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| I don't know if this really works, but it looks very healing. |
Monday, December 30, 2013
Friday, December 27, 2013
Lessons my dog is teaching me
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| Penelope Sparks Parsons aka Penny |
Tuesday, December 24, 2013
Christmas Eve
Here is a playful exercise that can help you be more flexible, humble, unpretentious, and respectful. All you need is imagination—and a sense of humor.
TAKING YOURSELF AS LIGHTLY AS ANGELS DO
The next time you experience an ego conflict with someone, visualize the person turning into a blob of jelly right before your eyes—lime green jelly! Imagine that all you see is a blob of talking, gesturing, scowling, quivering, sparkling, lime-green jelly—translucent—that the light shines through—like a halo. Now imagine that your own feet begin to feel squishy. You glance down and realize that your feet are turning green! You are turning into lime-green jelly, too—translucent—that the light shines through—like a halo! You take a deep breath of fresh air and let it go. You are free! You have always been free. The light shines, radiates, and sparkles around you. The light shines, radiates, and sparkles around the other person. Words continue to come out of that person’s mouth, but now everything is happening in slow motion. You can see each word in technicolor. You can grasp each word and hold onto it—or you can let the words go—let them flow—into the atmosphere and dissolve into space. You are that free! You smile upon that person. You breathe deeply. You are that free! You always have been!
TAKING YOURSELF AS LIGHTLY AS ANGELS DO
The next time you experience an ego conflict with someone, visualize the person turning into a blob of jelly right before your eyes—lime green jelly! Imagine that all you see is a blob of talking, gesturing, scowling, quivering, sparkling, lime-green jelly—translucent—that the light shines through—like a halo. Now imagine that your own feet begin to feel squishy. You glance down and realize that your feet are turning green! You are turning into lime-green jelly, too—translucent—that the light shines through—like a halo! You take a deep breath of fresh air and let it go. You are free! You have always been free. The light shines, radiates, and sparkles around you. The light shines, radiates, and sparkles around the other person. Words continue to come out of that person’s mouth, but now everything is happening in slow motion. You can see each word in technicolor. You can grasp each word and hold onto it—or you can let the words go—let them flow—into the atmosphere and dissolve into space. You are that free! You smile upon that person. You breathe deeply. You are that free! You always have been!
Monday, December 23, 2013
Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah
Some of you who attended my seminars in Europe this past fall 2013 may remember me talking about the beautiful song-- by Leonard Cohen. You can watch it being performed here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YrLk4vdY28Q.
Thursday, December 19, 2013
The Poet Saint Miribai -Listen-
Mirabai is one of my favorite poet saints. Her life is very interesting and inspiring. You can read more here, if you like: http://www.biographyonline.net/spiritual/mirabai.html
Here is one of her poems, a morning gift for you--at least it is early morning where I am. My sweet little dog is cuddled up sleeping. She is getting older now and I watch her changing. It is what time does. Therefore we must constantly let our vision move towards THAT which does not change, THAT which gives life to all things, and become THAT.
Listen
Listen, my friend, this road is the heart opening, kissing his feet, resistance broken, tears all night.
If we could reach the Lord through immersion in water, I would have asked to be born a fish in this life. If we could reach Him through nothing but berries and wild nuts, then surely the saints would have been monkeys when they came from the womb!
If we could reach him by munching lettuce and dry leaves, then the goats would surely get to the Holy One before us! If the worship of stone statues could bring us all the way, I would have adored a granite mountain years ago.
Here is one of her poems, a morning gift for you--at least it is early morning where I am. My sweet little dog is cuddled up sleeping. She is getting older now and I watch her changing. It is what time does. Therefore we must constantly let our vision move towards THAT which does not change, THAT which gives life to all things, and become THAT.
Listen
Listen, my friend, this road is the heart opening, kissing his feet, resistance broken, tears all night.
If we could reach the Lord through immersion in water, I would have asked to be born a fish in this life. If we could reach Him through nothing but berries and wild nuts, then surely the saints would have been monkeys when they came from the womb!
If we could reach him by munching lettuce and dry leaves, then the goats would surely get to the Holy One before us! If the worship of stone statues could bring us all the way, I would have adored a granite mountain years ago.
Wednesday, December 18, 2013
Letting go of anger...
I came across this quote (below) -- from a Swedish father whose young son went missing many years ago. A man confessed to killing his son -- (as well as many other people, making him a serial killer) -- but years later, these turned out to be false confessions -- which meant the father still does not know what happened to his son. I thought what Asplund (the father) said regarding this was interesting:
With his son dead and the killer still at large, does Asplund feel betrayed? He answers with another question: "What can you do about it? I don't think being angry will help me. Whatever happens, you have to focus on the future and go forward. You have to make the decision about whether you want to live or not. And if the choice is to live, you have to live your full life. You can't spend it sitting in the corner, thinking about what happened.”
With his son dead and the killer still at large, does Asplund feel betrayed? He answers with another question: "What can you do about it? I don't think being angry will help me. Whatever happens, you have to focus on the future and go forward. You have to make the decision about whether you want to live or not. And if the choice is to live, you have to live your full life. You can't spend it sitting in the corner, thinking about what happened.”
Friday, December 13, 2013
Angel email
Dearest Students,
Here is a copy of an email I sent to a client -- not a student -- so she doesn't have your same understanding, since you work constantly with the angelic principals of Truth, but she does have her own path. She is very physically challenged, and asked about healing at a spiritual level. Though everyone who is physically challenged or sick must continue always to work at a physical level, a spiritual understanding is also vital. I gave her a reading, and here is the email I also sent her. Perhaps you will benefit from it. I have removed identifying information, of course.
Here is a copy of an email I sent to a client -- not a student -- so she doesn't have your same understanding, since you work constantly with the angelic principals of Truth, but she does have her own path. She is very physically challenged, and asked about healing at a spiritual level. Though everyone who is physically challenged or sick must continue always to work at a physical level, a spiritual understanding is also vital. I gave her a reading, and here is the email I also sent her. Perhaps you will benefit from it. I have removed identifying information, of course.
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