Empathy

"Remember there's no such thing as a small act of kindness. Every act creates a ripple with no logical end."

Scott Adams

Dalai Lama on Compassion

If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.

~~Dalai Lama

Trevina

Aloha Trevina

Thank you so much for the box full of goodies! I always get excited when your packages arrive, I feel like at kid at Christmas!

Much love,
Rose

Ducking Trucks

When you see a truck bearing down on you, by all means jump out of the way. But spend some time in meditation, too. Learning to deal with discomfort is the only way you'll be ready to handle the truck you didn't see.

- Bhante Henepola Gunaratana, "Mindfulness in Plain English"

Living Love

"Be kind and merciful. Let no one ever come to you without leaving better and happier. Be a loving expression of God's kindness: kindness in your face, kindness in your eyes, kindness in your smile, kindness in your warm greeting. To children, to the poor, to all who suffer and are lonely, give always a happy smile. Give them not only your care, but your heart."

~Mother Teresa of Calcutta
Affirmation
I am generous with everyone I meet.
Meditation
Dear God, May the love and joy I feel in my heart, express in and through every area of my life. You are the source of my happiness, like a great river flowing into and through me. I am willing to be Your hands and feet, And to be Your arms and hands. Help me be fully present with everyone that You bring my way. I am grateful for Your love, which fills my heart.

Choices

"Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy--think about such things."~Philippians 4:8 (NIV)
Affirmation
I choose to focus my time and attention on Love alone.
Meditation
Dear God, Thank You for an interesting and blessed day. As I drove to work this morning, I noticed that a section of the freeway was lined with blue and purple flowers. Some might call these plants, weeds --I always wonder who decides--and yet, they are bountiful and beautiful. 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

Everything is Sacred

Feelings, whether of compassion or irritation, should be welcomed, recognized, and treated on an absolutely equal basis; because both are ourselves. The tangerine I am eating is me. The mustard greens I am planting are me. I plant with all my heart and mind. I clean this teapot with the kind of attention I would have were I giving the baby Buddha or Jesus a bath. Nothing should be treated more carefully than anything else. In mindfulness, compassion, irritation, mustard green plant, and teapot are all sacred.

- Thich Nhat Hanh, "Miracle of Mindfulness"

Beginnings

"Seize this day, this moment. And if you choose to do the right thing now, if you just make a decision to try, then change begins. When the next moment comes, all you have to do is repeat that decision, maintain the course, and perseverance will take root and grow."~Patrice Gaines
Affirmation:
Each moment is a new beginning.
Meditation
Dear God, In this moment of peace, quiet and connection, I consciously choose to begin again.Whatever has happened has brought me to this opportunity. I stretch my mind and allow the awareness of Your to fill me. I drink deeply from the sweet stillness that envelopes me. I am refreshed and fortified. Renewed hope and a sense of purpose stretch before me. Lifted up by Your spirit, I embrace my life.Now is the time for new beginnings and for dreams. So it is.

Update

Hi Rose,
this morning I woke to the smell of rose and puakenikeni,it was beautiful.
I have neither plants or that scent freshener.
My sister and I are doing okay. RS was here this past week-end.
On Friday night he and I both dream of kids. we never did that before.,
Saturday night I had a dream that someone had a list of reason why I would not get pregnant I told that person you do not know these kids they are determined to be here.
On Sautrday and Sunday, I was trying to mediatate while at the beach with RS,Tasha and her boyfriend, they keep interrupting me. Images I saw were of feretilized egg spliting.
On the day mom died, I told her to enjoy playing with her grand kids.
love,T

Turn Within

"Look well into thyself; there is a source which will always spring up ifthou wilt always search there."~Marcus Aurelius
Affirmation
I am a unique expression of that which we call Spirit.
Meditation
Dear God, You are the essence and substance of life Itself. In and through You, we are interconnected. When we become still and quiet and turn our attention within,we experience Your presence. Regardless of what seems to be happening around us,we are filled with peace, joy, serenity and freedom. Thank You for the Truth. Amen

The Future

“The future is not in our hands. We have no power over it. We can act only today. We have a sentence in our Constitution that says: “...We will allow the good God to make plans for the future, for yesterday has gone, tomorrow has not yet come and we have only today to make Him known, loved and served.” So we do not worry about the future.”~Mother Teresa
Affirmation
If I persist, I will succeed. I will persist until I succeed.
Meditation
Dear God, I trust in You as the Creator of yesterday, today and tomorrow. My job is to live in the fullness of today for this is all I have. My faith in You, the creative energy of this universe and all life, is strong and unwavering. You, the power beyond myself, are both objective and subjective and I trust in your awareness of me and my needs. I give thanks for all that is and all that is unfolding. Amen

house

Hi Rose,

I'm thinking of buying this house in Calgary. 7048 Sierra Morena Blvd. What do you think?

