Summer Delights

SUMMER'S DELIGHTS

The eye peruses in search of beauty

  the flank of umber timbers

    embracing the land.

Blue, starry Cornflowers

  amid white galaxies of Queen Anne's Lace.

Orange Tiger Lilies

  cannot hide their crowns

    while lavender Thistle are the protecting northern guard.

All life is in its glory now,

  puffing up to the warm sun.

But soon the light will cool,

  and beauty will seek shelter

    in the mother's womb.

                                                   agdec

Validation

I was enthralled by Oprah Winfrey's final show. She spoke from her heart, expounding on all the wisdom which formed her throughout her public life, which she put into action in her private. One of the elements of her "Principles of Life" is the power of "validation." Validation is the essence of Love.
We all want to be "validated" in life, recognised as being a person, worthy of being a part of the community we are born into. It is validation which allows each of us to thrive as individuals, and it is validation which unlocks the creative spirit in each of us so that we can act out our individual purpose in life. Without validation, life is stifled, creativity is crushed, and the world is poorer for not having the fullness of a life's purpose revealed.
Validation gives worth to a person's being, and draws out the God-given gifts and talents we are each born with. Validation is the essence of Love. We all want to be "seen", recognised as having worth, that we are each here in this life with a purpose. There is a song which goes: "See me .... Feel me.....Touch me.....Heal me...."  For me, this is the essence of the principle of validation. I see you, recognise you as existing; I feel you, sense your presence, connect with you psychically, emotionally, mentally. With the trust engendered by honesty and truth, I touch you, embrace you, walk with you hand-in-hand through life, or even just for a time of your and my life. Then you can know the healing touch of love and acceptance.
A smile in the supermarket or mall, a kind word, an honest piece of advice, can be that validating moment a person has been waiting for. Validation from outside of me can lead to the true validation which can only come from the Spirit within me. When I experience God's validation of me, I don't need to seek validation from others --- I then learn to be the one who validates others by showing them the love which has embraced me unconditionally -- the love of God.

Imminent Apocalypse Flow Chart

I LOVE this flow chart! But kidding aside, we don't have to worry about the Rapture. 2012, Narubi, or the return of Jesus (Please, Lord!)  Nature is doing just a great job denuding the planet with tornadoes, earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanoes. Sit tight, folks, the best is yet to come.
  In response to the continuing disasters - all those not directly involved should at least keep the victims in prayer -- it could be you, you know. Compassion is the key to a successful life.

Shark attack?

Today, I was looking through the Guide on TV for something interesting to watch, and I was stopped dead by a program on one of the shopping networks : "Shark vacuum."  Really? Did I miss something? Has there been a rampage of sharks in our waterways to be wary of?  Are they poking their noses up through the shower drains?  Or maybe their toothy snouts have been seen squeaking their way up through the septic lines through the commodes?  And who has had sharks cluttering up the living room that they need to be vacuumed? I've heard of "land sharks", but I thought they were beer-induced figments of imagination!  How many sharks does one come across...............

Then I clicked on the program out of curiosity. Well then, Shark is a brand name for vacuums......... hmmm......

Never mind.

We Are All Connected!

Absolutely amazing!  Watch the whole thing. 

 Really neat and heartwarming.

 

This guy found this baby hummingbird after it was attacked, and he nursed it
back to health until it decided to stay and be his pet. Very charming video,
and be sure to have your sound on!!  The song in the background is almost as
good as the video itself.

 

 http://www.wimp.com/babyhummingbird/

Goose Named Maria.avi

O God, it must be Spring again!!

It's a good Haiku day .......

Camille's colours blend -
My eyes are the eyes of G3* ...
And so G3 sees.

* When I write "god" in my notes and poems, I always use a capital G and a subscript 3 - G for the common western title and 3 for the Trinity, a concept found not only in Christianity, but also in Hinduism, Taoism and other religious systems. I cannot find a subscript tool in this blog's toolbox.

A tall pine rising

against a pale sky...

G3's eyes are my eyes.

My eyes are G3's eyes...

Lights shimmer on the waters

After winter's sleep.

My eyes are G3's eyes...

A blue butterfly  wafts by,

and G3 is smiling.

Aliens 1

I cannot believe that we are alone in this wonderfully immense universe. Millions - that's right - millions of galaxies like the one our planetary system is a part of, dot the skies as so many starry lights. But most of those starry lights are galaxies. We cannot even be sure of the number of inhabitable planets in our own galaxy, the distance between stars and planetary systems being so far apart we cannot reach them in real time by light waves, radio waves, or any other bands of communication.

I believe it's time for a reunion between our starry ancestors and ourselves. And we really should stop using the term "alien" to refer to beings from other planets. Science fiction has created such astounding creatures that we really believe that beings from other planets would look so different from ourselves. Or would they? Something in our collective human memory wants to believe we were seeded here on this planet, or that the biochemical organisms on Earth were manipulated in order to creat quantum leaps in evolution. Today's science reveals that such manipulation is entirely possible - and we have not figured out the full scope of DNA manipulation. Perhaps others have. Let's just call beings from other planetary systems "people" from other worlds, instead of the demeaning and fear-provoking term "alien." Perhaps we might find ourselves more open to cultures more advanced than us, and finally open our minds and hearts to the amazing diversity this material universe offers.

But first, I guess we have to stop calling one another "aliens" - something that doesn't belong to our perceived provincial view of human communal life. People who live in other countries ought not be called "aliens" by Americans. Every American, even those who lived on this continent before Europeans invaded, and the ancestors of every American citizen, came from another place on the earth. It is time to connect the dots. We are all citizens of the Earth, a collective of communities each with unique traits, abilities, skills, and history. We are here for one another. We are here to teach one another. We are here to experience the diversity of nature and of human life.  Let's start living it.

