HAPPY NEW YEAR FOLKS ALL ROUND THE WORLD

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!

LIVE YOUR DREAMS

FORGIVE

LOVE

AND

BRING JOY AND PEACE INTO THE WORLD.

HUGS AND KISSES TO ALL OF YOU

THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR VALID COMMENTS

MUCH APPRECIATED

THANK YOU ALSO FOR SHARING YOUR WONDERFUL BLOGS AND EXQUISITE POEMS & HAIKU'S

Last day of 2006

“We will open the book. Its pages are blank. We are going to put words on them ourselves. The book is called Opportunity and its first chapter is New Year's Day.”

by Edith Lovejoy Pierce

During the days that have followed up to this the final one of the year ... I am sure we have all reflected on the past year. As the quote says ... we have blank pages to be filled.

We all have a different story to tell.

May you all fill your pages with love and peace.

Love and hugs Trinity :o)

More quotes:

Youth is when you're allowed to stay up late on New Year's Eve. Middle age is when you're forced to. ~Bill Vaughn

An optimist stays up until midnight to see the new year in. A pessimist stays up to make sure the old year leaves. ~Bill Vaughan

Many people look forward to the new year for a new start on old habits. ~Author UnknownA New Year's resolution is something that goes in one year and out the other. ~Author Unknown

Year's end is neither an end nor a beginning but a going on, with all the wisdom that experience can instill in us. ~Hal Borland

Cheers to a new year and another chance for us to get it right. ~Oprah Winfrey

Piano

I am your piano that stands and awaits for you to play me
Let your soul flow through your hands and become free

Apply your exquisite touch to my keys so gently and kind

Run your soothing finger tips up and down my spine; and within my mind

Close your eyes and listen to my beautiful sound
It is my heart that you have awoken from dream and found

Vibrations of love brush tenderly against the softness of my ivory face
Every string that you stroke is a warm and an enchanting embrace

Feel the spirit of music in your heart each day
Play me; make love to me in this, your very special way

Together let us resonate

Every note you strike reaches my very being my very soul above
Play me louder fill the universe with the echoes of our love

“Music is what feelings sound like.”

“Music speaks what cannot be expressed, soothes the mind and gives it rest, heals the heart and makes it whole, flows from heaven to the soul.”
santiz

“Music and rhythm find their way into the secret places of the soul”

"I am not handsome, but when women hear me play, they come crawling to my feet."
Paganini

"Music is the universal language of mankind."
Longfellow

“Life is like a piano... what you get out of it depends on how you play it.”

The One

The Matrix ... how many of you liked the film?
What was your thoughts?
I should be interested to know.

To the world you may be one person but to one person you may be the world.
Taylor Hanson

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOU ALL ... IT IS NOT THE COLOUR OF YOUR SKIN THAT MATTERS ... NOR THE DIFFERENCES IN YOUR RELIGIONS AND THOUGHTS.
FOR NEITHER ONE OF THESE SAY WHO YOU REALLY ARE ... IT IS THAT WHICH YOU EXPRESS EACH DAY ... YOUR LOVE AND FORGIVENESS THAT MAKES YOU THE HUMAN BEING.

KNOW THAT ALL PATHS LEAD TO THE ONE.

FOR THERE IS ONLY ONE

AND THAT IS WITHIN YOU

MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOU ALL

ENJOY THIS TIME WITH YOUR FAMILIES

AND LETS ALL CONTINUE INTO THE FUTURE TO MAKE THIS A BETTER AND LIVABLE WORLD FOR US AND OUR CHILDREN.

LOVE

AND WARM EMBRACES TO ALL FELLOW BLOGGERS

TRINITY

Merry Christmas Master S.

Presence is a Gift

It's not about what gift you give or receive.
It is about the love that you express in the giving and receiving.

What is Christmas? It is tenderness for the past, courage for the present, hope for the future. It is a fervent wish that every cup may overflow with blessings rich and eternal, and that every path may lead to peace. -- Agnes M. Pharo

Christmas gift suggestions from Oren Arnold: To your enemy, forgiveness. To an opponent, tolerance. To a friend, your heart. To a customer, service. To all, charity. To every child, a good example. To yourself, respect.




Christmas! The very word brings joy to our hearts. No matter how we may dread the rush, the long Christmas lists for gifts and cards to be bought and given--when Christmas Day comes there is still the same warm feeling we had as children, the same warmth that enfolds our hearts and our homes. --Joan Winmill Brown


Somehow not only for Christmas But all the long year through, The joy that you give to others Is the joy that comes back to you. --Anonymous

Meanings

Meanings of:

Channel of Light - the pathway through which Love (energy) flows from Spirit into the human embodiment. Encompasses the ancient Chakra system. The pathway extends from Spirit down through physical body and anchors into the Heart of Mother Earth.
Lite meaning: your internet connection to God's Web site.

Transcendence - the art of totally immersing oneself in something with the intention of moving beyond it; a paradox. Seeing clearly the illusion of life, while concurrently being present in it.

Lite meaning: Pretty weird, cool place to be! This takes the boredom out of sex or anything

else for that matter.

Transition - usually refers to moving from Life to Death; to the other side. Moving from the earth plane to the Inner Planes.

Lite meaning: When your earth plane vehicle is having problems with its transition, take it to I-Am-Co, the transition specialists. We will get your ass in gear wherever you're headed

Effortless - the Soul's way of "doing" things in the sweet ease. everything is already accomplished. All we do is bring our Consciousness to it. Within this Moment all possibilities exist in a state of waiting to be energized by our thoughts, desires, and feelings so that they can manifest in our lives.

