The Golden Eternity, by Jack Kerouac

1029-origI have lots of things to share now, in case we ever meet, concerning the message that was transmitted to me under a pine tree in North Carolina on a cold winter moonlit night. It said that Nothing Ever Happened, so don’t worry. It’s all like a dream. Everything is ecstasy, inside. We just don’t know it because of our thinking-minds. But in our true blissful essence of mind is known that everything is alright forever and forever and forever. Close your eyes, let your hands and nerve-ends drop, stop breathing for 3 seconds, listen to the silence inside the illusion of the world, and you will remember the lesson you forgot, which was taught in immense milky way soft cloud innumerable worlds long ago and not even at all. It is all one vast awakened thing. I call it the golden eternity. It is perfect.

The world you see is just a movie in your mind.
Rocks dont see it.
Bless and sit down.
Forgive and forget.
Practice kindness all day to everybody
and you will realize you’re already
in heaven now.
That’s the story.
That’s the message.
Nobody understands it,
nobody listens, they’re
all running around like chickens with heads cut
off. I will try to teach it but it will
be in vain, s’why I’ll
end up in a shack
praying and being
cool and singing
by my woodstove
making pancakes.

 

Astrology ~ WEEKLY HOROSCOPES, Aug. 18-24, 2014, by Beverley

green amazon parrotGENERAL PLANETARY INFLUENCES

Astrologically it’s a much quieter week, so the horoscopes may look very similar to last weeks, although the aspects formed between planets may differ, as they do move by a few degrees. Mercury and Venus both stay where they are until early September, Mars in Scorpio until Mid September, and the generation planets Jupiter through to Pluto remain where they are for some considerable time yet, both in their signs and Direct or Retrograde movement.

The Sun is now in it’s last week of theatrical, impressive, bossy, frivolous Leo. On Sunday however the Sun moves into practical, systematic Virgo, adding a bit more interest, but more details on the Virgo Sun next week.

The Moon starts the week in talkative, impulsive, flirtatious Gemini staying there until Wednesday. On Thursday it moves into caring, emotional, defensive & sensitive Cancer. On Saturday it moves into domineering, exuberant, melodramatic Leo.

Mercury is now settled in balanced, decisive, fastidious Virgo, with a practical, structured and detailed approach.

Venus is now settled in loving, expressive & excessive Leo, with possible tendencies to go over the top at times.

Mars remains in compulsive, envious, responsive, resourceful Scorpio, until the middle of next month, with a need for personal control over people and situations.

Jupiter is now approximately one third of the way through benevolent, extrovert, positive, expansive Leo, making us kind-hearted.

Saturn remains in responsible, shrewd, strong-willed Scorpio, until the end of 2014. It is now traveling Direct, enabling self expansion in some respects.

Uranus remains in assertive, blunt, energetic, self-willed Aries, for several years, and can make us individualistic and rebellious, unexpected events or disruptive emotional matters, may distract us, or help us see things differently.

Neptune remains in sensitive, intuitive Pisces for the foreseeable future, and helps us gradually develop more empathy, compassion, and build understanding, in a wide variety of ways, but also indicates a need to remain realistic. Neptune is now traveling Retrograde until Mid December, indicating boundaries between reality and illusion may blur at times, causing possible confusion, with a need to look at people and situations realistically.

Pluto remains in Capricorn for quite a few years, so is a very long term influence, showing knowledge gradually acquired on deeper levels, with balance, & realistic ways of recycling & developing our intuitive knowledge further, to use practically. Pluto travels Retrograde until late September, with a relentless search for inner truth, furthering our self knowledge approached the right way.

 

Planetary Aspects this week:

Sun square Saturn until Thursday – An ambitious outlook, but a need for reassurance too.

Sun trine Uranus for 2 days – Charisma and allure, with a futuristic outlook on life.

Sun sextile Moon Wednesday – Assertiveness, plenty of ideas, and a calm peaceful approach.

 

Moon sextile Venus and Jupiter Monday and Tuesday – A need for sharing and honest communication in close relationships. Generosity, integrity and an idealistic outlook.

Moon square Mercury and Neptune Monday – Possible difficulties making reasonable judgments because feelings get in the way. Maybe tendencies try to adjust reality to fit a personal emotional view of matters.

Moon sextile Uranus Tuesday and Wednesday – A progressive, imaginative approach, with new ideas and opportunities utilised.

Moon sextile Mercury Thursday – Thoughtfulness, with skills at absorbing and retaining information received.

Moon square Uranus Thursday and Friday – Possible emotional perversity and sudden inexplicable changes in moods.

