December 2011
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New Year and a newer me
Impermanence is a key facet of existence. We all change and you should never underestimate your propensity for.change. I’m erasing many of my previous goals. After months of trying and hoping I realize somethings will never be, no matter how perfect it would seem to be. After tonight, I am starting my new routine: meditation and yoga in both the morning and evening, running 4 times a week,...
Happy New Year: 2012
ambiguouslysavvy:
May you be filled with loving kindness May you be well May you be peaceful and at ease May you be happy.
“Let my soul smile through my heart and my heart smile through my eyes, that I...”
– Paramahansa Yogananda (via bodhisattvaquotes)
“No mud, No lotus”
– Thich Nhat Hanh (via thelittlephilosopher)
Music Gatha
lazyyogi:
A song is not made by its tones alone
but how each tone shifts into a new form.
I listen to this music
And I witness the birth and death of sound
As it creates Song.
In life, we must die each moment
so that together our moments will sing their own
Song.
Every morning when I wake, I laugh and say, “oh look I’m right where I left me.”
“Cosmos is a Greek word for the order of the universe. It is, in a way, the...”
– Carl Sagan (via skylightdreams)
Joyful Abandon: LazyYogi Bedtime Stories: Shiva's... →
lazyyogi:
Many cosmoses ago, when the Creation was young, Shiva was once a mortal. Things were different back then. Reality was soft. Thoughts, feelings, and manifestations traded space in a tantalizing fluctuating dance.
Samsara was what we might call the Garden of Eden. Everything was perfect…but…
“It’s hard to stay mad, when there’s so much beauty in the world. Sometimes I...”
– American Beauty (1999)
Surprise
Heading to my parents’ house unannounced. I’m skipping meditation with the English sangha. Last night while with the Vietnamese sangha Thay spoke about honoring our ancestors. I plan on doing it while they are still here. Meditation with the family sangha.
“When I move, you see yourself. When you are still, you see Me.”
– Shiva (via lazyyogi)
Music can describe the moon to the blind. It can bring love to the hateful and inspiration to the uninspired. For me, it brings out the best in me. It shows me my dreams, but it also brings out a great sadness, reflecting a world that seems could never be. To others, it is just sound, a good time; but to me it is existence, love. As a moth is drawn to flame, I ask myself should I do it again?
atthefeetof asked: I understand what you mean by synchronicity. As we begin to work with our consciousness, our awareness or sensitivity to the powers active in our lives heightens. We become more and more aware that intelligence guides the sequence of our life. Things align for us in life as clear encouragement for reflection and action. These synchronicities scream with subtlety, saying "Look at me! ...
Synchronicities
Sherryl told me that as we continue down the path we begin to notice the synchronicity. Recently, I’ve started reading about the tao’s influence on Zen. Through this I’ve learned a lot about the tao. Things synchronize everywhere. Noticing the Tao can help make decisions. Instead of relying on the ego, rely on the super-consciousness. When this is done, beauty is seen in...
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Selection from La Nausea by Jean Paul Sartre
And then all of a sudden, there it was, clear as day: existence had suddenly unveiled itself. It had lost the harmless look of an abstract category: it was the very paste of things, this root was kneaded into existence. Or rather the root, the park gates, the bench, the sparse grass, all that had vanished: the diversity of things, their individuality, were only an appearance, a veneer. This...
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“When you abandon everything and come to Me on the mountaintop, I will show you...”
– Shiva (via lazyyogi
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“Om Namah Shivaya”
– (via suh-man-thuh)
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“Drawing is a way to deepen the spiritual practice of seeing.”
– Alex Grey
babydoll1976:
If you light a lamp for somebody, it will also brighten your own path.
-Buddhist Saying
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Pirate Wisdom
While drinking a beer at Pirate’s Alley Cafe, a man dressed as a pirate starts talking to us. We had a nice conversation and he said many beautiful things, but the best thing he said was, “your heart is a treasure map. Follow it and I’m sure you’ll find something spectacular.”
Pri¢ele$$: A Virtuous Cycle- The Ripple Effect →
mpriceless:
Your thoughts and actions are like stones dropped into still waters causing ripples to spread as they move outward. In a world of six billion people, it’s easy to believe that the only way to initiate profound transformation is to take extreme action. Each of us, however, carries within us the…
Brunch with the Elders: A Meal with an Economist,...
Tomorrow I will be truly blessed. I am meeting with my mother and aunt in New Orleans. My Aunt has been organizing a brunch at Cafe Degas with some of her friends and has invited my mother and me to join. This is so great. I don’t get as much time as I would like with family and this is the perfect opportunity. To make the occasion better I get to meet some of my aunt’s wonderful...
Short Stories and Poetry
I’ve added two new pages to my blog. I’ve posted drafts of other short stories and poems on tumblr before and eventually I will get around to editing—I never proofread my work—and posting them in their appropriate page. As the student of literature and the symbolic nature has infused with my existential, Buddhist, and spiritual center, I have begun to infuse this into my...