Living Joy Living Light

DRAW~

2010-10-22T21:30:00.001-07:00

Julian Beever-the 3d sidewalk chalk guy in action

2010-10-22T21:07:00.001-07:00

If you love his stills, watch him work! Amazing!

The face of serenity

2009-11-29T23:44:00.001-08:00

Arms to the Heavens!

2009-08-12T21:43:00.001-07:00

When we stand on two feet
head up
arms open

we are inviting great things to come to us!
No
we are demanding it!
Expecting it!

Delighting in it!

Weaving the 4 directions

2009-07-28T07:45:00.001-07:00

The Buddha's last instruction before he died was
"Make of yourself a light".

Hafiz says:
"Now is the time for the world to know
that every thought and action is sacred...
to know that everything you do
is sacred",

And in a poem I found a fragment that said
"..only the atoms of the soul are perfect spheres
falling to the center..."

We are the center and we are collecting at our common well
come and drink with me
and we will quench our thirst.

Joy!

Sutra

2009-07-28T07:24:00.000-07:00

"Live with skillful nonchalance and ceaseless concern."

~ Prajnaparamita Sutra ~

Shinn Moment

2009-07-15T16:11:00.001-07:00

I cast this burden on the Divine within and I go free!

Sahaja Yoga

2009-06-19T20:35:00.001-07:00

Shri Mataji and sahaja yoga
Awakens kundalini and absolute knowledge by opening the crown chakra.

You are born with the right to come to union with the divine.
Become one with divine power.

link to experience your self realization

1. do not feel guilty at all. we are human beings
2. this guilt causes a block in the throat chakra (and pain in the neck)
3. forgive everyone, and forgive yourself

I'm going to do this again...and again...until I am shooting cold air out my crown like a WHALE~

Water, mother of creation

2009-06-19T20:17:00.000-07:00

The first forms of life. Short, but sweet.

Nadis

2009-06-16T19:55:00.000-07:00

Nadis feed the chakras, which inform the meridians, which feed the cells of our body.

"hundred and one are the arteries of the heart, one of them leads up to the crown of the head. Going upward through that, one becomes immortal" Chandogya Upanishad

The tree of Abraham

2009-06-15T20:53:00.000-07:00

Stan Tenen

2009-06-14T05:02:00.000-07:00

The first time I ever heard him speak was back in...1989 and I was pregnant with Jon. I kept renting his video and falling asleep.
But! I never forgot the concepts. This isn't the one I saw-haven't found that yet. But he talks about the movement of the letters being a dance of opening, a meditation. What do meditations do? They open and balance our deep brain.

His foundation is called MERU.
We express our will in the world with our hands.
We are a projection of God's will.

When he moves his hands into the hebrew letters on the fingers...that looks to me like the cerebellum with the thumbs being the vermis. I still think everything is talking about the unfoldng and enfolding of our brain and then our bodies and then our creative world.

light of joy

2009-06-13T20:08:00.000-07:00

Light Hearted

2009-06-10T18:48:00.000-07:00

The Breath of Light

2009-05-29T07:51:00.001-07:00

What is life if not light?

The more light that food holds, the more the food feeds us.
Breatharians claim to be able to live from air and light alone; a concept most of us laugh at. There is documentation that Yogi's have accomplished this-why not 'ordinary' people?

The idea of living from light, living from essence alone, is foreign to our western minds, but thanks to the internet we are expanding. Maybe there is hope for us yet.

Some plants, some fish some animals have adapted to live with the minimum of light-but still they need some...demonstrating that there are only degrees of light and less light on a vast continuum. To us in the ocean's great depths it is darkest of dark, and yet, there is life existing there able to exist with such a small amount of light that we can't even perceive it being available. But it is. It's there. Light persists.

True dark is an illusion. It disappears when the lights are turned on. Dark is only visible as a reflection, and has no substance on its own. So why do we feed it?

When your mind has a choice between real or imagined, the imagination will always win...i read that somewhere and can't recall at the moment where-apologies. But it has played in my mind for awhile now, circling.

