keep calm and drink coffee...

The world could change in the twinkling of an eye. 

If everyone who is slinging and hurling and spewing

 one kind of low vibration emotion/thought/word or another 

just abruptly stopped. 

And began to be respectful and gracious, 

and interested in seeing and understanding 

beyond their personal biases and prejudices. 

I do understand the difference between possibility and probability. :)

One can imagine and visualize.

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artwork by etsyseller SweetLimeEmbroidery

post election blues or unnatural highs...

The "morning after" the 2016 Election Day came and went.

It may not be more true than ever, but right now it seems that way.

We desperately need more people who are able to see clearly, 

and maintain emotional equilibrium. 

So many people voted with raw emotions, namely fear and anger.

Politicians have been cashing in on primal emotions for a long time, 

and by the looks of it will be able to continue doing so for a long time.

But what if Donald Trump is one of our greatest spiritual teachers? 

The Id in superb disguise, I might add.  (It's going to be great! ;))

Click below to read how writer Patricia Pearce explains it very well.

Patricia Pearce on huffingtonpost.com 

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artwork by etsyseller MotherTeresaQuotes

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Six Principles for Developing Humility as a Leader 

by John Dame and Jeffrey Gedmin
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One definition of humility is that it means open-ness. 

Somehow, that seems more appealing, and possibly
 more effective than the groveling kind.

it's all just turtles all the way down...

"The problem is, you think you have time..."

- Jack Kornfield's Buddha's Little Instruction Book (1994)

We do, and we don't. And today we have an extra hour 

that will be reclaimed come spring. 

What we do seem to have is beliefs, and dreams, and experiences. 

We cling to those we liked and loved, and feel bad about 

or try to hide those we didn't or don't want. 

"It's all just turtles - all the way down."

"Turtles all the way down" is a jocular expression 

of the infinite regress problem in cosmology 

posed by the "unmoved mover" paradox. 

source: Turtles_all_the_way_down - (wikipedia)

Not Today - Tortoise Turtle art print by etsyseller collageOrama

 illustration beautifully upcycled dictionary page book art print by

click here for more by etsyseller collageOrama

 

let the Light shine out...

"The wound is the place where the Light enters." ~ Rumi

I see this Rumi quote frequently. I always feel that I have to remind myself that the Light enters from within - not from without. (The Kingdom of Heaven is within you.) Thinking of the Light coming from within is empowering. From without, it means being dependent/co-dependent upon someone or something outside, and in my experience outside support can vanish in the blink of an eye. Or there may be too many undesirable strings attached.
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photo by me: Siesta Key Beach, Sarasota Florida

essentially still yourself...

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Buckwheat Hull Zafu Meditation Cushion. Floor Pillow. Black/Off-White

Buckwheat Hull Zafu Meditation Cushion/Floor Pillow. Black/Off-White Cotton Print. OOAK. Measures approx. 15" W. by 5" D.. 6" L. Sidewall Zipper and carrying handle. Contains approx. 5 lbs. Dakota grown buckwheat hulls - ready to use. Handmade, USA.

*Eco-friendly - made with new cotton fabric sourced at a local thrift store. There's only one in existence. If you love it buy it. Nobody knows, of course, but it's highly doubtful I will ever come across this particular print again.

NOTE: books and meditation beads are for display purposes only, and are not included. The beautiful mala necklace is by ZardeniaJewelry on etsy. See: For mala necklaces and bracelets see ZardeniaJewelry on etsy: https://www.etsy.com/shop/ZardeniaJewelry?ref=listing-shop2-all-items-count#items

conscious breathing is very affordable healthcare

"Breath is the bridge

  which connects life to consciousness, 

which unites your body to your thoughts. 

Whenever your mind becomes scattered, 

use your breath as the means 

to take hold of your mind again."
~ Thich Nhat Hanh ~

(Breathing...so diy; effective and affordable healthcare.)

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Cassia Tree in bloom again!

deepening the breath...

"Deepening your breath is a key ingredient in opening and expanding into the new empowered frequencies of Divine Light. When you breathe very shallowly, your energy field contracts and your body interprets the constriction as fear because it is afraid that it won’t receive enough oxygen. With a breath, fear can become excitement and your energy field will expand. This is not only a delicious feeling for the body, the expansion allows you to receive more Light into your energy system." -excerpt from main post found at link below:
https://www.facebook.com/aknowledgeyourdivinity/posts/571005739691045:0

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For months I've been hearing about Wim Hoff, The Iceman, 

who uses breathing techniques with amazing results. 

Last week I saw a youtube video/podcast of Wim being interviewed by Joe Rogan.  He certainly is a dynamic character - not sure how much the beer has to do with it. ;)

Word of caution: Several people drowned in 2016 using his technique while in water, which Wim warns about. Some people experience extreme lightheadedness, and apparently pass out.

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Breathe Necklace by etsyseller RubyLenaJewelry

how we live the stages of life...

George Washington Carver:

“How far you go in life depends on you being tender with the young, 

compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving, 

and tolerant of the weak and the strong … 

because some day in life you will have been all of these.”

