Trevina

Hiya Cupcake

Where's your newest post about your daughter and the dreams? I wanted to comment, can you repost please?

Aloha
~R

Waking Up

The dharma that is taught and the dharma that is experienced are descriptions of how to live, how to use your life to wake you up rather than put you to sleep.

- Pema Chödrön, "Wisdom of No Escape"

Choose Again

"Every one of us alone has the power to direct the course of our lives by choosing what actions we will or won't take. While sometimes it's easier to believe you don't have a choice, the reality is that you always have a choice to behave differently." ~Francine Ward
Affirmation
Guided by Spirit, I choose my words, thoughts and actions carefully and deliberately.
Meditation
Dear God, I know that in every situation and circumstance of my life, I am at choice. I choose thoughts that bless and heal. I choose actions that express the Love that I am. I choose words that bring joy and harmony and I speak from my heart. I choose to be a conscious expression of the Divine which is my source and my strength. I am guided by the Holy Spirit to do Its will. I am open and ready to be the person You have in mind. I am blessed by and a blessing to everyone I encounter today. Thank You for the power to choose and the wisdom to choose again. I am that which You are.

Beneath the Surface

Beneath the Surface
"If, as has been said, it's true that we have approximately 60,000 separate, often disconnected, thoughts during the day, then our mind is like a pond that's full of whitecaps from a choppy breeze. But beneath that surface chatter is the gap where we can know God and gain the unlimited power of reconnecting to our Source." ~Dr. Wayne Dyer
Affirmation
I move beyond the surface, into the Source of me.

The Serenity lies is the space between the thoughts ~Rose

Life With God

"To know God is the beginning of wisdom, because God is the source of wisdom. The nearer we live to the source the more we receive of that which comes from the source. The mind that is not consciously living with God may have intellect and mental capacity, but the wisdom that knows can come only to that mind that is walking with God every moment of conscious existence. The mind that does not know God thinks in the darkness; the mind that does know God thinks in the light." ~Christian D. Larson
Affirmation
I am mindful of God in each moment.
Meditation
Dear God, Hold me close so that I do not wander from the path You have for me. Break through my thoughts and intellect; push aside my ego and my need to be in charge. Fill my moments with Your peaceful presence. May Your will be done, in and through me. Amen

Memorial Day

Hi my Boardies,
Every year I pay homage to our service men and women by praying at Punchbowl just as the Blue Angels fly over it. The four jets in meticulous formation travel at great speed. Once directly over Punchbowl the second jet from the right suddenly flies straight upwards to complete The Missing Man formation.
I always try to follow the jet with my eyes to watch it disappear into "heaven" but it moves so fast that in all the years I've been doing it I just can't catch the exact moment the jet disappears.
Life is a burning candle and we never know when the flame will be extinguished. Life is so precious and so temporary. Cherish this day, cherish each moment, cherish your loved ones and be grateful.

much aloha,
~R

Only God

Is there anyplace I can go to avoid your Spirit, to be out of your sight? If I climb to the sky, you are there!If I go underground, you are there!If I flew on the morning's wings, to the far western horizon, you would find me in a minute-you are already there waiting!
Then I said to myself: Oh, he even sees me in the dark! At night I am immersed in the light!It is a fact: darkness is not dark to you; night and day, darkness and light, there are all the same to you.~Psalm 139:7-12
Message Bible in Contemporary Language

Affirmation
I am one with God who supplies my every need.

Meditation
Almighty Heavenly Father/Mother God,I know that I am a Spiritual being having a human experience. I know that I live, move and have my being in You. When everything around me appears to be negative and challenging I cling even more to the thoughts of Your love and grace for me. I know that Grace is not a ticket to Fantasy Island but rather an amazing power to look at my life and feel in my deepest being that my life is good and I am blessed. Thank You God for Your Love and Grace that makes it all good and creates wonderful opportunities. I see now why they call it Amazing Grace. Amen

Priorities

"Come and fill my days with dreams. Empty me of all the empty things that I hold onto. Come and fill my heart with You."
~Grant Cunningham & Matt Huesmann

Affirmation
Love is my priority, my purpose and my path.

Meditation
Dear God, Help us to open our eyes and remain awake to Your truth. There is so much fluff and stuff floating around us, filling our thoughts and taking our time. Help us not be distracted by empty things. Release us from our tendency to major in the minors. May Your will for our lives be our priority and our passion. May Your purpose be evident in all of our actions. May our dreams and our days be filled with Love. So it is!

