by atmara | Sep 27, 2010 | Creativity, Love, Thriving
There are Tibetan Buddhist monks in a temple in the Himalayas endlessly reciting mantras for the cessation of your suffering and for the flourishing of your happiness.
Someone you haven’t met yet is already dreaming of adoring you.
Someone is writing a book that you will read in the next two years that will change how you look at life.
Nuns in the Alps are in endless vigil, praying for the Holy Spirit to alight the hearts of all of God’s children.
A farmer is looking at his organic crops and whispering, “nourish them.”
Someone wants to kiss you, to hold you, to make tea for you. Someone is willing to lend you money, wants to know what your favourite food is, and treat you to a movie. Someone in your orbit has something immensely valuable to give you — for free.
Something is being invented this year that will change how your generation lives, communicates, heals and passes on.
The next great song is being rehearsed.
Thousands of people are in yoga classes right now intentionally sending light out from their heart chakras and wrapping it around the earth.
Millions of children are assuming that everything is amazing and will always be that way.
Someone is in profound pain, and a few months from now, they’ll be thriving like never before. They just can’t see it from where they’re at.
Someone who is craving to be partnered, to be acknowledged, to ARRIVE, will get precisely what they want — and even more. And because that gift will be so fantastical in it’s reach and sweetness, it will quite magically alter their memory of angsty longing and render it all “So worth the wait.”
Someone has recently cracked open their joyous, genuine nature because they did the hard work of hauling years of oppression off of their psyche — this luminous juju is floating in the ether, and is accessible to you.
Someone just this second wished for world peace, in earnest.
Someone is fighting the fight so that you don’t have to.
Some civil servant is making sure that you get your mail, and your garbage is picked up, that the trains are running on time, and that you are generally safe. Someone is dedicating their days to protecting your civil liberties and clean drinking water.
Someone is regaining their sanity. Someone is coming back from the dead. Someone is genuinely forgiving the seemingly unforgivable. Someone is curing the incurable.
You. Me. Some. One. Now.
SPREAD THE RA-RA. ADD TO THE MANIFESTO. ENCOURAGE.
by Danielle Laporte
http://whitehottruth.com/
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by atmara | Sep 23, 2010 | Recommended products, Spiritual Awakening
I have written before about Joe Vitale’s and Hew Len’s book, Zero Limits: The Secret Hawaiian System for Wealth, Health, Peace, and More. (if you missed these posts please see Psychologist Cures the Criminally Insane with Hoʻoponopono and Ho’oponopono & Tapping for Healing & Energy Clearing). Like many of you, I spent a number of years listening to materials about the Law of Attraction. Certainly there is truth in the idea that cultivating a more positive vibration in your body and mind can help attract a more positive experience of life. But, probably, also like many of you, there are circumstances and events in my life over which I seem to have no control.
From my experience it seems that there is a higher power than my human mind, an intelligence far beyond the scope of the mind, that is orchestrating the unfolding of my life. This intelligence isn’t separate from my mind, it is in truth what I am, but the mind arises from it, and seems to operate best when it is in service to it. At a certain point I dedicated my life to this intelligence, this Truth, this Love, and put aside thoughts of the Law of Attraction. I could see that on a certain level it did operate, but on another level something greater was at play. I couldn’t reconcile these two realities very well, so just did not try to. When I read Zero Limits, I found several pages which Joe Vitale wrote that quite clearly, at least to my mind, showed the relationship between these seemingly opposing views of reality. I would like to quote from pages 192 and 193 of Zero Limits. If you have found that the Law of Attraction is just not quite a complete explanation of the intricacies of your life, maybe Joe Vitale’s view of stages of awakening will be of help.
“…by saying ‘I love you” and the other statements (I’m sorry, Please forgive me, I love you, Thank you), I’ve been led to a deeper awareness, what some might call an awakening, maybe even enlightenment itself. I came to understand there are at least three stages to this awakening, and they’re almost a map of life’s spiritual journey. They are:
- You’re a victim. We are virtually all born feeling we are powerless. Most of us stay that way. We think the world is out to get us: the government, the neighbors, the society, the bad guys in whatever form they seem to take. We don’t feel we have any influence. We’re the effect of the rest of the world’s cause. We gripe, complain, protest, and gather in groups to fight those in charge of us. Except for a party now and then, life, in general, sucks.
- You’re in control. At some point you see a life-changing movie, like The Secret, or you read a book, such as The Attraction Factor or The Magic of Believing, and you wake up to your own power. You realize the power of setting intentions. You realize the power you have to visualize what you want, take action, and achieve it. You begin to experience some magic. You start to experience some cool results. Life, in general, begins to look pretty good.
- You’re awakening. At some point after stage two, you begin to realize your intentions are limitations. You begin to see that with all your new found power, you’re still not able to control everything. You begin to realize that when you surrender to a greater power, miracles tend to happen. You begin to let go and trust. You begin to practice, moment by moment, awareness of your connection with the Divine. You begin to recognize inspiration when it comes to you, and you act on it. You realize you have choice, but not control of your life. You realize the greatest thing you can do is agree to each moment. In this stage, miracles happen, and they constantly astonish you as they do. You live, in general, in a constant state of amazement, wonder and gratitude. ” (Joe Vitale, Zero Limits, pages 192-193)
I found this simple outline of stages of growth very much in tune with my experience. I was delighted to see that someone, whom many closely associate with the law of attraction, was moving beyond those ideas, not because they are wrong, but because life is just more complex than we first realized. I applaud his discovery, and hope many of his followers will have the same experiences.
