August 26-30, 2019

"An obstacle in the road of life that a 'side trip' around the obstacle can offer a new perspective, view." ~ Jane Gleason
Be here fully, fully present, here now - today's yoga sankapla
thank you, Amy :)
Do not be worried about your life, as to what you will eat or what you will drink; nor for your body as to what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing?”… Do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself...
Each day has enough trouble of its own. (Matthew 6:25, 34)
Francis Bacon ruefully observed that though it may be true that all philosophy begins with wonder, it is also true that wonder dies with knowledge. 
"Gratitude and truth, love and hope bring the realization of wonder. The disciplines of study, of reading and reflecting, of dialoguing in depth and praying with belief sustain the wonder." -Ravi Zacharias, Recapture the Wonder: Experiencing God's Amazing Promise of Childlike Joy
"Here is the nub. No one can make the decision for you..." 23:30 of this audio/video
If one makes the right choices there is, therefore, no reason that one should be anxious. source
Jesus gives two a fortiori (“how much more”) examples—“look at the birds” (v. 26), “consider the lilies” (v. 28)—to show that, since God cares even for the birds and the lilies, how much more will he care for his own. To be anxious, then, demonstrates a lack of trust in God, who promises that he will graciously care for “all these things” (v. 33; cf. Rom. 8:32). See also Phil. 4:5-6).
"Keep seeking!"  ~ Jane Gleason, thank you
"Life's for the Living" by Passenger listen here
Marcus Mumford's "I Will Wait" listen here
Nature's Creativitysource
O Shiva, what is your reality? What is the wonder-filled universe? What constitutes seed? Who centres the universal wheel? What is the life beyond form pervading forms? How may we enter it fully, above space and time, names and descriptions? Let my doubts be cleared! source
Providence: God's continuing relationship with us with the universe that he has created in this moment - Jess' talk - listen here
Quadrivium : For most medieval scholars, who believed that God created the universe according to geometric and harmonic principles, science – particularly geometry and astronomy – was linked directly to the divine. source
 
Spirit in every being is made manifest in the eyes, the countenance, and in all bodily movements and gestures. Our appearance, our words, our actions are never greater than ourselves. For the Soul is our house; our eyes its windows; and our words its messengers.” ~Kahlil Gibran
Take heed, dear friends, to the promptings of love and truth in your hearts. Trust them as the leadings of God whose Light shows us our darkness and brings us new life”. ~ Quaker saying
"Well-being opens the door to creating vitality, happiness and joy." ~ Deepak Chopra
eXplanation is the termination point of mystery, analysis the death-knell of curiosity. The parts are greater than the whole when you are in pursuit, but they become lesser than the whole when it is no longer a mystery and the toy no longer enchants. " quote? Francis Bacon

You and I have need of the strongest spell that can be found to wake us from the evil enchantment of worldliness” by C.S. Lewis
"...Zipped by something..." a friend said today... Oh don't we just do this so much these days?

What is Worship

All life
Binds all life together and gives it a single focus
Conscience
Diversity
Each is knit together in worship.
Focus
God
Heart
Imagination
Jesus
Knit
Love
Motive
No, O people, the LORD has told you what is good, and this is what he requires of you: to do what is right, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God. ‎Micah 6:8
Obedience... before the One who made us
Philippians

Quaker meeting Question, sort of
Reverence
Sacrifice
Truth
Unity
V? I was searching for a "V" for this blog post and saw this. Kinda looks like a "V" doesn't it?
 thank you, Ken

"Worship is what binds all of life together and gives it a single focus. Conscience. Mind. Imagination. Heart. Will. Each is knit together in worship..."  ~ Ravi Zacharias
"... an eXtraordinary gift. From the moment we open our eyes, eXquisite blessings surround us, waiting to be witnessed... Tagore, wrote… “If life’s journey be endless, where is its goal?” The answer is, it is everywhere." Deepak Chopra, Desire and Destiny Meditation Day 10 Passionate Me
Yet another rising sun...
"...love, reverence, sacrifice, motive, truth, and obedience are harnessed before the One who made us, who alone can bring unity in the diversity with which He has fashioned us." ~ Ravi Zacharias

