Freitag, 31. Dezember 2010
Mittwoch, 29. Dezember 2010
Ready
"I like to say to people, "from our point of view, as long as you’re breathing, there is more right with you than wrong with you, no matter what’s wrong with you."
Jon Kabat-Zinn
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The ill are not ill alone. They are healthy, too. Indeed they are also healing us, in my view. They give us chances to discover and practice love. Is that not important to remember?
When I read Jon Kabat-Zinn´s book "Full Catastrophe Living" a few years ago, I was so glad with his approach to sicknesss and health. He wrote a paradigm change happens regarding this subject and I experience it, too. Thank One
(....)
One morning Ernstl streched out his hand and I reached for it. But he did not want me to hold his hand. He only liked to touch palms, very quickly and this a few times. It became a ritual with which he could make me happy. I think, deep down he knows that. Ernstl is diagnosed as autistic and deaf-mute.
Mr. B. always gives me his two hands as welcome. We box into the air together and this makes us laugh. He loves to sing. He has no problems with wording of sentences he knows with sound. We often sing, but not too loud. He is very sensitive to the moods of people who are with him. He reflects their moods. When his often sad relative is near, then he is also sad. When I am with him and I just feel good, then he immediately responds to the energy with brightness in his face. He learns to walk again after a stroke. He truly rejoices in every step. His speech center functions not the way we were used to and his thinking process is changed.
With Hilda I always sing the same christmas song. Only the refrain, again and again, in july, too. Other songs I am singing she sometimes likes to listen to, but she does not sing other songs as far as I know. She is a person who currently screams a lot like an unsatisfied baby. Many do not like to be with her, not even her family. She spends most of the time being alone. When I am looking forward to see her, when I am looking forward to hear her singing, a kind of whispering singing, then it is a day I am able to be fully present with her and feel positively moved by her being the way she is. She screams not. She just demands full presence, full attention. She knows exactly what she wants and what she does not want. When she gets what she wants, she is content. I feel content, when I am able to make her feel content.
It´s not always singing...but singing is a great tool, I figured. Sometimes it´s taking the time to enjoy the little breakfast someone loves to prepare for you. Sometimes it´s a regular farewell-waving at the window, for which you have to wait a minute or two...little things. "Little things? There are no little things!"
DInoma
Jon Kabat-Zinn
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The ill are not ill alone. They are healthy, too. Indeed they are also healing us, in my view. They give us chances to discover and practice love. Is that not important to remember?
When I read Jon Kabat-Zinn´s book "Full Catastrophe Living" a few years ago, I was so glad with his approach to sicknesss and health. He wrote a paradigm change happens regarding this subject and I experience it, too. Thank One
(....)
One morning Ernstl streched out his hand and I reached for it. But he did not want me to hold his hand. He only liked to touch palms, very quickly and this a few times. It became a ritual with which he could make me happy. I think, deep down he knows that. Ernstl is diagnosed as autistic and deaf-mute.
Mr. B. always gives me his two hands as welcome. We box into the air together and this makes us laugh. He loves to sing. He has no problems with wording of sentences he knows with sound. We often sing, but not too loud. He is very sensitive to the moods of people who are with him. He reflects their moods. When his often sad relative is near, then he is also sad. When I am with him and I just feel good, then he immediately responds to the energy with brightness in his face. He learns to walk again after a stroke. He truly rejoices in every step. His speech center functions not the way we were used to and his thinking process is changed.
With Hilda I always sing the same christmas song. Only the refrain, again and again, in july, too. Other songs I am singing she sometimes likes to listen to, but she does not sing other songs as far as I know. She is a person who currently screams a lot like an unsatisfied baby. Many do not like to be with her, not even her family. She spends most of the time being alone. When I am looking forward to see her, when I am looking forward to hear her singing, a kind of whispering singing, then it is a day I am able to be fully present with her and feel positively moved by her being the way she is. She screams not. She just demands full presence, full attention. She knows exactly what she wants and what she does not want. When she gets what she wants, she is content. I feel content, when I am able to make her feel content.
It´s not always singing...but singing is a great tool, I figured. Sometimes it´s taking the time to enjoy the little breakfast someone loves to prepare for you. Sometimes it´s a regular farewell-waving at the window, for which you have to wait a minute or two...little things. "Little things? There are no little things!"
DInoma
Donnerstag, 16. Dezember 2010
Heart´s field
"Research suggests that the heart's field is an important carrier of information."
Institute of Heart Math
(thanks friend)
Institute of Heart Math
(thanks friend)
Mindfulness practice
"The willingness to harm or hurt comes ultimately out of fear. Non-harming requires that you see your own fears and that you understand them and own them. Owning them means taking responsibility for them. Taking responsibility means not letting fear completely dictate your vision or your view. Only mindfulness of our own clinging and rejecting, and a willingness to grapple with these mind states, however painful the encounter, can free us from this circle of suffering. Without a daily embodiment in practice, lofty ideals tend to succumb to self-interest."
Jon Kabat-Zinn
Jon Kabat-Zinn
People, plants, animals
I am afraid we are neglecting local relations with people, plants, animals.. in favour of virtual global.
DI
DI
There´s a better way
"Acting out and repressing are the main ways that we shield our hearts, the main ways that we never really connect with our vulnerability, our compassion, our sense of the open, fresh dimension of our being. By acting out or repressing we invite suffering, bewilderment, or confusion to intensify."
Pema Chödrön
Pema Chödrön
Compassionate giving & receiving
"When our communication supports compassionate giving and receiving, happiness replaces violence and grieving!"
Marshall B. Rosenberg
Marshall B. Rosenberg
Mittwoch, 1. Dezember 2010
Body and mind
There is one thing that when cultivated and regularly practiced leads to deep spiritual intention, to peace, to mindfulness and clear comprehension, to vision and knowledge, to a happy life here and now, and to the culmination of wisdom and awakening. And what is that one thing? Mindfulness centered on the body.
Anguttara Nikaya I, 21
Anguttara Nikaya I, 21
Receptive - creative
As mother Earth, only a deeply receptive mind is creative for the good of all.
DI
DI
Four Dignities
"There are Four Dignities in human life: lying down, sitting, standing up and walking."
Buddha
Buddha
Freitag, 19. November 2010
This bird
“Nothing really dies,” I told him. “It just turns into something else. Everything is always changing form. Do you remember the pumpkin that rotted into the earth in your garden? Tomatoes sprouted where it used to be. This bird will go back to the earth and turn into lavendar flowers and butterflies,”
Anne Cushman
Anne Cushman
Feelings
"Feelings, whether of compassion or irritation, should be welcomed, recognized, and treated on an absolutely equal basis; because both are ourselves. The tangerine I am eating is me. The mustard greens I am planting are me. I plant with all my heart and mind. I clean this teapot with the kind of attention I would have were I giving the baby Buddha or Jesus a bath. Nothing should be treated more carefully than anything else. In mindfulness, compassion, irritation, mustard green plant, and teapot are all sacred."
