September 24th, 2017

September 24th, 2017


Affirmation:  I can handle anything that comes up today.

Today, I will make an effort to take one small step forward towards reaching one of my goals.

I follow through.


Word of the Day: matutinal (adj):

1. Relating to or occurring in the morning; early.

2. pertaining to or occurring in the morning; early in the day.

telluric (adj):

1. of or proceeding from the earth or soil.

2. of or relating to the earth; terrestrial.

clishmaclaver

1. Scot. gossip; idle or foolish talk.

Sublime Generosity (1)

I was dead, then alive.

Weeping, then laughing.

The power of love came into me,

and I became fierce like a lion,

then tender like the evening star.

He said, You are not mad enough.

You don't belong in this house.

I went wild and had to be tied up.

He said, Still not wild enough to stay with us.

I broke through another layer into joyfulness.

He said, It is not enough.  I died.

He said, You are a clever little man

full of fantasy and doubting.

I plucked out my feathers and became  a fool.

He said, Now you are the candle for this assembly.

But I'm no candle. Look I'm scattered smoke.

Only the Best

In the slaughterhouse of love

they kill only the best,

none of the weak or deformed.

Do not run away from this dying.

Whoever is not killed for love is dead meat.

Different Loads

Do not feed both sides of yourself equally.

The spirit and the body carry different loads

and require different attentions.

Too often we put saddlebags on [the divine],

and let the donkey run loose in the pasture.

Do not make the body do what the spirit does best,

and don't put a big load on the spirit

that the body could carry easily.

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Emotional Constipation

"If we were not so single-minded

about keeping our lives moving,

and for once could do nothing,

perhaps a huge silence

might interrupt this sadness

of never understanding ourselves..." - Pablo Neruda

Are you running from your emotions? Are you moving, doing, striving, working, and distracting your way into numbness and detachment from your feelings? Challenge yourself to be still and silent this weekend. It doesn't have to be a Vipassana-length type endeavor, but it should be long enough for you to feel uncomfortable and for feelings to resurface. It does not serve us to stay stuck in these feelings or to wallow in them. But to keep them hidden and stuffed within is a form of emotional constipation. Experience the feelings, digest them, assimilate them, process them, and then release them with ease. Beneath these sheaths of pent up emotion, you will find your Self and begin the lifelong and life-changing work of knowing that Self.