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2/24/10
DEEPAK CHOPRA = PROFOUND!
I think DEEPAK CHOPRA has some MAJOR insight. He has definitely helped me grow more aware and conscious. In just about 8 minutes he recommends how we can experience love that is beyond transient pleasure...For starters, he recommends we ask ourselves the following 3 questions on a daily basis:
"Who am I?"
"What do I want?"
"What is my purpose?"
Deepak is one of the few who convinces me that we can experience total freedom and love. YES, some of you here right now fit this category too---you know who you are. xox
"Who am I?"
"What do I want?"
"What is my purpose?"
Deepak is one of the few who convinces me that we can experience total freedom and love. YES, some of you here right now fit this category too---you know who you are. xox
2/23/10
Everything has to go
You just can't fly when you are wearing hats and coats and shoes and pants and underwear. Everything has to go.
-Pema Chodron
2/22/10
Dark Matter: Ode to Marcus Raichle
When we daydream, our brain is busy. In a recent article in Scientific American, a Neurologist realizes a mind at rest but which is also miswired leads to diseases like depression, Alzheimer, and schizophrenia. The brain is an organized structure including a cacophony of competing signals. As a system of interdependent components, some electrical signals take precedence over others… The demands of the outside world may seem chaotic when the brain wrestles with the need to stabilize planned responses with the needs of the moment. How can we prevent disease when six million bits are transmitted through the optic nerve, only 10,000 bits make it to the brain’s visual processing area and only a few are involved in forming conscious perception---to little to generate a meaningful perception,---and the brain projects constant predictions about the outside environment in anticipation of paltry input?—This question was derived from my reading of Scientific American March 2010 Edition by Marcus E. Raichle. His article “Dark Matter” was my inspiration for this poem. I have attempted to answer this question…
Conductors orchestrate cues with the wave of a baton.
Signals coordinate activity to ensure
all players are ready.
Do we really have time to live
like chained cowards with our eyes covered by an iron mask and
horns growing out of our ears;
stuck in flames?
Sick with a disease, he holds her waist outside
in the cold; it is below zero. She would like to ask him several questions,
“Do you want to carry ten huge logs that will break your back?
Do you want to surrender sharp power
and a silver cup filled with clear confident awareness?
Why deny your true feelings?"
His thin muscular legs are bare.
She is unsure why things are ambiguous, but she still looks up
to him. He is glaring into a spark-filled moon.
With his back to her, he fearlessly watches the night
dressed in a dark violet coat.
The lake below encompasses a fluid shadow;
The light reflects, refracts, and bends at an angle.
She hunches over beside this shimmering ball of heat.
A perfect profile is resting inside a blazing translucent moon
that is positively focused within all of this uncertainty.
Ah…to these moments---when life works to reveal---
what is working for you?
In an ever-changing world, how about if we ensure the right computations
coordinated appropriately in the present moment?
The solid man moves forward
when the black and white vehicle
----whether the car(t) is right way up or upside down----
is driven with balance and control----------------- beyond our polarities.
We gain power when we speak with clarity and
express the voice of our truths.
How about we break out from rules we learn in church?
Let’s forget about the man with the stick
who points at us and pins his cane to the ground and tells us what to do.
The golden power of the Chariot can guide us to ride toward ourselves.
A need to remain still is required
to understand neurological maladies
so we can shed light on disease.
The more consciously we act, the more depth our insight inherits.
Mistakes occur when focused concentration abates.
Dear friends, forget over active messages while daydreaming.
With a clearly controlled consciousness over
The Brain’s dark energy ---- what goes below the level of awareness----
we can view the small window of consciousness we experience
to create a properly wired concert that
marks a departure for the Brain's default mode.
Conductors orchestrate cues with the wave of a baton.
Signals coordinate activity to ensure
all players are ready.
Do we really have time to live
like chained cowards with our eyes covered by an iron mask and
horns growing out of our ears;
stuck in flames?
Sick with a disease, he holds her waist outside
in the cold; it is below zero. She would like to ask him several questions,
“Do you want to carry ten huge logs that will break your back?
Do you want to surrender sharp power
and a silver cup filled with clear confident awareness?
Why deny your true feelings?"
His thin muscular legs are bare.
She is unsure why things are ambiguous, but she still looks up
to him. He is glaring into a spark-filled moon.
With his back to her, he fearlessly watches the night
dressed in a dark violet coat.
The lake below encompasses a fluid shadow;
The light reflects, refracts, and bends at an angle.
She hunches over beside this shimmering ball of heat.
