BHAGAVAD GITA

The days are shifting expression with later sunrises and sunsets, fields filled with hay and straw and a diminishing of the 'holiday madness'!

Glorious walks over the sandy dunes to the sea bring a vibrancy and joy which I so appreciate!

Since last being in communion with rainbow space I have watched the dvd 'The Secret' which I heard about in
Karen Knowlers newsletter. Brilliant dvd although a little materially focused, its worth the watch.

Have been reading through Norman Walkers books on juicing and life. I love reading the golden oldies of the living foods regime. Talking of living foods,
Elaine Bruce has her latest newsletter out - some brilliant tips and inspirations, so check it out. I am really interested in the next one in which someone will be sharing around the realities of chocolate, raw or not!!

Found myself drawn once again into the mystic and wise pages of the Gita and share some quotes below. Enjoy life.
Namaste Ruth.

“God is seated in the hearts of all."

“Arjuna:
Of those steadfast devotees who love you and those who seek you as the eternal formless Reality, who are the more established in yoga?
Krishna: Those who set their hearts on me and worship me with unfailing devotion and faith are more established in yoga. As for those who seek the transcendental Reality, without name, without form, contemplating the Unmanifested, beyond the reach of thought and of feeling, with their senses subdued and mind serene and striving for the good of all beings, they too will verily come unto me.”

“He whom the world troubles not, and who troubles not the world, who is free from the emotions of joy, wrath, and fear, is dear to Me. The man who is guileless, pure, upright, unconcerned, free from distress of mind, who renounces every enterprise and worships Me, is dear to Me. He who has neither delight nor aversion, who neither mourns nor desires, who renounces good and evil fortune, and worships Me, is dear to Me. He who is the same to friend and foe, and also in honour and dishonour, who is the same in cold and heat, pleasure and pain, who is wholly free from attatchment; To whom praise and blame are equal, who is silent, content with every fortune, home-renouncing, steadfast in mind, and worships Me, that man is dear to Me.”

"When a man dwells on the objects of sense, he creates an attraction for them; attraction develops into desire, and desire breeds anger." "The self-controlled soul, who moves amongst sense objects, free from either attachment or repulsion, he wins eternal Peace." –

OUR EARTH WALK

Living Foods vibrate at a frequency that most nourishes the body in which we live.

It is the Pranic or energetic quality within the foods that nourish us wholistically.

We are all channels of Light and Love and eating alive foods orchestrates the dance of our being in frequency with life, which in turn translates as wellness in our bodies, more peace in our minds and deeper communion with Source and a feeling of contentment and appreciation.
The subject of foods in our society can become fanatically linked with ego expression, tenacious clinging to opinions, and the facts which shift each time the person or persons concerned evolves enough to gain a bigger perspective on the truth.

Its not so much that ‘truth’ changes as that the veneers of mind become less clouded with intelligencia and the ultimate truth comes into vision.

We only have to look at science through its history and observe the data shifting and changing, more often reflecting the loudest voice, the political dynamics of the time and the financial investiture nourishing the new found facts.

If we step back and observe - both the play of the world and our own individual stuff too. Its almost amusing. *smile* - Over the years my thoughts and feelings around food have been influenced by how those foods nourish the body in which I live. I don’t live in anyone elses body, so at the end of the day, no matter how much I am moved and inspired by the passion and the information – my greatest learning is to allow my body to guide me and listen to its subtle messages.

For me this is an ongoing learning experience.We are so bombarded by manufactured sounds and visuals etc. that we can't even begin to 'feel' the truth of our inner knowing and wisdom.Silence and sitting and being, slowly open the pathways to wellness, more than any foods, but living foods are certainly part of that journey for me bringing me more in touch with the remembering.
Love Ruth.

NEW MOON

"The New Moon is the first phase of each lunar cycle.

Use this phase to go within to plant your intention or "seed vision" for what you want to grow, create or transform in your life for this lunar cycle.

At this time all of the power of the Sun (Spirit) is encapsulated in your seed vision and planted deep underground in the subconscious womb of the Moon (soul).

Solar and lunar energies come together and magnetically pull in the same direction to provide the thrust for this new intention.

In general this is a period of instinctive, youthful, and essentially unconscious activity. Since all is hidden from light at the dark Moon, dreams and waking inspirations often hold the answers.

