“Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.”~ Leonardo da Vinci
Tag Archives: Sweet Breathing
The Stillness & Sanctuary Within You
“Within you is a stillness and a sanctuary to which you can retreat at any time and by yourself.”
-Hermann Hesse
“The privilege of a lifetime is being who you are.”
-Joseph Campbell
“While Eeyore frets …
… and Piglet hesitates
… and Rabbit calculates
… and Owl pontificates
…Pooh just is.”-The Tao of Pooh
Time in the forest, that supreme place of sanctuary and stillness, is a way of beauty and of finding the stillness and sanctuary within yourself…
a place to just be…
Be who you are.
An Equinox, An Eclipse and A New Moon
Nature’s trifecta embraces us today with possibility, power and presence.
As each day is, it is a time to be reborn. To find center. To reach new depths. To connect. To be completely and utterly our unique selves.
This day is a harbinger of the richness of the season to come.
May you blossom and grow like this new Spring, bursting forth on all levels and in every dimension. May you see beauty and know your own.
P.S. The last solar eclipse during a March Equinox was in 1681, so this is a big one!!
Do You Ever Get the Feeling?
“Do You Ever Get The Feeling…?
Do you ever get the feeling
that you live on the threshold
of pure possibility?
That you are life itself,
and the power that creates galaxies
moves through you?
And you are that power?
And every thought, every sensation,
every feeling, however intense,
however uncomfortable, however fragile,
is itself an expression of the same power?
That no thought nor sensation is against you?
That you are vast enough to hold it all?
That you are not a person becoming conscious,
nor a seeker seeking that which seekers seek,
but consciousness itself pretending to be
a person becoming conscious,
seeking itself and delighting in the seeking?That the wave cannot be divided from the ocean?
That you are the destination and the origin?
That love is closer than the next breath?
And infinite peace is your nature and birthright?Do you ever get the feeling
that you live on the threshold
of pure possibility?
And all the wonders of the universe
are already yours?”– Jeff Foster
A River Runs Through It
Eventually, all things merge into one and a river runs through it.
-Norman Maclean
Seven Sacred Principles
In a class I’m taking on line, a video featuring Doniga Markegard of Markegard Family Grass-Fed, explains how the seven sacred principles of the Lakota nation were taught to her as a child by her mentor Gilbert Walking Bull, and how these principles continue to inform her life and her approach to business. Her family farm in California, her commitment to these principles, to teaching, to connections, and to community are an inspiration.
The Seven Sacred Principles:
Sacred Silence
Compassion
Deep Caring for All Creation
Taking Action
Being Fully Alive
Joy Of a Child
Connection of Mind, Body & Spirit
To Greet the Morning
These winter mornings are filled with grace and gratitude.
Thank you is the sentiment of the heart.
Once You Are Real
“He said, ‘You become. It takes a long time. That’s why it doesn’t happen often to people who break easily, or have sharp edges, or who have to be carefully kept. Generally, by the time you are Real, most of your hair has been loved off, and your eyes drop out and you get loose in the joints and very shabby. But these things don’t matter at all, because once you are Real you can’t be ugly, except to people who don’t understand.'”
-Margery Williams, The Velveteen Rabbit
Simplicity
“The ability to simplify means to eliminate the unnecessary so that the necessary may speak.”
– Hans Hofmann
The necessary?
Food, shelter, safety, beauty, Love.
What else do we truly need? If we are quiet enough, we can hear the real, the raw and the necessary.
The Time of Inner Workings