Moon trine Neptune Thursday – Close family bonds, with deeper sensitivity than usual.

Moon trine Mars and Saturn Thursday and Friday – Strong feelings, that are controlled and constructive. An honest, prudent, sensible approach generally.

Moon opposite Pluto Thursday and Friday – Affection and warmth demonstrably shown to loved ones and friends.

Moon conjunct Jupiter Saturday and Sunday – Sensitivity to personal environment and people, with empathy shown.

Moon conjunct Venus Sunday – Affable, friendly relationships with other people.

Moon square Mars and Saturn Sunday – Try to channel energy positively, as being too volatile can add to problems.

Moon trine Uranus Sunday – Skills at listening too and appreciating other people’s views, with a natural curiosity.

 

Mercury sextile Mars this week – Plentiful mental energy, that can help sharpen brain and intellect.

Mercury sextile Saturn from Thursday – Resourceful and careful in your actions, based on an intelligent attitude.

Mercury trine Pluto – Instinctive skills at getting to the roots of issues, using a logical approach.

Mercury remains opposite Neptune this week – Use creative skills imaginatively and realistically.

 

Venus still conjunct Jupiter – A buoyant, positive and kind-hearted approach.

Venus and Jupiter square Mars – A need to use common sense, self control and try to avoid being too extreme.

Venus square Saturn from Wednesday – Possible difficulties may arise in relationships, with a need to look for ways to resolve issues.

Venus and Jupiter trine Uranus – Great enjoyment of life, with a broad-minded attitude. An original, creative, determined and practical outlook, with dislike of feeling too tied to people or situations.

Venus and Jupiter inconjunct Neptune and Pluto – Deeper inspiration but maybe problems expressing related skills. Some distortion arises at times between intellect and emotions. A need to make significant adjustments to justify personal knowledge at times.

 

Mars and Saturn conjunct – Constructive use of mental and physical energy can be very productive.

Mars sextile Pluto – Considerable willpower and forcefulness needs to be used constructively.

Mars trine Neptune until Thursday – A successful integration of forceful action and dreams.

Mars inconjunct Uranus until Thursday – Innovation and drive, but maybe feelings of pressure too.

 

Saturn and Pluto remain sextile until the end of September – A deeper sense of inevitable changes and transformation. Saturn still inconjunct

 

Uranus until the end of October – Probable difficulty establishing priorities in obligations.

Uranus square Pluto long term, at least till the end of the year – A need for freedom and independence, and rebellion against interactions that are too close for comfort.

 

Neptune and Pluto sextile ongoing long term – A need for positive reactions to circumstances and general changes that occur within society.

 

ARIES 21 March – 20 April
You feel creative, with many ideas & are sociable & outgoing, full of the joys of life. You’re responsible & practical at work, but easily stressed too. You’re a bit flirtatious & enjoying getting out. You can be secretive, but are great company, purposeful, & concentrate well, but get down-hearted. You’re original, but erratic & contemplative, focusing on career progress.

TAURUS 21 April – 21 May
You have a lot going on at home, & have to focus on family matters, but are positive. Your communication skills are positive, winning people over. You really enjoy being around your loved ones. You may have disagreements with a partner & are happiest at home, but also support your partner. You’re intuitive, may view friends idealistically, or have inflexible views.

GEMINI 22 May – 21 June
You enjoy keeping in touch with people, & communicate positively, but have high phone bills. You take a practical approach to domestic matters. You need to get out & about locally, relating well to neighbours. You’re hard working, want to improve your knowledge, but may ignore health issues. You’re individual, idealistic & ambitious, but overly emotional or obsessive.

CANCER 22 June – 23 July
You might be investing large amounts of money, or spending more on quality items. You need to keep in touch with other people, but get distracted. You’re possibly prone to more impulse buys at present. You feel more passionate, & impatient, may make investments, & are creative & innovative. You’re professional & original, but maybe naive, & may try to manipulate a partner.

LEO 24 July – 23 August
You have plenty of energy, are purposeful, full of life, & inspire those around you. You have a shrewd way of managing your money, to positive effect. Your charisma holds great appeal to other people. You take charge of home matters, & inspire other people, but may feel insecure. You seek mental stimulation, have ingenious ideas, & should investigate ongoing health issues.

VIRGO 24 August – 23 September
You might be prone to dwelling on worrying issues, maybe subconsciously. You express yourself very positively, winning over other people. At times your emotions get the better of you. You speak your mind bluntly & openly, are selfless but also very private & reliable. You may argue about finances with a partner, & seem vague, but are emotional & passionate.

