We are not alone...- October 31, 2007 Yesterday, a friend of ours came back from a couple of weeks' retreat, and what an experience it was just listening to her speak about it. She had been part of a large number of people who had gone away to study, meditate, discuss, and study some more; our friend had come back visibly transformed. Was it the rest, the tan, the chance to get away for a while, or something more She gave me such inspiration, not just because of how she was, but because of the way I felt about how she was.We all...http://justfreetobe.blogspot.com/2007/10/we-are-not-alone.html Hole in the World- October 29, 2007 I heard this song from a friend's ipod and went looking for the lyrics (see below). This song truly reflects the condition of the world and all that's happening around us. Forget about fighting for peace, forget about fighting for freedom - all we need to learn is to love one another.Before we can enter the arena of love, we need to break down the barriers of race, gender, nationality, culture, religion, ideas, opinions and beliefs. Until we learn to accept one another as human beings, as...http://justfreetobe.blogspot.com/2007/10/hole-in-world.html In Partnership with Life- October 23, 2007 Response AbleWe now know that the true meaning of responsibility is response able or ability to respond. Whatever we may think, say, do, or feel - these are our responses for which we, and no one else, are responsible. This is easy to see but hard to live, for we have been taught to believe and think the opposite. So we don't consciously choose our response, we react instead, and then we blame others for our reaction. No wonder we feel imprisoned by others and our circumstances. The...http://justfreetobe.blogspot.com/2007/10/in-partnership-with-life.html "loves the jobs you hate"- October 23, 2007 I was sitting in meditation this morning & out of the blue - in my minds eye I see a pool of rubbish - not a pleasant sight to wake up to I know...but in fact it was quite a pleasant experience as I somehow I didn't identify with it. I then thought meditation is like plumbing - when the drain is clogged you use a suction tool to pump out whatever is blocking the drain...when finally you see the rubbish coming up you're almost happy to see the drain being cleaned. That was the feeling this...http://justfreetobe.blogspot.com/2007/10/what-plumbing-and-meditation-have-in.html Ask the Cosmos- October 16, 2007 It's interesting to see what happens when you pose a question to life and just watch what comes back - right now so many different options seem available, a week ago the answers were not so clear. My recent question was "How can I be stronger and stonger, more resilient - fearless!" The answers have been raining down from many directions - here's a few splatterings in essence - "take all your energy from inside yourself and from your connection with the divine, don't take expect praise from...http://justfreetobe.blogspot.com/2007/10/ask-cosmos.html My Negative World...- October 15, 2007 I was remembering recently when I was very young, and discovering the afterimages one could make on ones eye-lids, by staring at objects intently, then closing ones eyes tightly. It was like having an internal camera, I thought, with you developing strange pictures from the photographic negatives in your mind. I remember being amazed that you could see something so differently, just by looking at it another way.A few years later, the first documentary I saw on the Turin Shroud reminded me of...http://justfreetobe.blogspot.com/2007/10/my-negative-world.html (Untitled)- October 12, 2007 What an amazing experience it was this morning walking through the streets of London. It was early, everyone busily walking to work, drizzling with rain - I couldn't help but to keep looking at the buildings and aware of all the construction work - literally everywhere you looked - the City in constant change.I remember when I used to go skiing as a child and we would be at the bottom of the mountain and all you could see were tiny dots moving up & down the mountain...my father used to say..http://justfreetobe.blogspot.com/2007/10/what-amazing-experience-it-was-this.html |