heartsteps

“Self-awareness alone is not enough, for this
reason: There is an incessant urge back of
everything to create, to express life, to come to
the gratification of happiness, peace, joy, and
self-expression. Self- awareness is not enough. It
is merely clearing the track for right action.
Something has to be done with self-awareness. We are
not seeking a way to escape from life or living, for
this would be the exact opposite of the whole
purpose of existence, which is to express the self.
We have hands and feet as well as a mind, and,
unless the hands and feet are employed together with
all our other faculties, we shall not come into
complete self-expression.”

Dr. Ernest Holmes

I call the high and light aspects of my being
spirit and the dark and heavy aspects soul.

Soul is at home in the deep, shaded valleys.
Heavy torpid flowers saturated with black grow
there. The rivers flow like warm syrup. They
empty into huge oceans of soul.

Spirit is the land of high, white peaks and
glittering jewel-like lakes and flowers.
Life is sparse and sounds travel great distances.
 
There is soul music, soul food, and soul love…

People need to climb the mountain not simply
because it is there but because the soulful
divinity needs to be mated with the spirit.

Dalai Lama

On a day
when the wind is perfect,
the sail just needs to open and the world is full of beauty.
Today is such a
day.

My eyes are like the sun that makes promises;
the promise of life
that it always
keeps

each morning.

The living heart gives to us as does that luminous sphere,
both caress the earth with great
tenderness.

This is a breeze that can enter the soul.
This love I know plays a drum. Arms move around me;
who can contain their self before my beauty?

Peace is wonderful,
but ecstatic dance is more fun, and less narcissistic;
gregarious He makes our lips.

On a day when the wind is perfect,
the sail just needs to open
and the love starts.

Today is such
a day.

Rumi

Spreading your arms wide
throw your body forward
prepare to soar into life,
the world is yours today,
so lay down your burdens,
pick up your joy,
and fly
through the door
of opportunity,
infinity. Your spirit
will live on,
long after your body’s gone.
Your energy will touch
so many, and your soul
hovering slightly overhead
will smile all the while.

Dive! they shouted,
the water’s fine!
take all the time you need,
but dive indeed,
into cool, clear pool
of your own ecstasy.
Breathe in the fresh
crisp, scent of love,
look at the moon above,
fall backwards into the crowd
and trust that we will catch you,
And rock you gently
to the ground.

Feel that sinking, excited feeling
in your belly, that roller coaster,
parachute sensation.
Laugh out loud,
be proud and touch
the sacred inside you.
Choose love each day
and don’t delay too long
your romance
with the planet
and its inhabitants.
You have only now
so show me how
very interested you are in living.

All you big things, bless the Lord.
Mount Kilimanjaro and Lake Victoria,
The Rift Valley and the Serengeti Plain,
Fat baobobs and shady mango trees,
All eucalyptus and tamarind trees,
Bless the Lord.
Praise and extol Him for ever and ever.

All you tiny things, bless the Lord.
Busy black ants and hopping fleas,
Wriggling tadpoles and mosquito larvae,
Flying locusts and water drops,
Pollen dust and tsetse flies,
Millet seeds and dried dagaa,
Bless the Lord.
Praise and extol Him for ever and ever.

Traditional African

This video was produced by Mipham who records albums, runs marathons and just happens to be a Tibetan Buddhist Lama. It’s worth watching for the whole 5½ minutes.

We are

People who need to love, because

Love is the soul’s life,

Love is simply creation’s greatest joy.

Hafiz

“You are afraid of poverty. You do not trust your supply to sustain itself. Looking to the future, you project lack, not abundance. You fear I am capricious, here today and gone tomorrow, leaving you alone and destitute. What terrible imaginings! How counter to my true nature.

"The Scream" painting by Edvard Munch 1893

I am abundance itself. It is my great joy to provide for you. Wherever you have need, I have supply. It is my nature to fulfil your wants. It is my nature to be steadfast and generous. I am the great provider. Come to me with your cup half empty and allow me to fill it. Allow me to help you husband your resources. I am an expansive energy. It is my delight to expand your life. Rely on me for the flow of goodness that comes to you. I am not merely abundant. I am infinite. You cannot exhaust my resources. You cannot require too much of me.

As you have need, so shall I give to you. It is not my desire for you to count pennies hoarding your resources against hard times. Instead, trust me to buffer hard times. Trust that my substantial flow is dependable and steady. Build your life on my outflow. What I have I give to you, and I have more than enough, always, to sustain your needs. Do not fear financial insecurity. Cherish what you hold and expect it to be increased as you care for it. My abundance is your steady source.”