purple, and all that pizzazz....

Siesta Key beach sunrise 

Photoshopped, of course! Sometimes my life feels a little too bland and peaceful.

A bit more pizzazz-please. The good kind. Thank you! And, pizza too.

 

purple corduroy zafu by etsyseller zafuchi

My zafus make nice dorm pillows, too. And gifts.

fill your life with the Beloved...

"To your mind feed understanding,
To your heart, tolerance and compassion.
The simpler your life, the more meaningful.
The less you desire of the world,
The more room you will have in it
To fill with the Beloved."

Shaikh Abu-Saeed Abil-Kheir, Nobody Son of Nobody

Purple Batik Butterfly Zafu

 available at ZafuChi on etsy

Dhyana or Meditation

osho sez:

"The Hindi word for meditation is DHYANA; the connotation is very different. By meditation, one thing is meant in English; by DHYANA something else is meant. So first we must understand the basic difference between these two words. Meditation is not a right translation, because by meditation thinking is implied. When we say someone is meditating, it means someone is thinking about something. In meditation an object is implied. In dhyan, no-object is a basic condition. By dhyan is meant a meditative mood without any object.

Objects must cease, mind must become just a pure mirror - a mirroring, not mirroring anything - just a mirror without any object in it, a pure mirror. By dhyan, this purity of the mind is indicated.

So first, no object should be in the mind. Mind must remain alone without thinking about anything - with no thought, just a consciousness, just an awareness, just an alertness.

This alertness without any object is meditation." ~ osho

Purple Zafu Meditation Cushion

 Last one of the Purple Corduroy Zafus still available at my etsy store...