A perfect profile is resting inside a blazing translucent moon
that is positively focused within all of this uncertainty.
Ah…to these moments---when life works to reveal---
what is working for you?
In an ever-changing world, how about if we ensure the right computations
coordinated appropriately in the present moment?
The solid man moves forward
when the black and white vehicle
----whether the car(t) is right way up or upside down----
is driven with balance and control----------------- beyond our polarities.
We gain power when we speak with clarity and
express the voice of our truths.
How about we break out from rules we learn in church?
Let’s forget about the man with the stick
who points at us and pins his cane to the ground and tells us what to do.
The golden power of the Chariot can guide us to ride toward ourselves.
A need to remain still is required
to understand neurological maladies
so we can shed light on disease.
The more consciously we act, the more depth our insight inherits.
Mistakes occur when focused concentration abates.
Dear friends, forget over active messages while daydreaming.
With a clearly controlled consciousness over
The Brain’s dark energy ---- what goes below the level of awareness----
we can view the small window of consciousness we experience
to create a properly wired concert that
marks a departure for the Brain's default mode.
Traveling
I am on the lonely road and I am traveling.
Oh, I hate you so! Oh, I love you!
Do you wana dance with me baby?
I just wana have fun.
Wana be the one you want to see.
I wana make you feel.-another short rendition on Joni-
Oh, I hate you so! Oh, I love you!
Do you wana dance with me baby?
I just wana have fun.
Wana be the one you want to see.
I wana make you feel.-another short rendition on Joni-
2/18/10
Even in the Face of Trauma and Loss
Hatred never ceases by hatred but by love alone is healed.
This is the ancient and eternal law.---Dhammapada
Jack Kornfield on Truthfulness
Okay...so I wrote down notes as I listened to a talk by a Buddhist teacher who is AMAZING! Below you will find his words BUT,I have reorganized and rewritten the talk to match what I heard and what I believe. The piece below is kind of poem but it's more like a message because it lacks imagery...HA! for breaking the rules on poetry...It is my goal to claim ownership of my world. I seek to be free! Below is a statement that is direct--i think---for all you people not into symbolism and poetry.
What You Gonna Do?
If you only had a week to live,
who would you call,
what would you say, and
why are you waiting? We don't know how much time we have left.
We can be saved when someone sees our beauty.
This vision becomes our lifeline.
There is something golden in our spirit that is free and beautiful and present.
No matter how many struggles we face, we can become free.
Beauty and the ocean of suffering take courage.
We need a mirror that reflects clarity and an open heart.
The awakened heart tells us the way things are, which is liberating.
We can see...
You might ask, how can we become free and own our right to joy
without being so committed to pain?
The answer is within each of us. We are all in this together.
So, please ask yourself----"My truth is ____________?
I am ____________?"
This, my friends, is what it means to be current and present.
----If you click on the title of this posting above that reads "Jack Kornfield on Truthfulness" you can here and amazing talk. It is about 45 minutes long but it's worth every second because it may profoundly touch your heart and the rest of your life.------
What You Gonna Do?
If you only had a week to live,
who would you call,
what would you say, and
why are you waiting? We don't know how much time we have left.
We can be saved when someone sees our beauty.
This vision becomes our lifeline.
There is something golden in our spirit that is free and beautiful and present.
No matter how many struggles we face, we can become free.
Beauty and the ocean of suffering take courage.
We need a mirror that reflects clarity and an open heart.
The awakened heart tells us the way things are, which is liberating.
We can see...
You might ask, how can we become free and own our right to joy
without being so committed to pain?
The answer is within each of us. We are all in this together.
So, please ask yourself----"My truth is ____________?
I am ____________?"
This, my friends, is what it means to be current and present.
----If you click on the title of this posting above that reads "Jack Kornfield on Truthfulness" you can here and amazing talk. It is about 45 minutes long but it's worth every second because it may profoundly touch your heart and the rest of your life.------
2/17/10
Lovers Experience Conflict
Inner emotions can be fiery wands at war.
What if we become one
with the self who knows no bounds?
When the voluptuous naked Renaissance woman
is turned away from him, he holds her closely.
Nude, he touches her head on----
Straight into her...Two bodies merged
are just a material physical need.
Lovers experience conflict...we create friction.
Stick and shoot
hot-air in battle.
Two people share joy when they hold hands
between a large throbbing golden-red heart.
When we point to our individual character, we can study
the only book we need to read.
Illuminated stories of wisdom can be revealed, when
we see each other bare.
