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An online marketplace for selling and buying all things handmade!

It's like shopping at the artists market, but from your own home. I discovered the website just in time for Christmas and along with my trip to Blue Banana Market in Toronto, have managed to get almost everyone on my list home made gifts.


Every morning, when we wake up, we have twenty-four brand-new hours to live. What a precious gift! We have the capacity to live in a way that these twenty-four hours will bring peace, joy, and happiness to ourselves and others.

Peace is present right here and now, in ourselves and in everything we do and see. The Question is whether or not we are in touch with it. We don't have to travel far away to enjoy the blue sky. We don't have to leave our city or even our neighborhood to enjoy the eyes of a beautiful child. Even the air we breathe can be a source of joy.

We can smile, breathe, walk, and eat our meals in a way that allows us to be in touch with the abundance of happiness that is available. We are very good at preparing to live, but not very good at living. We know how to sacrifice ten years for a diploma, and we are willing to work very hard to get a job, a car, a house, and so on. But we have difficulty remembering that we are alive at the present moment, the only moment there is for us to be alive.

Every breath we take, every step we make, can be filled with peace, joy, and serenity. We need only to be awake, alive in the present moment. ... Thich Nhat Hanh


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Sunday, January 15, 2006

Holding on

The dreams the past few days have been rather intense. Last night was no exception. Some of them have been downright horrifying and volatile. Due to the nature of the dreams I choose not to write them out on here but am keeping a separate detailed account of them elsewhere.

With the dreams, as I already mentioned, I am undergoing a whirlwind of emotions. From anger to repulsion to sympathy and absolute love and adoration. I spent the majority of this evening in tears. Such sadness. My heart engulfed in sorrow and loneliness. I wish you were here with me. At times I feel as if I am bordering on emotional insanity. I want to say I hope this passes soon, but I am aware that it is a part of the process of spiritual cleaning and I would not be given that which I cannot handle. I was given some self-attunements to perform and will this evening before meditation.

There have been times this week where I have no wanted to rise out of bed. Opening my eyes and realizing the game is about to begin, again. Seeing, really seeing, that all is but fragments of my illusionary game. Just an image of my mind. Played out before me.

Comments on "Holding on"

 

Blogger Hayley's Bed said ... (6:00 PM) : 

My experience of "seeing" more has also been very unsettling at times...as reality expands, so too has my illusion shattered and caused me to question the truth of everything.

It's not explainable to anyone who has not experienced it and in my experience, it has taken so much courage to continue holding my eyes open... to stand naked in the rain...

I appreciate having the opportunity to tap into your page where I recognize that this is not 'my own' experience.

Thank you for continuing to share your truth and experiences...I am very grateful :) very

 

Blogger I Am This said ... (10:10 PM) : 

Naked in the rain. Vulnerable. Innocent. So few people are free of fear enough to allow themselves to be naked in the rain. Beautiful Ann. Such joy I experience reading your thoughts. I am truly blessed to share this experience with you.

Kelly

 

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