tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-215950342024-03-13T09:08:28.164-04:00Divine SparksI am using this blog to collect words, ideas, pictures, and other forms of media that remind me I'm a spiritual being having a human experience. I hope anyone who stumbles upon my blog will be inspired and uplifted.Susannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16552351263311452580noreply@blogger.comBlogger393125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21595034.post-28871657846963503152017-08-12T06:37:00.001-04:002017-08-12T06:37:16.203-04:00What I Did on My Summer Vacation (or How an Astrology Bender, Yoga, and Logic the Rapper Touched Me)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Every summer I receive a gift of four weeks off from work. This summer has been particularly enlightening, but you wouldn’t know it from the things I’ve checked off my TO DO list. Let me set this up with some context.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Last summer I went on an astrology “bender” of sorts. I took an online course to satisfy and bring some focus to my long-standing curiosity of the stars and planets and how everything in this universe is connected. Then the school year took off and that interest got swept to the side. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">This summer I found myself studying again. I took a moon workshop by <a class="_2u0z" data-hovercard-prefer-more-content-show="1" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/page.php?id=138569616297317" href="https://www.facebook.com/rasalilahealing/">Rasa-Lila Healing</a> Tim Halloran. Tim reminded me that, despite our society’s very linear and masculine way of relating to and moving through the world, we are ebb-ers and flow-ers at our center. I learned that the new moon in Leo on July 23rd was the beginning of a new powerful lunar phase. Since then, I’ve been paying attention to what has been sprouting in my heart. And actually, that is what has been sprouting….my heart. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I also began noticing the themes of contentment and coherence coming up in conversations with friends. Contentment (Santosha in the yogic tradition) invites us to take “refuge in a calm center, opening our hearts in gratitude for what we do have, and practicing the paradox of ‘not seeking.’”** Coherence goes right along with contentment; it means that despite what is occurring both inside of me and outside of me, I can use some simple tools to stay calm, alert, and focused. Coherence, I believe, is what allows me to come into a more compassionate relationship with all of my pieces and parts. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Back to the moon…The full moon is a kind of full expression of whatever seed is planted at the new moon. And on August 7th there was a lunar eclipse on top of it. Very powerful symbols and energy. On the day of the full moon/lunar eclipse, my daughter, Alana, shared with me a song called <span class="_4yxp">Black Spiderman (</span><a href="https://youtu.be/sxjC4CNG3_c" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span class="_4yxp">https://youtu.be/sxjC4CNG3_c</span></a><span class="_4yxp">) </span>by a rapper she likes named <a class="_2u0z" data-hovercard-prefer-more-content-show="1" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/page.php?id=177029578989350" href="https://www.facebook.com/MindOfLogic/">Logic</a>. I loved the song so much that by the end of the day, I had listened to it at least 20 times … and then I learned about Logic. Despite his young age, and horrendously challenging background, this young man is a light - incredibly wise, authentic as hell, committed to peace and diversity, and so creative and talented. His song is about accepting self and others - not such a new message, but it hit me in a new way. (If you want to see an inspiring interview with Logic, check out this link: <a href="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fyoutu.be%2FaehAUrzOPrg&h=ATP3NUPjXIZaHaqNEe9tytyAq3r8DJFnFv7p-_GmM6h0k3wIyILWPbja4HynOd-OmENgqEJwDNFgXt_jCRkf3_VZz6BCg_dE3LgczJEzKuRLshxJ_jeMKX7J-6X-FYFv6f1L72WmUvgLYwic&s=1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/aehAUrzOPrg</a> ) </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I have to take this idea of acceptance really deep, though. It isn’t enough for me to acknowledge and feel compassion and love for everyone. I’m always turning back inward. What pieces and parts of me am I learning to love and accept…the really, really deep parts? Try this: One way to begin to notice and accept your rejected pieces and parts is by thinking of someone who really gets under skin…someone you’re really struggling with….and then list 3-5 or more things you dislike about them. Those qualities might just be the unloved or unaccepted parts of you. It can be a really eye-opening exercise. (Of course, you can do this exercise with positive aspects of people as well.) </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Back to eclipses….you probably have heard that there will be a complete solar eclipse on the 21st of this month. It’s extremely powerful. One astrologer I follow calls it a reset button. Personally and collectively we have the opportunity to reflect on what we deeply desire to reset…or rather, what is <span class="_4yxp">INVITING</span> us to reset. When computers are “hung up” we do this. We turn them off and back on and it clears the cache…the stuff it’s holding onto that’s slugging up the system. We can do this deep within ourselves, as well. Even if you don’t buy into astrology, you can still reflect on this idea. What are you hung up on that’s been slugging you up for a long time? - First thing that pops into your head... What are you believing about yourself that you are ready to let go of? - First thing that pops into your head… For me, it’s about truly VALUING and feeling at home with EVERY ASPECT of myself….valuing EVERY part me – messy contradictions and all. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">We can do this reset thing together… from a place of calm, focused, centered, awareness, with our personal and collective coherent hearts leading the way. Wanna join me?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**(<a href="http://a.co/0VSZMcG" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Quote from <span class="_4yxp">The Yamas and Niyamas </span>by Deborah Adele</a>)</span></div>
Susannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16552351263311452580noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21595034.post-53203606068281016702016-11-25T05:35:00.003-05:002016-11-25T05:36:52.781-05:00Join Me on Facebook!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">The other day, I decided to set up a page on Facebook, "<a href="https://www.facebook.com/heartwithinaheart/" target="_blank"><b>Awakening Heart</b></a>," that serves in the same way this blog does...to collect words, ideas, pictures, and other forms of media that remind me I'm a spiritual being having a human experience. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">"What is compassion? Actually compassion is when you are reconciled with this entire universe. <br />There is nothing in this whole universe that you are against. Think about that. Compassion means <br />reverence for all of life, everything is alive, there is no such thing as dead matter. Everything has its own life.<br /><br />When you have reverence for life, you respect everything, you have no animosity towards<br />anyone or anything.<br /><br />. . . Have you ever heard of a Sage or a liberated person, who was at odds with anything in this world? <br />You have to come to terms with yourself."<br /><br />--<br />Robert Adams</span>Susannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16552351263311452580noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21595034.post-11247792300866265592016-05-03T19:14:00.001-04:002016-05-03T19:14:36.097-04:00Spirit of the Blue Heron<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<strong><span style="color: #696f96;">Role: Peace Maker</span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="color: #696f96;">Lesson: Balance between relating and standing alone</span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="color: #696f96;">Keywords: Ability to Stand Alone.
Uniqueness. Independence. Call to Balance. Self-Esteem. Boundaries.
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">“Love is the only way to grasp another human being in the innermost core of his personality. No one can become fully aware of the very essence of another human being unless he loves him. By his love he is enabled to see the essential traits and features in the beloved person; and even more, he sees that which is potential in him, which is not yet actualized but yet ought to be actualized. Furthermore, by his love, the loving person enables the beloved person to actualize these potentialities. By making him aware of what he can be and of what he should become, he makes these potentialities come true.”</span></h1>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 21px;">― </span><a class="authorOrTitle" href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/2782.Viktor_E_Frankl" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-weight: bold; line-height: 21px; text-decoration: none;">Viktor E. Frankl</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 21px;">, </span><span id="quote_book_link_4069" style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 21px;"><i>Man's Search for Meaning</i></span></span>Susannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16552351263311452580noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21595034.post-17879849493854083732016-03-26T06:31:00.002-04:002016-03-26T06:31:48.335-04:00Easter Exultet - James Broughton<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">Stand still. The trees ahead and bushes beside you<br />Are not lost. Wherever you are is called Here,<br />And you must treat it as a powerful stranger,<br />Must ask permission to know it and be known.<br />The forest breathes. Listen. It answers,<br />I have made this place around you.<br />If you leave it, you may come back again, saying Here.<br />No two trees are the same to Raven.<br />No two branches are the same to Wren.<br />If what a tree or a bush does is lost on you,<br />You are surely lost. Stand still. The forest knows<br />Where you are. you must let it find you.</span></blockquote>
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Susannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16552351263311452580noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21595034.post-34693109118788905192014-08-04T06:49:00.003-04:002014-08-04T06:49:41.596-04:00Synchronicities - Viki Atkinson<b>Sharing a REALLY awesome story by a friend: </b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">We all are trying to discover the secret of life. We want to know who we are, what our relationship is with the world, what is the true source of happiness, and most importantly, how to live with purpose and without fear. We know the mind has enable us to master the external world, but we rarely stop to consider that, if we master the mind itself and thereby gain access to its vast pool of power and intelligence, unending joy and eternal freedom will be ours. Instead, we let the mind roam aimlessly. Protecting it from doubt, fear, anger, confusion, and self-incrimination is not among our priorities. As a result, we strive for