A few of my favorite quotes...

This was posted by someone named Iconic88 that I follow on Twitter. It includes some of my favorite quotes. Check it out...

1. Life isn't fair, but it's still good.
2. When in doubt, just take the next small step.
3. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone.

4. Your job won't take care of you when you are sick. Your friends and parents will. Stay in touch.
5. Pay off your credit cards every month.
6. You don't have to win every argument. Agree to disagree.

7. Cry with someone. It's more healing than crying alone.
8. It's OK to get angry with God. He can take it.
9. Save for retirement starting with your first paycheck.
10. When it comes to chocolate, resistance is futile.
11. Make peace with your past so it won't screw up the present.
12.. It's OK to let your children see you cry.
13. Don't compare your life to others. You have no idea what their journey is all about.
14. If a relationship has to be a secret, you shouldn't be in it.
15. Everything can change in the blink of an eye. But don't worry; God never blinks.
16. Take a deep breath. It calms the mind..
17. Get rid of anything that isn't useful, beautiful or joyful.

18. Whatever doesn't kill you really does make you stronger.
19. It's never too late to have a happy childhood. But the second one is up to you and no one else.
20. When it comes to going after what you love in life, don't take no for an answer.
21. Burn the candles, use the nice sheets, wear the fancy lingerie. Don't save it for a special occasion. Today is special.
22. Over prepare, then go with the flow.

23. Be eccentric now. Don't wait for old age to wear purple.
24. The most important sex organ is the brain.
25. No one is in charge of your happiness but you.
26. Frame every so-called disaster with these words ''In five years, will this matter?".
27. Always choose life.
28. Forgive everyone everything.
29. What other people think of you is none of your business.
30. Time heals almost everything. Give time, time.
31. However good or bad a situation is, it will change.

32. Don't take yourself so seriously. No one else does.
33. Believe in miracles.
34. God loves you because of who God is, not because of anything you did or didn't do.
35. Don't audit life. Show up and make the most of it now.

36. Growing old beats the alternative -- dying young.
37. Your children get only one childhood.
38. All that truly matters in the end is that you loved.
39. Get outside every day. Miracles are waiting everywhere.
40. If we all threw our problems in a pile and saw everyone else's, we'd grab ours back.
41. Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need.
42. The best is yet to come.
43. No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up.
44. Yield.

Running is one of the ways I pray

Back in July 2009 I started running again after what was basically an 18 year hiatus. I had stopped back in my early 20's because my knees were not happy campers. Since then I have become a full-time Yogini and apparently Yin Yoga has healed my knees because they do not bother me at all when I run. Yay! In September I ran the Inaugural 1/2 marathon on my favorite island of Kauai. I don't run for speed or to compete. Running for me is a meditation and it's one of the ways that I pray. I have found that it is relatively easy to run when my body, mind and heart are light and free. In the last 4 1/2 months I have done the most radical psycho-emotional clearing of my life and it directly effects my running. I am convinced practicing emotional clearing through forgiveness is one of the main keys to health and healing. The more clear and free I am of psychological and emotional "goo" from my past the lighter my body is and I feel like I am swimming through a nourishing sea of prana when I run. On December 6, 2009 I will be running in the Inaugural Santa Barbara Marathon as part of a relay. I am splitting it with a friend so that we both end up doing a 1/2 marathon which is 13.1 miles. Today was my peak training day. I ran 11.6 miles. For the 1st 3 miles I spoke prayers out loud that my friend and teacher Howard Wills created as I ran. With each step, breath and word I felt lighter, more peaceful and free. I felt like a living, breathing running prayer of forgiveness, love, peace and gratitude. For the 1st time I ran about a mile straight up a hill that I have avoided in the past with relative ease and grace. I know it is the prayers that made it possible. Howard's prayers are available on his website at www.howardwills.com. There are 2 versions to choose from: one of him speaking them that you can repeat and one subliminally embedded in the sound of ocean waves. Here they are as well:

Remember, healing is a feeling, and if we are honestly feeling good inside and out, then our health will be a reflective measure of our true inner feelings, in a physical way. The inner feelings are reflected in our body just like our body reflects our inner feelings. To read the feelings is to read the body - to read the body is to read the feelings. Thoughts are real and are reflected physically through our bodies, our posture, our paths, and our illnesses. Let us think positive, blessing thoughts and create inner and outer healing for ourselves.