Thich Nhat Hanh
Thich Nhat Hanh
Sonntag, 7. November 2010
The third ear
"Seeing involves keeping at a distance."
Joachim-Ernst Berendt,
The Third Ear: On Listening to the World
http://www.new-universe.com/pythagoras/third-ear.html
Joachim-Ernst Berendt,
The Third Ear: On Listening to the World
http://www.new-universe.com/pythagoras/third-ear.html
Back to our senses
Coming back to my senses, discovering the capability to develop all my senses, I find that is not only a necessity for my health and the health of the planet, but also a great present and adventure.
TYL, Doris InOma (Oma means Grandma in my language)
TYL, Doris InOma (Oma means Grandma in my language)
Samstag, 6. November 2010
Freitag, 5. November 2010
Approaching the secret of true beauty
"But we all know death is inevitable, don't we?"
"Knowing the truth and accepting it are very different things. A classic example is the story of Kisa Gotami, who could not accept that her young son had died. Clutching his lifeless body, she went from neighbor to neighbor, begging for medicine to cure him. One man took pity on her and said, 'I don't have the medicine you need, but I know someone who does.' When she came to me demanding the remedy, I sent her off to collect a mustard seed from every house in which no one had died. Empty-handed after a long search, she realized that death is universal, and was finally able to accept her loss. At the same time, she learned that there's a path to the deathless — to nirvana — for those who let go of their attachment to life."
An Excerpt from Coffee with the Buddha by Joan Duncan Oliver
from: http://bit.ly/dfakOI
"Knowing the truth and accepting it are very different things. A classic example is the story of Kisa Gotami, who could not accept that her young son had died. Clutching his lifeless body, she went from neighbor to neighbor, begging for medicine to cure him. One man took pity on her and said, 'I don't have the medicine you need, but I know someone who does.' When she came to me demanding the remedy, I sent her off to collect a mustard seed from every house in which no one had died. Empty-handed after a long search, she realized that death is universal, and was finally able to accept her loss. At the same time, she learned that there's a path to the deathless — to nirvana — for those who let go of their attachment to life."
An Excerpt from Coffee with the Buddha by Joan Duncan Oliver
from: http://bit.ly/dfakOI
Sonntag, 31. Oktober 2010
Mindfulness, understanding, compassion
"Your wounded child may represent several generations. Maybe your parents and grandparents had the same problem. If you generate the energy of mindfulness, understanding, and compassion for your wounded child, you will suffer much less."
Thich Nhat Hanh
Thich Nhat Hanh
Freitag, 29. Oktober 2010
Donnerstag, 28. Oktober 2010
Practice well
Life persuades by teaching, but does not teach by persuading. May we joyfully remember the presents and the present, and practice well.
DI
(inspired by Tertullian who wrote: "´Truth persuades...")
DI
(inspired by Tertullian who wrote: "´Truth persuades...")
Sonntag, 24. Oktober 2010
Yakut prayer
"My words are tied in one / With the great mountains, / With the great rocks, / With the great trees, / In one with my body / And my heart."
Yakut Prayer
from: http://www.poetry-chaikhana.com/
Yakut Prayer
from: http://www.poetry-chaikhana.com/
Freitag, 22. Oktober 2010
Genuine self-confidence
Where there is genuine self-confidence, there is neither pride nor blame, there is real learning, there is real growth.
DI
DI
Mittwoch, 20. Oktober 2010
Broken heart, open heart
Poem by Marguerite Manteau-Rao
Melting ice
no longer holds
broken pieces
together.
Only left,
is tender heart
exposed
unprotected.
The joy of love
flowing at will
takes over
thoughts.
from: http://minddeep.blogspot.com/
Melting ice
no longer holds
broken pieces
together.
Only left,
is tender heart
exposed
unprotected.
The joy of love
flowing at will
takes over
thoughts.
from: http://minddeep.blogspot.com/
Montag, 18. Oktober 2010
As a rock
"As a rock remains unmoved by a storm, so the wise man remains unmoved by praise or blame."
The Dhammapada
The Dhammapada
Samstag, 16. Oktober 2010
Singing in the rain
Sound for today
Gene Kelly - I'm singing in the rain
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7QL46cK7B8&feature=related
Gene Kelly - I'm singing in the rain
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7QL46cK7B8&feature=related
All is light
"All is light, child. Rocks are made of light. Angels pass through rocks the way your hand passes through water."
Humminbird´s Daughter
Humminbird´s Daughter
Mittwoch, 13. Oktober 2010
Inner willingness
Discipline is often forced. Inner willingness generates natural, genuine and balanced growth.
DI
DI
Montag, 11. Oktober 2010
Samstag, 9. Oktober 2010
Mittwoch, 6. Oktober 2010
Samstag, 2. Oktober 2010
Mittwoch, 29. September 2010
Dienstag, 28. September 2010
Be an island
"We need the reflection of our own being in others in order to see ourselves clearly. When there is disharmony with another person, it is a mirror image of ourselves. There can be no disharmony with others if we feel harmonious within ourselves. A mirror image does not lie."
Ayya Khema, Be An Island
Ayya Khema, Be An Island
Sonntag, 26. September 2010
Their presence
"In the depth of the night,
as in the immeasurable realm of consciousness,
the garden of life and I
remain each other's objects.
The flower of being is singing the song of emptiness.
The night is still immaculate,
but sounds and images from you
have returned and fill the pure night.
I feel their presence.
By the window, with my bare feet on the cool floor,
I know I am here
for you to be."
(Excerpt from a poem published in "Call Me By My True Names" The Collected Poems of Thich Nhat Hanh)
as in the immeasurable realm of consciousness,
the garden of life and I
remain each other's objects.
The flower of being is singing the song of emptiness.
The night is still immaculate,
but sounds and images from you
have returned and fill the pure night.
I feel their presence.
By the window, with my bare feet on the cool floor,
I know I am here
for you to be."
(Excerpt from a poem published in "Call Me By My True Names" The Collected Poems of Thich Nhat Hanh)
Windows or walls
Words Are Windows (Or They’re Walls)
Poem by Ruth Bebermayer
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I feel so sentenced by your words
I feel so judged and sent away
Before I go I 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 to my words
To the feelings that we share.
(from the book Nonviolent Communication – A Language of Life)
Poem by Ruth Bebermayer
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I feel so sentenced by your words
I feel so judged and sent away
Before I go I 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 to my words
To the feelings that we share.