LIBRA 24 September – 23 October
You have a very busy social life at present, maybe catching up with a few more friends. You may find it hard to balance your emotions & mind. You offer a lot of support & care to close pals. You’re driven to make money & success is important, you inspire friends, but money may be limited. You dislike partnership restrictions, should watch your health, & can be changeable.

SCORPIO 24 October – 22 November
You focus on professional goals, with a determined, motivated & responsible attitude. You’re drawn to intelligent friends, enjoying exchanging views. You willingly take on more work, if it helps you progress. You’re quite competitive, strong-willed, ambitious & driven to succeed, but lack confidence. You’re innovative & original, but overly imaginative, & preoccupied by detail.

SAGITTARIUS 23 November – 21 December
You feel drawn to faraway places & may just want a holiday, or to get away from it all. You have a methodical, professional approach, enabling success. You improve your knowledge on foreign places or people. You’re thoughtful but keep problems private, are positive & thoughtful, but introspective. You’re imaginative, with a busy home life, but competent & financially astute.

CAPRICORN 22 December – 20 January
You find you rely on your instinctive feelings, in a close relationship, or in business matters. Your mind is naturally geared to progress & learning. You may find your feelings overwhelm you at times. You feel drawn to challenging friends can make money in business, & enjoy meeting mates. Family home life is erratic, you’re vague, & inscrutable, but have great potential.

AQUARIUS 21 January – 19 February
You enjoy quite a positive relationship with a partner, but need mutual understanding too. You may try to logically work out emotional matters. You may need to feel closer to your other half. You’re ambitious, focused & driven, feel happy with a partner, & are responsible. You have many ideas, & feel financially vulnerable, remaining focused, but secretive & tense at times.

PISCES 20 February – 20 March
You seem to be working exceptionally hard, making taking on other people’s jobs at times. You communicate positively with a partner, building good bonds. You dislike disruption or stress in your workplace. You’re adventurous & innovative, supportive, but changes may feel threatening. You’re erratic with money, & self deceptive, or may have challenging friends to deal with.

 

Bev TaylorDisclaimer
I can’t guarantee anything shown on these horoscopes, they can only offer general information, as written by Beverley Taylor or Astrologymix so please note that they should be considered for entertainment purposes only. However I do make every effort to ensure the information I give is as accurate as possible. If you do have any queries please feel free to contact me.

 

 

 

Paradigm Shift ~ Living For The Weekend

tragedy living dead
i hope i never start living for the weekend
only to see it turn into a monday morning
i hope i never compete with my neighbors
to buy things i cannot really afford
i hope if i ever get married
i won’t refer to my spouse as a ball and chain
i hope my life never revolves around
so-called entertainment like monday night football
because i don’t want to be that family

i hope i never start living for the weekend
and calling in sick so i don’t have to go to work
i hope i don’t ever assume that others think just like me
and get caught up in my own idealism
i hope watching the dog chase the neighbors cat
doesn’t become the highlight of my day
i hope my evenings don’t revolve around tittie bars
and hot wings to keep me out of the house
because i don’t want to be that guy

i hope i never start living for the weekend
and forget how to relax
i hope i don’t get stuck in a job i hate
and do nothing about the situation but complain
i hope if things don’t work out
i can handle the situation
i hope i don’t end up like all those people
who let their lives pass them by
because i don’t want to live for the weekend

— Derek del Barrio
derek.delbarrio@gmail.com

 

Alan Watts ~ The Book: The Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are (full, audio book)

Alan Watts’ seminal text first published in 1966, here read/narrated by author Ralph Blum (who in 1982 wrote the Book of Runes and kick-started interest in runic magic). Of all his brilliant texts, this one just… nails it, over and over again. Ouch.

Chapters:

1. Inside Information
2. The Game Of Black-and-White
3. How To Be A Genuine Fake
4. The World Is Your Body
5. So What?
6. It

 

POWER MEDITATION ~ PART ONE

blooming rose love

COMPASSION

Compassion is called “non-violence” (Ahimsa) in the Eastern tradition and is sometimes relegated to speaking only of “non-injury” or “non-agitation.”  But compassion is much more than any of these.  Compassion is a basic approach to life that is unconditionally accepting, forgiving and loving.

Compassion is a goal and becoming compassionate is a process.  We seek progress as we become more and more compassionate.  We do not seek eternal and immediate perfection.  We seek progress.  We work each day at becoming more and more compassionate in every way.  Thus we make progress.

