What it means to 'be wise':


The Great Teacher, The Lady of Noble Repute, said to her
devotees, “He who thinks himself wise, proves he is not.
She, who knows herself, is.” A student spoke up. “Teacher,
do you mean to say Man is not wise, or at the very least, not
as wise as Woman?”
The Teacher smiled. “Surely you know I would say no
such thing.” She continued. “Is it wise to think myself wise?
If I know I am wise, I am. Do you now know of what I
speak?”The student replied, “Has it to do with thinking and
knowing?”“Yes. But is that all of which I speak?”
Another spoke, “Perhaps you speak of knowing yourself.”
“Ah. Yes. But what must you know of yourself in order to
be considered wise?”The students looked wide-eyed and
unsure. She took a deep breath. “How long will you not
obtain understanding? To think myself wise is pride and folly.
To know this is wisdom.”“Teacher,” the student interjected,
“If someone is wise, he knows it. But as soon as he knows it,
does he not also think it and then become unwise?” “Again,
to think I am wise is folly. I am wise when I know enough to
know I am not all-wise. Therefore, I am most wise when
I admit I know nothing.”
“How then does one know when he is wise, Great One?”
Another added, “And would the most ignorant among us
then be the wisest?”“Have I come to you proclaiming my
wisdom? Had I proclaimed it, would you have sought me
out to learn of me?”There was silence.
“If I proclaim my wisdom or my goodness, where is my
humility? If I walk in the world showing forth what I know
by my deeds and not my words, am I not wise?
Will others not see and seek such things for themselves?
To think myself wise is to strut like a peacock. To know I
am wise is to ‘be’. Such knowledge will flow from me like
water from a spring. A spring does not think to bubble forth
its essence. It just does. Is that not wise?”
The devotees nodded, smiling.
“Thought is transient; a wisp; imagination. It has no
substance. Knowledge is transcendent; it is power and light
and more a state of ‘be’-ing than a fleeting thought. My
knowing does not require a thought. If I am wise, I am.
What I know makes me wise - but only as far as what I
know. To think I know all, to think I know more than I
know, how is this wise?”
She looked about the room. “Wisdom is intimacy.
Be intimate with what you know as a man is intimate with the
woman he loves. Herein lies knowledge. Herein is wisdom.”
May we all be-come wise.

Much love,
Wind Sister, aka Teresa Crane

Wesak Day 2012
The Great Invocation

From the point of Light within the Mind of God
Let light stream forth into the minds of men.
Let Light descend on Earth.
From the point of Love within the Heart of God
Let love stream forth into the hearts of men.
May Christ return to Earth.
From the centre where the Will of God is known
Let purpose guide the little wills of men –
The purpose which the Masters know and serve.
From the centre which we call the race of men
Let the Plan of Love and Light work out
And may it seal the door where evil dwells.
Let Light and Love and Power restore the Plan on Earth.

When the cows come home to roost....
When the crows moo the dawn of day...
When dogs purr and cats bark ...
shall we see another era begin ...

When the day dawns black and the night lights up
When men stay home to cook
and women bring the buck deer home...
When stars beam during the day
shall we see another story unfold on Earth ...

I think darkness is dark because it doesn't see any light for there is none in it.
So perhaps we should not judge it too harshly but learn to understand and feel
compassion and bring light into it. And so working with bringing light into the
world can  never be wrong or worthless. All light work is worthwhile beyond
measure.

Taking Care of the Heart

The Quandary of the Human Heart


One of the greatest casualties in this process is the human heart. We recognize and sense a deep sadness and despair in the collective human heart. Part of this is due to the disintegration of realities and your attachments to them. After all, what do you build your dreams on when the foundations of your world are crumbling?


Another aspect of this difficulty in the heart has to do with the toxic nature of your planet’s emotional atmosphere. As the solar energies increase, the tensions between polarities become ever more apparent. The polarization of human consciousness between those who would imprison and those who would free the human spirit are becoming clearer and clearer.


We would offer two suggestions as a means to deal with these challenges to your heart.


It is through your heart that new realities are birthed—by this, we mean realities worth living. Our first suggestion may seem overly simplistic, and yet as is often the case, the simplest things are frequently the most powerful. However you do this is not important. What is important is that you create an emotional antidote in yourself to the toxic poisoning of your planet’s emotional atmosphere.


As hatred and intolerance increase, you must find a passage through this darkness. The simplest and most efficient way we know is for you to find the smallest things in your life that you appreciate, and to take a few moments to dwell on these feelings of appreciation throughout your day. It does not matter how small these feelings of appreciation may be. From the tiniest seeds of appreciation great things can arise. The vibratory state of appreciation, or gratitude, is an extraordinary antidote to emotional poisoning. We strongly suggest you cultivate this ally as you move through this next cycle of solar storms.


Finally, we are offering a sound meditation based on the heart chakra. This is from a previous Hathor Intensive. The first phase of this sound meditation rotates and activates energies within the heart chakra for the purpose of clearing. The second phase of the meditation is calming and nurturing. We believe you will find this sound meditation to be another helpful ally.


As you enter this new phase of solar storms understand that they are extraordinary opportunities for evolutionary advancement. They are also, paradoxically, fraught with dangers for devolution due to their intense nature. If you resist the energies of acceleration, you will experience great difficulties in this passage. If you embrace these energies and master them—finding a way to navigate through them with appreciation and a good dose of humor—you will find greater freedom. This freedom of which we speak is a freedom of the human spirit, mind and heart. It resides in a level of consciousness untouched by the dualities of your earthly existence.




