Mind is the master planner that molds and makes
And man is mind and forever more he takes,
The tools of thought and shaping what he wills
Brings forth a thousand joys, a thousand ills
He thinks in secret and it comes to pass
His environment is but his looking glass!!!
James Allen
Wednesday, May 31, 2006
Saturday, May 20, 2006
The Genesis of Butterflies
Victor Hugo
The dawn is smiling on the dew that covers
The tearful roses; lo, the little lovers
That kiss the buds, and all the flutterings
In jasmine bloom, and privet, of white wings,
That go and come, and fly, and peep and hide,
With muffled music, murmured far and wide!
Ah, Spring time, when we think of all the lays
That dreamy lovers send to dreamy mays,
Of the fond hearts within a billet bound,
Of all the soft silk paper that pens wound,
The messages of love that mortals write
Filled with intoxication of delight,
Written in April, and before the May time
Shredded and flown, play things for the wind's play-time,
We dream that all white butterflies above,
Who seek through clouds or waters souls to love,
And leave their lady mistress in despair,
To flit to flowers, as kinder and more fair,
Are but torn love-letters, that through the skies
Flutter, and float, and change to Butterflies.
The dawn is smiling on the dew that covers
The tearful roses; lo, the little lovers
That kiss the buds, and all the flutterings
In jasmine bloom, and privet, of white wings,
That go and come, and fly, and peep and hide,
With muffled music, murmured far and wide!
Ah, Spring time, when we think of all the lays
That dreamy lovers send to dreamy mays,
Of the fond hearts within a billet bound,
Of all the soft silk paper that pens wound,
The messages of love that mortals write
Filled with intoxication of delight,
Written in April, and before the May time
Shredded and flown, play things for the wind's play-time,
We dream that all white butterflies above,
Who seek through clouds or waters souls to love,
And leave their lady mistress in despair,
To flit to flowers, as kinder and more fair,
Are but torn love-letters, that through the skies
Flutter, and float, and change to Butterflies.
Wednesday, May 17, 2006
5-17-2006 Quote for today
Is a man's real possession his memory or his dreams?
Both can make him rich, both can make him poor.
-Kiachu Shen Ku
Both can make him rich, both can make him poor.
-Kiachu Shen Ku
Monday, May 08, 2006
Poem - Letting Go
Author Unknown
To let go doesn't mean to stop caring;
It means I can't do it for someone else.
To let go is not to cut myself off...
It's the realization that I can't control another...
To let go is not to enable,
but to allow learning from natural consequences.
To let go is to admit powerlessness,
which means the outcome is not in my hands.
To let go is not to try and change or blame another,
I can only change myself.
To let go is not to care for, but to care about.
To let go is not to fix, but to be supportive.
To let go is not to judge,
but to allow another to be a human being.
To let go is not to be in the middle arranging all the outcomes,
but to allow others to affect their own outcomes.
To let go is not to be protective,
It is to permit another to face reality.
To let go is not to deny, but to accept.
To let go is not to nag, scold, or argue,
but to search out my own shortcomings and correct them.
To let go is not to adjust everything to my desires,
but to take each day as it comes and cherish the moment.
To let go is not to criticize and regulate anyone,
but to try to become what I dream I can be.
To let go is not to regret the past,
but to grow and live for the future.
To let go is to fear less and love more.
To let go doesn't mean to stop caring;
It means I can't do it for someone else.
To let go is not to cut myself off...
It's the realization that I can't control another...
To let go is not to enable,
but to allow learning from natural consequences.
To let go is to admit powerlessness,
which means the outcome is not in my hands.
To let go is not to try and change or blame another,
I can only change myself.
To let go is not to care for, but to care about.
To let go is not to fix, but to be supportive.
To let go is not to judge,
but to allow another to be a human being.
To let go is not to be in the middle arranging all the outcomes,
but to allow others to affect their own outcomes.
To let go is not to be protective,
It is to permit another to face reality.
To let go is not to deny, but to accept.
To let go is not to nag, scold, or argue,
but to search out my own shortcomings and correct them.
To let go is not to adjust everything to my desires,
but to take each day as it comes and cherish the moment.
To let go is not to criticize and regulate anyone,
but to try to become what I dream I can be.
To let go is not to regret the past,
but to grow and live for the future.
To let go is to fear less and love more.
Tuesday, May 02, 2006
5-2-2006 Quote for today
A pebble tossed into the pond of life, provides ripples that come and go. Tossing in a pebble occasionally will provide a shimmer or two of enlightenment that may otherwise have been overlooked. As the ripples move outward, the influences of that pebble and our reaction and interpretations to them can expand our experiences and move energy to other areas of our experience.
Just as with the pond, each of us affect and can be affected by the energies of those around us, both those on the earth plane, and those in other dimensions.
Peace,
Kiachu Shen Ku
Just as with the pond, each of us affect and can be affected by the energies of those around us, both those on the earth plane, and those in other dimensions.
Peace,
Kiachu Shen Ku
Thursday, April 27, 2006
Poem
Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves
of strength that will endure as long as life lasts.
There is a symbolic as well as actual beauty in the migration of the birds,
the ebb and flow of the tides, the folded bud ready for the spring.
There is something infinitely healing in the repeated refrains of nature, the assurance that dawn comes after night, and spring after the winter.
The lasting pleasures of contact with the natural world are available to anyone who will place himself under the influence of earth, sea and sky and their amazing life.
-Rachel Carson (1907-1964)
of strength that will endure as long as life lasts.