COMPASSION MEANS:

1.    Do no harm to yourself
2.    Do no harm to another
3.    Do no harm to animals
4.    Do no harm to plants
5.    Do no harm to the planet

Compassion means to do no harm to anything, anybody, anytime, anywhere.  Compassion is a state of being where we totally accept everything and everybody exactly as they are.  It’s a state where we forgive everybody and everything for all the harm caused to us or perceived to have been caused to us.  It’s a state of unconditional love for all things and all people.

Compassion is an ideal to which we aspire to the best of our ability each and every day.  When we attain this ideal, we become established in God Consciousness.  To become established in anything means that becomes our normal state.  Most of us are established in selfishness, greed, envy and self-importance.  As we practice compassion day by day these things fall away from us and we become established in higher and higher states, more accepting, forgiving and loving states.  We make progress.

COMPASSION OPERATES ON MANY LEVELS:

On the physical level we practice to cause no harm to ourselves and others.  When we observe ourselves causing intentional harm, we stop and we evaluate the cause behind this behavior.   When we observe ourselves causing unintentional harm. we stop and we evaluate the cause behind this behavior.  We evaluate this in a state of contemplation and meditation.  We root out the cause and we change our behavior.  As we do this, we become more compassionate.  That’s Physical Compassion.

On the intentional level of our being we desire to be compassionate in all things and with all people.  We daily affirm to ourselves that we are becoming more compassionate, more accepting, more forgiving and more loving of all people and all things.  This includes ourselves and the Divine.  As we do this, we become more and more compassionate.  That’s Intentional Compassion.

On the verbal level we practice speaking accepting, forgiving, loving and compassionate things.  We avoid speaking accusing, resentful, cutting, hurtful and insulting words.  We avoid speaking any words hatefully and with cruelty.  When we cannot do this, we avoid speaking or we change the subject and move on to something else.  As we do this, we become more and more compassionate.  That’s Verbal Compassion.

On the emotional level whenever we feel anger welling up within us, we transmute it into peace and calm.  Whenever we feel fear or anxiety, we transmute it into inner strength.  Whenever we feel sorrow or sadness, we transmute it into happiness.  As we do this, we become more and more compassionate with ourselves and others.  That’s Emotional Compassion.

On the psychological level, we resolve to play no games with ourselves or others.  We resolve to stop deceiving ourselves and others.  We drop our false images of ourselves and we become more and more real, more and more who we truly are.  We stop playing games and appearing to be something other than what we really are.  As we do this, we become more and more compassionate.  That’s Psychological Compassion.

On the mental level, we make a considerable effort to accept, forgive and love.  We make a conscious decision to accept, forgive and love more today than we did yesterday.  In every situation we face,  we intentionally and consciously decide to accept more and more, forgive more and more and love more and more.  As we do this, we become more and more compassionate.  That’s Mental Compassion.

On the spiritual level, we meditate and pray for others.  We meditate that they may obtain more compassion in their lives.  We pray they will find it in their hearts to be more compassionate with the people, plants and animals in their lives.  As we do this, we become more and more compassionate.  That’s Spiritual Compassion.

This the OM (or AUM) symbol used to end each lesson.  It’s a three-letter glyph of the Sanskrit voiced or unvoiced sounds for Ah – Oh – Mm.  The symbol approximates the sound of the Divine Creation we hear in deep meditation.  The more we meditate the sound of OM comes closer and closer to this reality.  Eventually we become washed in this sound most of the time.  That’s a sign of Enlightenment or Self-Realization.  In time we become “established in this sound.”  That means we hear the “Divine Voice” all the time and we become “God Realized.”

Within this sound of OM, the Divine speaks to us in many voices: parent, child, son, daughter, father, mother, friend and lover.  We can also enter this sound to travel wherever we want within the creation and do wondrous things.  So, this symbol is a reminder to listen to the “Voice of the Divine” within you.

These skills alone, if used on a daily basis for fifteen to twenty minutes two or three times a day, will eventually lead to deeper and deeper states of meditation.  This will be evidenced by the acquisition of the sound of OM more quickly during your meditation and the ability to hear OM during times when you are not meditating.  This process may take several lifetimes.

 

SEEDS FOR MEDITATION … Your Vision

mandalaeyeYou have sole ownership of your vision. And the Universe will give you what you want within your vision.  What happens with most people is that they muddy their vision with “reality”.  Their vision becomes full of not only what they want but what everybody else thinks about what they want, too.  Your work is to clarify and purify your vision so that the vibration that you are offering can then be answered.  — Abraham

 

JUST FOR TODAY …

cat_cockatooExperiment in slowing down the pace of your life today.


