July 2010
52 posts
Rumi: Throw off your tiredness. Let me show you one tiny spot of the beauty that can’t be spoken.
burnout blip: Learn from history, the history embedded in your cells, not in books. Then write the new-story, with words born in the breath.
Rumi: A thousand half-loves must be forsaken to take one whole heart home.
Burnout Retreats near/and in Sequoia National Park… www.thedeeperwell.wordpress.com/burnout-retreat
burnout blip: Give yourself time in a natural landscape, a forest or even your backyard. Thank the earth for giving you sustenance and home.
Rumi: The clear bead at the center changes everything. There are no edges to my loving now.
burnout blip: What do you really know? The truth you’ve experienced from a deep inner source, or what someone else says? Do you listen well?
Rumi: Be a full bucket pulled up the dark way of a well, then lifted out into light.
burnout blip: Releasing your expectations and attachments is the key to surrender. Don’t confuse it with giving up. Trust the source of you.
Rumi: And don’t look for me in a human shape. I am inside your looking. No room for form with love this strong.
for @murasakimoon @CarpalTunnel Cob is a derivative of an Old English word for spider, thanks for prompt to research http://bit.ly/93yKLT
for @CarpalTunnel Cob is a derivative of an Old English word for spider, thanks for prompting me to check it out http://bit.ly/93yKLT
burnout blip: Cobwebs in your house is a sign of housecleaning needed. Cobwebs for a spider? Making a house. Perspective changes everything.
Rumi: When someone asks what there is to do, light the candle in his hand. ‘Like this.’
burnout blip: Fear of negative thoughts or emotions, feeds negativity. We must feel it all—negative and positive—to be real, to transcend.
Rumi: Listen, and lay your head under the tree of awe.
burnout blip: Our first impulse on showing up in this world is to breathe. Breath is the essence of source. Follow your breath to live well.
Rumi: There is a light seed grain inside. You fill it with yourself, or it dies.
Artist = Human Being = Artist = all of us http://bit.ly/9TFpuv
RT @thedeeperwell Artist = Human Being = Artist = all of us http://bit.ly/9TFpuv [#art3R]
Warm thank you to @ZnaTrainer @lizmassey68 @PixieMona @4Ceibas @Eidyn_Taliesin @jennieMACAULAY @abisola35 @RustieMac @Atohuna
burnout blip: Sometimes the worst possible thing that’s happening right now is exactly what you need. Life is always a process, good or bad.
Rumi: This moment is all there is.
If you’ve got a story to tell, tell it; if you don’t have a story to tell, write it. http://huff.to/cwrEN6 50yrs later To Kill a Mockingbird
burnout blip: The prevalence of ingenuity and kindness in humans far outweighs the negativity and meanness that scares us so. Remember this.
Rumi: The mystery does not get clear by repeating the question, nor is it bought by going to amazing places.
Why am I here? http://bit.ly/9TePPk
burnout blip: The word awesome has been said so often it’s become meaningless. Awe is a show-stopper, a life-changer, and a subtle surprise.
Rumi: A secret turning in us makes the universe turn. Head unaware of feet, and feet head. Neither cares. They keep turning.
Summer blossoms… →
The pink zephyranthes are in bloom at the cottage door. I call them “zephies”. Read more about these sweet little bulbs that like to bloom in the summer.
Change a life just by saying hello http://bit.ly/apGbns
burnout blip: Offer yourself for service today, not for rewards for you. Look for the invisible person that is taken for granted. Say hello.
RT @MadwithRapture: RT @infinitealoe: Rumi, the movie—A movie being made in Qatar on #Rumi http://bit.ly/dcSHSk | @bhaati @roomynaqvy
Rumi: Every part of you has a secret language.
burnout blip: When body symptoms show up, be an observer, not a sufferer. Don’t try to fix or mask them. Listen for clues leading to source.
Designing for Generosity →
How do you spend your generosity quotient? Do you create just for a monetary return?
Creation is not just something like making an artwork, it is everything you do–in your job, in your home, in…
This Moment http://bit.ly/9U4GWt
Rumi: Let your prayer be pure praise, not begging for something to happen, or not happen.
Designing for Generosity http://bit.ly/cd2lXL
RT @SusanCosmos: “Growth is an erratic forward movement: two steps forward, one step back. Remember that & be very gentle with yourself. …
RT @thequote “The truth you believe and cling to, makes you unavailable to hear anything new.” - Pema Chodron #quote
burnout blip: We spend much of our day wishing we could do something other than what we’re doing. Life unfolds in the power of the present.
Rumi: Pay attention to those who want to change so badly they cry and dissolve into loving kindness and freedom.
Rumi: Pay attention to those who want to change so badly they cry and dissolve into loving kindness and freedom.
Last night’s wildlife sitings: →
Wild turkey family heading home for the night, like they have been doing every evening for the last week, with 7 teen-aged offspring chomping dry wild oats seeds that should have been weedeated…
burnout blip: The human experiment depends on our free will choice. Don’t abdicate your responsibility to others within apathy. Follow love.
Rumi: Gamble everything for love if you are a true human being.
Rumi: Be concentrated and leonine in the hunt for what is your true nourishment.
burnout blip: If life feels stuck or not quite right, wait. The tide will come in again. Life is cyclic with its own rhythms. Don’t push it.
Burnout Retreats near Sequoia National Park. Don’t be too stuck in burnout and not try it. http://bit.ly/a8ltvQ Give yourself a sweet gift.