The last thing we can talk about that affects healing is the actions we and others take in life, the actions whereby others affect us, whereby we affect others, and whereby we affect ourselves. Action is the last leg of the triune creation process: thoughts, words, and deeds - to create the present and the future. In that healing is a feeling, our actions should be positive and a blessing to all concerned, including ourselves. By partaking in positive and blessing actions, we are creating blessings for everyone in our presence — and what we do to others, we do to ourselves. So by blessing others through positive actions, we are also blessing ourselves and helping ourselves to feel better. There’s nothing better than feeling good and nothing worse than feeling bad. Love yourself, be good to yourself, others, the earth and the life of the earth, and remember — HEALING IS A FEELING!

Practice To Natural Healing

• Deep Breathe — All Day, Every Day, Fresh Air — In On The Count of 8, Hold For The CountOf 8, And Out On The Count Of 8

• Listen To Your Inner Concerns And Settle All Dilemmas, Thus Creating Freedom

• Listen To Your Inner Voice And Always Do The Things You Know Are Right For You In Life

• Build A Relationship Of Love, Trust And Respect Between Your Inner And Outer Voice —Your Heart/Feelings And Your Mind. Become Your Own Best Friend — Mind To

Heart/Feelings And Heart/Feelings To Mind … Reward Yourself — Love Yourself — You Are Worthy

• Let All Your Thoughts, Words And Deeds Be Positive And Blessing

• Practice Humility, Gratitude, Love, Non-judgment, Patience, Compassion, Joy, And Happiness Through Continual Peacemaking In Life.

• Love, Accept And Respect All Things And All Situations In Life … They Are Especially

Designed For Your Personal Learning

• Eat Healthy, Living Foods As Much As Possible

• Enjoy And Appreciate The Gift Of Life

The Roadmap

Your Life Is Your Prayer

As You Live, So You Are

You Are The Maintainer and Creator Of Your Own Health And Reality

The More You Love And Bless Yourself And All Creation, The More Your Self And All Creation Loves And Blesses You

Live, Love, Enjoy And Appreciate The Gift Of Life

Love And Bless Yourself And All Creation Daily

And Be Filled With Life. Love and Light

Work At It, Achieve It, And Maintain It Through The Practice Of Living

Practice — Practice — Practice

All Day, Every Day

Give Thanks, Be Humble Always

And Remember

Life Begets Life

Ancestral Prayer

Infinite Light, For Myself, My Spouse, All Our Family Members, All Our Relationships, All Our Ancestors And All Their Relationships Back Through All Time, Through All Of Our Lives

Infinite Light, Please Help Us All Forgive, Be Forgiven, And All Forgive Ourselves Completely And Totally, Now And Forever, Please Infinite Light, Thank You Infinite Light (Repeat 3 Times)

Infinite Light, Fill Us All With Your Love And Give Us All Complete Peace Now And Forever, Please Infinite Light, Thank You Infinite Light (Repeat 3 Times)

Infinite Light, We Thank You For Your Love, We Thank You For Your Blessings, We Thank You For The Gift Of Life And All The Many Gifts You Give Us Daily, Thank You Infinite Light, Thank You Infinite Light, Thank You Infinite Light (Repeat 3 Times)

Amen

The Gift of Life Prayer I

Forgiveness Affirmation

I Bless This Day And Give Thanks For My Life

I Forgive Completely All People Who Have Hurt Me (Repeat 3 Times)

I Ask All People I Have Hurt To Please Forgive Me (Repeat 3 Times)

I Apologize To Myself For My Wrongs To Myself And My Wrongs To Others (Repeat 3 Times)

I Apologize For All My Hurts Or Wrongs To All Life Forms (Repeat 3 Times)

I Apologize For All My Hurts Or Wrongs To The Earth And The Life Of The Earth (Repeat 3 Times)

With This Release, Freedom, Peace, Power, And New Life, I Bless All Creation In The Entire Universe And I Fill The Entire Universe With My Love

I Love And Bless The Earth, All Life, And All Humanity

I Love, Bless, And Respect, The Visible, And The Invisible

I Rejoice And Give Thanks For My New Life, Power, And Health, And Give Complete Blessings And Love To All Life And All Creation Always

The Gift of Life Prayer II

Prayer Of Personal Forgiveness

I Bless This Day And Give Thanks For My Life

Infinite Light In Heaven, I Am Your Child, Your Humble Child

I Give You My Love And Thank You For Your Constant Love And Blessings

Infinite Light, I Ask That You Help Me Forgive And Release, Completely And Totally, All People Who Have Hurt Me Through Thought, Word Or Deed, Knowing Or Not Knowing

