December 15, 2011
Today
November 14, 2011
Living Dreams
November 09, 2011
November 03, 2011
October 26, 2011
Love Connection
September 29, 2011
September 02, 2011
August 25, 2011
A Wake up Call
August 02, 2011
http://www.brenebrown.com/
August 01, 2011
So the greatest form of control is to CHOOSE to give up control - to let go of the outcome and to just show up, one day at a time, fully present and in integrity and authenticity..."
- http://thedailylove.com/
July 29, 2011
July 26, 2011
-Rainer Maria Rilke
July 20, 2011
July 16, 2011
To notice
July 15, 2011
July 14, 2011
July 13, 2011
Flow of Energy
from the vital energies beneath the surface…
July 12, 2011
Movie:Tree of Life
Different, weird, intriguing, life, death, art, emotion....
"love always...life flashes by if you do not love..."
July 11, 2011
We learn through experience, seeing, doing, and practicing
Flow can not happen through the thinking mind
In the creation of our reality
and connection to this innate flow that resides within all
we must plug in and move from the intuitive heart
to unlock the fullest potential of expression
July 07, 2011
Dialog with this being
July 06, 2011
July 02, 2011
July 01, 2011
June 30, 2011
June 29, 2011
June 28, 2011
Owls Speak
An angels company hovers near
With an ancient aura of mystery
a tranquil presence overtakes the air
Silent wisdom with healing powers
Extracting secrets…
Uncovering stories buried deep in the cells
The ability to hear the unheard and
A straight shot…bullet through the armor
To view what is hidden in the shadows
Flying to great heights…
An experience of full embodiment
From head to toe
spirit and mind
Closer to the source…
To see with fresh eyes
Walking a new stride in brand new ways
A full balance
back to front
Internal and external
The bold emergence of vital energies run through the body like a flowing stream
A channel of magnetic force
The purest legacy of love…
Spreading wings to great lengths and awakening a deeper vision
Soaring and guided upon the currents
A rapid progression
and a higher expression for all to encounter
Pausing to watch
To observe
To embrace
June 27, 2011
June 25, 2011
June 23, 2011
June 21, 2011
happy summer solstice!
Has secrets to tell you
Don’t go back to sleep
You must ask
For what you really want
Don’t go back to sleep
People are going back and forth
Across the doorsill
Where the two worlds touch
The door is round and open
Do not go back to sleep
-Rumi
June 20, 2011
Step up...
June 17, 2011
June 16, 2011
June 15, 2011
- Zen teacher Shunryu Suzuki
June 14, 2011
June 13, 2011
A Legacy Project
June 12, 2011
Creation:
* Fire (Inspiration)
* Water (Emotional Charge)
* Air (Mental Power)
* Earth (Body)
Can we flow with and become one with the stream of creation
and what does it look like to draw forth your creative gifts...
June 10, 2011
Expieriments in Love...
in the absence of love...”
"Conducting experiments in love...
is the most powerful spiritual practice..."
"Love purifies the mind and body..."
"In living a path of love we run the risk of being perceived a “fool” or “too sentimental"...remembering that “To love is to suffer...One who cannot tolerate pain cannot travel the path of true love...”
-Wise words from Swami Kripalu
June 09, 2011
Existence in this World
Evolving…again….again….and again
June 08, 2011
Iron & Wine...My lady's House
forget the video...the tunes just hit a chord in the heart
June 07, 2011
June 06, 2011
Intuition:
Intuition can be effective if and only one has the courage and personal power to follow through on the guidance it provides.
Guidance requires action but it does not guarantee safety.
Belief in one self (endurance, stamina, self respect) is required.
One must be patient and listen.
One must also be open and fearless to this intuitive voice and guidance.
June 05, 2011
June 03, 2011
Chaos
To come into harmony with the greater truths of ourselves, old perceptions and fears have to be shed for new insights to come...which often involves some kind of chaos internally and externally.
