Nighttime Pilgrims Celebrating Bedtime Nighttime brings with it a gift to know the world from a different perspective. Darkness slows us down, gives us boundaries for our work and play, touches us with the unknown. Bedtime requires the closing of our eyes and ears and rewards the surrendering of our senses by pouring over us the limitless possibilities of our dreams. Sleep endows us with senses for another way of knowing. In sleep, we may find solutions to problems that startle us in or waking. We may touch and speak with loved ones who have died or who journey far away from us. In sleep we may commune with the spirit-world. We may uncover emotional and relational issues that need our attention. Our dreaming is a bridge that takes us to the center of spiritual illumination.
"In the name of the flowers and the fields, the stars in the sky, and the streams that flow down to the sea, and the mystery that breathes wonder into all these things, I pronounce you mouse and wife." -Jill Barkley Brambly Hedge, Summer Story
Sattva : is pure aspect and awakening light. Pure essence.
Find it : through harmony, calm and contentment.
Orient Your Course : It is important to orient yourself daily; anchor in the essence of your identity, refine your connection to spirit at the horizon of each morning, and set sail in sattvic practices. These three masts will be faithful companions along this grand adventure of life. Determine what is supportive, move towards it, and sattva will be a natural byproduct. -Emma Kate Veader CLICK for more at Kripalu.org*
*Kripalu is my personal favorite Center for Yoga and Health
If we lost all the dead space inside our atoms, we would each be able to fit into a partial of dust, and the entire human race would fit into the volume of a sugar cube. Quantum physics says that 99.9999999% (and more) of what is called 'ordinary matter' is empty space. In fact, space (another illusion) is not actually empty but bursting with energy that we can't see. The atoms in your body are 99.9999999999999999% empty space and none of them are the ones you were born with ... EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW BUT HAVE NEVER BEEN TOLD -David Icke
from Auguries of Innocence It is right and should be so; Man was made for Joy and Woe; And when this we rightly know Thro' the World we safely go. Every Night and every Morn Some to Misery are Born. Every Morn and every Night Some are Born to sweet delight. Some are Born to sweet delight, Some are Born to Endless Night. God Appears and God is Light To those poor Souls who dwell in Night. -William Blake
We cannot take on another's issues, nor can we truly walk in another's shoes, and we were never meant to.
Be RADICAL. Yes, we would like walk the middle path, but in this extreme culture, 'living a little' has lost its meaning. When mainstream is synonymous with obesity, depression, chronic pain etc. you want to be anything but. Don't let the dominant populous derail you. Revolt. Rebel. Rise!
Be miraculous, enormous, ecstatic. Find your sweet spot; it's most likely incredibly 'abnormal'.
It's easier to fool people than to convince them they have been fooled.