It takes me back to 'what is real'? A question that tapped at my heels twenty years ago. How do we know what is real? Remember the movie "Identity?" The twist in the plot? Indeed. What is real? And is this a real world or did we get caught inbetween or did we slide to a parallel darkly compelling version some of us?

What holds us in our state of awareness? Will? Ego? Misunderstanding?

Ta-a-jah-inta-do-a

2009-05-07T22:41:00.000-07:00

We are the light!

2009-04-19T17:43:00.000-07:00

Escape from Fear - Remember Love

2009-04-15T18:52:00.000-07:00

Paradox

something that is
and isn't

you can't have it
unless you let it go

Paradox

Become More Honest

2009-04-13T13:41:00.000-07:00

When you judge
others

you are really
talking to yourself

As you send love
to them

you send love
to yourself

You DID Decide

2009-04-11T15:42:00.001-07:00

Reflect

the light you are

You decided to be
light

so shine

yes you did!

Shift Perspective

2009-04-10T18:35:00.000-07:00

Your
health
peace
vibration
vitality

I don't see the lie you believe

I see the beauty of who you are

Change the Mind

2009-04-07T21:25:00.000-07:00

Change the mind
and the body follows

Change the mind
and the spirit is freed

Change the mind
and the feelings flow
in a whole new direction

Doubt is always SURE

2009-04-05T07:27:00.000-07:00

Have you ever noticed that
when we start to doubt
we are absolutely
sure?

Once we doubt
we have already decided.

Doubt is no longer
open to possibility

Doubt closes us
and points us towards an
outcome

Your Body is Your SUBconscious Expression

2009-04-04T15:39:00.000-07:00

the mind uses the body
to demonstrate
it's point of view

the mind uses the body
to demonstrate
it's state

the mind uses the body
get it?

Change your MIND!

Choose to wake up

2009-04-01T17:49:00.000-07:00

Wake up!
You are missing
a great
party!

Wake up!
Be the truth
of who you are

Wake up!

Healing is Always Certain

2009-03-31T10:02:00.000-07:00

The gift is always received
trust

that there is more going on than you know of

Be consistent

2009-03-24T07:24:00.000-07:00

These are traits of 'safe'

Who made it safe for your child?

If the answer is no one, then can you do this thing
for her now? For him now?

All time is in this moment.
The past is now, the future is now
It's all here and this is the only moment.

Is it safe for her now?
Are you safe for her now?

Let go of Having to be Right

2009-03-22T13:09:00.000-07:00

If you find you can't forgive
it's usually because you feel right

right is a position
right is a location

and it's not in the center

what throws you off center is your desire
to be justified
vindicated

When you let go of having to be right
...you aren't left...but centered

Who are you?

2009-03-20T16:23:00.000-07:00

Who are you?
Who did you choose to be?
Who are you becoming?

BE exactly who you are
The possibilities are endless

Sharing You

2009-03-18T07:43:00.000-07:00

Generosity
has nothing to do
with 'stuff'

The stuff of generosity
is internal

your heart
your smile
your touch
your light
your focus
your intuition
your essence

Are you generous with you?
Or do you protect you and hoard you and
sequester you away

and cover your ears and heart and say
I am generous, I am trusting, I am
and all the while not?

Trust

2009-03-17T15:44:00.000-07:00

When we go to defend
we are out of trust

You can't hold both positions
at the same time

which feels better?

what stops you from trusting?

Joy is a song of thanks

2009-03-16T21:13:00.000-07:00

Joy is a song of thanks

Open your hands to the
Universe and
bring it to your heart

When you open your hands
you open your heart

Be wholly who you are

2009-03-15T17:22:00.000-07:00

Be whole

Being Wholly Who
you are

is no small feat
we move away from ourselves all the time

Whatever you do
do it wholly
completely
totally

surrender to it

2. the sorting out

2009-03-14T17:31:00.001-07:00

Steps to developing trust:

2. The sorting out
can take us ages
or it can take moments

what do I want to keep?
what can I release?

hint-let it all go and then sit back and enjoy the space
sometimes the release can take us lifetimes

we think we need it
or will need it
or might need it
again

to truly "sort ourselves out"
we must trust

NOTE: we aren't fooling anyone.

we get what we believe in

1. the undoing
Trust the world

Tolerance

2009-03-14T17:27:00.000-07:00

when we make ourselves right
we automatically make others
wrong

we lie to ourselves all the time
our mind wants to be right
and it thinks it is

We can't judge others unless
we are deceiving ourselves

everyone is doing the best they can with where they are at

Relinquish and find PEACE

2009-03-13T19:59:00.000-07:00

Can you see the light in others?

