August 27, 2018

Agni: Meaning fire, spark, digestive fire. Both "ignite" & "agni" have the same linguistic root.
Constitution: a person's physical state with regard to vitality, health, and strength.
Dry brush Daily and stoke your Digestive fire (agni) more here
Esther 4:14
"For if you remain silent at this time, relief and deliverance for the Jews will arise from another place, but you and your Father’s Family will perish. And who knows but that you have come to your royal position For such a time as this?” Full episode of Touched By an Angel here
Generosity is Giving AND Going
Has the time come?
"I Can Only Imagine" by MercyMe

Kitchari : sanskrit for mixture (beans, rice, spices, veggies etc) balances pitta 
Lemons and Limes
Masala Box is spice storage container widely used in Indian kitchens
"Nourishing the garden of your gut flora" ~ The Prime p.125
"On My Way to Heaven" by Dennis Quaid - listen here
Quaid, Dennis : "I became a seeker"
Redemptive quality
"Soup is a lot like family. Each ingredient enhances the others, each batch has its own characteristics, and it needs time to simmer to reach full flavor." ~ Marge Kennedy
"The mission within me, can change the world around me." ~ Donnie Williams
Unquestionable, solid - I think this was from the Denis Quaid interview
"Vigorous constitution" is what I'm going for. p.124 The Prime

eXtraordinary 
"Yes I Will" by Vertical Worship
Zen moment of the day: feet in cool stream water with Misty at then end of a sticky walk

Thy Word is a lamp unto my feet...

Amy Grant's song "Thy Word" was first released in 1984
Cameron Village Library
Decided to pick up a hard copy to "read along"
Every single one of us is on a "a hero's journey" - p. ix, Introduction 
Four copies on the shelf
Grabbed a copy to read along
Hero's Journey is 12 stages - Hmmm... imagine that ;)

"I Have Decided" another beautiful Amy Grant song from 1982 album: Age to Age
Joseph Campbell is mentioned on the very first page - introduction (see "E" above)
Kathy Mattea is another of my music guidepost from the 80s
Listening to an amazing book on audible: The Anatomy of a Calling by Lissa Rankin
Make Empathy a Practice: Hero's Practice at the end of the first chapter p. 18
Next up: The Prime by Dr. Kulreet Chaudhary
One sentence, first in Hebrew and then in English: "Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path." I smiled as walked peacefully to my car.
Pay attention to people p. 18
Quote of the day: A deep sense of awe came over them all. Acts 2:43
Reading along with the a physical copy helps me to...
Sit. Stay. Listen. Learn...
"Thy Word" by Amy Grant. listen here beautiful
Unfinished journey of spiritual growth
Vision. Values - beautiful Video
Walked up to an actual person to check it out (Hero's Practice p. 18)
Seeds eXpress themselves with so much potentiality. It's a spiritual connection. check out the video above.
"You have to be able to see things that are often times unseen"
Zen moment of the day: meeting Susan as I arrived early to serve at church. Turns out, she is a Mom and who "delivered" her freshman to Meredith College on Saturday. It's going to be a great week.

The Anatomy of a Calling by Lissa Rankin, MD

"A Doctor's Journey from the Head to the Heart and a Prescription for finding You life's Purpose"
Be blown away by the metaphor of loaves and fishes. Jesus wants to fill his disciples with "food" that will feeds us forever. John 6:29-68 Lifepointe 8/12/18 We Believe Series
Cairn of Whole Health  source: Lissa Rankin
Do not work for food that spoils, but for food that endures to eternal life. John 6:27
Essential to the Hero's Journey is owning your magnificence. p 65
"Fill yourself First, and give other people permission to do the same." ~ p. 180
Garden hose metaphor p. 166 "it takes mindfulness and support to stay in impeccable alignment with your intention to live with a clean garden hose."
Hero's guideposts and Hero's Practice exercises at the end of each chapter. 
"In seed time learn, in harvest teach, in winter enjoy." ~ William Blake
Jesus offered his service with gratitude . Even as his body was suffering, he was grateful for the opportunity to serve in the way that he did." ~ p. 182
Kathleen and Logan's last meeting was Friday, bittersweet
 p. 168
Magic Mentors p.166 (they appear when needed most, as if by "magic")
"Nourish the faint disquiet..." ~ Jason Silva video
"Open, humble curiosity in search of the truth makes you bulletproof." p. 234
Prime Tea Hacks with Dr. Kulreet Chaudhary, Pant the seeds of change:
"Queen of the community garden" ~ Beth Meier
Rest in the space between stories and Release suppressed emotions for Radical Remission
Simple, elegant, overlapping spheres of complexity and Simplicity: Truth, poetry