Something Changed

Ana Forrest style yoga, with Ken Law, a highlight of my week; grounding and growth producing.
Braid of Three Truths: You were loved. You are loving. Gratitude for the knowledge that you are lovable for ever. from Ana Forrest interview published here
"Certainly, we make our own decisions, dozens every day, but we are nourished in those...
Decisions by the very ground we walk..."~ Mark Nepo
East Beach sunrise - August 19, 2019
Forrest Style Yoga : emphasis is on deep mindful breath awareness combined with extensive core strengthening to spark change. Four pillars or principles of Forrest Yoga:
1. Breath- to help connect to feeling one's body and ignite a passion for living
2. Strength- via intense core sequences and long holds that generate heat and heighten the senses
3. Integrity- works at the edges of one's practice; particularly around physical and emotional injuries 4. Spirit- creating a sense of freedom and the " courage to walk as your spirit dictates" Blissworks
Ganesha was a god of wisdom, success and good luck. He was also giver of different types of favors... lord of obstacles or difficulties... the Hindu tradition states that by worshiping Ganesha, one can remove all obstacles and difficulties. wikipedia
"...Humility and aliveness that only acceptance of death can release...Thin and fragrant petals do not hide from the wind. They survive to die and break ground again... Resisting this process doubles our pain. Singing our way through, it is the source of wisdom and beauty. ~ Book of Awakening by Mark Nepo
"...Inward battle—against our mind, our wounds,and the residues of the past—is more terrible than outward battle.” Swami Sivananda 
Japanese anemone (from the Greek word for "wind," and some are called windflowers). source  thank you, Logan xo
Ken's yoga classes inspire, strengthen, and humble me 
"Love whatever gets in the way, until it ceases to be an obstacle." ~ Book of Awakening by Mark Nepo
"Nothing escapes the Creator's cycle. Not plants, horses, trees, birds, or human beings. Each soul is a gust of God's breath unfolding in the great energy that surrounds us like an ever-moving stream." ~ Book of Awakening by Mark Nepo 
"...Our complex and inexplicable caring for each other, and for our life together here" the unified field as defined by Annie Dillard, Teaching A Stone to Talk
Quiet teacher we encounter everywhere. Yet in our pride and confusion, in our self-centeredness and fear, we often miss the teachers and feel burdened and alone." ~ Mark Nepo
Room for all of this to happen: Room for grief, for relief, for misery, for joy.” ― Pema Chodron
"Something changed inside me, broke wide open all spilled out / Till I had no doubt that something changed / Never would have believed it till I felt it in my own heart / In the deepest part, the healing came...Something so amazing in a heart so dark and dim/ When a wall falls down and the light comes in..." Sara Groves
Things falling apart is a kind of testing and also a kind of healing. We think the point is to pass the test or to overcome the problem, the truth is that things don’t really get solved. They come together and they fall apart. Then they come together again and fall apart again. It’s just like that. The healing comes from letting there be room for all of this to happen: room for grief, for relief, for misery, for joy.” ― Pema Chodron
"UnYoga with Snowflake" thank you, Julie
"Veil of the material universe, so dense and impenetrable to the eye of error, so thin and gauzy to the eye of Truth, will be lifted and the spiritual universe will be revealed." ~ James Allen
"Whatever happens, I recognize that impermanence and uncertainty are part of life—just as gratitude and love are." ~mf
eXquisite energy of love and affection and care welling up inside of you and pouring out into another person or pet or perhaps your deep love and affection for the land. 
"You wrote about this as an opportunity for growth—honestly, you’ve had so many of those I’m surprised you aren’t ENORMOUS by now!!! ;-)" July 30th e-mail from my friend ~mf
Zacharias, Ravi: quotes and videos. so inspiring

August full moon 2019

 thank you, Brian 
Beauty is life when life unveils her holy face. But you are life and you are the veil. Beauty is eternity gazing at itself in a mirror. But you are eternity and you are the mirror.” ~ Kahlil Gibran
Choose love in every moment with every person
Day 17  Miraculous Communication
Ephesians: “...ever since I heard about your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all God’s people, I have not stopped giving thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers. I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation, so that you may know him better.” ‭‭Ephesians‬ ‭1:15-17‬ ‭NIV‬‬ 
"Faith, Hope and Charity are usually symbolized with cross, anchor, and heart. The heart also symbolizes humanity. 
God puts these virtues into the soul. These are three strings often touched; Faith, whereby we believe all God's promises to be true, and ours;" source
Hope, whereby we wait for them with patience; Charity, whereby we testify what we believe and Hope. source
"Imitate God, therefore, in everything you do, because you are his dear children." Ephesians 5:1
thank you, Kristen
Knowing how to share our gifts with the world is... finish this good witch quote
My blog post certainly have changed over the course of 10 years... Check out this one from 2009
"Now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity." 1 Corinthians 14.
Our appearance, our words, our actions are never greater than ourselves. For the soul is our house; our eyes its windows; and our words its messengers.” ~Kahlil Gibran
Puppy love and Prayers
Quintessence (or Aether): literally "the fifth element" in Latin, goes by a variety of names, is more Rarefied than the four physical elements. 
Some call it Spirit. 
"Upon the battlefield of the human soul two masters are ever contending for the crown of supremacy, for the kingship and dominion of the heart; the master of self, called also the "Prince of this world," and the master of Truth, called also the Father God. The master self is that rebellious one whose weapons are passion, pride, avarice, vanity, self-will, implements of darkness; the master Truth is that meek and lowly one whose weapons are gentleness, patience, purity, sacrifice, humility, love, instruments of Light." ~ James Allen's "The Two Masters, Self and Truth"
Valerie Lorimer Contemporary Arts 
"...Wings of aspiration; be fearless and believe in the loftiest possibilities. Believe that a life of absolute meekness is possible; believe that a life of stainless purity is possible; believe that a life of perfect holiness is possible; believe that the realization of the highest truth is possible." ~ James Allen
eXcerpt from The James Allen CompanionThe Way of Peace"The Power of Meditation"
Zagarenski does it again click here for @sacredbee video