(from the book Nonviolent Communication – A Language of Life)
Donnerstag, 23. September 2010
Moment by moment
'Overcoming the alzheimer's negativity bias' by Marguerite Manteau-Rao
http://huff.to/aTkiEJ
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is there a general disease we could call hyperactivity of defining and labeling? and do we lose meanings in the progression?
perpaps what we call disease, sickness, illness is nothing but the way of nature to balance. i mean surely many of us have heard that so called blind people (or others who lack one sense) have their other senses better developed in return. but are we interested in what their amplified sensory perception tells them about life, about us? or is it much more so that we have learned to define people by what they seemingly lack and then we stay with that definition, because ít´s more comfortable?
my work with people who have dementia has lead me to the opinion that they do not lose something most important, but rather they regain something very important, namely the ability to feel deeply. as far as i can see they develop a fine sense whether other people (e.g. we who are with them) are real, authentic. and they also develop something we all were capable to as children: the unwillingness to be not real, to be not authentic...honest. btw, yes, they work with me, too, maybe more than the other way around. only i get the money.
di
http://huff.to/aTkiEJ
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is there a general disease we could call hyperactivity of defining and labeling? and do we lose meanings in the progression?
perpaps what we call disease, sickness, illness is nothing but the way of nature to balance. i mean surely many of us have heard that so called blind people (or others who lack one sense) have their other senses better developed in return. but are we interested in what their amplified sensory perception tells them about life, about us? or is it much more so that we have learned to define people by what they seemingly lack and then we stay with that definition, because ít´s more comfortable?
my work with people who have dementia has lead me to the opinion that they do not lose something most important, but rather they regain something very important, namely the ability to feel deeply. as far as i can see they develop a fine sense whether other people (e.g. we who are with them) are real, authentic. and they also develop something we all were capable to as children: the unwillingness to be not real, to be not authentic...honest. btw, yes, they work with me, too, maybe more than the other way around. only i get the money.
di
Dienstag, 21. September 2010
Sonntag, 19. September 2010
Capacity of waking up
"Suppose you are expecting a child. You need to breathe and smile for him or her. Please don't wait until your baby is born before beginning to take care of him or her. You can take care of your baby right now, or even sooner. If you cannot smile, that is very serious. You might think, "I am too sad. Smiling is not the correct thing to do." Maybe crying or shouting would be correct, but your baby will get it--anything you are, anything you do, is for your baby."
"Even if you do not have a baby in your womb, the seed is already there. Even if you are not married, even if you are a man, you should be aware that a baby is already there, the seeds of future generations are already there. Please don't wait until the doctors tell you that you are going to have a baby to begin to take care of it. It is already there. Whatever you are, whatever you do, your baby will get it. Anything you eat, any worries that are on your mind will be for him or her. Can you tell me that you cannot smile? Think of the baby, and smile for him, for her, for the future generations. Please don't tell me that a smile and your sorrow just don't go together. Its your sorrow, but what about your baby? It's not his sorrow, its not her sorrow."
"Children understand very well that in each woman, in each man, there is a capacity of waking up, of understanding, and of loving. Many children have told me that they cannot show me anyone who does not have this capacity. Some people allow it to develop and some do not, but everyone has it. This capacity of waking up, of being aware of what is going on in your feelings, in your body, in your perceptions, in the world, is called Buddha nature, the capacity of understanding and loving. Since the baby of that Buddha is in us, we should give him or her a chance. Smiling is very important. If we are not able to smile, then the world will not have peace. It is not by going out for a demonstration against nuclear missiles that we can bring about peace. It is with our capacity of smiling, breathing, and being peace that we can make peace."
Thich Nhat Hanh
"Even if you do not have a baby in your womb, the seed is already there. Even if you are not married, even if you are a man, you should be aware that a baby is already there, the seeds of future generations are already there. Please don't wait until the doctors tell you that you are going to have a baby to begin to take care of it. It is already there. Whatever you are, whatever you do, your baby will get it. Anything you eat, any worries that are on your mind will be for him or her. Can you tell me that you cannot smile? Think of the baby, and smile for him, for her, for the future generations. Please don't tell me that a smile and your sorrow just don't go together. Its your sorrow, but what about your baby? It's not his sorrow, its not her sorrow."
"Children understand very well that in each woman, in each man, there is a capacity of waking up, of understanding, and of loving. Many children have told me that they cannot show me anyone who does not have this capacity. Some people allow it to develop and some do not, but everyone has it. This capacity of waking up, of being aware of what is going on in your feelings, in your body, in your perceptions, in the world, is called Buddha nature, the capacity of understanding and loving. Since the baby of that Buddha is in us, we should give him or her a chance. Smiling is very important. If we are not able to smile, then the world will not have peace. It is not by going out for a demonstration against nuclear missiles that we can bring about peace. It is with our capacity of smiling, breathing, and being peace that we can make peace."
Thich Nhat Hanh
Freitag, 17. September 2010
Montag, 13. September 2010
Coherencies
"Today, however, as we live and work in a world of far greater complexity, where the apparently simple acts of buying and selling have repercussions on people's lives around the world, the ethics of right livelihood must be accordingly reevaluated. The implications of even driving a car or drinking a cup of coffee have social, environmental, and economic consequences far beyond the limits of our immediate experience, which we are morally obligated to take into account. From this perspective, inner spiritual transformation is just as dependent upon the effect of our economic life upon the world as transformations in the world are dependent upon spiritual re-orientation."
Stephen Batchelor
Stephen Batchelor
Sonntag, 12. September 2010
Freitag, 10. September 2010
We feed the world - a film
In WE FEED THE WORLD, Austrian filmmaker Erwin Wagenhofer traces the origins of the food we eat. His journey takes him to France, Spain, Romania, Switzerland, Brazil and back to Austria.
http://www.we-feed-the-world.at/en/film.htm
http://www.we-feed-the-world.at/en/film.htm
Dienstag, 7. September 2010
Inquiring
"Violence is not merely killing another. It is violence when we use a sharp word, when we make a gesture to brush away a person, when we obey because there is fear. So violence isn't merely organized butchery in the name of God, in the name of society or country. Violence is much more subtle, much deeper, and we are inquiring into the very depths of violence."
"It is important to understand, not intellectually but actually in your daily life, how you have built images about your wife, your husband, your neighbor, your child, your country, your leaders, your politicians, your gods; you have nothing but images. The images create the space between you and what you observe and in that space there is conflict, so what we are going to find out now together is whether it is possible to be free of the space we create, not only outside ourselves but in ourselves, the space which divides people in all their relationships..."
Jiddu Krishnamurti
"It is important to understand, not intellectually but actually in your daily life, how you have built images about your wife, your husband, your neighbor, your child, your country, your leaders, your politicians, your gods; you have nothing but images. The images create the space between you and what you observe and in that space there is conflict, so what we are going to find out now together is whether it is possible to be free of the space we create, not only outside ourselves but in ourselves, the space which divides people in all their relationships..."
Jiddu Krishnamurti
Learning
"I'm interested in learning that's motivated by reverence for life, that's motivated by a desire to learn skills, to learn new things that help us to better contribute to our own well-being and the well-being of others. And what fills me with great sadness is any learning that I see motivated by coercion."