Many times when we see chaos...we run, hide, freeze, numb out...Can we begin to view chaos from a new lens...an understanding that chaos is just part of a greater and wiser order that we do not understand.
Can we sit with the chaos, continue to show up, ask questions...
and as Rainer Maria Rilke said...
“Live your questions now, and perhaps even without knowing it, you will live along some distant day into your answers.”
June 02, 2011
Stir the Pot...
to meet resistance
experience vulnerability
to watch and observe
live into questions
ask and ask again
make mistakes
remain open and authentic
and remember the only way to get there is to go there...
June 01, 2011
In Truth
Pursuing a deeper level of knowing...
Mastering the self....in this body...
At the crossroads fear becomes implanted upon the doorstep
Under a spell
Torn between two worlds
Asking questions and seeking answers
The various ingredients of life
portray new territory and foreign lands
A rite of passage
it stings the spirit
why does it hurt so bad...
Can I start over…
Press play…
I have found a key to the secret garden
where all doorways open wide
Love in its purest form.
A marriage between body, mind, the soul
Emanating from the center of the chest
A dance between the internal and external worlds
healing scars and bandaging wounds.
Unearthing secrets that lie within
healing powers pour into the system
A vessel flowing with the current
Where illusions become clear
and there are no more questions for the reasons why
Turn up the volume
I have something to say…
The power of Will
Embracing a force that was not seen before.
Nothing but a message of Truth
To live in Truth…
May 31, 2011
Love
We are motivated by love, controlled by it, inspired by it,
healed by it, and destroyed by it.
Each of life's challenges is a lesson in some aspect of love..."
- Words from Caroline Myss
"Its not what happens to you...its how you deal with it and learn from it that counts..."
Strangers on a train
and you never know...
who is watching...who will see...who will acknowledge...
who is curious...who you affect...
you never know who will walk into your life
strangers become united through a few words in passing...
Connect and become connected...
two beings understanding one another.
i see you and you can see me...
thank you for sharing the things i can not yet see...
http://www.marksadan.com/bio.html
May 30, 2011
Life
what would you want to do before your last breath...
May 29, 2011
A Few Good Tunes
- A. Armada, If Only You Knew What the Lost Soliders Did to Me
- Adele 21, Set Fire to the Rain, One and Only
- Mogwai, I know You Are but What am I?
- Krishna Das
- Emily Jane White, Wild Tigers I have Known
- Four Tet, Parks
May 28, 2011
Leaning Back
Begin and end
and
Begin again.
A long way from home.
Fighting for the will to survive
Birthed, passing on, and born again…
The self
To simply discover...You
This being… in this life
No longer searching for the things we already own
and finally
Recognizing the things we were searching so hard for…were there all along
Tell me how you feel
Questions, Apologies, Worries fade to the side…
Tell me exactly what you think…
Leaning back
Can we both fall into one another just a little more
Where I lean slightly further into you and
You into me
Where we can hold each other up
and our embrace becomes a woven blanket of safety
Govern by the law of harmony
Hearts link...an echo of pure love
Looking to
There is a mirror reflection
Where I can see myself inside of you and you lie within me
A symbolic union
Where no words need to be spoken and
we can read each other’s mind
A communion with the entire universe
An experience of direct truth,
which stems from one soul to the other.
Together, hand in hand, let us walk into new spaces…
spring into unknown places…
and marinate in the seconds that pass by with each day
Reshaping a new world with materials at hand
And I bow in deep gratitude for this moment in time.
May 27, 2011
Keep Dreaming
psychological, and physical health..."
May 26, 2011
May 25, 2011
To Choose
May 17, 2011
May 16, 2011
This Life Has Just Begun
What is a name…
May 12, 2011
Dances of Life...
side to side
May 10, 2011
May 09, 2011
Connection from Afar
In the body
A dance around the room
Weaving the web of life
Heart to mind…back to heart
Open.Close….Release.Contract
Running to…Running from
You see me you don't
Take the high road...the low road...anything but the main road...