Love Mel

MJS (Dec 12/82)

School...

Aloha Rose,
Well, I applied for financial aid. Just waiting for the school to approve what has been processed. Crossing my fingers.

Now I am at a crossroads...do I stay on course with the anthropology and women's studies? Or shall I venture into the arts? I really feel that I want to do it all but know that I should really focus.

So hard to figure it all out! I don't know what I want to be when I grow up...lol!

And finally dating someone after my long journey alone...JH (05.02.60).

Peace and light-
Kat

Get the Message my Loves?

This is Important - Buddhist Wisdom

Negligence produces a lot of dirt. As in a house, so in the mind, only a very little dirt collects in a day or two, but if it goes on for many years, it will grow into a vast heap of refuse.

- Commentary to Sutta Nipata

Prayer, meditation, right thought, right action, compassion and kindness sweep out mental "dirt". Ommmmm ~R

Spiritually Liberating Life

"Everyone who drinks this water will get thirsty again. But no one who drinks the water I give will ever be thirsty again. The water I give is like a flowing fountain that gives eternal life."~John 4:13-14
Affirmation
I am focused on the eternal instead of the temporary.
Meditation
Dear God,Everything around me is changing, the circumstances I have long relied on have shifted. I turn my attention from the shifting reality to Your eternal presence. I understand that love alone is real. I am willing to be an agent for change in my professional and personal life. I release my grip on what was my experience. I trust that all is well in You. Thank you for creating a new focus in me. May Your love spill over from my life to everyone I meet today. Thank You, God!

Within You

In the center of your mind sits a Buddha nestled into a thousand petal lotus. Look and See.

much aloha,

~R

Positive Thoughts

Be thankful for what you have; you'll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don't have, you will never, ever have enough. - Oprah Winfrey

Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does. -William James

Nothing is more important than reconnecting with your bliss. Nothing is as rich. Nothing is more real. Deepak Chopra

New Day

And he who sat upon the throne said, "Behold, I make all things new."~Revelation 21:5
Affirmation
I greet this new day with anticipation and excitement.
Meditation
Dear God, For much of yesterday, I worked on a tough project. No matter what I did, I couldn't get close to the desired end result. Finally, I gave the project to you and I let it go and went to bed. This morning, when I took a fresh, new look at the facts and figures, I discovered a fundamental flaw in the process I had been using. Incredibly, when I corrected the error, everything fell into place. Thank You for a wonderful lesson. Thank You for helping me see past my flawed assumptions. Help me take a fresh look at everything in my life. Help me see everything as You see it. Thank You very much! Amen

Buddhist Wisdom

The Buddha said to Ananda: "Truly, Ananda, it's not easy to teach the way of freedom to others. In teaching freedom to others, the best way is to first establish five things and then teach. What are the five? When you teach others, you must think: 'I will teach in a gradual and sensitive way. I will speak with the goal in mind. I will speak with gentleness. I will not speak in order to gain anything. I will not speak with a view to harming anyone.' "If you establish thse five things, your teaching will be well received."
- Anguttara Nikaya

Goals

“We put a lot of effort and struggle into accomplishing our goals, but we fulfill only half of them. If we accomplish even as much as that, we consider ourselves lucky. In reality, the fact that we cannot do even half of what we want to do is a sign of our lack of freedom.”~Gehlek Rimpoche
Affirmation
The only place where my dreams become impossible is in my thinking.
Meditation
Dear God, You have given me the power to choose - inherent in this is my freedom. I am free to choose my spiritual path. I am free to reflect an attitude of my choosing. I am free to come and go on a physical level. Help me to see, Dear God, that "doing" is not what feeds my soul. It is my Beingness, my awareness of Your presence that fulfills me. Achieving my goals is only one part of my life. Knowing You and practicing Your presence and peace is my true freedom. Amen

Expect Good

"While we watch the storm clouds gather and prepare for the storm, let us never forget that the sun still shines behind those dark clouds, and may somehow break through before the storm descends. I see sunshine in the real desire for peace in the hearts of humanity, even though the human family gropes toward peace blindly, not knowing the way."~Peace Pilgrim
Affirmation
I open my mind to receive unexpected good from unexpected sources.
Meditation
Dear God, Thank You for the gift of faith which sustains me. I know that all things are in Divine Order.You are my rock, my strength, my peace and my refuge. No thing, place, person or circumstance can separate me from You. May it be for me as You will. Amen

The Happiness We Seek

The happiness we seek, a genuine lasting peace and happiness, can be attained only through the purification of our minds. This is possible if we cut the root cause of all suffering and misery—our fundamental ignorance.