Faith and trust in the Unseen is called for."

Joyous new moon smiles for us all - I dont know who wrote the above! but it wasnt me. I have been enjoying watching and smelling the earth and vegetation delight in this wonderous rain. Each morning nature exudes the most wonderful aroma of vibrancy and fertility. The blackberries are ripening and morning walks take on a new delight in blackberry season! 'grin'

"For Spirit is the Life Force. It is the invisible essence of whatever is
manifested. It is the power that is flowing through every living thing and
which provides the energy for it to express its separate identity. but
although Spirit flows through all forms it is largely 'unknown' because it
is hidden behind the apparent physical 'appearance of things.
Modern science has no knowledge of the true nature of Spirit because, unlike
matter it cannot be seen or measured. It is so elusive that it cannot be
dissected by the logical mind either. , because it transcends the intellect.
Sprit is 'nothing' yet, paradoxically , it is in everything and everything
is in it.

Modern science has an inadequate and incomplete understanding of the nature
of man and of life itself because it tends to be concerned solely with the
physical, and ignores the spiritual, assigning it to the province of the
theologian where it has rested on 'faith' and belief in the
supernatural......."

Kenneth Meadows - Shamanic Experience

EMBRACING THE BELOVED

This is from Embracing the Beloved by Stephen and Ondread Levine.

Few recognize the enormous power of relationship as a vehicle for mutual healing - physical, emotional and spritual. Or the power of the 'true heart' to awaken us from the emotional trance, or the possibilities of seeing our beloved as 'the beloved'

Relationship can be a means for inner growth., by embracing the pained mind, that just wants to 'make nice' to maintain safe territory, cowering in the corner, unwilling to engage that which keeps us frightened and absent., this is about relationship where the mind turns easy and the heart bursts into flame.

This is about the enligtenment of relationship, by clearing the mind and opening the heart, the path toward the heart where the wounds of the past and the confusion of the present are received in mercy and awareness.

Exploration of consicousness and the development of a mindfulness and hearfulness.

Here we discover survival practice at the edge of the flat world, it challenges us to take one more step, to exceed our fear of falling, to watch the minds fear that if it take one more step nothing will be there to stay its fall, to realise that in taking that amazing step into space, we have wholly entered our life, and the exploration of our original nature. And rather than fall we rise, letting go of the suffering, recognizing that only our fear creates gravity and heaviness around the heart.

Thus when we hear the statistics that 50% of marriages end in divorce, we are not frightened or depressed. Instead something deep within is reaffirmed that perhaps half of those who get married today may be there for their beloved on their deathbed.

Half of the people who marry may be together the rest of their lives!. The glass is half full, and theres enought there for all of us.

To the small mind, 50% of life doesnt work, to the big mind the half that does work is grace.

This mystical union is the fruit of a consicous, committed relationship.

Such relationships are rare and worth all we can give. They arrive on their own schedule, In the beginning they require all you have, as they ripen, they necessitate all you are.

The distance from your pain, you grief, your unattended wounds, is the distance from your partner. And the distance from your partner is your distance from the living truth, your own great nature.

Whatever maintains the distance, that seperation from ourselves and our beloveds, must be investigated with mercy and awareness. This distance is not overcome by one 'giving up their space' to another, but by both parners enetering together the un known between them.

The mind creates the abyss but the heart crosses it.

A conscious relationship teaches us to treat ourselves and others as our only child. And to do it mindfully.

The harmful effect of an unconcsious relationship is that is keeps us so small, dependant on external circumstances for our happiness.

YOGA OF THE FUTURE

Swami Niranjanananda

The weekend in France continued with guidelines for those of us teaching and sharing yoga in the world. The overall focus was to move away from the attachment of the west, as yoga being a series of postures performed in order to attain some benefits. Instead Swamiji spoke of the yoga of the future as the discovery of the human mind and management of different personality traits, in order to attune with the underlying harmony of nature.

He spoke of creativeness, openess and balance as being the foundation stones on which the building of life is constructed. And that although yamas and niyamas have been thought of as external expressions of a balanced mind, we now need to also realise that they are expressions of balanced chakras in every individual. Chakras represent the states of consciousness and states of energy.

10 Effective Yogic Ways to Calm the Mind in 10 minutes –

1. Deep breathing – Sit comfortably in meditative pose, inhale deeply, fully and slowly then exhale slowly, and completely.