"Everything we do is in service of our needs. When this one concept is applied to our view of others, we'll see that we have no real enemies, that what others do to us is the best possible thing they know to do to get their needs met."
Marshall B. Rosenberg
"Everything we do is in service of our needs. When this one concept is applied to our view of others, we'll see that we have no real enemies, that what others do to us is the best possible thing they know to do to get their needs met."
Marshall B. Rosenberg
Montag, 6. September 2010
Something sacred
"The word "silly" derives from the Greek "selig" meaning "blessed." There is something sacred in being able to be silly."
Paul Pearsall
Paul Pearsall
Samstag, 4. September 2010
Acceptance
"Through acceptance we experience less of a struggle to change things that we can't change as well as respond mindfully to the things we can change."
( Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction, core attitude, one of seven )
( Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction, core attitude, one of seven )
Donnerstag, 2. September 2010
Sounds & meanings
"Words mean more than what is set down on paper. It takes the human voice to infuse them with deeper meaning."
Maya Angelou
Maya Angelou
Montag, 30. August 2010
Sonntag, 29. August 2010
Freitag, 27. August 2010
Mutually dependent
Ideals and demons are mutually dependent
The more ideals, the more demons
The more mindfulness, the more love
DI
The more ideals, the more demons
The more mindfulness, the more love
DI
Donnerstag, 26. August 2010
Whole
"Thirty spokes meet at a nave;
Because of the hole we may use the wheel.
Clay is moulded into a vessel;
Because of the hollow we may use the cup.
Walls are built around a hearth;
Because of the doors we may use the house.
Thus tools come from what exists,
But use from what does not."
TaoDeChing - Lao Tze
Version Peter A. Merel
Because of the hole we may use the wheel.
Clay is moulded into a vessel;
Because of the hollow we may use the cup.
Walls are built around a hearth;
Because of the doors we may use the house.
Thus tools come from what exists,
But use from what does not."
TaoDeChing - Lao Tze
Version Peter A. Merel
Law of polarity
Thinking is grounded on the law of polarity
Followed by the law of resonance.
Both base on interconnectedness
DI
http://inoma-words.blogspot.com/2010/04/stepping-into-freedom.html
Followed by the law of resonance.
Both base on interconnectedness
DI
http://inoma-words.blogspot.com/2010/04/stepping-into-freedom.html
Complements
"There is strong shadow where there is much light."
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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One must have an idea of "large" to know "small."
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There is no mountain without valley.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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One must have an idea of "large" to know "small."
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There is no mountain without valley.
Dienstag, 24. August 2010
Sonntag, 22. August 2010
Affinity
"Our affinity does not consist of our agreement, but our willingness to honor our differences."
Paul Ferrini
Paul Ferrini
Freitag, 20. August 2010
Grief
"There is nothing wrong with grief. Grief itself is an aspect of love. Let it be as it is. Be humbled by it. Then it is a great teacher."
Gangaji
Gangaji
Mittwoch, 18. August 2010
Soft eyes
"Normally, when we are taken by surprise, there is a sudden narrowing of our visual periphery that exacerbates the fight or flight response — an intense, fearful, self-defensive focusing of the "gimlet eye" that is associated with both physical and intellectual combat. But in the Japanese self-defense art of aikido, this visual narrowing is countered by a practice called "soft eyes," in which one learns to widen one's periphery, to take in more of the world....
"Soft eyes, it seems to me, is an evocative image for what happens when we gaze on sacred reality. Now our eyes are open and receptive, able to take in the greatness of the world and the grace of great things. Eyes wide with wonder, we no longer need to resist or run when taken by surprise. Now we can open ourselves to the great mystery."
Parker Palmer
from: http://www.spiritualityandpractice.com/books/excerpts.php?id=13306&utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter
"Soft eyes, it seems to me, is an evocative image for what happens when we gaze on sacred reality. Now our eyes are open and receptive, able to take in the greatness of the world and the grace of great things. Eyes wide with wonder, we no longer need to resist or run when taken by surprise. Now we can open ourselves to the great mystery."
Parker Palmer
from: http://www.spiritualityandpractice.com/books/excerpts.php?id=13306&utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter
Clear
One day it will be clear that above all in economy is valid: Only small is beautiful and great.
DI
DI
Global warming
Global warming happens... mainly since the beginning of industrialization.
DI
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How many kilometre thick is the earth-atmosphere?
"75% of the atmosphere exists within 11 km of the planetary surface."
DI
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How many kilometre thick is the earth-atmosphere?
"75% of the atmosphere exists within 11 km of the planetary surface."
Mirror
Global economic competition is unjust and anti-social. Our personal competition is at times a mirror of that.
DI
"What gets awareness, changes." TYL
DI
"What gets awareness, changes." TYL
Hopefully
We profit in some way or other from global substantive injustice through buying. Through selling respectively more playing, a few of us very much. What gets awareness, changes. Hopefully soon.
DI
DI
Montag, 16. August 2010
Benevolent force of awareness
I accept myself as I am in this moment. I can trust the benevolent force of awareness.
DI
DI
A way to be
"Practicing yoga and meditation has helped me recognize those moments in my life when my mind was open and there’s a sense of ease and peace. I had these feelings to compare with the stress and addiction I felt when I was overusing technology.
People who have very rare experiences of peace or ease can easily get lost in their minds, and the technology is just one more tool to keep them away from themselves.
But I think deep down we’ve all had those moments of inner peace. And there’s a way to be in this world to be responsible, take care of e-mails, and do it happily and from a place of wisdom."
Soren Gordhamer
from: http://life.gaiam.com/gaiam/p/Virtual-Om-How-to-Balance-Technology-with-Inner-Peace.html?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=socialmedia&utm_campaign=twlife
People who have very rare experiences of peace or ease can easily get lost in their minds, and the technology is just one more tool to keep them away from themselves.
But I think deep down we’ve all had those moments of inner peace. And there’s a way to be in this world to be responsible, take care of e-mails, and do it happily and from a place of wisdom."
Soren Gordhamer
from: http://life.gaiam.com/gaiam/p/Virtual-Om-How-to-Balance-Technology-with-Inner-Peace.html?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=socialmedia&utm_campaign=twlife
Sonntag, 15. August 2010
Faith & compassion
"Thank goodness for faith. Faith, to me, means trusting that if my intention is clean and I am committed to serving the greater good, then I’ll be guided to where I can be of most service."
Marianne Elliott
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"When we can meet ourselves where we are and treat ourselves with compassion, then we are able to meet others where they are and to engage with the world with compassion."
from: http://marianne-elliott.com/
Marianne Elliott
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"When we can meet ourselves where we are and treat ourselves with compassion, then we are able to meet others where they are and to engage with the world with compassion."
from: http://marianne-elliott.com/
Samstag, 14. August 2010
Real work
"The real work in life is doing what needs to be done, no more and no less."
