Monthly Archives: January 2015
“What’s wrong with the world,” Nana explained, “is that people stopped listening to their hearts… “Not everybody stopped listening,” she continued, “but enough people did to make a difference. We’ve got so much in this life that all we know how to do is want more. So we concentrate on the wrong things–things we can see–as being the measure of a person. We think if we can win something big or buy something snazzy it’ll make us more than we are. Our hearts know that’s not true, but the eyes are powerful. It’s easier to fix on what we can see than listen to the still, small voice of a whispering heart.” Nana turned her eyes on me like a vet looking for fleas: “A heart will say amazing things if it’s given half a chance.” ~ Joan Bauer, Squashed
“The portal is each other. Every time we wound, shatter and destroy others, we block the portal. The divine didn’t put us down here together for some arbitrary reason. The divine waits for us on the bridge between our hearts. We are here to love one another into God.” ~Jeff Brown
Art by Tomasz Alen Kopera
After being bullied, Josh decided to make a change that ultimately had a dramatic impact on his life and on the lives of his fellow students. Such a powerful story. Just wow.
“To me, the most beautiful thing you can own in this world, and the most faithful ally, is an open heart. An open heart allows total freedom and wildness of spirit because it is comfortable with its expression. There is no fear, only love. And we all know what happens when we are in a state of love; magic happens, dreams become realized, synchronicities abound, and life unfolds effortlessly.” ~Zoe Quiney
Art by Tara McPherson
“Too bad people can’t always be playing music, maybe then there wouldn’t be any more wars.” ~Margot Benary-Isbert
“You are not in this movie, unless you choose to perceive yourself to be. You are, in fact, watching it.” ~Rasha
“Therefore, dear Sir, love your solitude and try to sing out with the pain it causes you. For those who are near you are far away… and this shows that the space around you is beginning to grow vast…. be happy about your growth, in which of course you can’t take anyone with you, and be gentle with those who stay behind; be confident and calm in front of them and don’t torment them with your doubts and don’t frighten them with your faith or joy, which they wouldn’t be able to comprehend. Seek out some simple and true feeling of what you have in common with them, which doesn’t necessarily have to alter when you yourself change again and again; when you see them, love life in a form that is not your own and be indulgent toward those who are growing old, who are afraid of the aloneness that you trust…. and don’t expect any understanding; but believe in a love that is being stored up for you like an inheritance, and have faith that in this love there is a strength and a blessing so large that you can travel as far as you wish without having to step outside it.” ~Rainer Maria Rilke
Art by Nei Ruffino
Source ~ ShamanTube
Happy New Moon!
“This is your first SuperMoon in 2015. A SuperMoon means that the Moon is closest to the Earth and in direct alignment with the Sun and the Earth at the time of the New Moon. This makes it super potent… The New Moon is lighting up a new path way for you. Perhaps it was there all along and now your eyes are opened. Be a force for good in the world. Be a conduit for Joy. Keep your ego on a short leash. Live from your soul. This is your creative power. You are a master creator. You are co-creating with Source daily. Use the New Moon to create a new life. Don’t wait on other people. Take action today…” ~Kelley Rosano
Art by Tricia Scott
“I have a secret love of chaos. There should be more of it. Do not believe — and I am dead serious when I say this — do not assume that order and stability are always good, in a society or in a universe. The old, the ossified, must always give way to new life and the birth of new things. Before the new things can be born the old must perish. This is a dangerous realization, because it tells us that we must eventually part with much of what is familiar to us. And that hurts. But that is part of the script of life. Unless we can psychologically accommodate change, we ourselves begin to die, inwardly. What I am saying is that objects, customs, habits, and ways of life must perish so that the authentic human being can live. And it is the authentic human being who matters most, the viable, elastic organism which can bounce back, absorb, and deal with the new.” ~Philip K. Dick
Under The Blue Door 