2. Abdominal breathing - Lie down on back, fold both the legs in knees and bring them close to the hips, fold the arms around head and start inhalation and exhalation while focusing on abdominal movement.

3. Ujjayi Breath - Sit comfortably in meditative pose, create a hissing sound in the throat, while inhaling and exhaling. This is called as Ujjayi breath. Try to listen to the sound carefully.

4. Kapalbhati – Sit comfortably in meditative pose, fast but forceful exhalation and automatic inhalation, 40 times in 20 seconds, repeat this 3 times.

5. Chant Omkar Sit comfortably in meditative pose, and chant Omkar for 10 minutes.

6. Inner Trataka - Lie down in shavasana, focus on eye brow center and visualize a candle flame in the eye brow center with closed eyes. Integrate breath awareness with candle flame.

7. Meditation on Empty body - Sit comfortably in meditative pose, close the eyes, relax the body, focus on breath awareness and Visualize the body as completely empty, internalize the awareness and see space inside every part of the body. Then visualize the entire body filled with space.

8. Meditation on Sky - Sit comfortably in meditative pose, relax the body ,focus on breath awareness and Look at the sky and merge the awareness with the sky.

9. Meditation on Prana - Sit in meditative pose. Close your eyes. Relax the body, focus on breath awareness. Visualize as if you are breathing through each and every cell, pore through the skin, the body is being filled with Pranic energy (Vital energy). The body expands as the pranic energy level increases in the body with every inhalation, and with every exhalation body relaxes further.

10. Meditation on Naval and Throat - Sit in meditative pose. Close your eyes. Relax the body, focus on breath awareness. Maintain the awareness of throat and naval simultaneously focusing on each and every breath.

By. Gandhar Mandlik (under the guideance of yogacharya Vishwas Mandlik)

INNER DISCIPLINE

Sustaining the inspiration from talks by Swami Niranjananda - the social environment is geared to provide us wth a sense of fulfilment, security and status in life. It does not give us a sense of inner discipline, inner stability. It does not give us a sense of personal and mental awareness.
The type of education we receive is very much focused on the material, the physical so there is an imbalance. We need another form of eduation which can bring us in contact with our inner being.
There needs to be an integration of our 'social responsibilities' and skills with our inner communion with Soul. This is where we attune to 'spirituality' in our lives, discovering the inner source.

In the absence of discipline and attunment with source, there is always going to be a search to find happiness and harmony in the material and the physical.
This ongoing seeking outside of ourselves causes a sense of emptiness inside, nothing feels fulfilled, and we miss meeting the best of life.

The concept of discipline has been the core of yogic or spiritual education.
We all need a material education also showing us the social standards of the tribe, but we need also to create a personal standard.

When we have a strong inner discipline we feel more trust within ourselves as we know that we live in tune with our personal honour code, that we have an inner integrity and attunement with Source.

We need to complement our external living with inner discipline, and only when we are able to integrate these two aspects together do we find a beautiful change happening in our lives.

Swamiji is not talking enforced discipline here, discipline is a process through which we can come to terms with our own inner personality, a process by which we can attune with our own inner potential. This is inner discipline, not rules imposed by others.

The inner disciplines lead us into the discovery of the human mind and management of our differing personality traits. Inner Discipline opens the doorways to harmonious living.

Swami Niranjanananda emanates a profound wisdom with a sublime childlike quality and gentle humour. He joined his guru at the Bihar School of yoga at the age of four and lived in the guru chela tradition until he was initiated into dashnami sannyasa at age ten. He has travelled globally, and initiated yoga in prisons, the army, hospitals and many other global and village schemes. He has authored over 20 books and guides national and international yoga programmes. His Guru Swami Satyananda initiated him as his official successor in the Shankya tradition.

SPIRITUAL LIFESTYLE

The last couple of evenings I have been watching a copy of a yoga gathering held some years ago in france with Swami Niranjananda.
And much of my writing today is sourced from the pulse of his words.
He spoke around how we can sustain inner harmony whilst honouring our commitments and realities in today's world.
A spiritual life style is how to be with our intentions in the social life that many of us experience. Caroline Myss refers to this as 'mystics without monastries'
The guidance shared was around four specific principles along with viveka and vairgya formulating the foundations of spiritual lifestyle for sadaks in the world.