His Holiness the Dalai Lama, The World of Tibetan Buddhism

Helen G.

Aloha and welcome to my Blog Ms. Helen

For private readings you can email me at rkopp001@hawaii.rr.com. If you want free readings here on the Blog email me your email address and I will send you an invitation to post on the Blog.

Thank you for your kindness and generous spirit.

I am honored by your trust.
Rose

Live In Love

“When we fulfill our function, we live in love rather than fear. We do what the Holy Spirit would have us do, which is what we really want to do; everything works to our greater happiness and we cannot help feeling good about the whole of life. The more we let ourselves be one with God, the more we discover our own true nature, the more we reach perfection. ~Jon Mundy
Affirmation
My purpose is fulfilled in God.
Meditation
My Perfect Divine Source: I seek only the perfection you hold, not being content with my own puny attempts at human perfection. I know that a power greater than my conscious awareness is now moving in and through me to express in perfect ways according to the divine plan. I let go of my idea of perfection and I let go INTO yours. Amen

Love

Love consists in this, that two solitudes protect and touch and greet each other.--Rainer Maria RilkeMature love is a powerful and wonderful thing that has to be learned in adulthood. Children are certainly capable of loving and receiving love, but they are not yet fully formed as individuals. Adult intimacy is like a bridge spanning the space between two people. When our intimate partner confides in us and becomes vulnerable, our task is to make that moment safe. And when we become vulnerable, we have a right to the same safety - which means no disrespect and no demeaning or abusive behavior. When someone puts trust in us, it is our duty to honor it. Some of us grew up in families where love was paired with abuse and disrespect. The very people who loved us sometimes deliberately hurt us. As adults we may find ourselves being more decent and polite to strangers than to our loved ones. This becomes our adult challenge: to act respectfully to our loved ones and protect and honor the trust they have placed in us. I will be most respectful of my intimate partner, who is the most vulnerable to me.
You are reading from the book:

Wisdom to Know by Anonymous _________________________________________

Acceptance

“Accept whatever is going on completely, without any judgment. It is neither right, nor wrong, good nor bad. It just is. Accept whatever is going on to the best of your ability, whether you have just won the lottery, lost your job or are in a noisy disagreement with your boss. This does not mean you don’t feel the feelings, pleasurable or painful, but acceptance is key here.” ~Ruth Fishel
Affirmation:
I choose joy as my attitude.
Meditation:
Dear Father/Mother God, I will not resist anything that is going on in my life. Resistance causes pain and so I lean in and embrace everything as it is. As I pray for your guidance and help, dear God, the way is opened to hear you and feel you. In due time all things fall into place. I am patient. I am listening. Amen

Thought

Sometimes, the way is not clear. Our minds get clouded, confused. We aren't certain what our next step should be, what it will look like, what direction we are headed. This is the time to stop, ask for guidance, and rest. That is the time to let go of fear. Wait. Feel the confusion and chaos, and then let it go. The path will show itself. The next step shall be revealed. We don't have to know now. We will know in time. Trust that. Let go and trust. I will wait if the way is not clear. I will trust that out of the chaos will come clarity.
You are reading from the book:

The Language of Letting Go by Melody Beattie

Be Love

"The recognition and control of your own body of feeling arid emotion is one of the very first lessons to be learned, if you would develop spiritual insight, because your feelings, if uncontrolled, are going to cause a storm...You see from this that to protect yourself from adverse and disturbing thoughts, and to control your emotional body, you too must seek the love of Great Spirit, the love of the Higher Power You must pray for, and strive to become, this gentle love."
~White Eagle

Affirmation
I surrender my emotions to the gentle power of the Great Spirit within.

Buddhist Wisdom

Think not of the faults of others, of what they have done or not done. Think rather of your own sins, of the things you have done or not done.