(...because bills have to be paid, 

and I haven't transitioned to living directly on air and sunshine, yet)

Brown Batik Bolster Pillow. Meditation Prop. Home Decor Pillow. 

Buckwheat filled insert. Zippered. 15" x 5". USA made.

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Tropical Print Bolster Pillow. Meditation Prop. Home Decor Pillow.

Buckwheat filled insert. Zippered. 15" x 5". USA made

the journey, and the Home we never actually left...

"I first thought of the spiritual journey as a linear path towards a distant goal. Gradually, I came to realize that the spiritual journey is a closed circle of love in which we slowly come closer to the center of ourself, which is always present. In this journey there is no "progress" but a shifting of consciousness that unveils our own essential nature, "the face we had before we were born. "As this spiral path unfolds, so our concepts of both ourself and the journey change, and we come to realize the deeper truth: that the traveler, the journey, and the goal are all one."

~Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee

No matter the circuitous route - all roads lead Home.

snake print - "ouroboros" by etsyseller themicromentalist

every morning is a re-birthday...

Yes!!! Every morning is a new day, 

and another day in which to release what no longer serves, 

and to embrace what is more in alignment with our true nature, Love. Re-birth is merely a remembering of what is already so, and has always been so. 

Re-birth is a change of mind only. 

Imagine that you have two minds. One is always problematic in one way or another. And one is totally sane. There's a different operating system for us to use, which we had entirely forgotten about.

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Sitting meditation, or other forms of meditation, can be helpful to us in becoming observers 

of the two minds, so we can make the clear choice.

click here for this and other zafu meditation cushions by etsyseller zafuChi

meditation shawls and blankets by maidmariondesign

Introducing beautiful handmade shawls and scarves, blankets and throws
by etsyseller MaidMarionDesign.

For more info and to purchase shawls click here: 

For more info and to purchase scarves click here:

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Marion and I are cousins, who re-connected via facebook, after losing touch for many years.

gently notice how the Light weaves Itself into dreams...

~ There You Are Again ~

"City Lights" by GeorgiannaLane on etsy

"Ever since I stepped out of imagination
and into the Heart of things
I have become so much less spiritual.
Heaven, hell and earth
hold no meaning for me anymore .

For I am neither coming
nor going
nor staying put.

All I do is notice all the various ways
that Light weaves itself into dreams.

When someone asks me who they are
or what God is
I smile inside and whisper to the Light:

‘There you go again, pretending...’ "

~ Adyashanti

rest sometimes...live in the changing light of a room.

"I always forget how important the empty days are, how important it may be sometimes not to expect to produce anything, even a few lines in a journal. A day when one has not pushed oneself to the limit seems a damaged, damaging day, a sinful day. Not so! The most valuable thing one can do for the psyche, occasionally, is to let it rest, wander, live in the changing light of a room."
~ May Sarton

"changing room" - photography by sandralrussel on etsy

you can't use up creativity, but you can stifle it, or turn down the dial...

"You can't use up creativity...the more you use the more you have." That's a relief to know, but also a bit scary. Because, maybe I'd end up like a hamster on a wheel - just madly making zafus. Which I wouldn't mind - if they sold like mad. Like I once went on a decade long, mad, crazy, passionate trip making all sizes, colors of Cathedral Windows quilts and wallhangings. I sold a lot of them, gave a lot away to charity auctions, and still have a few that simply would not sell. And one, that I won't sell because it was the crowning achievement of that whole love affair.

Hibiscus Pink (buckwheat hull filled) Zafu

Zafu in Rose Floral (on a warm brown background)

 Click on (rose floral zafu) caption to see all 28 selections in my Zafu-SkidRow-Closeout section!

Now is a great time to holiday shop, while there are still great choices available.

breathing in and out - giving and receiving...

" Jerry: Breath is a function of life, and the nature of life is expansion. It’s the nature of life to expand itself into greater and more creative versions of itself.

Irene: What are you breathing IN?

Jerry: Life force. Pure potential. It’s the raw material of creation, the fuel for the manifest result of thought. On a non-physical level, breathing isn’t for the purpose of maintaining the spirited body; it serves the purpose of connection: inhalation is receiving the Oneness and exhalation is giving back to the Oneness. It’s a unifying process."
excerpt from the book:
Conversations with Jerry and Other People I Thought were Dead

"Mindful breathing art print" by LighterWords - an etsyseller on etsy

 

becoming quiet enough to hear the trees...

...becoming quiet enough 

to hear the trees...

 

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listen to the wordless Voice...

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Joy in Your Spaces

(Joy in Your Spaces can be located on facebook)

Driftwood Coral buckwheat hull Zafu

available by etsyseller ZafuChi

from deep within us comes Joy...

"Joy

does not come 

from what you do,

 it flows into what you do 

and thus into this world 

from deep within you."
~ Eckhart Tolle

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  "Magic Quilt"

(handmade by me with a riot of colors)

abiding in our true nature...

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from my heart to yours...

"People hear you on the level
you speak to them from.
Speak from your heart,
and they will hear with theirs."
~Marianne Williamson