We reveal ourselves by what we do as well as what we do not do...

We choose by chosing to act as well as choosing not to act...
choosing not to is also a choice we are making...

So no matter how we choose to look at it each of us are:

a symbol, symbolic of a particular psychological make-up...
a riddle, waiting solving...
a paradox, waiting unraveling...
a story, unfolding...
an expression of the Great Unknown.
an adventure, of Life seeking Itself...
a pilgrim seeking return to Wholeness.

How to transform pain into compassion - by osho

When you breathe in,
imagine that you are breathing in
all the darkness and negativity in your life.
Welcome it into your heart.
Stop trying to resist it, avoid it or destroy it.
That has been taking up all of your energy.
As you are breathing in this heaviness,
let it be absorbed into your heart before you exhale.
And then the moment you breathe out, breathe out golden light.
Breathe out your greatest lightness,
your highest joy,
love and blessing from your heart
INTO the source of the negativity.
You'll soon transform all the darkness in your life with your breath.
Breathe out all the love that you have,
all the blissfulness that you have,
all the benediction that you have.
When breathing out,
pour your love into existence.
This is the method of compassion:
drink in all the suffering
and pour out all the blessings.
And you will be surprised what happens
when you really do it.
The moment you stop resisting all the darkness and heaviness in your inner world,
they are no longer sufferings.

The heart has the power to transform any energy to light.
The heart is a transforming force, the essential alchemist.
It can drink in any misery, pain or sadness
and transform it into a lightness.
Trust the power of your heart.
Once you have learned
that your heart can do this magic,
this miracle,
then keep practicing it again and again.


Experiment with this exercise
and let yourself explore every dark area of your life.
If you feel overwhelmed, don't give up.
It it often the coldest and darkest just before dawn.
Just let yourself fully FEEL
that which you cannot feel,
what you've been resisting.
Only then will you have mastered yourself.
Continue doing this beautiful method
of transforming pain into compassion for 30 days.
You'll get better at it
and be able
to welcome in all the heaviness of the world
and pour out such a great love and light
that our entire planet is transformed.

You have the power within you
to do miracles, use it!

A story ~quoted~

A Story About Life

A young man asked his grandfather why life had to be so difficult sometimes. His grandfather was Old Hawk a Lacota indian. This was his reply.In life there is sadness as well as joy, losing as well as winning, falling as well as standing, hunger as well as plenty, badness as well as goodness. I do not say this to make you despair, but to teach you reality. Life is a journey sometimes walked in light, sometimes in shadow.You have weakness as well as strengths. You have both because in life there is two of everything. Within you is the will to win, as well as the willingness to lose. Within you is the heart to feel compassion as well as the smallness to be arrogant. Within you is the way to face life as well as the fear to turn away from it.Life can give you strength. Strength can come from facing the storms of life, from knowing loss, feeling sadness and heartache, from falling into the depths of grief. You must stand up in the storm. You must face the wind and the cold and the darkness. When the storm blows hard you must stand firm, for it is not trying to knock you down, it is really trying to teach you to be strong.Being strong means taking one more step toward the top of the hill, no matter how weary you may be. It means letting the tears flow through the grief. It means to keep looking for the answer, though the darkness and despair is all around you. Being strong means to cling to hope for one more heartbeat, one more sunrise. Each step no matter how difficult, is one more step closer to the top of the hill. To keep hope alive for one more heartbeat at a time leads to the light of the next sunrise, and the promise of a new day.The weakest step toward the top of the hill, toward sunrise, toward hope, is stronger than the fiercest storm.

April is Autism Awareness Month


I salute parents of autistic children
Who have walked that extra mile with their child.
Who have not given up, not given in to despair,
But trudge onwards,
Advocates...teachers...guides...guardian angels
To their children
In their hour of need
As they journey together
The unresearched terrain
Of Autism.

We learn lessons in Compassion
We learn lessons in Inner Strength
We learn lessons in Courage
We learn lessons in Empathy
We learn lessons in Love
We learn lessons in Understanding
We learn lessons in truly Caring
To be a parent of a Special Needs Person
Calls us to take that extra mile
Down the Road of Life.

Bird watching at the Net...