Lama Surya Das
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Work is an abstract and misleading word, as well as leisure. There is a better way.
TYL
Inoma
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On jobs
http://inoma-words.blogspot.com/2009/11/context-labour-and-capital.html
Lama Surya Das
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Work is an abstract and misleading word, as well as leisure. There is a better way.
TYL
Inoma
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On jobs
http://inoma-words.blogspot.com/2009/11/context-labour-and-capital.html
Freitag, 13. August 2010
Forgiving & healing
"It is no small matter to be a witness to another person's life story. By listening with compassion we validate each other's life, make suffering meaningful, and help the process of forgiving and healing to take place."
Jean Shinoda Bolen
Jean Shinoda Bolen
Donnerstag, 12. August 2010
Dienstag, 10. August 2010
Understanding
Understanding is more than knowledge. It is more, because knowledge has boundaries. Understanding is love.
Thank You Hereness
Thank You Hereness
Samstag, 7. August 2010
The heart opening
"At the core enlightenment is about the heart opening. The heart opening reveals wisdom, and wisdom is mercy."
Gangaji
Gangaji
Love
"My root spiritual teacher, Nyoshul Khenpo, once said that a moment of enlightenment is a moment when we realize “the blessings that are always pouring forth.” We are, by nature, endowed with qualities of absolute goodness—purest love, compassion, wisdom, and tranquility. Those radiant qualities are intrinsic to our being. They are among the “blessings” to which Khenpo refers. A moment of enlightenment is a moment in which we newly notice such “blessings” as having been all around us, and within us, from the beginning. Whenever we are ready to notice, we can sense their healing, liberating energy pouring forth right here, right now.
One such radiant quality is unconditional love, the kind of love that doesn’t care what someone has thought or done but simply wishes him or her deep well-being and joy."
By John Makransky
from: http://www.tricycle.com/dharma-talk/love-is-all-around?offer=dharma
One such radiant quality is unconditional love, the kind of love that doesn’t care what someone has thought or done but simply wishes him or her deep well-being and joy."
By John Makransky
from: http://www.tricycle.com/dharma-talk/love-is-all-around?offer=dharma
Freitag, 6. August 2010
Dropping my missionary programs
I am ready to drop my missionary programs and just focus on accepting others as they are in this moment.
DI
DI
Donnerstag, 5. August 2010
Mine- relationship with all of life
"George Fox, founder of the Quakers, was less interested in quoting other people's wisdom that in finding one's own. "What sayeth thou?" he'd ask. What bit of wisdom joy do you have for us today? Mine- relationship with all of life is what grows the soul."
Joan Borysenko
Joan Borysenko
Mittwoch, 4. August 2010
Dienstag, 3. August 2010
Montag, 2. August 2010
Waking
Waking, by Hafiz
In the morning
When I began to wake,
It happened again -That feeling
That You, Beloved,
Had stood over me all night
...Keeping watch,
That feeling
That as soon as I began to stir
You put Your lips on my forehead
And lit a Holy Lamp
Inside my Heart.
In the morning
When I began to wake,
It happened again -That feeling
That You, Beloved,
Had stood over me all night
...Keeping watch,
That feeling
That as soon as I began to stir
You put Your lips on my forehead
And lit a Holy Lamp
Inside my Heart.
Samstag, 31. Juli 2010
Mittwoch, 28. Juli 2010
Good & Bad
Good you say,
means doing good.
Bad indeed
the mind that says so!
Good and bad alike,
roll them both into one ball,
wrap it up in paper,
then toss it out - forget it all!
Bankei, circa 1653
means doing good.
Bad indeed
the mind that says so!
Good and bad alike,
roll them both into one ball,
wrap it up in paper,
then toss it out - forget it all!
Bankei, circa 1653
Montag, 26. Juli 2010
Postcard
"We once asked an Antiguan how he was, and he said: "Partly cloudy, chance of rain.""
Spiritual Practices for Hot Weather:
Dienstag, 20. Juli 2010
Conscious
"Time past and time future
Allow but a little consciousness.
To be conscious is not to be in time"
T. S. Eliot
Allow but a little consciousness.
To be conscious is not to be in time"
T. S. Eliot
Only Emphatic
At times we believe we are empathic, while we are only emphatic. Don´t we? But "what gets awareness, changes."
DI
DI
With Love
Many people are simply doing - like Mother Teresa did - with love that what needs to be done today.
DI
DI
Sonntag, 18. Juli 2010
In close communion
Benevolence happens spontaneously, when body, mind and soul are in close communion with nature.
DI
DI
Freitag, 16. Juli 2010
Living organism
The earth is a living organism, not a playground of separated, individual interests.
DI
DI
Freitag, 9. Juli 2010
Postcard
What looks like a mess can mean something completely different on the spiritual plane, and what looks like a real fairy tale could be a mess...
DI
Freitag, 2. Juli 2010
Moments
"The slow realization
of a lifetime lived with attention:
the satisfaction of simple moments."
Ivan M. Granger
of a lifetime lived with attention:
the satisfaction of simple moments."
Ivan M. Granger
Student
"The best student goes directly to the ultimate,
The others are very learned but their faith is uncertain.
Remove the dirty garments from your own mind;
Why should you show off your outward striving?"
by Yoka Genkaku (Yongjia Xuanjue)
English version by Robert Aitken
The others are very learned but their faith is uncertain.
Remove the dirty garments from your own mind;
Why should you show off your outward striving?"
by Yoka Genkaku (Yongjia Xuanjue)
English version by Robert Aitken
Dienstag, 29. Juni 2010
Good Day
Wish us all love and joy from heart
Doris
"Truth is a pathless land." Jiddu Krishnamurti
http://inoma-words.blogspot.com/2010/03/by-unfoldment-of-heart.html
Doris
"Truth is a pathless land." Jiddu Krishnamurti
http://inoma-words.blogspot.com/2010/03/by-unfoldment-of-heart.html
Ssss
It´s time to overcome some psychic dis-eases:
hastiness, superficiality, vanity and delusion.
I will replace them with practice in the four "Ssss":
Serenity, Significance, Sincerity and Substantiality.
Ssssmile
DI
Montag, 28. Juni 2010
Will To Change
"It is the will to change that motivates us to seek health."
Harriett Goldher Lerner
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And what is health? The most precious experience of wholeness that inspires us to live & love now...
DI
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http://inoma-words.blogspot.com/2009/11/your-awareness-friend-sanctuary-refuge.html
Harriett Goldher Lerner
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And what is health? The most precious experience of wholeness that inspires us to live & love now...
DI
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http://inoma-words.blogspot.com/2009/11/your-awareness-friend-sanctuary-refuge.html
Sonntag, 27. Juni 2010
Cry River: A Prayer
Cry River: A Prayer for the Amazon
O River Mother, May it Be.