The four principles are. Awareness - understanding the environment, conditions, situations and events which influence us.

Attitude - involving a knowledge and understanding of how we can each contribute with a harmonious and creative outlook on life.

Action - involving an understanding of how we specifically act, think and interact in the world whilst alone and with others.

Practice - utalising techniques of introspection which allow us to find out the source of disturbance, anxiety or ill feeling and to harmonise that.

Spiritual life style simply means a form of living in which we are aware of spirit.

Viveka and Vairagya - discrimination and detachment - Viveka is the faculty of discrimination, the attunement of knowing what brings harmony and what activates disharmony in our lives. Often as we all know! its not so much the situation or the experience that evokes harmony or disharmony! more our personal response and reaction to how life shows up. Its really about feeling the difference between right and wrong.

By right and wrong I am talking, not so much of tribal belief systems, more that inner 'truth' from which we all know what unplugs us from Source and what nourishes harmonious living.

Vairagya is detachment from the sensory and sensual perceptions.

It is often said in yogic scripture that Viveka and Vairagya are like two wings of a bird, opening the freedom to fly upwards.

A combination of viveka and vairagya along with the four lifestyle principles Awareness, Attitude, Action and Practice offer a template or foundation for spritual lifestyle.

Reflecting on these 6 things and looking into our lifestyle, being consciously aware opens the doorway to a deeper understanding.

Exploring how we can sustain our sense of discrimination and detachment, allows us to live more harmoniously.

Hari Om Tat Sat.

DEATH

On Death
Then Almitra spoke, saying, "We would ask now of Death."

And he said:

You would know the secret of death.

But how shall you find it unless you seek it in the heart of life?

The owl whose night-bound eyes are blind unto the day cannot unveil the mystery of light.

If you would indeed behold the spirit of death, open your heart wide unto the body of life.

For life and death are one, even as the river and the sea are one.

In the depth of your hopes and desires lies your silent knowledge of the beyond;

And like seeds dreaming beneath the snow your heart dreams of spring.

Trust the dreams, for in them is hidden the gate to eternity.

Your fear of death is but the trembling of the shepherd when he stands before the king whose hand is to be laid upon him in honour.

Is the shepherd not joyful beneath his trembling, that he shall wear the mark of the king?

Yet is he not more mindful of his trembling?

For what is it to die but to stand naked in the wind and to melt into the sun?

And what is to cease breathing, but to free the breath from its restless tides, that it may rise and expand and seek God unencumbered?

Only when you drink from the river of silence shall you indeed sing.

And when you have reached the mountain top, then you shall begin to climb.

And when the earth shall claim your limbs, then shall you truly dance.

Kahlil Gibran taken from the book the prophet

OUR HEART KNOWS

Journey into the centre of the flower and listen. Meet in the heart of the flower and embrace your own hearts knowing.
In the silent gazing we meet the Divine, feel the miracle of the beauty and the empowered expression of the sun flowering
Have a sunny heart day in love Ruth.

THE BLESSING

The high tides and gusty winds have stirred the summer seas these last few days, last night was calm and still and looking from upstairs this morning the sea is looking calmer.
I finished the Modes of Prayer book last night, and will type a little more about it.

"Life is the mind of god sending back to us what we feel"

"Prayer is a short lived experience if we assume that our prayers are the gestures of our hands placed palms together in front of our hearts and the words that we speak during that time."

"Feeling is the prayer, and we feel all of the time."

"Hurt is the teacher - Wisdom is the lesson - Blessing is the emotional lubricant - Beauty is the transformer of our heart - Feeling is the prayer"

I have always embraced the inspiration to 'let go' rather than the use of the 'forgive' word. Its relatively easy to verbalise forgivement, and who are we to assume that we forgive. The body will continue to hold the energetic experience of hurt, long after the mind is satisfied that forgiveness has happened. So in my experience and in working with others, I will focus more on the 'letting go' not just mentally, but energetically.

In the book Secrets of the Lost Mode of Prayer, Gregg Braden offers another expression, that of Blessing.
He suggests that first we bless our own selves, then we bless the other, and then we bless any others who might have witnessed or been involved in the hurt or happening.

