Guest guest Posted March 8, 2010 Report Share Posted March 8, 2010 Dear All: First, thank you all-always. What a beautiful community you are. At lunch I went to the market. I was on a quest for chocolate or so I thought. When I walked into the store I let Shakti do the shopping. It's always an interesting combination of foods being placed in my basket when Shakti browses the aisles. I stood before the german chocolate cake (given I had just been in converstaion about this with a friend last evening); cruised on over to the eclairs and cookies...looked to see if I could get more bang for my buck in the pre-packaged selection...eye-balled the cake frosting, and ended up with a bag of mandarin oranges and fennel seeds-LOL! But, as I exited the market, in the air was the smell of brownies baking. I drifted on this yumminess and smiled. When I left work the air was filled with a delicious smell. It was probably Burger King, but oh my I could smell every little tid bit of scrumptiousness like never before. When I got home I took my dog for a walk, and around the block, lingering in the air was a home cooked meal-a roast with potatoes and salty au jus. I could smell it all in great detail. When driving errands, warm tears plopped like big rain drops as Lady GaGa sang " Just Dance " . No offense to her artistry, but it's not a song I would shed tears over. It was the beat that affected me...and like what my olfactory system was experiencing earlier, my body felt in song...every single note and thump streaming together in harmony and song, all notes likes spices mixing together and making the music delicious. I do believe some clearing is under way ... " Just dance, gonna be okay. d-d-d dance " Love: ~Danielle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 8, 2010 Report Share Posted March 8, 2010 How wonderful you are with the written word Danielle. You express releases as the beauty they are. Thank you for being able to put it into words for me. Carla On 8 March 2010 19:35, iamwaitingmoon <iamwaitingmoon wrote: > > > Dear All: > > First, thank you all-always. What a beautiful community you are. > > At lunch I went to the market. I was on a quest for chocolate or so I > thought. When I walked into the store I let Shakti do the shopping. It's > always an interesting combination of foods being placed in my basket when > Shakti browses > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 8, 2010 Report Share Posted March 8, 2010 " Just Dance " is a beautiful mantra. I don't know the song - I just mean the two words by themselves. I think it could snap one right out of whatever is weighing on one's mind and instantly bring you right into the present. Love, David Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 8, 2010 Report Share Posted March 8, 2010 dear Danielle So glad to hear that you are feeling better this evening. Earlier today i received the following poem in my email and thought of you and what you had shared this morning. I was going to send it earlier and got side tracked but after reading your delightful evening am sending it now. (81) On many an idle day have I grieved over lost time ( from Gitanjali) by Rabindranath Tagore On many an idle day have I grieved over lost time. But it is never lost, my lord. Thou hast taken every moment of my life in thine own hands. Hidden in the heart of things thou art nourishing seeds into sprouts, buds into blossoms, and ripening flowers into fruitfulness. I was tired and sleeping on my idle bed and imagined all work had ceased. In the morning I woke up and found my garden full with wonders of flowers. The following is Ivan Ganger's parsing of the poem, and it just fits you Danielle. This chapter from Tagore's Gitanjali, like most of the book, is addressed directly to God as a sort of a prayer. But Tagore is not asking for something. He is acknowledging a surprising truth, he is proclaiming to God the dawning realization that growth is taking place in his " garden " of spiritual awareness always, secretly, quietly, even when he despairs of his own efforts. He " imagined all work had ceased " -- he felt his own spiritual work had come to nothing and his deflated spirit temporarily gives up -- but he wakes up surprised to find his " garden full with wonders of flowers. " This happens all the time for those striving spiritually, but why? The metaphor of a garden to represent one's spiritual awareness is an ancient one used throughout the world, and it is perfect for what is being said here. Think about a garden for a moment. What is it? First, it is a place where things grow, a place of life. It is the opposite of death, which is the state of nonspirituality. The plants of the garden are rooted in the earth, yet they reach upward toward the light of the sun. On an even subtler level, a garden is a place of nourishment and of beauty. What grows in our spiritual gardens feeds us through its " fruitfulness, " and it brings beauty, the awareness of harmony to our consciousness. The flowers of the garden represent the spiritual qualities that have opened within us, that in turn cause us to open to the Divine. The flowers are within us, and we are the flowers. From the yogic point of view, the flowers sometimes represent the chakras that open during spiritual awakening. Also, a garden is a place of contemplation and rest. It