While we may not recognize it at the time of a traumatic event, life-changing suffering has a way of being an opening to a greater understanding of life. The “mud” and mess of our most painful experiences can become the fertile ground for the blossoming of our understanding and self-compassion.
Monday, September 13, 2021
Sunday, September 12, 2021
Via Ram Dass - Love Serve Remember Foundation // Words of Wisdom - September 12, 2021 š
The way you work in doing SÄdhanÄ is that every act you perform becomes a
method of taking you to this other state of consciousness. You are
trying to change your perceptual vantage point and everything you do has
to be a device to take you to that place. From a Western point of view,
you are doing a complete cognitive reorganization. You are changing
your reference point, changing the core concept around which the whole
constellation is built. - Ram Dass
Today is the last day to register for the upcoming "Cookbook for a
Sacred Life" 21-Day e-course that begins tomorrow, September 13th.
Registration closes at 9pm PDT tonight. Sign up here!
Via Daily Dharma: Connecting Heart and Mind
In
Zen the heart’s truth and the mind’s truth are one and the same,
arising from an undivided self whose being is inseparable from the
living moment.
Via FB // Always With Love // Expected Death
Expected Death ~ When someone dies, the first thing to do is nothing. Don't run out and call the nurse. Don't pick up the phone. Take a deep breath and be present to the magnitude of the moment.
There's a grace to being at the bedside of someone you love as they make their transition out of this world. At the moment they take their last breath, there's an incredible sacredness in the space. The veil between the worlds opens.
We're so unprepared and untrained in how to deal with death that sometimes a kind of panic response kicks in. "They're dead!"
We knew they were going to die, so their being dead is not a surprise. It's not a problem to be solved. It's very sad, but it's not cause to panic.
If anything, their death is cause to take a deep breath, to stop, and be really present to what's happening. If you're at home, maybe put on the kettle and make a cup of tea.
Sit at the bedside and just be present to the experience in the room. What's happening for you? What might be happening for them? What other presences are here that might be supporting them on their way? Tune into all the beauty and magic.
Pausing gives your soul a chance to adjust, because no matter how prepared we are, a death is still a shock. If we kick right into "do" mode, and call 911, or call the hospice, we never get a chance to absorb the enormity of the event.
Give yourself five minutes or 10 minutes, or 15 minutes just to be. You'll never get that time back again if you don't take it now.
After that, do the smallest thing you can. Call the one person who needs to be called. Engage whatever systems need to be engaged, but engage them at the very most minimal level. Move really, really, really, slowly, because this is a period where it's easy for body and soul to get separated.
Our bodies can gallop forwards, but sometimes our souls haven't caught up. If you have an opportunity to be quiet and be present, take it. Accept and acclimatize and adjust to what's happening. Then, as the train starts rolling, and all the things that happen after a death kick in, you'll be better prepared.
You won't get a chance to catch your breath later on. You need to do it now.
Being present in the moments after death is an incredible gift to yourself, it's a gift to the people you're with, and it's a gift to the person who's just died. They're just a hair's breadth away. They're just starting their new journey in the world without a body. If you keep a calm space around their body, and in the room, they're launched in a more beautiful way. It's a service to both sides of the veil.
Credit for the beautiful words ~ Sarah Kerr, Ritual Healing Practitioner and Death Doula , Death doula
Her original video link is here ~ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7mG0ZAym0w
Beautiful art by Columbus Community Deathcare
Saturday, September 11, 2021
Via Daily Dharma: Just Notice the Process
Remember that whatever you observe, whether it’s in the body or the mind, whether it’s pleasant or unpleasant, it’s helpful to hold the view that “this is just nature, this is just a process.” This is the only difference between someone who is meditating and someone who is not meditating.
Via White Crane Institute // MARK BINGHAM
Died
2001 -
MARK BINGHAM, passenger on United Airlines Flight 93, died (b. 1970) Bingham is believed to have been among the passengers who attempted to storm the cockpit to try to prevent the hijackers from using the plane to kill hundreds or thousands of additional victims on September 11, 2001. He made a brief cell phone call to his mother, Alice Hoagland, shortly before the plane went down. Hoagland, a former flight attendant with United Airlines, later left a voice mail message on his cell phone, instructing Bingham to reclaim the aircraft after it became apparent that Flight 93 was to be used in a suicide mission.
Bingham was survived by his former boyfriend of six years, Paul Holm, who says this was not the first time Bingham risked his life to protect the lives of others. In fact, he had twice successfully protected Holm from attempted muggings, one of which was at gunpoint. Holm describes Bingham as a brave, competitive man, saying, "He hated to lose — at anything." He was even known to proudly display a scar he received after being gored at the running of the bulls in Pamplona.
A large athlete at 6 ft 4 in and 225 pounds, he also played for the San Francisco Fog, a rugby union team. The biennial Gay Rugby tournament is named in his honor (the Bingham Cup).
Via Daily Dharma: Let the Mind Settle
Accept whatever the mind is doing, and let it settle on its own.
Friday, September 10, 2021
Thursday, September 9, 2021
Via Daily Dharma: Practice Is in This Moment
Whatever is happening right now is exactly what we need to be receptive to. What’s arising for you moment-by-moment, in this moment, is exactly our practice.
Wednesday, September 8, 2021
Earth Ceremonies // Mount Shasta Prophecy, the Dream of Gaia
Mount Shasta Prophecy, the Dream of Gaia
In
years to come great political and social unrest, environmental and
climatic problems will reach a climax. In the mist of that seemingly
desperate situation, everyone will proclaim the end of the world has
come - a time of massive destruction and chaos on the planet.
But
Mount Shasta prophecy says otherwise. It is stating that if they wish
to do so, all the people of the Earth can unite, fulfill the prophecy,
and bring back harmony on the surface of the Earth.
In
recognition of the majesty and love the Earth has for her children,
people will gather on all continents. They will go to places where men
have been drawn to perform ceremonies for time immemorial. Specific
mountains, volcanoes, churches, temples, forests, lakes, rivers, that we
call « sacred » will see thousands of men and women come together and
hold hands with deep love in their hearts. They will start singing a
very powerful word and beat a rhythm with drums or their hands.
They
will sing for many hours, on the evening of December 23rd, 2024, thus
modifying the electro-magnetic frequency of the whole planet, that is
others human beings, plants, animals, minerals, thus restoring harmony.
All will be impacted and life will never be the same again on the Earth.
Via Ram Dass - Love Serve Remember Foundation // Words of Wisdom - September 8, 2021 š
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Via Daily Dharma: Learning From Failure
It can be hard to tell what’s a failure and what’s just something that is shifting your life in a different direction. In other words, failure can be the portal to creativity, to learning something new, to having a fresh perspective.
Via Daily Dharma: Just Love Them
Forget about things done or left to do. Forget about deadlines and milestones, profits and quotas. Those will be taken care of—they always are. So don’t worry. Whenever a being appears in front of you, just love them. That is your focus. That’s where the real work lies.
Monday, September 6, 2021
Via Daily Dharma: The Cause of Merriment
There
is nothing to reject and nothing to accept. Things just happen—beyond
every scheme for improvement, beyond yearning and hope for betterment.
When experienced like this, all occasions are delightful, the cause of
merriment and laughter.
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