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Dear Friends,
There are only two religions in the world...gratitude & discontentment.
What ordinary people take for granted or complain about, the wise are grateful for.
As gratitude flowers it goes through a few stages.
First we notice all the goodness in our lives and feel thank-full.
Next we notice only goodness everywhere and feel blessed.
Next we actively bless every person and situation and thing which we behold, and feel blissed.
And finally there are only tears of gratitude, and the heart is never dry again!
One of the simplest and most profound practices which I like to recommend to people
is to start, end (and fill!) their day by saying several times until they feeeel it...
"May I be a channel of blessings for someone today!"
"May I be a channel of blessings for someone today!"
"May I be a channel of blessings for someone today!"
"May I be a channel of blessings for someone today!"
"May I be a channel of blessings for someone today!"
"May I be a channel of blessings for someone today!"
"May I be a channel of blessings for someone today!"
"May I be a channel of blessings for someone today!"
"May I be a channel of blessings for someone today!"
"May I be a channel of blessings for someone today!"
Gratitude and blessing all is the perspective which arises from an awakened crown chakra.
To have gratitude is to have the greatest attitude and to bless is to be blissed!
So this is what I wished to share with you today, along with an inspiring short film...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WegAgepCYfo
Those of you who have slow net connections can read the text below (but I suggest watching it first!)
May you be a clear channel of blessings in the world. A channel of love and light and peace.
Nothing is more important...nothing!
Peace.
ny
The Gentle Art of Blessing
On awakening, bless this day, for it is already full of unseen good which your blessings will call forth; for to bless is to acknowledge the unlimited good that is embedded in the very texture of the universe and awaiting each and all.
On passing people in the street, on the bus, in places of work and play, bless them. The peace of your blessing will accompany them on their way and the aura of its gentle fragrance will be a light to their path.
On meeting and talking to people, bless them in their health, their work, their joy, their relationships to God, themselves, and others. Bless them in their abundance, their finances...bless them in every conceivable way, for such blessings not only sow seeds of healing but one day will spring forth as flowers of joy in the waste places of your own life.
As you walk, bless the city in which you live, its government and teachers, its nurses and street sweepers, its children and bankers, its priests and prostitutes. The minute anyone expresses the least aggression or unkindness to you, respond with a blessing: bless them totally, sincerely, joyfully, for such blessings are a shield which protects them from the ignorance of their misdeed, and deflects the arrow that was aimed at you.
To bless means to wish, unconditionally, total, unrestricted good for others and events from the deepest wellspring in the innermost chamber of your heart: it means to hallow, to hold in reverence, to behold with utter awe that which is always a gift from the Creator. He who is hallowed by your blessing is set aside, consecrated, holy, whole. To bless is to invoke divine care upon, to think or speak gratefully for, to confer happiness upon - although we ourselves are never the bestower, but simply the joyful witnesses of Life's abundance.
To bless all without discrimination of any sort is the ultimate form of giving, because those you bless will never know from whence came the sudden ray of sun that burst through the clouds of their skies, and you will rarely be a witness to the sunlight in their lives.
When something goes completely askew in your day, some unexpected event knocks down your plans and you too also, burst into blessing: for life is teaching you a lesson, and the very event you believe to be unwanted, you yourself called forth, so as to learn the lesson you might balk against were you not to bless it. Trials are blessings in disguise, and hosts of angels follow in their path.
To bless is to acknowledge the omnipresent, universal beauty hidden to material eyes; it is to activate that law of attraction which, from the furthest reaches of the universe, will bring into your life exactly what you need to experience and enjoy.
When you pass a prison, mentally bless its inmates in their innocence and freedom, their gentleness, pure essence and unconditional forgiveness; for one can only be prisoner of one's self-image, and a free man can walk unshackled in the courtyard of a jail, just as citizens of countries where freedom reigns can be prisoners when fear lurks in their thoughts.
When you pass a hospital, bless its patients in their present wholeness, for even in their suffering, this wholeness awaits in them to be discovered. When your eyes behold a man in tears, or seemingly broken by life, bless him in his vitality and joy: for the material senses present but the inverted image of the ultimate splendor and perfection which only the inner eye beholds.
It is impossible to bless and to judge at the same time. So hold constantly as a deep, hallowed, intoned thought that desire to bless, for truly then shall you become a peacemaker, and one day you shall, everywhere, behold the very face of God.
And of course, above all, don’t forget to bless the utterly beautiful person YOU are!
- Pierre Pradervand
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The four agreements...
1) Be impeccable in your speech
Speak with integrity. Say only what you mean. Avoid speaking against yourself or gossiping about others. Speak in the direction of truth and love.
2) Don't take anything personally
Nothing others do is because of you. What others say and do is a projection of their own reality, their own dream. When you are immune to the opinions and actions of others, you won't be the victim of needless suffering.
3) Don't make assumptions
Find the courage to ask questions and to express what you really want. Communicate with others as clearly as you can to avoid misunderstandings, sadness and drama. With just this one agreement, you can completely transform your life.
4) Always do your best
Your best is going to change from moment to moment; it will be different when you are healthy as opposed to sick. Under any circumstance, simply do your best, and you will avoid self-judgment, self-abuse and regret.
- Don Miguel Ruiz
Nyanasanti (on Skype): 1-646-257-2069
http://lovingsilence.org
There are only two religions in the world...gratitude & discontentment.