He perceives "Blessing is the release"

"When we feel hurt, the power of blessing is key to our healing"

"Blessing something is the 'lubricant' that frees our hurtful emotions, opening us up to greater healing, rather than keeping our emotions stuck and unresolved within the body"

"Blessing those who suffer - Blessing whatever causes the suffering - Blessing those who witness the suffering"

The Blessing Template

"The key to receiving the gift of blessing is that it must be offered.
First find a place of privacy, where no one will hear what your about to do. Then simply begin by stating the following out loud:

* I bless.............................................."
(place here the name(s) of those who are suffering or have suffered.

* I bless.............................................. "
(place here the name(s) of who or what has inflicted the suffering. It helps to be as specific as possible.

* I bless me in the witnessing.

I feel moved to explore some of his other writings, but in the meantime I am reading the Philosophy of Natural Therapeutics by Henry Lindlahr MD

May your day be filled with rainbows & blessings xx

FIELDS OF MAIZE

Rainbow days and moonlit nights, already the days are shortening and nature is giving us the gifts for autumn and winter - the fields are vibrantly full of ripening crops and the trees are full with dark red and black plums. Fallen wild apples scatter the lanes and the hedgerows are crying for rain.
I notice that my baby greens are slowing down their growth and my tomatoes are magickally ripening into a beautiful rich red. I am ongoinly networking to find some sacred space to rent and live where I can grow a little more food! In cornwall of course, although I could be enticed into devon! but no further up country. The air down in the south west suits my body and the growing potential is lush. This next week I will be sharing more quotes and inspiration. I have been sorting through some old files and come across some inspirational gems that have nourished me and others over the years.
In Love. Ruth.

“If we let our inner self take charge, we will know what to eat and
what not to eat; when to eat and when to fast. The answers are within
each of us. All we have to do is surrender to the power within. Love”
Amma Shanti

"...We can choose to follow our inner body wisdom, the urges of
prana, and live, think, feel, and act in tune with the universal laws
of health, harmony, and evolution. Or we can choose to go against it,
which separates us from our energy source and diminishes and inhibits
the effective functioning of prana, the creative life force within
us."
Yogi Amrit Desai

"Seeking Truth is a Radical Spiritual Act. Living the truth you've foundis even more radical. Seeking and living your truth seems to beinversely proportional to family and old friends remaining with you tocelebrate. Truth burns a hole in your heart...you live it...everyone youpreviously knew scatters. Thus the quote, 'The truth will set you free."
Dr. Robert Sniadach

SITTING IN A FIELD

This morning had quite an autumnal feel in the wind. I sat in a field and watched the grain blowing and looked out over the land and felt vibrantly attuned with the beauty of the day. The wind carried its wisdom over the fields and some memorable words caught my mind.
"There is a Light that shines beyond all things on earth, beyond us all,
beyond the heavens, beyond the highest, the very highest heavens. this is
the Light that Shines in our Heart."
Chandoyga Upanishad

This comes from a book on Zen teachings:
Worship by cultivating nine fields:

"Diet.Herbs.Clothing.Recitation. Movement. Meditation. Creativity. Teaching.
And most important Compassion.
Worship is not a matter of making an obeisance to a god. It is a matter of achieving godlike qualities in yourself. This is done through the cultivation of nine areas.
Diet should be moderate, healthy and of living foods. If you want to be sustained, eat things that themselves sustained life. Learn the use of herbs, for they heal and maintain health.
Be moderate in your clothing; wear natural fibers. What you wear is an expression of your state of mind.Recitation includes prayer, song, chanting, and finally the practie of silence. What you way becomes reality.
Be moderate in your clothing; wear natural fibers. What you wear is an
expression of your state of mind.
Stretch,move and exercise every day. The universe moves; so too should the eneergy within your body.
Meditate every day - once in the morning and once in the evening, if possible. Only then will you attain tranquility and triumph over your dilemmas.
Be creative. Thus we contribute, an thus we elevate our souls.

Acquire a good education. Treasure what you leann, and preserve it so that it mabye be passed on to others. Never be selfish with what you know.Above all be compassionate. This is a stand against all disharmony, and it opens the spirit.
People ask "How can I worship properly?"Cultivate these nine fields."