"There is a way to serve that is incredibly generous but always leaves you with a grateful heart." p. 182 Anatomy of a Calling by Lissa Rankin
Uncertainty Meditation, and many others, can be found at TheanatomyofaCalling.com
Vessel of service to one of God's holy ideas... a practitioner of white magic." p. 222
"What Would Love Do?" p.27
X-ray vision of a 1 week old  (p.51) is a real thing. I call it the intuition of intimacy
"You are a hero." p. ix
Zen moment:  hummingbirds in the Magnolia Grove first thing in the morning

Aug 6 thru 12 : "Bug Soup"

Big Question: How far will I go to connect the people in my life with the God who changed my life? 
"Challenge yourself to lean into joy." ~ Lissa Rankin
Every person who has ever achieved anything has been knocked down many times. But all of them picked themselves up and kept going, and that is what I have always tried to do.” ~ Wangari Maathai
"Fulling our most cherished desire." Day 14 Spiritual Manifestation
Grace: "it meets us where we are and does not leave us where it found us." ~ Anne Lamott
How far? by Martina McBride listen here
"I feel that I am in the mouth of summer, sloshing in the saliva of August. Hummingbirds halo me there, in the great green silence, and my own bursting heart splits me with life." ~ Anne Higgins
"Just be you." ~ Lissa Rankin
"Keep your heart open - No Natter What" ~ Lissa Rankin
"Let your heart open into the Liminal 'bug soup' stage." p. 56
Molly Smerko's blog post : "Thin places and holy spaces" read it here
Open yourself to that which wants to be born through you." p. 87
"Pure desire to serve." p.86
Quotes with page numbers are from The Anatomy of a Calling by Lissa Rankin
Read a bit of this wonderful book here
"Spirit is gleefully at work" ~ Molly Smerko
"The winds of grace are always blowing. It is for us to raise our sails. ~ Ramakrishna
"Unstoppable God | Live | Elevation Worship" listen here 
Vulnerability: Greatest Strength ~ Hero's Guidepost 1 from: The Anatomy of a Calling
We are called to assist the Earth to heal her wounds and in the process heal our own – indeed, to embrace the whole creation in all its diversity, beauty and wonder. This will happen if we see the need to revive our sense of belonging to a larger family of life, with which we have shared our evolutionary process.” ~ Wangari Maathai
relaXing with a pet on either side and the rain coming down in buckets now.
Yusuf "Be What You Must" : "To be what you must, you must give up what you are." listen here
Zen moment of the day? This one. Listening to The Anatomy of a Calling pets near, window open, rain. gratitude. Amen.

Being Beautifully guided

"Alignment Within" voiced by Ted Nottingham
Being Beautifully guided
 thank you, Bob
Deepak / Oprah Meditations Day 10
"Experience of my Essential nature... creative transformation toward celestial purpose" Ted Nottingham
Focus on what connects me with my passion and my purpose
“... How infinitely rich and beautiful life is in every way, and that so many things that one goes worrying about are of no importance whatsoever.” ~ Isak Dinesen
"Invincible tranquility of the heart"/I guide you in the way of wisdom and lead you along straight paths. Proverbs 4:11
Jeremiah 29:11 "For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope."
Key to turning dream into reality: expanding awareness and intention
"Life is meditation" ~ Ted Nottingham
Meditation is a reminder and a deepening - My truth is revelation through experience
Nature Fix by Florence Williams : Nature Pyramid

Outdoor Nature Play" - Daily! yes, more
Play Please! ;)
Quote from Day 11 - Flexible Consciousness: “Nothing is softer or more flexible than water, yet nothing can resist it.” ― Lao Tzu"
Rest in the certainty that life's power currents will carry you where yo need to go... trust that, and go with it. Surrendering to the flow.... go with it... Oprah
Silent mind is where all possibilities are contained in Seed form - waiting for the touch of intention to bring them to life." ~ Deepak Chopra
Unbounded awareness reaches out and Unites with the infinite magnificence of everything that's possible." ~ Oprah, Day 10
"Wellspring of lasting joy" ~ Oprah, Day 13, Energy of Attraction
eXpanded awareness is simple and open to all, but it  requires a disciplined practice.
"Your story is unfolding one breath, one moment, one experience at a time." ~ Oprah, Day 11
Zwodder : a drowsy, foolish frame of mind.http://blog.inkyfool.com/2010/06/zwodder.html source