Where is the space in the middle
The focal point
Where we both convene
Plugging into source
And silence overcomes reality...
Sinking below the surface
Mouth wide open yet there are no words
Lungs scream volume
There is no sound
Closer and Closer
Searching under every stone
Moving every rock
Building walls and tearing each one down
Building again
Half the picture…memory erased and frozen in time
Crafting truth through the finger tips…building fact
Churn the ashes
Flames ignite
Story melts into the blaze
Flames burn the spirit
Free
Seeking wisdom from the wise
Passageways into dream-like lands
A glimpse through a different lens
Yet the magnifying glass is not close enough
I want to see more…
May 06, 2011
May 05, 2011
True and Truer
May 04, 2011
May 03, 2011
Dive In
-Laurens Van Du Post
May 02, 2011
Closer
A wide-angle view
Re-birthed…Re-shaped
again, again and again
Absorbed in the body
Attention moves up-down-in-out
Awareness sets….
Still.
Beyond imagination
Into the nether-realms
The labyrinth of life
where the impossible becomes possible
and the universe aligns…
Speechless.
Breathing into this moment
Diving to the depths
I think yet I cannot comprehend
Deeper and deeper
I hear yet I do not fully see
Feeling into the underground passages
Criss Cross
Hello Goodbye
A guide
To see-to know-to feel the subtle being
This body belongs to me…
Storms swirl
Thunder delivers
Knowledge.Wisdom.Truth.
Vibrations to the bone
Meaning in the wee hours
Awake in awe- in wonder
Rain Pours Love
Floods wash away demons
Purifying the land
All aboard
This ship sets sail
A channel
Steer me towards the horizon
Wind in the hair
Close the eyes….Closer
Navigating into
Destiny
Step from the ridge
Out into the heavens
A messenger
Taking flight
soaring far and wide…
The whole self projects across the oceans
over the mountain tops…
and walk with me through this unseen sacred journey…
April 29, 2011
Lunch chats with David Surrenda:
As human beings we frame meaning for others by teaching and simply being- a steadiness of doing and being. As teachers, directors, lovers, partners, employees, friends…we must not pigeon hole ourselves in a box allowing others to label us before we even speak. Can we avoid this…not always but with each population we speak to we can redefine our language to capture a broader perspective in attempts to meet the general masses.
We must continually show up as students- a student of the world we are currently in. To be fully engaged in this world. It becomes a balance of inner world experience and…watching- observing the way the outer world is working. Attuning attention to both the inward and outward experience and at the same time remaining true to the self. To scan and survey systems, people, relationships, love, work, family…and from this place of awareness and mindfulness we begin to flow with the rise and fall of life instead of getting stuck in drama and story.
The process of self exploration- peeling the layers of the onion is the pathway to our core- our true self. This is the exploration and understanding of meaning. In this room we are able to breathe- listen from with in, sort out the blind spots- peek into the shadows…endlessly becoming-not from rules by another but through our own will. This leads to the process of self assessment-allowing us to build and strengthen versatility. Can we watch and observe each individuals unique gift and then can we look within and find our own unique individual gift…What is the thing that attracts others, that makes others want to follow us or draws others near? What are our strengths?...and on the flip side what are our weak points and of these weak areas, what can be acknowledged, brought to light, and strengthened like a muscle?
How do we each make sense and process our experience-
how do we understand meaning?
- Share and discuss
- Seek teachings
- Teach others
- Continue to show up as a student- ask questions
- Move away from attaining perfection and towards experience
The fractures of our self are the spaces where light enters, the doorway into unraveling and unfolding the truth- our unique truth. Remembering we are a mixture of light and shadow- something we can see and something we can not- a multi-layered being.
Therefore every day life becomes the playing field, a game, a test, a practice…a place where we can hold onto patterns of release- shorten our recovery time- becoming embodied and integrated in every action.
As we engage in the path to self awaken and discover our inner truth…can we eventually bring that out into the world to share our unique gift with others?