Lite meaning: Pretty cool, huh? Less is more. The less I do, the more gets done. I can live with that. It's all about Being! As in human being. Not human doing.

Quotes:

Magical day.

Live your dreams

The fairy waves her wand and wishes you all a magical day.

Not alone

There is no hollowness in my heart
For it is filled and leaden with an effulgence of love
A love that fills and spills dispersing droplets everywhere
Moment by moment your voice whispers and beckons
Your presence is felt as the breeze rushes past me
Like a spinning vortex of fragrant air
Slipping a kiss upon the warm softness of my lips
I am the seed You planted then watched me unfold
Like the gardener tending to his flower, nurturing its growth
The garden then became my home and sometimes …
I was lost in the illusions of the thickets and twisted thorns
Thorns that would imbed themselves into my mind twisting and turning
Like the blade of a knife, the stubborn ego
The throbbing and the aching of a disillusioned soul
Retaliating with judgements
The flag of truce waving in the whirlwind of madness
I held my arms outstretch towards You the gentle Gardener of the Universe
Then one day Your messenger arrived expressing Your Love for me
The fear has almost gone
Beneath the moonlight Your Shadow walks with me
Comforting me with Your cloak of safety
I am … not alone


Quotes:


Old gardeners never die . . . they just go to seed
- Unknown

More than anything, I must have flowers always, always
-Claude Monet

Give weeds an inch and they'll take your yard
- Unknown

A beautiful garden is a work of heart
- Unknown
Flowers seem intended for a solace of ordinary humanity . . .
-John Ruskin

Gardens are not made by sitting in the shade
-Rudyard Kipling


Kind hearts are the garden, kind thoughts are the root,
kind words are the blossoms, kind deeds are the fruit.
- John Ruskin
May all your weeds be wildflowers
- Unknown

Shooting Star

My beloved I was born of You one still and starry night

A spark that splintered from Your effulgence abundantly bright

I travelled at speed like a shooting star across the universe

A fragment of Your Love in the expanse of the sky transverse

Adopted by the world that You created in Your gentle dream

For You are all and all is Supreme

My soul it aches to touch your lips, to feel you brush against my face

Majestic Lover let me feel Your warm embrace

As you gently flow within the ocean of my hearts desire

You are my Lord ... You are my Sire.

dedicated to Master S.

God understands our prayers even when we can't find the words to say them. ~Author Unknown

What we are is God's gift to us. What we become is our gift to God. ~Eleanor Powell

The Eye of God

The Artist

There is no point on being an Artist if one does not have

an audience

"Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures." ~ Henry Ward Beecher

We are creating all the time ... with words ... with visuals ... with sound.

What would this all be if there were no audience.

Are we the Divines audience ... the great Artist and Designer of All that is?

Are we expressing the Divines Qualities in our own creations? There seems to be a constant

re-creating ... re-forming going on.

Quotes:
::: Van Gogh quotes :::
The only time I feel alive is when I'm painting. I want to touch people with my art. I want them to say 'he feels deeply, he feels tenderly

"Good art is not what it looks like, but what it does to us." ~ Roy Adzak

"The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance." ~ Aristotle

"The job of the artist is always to deepen the mystery." ~ Francis Bacon

"What is real is not the external form, but the essence of things . . . it is impossible for anyone to express anything essentially real by imitating its exterior surface." ~ Brancusi

Awareness

THIS POST IS NOT MINE ... HOWEVER, SHE DID ASK PERMISSION PLACE IT HERE.
SHE THINKS THOSE OF YOU THAT DO COME HERE WILL FIND IT VERY INSPIRATIONAL.

By Isaiah knows nothing

Things I don’t have, don’t possess, who I am not- I can choose to focus on these things and create a myriad of imaginable, minute dramas each portraying why I don’t have these things, how I can get them, how I would feel owning them- and still, I’m no where closer to what I desire. Sometimes I fall in love with the drama, the play of consciousness most rewarding; that which I choose to feed.

Things I do have, tangible or intangible, and who I truly am- I tend to overlook, and here is where I am becoming more aware- I am in possession of all that I need, as I am. Desiring more, results in resistance and that guarantees more of what I don’t have. But even desiring to not desire brings about a resistance, which offers its own paradoxical guarantee. Becoming aware of where my head is at and seeing desire for what it is: a thought process composed of lower energy seeking attunement with highest energy, is enough (what is highest energy but a realization that all is perfectly fine, here & now- even thoughts that things are not.)It involves a most peculiar navigation into something profoundly mysterious where I must, must lose my way- even my very self, to arrive at the end, which is where I began. My “wayward” expedition into the mystery is a journey shared by every living soul. I know I am never alone. We are collectively on this journey, each of us trading turns showing the way.

Sitting around the fire last week, Trev Diesel played an original song called “Sharptooth” which is “a retelling of an ancient Indian tale about a tiger being raised by goats (thereby believing he himself is a goat)” in which he sang the following lines,“Lift your voice and let out a shout, you’ll see the limits you’ve lived with, you’ll know the power you’ve lived without.

”We are destined to own the paradox of being both tiger and goat, which is the same as the journey into the mystic. Each of us while on the same path feels like we are alone, that there is something we are missing, something we are or we are not holding us back, but this is a falsehood which is in place so that at our weakest, we can call forth that which is always already in us- that will save us. Only when we’ve seen the limits we’ve lived with can we know the power we’ve lived without.

My favourite part of the above post is:

My “wayward” expedition into the mystery is a journey shared by every living soul. I know I am never alone. We are collectively on this journey, each of us trading turns showing the way.
Does anybody feel this ... the way we are all interacting?