peace with an agitated mind. We look for clarity with a stupefied mind. We search for our inner self with a mind that knows only how to operate in the external world. We attempt to achieve lasting happiness with a mind accustomed to chasing short-lived pleasure. We yearn for ultimate freedom with a mind enslaved by its own dysfunctional habits. In short, we have set out on the path of conquest with a self-defeating mind. Doubt, fear, uncertainty, sorrow, and grief thus become an integral part of our destiny." (xvii-xviii)</span>Susannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16552351263311452580noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21595034.post-36937515878984311772014-05-26T07:09:00.000-04:002014-05-26T07:09:26.454-04:00How do I love myself? - Thich Nhat Hanh<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/gMoRtJhVoxc" width="560"></iframe>Susannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16552351263311452580noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21595034.post-23517497453829820432014-05-22T04:34:00.000-04:002014-05-22T04:34:41.756-04:00How to Find Out What's Bugging Me - Joanne Holden<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>Well, you pay attention to your outer critics,<br />
Especially the ones who only look like they hate you,<br />
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To recapture whatever part of that was<br />
A reflection of your own critic,<br />
And you have it out with yourself.</i></b></span>Susannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16552351263311452580noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21595034.post-88719056648948604222014-05-05T05:19:00.000-04:002014-05-05T05:19:08.262-04:00Interview with Meryl Martin and Caroline Myss
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Susannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16552351263311452580noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21595034.post-25495856981461483332014-04-14T17:29:00.001-04:002014-04-14T17:29:25.462-04:00What You Seek - Rumi<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-tvsck5qQAyE/U0xTMksJK6I/AAAAAAAAAqc/l0j9H0IXAoE/s640/blogger-image--717231716.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-tvsck5qQAyE/U0xTMksJK6I/AAAAAAAAAqc/l0j9H0IXAoE/s640/blogger-image--717231716.jpg"></a></div>Susannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16552351263311452580noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21595034.post-22165226935307516462014-04-11T06:28:00.002-04:002014-04-11T06:28:53.667-04:00The Growing Edge of the Beginner's Mind - Parker PalmerThis link points to Palmer's commentary on the "On Being" blog site:<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia,times,times new roman,serif;">...Still, though, <br />think about this,<br />this great pull in us <br />to connect.<br />
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Why not become<br />
the one who lives with<br />
a full moon in each eye<br />
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that is always saying,<br />
with that sweet<br />
moon language,<br />
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what every other eye<br />
in this world<br />
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Susannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16552351263311452580noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21595034.post-33486599273010839502014-02-21T20:13:00.001-05:002014-02-21T20:13:48.329-05:00Dreams - James Hillman<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-JAQD4CbY9-Y/Uwf5ygqwp0I/AAAAAAAAAp0/DwrE618_0og/s640/blogger-image-858815497.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-JAQD4CbY9-Y/Uwf5ygqwp0I/AAAAAAAAAp0/DwrE618_0og/s640/blogger-image-858815497.jpg"></a></div>Susannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16552351263311452580noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21595034.post-78534517657051651212014-02-18T06:18:00.000-05:002014-02-18T06:18:15.673-05:00Parker Palmer - Welcome to the Human Race<iframe width="585" height="325" src="http://www.theworkofthepeople.com/embed/welcome-to-the-human-race" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe>Susannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16552351263311452580noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21595034.post-10839788679716215592014-02-12T06:01:00.000-05:002014-02-12T06:01:17.086-05:00Praying - Mary Oliver<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Susannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16552351263311452580noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21595034.post-15909408957959717502014-01-25T05:59:00.000-05:002014-01-25T05:59:23.932-05:00Why are you unhappy? - Wei Wu Wei<span style="font-size: large;">Why are you unhappy? </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Because 99.9 per cent </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Of everything you think, </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">And of everything you do, </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Is for yourself - </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">And there isn't one.</span><br />
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Susannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16552351263311452580noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21595034.post-72679633225117491842014-01-22T06:27:00.001-05:002014-01-22T06:27:31.966-05:00Your Life as a Conversation - David Whyte<iframe width="420" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/5Ss1HuA1hIk" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>Susannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16552351263311452580noreply@blogger.com2