Wednesday, January 28, 2009
January 25 Happy Anniversary
Happy Anniversary is a celebration of time acknowledging a milestone or a commemorable occassion, and indeed january 25 2004 was a memorable day for myself and particularily for my girls Amanda and Kate and the rest of my family. In an atteempt to continue to help and inspire others in similar situations I would like to offer just what we have to celebrate here at the five year milestone.
Sunday, January 25, 2009
January 25 Happy Anniversary
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5OQ0HQcws9s
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
The God’s must be fainting
What splendor this world beholds, and all of us creatures, big and small within it! I’m in Mexico right now on a personal retreat, and after yesterday’s epic historical event with the inaguration of Barak Obama backdropped againt my time here in Nature’s glory, l feel we have so much to be grateful for and to celebrate, it’s mind boggling! Wow what remarkable times. We all feel that. I have to say I was just flowing with tears of joy and gratitude as I watched live, that remarkable speech. Here is a true a Leader and an example of what we are all capable of. We know that too - especially when we are in our groove or sweet spot and things are clicking. And as our new leader so definatively emphasized in his speech: “We have to work on our groove - and each of us must take responsibility for ourselves, for each other and for our home.’
OK when you really get how glorious this place is and how special our life is - there would be no questionn, but not every one see’s it that way - and perception is everything. So if all you’ve seen is struggle, hardship and trauma, its difficult to see what lies beyond our man made traps to the greater reality. That’s where community, service and teaching really come in. Its a different state when our world feels difficult or when we are faced with pain or suffering, then the world can feel harsh and we feel small, closed and alone. It is those people now, who we must include in our circles, conversations and classes. Those who know only the street, or the war zone, or addiction or isolation or daily depression - need belonging, empathy and prayers , now more than ever in these changing times.
It was in that same context that President Obama emphasized the global citizen and the need to shift from “only about me” to ‘community’ - of which the word almost looks like common-unity, which is really the big ideal. In so many ways, our challenges can appear insurmountable, however when you really see and get what we are capable of, there is faith. For me that is what a true practice nurtures, deep unquestioning faith in the Divine Intelligence.
That is the gift we pass on in our prayers and community gatherrings and in the teachings. We share and pass on the light, the feeling and the experience of being cared for. My Teacher passed on a wonderful fable about buddha on the mount at the gates of heaven. There were thousands of people clamouring around the gates to get in, and there were many far down the mount it was crowded and hot and yet the Buddha was sitting outside the gates with the people.. When asked why he, who could easily enter the gates,didn’t go ahead he replied “How could I when others have not yet reached the gate? That would not be right. How can one enter, when the whole has not entered. Ttat would be impossible - like my arms entering without my legs or the rest of my body.