“At any moment in time, all Spirit is concentrated at the point where we focus our attention.” Wayne Dyer
I hope that you will be able to absorbe this post ... thank you Isaiah for allowing me to use it.
hugs for you. :o)

quotes:
Anaïs Nin:
We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are.

Buddha:
If we could see the miracle of a single flower clearly, our whole life would change.

Henry David Thoreau:
Nature will bear the closest inspection. She invites us to lay our eye level with her smallest leaf, and take an insect view of its plain.


Henry Miller:
The moment one gives close attention to anything, even a blade of grass, it becomes a mysterious, awesome, indescribably magnificent world in itself.

Sorry folks!

She is a bit slow with her posts at the moment ... hectic week.
Shall pop in to view your posts ... Take care.

Moving picture credit ... Myspace.com

1st December 2006

Gosh! Can't believe it is 1st December.

Shall we liken Christmas to the web in a loom? There are many weavers, who work into the pattern the experience of their lives. When one generation goes, another comes to take up the weft where it has been dropped. The pattern changes as the mind changes, yet never begins quite anew. At first, we are not sure that we discern the pattern, but at last we see that, unknown to the weavers themselves, something has taken shape before our eyes, and that they have made something very beautiful, something which compels our understanding.-

Earl W. Count, 4,000 Years of Christmas


From December to March, there are for many of us three gardens - the garden outdoors, the garden of pots and bowls in the house, and the garden of the mind's eye.-

Katherine S. White

All the leaves are brown And the sky is greyI went for a walk On a winter's day I'd be safe and warm If I was in L.A.California dreamin' On such a winter's day- Mammas and Pappas, California Dreamin

Gosh folks she loves this one:-

God gave us our memories so that we might have roses in December. -

J. M. Barrie

PONDERINGS FOR THE DAY

Our Father, Who art in heaven,

Hallowed be Thy Name.

Thy Kingdom come.

Thy Will be done, on earth as it is in Heaven.

Knock knock

Who is there

It is

I

God

Where is Heaven?

What does this mean, thy will be done as it in Heaven?

Where is God ... What is God ... The Supreme?

What does God mean to you?

Love to hear your comments

Quotes:

"To fear death is nothing other than to think oneself wise when one is not. For it is to think one knows what one does not know. No one knows whether death may not even turn out to be the greatest blessing of human beings. And yet people fear it as if they knew for certain it is the greatest evil." --Socrates

"The best way to get to heaven is to take it with you. " --Henry Drummond

"Heaven -- the treasury of everlasting life.--William Shakespeare
"Love rules the camp, the court, the grove -- for love is Heaven, and Heaven is love.--Lord Byron

"It certainly seems like a good idea to talk about Heaven, meditate about Heaven and read about Heaven, because, after all, that's where we're going to spend eternity. It's an important place -- our eternal home. So it's only natural to want to know what it's like and what we're going to be like when we get there.--David Brandt Berg
We can enjoy Heaven now. We can have half of the enjoyment ahead of time by looking forward to it, thinking about it, reading about it and anticipating it.----David Brandt Berg

“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that frightens us most. We ask ourselves, 'Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, and famous?' Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that people won't feel insecure around you. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It's not just in some of us; it's in all of us. And when we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others

by Nelson Mandella

HUGS FOR ALL YOU BEAUTIFUL FRAGMENTS OF LIGHT!

Ponderings on perfection

I love you all the way you are


Trees sway intoxicated by the motion of the excited air
Inbriated by the charm and passion like the wind without a care
Night brings shadows of souless couples that embrace
Dance of moonbeams upon the softness of His Face
Sparkling eyes like diamonds in the firmament; we adore
A kiss that reaches deep within the primordial core
Sailing smoothly upon the shores of dreams; never to be apart
Giving birth to the seed of His Love within the oceans of our hearts
Just a glance will send us spirallilng into the universe
Millions of stars will burst an expression of emotion; and then disperse
A beautiful voice will whisper. "I love you just the way you are"

Quotes:

Oscar Wilde: Quotes about Perfection
The true perfection of man lies not in what man has, but in what man is.

Michelangelo: Quotes about Perfection
The true work of art is but a shadow of the divine perfection.

James Lane Allen: Quotes about Perfection
The vision that you glorify in your mind, the ideal that you enthrone in your heart. This you will build your life by, and this you will become.

Norman Vincent Peale:
There is real magic in enthusiasm. It spells the difference between mediocrity and accomplishment


“The thing that is really hard, and really amazing, is giving up on being perfect and beginning the work of becoming yourself.”
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Anna Quindlen quotes (American bestselling Author and Journalist, b.1953)

Should anyone wish to expand on this pondering on perfection.

... to be perfect is to be able to make mistakes

"freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes." - Mahatma Gandhi



what is perfectionism, if not the fear of making mistakes?
there is something strangely funny about making mistakes it gives one the opportunity to view it and act on it
to be free ... do not strive to be perfect ... see the beauty of your imperfections ... they are gifts from a wise God

God teaches Love
God loves you as you are
thus, should you also accept others imperfections as God love me and, learning to accept others as they are, with their faults, teaches one to do this for one's self also.
accept your own imperfections, ... they are not that important to dwell upon

Life and love ... are more important than perfection
for, ... both life and love are the expression of perfection
perfection that you are a part of: the more that you are able to forgive others and yourself for not being perfect, the more you are able to love ... and the more you have found freedom itself.

To accept others and their faults is also accepting our own faults. Thus, if we are to say we are one, this then holds no separation from other.