Please Infinite Light, Please Infinite Light, Thank You Infinite Light, Thank You Infinite Light, Thank You

Infinite Light In Heaven, I Ask That You Help All People I Have Hurt Through Thought, Word Or Deed, Knowing Or Not Knowing, To Forgive And Release Me Completely And Totally

Please Infinite Light, Please Infinite Light, Thank You Infinite Light, Thank You Infinite Light, Thank You Infinite Light, I Ask That You Help Me Forgive And Release Myself Completely And Totally, For All The Times I Hurt Myself Or Hurt Others Through Thought, Word Or Deed, Knowing Or Not Knowing

Please Infinite Light, Please Infinite Light, Thank You Infinite Light, Thank You Infinite Light, Thank You

Infinite Light In Heaven, I Ask That You Help All Life Forms I Have Hurt, In Any Way At Any Time

To Forgive And Release Me Completely And Totally

Please Infinite Light, Please Infinite Light, Thank You Infinite Light, Thank You Infinite Light, Thank

You

Infinite Light In Heaven, I Ask That You Help Me To Be Forgiven And Released, Completely And

Totally, For All My Hurts Or Wrongs To The Earth And The Life Of The Earth Through Thought, Word Or Deed, Knowing Or Not Knowing

Please Infinite Light, Please Infinite Light, Thank You Infinite Light, Thank You Infinite Light, Thank You

With This Release, Freedom, Peace, Power, And New Life, I Bless All Creation In The Entire Universe And Fill The Entire Universe With My Love

I Love And Bless The Earth, All Life And All Humanity

I Love, Bless, And Respect, The Visible And The Invisible

I Rejoice And Give Thanks For My New Life, Power, And Health, And Give Complete Blessings And Love To All Life, Always

Thank You Infinite Light In Heaven, Thank You Infinite Light, Thank You

The Gift of Life Prayer III

Prayer Of Complete Personal Forgiveness

I Bless This Day And Give Thanks For My Life

Infinite Light In Heaven, I Am Your Child, Your Humble Child

I Give You My Love, And I Thank You For Your Constant Love And Blessings

For All People Who Have Hurt Me - Mentally, Physically, Emotionally, Spiritually, Sexually, Financially, Or In Any Other Way Through Thought, Word Or Deed, Knowing Or Not Knowing

Infinite Light In Heaven, I Ask That You Help Me Forgive And Release, Completely And Totally, All People Who Have Hurt Me

Please Infinite Light, Please Infinite Light, Thank You Infinite Light, Thank You Infinite Light, Thank You

And With God’s Help, I Do Forgive And Release, Completely And Totally, All People Who Have Hurt Me

Thank You Infinite Light In Heaven

For All People I Have Hurt - Mentally, Physically, Emotionally, Spiritually, Sexually, Financially, Or In Any Other Way Through Thought, Word Or Deed, Knowing Or Not Knowing

I Apologize To All Of You And Ask That You Please Forgive Me

Infinite Light In Heaven, I Ask That You Help All People I Have Hurt Through Thought, Word Or Deed, Knowing Or Not Knowing, To Forgive And Release Me Completely And Totally

Please Infinite Light, Please Infinite Light, Thank You Infinite Light, Thank You Infinite Light, Thank You

And I Thank All People For Forgiving And Releasing Me Completely And Totally, With God’s Help

Thank You Infinite Light In Heaven

For All The Times I Hurt Myself - Mentally, Physically, Emotionally, Spiritually, Sexually, Financially, Or In Any Other Way Through Thought, Word Or Deed, Knowing Or Not Knowing

I Apologize To Myself For All My Hurts And Wrongs To Myself, And I Ask To Be Forgiven

Infinite Light In Heaven, I Ask That You Help Me Forgive And Release Myself Completely And Totally

Please Infinite Light, Please Infinite Light, Thank You Infinite Light, Thank You Infinite Light, Thank You

And With God’s Help I Do Forgive And Release Myself Completely And Totally

Thank You Infinite Light In Heaven

For All Life Forms I Have Hurt In Any Way, At Any Time

I Apologize For My Hurts Or Wrongs To All Life Forms And I Ask To Be Forgiven

Infinite Light In Heaven, I Ask That You Help Me To Be Forgiven For My Hurts Or Wrongs To All Life Forms

Please Infinite Light, Please Infinite Light, Thank You Infinite Light, Thank You Infinite Light, Thank You

Thank You Infinite Light For Helping Me To Be Forgiven For My Hurts Or Wrongs To All Life Forms

