Flow river flow

sound for today

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8jC1lRZGTU

Amazon watch

http://amazonwatch.org/work

Rosemary

"There's rosemary, that's for remembrance."

(Ophelia in Hamlet)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosemary

Respect

Take refuge in your senses, open up

To all the small miracles you rushed through.

Become inclined to watch the way of rain

When it falls slow and free.

Imitate the habit of twilight,

Taking time to open the well of color

That fostered the brightness of day.

Draw alongside the silence of stone

Until its calmness can claim you.

Be excessively gentle with yourself.

Stay clear of those vexed in spirit.

Learn to linger around someone of ease

Who feels they have all the time in the world.

Gradually, you will return to yourself,

Having learned a new respect for your heart

And the joy that dwells far within slow time.

John O´Donohue

(picture from wikimedia commons)

Learning

Deng Ming-Dao:

The moon does not fight. It attacks no one. It does not worry. It does not try to crush others. It keeps to its course, but by its very nature, it gently influences. What other body could pull an entire ocean from shore to shore? The moon is faithful to its nature and its power is never diminished.

from: http://www.mettadrum.com/2012/02/we-can-agree.html#more 

Peace

S/he who does take feelings seriously and learns to communicate them non-violently, is on the path to wisdom, on the path to peace. Therefore I want to introduce a constructive way to deal with anger, frustration and discrimination…


http://nonviolentcommunication.com/store/images/pdf/2a_nvc_foreword.pdf

Earthed

lying - relaxed
sitting - centered
standing - rooted
moving - grounded


attending no-thing
developing qualities
preparing the way


being human - earthed


(inoma)


(also thinking of)
http://inoma-words.blogspot.com/search?q=prepare+the+way

Bamboo

Bamboo

Solid bamboo

Receiving and giving

From the heart of earth

Joyful burst of growth out there

 Prepared gradually within invisible realms

I keep quiet for a moment

Look deeply into myself

And get a clue

Feeling of being bend in the wind

When a work of roots - broad and deep - is holding you tight

(Inoma)