2/16/10
Alive Rendition
When i listened, I wrote, and this is what I heard.
Hmmmmmmmmmm Awe...I've got a little story for you.
What you thought was your daddy was nothing but a ________________.
You sit home alone
at age thirteen,
Ow...
I'm still alive.
Ah...She walks slowly
into the young man's room.
She says, "I'm ready,
for you."
Why? I can't remember
anything
to this very day
Except love.
Is something wrong?
Of course,
you're still alive.
Is that the question?
If so, who answers?
Hey I------
I'm still alive.
Yeh..Yeh...Yeh!
Hmmmmmmmmmm Awe...I've got a little story for you.
What you thought was your daddy was nothing but a ________________.
You sit home alone
at age thirteen,
Ow...
I'm still alive.
Ah...She walks slowly
into the young man's room.
She says, "I'm ready,
for you."
Why? I can't remember
anything
to this very day
Except love.
Is something wrong?
Of course,
you're still alive.
Is that the question?
If so, who answers?
Hey I------
I'm still alive.
Yeh..Yeh...Yeh!
2/15/10
Rebel Moon Connection
Her gaze does not stare directly into his eyes.
She holds up a golden dollar and a mirror so they can both see their physical bodies in this earth.
He wears a stone armor suit for protection.
Four of seven guns are strapped to a chunky silver belt clip around his waist.
Two revolvers rest on each hip. He looks toward the ground
with a diagonally cocked head
that is shifted to the right.
She does not appreciate what is considered "right."
What are you doing?
There are messages that can be heard if you look at the signs.
If you think you are tied down, you are in bondage.
If you believe you are free, you are liberated.
Self-denial is ignorance.
Coupled with fear, these three are = to a disconnect with nature.
A lack of movement or being stuck-in-the-mud can transform
into two shifting tectonic plates that result in an earthquake.
Under these circumstances, nature is destructive.
He is sitting on-the-fence.
He fell off of it and
he landed flat on his belly.
He is laying in the prone position on a sandy beach during a storm.
Boom...Boom...Boom...BoomBoomBoomBooom...Boom...Boom...Boom.
Ten BB gun pellets sped straight into his back. A
scattered
burning
tremor
has arisen.
What is the root of anger for rebels? Rules lead to fury.
He is a bad boy and she is a naughty girl and we are locked up
when we attack ourselves for breaking the rules.
A man and a woman walk along a path underneath the evening moon;
both of them watch an elderly bald man
who travels across a dark mountain with a walking stick
as the light from behind the mound guides him down a hill.
Three fruitful white flowers are blossoming from a root that looks like a wand
Beside an ocean that is roaring, rainbow colored clouds sway above the sea.
As she holds the coin before his eyes, a major sign has become visible.
Listen!
Silver and gold gold are refined in scorching heat and cold water.
We can swim in this mold even when
Healing is painful.
2/14/10
Iris's Healing Chicken Soup Recipe
* Season chicken breast with salt, thyme, and cilantro and broil for 6 minutes on each side.
* Meanwhile, saute onions, celery, carrots, and garlic for 5 min.
* Add zucchini and butter nut squash
* Add cilantro, basil, lemon, lemon zest, ginger and a little red pepper
* Add two boxes of chicken broth
* Add frozen peas, corn, asparagus, and mushrooms
* Add the chicken and simmer for an hour.
*If you are a vegetarian, subtract the chicken parts and just use veggie broth.
Toward Mental Clarity
When the sun does not shine, I express myself
with a sword across my chest in hand.
I rather not lay down in an empty bed
with ten little daggers that stick me along my sides.
I am consciously flipping this story around.
Use tools to disregard the dreamy rainbow imagery associated with love.
Build a genuine commitment; substantial lovers hold two separate full cups.
Cut into the stone wall with the sword.
See the joyful angel gently embracing the the tip of the handle?
In this light, clarity breeds a new cycle that clears the clouds.
with a sword across my chest in hand.
I rather not lay down in an empty bed
with ten little daggers that stick me along my sides.
I am consciously flipping this story around.
Use tools to disregard the dreamy rainbow imagery associated with love.
Build a genuine commitment; substantial lovers hold two separate full cups.
Cut into the stone wall with the sword.
See the joyful angel gently embracing the the tip of the handle?
In this light, clarity breeds a new cycle that clears the clouds.
2/13/10
Valentines Day with Icicles and a Sense of Security
In the midst of a rebirth, she is traveling on a new physical path.
On this road, there is a golden coin afloat in mid-air.
Here, a star guides her with a new sense of purpose.
