Re-Awakening

Unexpected Visitor

2009-08-24T18:59:00.000-07:00

Every morning a new arrival.
A joy, a depression, a meanness,
some momentary awareness comes
as an unexpected visitor.
Welcome and entertain them all!
Even if they are a crowd of sorrows,
who violently sweep your house
empty of its furniture,
still treat each guest honorably.
He may be clearing you out for some new delight.
The dark thought, the shame, the malice,
meet them at the door laughing,
and invite them in.
Be grateful for whoever comes,
because each has been sent
as a guide from beyond.

~Rumi

Say Hey

2009-08-02T22:06:00.001-07:00

Feeling the love today at Golden Gate Park with my roller disco buddies. Soon I'll take Mario up on the lessons! Say Hey by Michael Franti

Quote from Furry Logic by Jane Seabrook

2009-08-02T21:47:00.003-07:00

If at first you do succeed, try not to look too astonished.

Strength

2009-07-21T16:01:00.000-07:00

One is never so strong as when one is broken.

-- Pir Vilayat Inanyat Khan

Ego II

2009-07-20T17:57:00.000-07:00

The ego is a false notion of who we are (Hazrat Inayat Khan)...we struggle through life, attempt to derive our strength solely from our self-image of a separate ego--a source of weakness that ultimately compounds our problems.

--Pir Vilayat Inayat Kahn, Awakening

New Perspective

2009-07-19T18:07:00.000-07:00

If only you could see yourself through my eyes, you'd see how beautiful you are.

--Hafiz

Ego

2009-07-19T14:32:00.001-07:00

Good News = Discovered I can do the splits on my left side in yoga class today! Yay!

Bad News = I pulled my hamstring when I did! Now I'm laid up in bed.

So...what was I thinking when I was doing my splits? Wow! I can't believe I'm doing this. I can't wait to show this off to Tana!

And then? SNAP!

Darn Ego! Lesson learned.

Never Let it Get to You

2009-07-18T13:50:00.000-07:00

Felt like I spent my entire morning communicating to my kids--in the calmest manner possible--that negativity is toxic to the soul....

Love My Job

2009-07-18T10:12:00.000-07:00

From one of my customers...

I'm a pretty big fan of Italy myself. My wife and I love to go to Lamole and stay in a little farmhouse there...Lamole is up the hill from Greve, between Florence and Siena. I'm pretty sure that's where God takes vacations.

...so true.

Best Buzz Ever?

2009-07-18T09:36:00.000-07:00

Leave it to me to be the only Yogi ever to experience a bit of paranoia as a part of the yoga buzz. Fortunately, it was fleeting. Just goes to show you how strong the yoga buzz can be.

Looking For Love

2009-07-18T08:50:00.000-07:00

A strange passion is moving in my head
My heart has become a bird
which searches in the sky.
Every part of me goes in different directions.
Is it really so
that the one I love is everywhere?

--Rumi

Holy Wisdom

2009-07-18T08:10:00.000-07:00

This may be the year I finally make it to Turkey--something I've been wanting to do for 20 years. Hagia Sophia, an architectural feat and brilliant piece of art (as well as my daughter's namesake), will be my first stop. I was fascinated by this mosque when I first saw pictures of it in my Art History class at Smith College. The natural sunlight throughout creates such a heavenly aura, something I can't wait to experience.

Empowerment

2009-07-17T19:41:00.000-07:00

Oh, man, if you only knew your freedom; it is your ignorance of your freedom that is your captivity.

(Awakening by Pir Vilayat Inayat Khan)

Tender Words

2009-07-15T10:58:00.000-07:00

Tender words we spoke
to one another
are sealed
in the secret vaults of heaven.
One day like rain,
they will fall to earth
and grow green
all over the world.

-- Rumi