Now that is my kind of limo!!!

"You are either on the bus or off the bus."
- Ken Kesey



This group consciousness was very important to the Pranksters. The idea was to put individual differences aside and work as a group...an attuned group. Those who weren't attuned were seen as rocking the boat, disrupting the trip. These were the people who were considered "off the bus." The ones who were attuned to the group consciousness, those who did their share of the work, and smile rather than pout, these were the ones who were "on the bus." Thus, the literal meaning of "You are either on the bus or off the bus" is "You are either attuned to the group consciousness or you are not attuned to the group consciousness." Well, isn't that groovy?
......I loved that description above.
I guess they don't have a "herd of dumb, driven cattle mentality"......eh.
( http://tinyurl.com/33n2g8 )
have a groovy day.
Love,
Michele

letting the light in

this is our backyard in the summertime. I so wish it was summer....I am craving to feel the sun......but isn't that what suffering really is?....wanting things to be different from how they are? Love, Michele



Ring the bells that can still ring,
Forget your perfect offering,
There is a crack in everything,
That's how the light gets in.

growth

“You have to grow from the inside out. None can teach you, none can make you spiritual.
There is no other teacher but your own soul.”
-Swami Vivekananda

Power of Thought

Power of Thought

All the powers in the universe are already ours.
It is we who put our hands before our eyes
and cry that it is dark.

We are what our thoughts have made us;
so take care about what you think.
Words are secondary.
Thoughts live; They travel far.

When an idea exclusively occupies the mind,
it is transformed into an actual physical
or mental state.

We reap what we sow.
We are the makers of our own fate.
None else has the blame, none has the praise.

There is no help for you outside of yourself;
you are the creator of the universe;
Like the silkworm
you have built a cocoon around yourself....
Burst your own cocoon
and come out as the beautiful butterfly,
as the free soul.

Then alone you will see the Truth.

In one word, this ideal is that you are divine.
God sits in temple of every human body.

- Swami Vivekananda

Life force

I am lucky....this is what I wake up to every morning.

This is on my ceiling...above my bed.......have a great day.

love,

Michele

There is a vitality, a life force, an energy,

a quickening, that is translated into action

And because there is only one of you in all time

this expression is unique

And if you block it, it will never exist though

any other medium and will be lost. . .

The world will not have it

It is not your business to determine how good

it is, nor how valuable, nor how it

compares to other expressions

It is your business to keep it yours, clearly

and directly. . .to keep the channel open

You do not even have to believe in yourself

or your work. . .You have to keep open and aware

directly to the urges that motivate you

Keep the channels open!

Martha Graham

attention

a view from Marko's room.



Attention is not concentration. Attention is interest. If you’re interested in something, then you’re attentive. And if you’re attentive, you discover many things.

simple truth

This is the profound, simple truth:

You are the master of your life and death.

What you do is what you are.

Lao Tzu

calm and sensible???

"Whoever is calm and sensible is insane!"

- *The Rumi Collection,* "Quatrain from Open Secret"
translated by John Moyne and Coleman Barks



whoa!! I must not be insane after all.....well according to Rumi anyway.
love,
Michele

Terrapin

Macy made this Terrapin.

Have a very happy day and enjoy the quote below!!!

love,

Michele

"It may be when we no

longer know what to do,

we have come to our real work,

and that when we no longer know which way to go,

we have begun our real journey."

Wendell Berry

to live in this world

To live in this world

you must be able

to do three things:

to love what is mortal;

to hold it

against your bones knowing

your own life depends on it;

and, when the time comes to let it go,

to let it go.

Mary Oliver

It felt love

Macy took this picture at Omega Institute.

Flowers are her favorite thing to photograph.

Love,

Michele

"It Felt Love"
How
Did the rose
Ever open its heart
And give to this world
All its
Beauty?
It felt the encouragement of light
Against its
Being,
Otherwise,
We all remain
Too

Frightened
From The Gift: Poems by Hafiz

on being awake

wow...I feel like I could have written the poem below.

sometimes I feel so awake and in the moment....and sometimes I feel way too

occupied with "stuff".

have a great day.

Love,

Michele

I am awake. And clinging to my small life.

Occupied with tidying the house, and matters of finance

Steadfastly ignoring the flower of love that blooms in my heart.

Because her beauty is almost­ more than I can bear.

Occasionally, I summon the courage to look longingly at her before returning

to straightening the pictures of my life on the wall of my mind.

Amy Saltzman

A Humanist Code of Ethics

A Humanist Code of Ethics:
Do no harm to the earth, she is your mother.
Being is more important than having.
Never promote yourself at another's expense.
Hold life sacred; treat it with reverence.
Allow each person the digity of his or her labor.
Open your home to the wayfarer.
Be ready to receive your deepest dreams;
sometimes they are the speech of unblighted conscience.
Always make restitutions to the ones you have harmed.
Never think less of yourself than you are.
Never think that you are more than another.
-Arthur Dobrin