Just sit in your radiance of that which is living, non-differentiated in all of us. And with radiance, illuminate each other in all the common beauty of that which is non-differentiated. When radiance and illumination become one breath, life becomes life love becomes love light becomes light peace becomes peace beauty becomes beauty and silence […]
Mindful Living and Meditation
Between the Strokes of Colour
Every morning, I rise to sit on the beach by the ocean. I pile up a mound of sand on which to sit, tilting my pelvis forward, to reach the perfect balance point of upright meditation. Under each knee, I turn my lavender sandals on their sides like yoga bolsters supporting the varying dispositions of […]
The Opening and Rising of the Red Hearts
A tea and conversation, letter-writing moment between friends… I’ve decided to try this style today after a wonderful conversation with a good friend. It somehow captured so much in the space between us and within our words of exploration and discovery and convictions. World Hearth for Peace and Friendship’s wordship: Where there is genuine interest, […]
LaBelle Sophie
Today, my post will be like the collages I so enjoy creating…. I’m wanting to weave together on my blog, some of the threads of sharing my thoughts and feelings with others, from other places. I find writing and rereading the posts over time gives a broader perspective, especially when they are in one place. […]
A Life of Practice. A Life of Creating.
To hold open space has been a disposition for me for a very, very long time….most of my life actually. When I was younger, I called it creating environments. Opening up space and creating within it and out of it. Artistically, I called it Doctor of Environments, because I could sense so many things in […]
The Beauty of Frustration
Jenny Liz Rome, Artist Frustration is a state of being full of fusion. It is convoluted into itself, because it arises within ourselves. Frustration is like a pressure cooker that builds bubbles of aversion. It simmers under pressure. There are several dictionary definitions for frustration: 1. “the thwarting of impulses or actions that prevents individuals […]
Bringing Dignity to the Ordinary
This morning I felt like Rick Mercer walking down the graffiti alley of rants. Rants, for me, are moments when things and thoughts have accumulated to a point where they come out of one’s mouth as a kind of hip hop litany. Between the verses, I said to Rod that I felt like I was […]