Thank You Infinite Light In Heaven

Infinite Light In Heaven, I Ask That You Help Me To Be Forgiven For All My Hurts Or Wrongs To The Earth And The Life Of The Earth Through Thought, Word Or Deed, Knowing Or Not Knowing

Please Infinite Light, Please Infinite Light, Thank You Infinite Light, Thank You Infinite Light, Thank You

Thank You Infinite Light For Helping Me To Be Forgiven For All My Hurts Or Wrongs To The Earth And The Life Of The Earth

Thank You Infinite Light In Heaven

Infinite Light, I Ask That You Bless All These Relationships, Fill Us With Your Love, And Grant Us All Complete Peace, Now And Forever

Please Infinite Light, Please Infinite Light, Thank You Infinite Light, Thank You Infinite Light, Thank You

Thank You Infinite Light In Heaven

The Gift of Life Prayer IV

Prayer Of Generational Forgiveness

Infinite Light In Heaven, For Myself, All My Family Members, And All Our Ancestors, Back Through All Time, Through All Our Lives

For All People We Have Hurt, In Any Way At Any Time, We Apologize For All Our Hurts Or Wrongs

And We Ask To Be Forgiven

Infinite Light We Ask That You Help All People We Have Hurt, To Forgive And Release Us

Completely And Totally, Now And Forever

Please Infinite Light, Please Infinite Light, Thank You Infinite Light, Thank You Infinite Light, Thank You Infinite Light In Heaven

And We Thank All People For Forgiving And Releasing Us, Completely And Totally, With God’s Help,

Thank You Infinite Light

Infinite Light In Heaven, For Myself, All My Family Members, And All Our Ancestors, Back Through All Time, Through All Our Lives

Infinite Light We Ask That You Help Us Forgive And Release, Completely And Totally, All People

Who Have Hurt Us In Any Way, At Any Time

Please Infinite Light, Please Infinite Light, Thank You Infinite Light, Thank You Infinite Light, Thank You Infinite Light In Heaven

And With God’s Help, We Do Forgive And Release, Completely And Totally, All People Who Have Hurt Us, Thank You Infinite Light

Infinite Light In Heaven, For Myself,All My Family Members, And All Our Ancestors, Back Through All Time, Through All Our Lives

Infinite Light, We Ask That You Help Us Forgive And Release Ourselves, Completely And Totally, For All The Times We Hurt Ourselves Or Hurt Others

Please Infinite Light, Please Infinite Light, Thank You Infinite Light, Thank You Infinite Light, Thank You Infinite Light In Heaven

And With God’s Help, We Do Forgive And Release Ourselves, Completely And Totally, For All The Times We Hurt Ourselves Or Hurt Others, Thank You Infinite Light

Infinite Light In Heaven, With This Release, Freedom, Peace, Power, And New Life, We Rejoice And Give Thanks For The Love, Life, Light, And Perfection We Are Now Receiving, Through Your Grace And Blessings

Now And Forever Thank You Infinite Light In Heaven, Thank You Infinite Light, Thank You

The Gift of Life Prayer V

Prayer For All Races, All Nations, All Humanity,

The Earth, And All Life

Infinite Light In Heaven, We Are Your Children, Your Humble Children

We Give You Our Love And We Thank You For Your Constant Love And Blessings

For All Races, All Nations, And All Humanity, Back Through All Time Through All Our Lives- For All Hurts And Wrongs We Have Done To Each Other, To Ourselves, To The Earth, And To The Life Of The Earth, Through Thought, Word Or Deed, Knowing Or Not Knowing, We Apologize For All Our Hurts And Wrongs And We Ask To Be Forgiven

Help Us Infinite Light Please, To Forgive All Those Who Have Hurt Us, To Forgive Ourselves For The Times We Have Hurt Ourselves, And To Be Forgiven By All Those We Have Hurt

Please Infinite Light, Please Infinite Light, Thank You Infinite Light, Thank You Infinite Light, Thank You

And We Do Forgive And Release Each Other, Ourselves, And All Life, Completely And Totally, With God’s Help, Thank You Infinite Light

Infinite Light In Heaven, Help Us Please To Have Reverence And Respect For All Life, And To Realize Our Responsibilities To Each Other, To Ourselves, To The Earth, And To All Life In The Creation Of Peace And Harmony For All Life During Our Lives

Help Us Infinite Light, Please, To Attune Our Awareness, Our Intelligence, And Our Actions To The Inner Voice Of Goodness, Love, And Truth — You, Most High Infinite Light In Heaven