"To get to the real that lies beneath the impermanent. To be willing to
surrender to the silence, to surrender to the nothingness, to let go of "me"
for the possiblility of nothing in return. Become a devotee of Nothing, of
Stillness. Grounded in Stillness, the play of karma proceeds, with nothing
to hang on to, and so self-destructs. All else will come up and burn itself
out in the fire of its own chaos, its own friction, for it cannot survive in
the Stillness. At the end, what is left is Stillness, from which Love may
fully see itself in Everything. No longer impaired, no longer obscured. "

Well! I guess that came from the Stillness. I sure didn't write it!

My personal sadhana has shifted and mellowed over the years and as much as I respect and appreciate the rainbow of Gods, Goddesses, devas and teachers I feel deep in my soul that in truth we are our own scripture. I still seek and celebrate the inspiration and nourishment from all scripture and temples and ashramas remembering that the tapestry of wisdom is there to remind us of our own wisdom and godliness. We are abundant beings full of light and joy and our greatest prayer is to share and care and sit in the stillness of the miracle of life. Namaste. Love Ruth.

60 & THANKYOU

Full moon joy flowing into our rainbow hearts - I have been taking a few days soul time and yesterday celebrated 60 years since my coming earth side.
Appreciative thanks for the many ecards, and postie cards and gifts. I was showered with so much love and energetic resonance I felt so celebrated and attuned with the power of loves cleansing and healing fire.

I wanted to greet the sun 60 years down on from my birthing and it felt meaningful to be with the energy rising and allow the mind to muse over my tribal family. I felt awe as to how much of my mother and father continue to express through me, through my children and their children. How lifes rainbow tapestry wraps us in her metamorphic journeying.

I felt the ritual of powerful celebration of heart and love, so unfettered by the sensorial attitude many hold towards these sacred transionary ritual times involving booze frivolity and just general sensorial indulgence thankyou thankyou thankyou, every gesture and feeling was appreciated by me, felt by me, celebrated by me and my whole gratitude journal last night was overflowing with appreciation.

I have been moved to read again The Way of the Peaceful Warrior - its a wonderful book and I will share some quotes further down.
Also ordered some Norman Walker books off Elaine Bruce I read all his books some years ago! and it has been refreshing to source such wisdom uncontaminated by the personality tinsel of the raw food movement. His books are worth a read and resonate with the naturopathic tradition of sound god sense.

Last evening I watched into the flames of my birthday fire and sat in love. Thankyou thankyou thankyou.

I will be stepping back into blogging flow over the next day or so.

News to remind us

Dan Millman Quotes from The Way of the Peaceful Warrior

“Every positive change-every jump to a higher level of energy and awareness--involves a rite of passage. Each time to ascend to a higher rung on the ladder of personal evolution, we must go through a period of discomfort, of initiation. I have never found an exception.”

“Wake up! If you knew for certain you had a terminal illness-if you had little time left to live-you would waste precious little of it! Well, I'm telling you...you do have a terminal illness: It's called birth. You don't have more than a few years left. No one does! So be happy now, without reason-or you will never be at all.”

Moderation? It's mediocrity, fear, and confusion in disguise. It's the devil's dilemma. It's neither doing nor not doing. It's the wobbling compromise that makes no one happy. Moderation is for the bland, the apologetic, for the fence-sitters of the world afraid to take a stand. It's for those afraid to laugh or cry, for those afraid to live or die. Moderation...is lukewarm tea, the devil's own brew.

There are no ordinary moments.

KEY TO HEART

When we embrace transformation with love rather than resistance - we feel spacious and we create an environment of offering as well as teaching.

When the mind is stilled - when the subtle bodies are aligned and the Life Force of Prana flows unhindered into our lives - We all naturally aspire to what nourishes our bodies, minds, and inner expression of Spirit.

I perceive love is the key that opens the door to conscious awareness. And the journey we share is one of reminding each other that ultimately all we need is, to attune with the Light of Love.

Bapuji once shared that the key to our hearts lies hidden in the heart of another - as we open the hearts of others we find the key to our own hearts.

The vibration of Love brings form to the nameless Force that sustains, pervades and brings Light to all expression of our Universe.

In natures inspiration we celebrate our togetherness,
inThe Sacred Circle of Life.

Love and Smiles, Ruth.

