Practicing the Presence of God

"Although I am planning and doing things in the world, it is only to please (God).
I test myself: even when I am working I whisper wiothin, "Where are You, Lord?" and the whole world changes. There is nothing but a great Light, and I am a little bubble in that Ocean of Light. Such is the joy of existence in God."

Paramahansa Yogananda

Reverence

"By having a reverence for life, we enter into a spiritual relation with the world. By practicing reverence for life we become good, deep, and alive."

~Albert Schweitzer


Affirmation: I revere the Love that makes us one.

Candle Lighting Protest

Aloha Boardies

Those of you who have joined me on my site for the last eight years know that I have kept the flow non-political. This however, is something I needed to share with you.

http://www.candle4tibet.org/en/

love,
Rose

Integrity

"What you do speaks so loud that I cannot hear what you say." ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

Affirmation:My faith and beliefs are the heart of my actions.

Meditation:

Dear God,

It is easy to talk about love and justice, mercy and peace. Help me live the truths I speak of. May my actions always reflect Your presence within me. And so it is. Amen

Love...

I spend too much time on the internet! But this sight is so much fun. It takes your web address and creates a word cloud. Rose, this is this blog in a word cloud. You can even print them out for inspiration!

Really neat...(click picture to make big!)

Love-
Kathi

Inner Peace

"You find peace not by rearranging the circumstances of your life, but by realizing who you are at the deepest level." ~Eckhart Tolle

Confident

"Life is not easy for any of us. But what of that? We must have perseverance and, above all, confidence in ourselves. We must believe that we are gifted for something and that this thing must be attained." ~Marie Curie

I am confident that life is rigged in my favor.

“But what in this world is perfect?”

Found this poem by Mary Oliver and wanted to share...

"Every year
the lilies
are so perfect
I can hardly believe

their lapped light crowding
the black,
mid-summer ponds.
Nobody could count all of them --

the muskrats swimming
among the pads and the grasses
can reach out
their muscular arms and touch

only so many, they are that
rife and wild.
But what in this world
is perfect?

I bend closer and see
how this one is clearly lopsided --
and that one wears an orange blight --
and this one is a glossy cheek

half nibbled away --
and that one is a slumped purse
full of its own
unstoppable decay.

Still, what I want in my life
is to be willing
to be dazzled --
to cast aside the weight of facts

and maybe even
to float a little
above this difficult world.
I want to believe I am looking

into the white fire of a great mystery.
I want to believe that the imperfections are nothing --
that the Light is everything -- that it is more than the sum
of each flawed blossom rising and fading. And I do."

Choices

I choose to focus my time and attention on Love alone.

Dear God,

Thank You for an interesting and blessed day.
Thank You for the opportunity to look at everything in a new way.
Guided by Your Spirit, I choose to dwell on the beauty and love all around me.
Thank You for life in all its simple wonder.

May all the Earth rest peacefully in You. Amen

The Power of Surrender

“The quickest way to access all of your true potential and actually experience it, instead of just hearing or reading about it, is the power of surrender. Surrender is probably not the most attractive or appealing word to most people. In fact, surrender is usually equated with giving up, losing, and defeat. But the opposite is true: you will never gain true power until you relinquish all human control and tap into your Divine potential within.”
~Greg Barrette

With my whole being, I let go and I totally trust in God.

Solitude

"Language... has created the word "loneliness" to express the pain of being alone. And it has created the word "solitude" to express the glory of being alone.
~Paul Johannes Tillich (The Eternal Now)

I am refreshed and renewed by time spent in solitude.

Dear God,
Thank You for solitude and serenity as well as time with friends and family. I appreciate both conditions and enjoy the balance between them. When I am alone, I realize that all is One. If I feel lonely, I reach beyond myself and connect with others. In truth I am never alone for You are always with me.

Thank You God. Amen

Purpose

"Life is not a random event. It has purpose and provides for the unfoldment of a divine plan with opportunities to make choices and decisions in every moment."
~Collin C. Tipping from Radical Forgiveness

My passion is freedom and my purpose is love.

Dear God, Your presence in my life is like a burning fire and a cool breeze. Your Truth pushes and cradles me. I intend to be a better person today than I was yesterday. With Your help, I passionately live my purpose. With my help, You transform the world.

Thank You God! And so it is. Amen

Kathi & Rose

Morning Ladies :-)

Ok my two projects are almost completed lol Still have a bit of tweeking to do here and there :-) ... And thank you both for your words, it encouraged me alot.


You can check them out here:

www.bettinacarter.com

http://carferid.tripod.com

Girl Rose, now my auntie is saying end of August for me to go and work for her full time, lord I really was hoping to be from my present job at end of month. Anyhoo, that's how it goes sometimes :-)

Lot's of Luv 2 u both :-)

Visit to the Dharma Center

Aloha my Sisters

Every Thursday night I go with a friend to a Tibetan Buddhist Darma center. I started doing this because meditating alone my self-discipline is really poor. I am not Buddhist and am very grateful to the lamas there for allowing me to meditate with their group.

Tonight there was a special puja, a prayer service. The scripture is read in Tibetan, written phonetically for the ones that pray along, and then in English. After the Buddhist chanting we go back and recite the scripture in English. I had a profound experience.

I do believe in reincarnation and know each one of us has had thousands of previous lives. In this puja the devotee "confesses" to all the wrong doings they may have done in previous lives. These wrong doings include the killing of one's father or mother, the destruction of temples and the disrepect of Buddhas and Saints. It was very moving, I couldn't stop crying.
I never even considered that I may have committed such sins in previous lives.
With each confession one is forgiven by the grace of the Buddha; or as I know it Guru Kripa, Guru's Grace.

I pray that each one of you is forgiven for any deeds you may have committed in previous lives.

love, Rose

Love Offerings

Aloha my Boardies

I don't know if you followed along with the conversation between Lecia, Kathi and me. It was about getting comfortable with accepting donations for the work you do; feeling worthy enough to accept the offerings.

So in that spirit I am asking for your love offerings to support this blog and my work. You can email me for my address. rkopp001@hawaii.rr.com

I look forward to seeing many of you at the Palmistry/Readings class.

Much aloha,
Rose

Spiritual Guidance

“The really happy person is one who can enjoy the scenery on a detour.” ~Anonymous

I go where I am led.

Dear God,

I let go of my human desires and surrender to the guidance of Your spirit within knowing that all is meant for my good. I am open to the adventure of life and joyfully accept the path You have for me,wherever it leads! Thank You God! Amen

Loving Service

"The fruit of prayer is the deepening of love, deepening of faith. If we believe, we will be able to pray, and the fruit of love is service. Therefore works of love are always works of peace, and to be able to put our hearts and hands into loving service we must know God, we must know God is love, that He loves us and that He has created us - each one of us - for greater things."
~Mother Teresa of Calcutta

I am happy to serve the cause of love.

Dear God,Who would You have me serve today? I accept my assignment to be Your hands and feet, to share a smile and a hug. I greet this day with joy in my heart, knowing that there is work for me to do. Hold our world in Your heart. Show us how to serve and love one another. May Your peace prevail. Amen

Your Palmistry Class on 8/9/2008

I checked out the website www.studiobehawaii.com and it contains the information for your class. I am definitely going to try and be there!

Aloha!
NDB