Now And Forever

Thank You Infinite Light In Heaven, Thank You Infinite Light, Thank You

The Gift of Life Prayer VI

Prayer Of Complete Healing For All Relationships

Infinite Light In Heaven, We Are Your Children, Your Humble Children

We Give You Our Love And We Thank You For Your Constant Love And Blessings

We Ask Infinite Light, Please, That You Lead Us, Guide Us, And Direct Us Into Your Life, Into Your Light, And Into Your Love

We Ask Infinite Light, Please, That Your Perfection Become Our Perfection

That Your Love Become Our Love

That Your Life Become Our Life

And That Your Light Become Our Light

Mentally, Physically, Emotionally, Spiritually

And In All Ways Completely

We Thank You Infinite Light For These Blessings

Thank You Infinite Light For Your Love

We Ask Infinite Light, Please, That You Join Us To Your Earth, To Your Heavens, To You, To All Creation, And To Ourselves — Minds To Feelings To Bodies In Peace, Life, Light, Love, And Perfection

We Ask Infinite Light, Please, That Your Perfection Become Our Perfection

That Your Love Become Our Love

That Your Life Become Our Life

And That Your Light Become Our Light

Mentally, Physically, Emotionally, Spiritually

And In All Ways Completely

We Thank You Infinite Light For This Freedom

Thank You Infinite Light For Your Love

Thank You Infinite Light For The Healing Of All These Relationships

Thank You Infinite Light For The Gift Of Life

And All The Many Gifts You Give Us Always

Infinite Light In Heaven, We Are Your Children, Your Humble Children

We Give You Our Love And We Thank You For Your Constant Love And Blessings

We Bless All Your Creations In The Entire Universe

And We Fill The Entire Universe With Our Love

We Bless The Earth, The Moon, The Planets, The Sun

All Stars, And All Celestial Bodies

We Bless The Trees, The Plants, The Flowers, The Waters, The Fish, The Birds, The Wind, The Insects, The Animals, All Humanity, And All Life On Earth, And In The Entire Universe

And We Fill All Things, All Time, All Space, And All Dimensions With Our Love As We Celebrate This Gift Of Freedom, Life, Love, And Healing

Now And Forever

Thank You Infinite Light In Heaven, Thank You Infinite Light, Thank You

The Gift of Life Prayer VII

Prayer Of Complete Personal Healing

Infinite Light In Heaven, I Am Your Child, Your Humble Child

I Give You My Love And I Thank You For Your Constant Love And Blessings

I Ask Infinite Light, Please, That You Lead Me, Guide Me, And Direct Me Into Your Life, Into Your Light, And Into Your Love

I Ask Infinite Light, Please, That Your Perfection Become My Perfection

That Your Love Become My Love

That Your Life Become My Life

And That Your Light Become My Light

.Mentally, Physically, Emotionally, Spiritually

And In All Ways Completely

I Thank You Infinite Light For These Blessings

Thank You Infinite Light For Your Love

I Ask Infinite Light, Please, That You Join Me To Your Earth, To Your Heavens, To You, To All Creation, And To Myself, Mind To Feelings To Body In Peace, Life, Light, Love, And Perfection

I Ask Infinite Light Please That Your Perfection Become My Perfection

That Your Love Become My Love

That Your Life Become My Life

And That Your Light Become My Light

Mentally, Physically, Emotionally, Spiritually

And In All Ways Completely

I Thank You Infinite Light For This Freedom

Thank You Infinite Light For Your Love

Thank You Infinite Light For My Healing

Thank You Infinite Light For The Gift Of Life

And All The Many Gifts You Give Me Always

Infinite Light In Heaven, I Am Your Child, Your Humble Child

I Give You My Love And I Thank You For Your Constant Love And Blessings

I Bless All Your Creations In The Entire Universe

And I Fill The Entire Universe With My Love

I Bless The Earth, The Moon, The Planets, The Sun, All Stars And All Celestial Bodies

I Bless The Trees, The Plants, The Flowers, The Waters, The Fish, The Birds, The Wind, The Insects, The Animals, All Humanity, And All Life On Earth, And In The Entire Universe

And I Fill All Things, All Time, All Space, And All Dimensions With My Love, As I Celebrate This Gift Of Freedom, Life, Love, And Healing

Now And Forever

Thank You Infinite Light In Heaven, Thank You Infinite Light, Thank You

The Gift of Life Prayer VIII

Prayer Of Thanks

I Have Made Peace And Have Opened My Entire Being To The Light And Power Of Life And God

