Tuesday, July 22, 2014
Palestinian Artist: ‘My pen is my weapon’
Dr Alaa Allagta is a Palestinian artist and author of political cartoons
Don't the whole lot of them need to be handled thus by God?
Monday, July 21, 2014
MH 17 shoot down
With limbs and bodies still scattered around the area, governments
around the world are clamouring to be given greater access to bring
the
remains home....goes the news report.
This pseudo respect for human dead bodies in honour of the deceased
- i.e. wanting the bodies of the dead from a crash seems false to me
when men are killed with impunity in the name of nationalistic and
corporate interests all over the world in cruel and inhuman ways.
On the one hand human life is so cheap and dispensable and on the
other hand this "putting on an act" as if the carcase matters...
Sunday, July 20, 2014
Saturday, July 19, 2014
Tuesday, July 15, 2014
Overkill
Over thinking gets you into so much trouble with yourself.
It’s better to just breathe, relax and
enjoy the good times
in life or wait for the bad to pass. No stress. Give it to
God.
~ Lisa Brooks
The truth always suffers from excessive analysis.~ B.P. Lippmeier
I’ve done this to myself to the point of
madness. No more.
What will be, will be. ~ Tanya Jean
Saturday, July 12, 2014
Wednesday, July 9, 2014
Tuesday, July 8, 2014
Monday, July 7, 2014
Thursday, July 3, 2014
Manly P Hall
We must learn the science of self-expression...if we cannot
say
something useful, there is no need to become involved
in the
conversation. If we cannot say something that inspires,
at least say
nothing that destroys.
Let us try, therefore, to make everything
that we say valuable.
Let us quietly turn away from a book that hurts
us. Let us turn
off the radio program that helps build up a negative
disillusionment in ourselves.
Let us also turn away from groups of
people who are dedicated
to violence and discord and who have no constructive solution
to problems.
... let us quietly face the problems of life, examine the values
in
situations around us, and through the use of the best faculties
that we
possess, quietly prepare a constructive strategy by
means of which we
can live better every day.
There are things we have to listen
to, but in quietude we can
weigh them. Also in quietude we try to
establish a point of
contact with that part of ourselves that is able to
see through
the circumstances to the rules and laws behind them.
We are not here to judge each other. We are here to help each
other
grow. If we cannot do big things at the moment, we can
at least take our
part away from the stream of pollution that is
destroying our
integrity. If we will put this leadership upon
our own tongues we can do
a great deal to make this a better
world for all of us.
Wednesday, July 2, 2014
Recognitions
I pierce through the veil of mind and its creations - its stories,
dramas and constant enactment of illusions within illusions -
I AM NOT THIS - not this, not this.
I pierce through illusions and self delusions of the lower mind
created self in its many and varied domains - I AM NOT THIS.
I AM TRUTH; I DEMONSTRATE IT NOW.
The lower self is but a programmed automaton; a robotic
manipulated as is a puppet on strings - I AM NOT THIS; NO!
I pierce through all that keeps me from ME.
I pierce through the worlds of non-Truth.
I pierce through my own illusory lower nature that confounds.
I AFFIRM my SOVEREIGN SELF.
THIS I AM; I AM THIS.
I invoke the Will, Purpose and Power of my Soul !
I invoke the Light, Love and Wisdom of my Soul !
Standing on the pedestal of the Knowledge of my Soul.
Rising above my slain self,
The self that separates, is separate...
And in constant pain therefrom!
Quoted
Desire gives rise to the secret yearning for a person who would
constantly approve of us and validate our worthiness.
The truth is that neither of these, or any other linear reward
system,
is going to restore and reclaim ones sense of true worth.
Then what is the magical elixir? GRATITUDE!!!!!
• Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into
enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order,
confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into
a home, a stranger into a friend. Gratitude makes sense of our
past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow
.…Melody Beattie
Which mechanism can we employ to elicit gratitude?
The Appreciation Mechanism
Whenever I notice myself seeking or striving for something
external for validation or when I have a craving that someone
or something be different than they are, I know that the feeling
of desire is present. Once aware of this feeling, I allow it to come
up, stay with it, and let it run its course without wanting to make
it different or doing anything about it. I focus on the feeling itself,
not the thoughts. I have the feeling without resisting it, venting it,
labeling it, fearing it, condemning it or moralizing about it.
A feeling that is not resisted will disappear as the energy behind it
dissipates.
Once the negative energy has dissipated, I am ready to reflect on
the experience and quickly become reminded that Joy originates
from within, not from frivolous external pleasures.
The final stage of this mechanism is to recognize a positive attribute
in ourselves, someone else or something and express our gratitude,
verbally or non-verbally.
• Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into
enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order,
confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into
a home, a stranger into a friend. Gratitude makes sense of our
past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow
.…Melody Beattie
Which mechanism can we employ to elicit gratitude?
The Appreciation Mechanism
Whenever I notice myself seeking or striving for something
external for validation or when I have a craving that someone
or something be different than they are, I know that the feeling
of desire is present. Once aware of this feeling, I allow it to come
up, stay with it, and let it run its course without wanting to make
it different or doing anything about it. I focus on the feeling itself,
not the thoughts. I have the feeling without resisting it, venting it,
labeling it, fearing it, condemning it or moralizing about it.
A feeling that is not resisted will disappear as the energy behind it
dissipates.
Once the negative energy has dissipated, I am ready to reflect on
the experience and quickly become reminded that Joy originates
from within, not from frivolous external pleasures.
The final stage of this mechanism is to recognize a positive attribute
in ourselves, someone else or something and express our gratitude,
verbally or non-verbally.
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