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Nature supports our personal blossoming (if we have any quiet exposure to her) through her spontaneities, through her beauty, power, and mirroring, through her dazzling variety of species and habitats,and by way of the wind, Moon, Sun, stars, and galaxies.
Bill Plotkin (who will be on Conversations on KVMR next week)
Is the flower of your heart opening right now. Perhaps it is time to take a nature break and remember what is really important. When we take time in nature we realize that we are nature. That we are being breathed by natural forces, that our personal cycles are aligned and impacted by hers, and that there is a greater intelligence at work here that we can fully surrender to… This allows to realign our priorities and recommit to our life purpose…
Wishing you a day filled with Love, peace and inspiration…
michael
“The human being is that space in which the comprehensive compassion that pervades the universe from the very beginning now begins to surface –within consciousness.(As compared with the natural displays of compassion by other creatures that is not necessarily ‘within consciousness.’) That’s the only difference. We didn’t create compassion, but it’s flowing through us-or it could. The phase change that we’re in seems, to me, to depend upon that comprehensive compassion unfurling in the human species.”
Brian Swimme, coauthor with Thomas Berry of The Universe Story
We are on the brink of a collective breakthrough in the evolution of consciousness. What allows for that breakthrough is that we have become aware of being aware and we are realizing that we have the power of choice. It is this conscious choice that will determine if we are to have an evolutionary bounce or crash. Having taken hold of the reins of the beast we must now train him to use this power with wisdom and compassion. How will you train the beast today? Do you realize that the reins are in your hands? How will you let compassion flow through you today? Let’s choose this life affirming power of conscious compassion today…
May our hearts melt open in the fires of our deep compassion…
michael
If you’ve heard this story before, don’t stop me, because I’d like to hear it again.
Groucho Marx
Ever notice how the stories we tell and the ones that continually replay in our heads emanate from a relatively small number of themes, like “not enough…”, “searching for love…”, “life is hard…”? Not all stories are negative — what’s important is to be aware of the stories we are telling with our lives. One of the reasons I love moving meditation is that it brings up our current story and leaves us with a choice of whether to act out that story or choose a new, perhaps more life affirming one. I invite you to explore your story today. What is it and how is it shaping my actions, my conversations and my life? If you were the author of your own destiny, which you are, what is the story you would begin writing right now, with this breath. This morning at Sweat Your Prayers we will be exploring our stories in movement…
May you life fully into your soul’s story,
michael
Out beyond ideas of wrong-doing and right-doing is a field. I’ll meet you there.
Rumi
There is a tendency to sort and categorize everything and everyone. We often put people and things in boxes of right/wrong, good/bad, worthy/not worthy, all of which are based on our past experience. As we quiet the mind we begin to see the continuum between our inner world and our perception of outer reality. On closer inspection we begin to see the interconnection of all life. A simple practice is to catch our judgments, projections and perceptions and say “I am that”. If we really explore the I in the other we will begin to sow the seeds of peace and joy. Try it today. Let’s break down the walls of separation and step into to the field of pure love and compassion.
Blessings on your day.
michael
 Your ability to feel love is directly proportional to your ability to tell
the complete truth. The more truth you have in your life, the more love you
will experience. Honest relationships with direct and effective communication
are a source of increasing love and self-esteem.
John Gray
May the light of love be filled with the truth of your heart today. Isn’t it the authentic self of anyone that we fall in love with. To find my most authentic self, I go to my body. For me that is an essential part of moving meditation. Part of my personal practice in the dance is to keep repeating the question or mantra, “What is true right now”. I invite you to join me today in engaging in that question…
Love and Blessings,
michael
Ultimately, what we are looking to is the deepest connection within ourselves.
As we get more connected to that, we begin to feel in harmony with other people and with the rest of the world.
Shakti Gawain
How do we connect with ourselves in the escalating pace of our daily lives? It is by going to the natural world that we discover our relationship to all life. Let’s take a deep breath and feel our connection to life as it moves upwards from the feet, inward through the breath and outward through the heart… May you recognize the connections around and within on this beautiful day.
Blessings,
michael
You are a system of Light, as are all beings.
The frequency of your Light depends upon your consciousness.
When you shift your level of consciousness, you shift the frequency of your Light.
Gary Zukav (will be on Conversations today at 1pm pst)
So how do we shift our conscious to enhance the frequency of our light. It’s easy, we just have to give up being right. When we forgive someone who we feel has wronged us, when we express our gratitude for something or someone who has touched us with their contribution, when we choose connection over separation — these are the ways in which we increase the frequency of our Light.
Wishing you a day filled with Light and Love,
michael
The sensible person is one who gets paid for playing. All work can be transformed into play — if one is not in a hurry to be somewhere else.
Alan Watts
All species learn through play. It is the way it has always been. As we get older, we limit our world by limiting our view of the world. How can we make our work play today? Can we do whatever we do as a bold adventure into the mystery of life? I invite you to take that on in all that you do today… Let me know how it goes. I am off to play at the gym.
Great Blessings,
michael
Until he extends the circle of compassion to all living things, man will not himself find peace.
Albert Schweitzer
Peace is an inside job! What can we do to bring peace to our lives today — a deep breath, a walk in nature, sharing with a friend, stretching — when we are at peace with ourselves, there is peace in the world.
Great Blessings on your day,
michael
Photo by Doug Orton
Through our own recovered innocence we discern the innocence of our neighbors.
Henry David Thoreau
Spending 2 weeks with a 2 year old has left me curious about innocence. What is it to be innocent? The two definitions that most resonate with me are (1) Freedom from guile, cunning, or deceit; simplicity or artlessness and (2) Freedom from harmfulness; inoffensiveness. It seem that much of our original innocence is lost as we build our identity and separate our selves from others and the world of nature. Can we rediscover how to not know? Can we bring a sense of awe and wonder to ever interaction, cultivating a beginner’s mind? This seems to me to be a path to real freedom and ultimately love for all life. I hope you will join us this Sunday as we explore the mystery of innocence in movement in our local Sweat Your Prayers. If you are not close I invite you to explore the question of innocence in any activity in which you are engaged…
Great Blessings,
michael
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