I Join Myself With This Seen And Unseen Presence In Respect And Humility

I Have Reverence For All That Is

With This New Station And Position In Life, I Reach Outward And Reach Inward To Claim For Myself

A Perfect, Happy, Healthy, Body, Mind, And Spirit, Free Of All Past Problems Or Illnesses

And As I Live My Life, I Am Living With Complete Perfect Natural Health

I Live Free, I Live Healthy, I Live

Thank You Infinite Light In Heaven, Thank You Infinite Light

Thank You Infinite Light, Thank You Infinite Light

Now And Forever

Thank You Infinite Light

Amen

The Prayer of Bounty

Infinite Light, Please Open My Mind, Heart, And Being To Your Complete Limitless, Bountiful Prosperity, And Love

Please Help All Things That I Think, Say, And Do Be Filled With Your Complete Limitless, Bountiful Prosperity And Love

Please Allow Me To Be Blessed With The Riches And Bounty Of Your Heavens And Your Earth Always

Please Lead Me, Guide Me, And Direct Me Into Your Life, Into Your Light, Into Your Love, And Into Your Complete Limitless, Bountiful Prosperity, And Love

Celebrating Life As The Gift It Is From You Infinite Light, Now And Forever

Thank You Infinite Light, Thank You Infinite Light, Thank You Infinite Light, Thank You Infinite Light, Thank You Infinite Light, Thank You Infinite Light, Thank You Infinite Light, Thank You

Amen

The Howard Wills Prayers and Affirmations © 2005 All Rights Reserved

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Gratitude

Free Flowing Gratitude list for Thanksgiving...I HAVE SO MUCH TO BE GRATEFUL FOR!!!

Gratitude

Love

Peace

Excitement

Grace

Running

Yoga

Sunrises

Meditation

Prayer

Intention

Luna

Great sleep

Super Comfy bed

Organic coffee

Water

Living in a super beautiful natural setting

Massage

Infrared Sauna

Elliptical Trainer

Dry Brushing

Fresh Organic Fruit and Veggies

Ocean

Santa Barbara

Kauai and all the Hawaiian Islands

God

Beauty

Light

Alenander Tolken

Trish Caron

Peter Crawford

Christabel Zamor

Michaelle Edwards and Yogalign

Howard Wills and his forgiveness prayers

Eric and Grace

My family

All my friends

Electricity

The Internet

Facebook

Twitter

Kids

Learning

Lessons learned over and over until I totally get it

Patience

Calrity

Being an entrepreneur

Vision

Inspiration

Spirit

Motivation

My Prius

Trust

Faith

Courage

Conviction

Will Power

Creativity

Acceptance

Conscious Sexuality

Connection

Emotional Transparency

Mountains

Rainbows

Joy

Laughter

World Travel

Surfing

Music

Singing

Community

Silliness

Originality

Radiance

Warmth

Sunshine

Rain

Evolution

Style

Orin and Dabind

Adornments

Spirit Guidance

Synchronicity

Surrender

Teaching

Manifestation from clear intention

Beach Walks

Sunsets

India

Brian Johnson and Philosopher's Notes

The Tao Te Ching

Hawaiian Mysticism

Coconut oil

Abundance

My students

Hot Springs

Hula Hooping

Performance

Shamanism

Ease

David Deida

and so much more...

Deer Visitation and the power of LOVE

Yesterday on my morning run on Mountain Drive I felt so light and free and at ease. I was feeling such bliss as I was effortlessly moving through space. I realized that I was in this high vibration state of being because I have been stripping away everything that is blocking and inhibiting a free flow of LOVE within me. I have been doing a lot of clearing and cleansing of anything troubling from my past and truly arriving here in this moment flooded with love and a deeper ability and desire to forgive than I have ever experienced. A huge part of the "let go" has been emotional transparency, wearing my heart on my sleeve and authentically and truthfully expressing what I feel. I feel a true sense of altruistic gentleness that has brought deep healing and restoration to my life on all levels. Ram Dass' teacher Maharaji's core teaching is "Love everyone and tell the Truth." I have heard it 1000 times but this morning I got it on a cellular level. Loving everyone (even from afar at times) and telling the truth and living from a place of forgiveness in my experience is one of the main keys to health and happiness. I really experience it when I am running. If I am carrying emotional baggage then I am sluggish and out of sorts. When I am emotionally and mentally light, I am physically light too.