is a place where we give ourselves permission to simply be, to settle into the present moment. The garden represents the soul at rest in the living presence of the Divine. But, returning to this verse from the Gitanjali, why is a garden such a perfect metaphor here? Because every plant of the garden grows with a life of its own. The gardener, the spiritual aspirant, may need to till the ground and plant the seeds, water them regularly, keep them free from encroaching weeds -- but for all that work, the gardener does not actually make the seeds grow and flower. The gardener just prepares the environment, but it is the divine spark of life " Hidden in the heart of all things " that nourishes " seeds into sprouts, buds into blossoms, and ripening flowers into fruitfulness. " Tagore is surprised to realize that his only job is to prepare the garden bed and keep it ready, but the growth of the seeds is effortless, for the seeds are alive with the vitality of God. Even when he can conceive of no further effort, the seeds still grow. The seeds WANT to grow. And they will grow. It is their nature to grow once given the right environment. All we have to do is prepare ourselves, make ourselves ready. The spiritual growth will happen of its own accord. Then one morning we wake up surrounded by " wonders of flowers! " Love Sparrow , " iamwaitingmoon " <iamwaitingmoon wrote: > > Dear All: > > First, thank you all-always. What a beautiful community you are. > > > I do believe some clearing is under way ... > > " Just dance, gonna be okay. d-d-d dance " > > Love: > ~Danielle > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 8, 2010 Report Share Posted March 8, 2010 Beautiful Sparrow. Thank you. It's not a matter of ever feeling " bad " . Better-not sure if that is even so? Different-yes. I'm ok with the experiences as they are (though I would prefer fluffy bunnies and rainbows)...I usually cannot integrate the teachings until later, and I find it helpful to express and process along the way. It's certainly most helpful to hear other's opinions and experiences! Sometimes it's quite the unpeeling before the remembering. Thank you for your care, holding me in thought and for this beautiful sharing. Love: ~Danielle , " Ordinary Sparrow " <ordinarysparrow wrote: > > dear Danielle > > So glad to hear that you are feeling better this evening. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 9, 2010 Report Share Posted March 9, 2010 dear Danielle Please forgive me for my " bad " choice of word. I could of expressed it more clearly such as " experiencing an energetic low, i was sloppy in lazy in my word choice. Truly no intention to suggest negative. Surely i could of come up with a more accurate word for your courageous and beautiful process. love sparrow , " iamwaitingmoon " <iamwaitingmoon wrote: > > Beautiful Sparrow. Thank you. It's not a matter of ever feeling " bad " . Better-not sure if that is even so? Different-yes. I'm ok with the experiences as they are (though I would prefer fluffy bunnies and rainbows)...I usually cannot integrate the teachings until later, and I find it helpful to express and process along the way. It's certainly most helpful to hear other's opinions and experiences! Sometimes it's quite the unpeeling before the remembering. > > Thank you for your care, holding me in thought and for this beautiful sharing. > > Love: > ~Danielle > , " Ordinary Sparrow " ordinarysparrow@ wrote: > > > > dear Danielle > > > > So glad to hear that you are feeling better this evening. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 9, 2010 Report Share Posted March 9, 2010 dear Danielle If that last sharing with you does not make sense please disregard. When i read you reply, i thought i had used the word " bad " in my response to you and wanted to correct and sincerly apologize. When i went back to re-read, there was realization that i had not used the word bad. I am so glad i did not use that word in expressing support for you dear Danielle for truly not in this heart. Namaste sparrow , " Ordinary Sparrow " <ordinarysparrow wrote: > > dear Danielle > > Please forgive me for my " bad " choice of word. I could of expressed it > more clearly such as " experiencing an energetic low, i was sloppy in > lazy in my word choice. Truly no intention to suggest negative. > Surely i could of come up with a more accurate word for your courageous > and beautiful process. > > love > sparrow > > > , " iamwaitingmoon " > iamwaitingmoon@ wrote: > > > > Beautiful Sparrow. Thank you. It's not a matter of ever feeling " bad " . > Better-not sure if that is even so? Different-yes. I'm ok with the > experiences as they are (though I would prefer fluffy bunnies and > rainbows)...I usually cannot integrate the teachings until later, and I > find it helpful to express and process along the way. It's certainly > most helpful to hear other's opinions and experiences! Sometimes it's > quite the unpeeling before the remembering. > > > > Thank you for your care, holding me in thought and for this beautiful > sharing. > > > > Love: > > ~Danielle > > , " Ordinary > Sparrow " ordinarysparrow@ wrote: > > > > > > dear Danielle > > > > > > So glad to hear that you are feeling better this evening. > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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