Ordinary Moments, Extraordinary Life

"...I used to pray that God would give me something--strength, wisdom, patience, the solution to a problem. I was forever telling God what was wrong with my life and what God needed to do to fix it. Today, I talk things over with God to decide what I can do, not what God should do. This is the key to spiritual power, to finding God in so many wonderful places both ordinary and extraordinary." ~Father Leo Booth

Meditation
Dear God, For many years I prayed for You to fix me; to solve my problems and save me from myself. My own stubborn willfulness would lead me into the swamp, then I would impatiently implore You to rescue me. Allowing You to guide my decisions and my days works in the most incredible way. Each ordinary moment carries an extraordinary opportunity for being with You. I place this day under Your direction and let it be what You would have it be. Thank You, God!

The Power of Your Word

Better than a thousand useless words is one word that gives peace.


- Buddha

Security

"I have faith that God will care for me, and God does provide my needs. I don't in any way feel insecure because I don't know where I will sleep at night, where or when I will eat next. When you have spiritual security, you have no more feeling of need for material security. I don't know anybody who feels more secure than I do--and, of course, people think l am the poorest of the poor. I know better, I am the richest of the rich. I have health, happiness, inner peace--things you couldn't buy if you were a billionaire."
~Peace Pilgrim quote is taken from: Peace Pilgrim: Her Life and Work in Her Own Words

Boardies ~ I have come to experience and live in the miracle, that is the Universe is an unending source of security. Sometimes if all I have is housing, food and electricity then that is what the Universe needs me to have at that moment. Trusting from my heart of hearts that I am being supported provides a deep sense of security. Security comes from the Universe, the God, the Buddha, the invisible net of love that supports us every single moment. The world is not the source. love ~R

The Artist

Check out my baby's picture .... he called it "The Darkness" and the inspiration he said is from a recent Fairly Godparents episode. :-) He was even able to tell me I was holding it upside down and to hold it the right way lol

I LOVE this one:

It does not matter whether you are a theist or atheist, what matters is sincerity, forgiveness, and compassion.
- His Holiness the Dalai Lama

I believe that it doesn't matter what form the Higher Power takes in your life, how you pray or who you pray to; or even if you only believe that people are the creators in some form or an other.

What DOES matter is how we contibute to the world everyday. It matters what vibrations we send out. It matters what pebbles we throw into the pond of consciousness. For what we do effects every living thing. If I love on those closest to me it effects everything in the Universe.
Gratitude, honesty, compassion., kindness and love keep on giving.
love ~R

The Power of Thank You

A single grateful thought toward heaven is the most complete prayer.-Gotthold Ephraim Lessing

Thank you is one of the most important things we can say to anyone.
Thank you says, "I see you. I see what you have done for me. You have been kind to me. I know it takes work to be kind. I feel special that you did the work of being kind to me. I am grateful."

Pray Thank You, to your Higher Power. Thank You for the gift of life, for a world of natural beauty and power to live in, and for the people around me who love me and accept my love.
Thank You for caring about me and helping me every day in my life, and please help me ask for the gift of Your help each day. Practice thinking "Thank You, Higher Power" Live in gratitude.
Paraphrased From the book:
God Grant Me... by Anonymous

Splendor Within

"Come now, noble souls, and take a look at the splendor you are carrying within yourselves! But if you do not let go of yourself completely, if you do not drown yourself in this bottomless sea of the Godhead, you cannot get to know this divine light." ~Meister Eckhart

Affirmation
I release all that I think I am to discover what I AM.

Meditation
Dear God, Thank You for the many wonderful ways that You break through to me. Sometimes, what I think gets in the way of what is true. I come now to the Source of life to learn about life. I release my preconceptions and embrace the true splendor within. I release my own willfulness and accept Your will. Your truth is greater than my wildest dreams. Thank You. Thank You. Thank You! So it is.

On a wall hanging

is written:

You yourself as much as anybody in the entire universe deserve love and affection.

- Mahatma Ghandi

Ask, Seek, Find !

So I say to you: Ask, and it will be given to you; search, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; everyone who searches finds; everyone who knocks will have the door opened.

~Luke 11:9-10

I love dangerous questions - questions that do not have easy or immediate answers and the process of answering is transformative. Answering potentially dangerous questions requires self honesty, introspection and a willingness to be authentic. I call such questions dangerous because they have the ability to shatter our self made selves thereby creating an opening for something brand new. I believe dangerous questions flow from Spirit in order to prepare us for a new relationship with Life.~Richard Beattie