May it Be, Star Father.
May it Be for Water and Wind.
May it Be for Sunlight and Moonlight.
For the Earth, the Winged and Creeping Ones,
The Four Leggeds and Two Leggeds,
Those with Words and those with Songs,
For the river and its children, May it Be.
May it be on Earth as in Heaven.
May it be as it was in the Beginning
When the Spirit said, 'Flow!'
And pure Waters moved through holiness
Up from empty darkness into light.
May it be as in the Beginning
When the Spirit said, 'Breathe!'
And a mighty wind blew seeds from East to West,
Many-colored wings beating in green shadows
Or flashing in sunbeams,
Gold and Purple Wings of Quetzalcoatl, Blue Seraphic wings,
Christ's diamond wing over the jade forest.
May it be as in the Beginning
When the Spirit cried 'Sun!' and it was warm,
The Spirit whispered 'Moon' and it was cool,
And two lights opened their eyes, nurturing blossoms to bear
The Brazil-nut, Acai and Guarana,
Sweetening our lips, strengthening our bones.
May it Be as on the morning when the Spirit cried 'Earth'
And her green body stirred, her brown hills awoke
They rolled over, making valleys;
She parted her lips and the forest sighed, the rain laughed,
The river was a river singing
A song we have not forgotten,
Song of the Mother 'Amasonna':
'Destroyer of Boats,' Shelterer of Tribes,
Mistress of Sacred Medicine, Giver of Visions,
Lung of the Planet, Breath of the World.
May it Be for the trees,
May it Be for the voiceless creatures,
May it be for her deep black veins that must never be pierced again,
May it Be for the healing of her waters,
May it Be for her supple arms of sunlight and wind,
May it Be for the people who dwell upon her banks
And for those so far away we cannot smell
Her flower-scented rain:
May it be as on the first day
a New Creation,
Birthing the River and the River's children once again.
May we all say, 'Flow!'
'FLOW!'
May we all say, 'Breathe!'
'BREATHE!'
May we all say, 'Shine!'
'SHINE!'
May we all cry, 'River!'
'RIVER!'
In the name of the Father, and of the Mother,
and of the Holy Children - We.
Ameen
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Written by Fred LaMotte for Bishop Vincent Warner, who read this prayer at The Talking Trees Concert to save the Amazon rain forest at St. Mark's Episcopal Cathedral, Seattle, June 19, 2010
Great In Formation
The birds change places in a timely cyclical fashion. So they spread flight fatigue equally among the flock members. ( V Formation, Aerodynamics..)
Samstag, 26. Juni 2010
Garden
Komyozenji temple garden
"If you look the right way, you can see that the whole world is a garden."
Freitag, 25. Juni 2010
First Thing
"This is the first, the wildest and the wisest thing I know: that the soul exists and is built entirely out of attentiveness."
Mary Oliver
Mary Oliver
Mittwoch, 23. Juni 2010
Every One All The Time
Every one all the time influences the entire universe.
And that is one of the reasons why truly wise men sometimes retreat into caves.
DI
Dienstag, 22. Juni 2010
Water
"Water comes from high mountain sources.
Water runs deep in the Earth.
Miraculously, water comes to us and sustains all life.
My gratitude is filled to the brim."
Thich Nhat Hanh
Water runs deep in the Earth.
Miraculously, water comes to us and sustains all life.
My gratitude is filled to the brim."
Thich Nhat Hanh
Montag, 21. Juni 2010
Reverence
"I know to love is to respect. And reverence is the nature of my love."
Thich Nhat Hanh
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"Let parents bequeath to their childrens not riches, but the spirit of reverence."
Plato
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"The power of reverence is not known, it is felt and can only be recognized by those who are reverent."
Jason Nelson
Thich Nhat Hanh
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"Let parents bequeath to their childrens not riches, but the spirit of reverence."
Plato
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"The power of reverence is not known, it is felt and can only be recognized by those who are reverent."
Jason Nelson
Sonntag, 20. Juni 2010
Questions
"Do you believe you have been dealt an unfair hand: that life seems to be filled with struggle and disappointment? Or,
Do you have a renewable sense of enchantment with the world, a feeling that life is so special, in spite of apparent injustices and suffering, that it simply cannot be squandered?"
"Do you believe that your job, money, recreational activities, and the items you purchase and use are a measure of the success of your life? Or,
Do you feel that self-worth is really about how you honor and respect all aspects of life without doing any harm?"
C. Forrest McDowell
Do you have a renewable sense of enchantment with the world, a feeling that life is so special, in spite of apparent injustices and suffering, that it simply cannot be squandered?"
"Do you believe that your job, money, recreational activities, and the items you purchase and use are a measure of the success of your life? Or,
Do you feel that self-worth is really about how you honor and respect all aspects of life without doing any harm?"
C. Forrest McDowell
Faith
"In April we cannot see sunflowers in France, so we say the sunflowers do not exist. But the local farmers have already planted thousands of seeds and when they look at the bare hills they may be able to see the sunflowers already. The sunflowers are there. They lack only the conditions of sun, heat, rain, and July. Just because we cannot see them does not mean they do not exist."
Thich Nhat Hanh
Samstag, 19. Juni 2010
Freitag, 18. Juni 2010
Practice Of Tonglen
"In order to have compassion for others, we have to have compassion for ourselves."
Pema Chödrön
Practice of Tonglen - Teachings
Donnerstag, 17. Juni 2010
Living In The Heart
"Fear and conditioning encourage us to push away those aspects of our experience that are new, unexpected , or that do not feel safe. By creating an area of our experience that is unacceptable, division is created int the psyche. Now we have good and bad, unconscious and conscious, wanted and unwanted. Now we can have an experience without feeling it. We can escape into our heads, space out, disconnect emotionally. While this kind of dissociation is understandable when it comes in reaction to traumatic events, it is dysfunctional in response to the ups and downs of daily life."
"Deciding something before we have taken the time to be with all of our contradictory thoughts and feelings often exacerbates whatever conflict we are experiencing in our outer lives. When we feel an urgency or pressure to decide or figure things out, it usually means that we are escaping into our heads, trying to "make something happen" that is not ready to happen. And this inevitably leads to outward struggle and disappointment. The doors do not open, no matter how hard or how frequently we knock on them. Because we are not in inner harmony, we cannot be in harmony with others. Because we are not in our own "flow", we cannot flow with life as it manifests around us."
"It takes courage to be present in our inner emotional landscape when rain or fog obscure the long view. When visibility is at a minimum, all we can do is put one foot in front of the other. When lots of conflicting thoughts and emotions are churning in the psyche, all we can do is bring our awareness gently to where we are. If we rush through the rain or the fog, we will stray from the path and fall. An accident will delay us from our goal much longer than bad weather will, and then, we will wish that we had been more patient."