News to nourish soul and body

"When you practice Truth whether you call yourself a Christian, a Hindu, a
Buddhist, or a devotee of any other religion, Christ will claim you, and so
will Krishna, Buddha, and all the other divine incarnations of Truth." -
Paramahansa Yogananda

On The Raw Vegan Channel Today: Storm prepares his famous Tabouli which he has re-named Herb Salad because it has come a long way from its original form. This is a 30 minute show demonstrating one of our most delicious recipes that is also powerfully nutritious due to a balance of dark green parsley that contains all the minerals the body needs with vitamin-C rich tomatoes that aid in mineral absorption! Terrific body-building food!! Storm talks about nourishing the body with raw foods as he prepares this recipe. See the trailer and download the show at http://www.RawVeganChannel.com/kitchen.html or RawVeganChannel.com/kitchen.html

STOP, BREATHE & LISTEN

Thursday, the day of Thor, the norse god!
Today is the 3rd day into august, and the moon in waxing. The messages from my planetary allignment today suggests that I will project myself with vigor and energy! *grin*, so it feels like an auspicious day to take juice all day - My mind had planned this from the lst August, but my body wisdom guided me to today!?

My mind will often intervene and endeavour to 'set up' agendas and plans for me - but my intuit always feels her way and knows when my heart calls. I have learnt over the years, that if my mind and body are not in harmony with the passion of my heart, then 'will' alone is not enough to sustain my intention. Will can sustain control for a short while, but it needs the fire of heart to sustain.

For me passion is the dance that births when we are in harmonious living, listening and feeling for our inner guidance and wisdom.

An expression of action I often adhere to and share with clients is - STOP, BREATHE and LISTEN.
I stop when I feel that I am becoming enmeshed, experiencing conflict or feeling anxious. Then I get back in touch with my breath, this creates space for me to reflect and that instantly blossoms into a 'letting go' - as I let go I feel attuned and within the place of attunement I can listen to intuit.

For me, listening is about feeling God/Spirit communion and I know that once I feel that, I can trust the unfoldment of my feeling harmonious.

Of course I will still forget! but overall its something that works for me and maybe might work for you too.
Namaste in love ruth.

News to Inspire

Your dreams will come true,
if you have the desire to pursue them.
You must believe in yourself.
Know in your heart,
that you can do the job you've set out to do.

You're never given a wish
without also being given the power to make it come true.
The achievement of your goal is assured
the moment you commit yourself to it.

Everything is possible,
if you believe it's possible.
It's your mind that sets your limits.
What you envision you can do, you can do.

Start thinking of yourself as a success
and success will follow.
Success is a state of mind.

You can, because you think you can.

©2003 Written by:
MotivationMentor@aol.com

INNERSELF'S DAILY INSPIRATION:

I can start the day thinking about bills to pay and jobs to finish,
or I can open my eyes and give thanks that I am here for another day,
that I enjoy reasonably good health, and that I live in a peaceful
community.

It seems like a small step, but it had the power to effect great
change in my attention, and therefore, in my experience. The most
interesting thing about this step is that I didn't have to do
anything. I just had to change my mind.

It takes very little to move your focus from fear to gratitude -- and
you get to choose!


EXCERPTED FROM the article:
Finding the Path to Peace
by Jane Katra, Ph.D. & Russell Targ
IF YOU HAVE THE DESIRE, YOU HAVE THE POWER.

SADNESS

Nature dances and swings in ever evolving circles and we are part of that process - we are not separate. and we didn't come with instructions that says sadness was not a permitted expression of the human experience.
Sadness is very much a part of our human journey and can bring deep insight, and inner power.
There are times to yield into the bosom of sadness and write, or paint, or walk in the lap of mother earth and allow the arms of the trees and the umbrella of the sky to bathe you in reflective time, sacred time of feeling.

Our societies give little respect for the dark times. the times of growth - each seed manifests its birthing deep in the darkness of earth.

Very often ongoing sadness - tickling on the edges of depression happen when we don't allow time for the sadness to open our hearts and release deep seated pain either of past happenings, lives, or present up to the day experiences.

We do at times need to honour the reality and explore coping strategies, I am not suggesting a 'wallowing' but an 'honouring'

I would invite for you to honour that you feel the need to shift your experience, but at the same time give your heart space and time to feel the sadness in acceptance and Sacred space.

Breath is the most powerful vehicle to shift any tenacity to cling or hold an experience longer than its energetic expression, whether that be sadness or any other human sensation.

When the feeling of sadness lodges in the mind, it begins to fester and intrude into our lives and relationships.