Images flash at us from every direction — from our social media accounts to advertisements on the road, and we have little time to take in anything. Seeing is not the whole story of learning — it takes time to process what we see. When we give ourselves time, on any subject, not just art, a new world of detail and understanding opens up to our consciousness. And, that kind of patience in education — learning how to slow down — is an essential part of a good education.

Nothing really worth having comes quickly and easily; If it did, I doubt that we would ever grow.

Meditation ~ Kundalini Yoga/Reiki Relaxation Session

REIKI RELAXATION MEDITATION — (1:20 hr.)

“Every human action, whether it has become positive or negative, must depend on motivation.”  –The Dalai Lama

Fortify your spirit with a daily “dose” of healthy affirmation, and you can learn to release negative emotions. By replacing them with positive ones, you can help strengthen your emotional reserves, and become more resilient and less susceptible to the effects of stress, anger and resentment.

Spending just a few minutes a day acknowledging the positive forces at work in your life can help weaken the grip of your fears or insecurities and help you sustain your greater plans and intentions for the day and in your larger life goals.

Please take a few minutes now to reflect on showing yourself some loving attention and relax to the beautiful visuals you can experience with this Relaxation Meditation.

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PLAYLIST:

1. Ong Namo by Mirabai Ceiba
2. Ra Ma Da Sa by Mirabai Ceiba
3. Ajai Alai by Mata Mandir Singh
4. Chattr Chakkr Vartee by Nirinjan Kaur
5. Ek Ong Kar Sat Nam by Snatam Kaur
6. Sat Siri, Siri Akal by Mirabai Ceiba
7. Guru Ram Das by Amrit Kirtan Kaur
8. Guru Ram Das Raakho Saranaee by Snatam Kaur
9. Mul Mantra by Amrit Kirtan
10. Waah Yantee, Kar Yantee by Mirabai Ceiba
11. Ra Ma Da Sa
12. Dhan Dhan Ram Das Guru by Guru Amrit Kaur
13. Narayan Shabd by Ajeet Kaur
14. Ganpati Mantra by Siri Sadhana Kaur
15. Mera Baid by Nirinjan Kaur
16. Mere Raam by Snatam Kaur
17. Long Time Sun (children’s version) by Snatam Kaur
18. Sat Narayan by Ajeet Kaur
19. Earth Prayer by Snatam Kaur
20. Guru Ram Das Chant by Mirabai Ceiba
21. Tithai Too Samarath by Snatam Kaur
22. Ra Ma Da Sa by GuruGanesha Singh
23. Aad Guray Nameh by Nirinjan Kaur
24. Long Time Sun by Mata Mandir Singh

 

Daily Words of the Buddha ~ August 04, 2014

changing mind

Abhittharetha kalyāṇe;

pāpā cittaṃ nivāraye.

Dandhañhi karoto puññaṃ,

pāpasmiṃ ramatī mano.

 

Hasten to do good;
restrain your mind from evil.
One who is slow in doing good,
one’s mind delights in evil.

Dhammapada 9.116

The Dhammapada: The Buddha’s Path of Wisdom,
translated from the Pali by Acharya Buddharakkhita

 

 

Lee Holden ~ Modern Qi Gong Cheat Sheet

purple mist waterfall

This has been a massive week with a Himalayan-like range of high points, and because we shared so much information with you over the past few days, we thought you would appreciate having all of it together in one handy email.

If you noticed we took the liberty of calling it ‘The Qi Cheat Sheet’, so you can search for it in your inbox and any time to revisit any part of Qi 101.

We will be leaving the lessons up for you, so feel free to go over any of them again in the future whenever you wish. Maybe you want to review something you’ve seen before, or just want to see how you can get better results – now you can. Anytime.

But before we recap, we’d like you to think back to just a few days ago, when Qi Gong was perhaps a new and distant concept to you …

Something you had maybe heard of, or read about, but were more likely to find on an episode of Ripley’s Believe It Or Not than in your morning routine.

But now you know!

You’ve seen for yourself that there’s definitely something to it – after all – there’s a reason why it’s been around for over 4,000 years.

We started off Qi 101 with a very simple concept – getting you used to FEELING your Qi …

Here is your recap:

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>>> Lesson 1 – Feeling your Qi

Consider this as your introduction to what Qi is all about. Lee has explained his story, how he discovered Qi, what Qi Gong did for him, and most importantly – what it can do for YOU.