"To be patient with ourselves and our own process is the key to living in the heart. We can be in our hearts and not "know" the outcome of a situation. Indeed, the willingness "to be without knowing" is essential to being present here and now for whatever we are experiencing."
Paul Ferrini
http://books.google.at/books?id=Vypc41SrPxEC&printsec=frontcover&dq=living+in+the+heart+paul+ferrini&hl=de&ei=3-wdTMG4B8_9_AaBrLTBDQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CDEQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false
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http://inoma-words.blogspot.com/2010/01/activity.html
http://inoma-words.blogspot.com/2009/11/camels.html
"Deciding something before we have taken the time to be with all of our contradictory thoughts and feelings often exacerbates whatever conflict we are experiencing in our outer lives. When we feel an urgency or pressure to decide or figure things out, it usually means that we are escaping into our heads, trying to "make something happen" that is not ready to happen. And this inevitably leads to outward struggle and disappointment. The doors do not open, no matter how hard or how frequently we knock on them. Because we are not in inner harmony, we cannot be in harmony with others. Because we are not in our own "flow", we cannot flow with life as it manifests around us."
"It takes courage to be present in our inner emotional landscape when rain or fog obscure the long view. When visibility is at a minimum, all we can do is put one foot in front of the other. When lots of conflicting thoughts and emotions are churning in the psyche, all we can do is bring our awareness gently to where we are. If we rush through the rain or the fog, we will stray from the path and fall. An accident will delay us from our goal much longer than bad weather will, and then, we will wish that we had been more patient."
"To be patient with ourselves and our own process is the key to living in the heart. We can be in our hearts and not "know" the outcome of a situation. Indeed, the willingness "to be without knowing" is essential to being present here and now for whatever we are experiencing."
Paul Ferrini
http://books.google.at/books?id=Vypc41SrPxEC&printsec=frontcover&dq=living+in+the+heart+paul+ferrini&hl=de&ei=3-wdTMG4B8_9_AaBrLTBDQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CDEQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false
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http://inoma-words.blogspot.com/2010/01/activity.html
http://inoma-words.blogspot.com/2009/11/camels.html
Dienstag, 15. Juni 2010
Important task
"The art of listening needs it highest development in listening to oneself; our most important task is to develop an ear that can really hear what we're saying."
Sidney Harris
Honest Spiritual Sweat
"When it comes to our unhappiness, our negative states, our suffering, the feel is real but the why is a lie."
"The confusions and doubts inherent in merely speculating about the spiritual life are washed away by our honest spiritual sweat."
Guy Finley
"The confusions and doubts inherent in merely speculating about the spiritual life are washed away by our honest spiritual sweat."
Guy Finley
Sonntag, 13. Juni 2010
Mystic Emotion
“The finest emotion of which we are capable is the mystic emotion. Herein lies the germ of all art and all true science. Anyone to whom this feeling is alien, who is no longer capable of wonderment and lives in a state of fear is a dead man. To know that what is impenetrable for us really exists and manifests itself as the highest wisdom and the most radiant beauty, whose gross forms alone are intelligible to our poor faculties – this knowledge, this feeling … that is the core of the true religious sentiment. In this sense, and in this sense alone, I rank myself among profoundly religious men.”
Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein
Samstag, 12. Juni 2010
Namaste
"I honor the Spirit in you which is also in me."
"I salute the God within you."
"I greet the God within."
"The light in me sees the light in you"
"Your spirit and my spirit are ONE."
"That which is of God in me greets that which is of God in you."
"The Divinity within me perceives and adores the Divinity within you."
"All that is best and highest in me greets/salutes all that is best and highest in you."
"I honor the place in you in which the entire Universe dwells,
I honor the place in you which is of Love, of Integrity, of Wisdom and of Peace.
When you are in that place in you, and I am in that place in me, we are One."
Freitag, 11. Juni 2010
Loving Heart
The journey is miraculous in every sense, when I am ready and willing and able to keep in touch with the Loving Heart.
DI
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http://inoma-words.blogspot.com/2009/11/lear-about-loving-heart.html
DI
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http://inoma-words.blogspot.com/2009/11/lear-about-loving-heart.html
Donnerstag, 10. Juni 2010
Elephants
"I have the feeling that I've seen everything, but failed to notice the elephants."
Anton Chekhov
Dienstag, 8. Juni 2010
Change Of Heart
"The most powerful agent of growth and transformation is a change of heart."
John Welwood
John Welwood
Aspiration
"The aspiration to communicate with another person—to be able to listen and to speak from the heart—is what changes our old stuck patterns."
Pema Chödrön
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Breathing space...
http://inoma-words.blogspot.com/2009/11/yeah-but.html
Pema Chödrön
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Breathing space...
http://inoma-words.blogspot.com/2009/11/yeah-but.html
Sonntag, 6. Juni 2010
Natural
Let`s remember: Goodness is natural.
And it took a lot of false conditioning to question this.
DI
And it took a lot of false conditioning to question this.
DI
Becoming Different
It needs practice until head-wisdom becomes heart-wisdom. But only then I truly am it - live it.
DI
DI
Samstag, 5. Juni 2010
Please Call Me By My True Names
By Thich Nhat Hanh (1989)
"Don't say that I will depart tomorrow --
even today I am still arriving.
Look deeply: every second I am arriving
to be a bud on a Spring branch,
to be a tiny bird, with still-fragile wings,
learning to sing in my new nest,
to be a caterpillar in the heart of a flower,
to be a jewel hiding itself in a stone.
I still arrive, in order to laugh and to cry,
to fear and to hope.
The rhythm of my heart is the birth and death
of all that is alive.
I am the mayfly metamorphosing
on the surface of the river.
And I am the bird
that swoops down to swallow the mayfly.
I am the frog swimming happily
in the clear water of a pond.
And I am the grass-snake
that silently feeds itself on the frog.
I am the child in Uganda, all skin and bones,
my legs as thin as bamboo sticks.
And I am the arms merchant,
selling deadly weapons to Uganda.
I am the twelve-year-old girl,
refugee on a small boat,
who throws herself into the ocean
after being raped by a sea pirate.
And I am the pirate,
my heart not yet capable
of seeing and loving.
I am a member of the politburo,
with plenty of power in my hands.
And I am the man who has to pay
his "debt of blood" to my people
dying slowly in a forced-labor camp.
My joy is like Spring, so warm
it makes flowers bloom all over the Earth.
My pain is like a river of tears,
so vast it fills the four oceans.
Please call me by my true names,
so I can hear all my cries and my laughter at once,
so I can see that my joy and pain are one.
Please call me by my true names,
so I can wake up,
and so the door of my heart
can be left open,
the door of compassion."
"Don't say that I will depart tomorrow --
even today I am still arriving.
