama
Thursday, January 24, 2013
Wednesday, January 23, 2013
Tuesday, January 22, 2013
valentine swap
Do you want to start spreading some love too? Check out Aunt Peaches' annual Valentine Swap. It is great! I participated last year - sent 3 valentines & received 3 valentines, plus a bonus sparkly anonymous valentine. For someone who loves snail mail, spreading the love, getting crafty, sparkles & surprises, it was awesome!
Follow this link for more information and a quick & easy sign up.
http://www.auntpeaches.com/2013/01/third-annual-valentine-swap.html
Enjoy spreading the love!
Follow this link for more information and a quick & easy sign up.
http://www.auntpeaches.com/2013/01/third-annual-valentine-swap.html
Enjoy spreading the love!
got a little mention by the good folks at Recyclart today. They love the love bombs too. Sounds like some of their readers are inspired to drop some love bombs of their own. Fabulous!
Monday, January 21, 2013
you deserve compassion
"There's
stuff in your life you're having trouble coping with. That stuff
probably deserves your attention. You, in the meantime, deserve
compassion."
Margaret Wheeler Johnson
Saturday, January 19, 2013
Marianne Williamson“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It's not just in some of us; it's in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.”
A Return To Love: Reflections on the Principles of A Course in Miracles
Friday, January 18, 2013
Thursday, January 17, 2013
Wednesday, January 16, 2013
Tuesday, January 15, 2013
give
"You give but little when you give of your possessions.
It is when you give of yourself that you truly give."
Kahlil Gibran
It is when you give of yourself that you truly give."
Kahlil Gibran
Monday, January 14, 2013
Sunday, January 13, 2013
Saturday, January 12, 2013
love like crazy
Life is too short, so don't hold back. Forgive like you have amnesia, believe like a kid, love like crazy, and be yourself.
via Trikinetic-Massage-Therapy
Friday, January 11, 2013
our job
"Our job is to love others without stopping to inquire whether or not they are worthy."
Thomas Merton
Thomas Merton
Thursday, January 10, 2013
Wednesday, January 9, 2013
Tuesday, January 8, 2013
simply being love
In
1969 I was giving a series of lectures in New York City. Every night,
taking the bus up Third Avenue, I got the same extraordinary bus driver.
Every night it was rush hour in one of the busiest cities in the world,
but we had a warm word and a caring presence for each person who got on
the bus.
He drove us as if he were sculling a boat down a river, flowing through the traffic rather than resisting it. Everyone who got on the bus was less likely to kick the dog that evening or to be otherwise hostile and unloving, because of the loving space that driver had created. Yet all he was doing was driving the bus. He wasn’t a therapist or a great spiritual teacher. He was simply being love.
Ram Das
He drove us as if he were sculling a boat down a river, flowing through the traffic rather than resisting it. Everyone who got on the bus was less likely to kick the dog that evening or to be otherwise hostile and unloving, because of the loving space that driver had created. Yet all he was doing was driving the bus. He wasn’t a therapist or a great spiritual teacher. He was simply being love.
Ram Das
Monday, January 7, 2013
you may be hurt, but...
“You may be hurt if you love too much, but you will live in misery if you love too little.”
Sunday, January 6, 2013
the more you have loved :: Henri Nouwen
“The more you have loved and have allowed yourself to suffer
because of your love, the more you will be able to let your heart grow
wider and deeper. When your love is truly giving and receiving, those
whom you love will not leave your heart even when they depart from you.
The pain of rejection, absence, and death can become fruitful. Yes, as
you love deeply the ground of your heart will be broken more and more,
but you will rejoice in the abundance of the fruit it will bear.”
Henri Nouwen
Henri Nouwen
Saturday, January 5, 2013
Friday, January 4, 2013
what if money didn't matter? Alan Watts
really. what if money didn't matter? what would you do?
would you love more? laugh more?
have more joy in your heart? less stress?
how about if we give it a try.
even for just one day!
Thursday, January 3, 2013
Wednesday, January 2, 2013
Tuesday, January 1, 2013
recipe for success
"The criteria for success: you are free, you live in the present moment,
you are useful to the people around you, and you feel love for all
humanity."
Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
you are useful to the people around you, and you feel love for all
humanity."
Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
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