So, at the very moment that I had this realization (or download as I like to call it) a big buck and his lady deer came bouncing out in front of me. I knew I was receiving a very clear message from Spirit. Deer medicine is all about being gentle, loving and compassionate with yourself and others to melt all fear and resistance. What made it all so much more magical is that just before it happened I ran past a car. I noticed someone in the passenger seat but didn't look at the person. I just kept running. All I knew is that I felt really great energy from this person. It turns out that it was one of my dear (deer...hehe) friends Sara. She saw the whole thing happen and knew that there was magic afoot. It was quite a beautiful scene. Later that day I drove past a giant bus that said FAST DEER CHARTERS. I perceived that as yet another message from Spirit that there is a quickening of LOVE and COMPASSION in my life that is being chartered in my life now. I just love how the Universe works and guides me along with potent signs and symbols. So here is what the Native American Medicine Cards have to say about Deer Medicine.

Deer-Gentleness

A little story to begin.
One day Fawn heard Great Spirit calling to her from the top of Sacred Mountain. Fawn immediately started up the trail. She didn't know that a horrible demon garded the way to Great Spirit's Lodge. The demon was trying to keep all the beings of creation from connecting with Great Spirit. He wanted all of Great Spirit's creatures to feel that Great Spirit didn't want to be disturbed. This would make the demon feel powerful, and capable of causing them to fear him.
Fawn was not at all frightened when she came upon the demon. This was curious, as the demon was the archetype of all the ugly monsters that have ever been. The demon breathed fire and smoke and made disgusting sounds to frighten Fawn.
Any normal creature would have fled or died on the spot from fright.
Fawn, however, said gently to the demon, "Please let me pass, I'm on the way to see Great Spirit."
Fawn's eyes were filled with love and compassion for this oversized bully of a demon. The demon was astounded by Fawn's lack of fear. No matter how he tried, he could not frighten Fawn, becauce her love had penetrated his hardened, ugly heart. Much to demon's dismay, his rock-hard heart began to melt, and hid body shrank to the size of a walnut. Fawn's persistent love and gentleness had caused the meltdown of the demon.
Due to this gentleness and caring that Fawn embodied, the pathway is now clear for all of Great Spirit's children to reach Sacred Mountain without having to feel the demons of fear blocking their way.

Deer teaches us to use the power of gentleness to touch the hearts and minds of wounded beings who are trying to keep us from Sacred Mountain. Like the dappling of Fawn's coat, both the light and the dark may be loved to create gentleness and safety for those who are seeking peace.

If Dear has gently nudge its way into your life today, you are being asked to fine the gentleness of spirit that heals all wounds. Stop pushing so hard to get others to change, and love them as they are. Apply gentleness to your present situation and become like the summer breeze: warm and caring. This is your tool for solving the present dilemma you are facing.
If you use it, you will connect with Sacred Mountain, your centering place of serenity, and Great Spirit will guide you.

May DEER grace you with his presence and melt your heart into LOVE.

Speak to us of Love

Perhaps for the first time truly in my life I feel and am experiencing what Kahlil Gibran wrote about in The Prophet about LOVE. I have read this passage countless times and to be feeling it as if from within it is miraculous and humbling. Love truly is the most powerful force in existence and in my experience it is the reason we exist.

Then said Almitra, "Speak to us of Love."
And he raised his head and looked upon the people, and there fell a stillness upon them. And with a great voice he said:

When love beckons to you follow him,
Though his ways are hard and steep.
And when his wings enfold you yield to him,
Though the sword hidden among his pinions may wound you.

And when he speaks to you believe in him,
Though his voice may shatter your dreams as the north wind lays waste the garden.
For even as love crowns you so shall he crucify you. Even as he is for your growth so is he for your pruning.
Even as he ascends to your height and caresses your tenderest branches that quiver in the sun,
So shall he descend to your roots and shake them in their clinging to the earth.
Like sheaves of corn he gathers you unto himself.
He threshes you to make you naked.
He sifts you to free you from your husks.
He grinds you to whiteness.
He kneads you until you are pliant;
And then he assigns you to his sacred fire, that you may become sacred bread for God's sacred feast.
All these things shall love do unto you that you may know the secrets of your heart, and in that knowledge become a fragment of Life's heart.

But if in your fear you would seek only love's peace and love's pleasure,
Then it is better for you that you cover your nakedness and pass out of love's threshing-floor,
Into the seasonless world where you shall laugh, but not all of your laughter, and weep, but not all of your tears.

Love gives naught but itself and takes naught but from itself.
Love possesses not nor would it be possessed;
For love is sufficient unto love.