Foliage surrounds the spirit within looming redwood trees.
Wrapped loosely in white sheet, she is somewhat covered.
Robust, one perky full breast hangs out and peeks from behind the sheet.
In this world, she journeys toward balance in tree pose.
With one foot pressed into her groin, she ascends into the sky at mid-day
with light and clouds.
She dances with the devil.
He reaches for the window.
They are married, completely naked, and
chained to a chest. YET,
On this Valentines Day, she experiences the King; secure, she sits
in a chair made of icicles that rest above the ocean on a black platform.
She lifts her yin and yang goblet filled with red wine, and
Floats beside dolphins that glide and swim in and out of the ocean.
Stretch both arms out to either side of the world.
Be graceful and smile.
Within this oval shaped wreath of flowers that surrounds us in this universe, we can
experience freedom and openness.
Unconditional love is present in the outer world.
2/12/10
New Citizen Cope Song I Likes
I will never forget your healing hands my love.
You gave me daylight.
You gave me twilight.
What's good about a pocket full of dough when you ain't got a woman to hold?
I don't know about right and wrong.
I got a muse from the east to the west.-Citizen Cope
Wish
To feel okay with spending time alone is so important! I hope I seldom forget and mostly remember that spending time with myself = good company. This is my wish for the day: may I never become too out of balance due to feelings of loneliness!
Loneliness
Usually we regard loneliness as an enemy. Heartache is not something we choose to invite in. It's restless and pregnant and hot with the desire to escape and find something or someone to keep us company. When we can rest in the middle, we begin to have a nonthreatening relationship with loneliness, a relaxing and cooling loneliness that completely turns our unusual fearful patterns upside down. -Pema Chodron
Loneliness
Usually we regard loneliness as an enemy. Heartache is not something we choose to invite in. It's restless and pregnant and hot with the desire to escape and find something or someone to keep us company. When we can rest in the middle, we begin to have a nonthreatening relationship with loneliness, a relaxing and cooling loneliness that completely turns our unusual fearful patterns upside down. -Pema Chodron
2/11/10
Ode to Emma
To all my female yogini friends, let's celebrate this festival together in spirit. As you know, Shiva married Shakti on this day. Mahashivaratri is the celebration of creation. This holiday is especially celebrated and followed by Hindu ladies and unmarried girls in honor of ideal husbands. How many of these do you know? I can think of a few. Much love to all you men who are deep and true.
2/10/10
On the Path with a Full Cup
In my inner world, I stand tough and sexy like a man who hangs in. Even alone, and in a masculine state, I receive what is offered. A sweet young boy gives me a gift. Look, a goblet full of white and yellow daisies; they are pure and simple. A real sign of affection, I can finally accept blessings with joy! Sweet is the experience of an inner child-like state within the outer world.
To know that I am subconsciously undefeated, I celebrate with girls and dance. For, radiant and dynamic sisters have moves.
What do I mean?
I am going to build a stronger relationship.
Independent of victim-hood thinking, I can hear personal messages that struggle to come out. When I share my voice with the world, I am no longer conflicted and anxiety ceases. I can become connected and in love. When on a quest with a cup that is full, I move steadily. Confident and serene, I ride into a rainbow colored sky on a unicorn with a blue bird resting on my head.
To know that I am subconsciously undefeated, I celebrate with girls and dance. For, radiant and dynamic sisters have moves.
What do I mean?
I am going to build a stronger relationship.
Independent of victim-hood thinking, I can hear personal messages that struggle to come out. When I share my voice with the world, I am no longer conflicted and anxiety ceases. I can become connected and in love. When on a quest with a cup that is full, I move steadily. Confident and serene, I ride into a rainbow colored sky on a unicorn with a blue bird resting on my head.
2/9/10
what is the difference
I just reconnected with a great friend who I haven't talk to in over 8 years. In our short communications, she said I remind her of a Black Japanese folk singer from Pittsburgh who is a man, and she wrote: "I won’t be back to Japan for while so I will see you sometime!!! When I was in Japan, I started listening to a folk singer from Pittsburgh. He became really famous in Japan. He sings Japanese folk songs because his gramma was Japanese. You remind me of him…u r funny!"
Inspired by Salt'n'Pepper
And where is the body? The body is beautiful. I am free and wild. I am sensual. I am beautiful. B to the e a-u-t-y. From the front to the back, it’s all good. If you carry yourself like a queen within, you will attract a king. I am who I am. That’s all I can be. Work that body. Open up your heart and set your mind free.
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