Hugs for everyone.

Dedicated to Master S.

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We can't say why we search, except that there seems to be an innate need, in each human being, to know who one is, what we are here for, how to live more poetically. by William Segal

It is said, that we search from the minute we are born. As a child she remembers always leaving her body. An OBE. Having out of the body experiences. Not really being able to explain to my mum about the experiences, that she was always floating up to the ceiling. This is her truth and only those that have also experienced this will understand it is very hard to explain to others. Then these experiences stopped for awhile, only to return again in her 20's. In these years she then had a succession of coincidences which kept unfolding bringing me closer each time to truth. Some of these coincidences being quite powerful.

She would be interested to know about your journey to the path and of any strange experiences. :o)

Journey

I am the Universe one of its kind

No other like me will you ever find

Revolving round the flaming sun

Since the birth of ancient time begun

I journeyed here from afar

A fragmented piece of a great shining star

Travelling upon the eternal winding road

To reach my true and sacred abode

Trust and believe in your intuition

For in your own silence will come your transition.

You know the truth

It is waiting...............

All humans have moments of great inspiration when we understand the truth.

In those silent moments your inner teaching speaks and you feel. :o)

It is here where your answers are born ... where your creativity is released ... where Love expresses itself ... the primordial core ... your fountain of eternal truth.

Hugs for everyone.

BUSY BEE!

What makes us young is not our outward age - it's our mindset, attitude and approach to life. It's something we carry within."~ Queen Rania of Jordan


Some great tips on how to stay young by Matt.
http://sharecompassion.blogspot.com/


HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO YOU ALL.

SHE HAS BEEN TRYING TO GET ROUND TO VISITING A COUPLE OF BLOGS A DAY.
SHE HAS A GUEST STAYING. HENCE THE REASON SHE HAS NOT BEEN HERE.

MAY YOU ALL HAVE A WONDERFUL DAY AND MAKE A WONDERFUL DAY FOR THOSE AROUND YOU.
HOPEFULLY BACK TOMORROW! ;O)

Stillness

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Stillness

When all my worldly illusions arrive at the cusp of my mind

Capsulated in some kind of torrent ocean wave inside

When all that is tangled on the barbed wire of thought

It is then in my stillness the Divines Presence comes forth

No words can explain the feeling that comes from within

Like a whirlwind of joy exuberantly it moves and begins

As the Divines pure fragrance cascades and fills the air

In my intoxicated state, I feel free without a care

In the shadows of the flickering candlelight nights

Upon the crest of the moon my breathless heart excites

My hand reaches up to touch the silken mist

Our blushing lips meet for the sacred Ksssssssssssss.

Quotes:

Any man who can drive safely while kissing a pretty girl is simply not giving the kiss the attention it deserves. ~Albert Einstein

Is not a kiss the very autograph of love? ~Henry Finck

Soul meets soul on lovers' lips. ~Percy Bysshe Shelley,

'Twas not my lips you kissedBut my soul~Judy Garland

Feelings of the day

In those special times

Have I not been like a blade of grass moving and bending gently in the breeze?
In those times when my ego was being bruised I still tried to please
Did I not try to make acceptance for my imperfections
Was I not happy to follow all your directions?
Did I not close my eyes and hold my tongue?
So as not to express any judgement when they were doing me wrong
Did I not try to look the other way with unseen tears in my eyes?
When truly it was only the Spirit that could hear my silent cries
As others laughed and ignored my shadow on the wall
In those times did I not try to walk with my head high and tall?
Did I not try to ignore the whispering of my name a thousand fold?
How alone I felt as if I were standing outside in the cold
Weaving your web to hold me down
I smiled with a mask the frown of a clown
I hid myself beneath the cloak of the night so that you could not see
How I long to be loved and long to set myself free
In my realization, my error was to focus on them and their actions
When I should have been more aware of my own re-actions
I thank you all for the opportunity that you have given me
As I travel forward on the spiritual life journey.

Deep Within

Somewhere deep inside my heart, within a cloak of mist
A most amazing and wondrous old Friend resides and exists
I see Him standing beneath a crystal astral dome
Whispering softly to me to return to my heavenly home
The fragrant breeze moves as My Lord opens my door
Speechless in my silver silence as I enter the golden core
How beautiful He looks adorned with a flowering crown
Dressed in a silken white vibrant flowing gown
My Beloved the exuberant essence of Your Love is Divine
Your sparkling celestial eyes gaze intensely into mine
Let my enlighten soul emerge and rise higher
To live in Your Presence is my goal and my desire

Something Inside of me.

The above image is an optical illusion.
Stare at the the four black dots in the image for about 30 seconds, then close your eyes tilting your head very slightly back.


She realises this is quite a lengthy piece to read, it will be truly worth taking a few moments of your time to do so. :o)



A Letter from Jesus. A beautiful letter ... thought provoking.


"Did you think that I didn't hear you when you cried out to Me in your time of need?
Truly, I did hear you. If I hear the final cry of every sparrow that falls in death, would I not hear you?

"Did you wonder if I was listening when you prayed to Me for an answer to the troubles that weighed you down? Indeed, I was listening. If I listen intently for the very heartbeat of every baby conceived in the womb, would I not listen when that child prays?

I listened, and I remember precisely the instant that your heart took it's first beat; the moment that you took your first gasping breath upon leaving the security of your mother's womb; the contented sigh of relief at your first belly full of warm milk. And, though you've grown up, I still listen for every word spoken in My direction.

"Do you think that I don't know when problems come into your life? I know everything there is to know about you! Even the very hairs of your head are numbered! I've watched you daily, from those first tentative steps and groping words to your very first love; and I was there, cheering you on, though you never knew it.