The Hathors
April 1, 2012


http://tomkenyon.com/entering-the-solar-storms

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Blessings

On awakening, bless this day, for it is already full of unseen good which your blessings will call forth; for to bless is to acknowledge the unlimited good that is embedded in the very texture of the universe and awaiting each and all.
On passing people in the street, on the bus, in places of work and play, bless them. The peace of your blessing will accompany them on their way and the aura of its gentle fragrance will be a light to their path.
On meeting and talking to people, bless them in their health, their work, their joy, their relationships to God, themselves, and others. Bless them in their abundance, their finances...bless them in every conceivable way, for such blessings not only sow seeds of healing but one day will spring forth as flowers of joy in the waste places of your own life.
As you walk, bless the city in which you live, its government and teachers, its nurses and street sweepers, its children and bankers, its priests and prostitutes. The minute anyone expresses the least aggression or unkindness to you, respond with a blessing: bless them totally, sincerely, joyfully, for such blessings are a shield which protects them from the ignorance of their misdeed, and deflects the arrow that was aimed at you.
To bless means to wish, unconditionally, total, unrestricted good for others and events from the deepest wellspring in the innermost chamber of your heart: it means to hallow, to hold in reverence, to behold with utter awe that which is always a gift from the Creator. He who is hallowed by your blessing is set aside, consecrated, holy, whole. To bless is to invoke divine care upon, to think or speak gratefully for, to confer happiness upon - although we ourselves are never the bestower, but simply the joyful witnesses of Life's abundance.
To bless all without discrimination of any sort is the ultimate form of giving, because those you bless will never know from whence came the sudden ray of sun that burst through the clouds of their skies, and you will rarely be a witness to the sunlight in their lives.
When something goes completely askew in your day, some unexpected event knocks down your plans and you too also, burst into blessing: for life is teaching you a lesson, and the very event you believe to be unwanted, you yourself called forth, so as to learn the lesson you might balk against were you not to bless it. Trials are blessings in disguise, and hosts of angels follow in their path.
To bless is to acknowledge the omnipresent, universal beauty hidden to material eyes; it is to activate that law of attraction which, from the furthest reaches of the universe, will bring into your life exactly what you need to experience and enjoy.
When you pass a prison, mentally bless its inmates in their innocence and freedom, their gentleness, pure essence and unconditional forgiveness; for one can only be prisoner of one's self-image, and a free man can walk unshackled in the courtyard of a jail, just as citizens of countries where freedom reigns can be prisoners when fear lurks in their thoughts.
When you pass a hospital, bless its patients in their present wholeness, for even in their suffering, this wholeness awaits in them to be discovered. When your eyes behold a man in tears, or seemingly broken by life, bless him in his vitality and joy: for the material senses present but the inverted image of the ultimate splendor and perfection which only the inner eye beholds.
It is impossible to bless and to judge at the same time. So hold constantly as a deep, hallowed, intoned thought that desire to bless, for truly then shall you become a peacemaker, and one day you shall, everywhere, behold the very face of God.
And of course, above all, don’t forget to bless the utterly beautiful person YOU are!

http://www.eso-garden.com/index.php?/weblog/2007/08/

http://www.eso-garden.com/index.php?/weblog/2007/08/

Sometimes one has to leave one's
comfort zone and take a leap of faith.

try something new, be open and be opened.
tis the way to grow and open up to new
frontiers, expanding horizons, shifting paradigms
getting out of the box we shut ourselves in
out of complacency, security, lethargy ...


SO SHIFT OUT AND FLY FLY FLY ....

Beauty

unravels the Soul . . .

A blessing for solitude


May you recognize in your life the presence,
 power and light of your soul.
May you realize that you are never alone,
 that your soul in its brightness and belonging
Connects you intimately with the rhythm of the Universe.
May you have respect for your individuality and difference.
May you realize that the shape of your soul is unique,
 that you have a special destiny here
That behind the facade of your life there is something
 beautiful and eternal happening.
May you learn to see yourself with the same delight,
 pride and expectation
With which God sees you in every moment."


Blessing be upon you

One thing I seek to point out to you: humility must always accompany a spiritual self-respect which forbids a disciple to stand anywhere upon the Path, except in his rightful place. DINA1 562.

Consecrated Effort

Patience

Solemnity

Reverence

Humility

Sacrifice

Inner Quiet
Tread with care

   I play my part with stern resolve, with earnest aspiration;  
   I look above, I help below; I dream not, nor I rest;   

   I toil; I serve; I reap; I pray;  

   I am the Cross; I am the Way;  

   I tread upon the work I do; I mount upon my slain self;  

   I kill desire, and I strive, forgetting all reward.  

  I forego peace; I forfeit rest,  
and in the stress of pain I lose myself  

   and find Myself and enter into peace. 

Go against the flo~w ,
     Think [outside] the box,
Get out of fixed paradigms…

Alongside our natural ability to empathize with others, we also have a need for others’ kindness, which runs like a thread throughout our whole life. It is most apparent when we are young and when we are old, but we have only to fall ill to be reminded how important it is to be loved and cared about, even in our prime years.

- Dalai Lama

Skipping Tru Life

Skipping through the day, skipping from yesterday, skipping through the moments that make up time, skipping in the NOW, skipping to tomorrow and into worlds unknown, experiences untold, revelations new... I am just skipping through - AS I WATCH MYSELF SKIPPING THROUGH.  A wayfarer, a voyager, an explorer exploring space and time, an initiator initiating new experiences, a discoverer discovering new discoveries. Skipping... skipping... skipping...