Spirit is stronger than all suffering. It reveals itself through a person who is at ease and knows how it feels to be nurtured by love. That is why many who have suffered badly can be a light to many, the embodiment of forgiveness and goodwill, and why they can smile at others: Spirit isContinue reading “Reclaim Spirit: Nurture”
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Feeling the Sources of Love In Your Life
At times Great Mystery puts people in your life who make your life easier. One day you will conclude that those were your true friends, your true loves. Put your hand on your heart, and bring these people to mind now. Connect to them through your heart, and telepathically send them your thanks and warmth.Continue reading “Feeling the Sources of Love In Your Life”
Touch Mother Earth
Touch down on mother earth like the Buddha to receive the reminder of all your good deeds – when no one is there to say the right word. Touch down on mother earth to feel righteous and whole and mellow down into your soul, to feel nature’s crazy love. Van Morrison, like all good poetsContinue reading “Touch Mother Earth”
Beauty Is Remembering…
It is not the earth plane that beats us up. The earth plane is incredibly nurturing and patient, full of pleasure and harmony. What beats us up is the world plane. What is meant by that is the manmade world, fabrications of the mind that have manifested, or are extending, into reality. That is whereContinue reading “Beauty Is Remembering…”
Love Is Attention – And Here Is Where It Begins
Imagine the good the media could do if they gave only 5% of the coverage they give to the corrupt, the warring and the predictable to the sane, the peaceful, the creative? What would a switch of attention take? Are those designers of “reality” truly concerned about the public taking offense about do-gooders? They certainlyContinue reading “Love Is Attention – And Here Is Where It Begins”
Welcome the New Day With a Smile Made of Water
– a variation on the Inner Smile Meditation – In the morning, drink a glass of water imagining that you are drinking your inner smile. Let it move through your organs and blood and limbs in the most natural way. Let it wash your body from the inside. Let this water-smile be the welcome ofContinue reading “Welcome the New Day With a Smile Made of Water”
#waterislife
Water is life. Water does not need us at all and yet it serves us all. We are completely dependent on it, all life on earth. We are not in an equal relationship with it, or one of dominion, although we have assumed that position, but that position is a delusion. We depend on water.Continue reading “#waterislife”
Soak up the love from the earth
Soak up the love from the earth. Then you will know the people who truly love you. If you are always surrounded by people who need your attention and love and can not reciprocate, you need this information. You give but get too little in return? Go out into nature. Feel the heartbeat of motherContinue reading “Soak up the love from the earth”
Earth You Spoil Me
© Nanda Jurela, Muskrat Lake, August 2011 What you give is what I need.This dawn is calm,the water slow and cool to my ankles.You welcome me to be with you.I belong to you, without fighting for it. Tiny fish move along my feet in the lake,and I am overcome by compassion for the waters. IContinue reading “Earth You Spoil Me”
Contentment
There is no greater misery than the avoidance of self. There is no greater loneliness than the one that sets in after abandoning your most consuming dream. There is no greater tragedy than hating being born and not giving yourself the chance to make things right for yourself. And on the other end of theContinue reading “Contentment”
Healing Circle on 12 June 2020
We are meeting in our healing circle for the well-being of our planet and our waters and the well-being of the waters within us and within all life. We humans are the animal that has the wonderful ability to savour well-being and to amplify that well-being. With our minds, we can do amazing things, riseContinue reading “Healing Circle on 12 June 2020”
How Can You Practice Oneness and Boundaries
If you are surrounded by validating, sensitive, respectful, loving people who go out of their way to help you, make you feel great, you will not think about boundaries, and it will be a walk in the park for you to live in Oneness. If you are surrounded by people who are lacking in empathy,Continue reading “How Can You Practice Oneness and Boundaries”
Motown – America’s Most Beautiful Offering
If you listen carefully to the lyrics, you can notice that almost every song by Motown is a declaration of love and thanks to the childhood and the mothers who kept the songwriters safe, fed, healthy and hopeful about the future. The songs are an extension of their mother’s dreams for their lives and theContinue reading “Motown – America’s Most Beautiful Offering”
Playa’s Tricks
Broadcast and print media are acting like the playa who pretends to be your lover: dropping one provocation after another, making you doubt your sanity, ignoring what you communicated through your words and choices — with the aim to wear you down or to react impulsively, against your best interests. Reactionary choices are not whatContinue reading “Playa’s Tricks”
Heart Song On Full Moon
May the earth keep feeding and refreshing us.May the waters run freely and be healthy again.May the air we breathe become clean again.May the animals feel safe around us and be our friends again.May the people discover how to love and not harm. NJ13 June 2014 #fullmoon #June #fullmooninSagittarius
Snap Out Of Spiritual Boredom, And Work On Your Life.
All spiritual merits have high value. But the level of difficulty or ease is different for each individual. Certain practices come to you naturally, without second thought. Sure, you can aim to improve at everything. But be alert for signs of getting stuck: messages that are high and benign will sound stale, “noisy”, like slogansContinue reading “Snap Out Of Spiritual Boredom, And Work On Your Life.”
Layers Upon Layers Of Loving Wisdom
in this approach: “Nobody needs to be run by their relationship with the internet. Be clear on your boundaries. How you value life on and off the net. Live according to your own values. Just because there are people out there espousing hatred, fear, rage, judgement, arrogance, does not mean that you have to react,Continue reading “Layers Upon Layers Of Loving Wisdom”
Grow Food Where You Can
So cool. It is wonderful how people make use of the space they have…
Appreciate Good People
Appreciating good people (really, really appreciating them) and losing the taste for bad company is a skill you can learn… and practise for the rest of your life. It takes a small adjustment on your part. But this choice determines how you feel about life. It also ensures that you pay attention to what youContinue reading “Appreciate Good People”
Environmental Affirmation
Surround yourself with the symbols of the feelings you want to feel. What you surround yourself with and the objects you place in strategic spots stimulate feelings and can be potent reminders of how you want to feel, as you go through your day. Although the power is not in “the stuff” itself, your subconsciousContinue reading “Environmental Affirmation”
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