When you love you should not say, "God is in my heart," but rather, I am in the heart of God."
And think not you can direct the course of love, for love, if it finds you worthy, directs your course.
Love has no other desire but to fulfil itself.

But if you love and must needs have desires, let these be your desires:
To melt and be like a running brook that sings its melody to the night.
To know the pain of too much tenderness.
To be wounded by your own understanding of love;
And to bleed willingly and joyfully.
To wake at dawn with a winged heart and give thanks for another day of loving;
To rest at the noon hour and meditate love's ecstasy;
To return home at eventide with gratitude;
And then to sleep with a prayer for the beloved in your heart and a song of praise upon your lips.

The Invitation

The Invitation

by Oriah

It doesn’t interest me what you do for a living.
I want to know what you ache for
and if you dare to dream of meeting your heart’s longing.

It doesn’t interest me how old you are.
I want to know if you will risk looking like a fool
for love
for your dream
for the adventure of being alive.

It doesn’t interest me what planets are squaring your moon...
I want to know if you have touched the centre of your own sorrow
if you have been opened by life’s betrayals
or have become shrivelled and closed
from fear of further pain.

I want to know if you can sit with pain
mine or your own
without moving to hide it
or fade it
or fix it.

I want to know if you can be with joy
mine or your own
if you can dance with wildness
and let the ecstasy fill you to the tips of your fingers and toes
without cautioning us
to be careful
to be realistic
to remember the limitations of being human.

It doesn’t interest me if the story you are telling me
is true.
I want to know if you can
disappoint another
to be true to yourself.
If you can bear the accusation of betrayal
and not betray your own soul.
If you can be faithless
and therefore trustworthy.

I want to know if you can see Beauty
even when it is not pretty
every day.
And if you can source your own life
from its presence.

I want to know if you can live with failure
yours and mine
and still stand at the edge of the lake
and shout to the silver of the full moon,
“Yes.”

It doesn’t interest me
to know where you live or how much money you have.
I want to know if you can get up
after the night of grief and despair
weary and bruised to the bone
and do what needs to be done
to feed the children.

It doesn’t interest me who you know
or how you came to be here.
I want to know if you will stand
in the centre of the fire
with me
and not shrink back.

It doesn’t interest me where or what or with whom
you have studied.
I want to know what sustains you
from the inside
when all else falls away.

I want to know if you can be alone
with yourself
and if you truly like the company you keep
in the empty moments.

© Mountaindreaming, from the book The Invitation by Oriah published by HarperSanFrancisco, 1999 All rights reserved

Welcome to my blog!

Hi there! Welcome to my blog. I am so happy that you visited me here today.

I just had an amazing experience. For nearly 2 years now I have kept this blog very erratically. The last post that I made was in April 2009. Just today someone who I have never met before commented on that post, totally making fun of it. At first I was offended but then I was grateful. I immediately thought of Carlos Castenada's book "The Wheel of Time" in which he says, "Personal history must be constantly renewed by telling parents, relatives, and friends everything one does. On the other hand, for the warrior who has no personal history, no explanations are needed; nobody is angry or disillusioned with his acts. And above all, no one pins him down with their thoughts and expectations." from Journey to Ixtlan.

There is a great guy named Brian Johnson who reads all the great spiritual literature and then writes 6 page "cliff notes" and 20 minute MP3's out of them as well. Check him out at www.philosophersnotes.com. This is his commentary on Casteneda's teaching:

"Personal history. It’s a *huge* part of Castaneda’s teaching. One of the basic aspects of the Toltec Warrior is the process of transcending/cutting off/destroying our personal history. Think of your personal history as an anchor you have tied to your waste. A big one. It’s heavy. It slows you down. It’s all the things you’ve done in the past--good and bad--that have created a world of expectations around you. If you let it, this will stifle your evolution and creativity faster than anything. As Castaneda advises, let it go. Quit putting yourself in a little box by trying to live consistently with your past and explaining every little action you take. BE YOU. Fully. In this moment. Independent of what others may or may not “expect” from you."

So, today I erased every blog entry that I have ever written. Just the other day I erased about 1000 photos from my computer. They are gone forever. These are all things from my past life. Life has so radically and positively changed for me over the past year that there is no need for me to hold onto these things from the past. Although the past brought me to this moment, holding onto it has weighed me down. This moment is fresh, beautiful and perfect and I feel liberated and set free right now.

So, I thank that stranger whose laughter at me helped me shed some old snake skin so that I can meet this precious moment exactly as it is...and, laugh at myself and my waning attachments to the past. Thank you kind stranger for helping me let go...what a relief...