April 28, 2011
Words to ponder...
"A commitment to learn...to practice
and with trail and error to finally master..."
April 27, 2011
Transition by Robin Masiewicz
It is the gap of transition that shakes us.
Those moments before true movement has been achieved,
that bring us to a level of uncertainty.
Let us embrace those moments when change has not yet come.
To see that this is a necessary moment,
before a new race has begun.
In quiet mindful moments the transition shall appear.
As we open up our hearts to hear the silence, we are now willing to hear.
To see past all the dancing of the mind,
as a friend we can lovingly leave behind.
For we are now ready to embrace a new level of tranquility,
that is reflected at a deeper level of ourselves.
As we accept change...We may move forward...Embracing all that is meant to be.
April 26, 2011
Pace
April 25, 2011
Brene Brown: The power of vulnerability
http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/brene_brown_on_vulnerability.html |
April 23, 2011
Heart and Patience
a place of feeling
less from the head and mind
taking notes
like a scientist
gathering data
watching and observing
one step two step...three
Tao Te Ching:
Practice not-doing,
and everything will fall into place.
Do you have the patience to wait
till your mud settles and the water is clear?
Can you remain unmoving
till the right action arises by itself?
The Master doesn't seek fulfillment...
she is present, and can welcome all things.
April 22, 2011
Who You Are by Danna Faulds
Who you are
who you are is so much more
than what you do. The essence,
shining through heart, soul, and
center, the bare and bold truth
of you does not lie in your
to-do-list. You are not just
at the surface of your skin, not
just the impulse to arrange the
muscles of your face into a smile
or frown, not just boundless
energy, or bone wearying fatigue.
Delve deeper. You are divinity;
the vast and open sky of Spirit.
It's the light of god, the ember
at your core, the passion and the
presence, the timeless, deathless
essence of you that reaches out
and touches me. Who you are
transcends fear and turns
suffering into liberation.
Who you are is love
-Danna Faulds
remember...
cognitively think of the answer...worrying about the future...
Remember the path....the journey....the process is life...
Living is this present moment-
awareness of the now...
April 21, 2011
Quote from Dad...
-Jeanette Voight
April 20, 2011
The Battlefield
Safety becomes a compromise
Rain seeps through the cracks
and the foundation beneath begins to shift and move
Open
Fear hovers like a dark cloud
A storm begins to build
wind, earth, air, ether…colliding
The fierce and courageous warrior emerges from within
Marching into the field
Fog lingers across the property
This land bestows shadows in the corners
…passion continues to carry her forward
Following the call from afar
Planting seeds along the way
Blessings of love and
Prayers to the universe.
…A quest to discover the true self.
Stepping onto the battleground
Running into the fire
Her armor…a sheath of protection
Yet her heart shines forth
emanating and radiating a sphere of love
Worn thin…muscles weak
She continues forth
Swimming in determination
Living presence and
Embodying truth
This inner calling continues to guide her forward
Pulling her into the unknown
Into the unfamiliar…
Midnight alarms call in ghosts that cloud the trail
Unable to capture the breath
Again she is blind and can not see the steps ahead
Out of mind
Will…surrender
Fight…release
Inhaling into each layer of the being
Staying true to the whole self
Marinating in the space between
A goddess to the core
Shining from the inside out
Allowing this light to guide the unseen path ahead….
Loving Kindness from Bapuji:
Now is the time, your time.
To live, to laugh, to celebrate.
To breathe into the goodness that you are.
You are beautiful, you are pure, you are divine.
Do not fear the dark, just turn to the light.
And breathe, into the goodness that you are..."
- Swami Kripalu
April 19, 2011
John O'Donohue Poem
for your dreams.
whispering in your heart.
April 18, 2011
April 17, 2011
April 16, 2011
Iron and Wine
http://www.massmoca.org/event_details.php?id=621
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGt-pnvK53Y
April 15, 2011
Fun blog
http://www.thedailylove.com/
"...an addiction is an unhealthy habit that takes you further away from your Soul and the presence of The Uni-verse in your life....Addicts are people who run from their feelings and suppress them in unhealthy ways."
