human emotion...

"Human emotion literally shapes the world around us. 

Not just our perception of the world, but reality itself."

excerpted - click here for the entire article 

meditate daily...for Love's sake...

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at ease...as you (already) were until you weren't

We may find ourselves asking: 

“Why am I here? What is life? Who am I?” 

Sooner or later any intelligent person asks these questions. 

What you are looking for is what you already are, not what you will become. 

What you already are is the answer and the source of the question. 

In this lies its power of transformation. 

It is a present actual fact. 

Looking to become something is completely conceptual, merely an idea. 

 The seeker will discover that he is what he seeks 

and that what he seeks is the source of the inquiry.

~ Jean Klein

Zafu in (upcycled) Red Floral Linen Fabric

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real power and freedom...

"Never place the key to your happiness in someone else's pocket." ~quote

"When the heart is at peace, for and against are forgotten." ~Zhuang Zhou

 

"Real freedom is freedom in ones heart, 

irrespective of external conditions." 

~ N. Sri Ram 

 

"One of the most important things to learn in life is that no one took away our power, or gave us power. We are all powerful energetic beings, already. Personally, I now know that when I erroneously believed someone was taking or withholding energy from me - that thought in itself created a problem for me. Typically, especially when a child or younger person, I either shut down or acted out. Contracted in fear, or expanded with self-righteous indignation and/or even rage. Just knowing this really re-frames pretty much everything."

~Sarah 

~)(~

 

A new o.o.a.k. addition to my zafu store - 

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upcycled linen, light summer yellow floral, buckwheat hull zafu

handmade by etsyseller #zafuChi

Meditation Cushion. Floor Pillow. Zafu. 

Upcycled light yellow summer floral linen. 

Buckwheat Hull filled. 15"x5". 5"L. Velcro closure. 

Handmade, USA

 

p.s. your life is calling...

Years ago, a psychologist friend told me I had what she considered an "insufficient ego". I can see now that she had a good point. At the time, I had moved from the semi-cult and closed community with a very sheltered way of life that I grew up in to a picture with a considerably larger frame, and vastly different world view. It took a number of years to bring aspects of myself up to speed - (whatever that is anyway!). I had had a spiritual awakening in my late 20's while still in the community, but was seriously lacking in knowledge of how some aspects of 3D life worked. Especially in different frames of reference than I was familiar with up to that point. One example is that when I first started watching TV around age 30 (give or take a few) I was unaware that TV shows had hired actors and actresses. I thought these things were actually happening to those men, women and children.  And that the events in the movies had actually happened.

Now I can see that being shaken to the core of one's being, accepting the upheaval, allowing the bits and pieces and various parts to settle into a new way of life, allowing some parts to disappear forever, and seeing things in a completely new way is not necessarily comfortable, but maybe it's not altogether a bad thing in the bigger picture of life. Collectively, Americans (2017) may be experiencing such a makeover.

  

"We do not grow absolutely, chronologically. 

We grow sometimes in one dimension, 

and not in another; unevenly. We grow partially. We are relative. 

We are mature in one realm, childish in another. 

The past, present, and future mingle and pull us backward, 

forward, or fix us in the present. 

We are made up of layers, cells, constellations."

~ Anaïs Nin

And, because a girl (and her furkids) needs to eat and be able to pay her bills...

OOAK - made by etsyeller zafuchi - click here for availability

Zafu Meditation Cushion. Dorm Pillow. Round Floor Pillow. Repurposed Cotton fabric. Hibiscus in Pink. Buckwheat Hulls. 6"Sidewall Zipper. 15x5. USA made

the complimentary nature of human hate and human love...

Many, many years ago I was visiting the home of two teenage girl friends. 

On a south-facing kitchen window sill was a tiny merry go round windmill 

encased in clear plastic or glass - shaped like a snow globe. It was all of 2-3 inches high. 

The blades on the windmill were black on one side and white on the other side. 

When it was spinning it went round and round like a merry go round. 

When the sun came out and shone on it, the windmill began moving. 

The hotter the sun the faster the windmill spun. On that day I became aware that black and white are not only opposites, but they depend upon each other.

 

Human love and human hate are two sides of the same (human) coin. 

They attract, and in fact, create each other. Yin and yang, black and white -

 these are what create movement in this world, for the most part.

 

Then there is spiritual Love, which is more like the sun - just shining down on black and white

 and all the shades of gray and all the other myriad light reflections.

~)(~

Paramhansa Yogananda:
"Let us all remember that no matter how we are divided by race, creed, color, class, and political prejudices, still, being the children of one God, we should first establish brotherhood and world unity in our souls."
www.GoYogananda.com

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