Look deeply: every second I am arriving
to be a bud on a Spring branch,
to be a tiny bird, with still-fragile wings,
learning to sing in my new nest,
to be a caterpillar in the heart of a flower,
to be a jewel hiding itself in a stone.
I still arrive, in order to laugh and to cry,
to fear and to hope.
The rhythm of my heart is the birth and death
of all that is alive.
I am the mayfly metamorphosing
on the surface of the river.
And I am the bird
that swoops down to swallow the mayfly.
I am the frog swimming happily
in the clear water of a pond.
And I am the grass-snake
that silently feeds itself on the frog.
I am the child in Uganda, all skin and bones,
my legs as thin as bamboo sticks.
And I am the arms merchant,
selling deadly weapons to Uganda.
I am the twelve-year-old girl,
refugee on a small boat,
who throws herself into the ocean
after being raped by a sea pirate.
And I am the pirate,
my heart not yet capable
of seeing and loving.
I am a member of the politburo,
with plenty of power in my hands.
And I am the man who has to pay
his "debt of blood" to my people
dying slowly in a forced-labor camp.
My joy is like Spring, so warm
it makes flowers bloom all over the Earth.
My pain is like a river of tears,
so vast it fills the four oceans.
Please call me by my true names,
so I can hear all my cries and my laughter at once,
so I can see that my joy and pain are one.
Please call me by my true names,
so I can wake up,
and so the door of my heart
can be left open,
the door of compassion."
Freitag, 4. Juni 2010
I see myself
By Thich Nhat Hanh
"I am the forest that is being cut down.
I am the rivers and the air
that are being polluted,
and I am also the person
who cuts down the forest
and pollutes the rivers and the air.
I see myself in all species,
and I see all species in me."
Thich Nhat Hanh
"I am the forest that is being cut down.
I am the rivers and the air
that are being polluted,
and I am also the person
who cuts down the forest
and pollutes the rivers and the air.
I see myself in all species,
and I see all species in me."
Thich Nhat Hanh
Montag, 31. Mai 2010
Unconditional Friendship
"As long as our orientation is toward perfection or success, we will never learn about unconditional friendship with ourselves, nor will we find compassion. "
Pema Chödrön
Pema Chödrön
Sonntag, 30. Mai 2010
Samstag, 29. Mai 2010
Donnerstag, 27. Mai 2010
Welcoming
"I am remembering, gathering together the prodigal parts of myself and welcoming them home."
Marion Woodman
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http://inoma-words.blogspot.com/2009/11/only-love-embodied-transformational.html
http://inoma-words.blogspot.com/2009/11/great-gift.html
Marion Woodman
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http://inoma-words.blogspot.com/2009/11/only-love-embodied-transformational.html
http://inoma-words.blogspot.com/2009/11/great-gift.html
Mittwoch, 26. Mai 2010
The Receptive
"Be as a cup, and the universe flows into you. Be as an arrow, and the universe retreats from you."
Zen Proverb
Exception: One is sagittarius.
:-)
Zen Proverb
Exception: One is sagittarius.
:-)
Montag, 24. Mai 2010
Centered & Flowing
"Flow with whatever may happen & let your mind be free. Stay centered by accepting whatever you are doing."
Chuang Tzu
Chuang Tzu
Co-evolution
"Reality is different in different states of consciousness. The universe and the nervous system perceiving it co-evolve."
Deepak Chopra
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Consciousness works...
http://inoma-words.blogspot.com/2009/11/to-see-and-know-is-enough.html
Deepak Chopra
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Consciousness works...
http://inoma-words.blogspot.com/2009/11/to-see-and-know-is-enough.html
Sonntag, 23. Mai 2010
Behold
"I slept and dreamt that life was joy.
I awoke and saw that life was service.
I acted and behold, service was joy."
Rabindranath Tagore
I awoke and saw that life was service.
I acted and behold, service was joy."
Rabindranath Tagore
We all deserve
"You, yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection."
Siddhartha Gautama
Siddhartha Gautama
Sacred Being
"We have forgotten that the earth is alive, that it is a sacred being, that it is divine. We have exiled God to heaven so we can do what we want here."
Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee
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Let´s remember.
TYL
Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee
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Let´s remember.
TYL
Freitag, 21. Mai 2010
Really Creative
Slips of the tongue or the finger are not rarely really creative, meaning it is Oneness - The Creative - itself - trying to talk to one...
DI
DI
Donnerstag, 20. Mai 2010
Heart Point
"Tolerance does not come by learning but by insight."
Hazrat Inayat Khan
"The heart point of view of the sage is to regard all opinions as offspring of mind, and knowing that spiritual evolution is not a mental process -- rather a sloughing of mind -- it is not against any special opinion, thought or belief but against mental centering in itself that the sage is opposed. And the only way he can oppose it is to give all love and tenderness toward all people, regardless of opinions, knowing there is no such thing as right opinion and wrong opinion, that "opining" itself leads to difficulties."
Hazrat Samuel L. Lewis
Hazrat Inayat Khan
"The heart point of view of the sage is to regard all opinions as offspring of mind, and knowing that spiritual evolution is not a mental process -- rather a sloughing of mind -- it is not against any special opinion, thought or belief but against mental centering in itself that the sage is opposed. And the only way he can oppose it is to give all love and tenderness toward all people, regardless of opinions, knowing there is no such thing as right opinion and wrong opinion, that "opining" itself leads to difficulties."
Hazrat Samuel L. Lewis
Whole Point
"The whole point is that there is only one way, but that way manifests in as many different ways as there are people and customs and beliefs. Our real job is to find our own way, sailing with the winds of change, the winds of stress and pain and suffering, the winds of joy and love, until we realize that we have also never left port, that we are never far from our real selves."
Jon Kabat-Zinn
Jon Kabat-Zinn
Let´s Rise
"Let's rise above this
animalistic behavior
and be kind to one another."
Jalal al-Din Rumi
animalistic behavior
and be kind to one another."
Jalal al-Din Rumi
Better Ways
“many of the times in the social world of work and families, we react in the same way as if we were being threatened with a life-threatening situation, even though what’s really happening is we’re being challenged with an ego-threatening situation.”
Jon Kabat-Zinn
There are better ways.
DI
Jon Kabat-Zinn
There are better ways.
DI
Mittwoch, 19. Mai 2010
Trust
My friend has a daughter, who suddenly at the age of 17 lost eyesight and ability to move legs. The doctors said so it will remain for the rest of her life, because of this and that...The mother did not believe them at all. The daughter walked out of hospital, seeing, healed, two months later. She is now 37 and a good therapist.
What and whom will I believe today?
What and whom will I believe today?
Awareness
(from and by S., thanks)
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Heart-shaped grown
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"We realize that
this separateness we feel
is a funny kind of mistake."
Pema Chödrön
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Trees are calm and joyful beings.
DI
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