April 14, 2011
Possibilities Quote:
- Robert Fritz
April 12, 2011
Secret Gardens...
A secret garden
Tucked away
No where to be seen
Yet waiting to be discovered
Waiting to be rediscovered...
A hidden treasure chest
The missing key has finally been found
and we collide
Entering into this long lost realm
Into the imaginary
Discovering history
Reclaiming territory
Uncovering beauty
Being reborn in this present moment…
Gems and jewels shimmer as the sun shines through the trees
The soil pulls me near
The closer I get…the more I see
A surge of energy floods the entire being
To know
and be the knower…
The ground is rich
I can smell it in the breeze
Awakening the senses.
This land is budding with possibility
Fertile with life
Awaiting to be caressed.
Existing between my finger tips
Living inside the self
Beginning to craft a new kingdom
Remember to
Pace the mind
Watching...
Observing...
Gazing into the invisible
What do you see...
Digging for truth
Revealing truth
Uncovering the
Truth
This fantasy world is born into existence…
April 11, 2011
How much do you retain:
20% of what you hear
30% of what you see
50% of what you see and hear
70% of what you talk over with others
80% of what you use in real life
95% of what you teach someone else to do
April 10, 2011
quotes from the weekend:
- P. Palmer
"When you have a clear sense of what your calling is, you are in a very powerful position to use your gifts and to use them in service of something greater than yourself..."
- I forgot who wrote this
"We must allow ourselves to be vulnerable to learn new things..."
April 07, 2011
Just Like That...
Coming from the source
Drawing you into the vortex
From dark to light
Invisible to the
visible
A direct stream
A thruway road
On the fast track
Going with the flow
What do you hide
Don’t get out of control
Are you dulling the power
Come back inside
Something else lies within
So much more beyond your wildest dreams…
Slow down the pace
Look a little closer
Listen to the calling
Turn it up loud
A sharp turn
Yet the road is blocked
Unable to see
Tell me what I do not see
Hold on for a little while
Before you are off again into the next
Watch… for just one second
Marinating in the
Truth
Turn down the volume
and come one step closer
Take a seat
Wait a minute
There is SO much more
and I step into the stream
The aliveness takes me away…
Jumping in
Jumping out
I come back in again and again
Moving energy through the body
finally I see into this gift
I understand the language
Spoken loud and clear
I hear the truth
I embody the truth
Being held
I can distinguish the way
A different path
Following my path
Vibrations pulse through the body
Like each inhale and exhale of breath
Taken by the force
Surrendering to the unknown
Fully embracing this calling from a distance...
April 06, 2011
Something in the air...
Chasing demons into the twilight
Through the night
All the way into the early morning
Raking at the surface
shedding layers
Looking under rocks
Moving stones
Peeling away the covers
Exposing the ground
Digging to the core
Finding rock bottom
Tangled and intertwined
Holding tight
To the bone- to the ground- to the body
Stretching far and wide
Running on and on and on…
Tearing at the roots
Clearing the surface
The seed emerges
from deep with in
from the underground
Plunging deep into the under belly
Becoming the witness
Viewing this new landscape that has been uncovered
Sit-stay-watch-listen
The buds become revealed
A breath of fresh air
finally able to see a little further
Into the next few steps
A new life
A new awareness
A new beginning…
Having space to grow into
The land
this unmarked territory
The mysterious…
Each day the sun draws me closer
Each day I see more clearly
growing taller….growing stronger
Fully expanding into this world
Marinating in clarity…in truth
Spring is in the air…
April 05, 2011
Shifts and Waves
Tipping the world upside down
Spiraling in circles
On a race track
The finish line no where to be seen
Spinning round and round and
round
The fear you run from
that rocks your boat
is the sensation that draws you closer
a law of attraction
The demons haunt your waking life
Knocking at the door and you build walls
The horrors can not withstand the light of day and
materialize in your dreams
On stage
being seen from all directions
Frozen like water over a lake
Numbing the body
Freezing the mind
Holding on so tight
Afraid to look-receive-accept-acknowledge
The little girl leaves her castle
the mountain top
Wandering into the woods
Turning to and looking away
There is freedom in the forest
Silence in the trees
Listen
These different selves
with different voices
Why do they cloud the path ahead
governing our minds-our words-our destiny?