There is a symbolic as well as actual beauty in the migration of the birds,
the ebb and flow of the tides, the folded bud ready for the spring.
There is something infinitely healing in the repeated refrains of nature, the assurance that dawn comes after night, and spring after the winter.
The lasting pleasures of contact with the natural world are available to anyone who will place himself under the influence of earth, sea and sky and their amazing life.
-Rachel Carson (1907-1964)
Saturday, April 22, 2006
Even Trees Awake to a Breakfast of Light
Even trees awake to a breakfast of light.
In hungry excitement they elevate their leaves,
Great green choirs with ten thousand open mouths,
Hosanna-ing the sun from silent boughs.
Trees know glory with neither sound nor sight,
Yet spread their limbs with phototropic ease.
No one knows the inwardness of trees;
Imagination, though, rapport allows:
Nor sickness, fire, drought, nor age, nor blight
Erodes their silent worship of delight.
In hungry excitement they elevate their leaves,
Great green choirs with ten thousand open mouths,
Hosanna-ing the sun from silent boughs.
Trees know glory with neither sound nor sight,
Yet spread their limbs with phototropic ease.
No one knows the inwardness of trees;
Imagination, though, rapport allows:
Nor sickness, fire, drought, nor age, nor blight
Erodes their silent worship of delight.
Wednesday, April 19, 2006
4-19-2006 Quote for today
I thank you God for this most amazing day, for the leaping greenly spirits of trees, and for the blue dream of sky and for everything which is natural, which is infinite, which is yes.
-E. E. Cummings
-E. E. Cummings
Tuesday, April 18, 2006
Poem
The breeze at dawn has secrets to tell you,
Don’t go back to sleep.
You must ask for what you really want.
Don’t go back to sleep.
People are going back and forth across the door sill,
Don’t go back to sleep.
The door is round and open.
Don’t go back to sleep.
-Rumi
Don’t go back to sleep.
You must ask for what you really want.
Don’t go back to sleep.
People are going back and forth across the door sill,
Don’t go back to sleep.
The door is round and open.
Don’t go back to sleep.
-Rumi
Tuesday, April 04, 2006
4-4-2006 Quote for today
If you would know strength and patience, welcome the company of trees.
-Hal Borland
-Hal Borland
Sunday, April 02, 2006
Saturday, April 01, 2006
Trees - Joyce Kilmer
(For Mrs. Henry Mills Alden)
I think that I shall never see
A poem lovely as a tree.
A tree whose hungry mouth is prest
Against the earth's sweet flowing breast;
A tree that looks at God all day,
And lifts her leafy arms to pray;
A tree that may in Summer wear
A nest of robins in her hair;
Upon whose bosom snow has lain;
Who intimately lives with rain.
Poems are made by fools like me,
But only God can make a tree.
I think that I shall never see
A poem lovely as a tree.
A tree whose hungry mouth is prest
Against the earth's sweet flowing breast;
A tree that looks at God all day,
And lifts her leafy arms to pray;
A tree that may in Summer wear
A nest of robins in her hair;
Upon whose bosom snow has lain;
Who intimately lives with rain.
Poems are made by fools like me,
But only God can make a tree.
Monday, March 20, 2006
3-20-2006 Quote for today
Enlightenment is like the
moon reflected on the water.
The moon does not get wet,
nor is the water broken.
Although its light is wide and great,
the moon is reflected even
in a puddle an inch wide.
The whole moon and the entire sky
are reflected in dewdrops on the grass,
or even in one drop of water.
- Dogen (1200-1253)
moon reflected on the water.
The moon does not get wet,
nor is the water broken.
Although its light is wide and great,
the moon is reflected even
in a puddle an inch wide.
The whole moon and the entire sky
are reflected in dewdrops on the grass,
or even in one drop of water.
- Dogen (1200-1253)
Wednesday, March 15, 2006
3-15-2006 Quote for today
All things must change to something new, to something strange.
-Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
-Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Tuesday, March 14, 2006
Poem - Forgiveness
do we ever truly forgive
and allow ourselves
some measure of reprieve
open ourselves
to the unconditional love
that surrounds us
the universe knows no bounds
yet will never
hinder
our attempts to bind ourselves
forgetting the space
in love
where we are meant to reside
from: Mar marciful
and allow ourselves
some measure of reprieve
open ourselves
to the unconditional love
that surrounds us
the universe knows no bounds
yet will never
hinder
our attempts to bind ourselves
forgetting the space
in love
where we are meant to reside
from: Mar marciful
Wednesday, March 01, 2006
3-1-2006 Quote for today
We are all made up of all the influences that came before; our reactions to them, and to our interpretations of right or wrong. It’s all a matter of what ones base line intent and level of mindfulness is.
Kiachu Shen Ku
Kiachu Shen Ku
Monday, February 13, 2006
2-13-2006 Quote for today
A child cannot be taught by anyone who despises him, and a child cannot afford to be fooled.
-James A. Baldwin
-James A. Baldwin
Sunday, February 12, 2006
2-12-2006 Quote for today
Two things a man should never be angry at: what he can help, and what he cannot help. -Thomas Fuller
Saturday, February 11, 2006
2-11-2006 Quote for today
A man should look for what is, and not for what he thinks should be.
-Albert Einstein
-Albert Einstein
Friday, February 10, 2006
2-10-2006 Quote for today
Wisdom is the power that enables us to use knowledge for the benefit of ourselves and others.
-Thomas J. Watson
-Thomas J. Watson
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