You have learned:

* That your ‘Life Force Energy’ is called Qi and when it flows smoothly within your body, it revitalizes your immune system, nourishes your cells and activates your natural healing abilities.

* You can train your body to fight disease faster, and if you learn to work with your Qi you can even eliminate problems before they arise.

Qi Gong is an easy to follow practice, which at its core, cultivates Life Force Energy to help achieve healing and longevity.

* Apart of healing, Qi Gong has also other benefits – it gives you better sense of presence, sharpers your focus or greeters creativity.

* Lee’s way of teaching Qi Gong to new students involves taking them though 3 simple steps:

step 1 – FEELING your Qi; step 2 – ACTIVATING your Qi flow within your body and step 3 – LIVING your Qi though simple and fun daily routines to create long lasting results.

* You learned a simple exercise for FEELING your Qi within you (comes at 8 minutes of the video).

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Then we took it up a notch in the second lesson – ACTIVATING your Qi

>>> Lesson 2 – Activating your Qi

This was perhaps Lee’s most popular lessons as it featured one of our favorite techniques! Filmed in the Santa Cruz Qi Center, Lee has shared with you the ‘Knocking on the door of life’ technique – one of Qi Gong’s most famous and beneficial exercises.

This is where you really start working with all that energy you discovered you had in lesson 1, and is a video we would recommend you revisit as often as possible.

You have learned:

* What are some of the meridian points on your body.

* You got to know your lower back energy points known also as Doors of Life points responsible for improving your blood flow, activation of your energy and vitality.

* The second set of energy points were the Lung Points, responsible not only for your lungs but also for your immune system.

* You got a map of these meridian points for you to download and keep.

Here is the direct link to it >>>

* You experienced the ‘Knocking on the door of life’ exercise (it comes at 1:20).

This lesson generated a HUGE number of comments. Take a look through them, see if you agree or disagree, and if you’re yet to do it – leave your own!

One of our favorite comments about this lesson came from Dorothy Bonenberger:

before I started exercise 2, I felt like I had pockets of energy stored in my body. To my surprise, after doing the exercise I felt the flow of energy throughout my body.

We can’t tell you enough how much it warms our hearts to see comments like this, and we sincerely hope that you had the same experience as dear Dorothy did.

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The third and final lesson looked to serve as an almanac for all things energetic – LIVING your Qi

>>> Lesson 3 – Living your Qi 

Lee answers in numerous videos some of the most common questions we get on Qi, including how fast you can expect to see results, how to get started on a routine, how often you should practice and a lot more – including sharing some secrets like:

* That you can start getting results almost immediately! You should have felt something as early as lesson 1 that would have felt like a sense of calm and relaxation. That’s exactly what you’re looking for.

* When you get that feeling, the trick is to build on it and push it as far as you can. I share with you some stories of people who have done this to great effect, and reported benefits such as better general health and more positive energy.

* That it is not only about healing, there are other powerful side effects of Gi Gong too,  just as sharper focus and mental clarity.

* The difference between Tai Chi and Qi Gong. It is explained well in the Question 10.

* Finally, that there’s not much difference between you and a Qi Gong master, just that one is a little further along the journey than you are 🙂

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Enjoy!

 

Daily Words of the Buddha ~ July 31, 2014

BOATMANAppakā te manussesu, ye janā pāragāmino.
Athāyaṃ itarā pajā, tīramevānudhāvati.
Ye ca kho sammadakkhāte dhamme dhammānuvattino
te janā pāramessanti, maccudheyyaṃ suduttaraṃ.


Few among people are those who cross to the farther shore.
The rest, the bulk of people, only run up and down the hither bank.
But those who act according to the perfectly taught Dhamma
will cross the realm of Death, so difficult to cross.

Dhammapada 6.85, 6.86

The Dhammapada: The Buddha’s Path of Wisdom,
translated from the Pali by Acharya Buddharakkhita

 

Daily Words of the Buddha ~ July 29, 2014

dog-heart-womanDhammapīti sukhaṃ seti
vippasannena cetasā.
Ariyappavedite dhamme
sadā ramati paṇḍito.

One who drinks deep the Dhamma
lives happily with a tranquil mind.
The wise one ever delights in the Dhamma
made known by the Noble One (the Buddha).

Dhammapada 6.79

The Dhammapada: The Buddha’s Path of Wisdom,
translated from the Pali by Acharya Buddharakkhita

 

Biological Changes in Ascending Souls (Part 8)

ascend8What will actually happen as we move through the portals?