- Buddha

One Family

...the greatest suffering is being lonely, feeling unloved, having no one. I have come more and more to realize that it is being unwanted that is the worst disease that any human being can ever experience."~Mother Teresa of Calcutta
Affirmation
I freely share love with everyone.
Meditation
Holy Spirit,I feel Your presence with and in me, and I know that You are in each person.Teach me how to feel Your presence with my heart. Open my heart and mind so that I connect at the level of Spirit with all people. Help me not turn away from the eyes of those who are lonely. Help me notice and respond to those who feel unloved.Help me live the Oneness I so easily proclaim through words.There are no throwaway people in Your kingdom: Princes and bums, doctors and homeless people, Intellectuals and inmates, clergy and the elderly, every person of every type is equally Your child, we are one family, with one Creator. Each person on this planet is my sister or brother. Reveal Yourself to me in each face and heart. I intend to share Your unconditional love without judgment. Thank You!

Compassion

One day as I was meditating, I saw a rusty gutter, and I suddenly felt sad and sorry that it was going bad and rusty. I experienced that life was impermanent. I learned Dharma from that gutter.

- Mae Chi Boonliang, "Women's Buddhism, Buddhism's Women"

thanks

Hi Rose,
Thank you for your support. It is very appreciated. The support of the boardies. I told my mom to play with my kids.
Both RS and tasha said that daughter would have mom's mischievous nature.
will mom help getting children here?
i love you,
T

Restraint

Restraint with the eye is good, good is restraint with the ear. Restraint with the nose is good, good is restraint with the tongue. Restraint with the body is good, good is restraint with speech. Restraint with the heart is good, good is restraint everywhere. A monk everywhere restrained is released from all suffering & stress.
- Dhammapada, 25, translated by Thanissaro Bhikkhu.

Love

“When you see that you are the beloved of the universe, then all of the energy that you have been using to convince the external world of who you are will now be yours to use for the beauty of simply being yourself just as you are.”
~Michael Bernard Beckwith quote was taken from: Spiritual Liberation: Fulfilling Your Soul’s Purpose
Affirmation
I am consciously evolving as a perfect expression of the Love that I am.
Meditation
Holy One, I am in love with Love, Oh my God. From this vibration of absolute joy and gladness I embrace the world around me. I look anew on the conditions of my life, knowing that all things are in perfection now. I am now in heaven, I am now in joy,I am now in peace,I am now in Love and Love expresses Itself freely in and through my life. So it is!

Grief

It's so curious: one can resist tears and 'behave' very well in the hardest hours of grief. But then someone makes you a friendly sign behind a window, or one notices that a flower that was in bud only yesterday has suddenly blossomed, or a letter slips from a drawer... and everything collapses.

~Colette

No Pleasure Without Pain

There is no pleasure without some degree of pain. There is no pain without some amount of pleasure.


- Bhante Henepola Gunaratana, "Mindfulness in Plain English"

Supply

"Depend upon me. I will provide. This is the Word, eternally spoken from on high; and every awakened soul has learned the message, but the few alone have discerned its real interpretation."~Christian D. Larson
Affirmation
I depend on God alone for everything.
Meditation
Dear God,Everything that I am, Everything I have, Everything I need, Everything I am yet to be, Flows to me from You.There is nothing and no one more important in my life than my Creator. In You, I am made whole,With You, I am reborn. Through You, I am blessed. Your will is my will. Your light in my light.Thank You God!

Hurting Mom

Aloha Rose,

I pray that all is well with you. I have been doing pretty good for the most part. I have some concerns for my son LCJr (5-21-93). His father and I are now officially divorced and I'm so happy about that. My son on the other hand has been really having some odd behavior of sorts and I'm now at wits end and trying not to become a headliner on CNN. He's been screwing up majorly in school, disrespected me (but i nipped that one in the bud real quick), etc. meaning the typical lazy teenager that thinks the world rieses and sets on them. Well last night, he was out very late, without permission of course, and I think he had been doing something he had no business doing. I've tried talking, intervention, counseling and just don't know where to turn. It's not like his father is of any help at all and when he is, it's all about confusion for our son. Please help me to understand what's going on with him. I'm hurting for my son and don't know what to do.

Mahalo and Namaste,
Mobet

Immediate Prayer Request

Aloha Boardies

Thank you for your energy on my behalf, I am recovering.

THIS prayer request is for Trevina's mother who is very, very ill. Please enfold her, Trevina and Tasha with love, light and mega angels immediately.

Trevina, I am holding your mother and your family in my prayers for as long as you need them.

Hang on to your God tightly. Love, Rose

Hello...

Hi T and Rose,
T, you and your family are in my thoughts. I will be thinking of you.

And Rose, I hope you are well after Monday.

Sending warm thoughts to all-
Kat