Can you see the light within yourself?

Change your mind

2009-03-12T19:17:00.000-07:00

So again we say
time is in an instant

it is all NOW

there is nothing else

relax
live
remember
relive
live
alive
now

Inevitable

2009-03-11T07:58:00.000-07:00

When do we finally get that
while everything changes
it's all now
and we are always
moving immediately towards
the creation of the next
which is in the same moment

creation is eternal
and time is nothing

Time is an Illusion

2009-03-10T17:22:00.000-07:00

Decide
Make the commitment

the rest is assured
because it's already done

you start with the answer
when you can ask the question...you're there

1. The undoing

2009-03-09T15:59:00.001-07:00

Steps to developing trust:

1. Undo the things that you thought you were doing
Sit back and look at the mess

When is the knot not the why you're waiting?
(knotting-notting-knot-not)

and what if it's really knot what stops you?

Trust the world

one thought

2009-03-08T20:23:00.000-07:00

One thought at a time
Focus
On one thing at a time

All things in the right time
A time for all things

Focus
and be honestly
consistent

Afterall, it' not you alone
with that one thought thing

Trust the World

2009-03-07T14:57:00.000-08:00

Do you trust the world?

All things rest on this - your level of trust directly correlates to the level of happiness in your day to day life.

What makes you smile?
Who touches you with kindness?
Is it daily?
How do you show your caring towards others?

How do you care for you?
What do you value?

We are being shown so many reasons why we should NOT trust the world, and yet...we do. we must. we can. we are.

Trust the world. Trust yourself in the world.

Thich Nhat Hanh - take time for a picnic

2009-03-06T07:41:00.000-08:00

If you have not had the pleasure yet of knowing Thich Nhat Hanh, or read his beautiful books, please take a moment and enjoy. He's been preaching peace for 50 years.
He is a poet, scholar and monk. He compares Buddhism and Christianity in poetic prose and with amazing inisght.
Live your life like it's a picnic. Lazy days that you bring your attention to.
Take time to live your picnic today because there may not be a tomorrow.

All relationships are in perfect balance

2009-03-05T17:54:00.001-08:00

All relationships are perfectly balanced
the question is
what part do you hold for them
and they hold for you?

What are you learning?

What are you teaching?

Be a light

2009-03-04T18:55:00.000-08:00

Time is an illusion and it is fully and completely
in your control

all is in your hands

What you do with it is up to you.

what keeps you from hearing yourself call to you?

...for you are the voice of God

Change your mind

2009-03-03T17:56:00.000-08:00

Change your mind
and teach what you need to learn.

Will you teach joy?

The self you think is real is the one you teach.

Find out who you are by being before others and letting your light shine.

Even if that audience is one child, for you are always in the eyes of God.

Turn the light around

2009-03-02T11:38:00.000-08:00

Turn the light around

The lower soul is the substance of consciousness, and its light is dim

"The higher soul lodges in the eyes in the day, where it sees
and the liver at night, where it dreams
and in this higher soul is where the spirit dwells"

Turn the light around:
control the lower soul
interrupt consciousness
interrupt attention

and restore pure light
as the focus

Goal #5 Turn the light around (what is it that calls your attention? Turn it around)

Om Namah Shivaya

2009-03-01T20:48:00.000-08:00

Beautiful life
Beautiful light

Smile from our hearts

See the essence and live transcendentally

2009-03-01T12:23:00.001-08:00

The light crystallizes in a spiritual body

becoming consciously effective as we stabilize it
and the violence naturally tames

the water of vitality is energy, the energy of primal unity
the fire of spirit is illumination
the earth of attention is substance

Goal 4-See the essence of the original face and live transcendentally outside of yin and yang

The light is the master of the house

2009-02-28T09:35:00.000-08:00

The golden flower is light
One light within

Absolute unified real energy

and we "turn around" this light of self, this light of all
this golden light
the flowering within

All within the heart
The open center, the primal opening

The light is the master of the house

Goal 3-turn the light around, and then stabilize it

Become conscious of the original mind

2009-02-27T21:09:00.001-08:00

The Celestial Mind is called "The Way"
which has no form or name, but is essence

The "golden flower" is light
the light of absolute unity

and this refers to 'what cannot be surpassed'.
What more is there than unity?