Your state of consciousness will be magnified hundreds, if not thousands of times. Your thoughts and feelings will manifest not only more quickly than ever, but with much higher amplitude and magnitude.

Biological Changes in Ascending Souls (Part 6)

ascend6If you have a lot of negativity in your subconscious mind, it will take a great many positive thoughts to have much of an impact on your physical health.

As you go through these accelerating experiences, your subconscious mind will rapidly empty itself of old programming and conditioning.

Ayurveda ~ Yogic Secrets of Magnetism (part 3)

starfish familyClick on the image for video link

 

In this latest video of our training, I teach how the body can work very much like a pranic machine that generates heightened energy, brightness and bliss.

 

You’ll discover how the life-force intelligence operates as five ‘pranic winds’ within you, and how to activate them so that the magnetic powers of your being begin to powerfully animate and project themselves. 

 

You’ll learn how the yogis use these pranic winds to acellerate the spiritual process and I’ll guide you through a simple exercise that demonstrates how it all works.

 

Click the link below to watch now and please let us know your thoughts on the comment section. Enjoy!

 

Sat Nam,

 

Jai Dev Singh

 

JUST FOR TODAY ….

EVENING MEDITATION (30 mins.) ~ Just for Today … If we are a global village, everything you do affects others. This week notice how your dreams and actions affect other people. You can bring light if you choose to.

Stories about the human colonization of other worlds were popular in the 1950s, with a promise of material abundance, and much of the population of the Western world excited about the possibilities offered by new technologies and a beneficial, authoritative science. That humans could extend their reach to other worlds seemed inevitable progress. Today, the popular faith in science and technology has drained away, to be replaced by a widespread, if often unspoken, fear. We have opened the box and seen where our ambition leads, and though we might quickly close it again and look away, it is too late in the day for any kind of innocence. We must move past the delusions of society.

“All that we are is the result of what we have thought. The mind is everything. What we think we become.”  ~ The Buddha

WEEKLY WORDWIDE PEACE MEDITATION

spiritual globeBelow is a Prayer and Meditation for Peace. I invite you to read this holy message and hold the energy of Peace and Love for our Holy Mother Earth. Our Planet can move toward restorative justice- we just need to hold to the Truth! We are One Being and We all want Peace to Reign Supreme in our World.

Hold Sacred Space – Envision Peace…

Hold sacred space several times throughout the day and envision Peace. Peace and healing for all individuals and peace and healing for our Holy Mother Earth. Now feel the Peace and Love well up inside of your body. Listen as it speaks its Truth to you. Feel yourself embrace accept and embody Peace. Rest in your forgiveness of all others. Become the energy of Peace and send it out to all beings and all of the warring nations and to our very own blessed Planet.

Daily affirm that there is enough of everything necessary to sustain all of life. Imagine that there is now equal distribution of all goods, including enough clean foods and nourishments, enough medicines healers’ medical equipment and support teams, enough clean water that is always available, dependable shelter, solar systems and wind energy. Affirm that there are enough of all life giving structures and systems that will support and sustain all human beings, including animals, and the biosphere throughout the world.

Claim that the political parties leaders and governments of the world are working together to create and uphold global harmony and peace. Affirm that everyone and everything that appears to be anything other than peace has transmuted transformed transcended into Harmony Joy Love and Peace.

Envision a world full of compassionate loving people who deeply embrace and accept each other’s race, religious, cultural and political beliefs, their gender, their looks and sexual preferences, the level of their education and their current socio-economic conditions.

Open your heart space and call forth the protection and healing of all women and children living in an active war zone. Open your heart space and call forth the protection and healing of all men who live in an active war zone and those men who are active participants of war.

Envision now the individual and collective healing energy of love light and deep peace and see it penetrate embrace and blanket all warring lands as it heals the deep sense of separation that is felt within the hearts and minds of all.

I call out to the lands and infuse the very grounds of Iraq, Iran, Pakistan, Syria, Lebanon, Somalia, Afghanistan, Israel, Palestine, Gaza, Hamas, Libya, Sudan, Yemen, Saudi Arabia, Nigeria, Congo, the CARS (Central African Republic), Egypt, North and South Korea, South American and Mexico (drug wars), Ukraine and Russia, with DEEP PEACE. I include in this call for Peace, any of the forgotten lands or nations here not mentioned.

Let us now meditate on healing the very ground we walk on the air that we breathe the water we drink the foods we eat and heal the hearts and minds of us all as we move along the path toward realizing Peace in our lifetime.

