Saturday, December 24, 2011
Thrive - What On Earth Will It Take?
This movie was available to watch in full, all over the web. It's disappearing fast now! Visit The Pirate Bay and download it to your computer.
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unity-consciousness,
videos
Thursday, November 17, 2011
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
Friday, November 11, 2011
Transitions: 10/10/10, 11/11/11 and 12/1212
The Transitions Website offers very interesting insights on triple digit dates. They're very important portals which offer a special kind of energy. We've already been through the 10/10/10 one quite recently.
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dates,
numerology
Happy 11/11/11
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Monday, October 31, 2011
The Original Significance of Hallow'en and the Autumn Equinox In General
[ These passages were taken from Earth Medicine ]
At the west we arrive at another pivotal point in the yearly cycle which was considered both as an ending and as a beginning. The ancient Celts regarded it as the time when one year ended and another began and marked it with a festival called Samhain (some say it is pronounced ‘Sowen’) on 31 October. Because it was regarded as the point where winter started, it was looked upon as a doorway between the ‘seen’ world of matter and the ‘unseen’ world of the spirit and as a time when power natural forces were at work. In popular mythology and it superstition it became associated with ghosts and ghols and it degenerated into Hallow’een, which has obscured its original importance: The Festival of Remembrance.
23 October – 22 November – Animal Totem: The Snake
A pivotal point of the entire yearly cycle is located in this period. Anciently it was recognized as the time when the year ended and a new yearly cycle began. This ‘twilight’ period had significance in another way among ancient peoples for it was seen, too, as the space between two realms—between the visible world of physical manifestation and the unseen realm of the spirit.
It was celebrated as a festival among pagan peoples on the eve of 1 November. The ancient Celts called it Samhain, which meant ‘Summers’ End’, but the celebrations continued merrily throughout the first week of November. Blazing ritual bonfires symbolized the burning of all the worries and problems accrued during the past year and these were the true origin of Bonfire Night in Britain on 5 November and had far greater significance than the memorial of Guy Fawkes’ plot to blow up the Houses of Parliament. It was a time for getting rid of weaknesses and the things which had served their purpose but were no longer relevant—of shedding what had gone before so that renewal became possible and effective. The fires were also used to cook the meat of animals which could not be kept over Winter. The result of the years’ work was seen.
Just as twilight is an ‘in-between’ period separating daytime from night, and autumn comes in between summer and winter, so Samhain was looked upon as a time when the visible and invisible realms ‘overlapped’. So it was a time to remember those who had died and had departed the Earth life, and when the movement of the Earth tides had brought the physical and the spiritual closer together, and when this closeness to departed loved ones could be more keenly felt.
The Christian Church attempted to kill off the old festival by making 1 November All Saints Day, Samhain Even on 31 October becoming All Souls Day, All Hallows Eve or Hallowe’en. The original festival was denigrated by associating it with demons and witches, and ghosts and goblins. In modern times, Hallowe’en has become popularized, particularly in the United States, as a time for rather weird fun, for dressing up in costumes and masks, and of pumpkin and turnip lanterns, and an occasion for ‘trick or treat’ suggesting the trickness of little ‘demons’ and the need to placate them, all of which is a distortion of the true significance of this ancient festival.
23 October – 22 November – Animal Totem: The Snake
A pivotal point of the entire yearly cycle is located in this period. Anciently it was recognized as the time when the year ended and a new yearly cycle began. This ‘twilight’ period had significance in another way among ancient peoples for it was seen, too, as the space between two realms—between the visible world of physical manifestation and the unseen realm of the spirit.
It was celebrated as a festival among pagan peoples on the eve of 1 November. The ancient Celts called it Samhain, which meant ‘Summers’ End’, but the celebrations continued merrily throughout the first week of November. Blazing ritual bonfires symbolized the burning of all the worries and problems accrued during the past year and these were the true origin of Bonfire Night in Britain on 5 November and had far greater significance than the memorial of Guy Fawkes’ plot to blow up the Houses of Parliament. It was a time for getting rid of weaknesses and the things which had served their purpose but were no longer relevant—of shedding what had gone before so that renewal became possible and effective. The fires were also used to cook the meat of animals which could not be kept over Winter. The result of the years’ work was seen.