"Did you think that I was unconcerned because you didn't receive an instantaneous answer to your prayer? My dear child, I am more concerned for you than you will ever know. If I were not, would I have sent my son to earth in the flesh and allowed your kind to mock Him, spit on Him, beat Him, and nail Him up on a cross for all to see? He gave His life for You! He poured out His very life's blood in order t

Rescue Your World

Come Rescue Your World


I pay you homage with outstretched arms my Sweet Lord
No more struggling time to cut the illusionary cord
In awe and wonder of my being here, and your almightiness
Seeing the beauty of your gift, its immense fragility and uniqueness
To view the this world with crystal clear vision
In hope to see its true wondrous transition
Who are we, that destroys the beauty of your created Earth?
We travelled through all eternity to be here for our birth
The vision of the rising sun, the moon and the sparkling stars
A beautiful garden, an expression of You, the choice was ours
Who are we that allow unloved children to starve and roam?
Their tiny hands reaching out, searching for warmth of home
Helpless wandering little angels lost and kept out of sight
Churches, Mosques, and Synagogues do nothing to help their plight
Destroying forests, polluting the waters and the ever decreasing land
We are guilty of folly, the slow erosion of what God had planned
Let no one point the blaming finger in anger at your brother
For we are not separate from one another
Become awaken to nature, become alive, and see
To help us to make this a better world, full of love and for all to be free.


Love to hear your comments on the below. :o)

WHAT WOULD YOU CHANGE TO MAKE IT A BETTER EARTH FOR ALL OF US? :O)
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also pay a visit here Empathy ... http://sharecompassion.blogspot.com/

My Friend

My friend

I thought I would call on an old friend today

He resides a couple of blocks away

As I neared his place

I caught a glimpse of his face

I was filled with joy that he was still there after all this time

The old timer, looking wonderfully good, grand and fine

Standing majestical, strong and tall

I felt his spirit winter, spring, summer and fall

He stood on a carpet of leaves coloured rusts and golds

Within his soul the mystery of life it holds

The cycle of Trees

BREATHE IN ... BREATHE OUT

WE GIVE LIFE TO OUR TREES AND IN TURN THEY GIVE BACK

CHARACTERISTICS OF ADVANCING AGE IN MEN AND TREES

Trees that have a tendency toward intolerance get more intolerant as they grow older. For instance, the seedlings of the White Pine, which is not so intolerant as some of its relatives, will do very well for a few years in the shade of older trees, but after a while you see a difference. Their leaves, no longer that deep lustrous green which marks the healthy tree, turn pale yellow, and the buds begin to look small and discouraged. So, using the word "intolerance" now in the same sense it is applied to trees, we know that people as they get on in years are more sensitive to their surroundings, less able to put up with things, than they were in their younger days. "My growing love of easy shoes, My growing hate of crowds and noise, My growing fear of taking cold, All whisper, in the plainest voice, I'm growing old!" Yet, taking the meaning of "intolerance" as it is usually used when speaking of human beings, youth is often more intolerant than age, more sure that its opinions are absolutely right and all opposing opinions absolutely wrong; while those who keep their minds open and "incline the ear to instruction" grow more mellow, broad, and tolerant with the advancing years.

Free Will

FREE WILL






IS A GIFT






THAT ALLOWS US TO MAKE CHOICES




There are many beliefs about life, love, and will. Yet people get so confused ... confusion is the normal state of the human world. If God did not allow us this gift OF FREE WILL we would all be automatons, but, we are not. Free will allows us to make choices.

Thus, choose a worthy path ... and let all else flow from this.
And, what is the choice of path?
It is choice of Being
This is ultimately, what choice is really about.

Go to Rob .... Mmmmm
Comments made by other bloggers on Free will. :o)

Quotes

Jean Nidetch
It's choice - not chance - that determines your destiny.

Zig Ziglar
Every choice you make has an end result.

Quote submitted by Ed Hillenbrand
It's not a matter of can or cannot, it's a matter of will or will not, everything is a choice, choose
wisely.

Leo Buscaglia
What we call the secret of happiness is no more a secret than our willingness to choose life.

War and Peace

Peace

Conflict

Young man soldier you have been tricked

Pulled blindly into this bloody conflict

Your mind plays games of judgment

As you stand upon the desert sands still and poignant

As the sky is blackened with remorseless demons

Young man soldier reflects on home and loved ones

As you enter and tread carefully towards the battlefield

Your hands washed with blood and your heart concealed

Will you ever learn to stop the fight

Too late the aftermath, the devastated bombsite

Of blood and limbs and dead man's skin

That life is so cheap, we trade-in to win

Soldier know that these are your brothers in trouble

That lay weeping and broken beneath the rubble

The desert sand will blow and drift, burn your eyes

Remember the killing of one another God despise

Reflect - how you neglected to respect life and love

As you dig the grave encircled by the mourning dove

We pray for your safe return

And hope that one day you will learn.

Where have all the flowers gone, long time passing.

Where have all the flowers gone long time ago.

Where have all the flowers gone

Young girls picked them everyone.

When will they ever learn .......

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Quotes.

On thy grave the rain shall fall from the eyes of a mighty nation! ~Thomas William

Parsons

Although no sculptured marble should rise to their memory, nor engraved stone bear record of their deeds, yet will their remembrance be as lasting as the land they honored. ~Daniel Webster

With the tears a Land hath shedTheir graves should ever be green.~Thomas Bailey Aldrich

Just Forgot!

