Be the change you wish to see!

Great forces are directing you to conform to the patterns of your society. You have DNA that has been handed down from generation to generation, coding repeated behaviour patterns into your being. You have archetypal energies setting the standards for how you behave as a man or a woman, as husband or wife, as father or mother .... You are immersed in consensual reality, whereby the world around you reflects societal understanding of how life has been and is to be.

At the same time, you have an even greater force within you inspiring you to wake up and recognize the reality of who you are. This force, the creative power underlying the entire universe, is urging you to create brand new standards of reality.

The status quo is blind to our creative power. Create a brand new world for yourself, one that meets your deepest needs, and you will help raise the quality of consciousness of the entire world.

"You must be the change you wish to see in the world."

- Gandhi

My Daily Prayer

MARKO MADE THIS POLAR BEAR....I THOUGHT IT WAS SWEET.
HAVE A GREAT DAY!!
P.S. HERE IS A LINK TO A REALLY COOL BLOG:
http://malamik.blogspot.com/
I AM SO GRATEFUL SHE CONNECTED WITH ME.
LOVE,
MICHELE

My Daily Prayer:

Lord, Thou knowest better than I know myself that I am growing older and will someday be old. Keep me from the fatal habit of thinking I must say something on every subject on every occasion. Release me from craving to straighten out everyone's affairs. Make me thoughtful, but not moody; helpful, but not bossy. With my vast store of wisdom, it seems a pity not to use it all, but Thou knowest, Lord, that I want a few friends at the end.

Keep my mind free from the recital of endless details; give me wings to get to the point. Seal my lips on my aches and pains. They are increasing, and the love of rehearsing them is growing sweeter as the years go by. I dare not ask for grace enough to enjoy the tales of others' pains, but help me endure them with patience.

I dare not ask for improved memory, but for a growing humility and a lessening cocksureness when my memory seems to clash with the memory of others. Teach me the glorious lesson that occasionally I can be wrong.

Keep me reasonably sweet; I do not want to be a saint - some of them are so hard to live with - but a sour old person is one of the crowning works of the devil. Give me the ability to see good things in unexpected places, and talents in unexpected people. And give me, O Lord, the grace to tell them so.

(17th century Nun's Prayer)

Live, Learn and Tell

Live, Learn and Tell

by K.S. Bhargava

At age 16, I learned that mothers always know best, and sometimes fathers know best, too.

At age 20, I learned that crime doesn't pay, even if it is done well.

At age 25, I learned that a new baby keeps the mother from from having an eight-hour day, and keeps the father from having an eight-hour night.

At age 30, I learned that strength is the charm of a man, and that charm is the strength of a woman.

At age 35, I learned that the future is not what you inherit, but what you create.

At age 40, I learned that the secret of happy living is not do what you like, but to like what you do.

At age 45, I learned that life is 10% what happens to you, and 90% how you respond to it.

At age 50, I learned that a dog is man's best friend, and man's dogma can be his worst enemy.

At age 55, I learned that little decisions should be made with my head, and big decisions with my heart.

At age 60, I learned that you can give without loving, but you can never love without giving.

At age 65, I learned that to enjoy a long life, one should eat what he wants after he has eaten what he should.

At age 70, I learned that life is not a matter of holding good cards, but playing a poor hand well.

At age 75, I learned that as long as you think you are green, you will continue to grow, and as soon as you think you are ripe, you are rotten.

At age 80, I learned that to love and be loved is the greatest joy in the world.

Zap!

artwork provided by Macy

You are a transformer. A human being is an entity incarnating in a corporeal primate body which is undergoing a state of continuous transformation from conception through birth, growth, aging and death.

We live in a state of continuous metamorphosis and that is great!
Not so great for an ego that would like to hold on to things, identify and resist change!
As a super complex process, human incarnation bifurcates into either a higher state of organization or a lower one.

As a Dylan lyric puts it, "He who's not busy being born, is busy dying."

Embrace transformation and ride the wave of metamorphosis.
Resist change and you will experience a drowning sensation as you get sucked downward by the undertow.

(Zap Oracle card) -Jonathan Zap

rest

artwork by Mira


"So often we try to gird ourselves to face a harsh and difficult world when we might instead gentle both ourselves and our world just by slowing down.
...We could take a cue from music here: 'Rest' is musical term for a pause between flurries of notes. Without that tiny pause, the torrent of notes can be overwhelming. Without a rest in our lives, the torrent of our lives can be the same"
~Julia Cameron

open arms

Love is always open arms. If you close your arms about love
you will find that you are left holding only yourself.
-- Leo F. Buscaglia

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