Just as twilight is an ‘in-between’ period separating daytime from night, and autumn comes in between summer and winter, so Samhain was looked upon as a time when the visible and invisible realms ‘overlapped’. So it was a time to remember those who had died and had departed the Earth life, and when the movement of the Earth tides had brought the physical and the spiritual closer together, and when this closeness to departed loved ones could be more keenly felt.
The Christian Church attempted to kill off the old festival by making 1 November All Saints Day, Samhain Even on 31 October becoming All Souls Day, All Hallows Eve or Hallowe’en. The original festival was denigrated by associating it with demons and witches, and ghosts and goblins. In modern times, Hallowe’en has become popularized, particularly in the United States, as a time for rather weird fun, for dressing up in costumes and masks, and of pumpkin and turnip lanterns, and an occasion for ‘trick or treat’ suggesting the trickness of little ‘demons’ and the need to placate them, all of which is a distortion of the true significance of this ancient festival.
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Sunday, August 14, 2011
Friday, May 13, 2011
The Blind Men and The Elephant
It was six men of Hindustan
It was six men of Hindustan
To learning much inclined,
Who went to see the Elephant
(Though all of them were blind)
That each by observation
Might satisfy the mind.
The First approached the Elephant
And happening to fall
Against his broad and sturdy side
At once began to bawl:
“Bless me, it seems the Elephant
Is very like a wall.”
The Second, feeling of his tusk,
Cried, “Ho! What have we here
So very round and smooth and sharp?
To me 'tis mighty clear
This wonder of an Elephant
Is very like a spear.”
The Third approached the animal,
And happening to take
The squirming trunk within his hands,
Then boldly up and spake:
“I see,” quoth he, “the Elephant
Is very like a snake.”
The Fourth reached out an eager hand,
And felt about the knee.
“What most this wondrous beast is like
Is mighty plain,” quoth he;
“'Tis clear enough the Elephant
Is very like a tree!”
The Fifth, who chanced to touch the ear,
Said: “E'en the blindest man
Can tell what this resembles most;
Deny the fact who can,
This marvel of an Elephant
Is very like a fan!”
The Sixth no sooner had begun
About the beast to grope,
Than, seizing on the swinging tail
That fell within his scope,
“I see,” quoth he, “the Elephant
Is very like a rope!”
And so these men of Hindustan
Disputed loud and long,
Each in his own opinion
Exceeding stiff and strong,
Though each was partly in the right
And all were in the wrong.
So oft in theologic wars,
The disputants, I ween,
Rail on in utter ignorance
Of what each other mean,
And prate about an Elephant
Not one of them has seen!
by John Godfrey Saxe
Friday, April 22, 2011
The Shortest Distance Between You and Happiness
If there was ever a good illustration of this, I'd say this is it. A picture is worth a thousand words.
Friday, April 15, 2011
Words are Windows (Or They're Walls)
I feel so sentenced by your words,
I feel so sentenced by your words,
I feel so judged and sent away,
Before I go I’ve got to know
Is that what you mean to say?
Before I rise to my defense,
Before I speak in hurt or fear,
Before I build that wall of words,
Tell me, did I really hear?
Words are windows, or they’re walls,
They sentence us, or set us free.
When I speak and when I hear,
Let the love light shine through me.
There are things I need to say,
Things that mean so much to me,
If my words don’t make me clear,
Will you help me to be free?
If I seemed to put you down,
If you felt I didn’t care,
Try to listen through my words
To the feelings that we share.
—Ruth Bebermeyer
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The Love Poems of Rumi
The Agony and Ecstacy of Divine Discontent: The Moods of Rumi
In the orchard and rose garden
I long to see your face.
In the taste of Sweetness
I long to kiss your lips.
In the shadow of passion
I long for your love.
Oh! Supreme Lover!
Let me leave aside my worries.
The flowers are blooming
With the exultation of your Spirit.
By Allah!
I long to escape the prison of my ego
And lose myself
In the mountains and the desert.
These sad and lonely people tire me.
I long to revel in the drunken frenzy of your love
And feel the strength of Rustam in my hands.