Moonlight night (erhu)

Powder

The movie "Powder" is a prophecy of what could be. A human, born out of his time, with an evolved vehicle with no ego blockages, aware of the connectedness of all beings, of all createdness, of all the universes. We  live in this material reality, limited by the programming of our individual biochemical bodies. Religion..... no ---- faith teaches us that we are so much more than what we think we are. We can bypass this egoistic programming and experience the truth of our spirit in spite of the programming.
In "Powder," Jeremy's innocence allows him to grow and utilize the most evolved human functions - unity with the energy of creation, who is God - dissolving the walls of consciousness that make individuals fear others and fool ourselves into thinking we are each beings unto ourselves. In the end, Jeremy discovers that his uniqueness is a gift, and that his being does not exist for itself, but as a manifestation of the Oneness which exists in all beings, in every atom, in every quark of creation. One does not dissolve "out" of existence in death, but rather returns home to the Oneness which is creation on every level of existence. E Pluribus Unum - hardly a political hope, but rather, an insight into reality -  Out of the many -- One, or Out of the One exist all things.
Jeremy's heightened functionality is a foretaste of human evolution. He was feared, because we fear extinction. But we have the solace of the words of those who understand that we have not even come close to manifesting the innate functions waiting to be switched on at the proper time, in an understanding world.
I would rather hope that such gifts would be nurtured for good and not for power, but because to have power is still the coveted goal which fuels too many egos, we are on the edge of a culling which will check the egoism of our age in order to make way for a better human programming. Would that the wise and the knowledgeable will survive to teach and inspire an new era of human accomplishments.

No turning back

Too little time to set things aright. But right now is always the time to forgive, forget and move on.
Is it possible to know without thinking you know it all?
Is it possible to think you know and not really know at all?
Is the ego a blessing or a curse? Or is it merely a construct to help us think we are individuals?
Should the game continue?  Or has it become so corrupt it cannot evolve beneficially?
When is he coming back? Or is he here?
Why do you believe who you are?
E Pluribus Unum - no doubt now.

Do not imagine that an integral being has the 
ambition of enlightening the unaware or raising 
worldly people to the divine realm.
To her, there is no self and other, and hence no one to be 
raised; no heaven and hell, and hence no destination.
Therefore her only concern is her own sincerity.
                
from "Hua Hu Ching, The Unknown Teachings of Lao Tzu" - 27, 
                                            by Brian Browne Walker

Also read Eckhart Tolle, Rumi, Tao Te Ching, Hua Hu Ching

The Hearing

I was watching and listening to an interview with Sobunfu Some, a contemporary author and teacher. If you want to learn about a near perfect community, balanced in wisdom and spirit, check out this site. http://www.sobonfu.com/

I especially like the Dagara's (West Africa) custom regarding the value of children. The child's relationship to the community begins in the womb. http://www.sobonfu.com/writings/20050101.shtml  The elders of the community have a "Hearing" with the the child in the womb. They ask the child: Who are you? Why did you come? What is your purpose? It is in the intuitive responses that the elders come to some understanding of the child's purpose, and the child is guided and nurtured in life to fulfill it. This is unlike many parents' ideas of molding the child into what they think the child should be or do. We all have a purpose in life. It may not be grandiose or world-illuminating, but it is nonetheless a purpose. If all members of a community were allowed to follow their inner calling, no matter WHAT it might be, we would certainly be living in paradise. Everyone would be innately content, happy with themselves, expressing their own purposeful "mission" on earth.
Every person has purpose, every person has worth - why else would any of us be here? Discover your "secret" purpose, the one which drew you to this life experience. Then find the community which would nourish and encourage you to fulfill it. Live, laugh, love. Namaste.

Damn you?

I read an email today with references to God's condemnation of humanity through natural and man-made disasters. It looks like a conglomeration from many sources - 3 days of darkness, armageddon, etc. So what else is new? These things have been part of prophecies for centuries. And should we put it in such a fearful, religious tone?  Yes, more violent weather will be our experience in the coming two years. Yes, there is a real possibility of an "armageddon" in the Middle East - just watch the news!  Yes, there are going to be more violent earthquakes - devastation? Sure - that's what earthquakes do to what we've built in unstable areas. Tell me something new. 3 days of darkness?  If there is a really, really great amount of volcanic activity around the world ( geologists are just waiting for the inevitable), clouds of ash, perhaps laced with radioactive particles from nuclear plants that might have a meltdown, would certainly make it difficult for all the peoples on earth. Staying indoors is what they have been suggesting after the Japan nuclear plant disaster. Tell me something new.

These ideas are not new, nor are they a punishment from God. They are possible because humans have upset the balance of nature by overdrawing on natural resources. The earth is bound to try to rebalance itself.

Magnetic pole shift - scientists know it happens periodically, and it is due in our lifetime. Asteroids - bound to happen - a real possibility in the next 100 years. Powerful solar flares - a part of nature - they could disrupt our communication systems temporarily. Aliens - it's time for them to return, if they haven't destroyed their own civilization already - and they probably DO NOT LOOK LIKE the creatures science fiction feeds us. They are quite human.

Fear is the easiest form of control. If I can get you to be afraid of something, I've got you by the ........    I can push your buttons until you bleed. Don't believe everything you hear, especially if it is put in a "you better do this or God will get you."  God's got bigger things to deal with than our puny lives. But do believe, and do trust that God is in you, and you are in God. This is God's universe, not mine or yours. We are just a privileged part of this amazing life. Be thankful always, forgive completely, practice compassion, love unconditionally. 

All that is is in the moment - live in the moment - for there God is in all splendor, glory and perfect love -and each of us dipped in bliss, if we would only wake up and experience it - the rest will take care of itself.