Who am I, that have walked the winding distance
Following the ancient words, with given assistance
Searching for the doorway to the Divine's brilliant light
Learning to fly upon the wind like a kite in flight
Who am I, that have sat alone in a darkened room
Withering and weakening in my own created tomb
Shrouded with illusions, so it appears
Running a river of poignant saline tears
It was my great hope and love for you
Your silken hand that pulled me through
All recollection was lost and I was filled with fear
I just forgot for moment that you are always here


I guess there are times when we forget the Power that is within us IS ALWAYS HERE.

Hugs for everyone.


Quotes:


As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them. - John Fitzgerald Kennedy

We win half the battle when we make up our minds to take the world as we find it, including the thorns - Orisen S. Marden


Where there is no hope in the future, there is no power in the present. - John Maxwell

If you haven't attained true clear vision, this causes you to lapse into extremes, so that you lose contact with reality. - Zen Master Yuanwu

Be A Wizard of Love and Compassion

A thought for the day

7 Days

without God

makes one weak

Freedom

A story I heard today ... about 3 lions that had been kept in cages for many years ... working in a circus. Today through the help of human beings they were rescued ... returned to a sanctury in South Africa and are now able to to live their life in freedom ... BORN FREE
Free to roam the tall grasses of the sanctury and bask in the sun.
They had forgotten what freedom was like.

Have we ourselves forgotten what freedom is like?

Take the billionaire ... with money enough to buy anything, go anywhere, do anything ...
if they do not feel free ... is that freedom ?
They build walls to keep others out, and hire guards to watch their money and possessions, always imprisoned by the fear that others will take what they have, will not love them for themselves, will want ... do they not imprison themselves ?
And, it is not to say that having money is wrong, just that ... here, with what brings total ability on this world ... if they do not feel free, then nothing will buy them freedom
even for them ... freedom must be ... a choice ... not an attainment.
Perhaps the greatest freedom, then, is the freedom to feel free :)
And, the freedom to love.

Realization in your ability

butterfly on the breeze

born to feel free

Please feel free to leave a comment on what freedom means to you.

A whisper says that one should ... Make a wonderful day ... for it is only oneself that can choose to do so.

MAKE A WONDERFUL DAY ... EVERYDAY AND IN DOING SO THOSE AROUND YOU SHALL SHARE YOUR JOY.

Quotes on Freedom.

Albert Einstein:
All religions, arts and sciences are branches of the same tree. All these aspirations are directed toward ennobling man's life, lifting it from the sphere of mere physical existence and leading the individual towards freedom.

You can chain me, you can torture me, you can even destroy this body, butyou will never imprison my mind. -Mahatma Gandhi-

Man is free at the moment he wishes to be. -Voltaire-

Dwight D. Eisenhower:
We seek peace, knowing that peace is the climate of freedom.

an extract from Conversations with God Bk1

I truly want what you truly want ... nothing different and nothing more. Don't you see that is My greatest gift to you?

If I wanted for you something other than what you want for you, and then went os far as to cause you to have it, where is your free choice? How can you be a creative being if I am dictating what you shall be, do and have? My joy is in you FREEDOM, not your compliance.

Hills of Love

Running barefoot through the glen, passing the mercury rippling streams
A courteous audience of amethyst heathers, whisper in their dreams
Two loving souls embrace in a whirlwind, of a rose fragrant breeze
Pursuing and catching the enchantment, of falling autumn leaves
Breathless as they stand in twisted woodland, searching for the truth
Encapsulated in their eternal and ghostly spiritual youth
Reflections of light glimmer and shimmer, on the water neath the moon
Cocooned in delicate gossamer in deepest affection, united they swoon
Beings intoxicated by Divine grace, from within and the above
In their sobriety drowning upon the ocean of His ecstatic Love

quotes:Love, like a river, will cut a new path whenever it meets an obstacle.- Crystal Middlemas

There is only one happiness in life,to love and be loved.- George SandAlbert

Einstein:Gravitation is not responsible for people falling in love. :o)

Alfred Tennyson:

I hold it true, whate'er befall;
I feel it, when I sorrow most;
'Tis better to have loved and lost
Than never to have loved at all.
Delete It

Those Yesteryears.

Oh! Those yesteryears where did they go?
As I sit in my rocking chair, rocking to and fro
Gently my eyes close as I remember my life
Was it bad; was it good; was it full of strife?
I remember when I was a child and so small
And everything else looked so huge, enormous and tall
One big room we lived in, a family of three
I remember how daddy cuddled me on his knee
Mummy and daddy struggling, working to make ends meet
Christmas is coming, thick snow in the street
Lots of presents all nicely wrapped up for me
My first dolly sitting pretty under the beautiful tree
My child like thoughts that, Father Christmas had been
Behind the wrapping paper and ribbons, the toil was not seen
A little older now, going to big school
Torments from children, how they were so cruel
Mummy is crying, daddy did not come home
Out gambling he was all night long, leaving poor mummy alone
I wrapped my arms around her to comfort her soul
As we sit together and stared at the flames in a trance
Maybe mummy will give daddy another final chance
Luck ran out this time, gambling was deep within his skin
Daddy has left our home, this time he did not win
I love my mum, her coat off her back she would give for me
Working all hours to provide the best she could see
Rocking in my chair to and fro
My eye flickering in thoughts of what I knew and what I now know
Those yesteryear where did they go?
There were times when neighbours gave a helping hand
Sharing in the community, making proud of the land
Then technology were born into our homes
TV, washing machines and mobile phones
Making vows of love and loyalty to your lover
The children came along, now no time for each other.
Lost years where did they go?
As you rock through the times to and fro
It happened all so fast
The kids, they have all grown up at last.
One gets old and tired, your body full of aches and pain
And you wonder would you do it all again.