Can I sit with her
Stay a little longer
In the space between
Can I dance with her
Tea-coffee-bourbon
Pick your poison
Yes…no…maybe
In the middle
Stuck in the middle
Coming closer
Running farther away
Can I watch from the sidelines
Like a spectator
Who-what-where-when-why
Moving energy like a chess game
The animal inside weaves like a snake trying to break free and shed
a protected self
Allowing the paint to create the picture of
Truth
Tears fall like apples from the tree
Every bite
attempting to shift into neutral
tearing down walls
which walls
trying to see
yet still I am blind
Lost in the clouds
Smothered to ash
Does it always have to be so hard
Diving into the muscle
Swimming to the source
Staying…going
Running…stillness
Releasing from the inside…out
Does it always have to be so painful
Two steps back
A birds eye view
To see more clearly
Your imperfections become beauty to those around
And again the world turns
How far can you see inside
So much to say
I don’t know what to say
The language is lost
The words are no where to be found
Which direction to turn-
so many paths to get There
and Where are we going
Somewhere-anywhere
A bottomless breath
Fill the body
Clear the lungs
Connecting to the source
Wading in the water…
April 04, 2011
An Inquiry...
Turned around
Spinning round and round
How do you show up
What do you think-say-do…
How do you respond…
and can you watch all of this and stay true to yourself
To listen to yourself
To trust yourself
To express yourself
Being honest-open-vulnerable and authentic
Continuing to show up for the process
Trusting in the process...
Engaged in the inquiry
Being curious and asking more questions
Ride the wave of emotion and sensation
Staying fully present
by
Breathing Relaxing Feeling Watching Allowing...
April 02, 2011
good stuff...
mankind is fear, and the oldest and
strongest kind of fear is the fear of the unknown..."
- H.P. Lovecraft
April 01, 2011
Seeing you and me
Can I look you in the eye
A direct shot to the heart…passage to the soul
Can you see me…
See into me…See all of me
Watching me…looking at you…into you and beyond
Can I allow myself to be seen
Or
Do I turn my head and disappear into the
Invisible…
What are we running to… running from
and can we call one another into each others lives
Paths crossing
Yet far from merging
Can we slow down the pace
One step…two step…a walk…a ride…
Reducing speed and moving with intention
The sun shines a light on the things that were not seen before
Emerging into
the space between
The middle ground…
From a distance
the wise old soul watches from his perch…
Observing each movement from above
Drawing nearer with each gaze- each exchange
The eyes beam an unspoken truth
The closer you get…the farther he runs
Taking flight
Arms wide open
Soaring gracefully and elegantly through the clear blue sky
Beyond the meadow…surveying the land
Having patience in the process
singing praises…singing prayers
A foreign language to all
- Lay it on the table
to be fully honest
…Lets be honest
Heart-Mind-and Soul
To walk hand and hand
Into the trees…into the woods
Into the unfamiliar…
Going deeper- the thick rain forest becomes a floating lagoon…
Smother me in your being
To embrace until the sun sets behind the mountain side
Our eyes connect like a lock and key
The crisp air draws us near
like branches dancing in the wind…
Side to side
To and from
Back and forth
The dark and frozen ice begins to thaw
Exposure to the sun
softens the heart
And I allow you to see some of me…none of me
…which parts of me…
Off
to another land
Creating a picture
painted in the present moment
This dream world becomes reality
where
unexpected surprises reveal nature’s magical secrets…