We need miracles in this world. We have enormous problems to solve if we are to continue as a species. We need to allow the Divine to inspire us, to stop and surrender to what is, letting go of resistance (which naturally creates a more positive vibration in your being). And waiting, if only for a moment, and allowing the Divinity that we are to inspire the next action.
Are you ready to live fully in each moment, not knowing what the next moment will be, but open to the Divine inspiration that is your deepest source of manifestation?
To explore these ideas further I recommend:
- Zero Limits Seminar. Joe Vitale And Dr. Hew Len Present Worlds First Zero Limits Seminar On Audios And Transcripts Based On Actual Live Event.
- Zero Limits Live From Maui DVDs. Let Dr. Joe Vitale And Dr. Ihaleakala Hew Len Teach You How To Get To The Incredibile & Euphoric State Of ‘Zero’ – (this Is Where You Clear Yourself Of Past Limitations And Open Yourself Up To A World Filled With Unlimited Possibilities).
“I’m sorry, Please forgive me, I love you, Thank you.”
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by atmara | Sep 9, 2010 | Art, Creativity, Mandala Monday, Mandalas
The mandala is an ancient art form…a circle in which images are painted utilizing an awesome variety of artistic media. Many cultures use the mandala form as a structure for the expression of spiritual exploration. The term mandala is from the Sanskrit meaning circle or center.
A beautiful example of a mandala in architecture is the rose window – a stained glass window in circular form as found in some cathedrals. A famous example is the Southern Rose Window of the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris. Years ago I saw a movie in which some Native Americans were constructing a sand painting. It was being done as a huge circle. Another time I saw a documentary that included a Tibetan mandala, also painted in sand.
I like the mandala as an art structure. Most paintings are done in either a rectangular or square format although there are some pretty impressive exceptions in Middle Ages art. For example the painting by Sandro Boticelli, “Madonna of the Magnificat,” was done on a circular support, 46’x46″. I remember learning of this work for the first time when studying art history in college. Even then I was entranced by the fact that a work could be encircled rather than enclosed.
Taken as an intellectual exercise, I like the idea of confining an artwork within a circle. Somehow the circle seems much more challenging than a rectangle. I have a series of drawings that have as their subject, the tree. Some of them are just one tree, some have several trees. All are stylized or abstracted – I consider myself to be an abstract colorist – and the challenge is to confine these trees within the circle. Imagine thick trunks with rippling roots fighting their way around the circle looking for depth. Imagine the broad leaf heads vying with the sun or moon within the circle for space and prominence. This produces an interesting artistic challenge.
In 2009 I took the year off from painting and exhibiting, a sabbatical of sorts. Like many artists, I felt as though there was a direction I was meant to follow but had not yet discovered. I’ve been a colorist for years – nothing mild for me, my work is as bright as the paint will get [which is one of the attributes of acrylics that I like so much-they are very bright]. I also consider myself to be an abstract artist and an experimental artist. I chose long ago to go on a differing path than my artist grandfather – he was primarily a realist. He did explore impressionism but preferred realism. Me? I’d rather explore the idea and the feel of an idea; I’d rather manipulate color to express an idea or feeling.
So in my year of artistic contemplation I considered three things: one) the basic structure or support for a work; two) a new abstract study and three) painting materials. What evolved was a circular structure, a study of trees in abstract and tiny ceramic tiles as the painting medium. I used a sketchbook and explored the idea of the tree, including a cactus tree and groves of trees. I began to think about the idea of anchoring the roots of the tree within a circle – how would you do that? How would it look?
In my sketchbook I used crayons as an easy color medium to play with color manipulation. Once I had over 50 sketches fully colored I began to explore painting media. I did two designs in colored pencil. I did one design in acrylics. I toyed with the thought of doing one design in watercolor…however none of these choices were expressing what was in my mind.
Then one day I thought: what if I painted these designs using tiny ceramic tiles? I imagined these tree images done not in paint – oils, watercolors or acrylics – but in mosaic tiles. I have found a supplier of wooden plates to use as a support, and a supplier of very tiny tiles to use to produce this series of tree mandalas. All my years of art study and experience is coming together in this one art expression.
Although many cultures use the mandala to express spiritual ideas, I use the mandala to explore ideas and feelings through abstraction and color. I am amazed at how awesome it is to paint with these tiles. Their small size allows for such movement and they come in a satisfactory array of colors. The mandala designs I’m executing with these tiles are tiles alone…by this I mean that I have chosen not to grout them. Typically mosaics are grouted – filling in the spaces between tiles. However I didn’t want anything to compete visually with the tiles or their colors.
Sunset Mandala Mosaic by Linda C. Smith
Text and image © Linda C. Smith
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