Rocking in your timeless chair and whispering ... "Yes".
Perhaps with improvement.
More so, I would perhaps of not of been here ... maybe even lost somewhere else in another dream.


Maybe some of you can relate to this ... feel free to share. :o)

Dedicated to Master S.

Mystic you come and go like the rush of a breeze imbued with grace

From beyond my comprehension an unfathomable and infinite place

Your intoxicated breath upon my lips transcends me to cloud nine

The living alchemist expressing your mystical Love for the Divine

A beautiful spell of enchantment you did cast upon my soul

Ripples of love and light towards the Whole

You have taught me that safety is always near

And that it only the illusion of fear I fear.

Namaste Master S :o)

Where the answers are

Photograph Stillness by Votahuan in (flickr)

silence a spirited shadow

stillness undisturbed fragrant air

inhale exhale

Be still and know that I am God. Psalm 46:10

The Purpose of the Rose

The Rose in the Autumn Sun

I stopped to gaze upon a Rose today
As it gave me a joyous smile
Its strength was slowly fading
It was clinging to its final and last breath
Petals gently falling like tears upon my face
As it drooped its head towards the ground
So that I the voyeur would be given that last pleasure
Of seeing the wonder of beauty of this selfless little rose

Perhaps the Purpose is to express one's beauty on a spiritual level at all times giving and doing with Love ... To be selfless like the Rose giving yourself without return ... And to leave a scent and the vision of your beauty in the memory of someone, somewhere.

This will be the making of a beautiful world ... your contribution to creation.


Hugs for all those that pass by. :o)




photograph by ....hailstorm's... In (flickr)


Quotes on Roses

The red rose whispers of passion, And the white rose breathes of love;O, the red rose is a falcon,And the white rose is a dove. John Boyle O’Reilly

The world is a rose, smell it and pass it to your friends.
Persian Proverb

But earthlier happy is the rose distill'd Than that which withering on the virgin thornGrows, lives, and dies in single blessedness.
William Shakepeare

The rose that lives its little hour Is prized beyond the sculptured flower.
Bryant

a walking cane

no elegance or fame

a twisted old bough from under the bower

to wade away the endless hour

a friend to join you in your walk

a friend to whisper and talk

no elegance or fame

a walking cane

funny how it can stand in the corner just waiting for you to take it a walk.

God is our Walking Cane

He will always take you for a walk.

But do you always go?

No Longer

No Longer

No longer do I mourn in the mirror at the reflection of my waning youth

But gaze within the depths of my eyes in raptures at my pending eternal joy

.No longer shall I be saddened and weighed down by the desires I do not hold within my grasp

But rejoice in the richness of the fruits of life that are laid before me to feast and fulfil my appetite

No longer will I thirst for the material possessions of life that are temporal and inanimate

But be quenched by Love pouring abundantly from within my heart that has be filled with aliveness

No longer will tender sentiments and nostalgia rule my life, shackling and seizing my illusions like grieving trophies.

But let me relish in my arousal of wonder at every aborning moment that is bestowed upon me and be grateful that I have a choice

No longer will my stumbling in the alleys of despair and becoming downhearted over take me

But I shall be triumphant that it has strengthened my very spirit and made me aware

No longer will the shroud of darkness obscure my view of the Beauty that resides within my ageing body

But I shall increase my vision and express the Beauty upon all I meet.

No longer will walls and frivolities of the mundane world steal my energy and entomb me

But let every stone wall I have built be clawed down till my fingers bleed and I rejoice in the pain of my long last awaited freedom

No longer will false idols of society impress me with their sad and tasteless life

But the visions of Nature …the air that I breathe … the whisper from a passing breeze … the sun as it kisses the earth … and the taste of wine and passion shall be my intoxications of love

Life is simplicity … be still and silent and listen

Beneath my bowers

Beneath my bowers

Let the dawn break in my deepest dark night
Lifting my vision to exhilarating heights
Let me gaze upon the Mystic with my starry eyes
That sparkle and dazzle the cosmic skies
Let the wind blow with laughter chasing the tail of the breeze
spiraling round the tall wooded trees
Candles flickering to light the passage way
Branches twist and bend, intoxicating they sway
Sit with me my darling, and ponder beneath my bower
As eloquently we pass away in the non physical hour
Lets whisper and call the Presence of God to rise higher
We are one and this is our true loving desire.


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What would you do if you were invisible?

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Midday Canvas
Leaves burnished and kissed by the mid-day sun
The autumn days colour smolders and run
Wisps of clouds like sails on the ocean blue
The Greatest Artist shares His canvas with you.

The Beauty of a Moment

The Beauty of a Moment

I sat and witnessed the sunlight lively upon the silvery stream
Mesmerized by its mystical movement within a moments dream
Sun beams streaming down from the great azures above
The dance of light reflecting sweetly the Divines Sacred Love
Mirrored in the rippling water, could this really be me?
Is this how I really look when I am pliable, transparent and free?

Quotes about the moment.

“When [he] kisses you he isn't doing anything else. You're his whole universe..and the moment is eternal because he doesn't have any plans and isn't going anywhere. Just kissing you...it's overwhelming


“Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.”
Buddha quotes

“My friend, the sufi is the friend of the present moment. To say tomorrow is not our way.”

