TODAY'S QUOTE:
It takes vision and courage to create - it takes faith and courage to prove...
Owen D. Young
The creation of art in any form is like giving birth, and every offering is precious to its parent. All of us may not possess the talent it takes to become mainstream masters, but everyone can create their own masterpiece. I call it rebirth; this sacred art of recreation is intimidating, empowering, terrifying... and oh so magical. In every way that matters the date of a rebirth is more worthy of celebration than a birthday.
One date is accidental... the other most deliberate. One is created by others... the other is constructed by you. One is of the body... the other belongs to the soul. Birth happens to you... rebirth occurs inside of you. You cannot do the second without doing the first, but that doesn't make your birth more valuable. You don't remember the experience of being born. The magical quality of that sacred occurrence is felt by others, it's true, and the celebration of your very existence is a thing of wondrous proportions.
Rebirth isn't about existing. Really living is the reward of breaking out of the shell that life and circumstances builds between your brain, heart, and soul. The cracking starts slowly, giving you time and space to adjust to your ever changing reality. Each ray of light illuminates something newly discovered about who you really are underneath all the labels you either inherited, earned fairly, or been branded with by other's.
The lessons never end, but that's a blessing. Relaxing into a new mindset doesn't stop the souls need for you to dig deeper or the hearts ache for total understanding. Learning isn't over even after all the parts are connected and at perfect ease with each other. In a most magical way you'll continue to create and recreate in an attempt to perfect and project an internal image that makes sense of all your struggles. Think about it... let it ride... then decide!!!
Friday, June 24, 2016
Tuesday, June 07, 2016
WHAT YOU CULTIVATE
TODAY'S QUOTE:
If fear is cultivated it will become stronger, if faith is cultivated it will achieve mastery...
John Paul Jones
The mind, heart, and soul are akin to gardens... each one located on a deeper internal level than the one before... each tilled, seeded, weeded then harvested as needed for fuel as we travel. As children we don't have any choice about what's planted there. There are just too many hands tossing things about and too few making a neat job of it. By the time we reach the age of reason our sacred gardens are unkempt, overgrown, and so full of prickly weeds that any time spent there guarantees a wounding of one sort or another. And if we spend our time avoiding going there we grow older, yet no wiser; our outer form matures, while our center remains undeveloped.
What we ought to do at the age of reason is to simply plow everything under and begin anew. But what is most often done is to avoid looking deep, while we coast along mostly on the surface. Putting great value on the most unimportant things is something we all do before we realize the true worth of things not on public display. Name brands... fads... things we possess quickly possess us then any deeper looking is not necessary. Valuing others for their net worth... or yourself for the lack of... well it's simply a flawed equation, with no hope of a valid solution.
Tend your garden. Clear it of all the unhealthy echoes that bloom endlessly into negative thoughts that lead to drama that you wouldn't create if your thinking were sound. Dig deep and plant securely what you want to harvest to make for a richer life. And if you drop seeds in someone else's sacred ground make sure you enhance the yield of healthy growth. The negatives that dare to sprout should never be given the time for their roots to catch hold. Feed wisely on positives; replanting as you harvest and there won't be much space for any weeds to grow. Think about it... let it ride... then decide!!!
If fear is cultivated it will become stronger, if faith is cultivated it will achieve mastery...
John Paul Jones
The mind, heart, and soul are akin to gardens... each one located on a deeper internal level than the one before... each tilled, seeded, weeded then harvested as needed for fuel as we travel. As children we don't have any choice about what's planted there. There are just too many hands tossing things about and too few making a neat job of it. By the time we reach the age of reason our sacred gardens are unkempt, overgrown, and so full of prickly weeds that any time spent there guarantees a wounding of one sort or another. And if we spend our time avoiding going there we grow older, yet no wiser; our outer form matures, while our center remains undeveloped.
What we ought to do at the age of reason is to simply plow everything under and begin anew. But what is most often done is to avoid looking deep, while we coast along mostly on the surface. Putting great value on the most unimportant things is something we all do before we realize the true worth of things not on public display. Name brands... fads... things we possess quickly possess us then any deeper looking is not necessary. Valuing others for their net worth... or yourself for the lack of... well it's simply a flawed equation, with no hope of a valid solution.
Tend your garden. Clear it of all the unhealthy echoes that bloom endlessly into negative thoughts that lead to drama that you wouldn't create if your thinking were sound. Dig deep and plant securely what you want to harvest to make for a richer life. And if you drop seeds in someone else's sacred ground make sure you enhance the yield of healthy growth. The negatives that dare to sprout should never be given the time for their roots to catch hold. Feed wisely on positives; replanting as you harvest and there won't be much space for any weeds to grow. Think about it... let it ride... then decide!!!
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