Sadness in and of itself is okay and its not about depression, but we equally dont want to 'fester' in the sadness.

If and when we feel 'sadness' has become captive of mind then its time to use the will to shift the energetic exerience.

Sadness vibrates more with water and feels like dampness and coolness are prevailing in our energetic expression.

If we dont meet sadness allow her to embrace us it can become a vicious circle, affecting not just our mood, but our eating and sleeping.

Unfortunately many people feel as though they have 'failed' if they get sad!! so remember there is a rainbow gift in sadness, but once we unwrap the gift, we move on.

Nothing is 'wrong' in being sad, we are temporarily being embraced in a human experience that can easily get stuck.

Shift any blockage through breath, being in nature, massage, love, sharing, journeying, re-birthing etc.

We just need to jolt the feeling, so the flow of joy touches us again.

So dont try and hold on to the sadness, sit with it, listen to her messages and then let life move through you into the next moment.
Let the flow from awareness to acceptance shift into adjustment and watch the rainbow colours as our wisdom births healing into now.

Sometimes we feel guilty for being sad as we often 'have' everything that society tells us will make us happy.
Well remember the lie of the illusion, the external paraphanalia is suppossed to make it okay, by stopping the flow!! - so much of our people go around thinking and feeling they must!/ought to be happy! when in fact they are often separated from their own selves - they are literally 'dying' to stay happy.

People are stagnating in order to stay where they perceive to 'be happy' and they fight the joys and gifts of sadness, and melancholia. There are times when its meaningful to be in reflection and melancholia, some of the greatest gifts of art and creation flow from these times!

We often live a lie to our own selves and then we feel a disconnection with our personal integrity (how we each perceive it) and separation manifests and we lose the communion with the universal force that sustains all life.

BREATHE and keep with a specific practice of breath. find a GOOD local energy practice group or life therapist and get in touch with the inner being of who is hurting and crying out for your love and listening.

When we allow the hearing, the attachment to holding onto a sensation will diminish. Embrace the message in sadness and move on.
If you don't embrace the message, slowly the sadness festers into what we call depression.
Depression is soooooooooooooo much more than what the medics tells us eh.

If you look up you will feel the Light - So much of mythology, story time shares of moving into the darkness for the treasure (whether that be the underworld, alladins cave, whatever.
The above words were sourced from a group mail sharing I had with a syster some moons ago, I came across it this morning and felt moved to share it.

Dance into the day - with love Ruth.

1ST AUGUST

Earth smiling in joy at feeling the cool nourishment of the torrential rain falling right now.
I am now using my worm compost for growing the baby greens, really lush loam created by these clever little worms from the veggie scraps.
Feeling so blessed to be down in Cornwall where there are quite a few local organic growers.

I always find the lst day of a new month meaningful and August is always a glorious month for me, always has been - I feel the month of our birth is a time to reflect and explore ones vision.
For me August is an experience of 'fullness'
August symbolises abundance and warmth and light.

A new month reminds me, it can teach us how to be fully alive!!

"The angel of death can teach us to live every day as if it was our last day of our life, as if there may be no tomorrow -

We can begin each day by saying.
I am awake, I see the sun, I am going to give my gratitude to the sun and to everything and everyone, because I am still alive. "

So I am moving into lst august with a sense of new beginning and appreciation.

Much appreciation to my crone systers who responded to the STANDING ALONE sharing a few days ago. I valued reading your words and encourage one or two of you to share in comments.

Enjoy the day - there is still seasonal growth time, so explore growing your own salads, salad sprouts, and drink and munch, simply delicious and nutritious green rich, home grown food.

I have used organic grow bags, pots and tubs and created a small raised bed on the grass area of Harmony Cottage, its really quite small, but I have been delighed with its abundance. Have a joy filled day. Ruth.

News to follow up

Author and Raw Food Chef Paul Nison (www.paulnison.com) has a free lecture to view on line right now. The link is too long for blogger to accept, so check in for link on site.

Paul will be speaking in California, Las Vegas and Arizona next month. Go to www.paulnison.com to view all details.

The 2nd Episode of Raw Vegan Kitchen features a short 7 minute film of Storm making a fresh fruit breakfast and talking about the importance of keeping bowls of fresh organic fruits around as the kids dig in! This episode of the show isn’t a recipe but rather a concept in eating. See the trailer at http://www.rawveganchannel.com

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