~ Mevlana Rumi
13th century sufi poet and mystic
from Rumi Daylight: A Daybook of Spiritual Guidance
Action Quotes - The Moment

The Unicorn and the Fairy Princess

The Unicorn and the Fairy Princess were born of the brightest shining star that gave off light into the dark universe extending out to other beautiful little stars and voyaging dreamers that travel in the great expanse of the cosmos.

One warm summer's night when all was still and hushed, there in the far distance of the dark sky a shooting star could be seen by all that gazed up at the brilliance of the moon as lovers do; their hearts beating as one; their soft lips caressing and their eyes filled with dynamic stars of love.

The Unicorn and the Fairy Princess came tumbling down from the heavens above and came to rest in the depths of the emerald green Enchanted Forest and this is where they have shared their lives, for eons even beyond time itself; caring for each other, living in love and harmony.

The Fairy Princess had great affection for her Unicorn and he in turn for her. Often they would gallop through the forest, she riding on his bare back; holding tightly onto his long white mane.
The sheer freedom of feeling the wind brushing against their spirits and against their brow. Sometimes the Princess would lead her Unicorn to the effervescence pool filled with bubbles that held sparkling rainbows. This was the place where all the tiny folk gathered; a place of eternal joy. Laughter and giggles could be heard echoing throughout the Enchanted Forest as they danced and sang. Some would become intoxicated from drinking nectar the exuberant essence of their Divine Lord. They danced to tunes of the fiddle beneath the stars.
A stream of moonlight looped the Fairy Princesses figure, her eyes shined like jewels from the Beggars crown as she gazed into the amber eyes of her Unicorn, be her true love forever.

The Divine Wizard the magical creator of all puts a garland of fine petals on the Princesses hair, so that she may feel the scent of a thousand forest flowers of grace.

Close your eyes and come here too! They shall share their golden goblets with you and all. Come drink and be merry join in the celebrations of Love and allow the Fairy Princess to sprinkle her fairy dust on you. The Unicorn and the Fairy Princess bring a message to you.

Follow your dreams ... Be sure to know that dreams have been sprinkled with sparkling fairy dust.






Drawings are by Nene Thomas

This is dedicated to the Unicorn :o)

Tell me ... do you believe in Unicorns and Fairies?

Celtic Love

Shallow crystal streams ripple, glens of tumbling jade green

Water that glistens in the sunlight of the mystics dream

Here I found my true love, where side-beside we lay

Beneath the earth depths, emerging from the ancient clay

Rising our Spirits to enter the experience of human existence

Through life's trials, tribulations and all its persistence

Through seasons that aspired in symphonies of eloquent song

Anum cara, together in Celtic harmony we do belong

Amidst our very special dream world the dance takes place

A moment for our longing souls to touch and embrace

Silently we stand and kiss in the spiraling circle of love

The vision upon the horizon of dawns crimson sky above

Parting gently on awakening keeping our joy within our heart

The sacred belief of infinity , that our souls will never part.

As we lay side by side within the Mystical Celtic exordia place

Whispers of love echoes throught the human race.

Always unfolding.

The unfolding Being

I was accustomed to thinking that He was hidden from me. Not tangible, untouchable, invisible.

I was wrong

It was my very own created blindness that caused the darkened obscurity that held Him back from my vision

Through my sometimes bitter suffering obstructions were born and all along I had not realised that I walked with Kings and Queens.

Halted in the tomb of illusions depositing judgements on others

In my depraved mind my memory loss denied me of my birthright of eternal joy and gifts of love and awareness

In my questing each day I remember a little more ... that I am a Being of Gods Expression.

Ultimate

Out of the darkness upon this earth of ours

Beneath myriad of sparkling tumbling stars

Our quest is the way to the Divine Knight

We shall grow and unfold towards the light

In the lull of our journey we will be able to see

That it shall be our choice to be pure and free

On the path to our goal we greet our fears

With decorated jewelled and crystallized tears

Within our illusions we seek just an intoxicating glance

Searching alwys for the Ultimate Divine Romance

There is only Love.

Stilling of the mind.

Keeping still

I have been relatively calm today. I kept my thoughts quiet and just listened to sounds of murmurings of every day life. The humdrum of the city cars could be heard in the background. It almost seemed to a certain extent surreal, as if I was just a voyeur. Perhaps I am the voyeur standing back and gazing at all that is in position for my vision to absorb. For, where is vision situated but, through the windows of the soul. There are moments when one becomes involved with intense listening to people holding conversations with you. One becomes no more than the listening tool; one becomes the ‘awareness. If we do not engage ourselves in conversation, but listen intently we find that our hearts open and allow the flow of light to express outwardly.
Thus, we then become a tool in which if help or answers are required we are able to do so and deliver them with pure clarity.

God

And where You be

I follow Thee

And where I be

I be with Thee

I be here and You be there

And you be everywhere

In and out

I be finite and I be infinite

You be anything and all of infinite

I express Thee

You express all of me

Where would I be

If there was not Thee

A dot in the void

For without Thee

There would not be me.

Always Dreaming

In my dreams we stand within the continual circle of truth

Opening the doorway to the stars and eternal youth

We move closer to dance beneath shadows of the cresent moon

Immersing our souls inside the warmth of His Cocoon

Spiralling inside the Light of the Divines Essence we lovingly embrace

The symphony of wind blows your hair against my face

My body trembles as I hold you close to my soul

We become one fragment of the Whole.

Ask the moon to let down her veil to reveal the beauty of her face
I desire to make love to you in the heavens of the universe
Like two stars of splendour kissing beneath the lunar light
Come to me my ancient lover stir and awaken me
Let the flames of my love touch you deeply.

above art work was uploaded from flickr.

work by Damian.