Goal 2-become conscious of the original mind
the celestial mind that is like a house

I am the Light

2009-02-26T19:54:00.000-08:00

I am the Light
The light is within me
The light moves throughout me
The light surrounds me
The light protects me
I am the light

Restore the original joy

2009-02-26T12:56:00.000-08:00

Gold stands for light
the light of the mind
the flower is the blossoming forth
opening up
of the light of the mind
the awakening of the real self

Goal 1-restore the original God given spirit...original joy...a state of beingness

Living Light

2009-02-24T14:55:00.000-08:00

Living Light Creations is a beautiful site filled with art created via mathematical formulas.

Butterflies and Light

2009-02-23T19:41:00.001-08:00

Butterflies
Rainbows
Light and Wings
Messages simple
And gentle

The quieter you become
The more you perceive
Open your heart
It's all around you

You're Still You

2009-02-19T21:41:00.001-08:00

"You're Still You"

Through the darkness
I can see your light
And you will always shine
And I can feel your heart in mine
Your face I've memorized
I idolize just you

I look up to
Everything you are
In my eyes you do no wrong
I've loved you for so long
And after all is said and done
You're still you
After all
You're still you

You walk past me
I can feel your pain
Time changes everything
One truth always stays the same
You're still you
After all
You're still you

I look up to
Everything you are
In my eyes you do no wrong
And I believe in you
Although you never asked me to
I will remember you
And what life put you through

And in this cruel and lonely world
I found one love
You're still you
After all
You're still you

Listen to the Small still Voice

2009-02-18T22:00:00.000-08:00

Listen to the small still voice
this is the voice of your higher soul
that whispers in the day
and flies with us at night

Meditation and Clouds

2009-02-17T22:36:00.001-08:00

To be still in the face of great power
To invoke the imagination
To inspire

Clouds

Violin soothes the soul

2009-02-16T19:35:00.001-08:00

Artist Site

Baptismal Water Crystal of light

2009-02-15T18:23:00.000-08:00

Isn't the micro-cosmic world beautiful? Why should we be surprised by that? Down to the tiniest speck, God has made the world beautiful. It is magnificent beyond imagining. Oh to focus on one speck, one crystal, and understand the vast beauty and plan held in the mind of God!

"He causes to become"

2009-02-14T21:48:00.000-08:00

Jah, Jave, or Jehovah translates as "He causes to become".

"I am Jehovah, that is my name." -Isaiah, 42:8

a "name" is a vibrational signature that we recognize. Every letter has a tone, which carries a frequency.
When you become "aware" of the frequency, which means, you have become aware of the "name"

then you "cause to become", "in his name". Wow-get it?

"You shall not say my name in vain..." what if that means, don't use the power of this frequency unless you mean it.

"I shall protect him because he has come to know my name." What if that means, once you are able to access and hold that
frequency, you are stepping beyond fear?"

Not the 'name', but the frequency of the sounds/tones...

alpha-the beginning
omega-the ending or all
Father, son, holy spirit
protector
healer
teacher
provider
redeemer
the way
the truth
the life
love
defender
friend
savior
lord
rock
risen one
most high
strength
warrior
all-powerful
king
creator
son of man

elhohim - strength power in the beginning
el elyon - the most high god
el haneman - the faithful god
el hagadol - the great god
el ha kadosh - the holy god
el sali - the god of my rock
el hakavod - the god of glory
el shaddai - the all sufficient god
Immanuel - god is with us

yahweh - god of peace
the lord our maker
the lord of armies
the lord who heals

adonai haadenim-lord of the lords

Live in Bliss

2009-02-14T11:31:00.000-08:00

"Create the life you want to live,
NOW
Each breath,
each moment at a time
live in love,
joy,
abundance
and
Gratitude.
Living in bliss begets more bliss."
-S. A'Hearn

Lovely poem from a friend of mine.