I’m sick of mortal kings.
I long to see your light.
With lamps in hand
The sheikhs and mullahs roam
The dark alleys of these towns
Not finding what they seek.
You are the Essence of the Essence,
The intoxication of Love.
I long to sing your praises
But stand mute
With the agony of wishing in my heart.
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Bittersweet
In my hallucination
I saw my Beloved’s flower garden
In my vertigo
In my dizziness
In my drunken haze
Whirling and dancing
Like a spinning wheel
I saw myself
As the source of existence
I was there in the beginning
And I was the spirit of love
Now I am sober
There is only the hangover
And the memory of love
And only the sorrow
I yearn for happiness
I ask for help
I want mercy
And my love says
Look at me and hear me
Because I’m here just for that
I am your moon
And your moonlight too
I am your flower garden
And your water too
I have come all this way
Eager for you
Without shoes or shawl
I want you to laugh
To kill all your worries
To love you
To nourish you
Oh Sweet Bitterness!
I will soothe you and heal you
I will bring you roses
I took have been covered with thorns.
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Defeated by Love
The sky was lit
By the splendor of the moon
So powerful
I fell to the ground
Your love
Has made me sure
I am ready to forsake
This worldly life
And surrender
To the magnificence
Of your Being
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I Am and I Am Not
I’m drenched
In the flood
Which has yet to come
I’m tied up
In the prison
Which has yet to exist
Not having played
The game of chess
I’m already the checkmate
Not having tasted
A single cup of your wine
I’m already drunk
Not having entered
The battlefield
I’m already wounded and slain
I no longer
Know the difference
Between image and reality
Like the shadow
I am
And
I am not
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Looking For Love
A strange passion is moving in my head.
My heart has become a bird
Which searches in the sky.
Every part of me goes in different directions.
Is it really so
That the only I love is everywhere?
Looking for Your Face
From the beginning of my life
I have been looking for your face
But today I have seen it
Today I have seen
The charm, the beauty,
The unfathomable grace
Of the face
That I was looking for
Today I have found you
And those who laughed
And scorned me yesterday
Are sorry that they were not looking
As I did
I am bewildered by the magnificence
Of your beauty
And wish to see you
With a hundred eyes
My heart has burned with passion
And has searched forever
For this wondrous beauty
That I now behold
I am ashamed
To call this love human
And afraid of God
To call it divine
Your fragrant breath
Like the morning breeze
Has come to the stillness of the garden
You have breathed new life into me
I have become your sunshine
And also your shadow
My soul is screaming in ecstasy
Every fiber of my being
Is in love with you
Your effulgence
Has lit a fire in my heart
And you have radiant
For me
The earth and sky
My arrow of love
Has arrived at the target
I am in the house of mercy
And my heart
Is a place of prayer
Tuesday, April 05, 2011
Prayer To The Water of Fukushima Nuclear Plant
Please say the following phrase:
“The water of Fukushima Nuclear Plant, we are sorry to make you suffer. Please forgive us.
We thank you and we love you.”
Please say it aloud or in your mind. Repeat it three times as you put your hands together in the prayer position. Please offer
your sincere prayer.
With love and gratitude,
Masaru Emoto
Missionary of Water
“The water of Fukushima Nuclear Plant, we are sorry to make you suffer. Please forgive us.
We thank you and we love you.”
Please say it aloud or in your mind. Repeat it three times as you put your hands together in the prayer position. Please offer
your sincere prayer.
With love and gratitude,
Masaru Emoto
Missionary of Water
Monday, April 04, 2011
Alchemy of Love (Rumi)
You come to us
from another world
...From beyond the stars
and void of space.
Transcendent, Pure
Of unimaginable beauty,
Bringing with you
the essence of love
You transform all
who are touched by you.
Mundane concerns,
troubles and sorrows
dissolve in your presence,
Bringing joy
to ruler and ruled
To peasant and king
You bewilder us
with your grace
All evils
transform into
goodness.
You are the master alchemist.
You light the fire of love
in earth and sky
in heart and soul
of every being
Through your loving existence and nonexistence merge.
All opposites unite
All that is profane
becomes sacred again.
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