What ordinary people take for granted or complain about, the wise are grateful for.
As gratitude flowers it goes through a few stages.
First we notice all the goodness in our lives and feel thank-full.
Next we notice only goodness everywhere and feel blessed.
Next we actively bless every person and situation and thing which we behold, and feel blissed.
And finally there are only tears of gratitude, and the heart is never dry again!
One of the simplest and most profound practices which I like to recommend to people
is to start, end (and fill!) their day by saying several times until they feeeel it...
"May I be a channel of blessings for someone today!"
"May I be a channel of blessings for someone today!"
"May I be a channel of blessings for someone today!"
"May I be a channel of blessings for someone today!"
"May I be a channel of blessings for someone today!"
"May I be a channel of blessings for someone today!"
"May I be a channel of blessings for someone today!"
"May I be a channel of blessings for someone today!"
"May I be a channel of blessings for someone today!"
"May I be a channel of blessings for someone today!"
Gratitude and blessing all is the perspective which arises from an awakened crown chakra.
To have gratitude is to have the greatest attitude and to bless is to be blissed!
So this is what I wished to share with you today, along with an inspiring short film...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WegAgepCYfo
Those of you who have slow net connections can read the text below (but I suggest watching it first!)
May you be a clear channel of blessings in the world. A channel of love and light and peace.
Nothing is more important...nothing!
Peace.
ny
The Gentle Art of Blessing
On awakening, bless this day, for it is already full of unseen good which your blessings will call forth; for to bless is to acknowledge the unlimited good that is embedded in the very texture of the universe and awaiting each and all.
On passing people in the street, on the bus, in places of work and play, bless them. The peace of your blessing will accompany them on their way and the aura of its gentle fragrance will be a light to their path.
On meeting and talking to people, bless them in their health, their work, their joy, their relationships to God, themselves, and others. Bless them in their abundance, their finances...bless them in every conceivable way, for such blessings not only sow seeds of healing but one day will spring forth as flowers of joy in the waste places of your own life.
As you walk, bless the city in which you live, its government and teachers, its nurses and street sweepers, its children and bankers, its priests and prostitutes. The minute anyone expresses the least aggression or unkindness to you, respond with a blessing: bless them totally, sincerely, joyfully, for such blessings are a shield which protects them from the ignorance of their misdeed, and deflects the arrow that was aimed at you.
To bless means to wish, unconditionally, total, unrestricted good for others and events from the deepest wellspring in the innermost chamber of your heart: it means to hallow, to hold in reverence, to behold with utter awe that which is always a gift from the Creator. He who is hallowed by your blessing is set aside, consecrated, holy, whole. To bless is to invoke divine care upon, to think or speak gratefully for, to confer happiness upon - although we ourselves are never the bestower, but simply the joyful witnesses of Life's abundance.
To bless all without discrimination of any sort is the ultimate form of giving, because those you bless will never know from whence came the sudden ray of sun that burst through the clouds of their skies, and you will rarely be a witness to the sunlight in their lives.
When something goes completely askew in your day, some unexpected event knocks down your plans and you too also, burst into blessing: for life is teaching you a lesson, and the very event you believe to be unwanted, you yourself called forth, so as to learn the lesson you might balk against were you not to bless it. Trials are blessings in disguise, and hosts of angels follow in their path.
To bless is to acknowledge the omnipresent, universal beauty hidden to material eyes; it is to activate that law of attraction which, from the furthest reaches of the universe, will bring into your life exactly what you need to experience and enjoy.
When you pass a prison, mentally bless its inmates in their innocence and freedom, their gentleness, pure essence and unconditional forgiveness; for one can only be prisoner of one's self-image, and a free man can walk unshackled in the courtyard of a jail, just as citizens of countries where freedom reigns can be prisoners when fear lurks in their thoughts.
When you pass a hospital, bless its patients in their present wholeness, for even in their suffering, this wholeness awaits in them to be discovered. When your eyes behold a man in tears, or seemingly broken by life, bless him in his vitality and joy: for the material senses present but the inverted image of the ultimate splendor and perfection which only the inner eye beholds.
It is impossible to bless and to judge at the same time. So hold constantly as a deep, hallowed, intoned thought that desire to bless, for truly then shall you become a peacemaker, and one day you shall, everywhere, behold the very face of God.
And of course, above all, don’t forget to bless the utterly beautiful person YOU are!
- Pierre Pradervand
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The four agreements...
1) Be impeccable in your speech
Speak with integrity. Say only what you mean. Avoid speaking against yourself or gossiping about others. Speak in the direction of truth and love.
2) Don't take anything personally
Nothing others do is because of you. What others say and do is a projection of their own reality, their own dream. When you are immune to the opinions and actions of others, you won't be the victim of needless suffering.
3) Don't make assumptions
Find the courage to ask questions and to express what you really want. Communicate with others as clearly as you can to avoid misunderstandings, sadness and drama. With just this one agreement, you can completely transform your life.
4) Always do your best
Your best is going to change from moment to moment; it will be different when you are healthy as opposed to sick. Under any circumstance, simply do your best, and you will avoid self-judgment, self-abuse and regret.
- Don Miguel Ruiz
Nyanasanti (on Skype): 1-646-257-2069
http://lovingsilence.org
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