Thích Nhất Hạnh said that “peace is every step”. So allow Peace to literally breathe you in and out each day. Remember that the Peace we demonstrate each day is in the reflection of every step we take.

Peace takes Practice Peace takes Effort Peace is Now.

“If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other.” – Mother Theresa (1910-1997)


Namaste’

-Spirit Heart Counsel – Cathy Greer Gonzales

 

Daily Words of the Buddha ~ July 25, 2014

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Tañca kammaṃ kataṃ sādhu,
yaṃ katvā nānutappati,
yassa patīto sumano,
vipākaṃ paṭisevati.

Well done is that action of doing
which one repents not later,
and the fruit of which,
one reaps with delight and happiness.

Dhammapada 5.68

The Dhammapada: The Buddha’s Path of Wisdom,
translated from the Pali by Acharya Buddharakkhita

 

Daily Words of the Buddha ~ July 23, 2014

green buddhaUṭṭhānenappamādena,
saṃyamena damena ca,
dīpaṃ kayirātha medhāvī
yaṃ ogho nābhikīrati.

By effort and heedfulness,
discipline and self-mastery,
let the wise one make for oneself
an island which no flood can overwhelm.

Dhammapada 2.25

The Dhammapada: The Buddha’s Path of Wisdom,
translated from the Pali by Acharya Buddharakkhita

Meditation ~ How to Reprogram Your Subconscious Mind However You Wish

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The conscious mind can effectively change the subconscious mind with persistence and as long as one does not fight the very changes they are trying to make.  When we try to make changes to our subconscious mind or our belief structure, we are usually doing so in direct opposition to the patterns and programming already instilled there.  Therefore our mind is still working from the old programming in a certain sense.  We must then overcome this inherent tendency.  This is where persistence comes in.  If you imagine that the subconscious mind and/or each belief is like a block of stone and you are a sculptor, every day, you chip away at the block of stone in the formation of your new reality/programming/beliefs.  After a while, the new statue is created, in stone (permanently), in your subconscious mind.  By spending time each day affirming our new beliefs/programming, we can successfully change our lives and our reality.

However, we must also get out of our own way during the practice.  We do this by 1) setting aside a set time (5-10 min max) to work on planting the seeds of our new programming/beliefs.  This is focused, meditative time where we repeat this new programming/belief/affirmation to ourselves at the deepest level.  2) Once this process is completed, we let go completely of all attachment to outcomes and desired results.  We then go about life simply letting it unfold as it may, letting our new programming/beliefs/affirmations filter into our subconscious mind.  In this way we do not over analyze the process and unconsciously fight any changes we are trying to make.  When we obsess over, doubt, or question the process we are engaged in, we end up neutralizing its effectiveness.

We have also found that certain affirmations are far more powerful than what is typically presented in books or about the internet, but this is the subject of another article.  In the meantime, we recommend following your intuitive guidance as you do this work, as this is our method of developing these more powerful affirmations.  Practicing these techniques regularly you will find a natural evolution of the new programming/beliefs/affirmations you are using.  Follow this, as it is leading you exactly where you need to go.

– Truth

 

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– Read more at:  http://www.thehealersjournal.com/2013/09/11/how-to-reprogram-your-subconscious-mind-to-create-your-reality/#sthash.jWmMuJuf.dpuf

Setting Daily Intentions

prayer pyramidTo bring about personal change, you need to first begin with an intention. Without one, you’re on a journey with no map, and no destination. You can start with this simple practice:

Before you get out of bed each morning, take five minutes to set your intention for the day. Close your eyes, take a deep breath, and envision the day you want to have. If you have an important meeting, see yourself presenting with confidence. If you have a date, anticipate and welcome the romance of the evening. You may choose to see yourself sending out and receiving positive energy from all the people with whom you interact. Or simply see yourself moving through your day calmly, without worry or anxiety. Setting a clear intention in this way can have powerful effects on the outcome of your daily activity.

Aloha Ke Akua

 

Daily Words of the Buddha ~ July 21, 2014

Exposed - Photography by Haakon Nygaard www.haakonphoto.com View fromSaddhīdha vittaṃ purisassa seṭṭhaṃ
Dhammo suciṇṇo sukhamāvahāti.
Saccaṃ have sādutaraṃ rasānaṃ.
Paññājīviṃ jīvitamāhu seṭṭhaṃ.

Conviction is a person’s highest wealth.
Dhamma, when well-practiced, brings bliss.
Truth is the highest of tastes.
Living with discernment, one’s life is called best.

Sutta Nipāta 1.184

Translated from the Pali by Thanissaro Bhikkhu