Archive: April 2013

Miracle or Coincidence?

“In the magical universe there are no coincidences and there are no accidents. Nothing happens unless someone wills it to happen.”
~ William S. Burroughs

It’s wonderful waking up to a clean home, a beautiful sunrise, and fresh trade winds again, as we begin another work week!

So I’ve been postponing making final plans for a short spring break. No reason really, just didn’t feel inspired to set the dates in stone quite yet. And magically, it seems that Spencer has an opportunity to do a boat delivery with a good friend, make a little money, and free passage up to the states. As for myself, I remained undecided … read more

Quick and Easy Chakra Chart

Working on the 6th Chakra could get interesting!

The friends we keep and the friend we are

The ABCs of Genuine Happiness

Emptiness and Fullness of Self

From Tao & Zen

What is non-self, Anatta (Pali)? It means impermanence. If things are impermanent, they don’t remain the same things forever. You of this moment are no longer you of a minute ago. There is no permanent entity within us, there is only a stream of being.

This is a very profound teaching of the Buddha. For instance, looking into a flower, you can see that the flower is made of many elements that we can call non-flower elements.

When you touch the flower, you touch the cloud. You cannot remove the cloud from the flower, because if you could remove the cloud from the flower, the flower would collapse right away.

You don’t have to be a poet in order to see a cloud floating in the flower, but you know very well that without the clouds there would be no rain and no water for the flower to grow. read more

Spring’s Renewal

“The first days of spring … The season of renewal when the earth sheds its winter cloak, flowers bloom, and the heart feels as though everything is once again imaginable.”
~ Galen Watson

How quickly the sun rose yesterday, and how slowly it rose just a day later, behind many layers of thin clouds. I was grateful for the extra time in stillness. The moon, a tiny sliver in the sky, eventually disappeared from sight. A nearly invisible cloud brought the lightest of sprinkles. A morning dove cooed somewhere in the background. Two birds had a tiff off in the distance. The cats played down in the grass below. read more

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