Making our Moments Count

2009-02-14T10:32:00.000-08:00

"Getting rid of things and clinging to emptiness is an illness of the same kind.

It is just like throwing oneself into a fire to avoid being drowned." (Yung-Chia)

During these times, this quote struck me as appropriate. In terms of the cultural/archetypical moment we are in-is the country attempting to cling to emptiness?

How can each of us really step into making our moments count, because it's what we do individually that feeds the whole.

Energy Never Dies

2009-02-13T08:35:00.000-08:00

We are light beings that have stepped into bodies. Doesn't it make sense that when this physical body doesn't work anymore, we just step out of it? I remember telling this to my mother when I was just little. Maybe when we are little it's easier to let go because our tenacious hold on the physical isn't as hardwired?

I had a dream last night. In the dream I was driving a car. The car broke down. I kept turning the key, nothing. I called a garage, and they came and got it. The mechanic came out and shook his head. I realized that the car was done.

I patted the car on the fender. It was a red car. Still shiny, but it was tired. I could see that even though I had taken care of it, it was done. I shook his hand and left. I watched myself walk down a road.

I woke realizing that this was a dream about the physical death. And it was gentle. And it was sweet. And it was complete. I was still me. I got out of the car and went on. I might drive another car or not. I watched myself walk down the path, floating a bit, light speckling me as I walked.

I opened my eyes and laid in the dark for awhile then. I wondered who was about to die? Who had been asking this question? Who had I just sent that dream to, because it was a message. I was sending it to someone? Or was someone sending to me?

We just go on. It's not a big deal. It's not an end but rather a new chapter that begins.

God's Gold

2009-02-12T07:43:00.000-08:00

Merkabah - the spirit of light in body

2009-02-11T08:51:00.000-08:00

This video, really lovely, is produced by RAK (random acts of kindness)
Random acts, meet the LOL!

A beautiful reminder of what the body in light is.

MER means light
KA means spirit
BAH means body

is this the 'chariot of fire' that the ancient text talks about?
The hebrew word "Merkabah" means chariot

When we focus on geometry, then color, then tone, we are releasing and aligning with an energy that is far beyond what our conscious mind can conceive of. We have to step away from what we 'know' and step into an unknown space. We can't step into an unknown until we have built a vehicle of trust.

Open the heart

2009-02-10T08:21:00.000-08:00

Come together and look into each other's eyes

2009-02-09T10:06:00.000-08:00

I don't know what to say really
the biggest battle of our lives comes down to today
either we come together as a team or we crumble
inch by inch

we're in hell right now
believe me
and we can stay here and get the shit kicked out of us
or
We can flight our way back into the light
one inch at a time

I can't do it for you
I made every wrong choice you can make
I pissed away all my money
I chased off anyone who ever loved me and lately
I can't even stand the face I see in the mirror

when you get old in life
things get taken from you
that's life
but you only learn that when things start getting taken from you
you find out life is a game of inches
the margin for error is so small
one half a step too late too early
one half inch
one half second

the inches we need are all around us, the seconds
every minute every second
fight for the inch
we know
because when we add up all those inches
they make the difference between losing and winning
between living and dying

its the guy who is willing to fight
that will win that inch
that's what living is
the six inches in front of your face

I can't make you do it
look into each others eyes
we will stand here as a team
or die as individuals

***
good words for now times, from a football movie!
who would think it?
But isn't it appropriate for now?
think about what's happening in the country

we either come together as a country,
or we go under individually...one at a time.
We have to let ourselves come together
both inside, and outside,
both in our bodies and our hearts and our minds
as well as in our communities.

We can come together

2009-02-08T19:43:00.000-08:00

We can all get along no matter the differences. Sort for the same in others, and you'll find it.
All ports are harbor on a cold night.