Speak (your) Truth
Posted: December 7, 2013 Filed under: Meditation, Yoga | Tags: blogging, compassion, Devotion, exercise, fitness, free range, Freinds, freshly pressed, friends, gluten free, gratitude, happiness, health, Heart, hope, kindness, life, love, lululemon, marathon, meditation, motivation, musings, natural, nature, Omaha, paleo, passion, perspective, philosophy, Reality, running, self, trail running, whole foods, writing, yoga 21 CommentsThere are two circumstances that lead to arrogance: one is when you’re wrong and you can’t face it; the other is when you’re right and nobody else can face it-
The joy of being afflicted by “social correctness“, which is really just a gentle way of saying passive aggressive. We have become so self-conscious, that we no longer speak our minds. Rather, we dance, spin and obfuscate (use my blog as an example) what are often very obvious truths about ourselves, and the world around us.
To be true to ourselves, we must speak our truth and own it. We do this by looking at ourselves in the mirror, asking ourselves the hard questions that confront us and heeding to our hearts. In this way, our hearts will not stray far, fall off our center or lose their way because we will be connected to this thing called … Reality.
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During this Holiday season I am so very grateful, blessed to have met some pretty cool and authentic folk on the blog-o-sphere since I started writing.
Listed below, in no particular order, are just a few bloggers on a path to a more authentic experience, open expression — of both themselves and their lives. *Often at times, the best part of my boring posts? Are the folks who stop over to hang out – chill for a while.*
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La Verdad
Posted: December 3, 2013 Filed under: Meditation, Yoga | Tags: Alternative, Buddha, Buddhism, compassion, crossfit, free range, freshly pressed, friends, gluten free, happiness, health, hope, Identity, kettlebell, life, love, lululemon, marathon, meditation, motivation, musings, natural, Omaha, paleo, passion, Personal identity, perspective, philosophy, pilates, Religion and Spirituality, running, trail running, whole foods, writing, yoga, Zen 4 CommentsThe reason I talk to myself is because I’m the only one whose answers I accept-
These truths are a compass leading us along the path of our lives: When we open our eyes, listen to our hearts and scream our truth(s) out loud for all to hear and witness? We find Balance and Center.
Once we find our true path and own it, the key words being Own It – Own your Path. Only then can we set about creating a definitive experience of our sense of place, our sense of identity and our sense of purpose in this beautiful world.
Through seeking purpose, we find identity. With identity, we find our true purpose.
Daily Meditation:
The alternate approach to Owning Your Path … Is waiting. Waiting will only engender suffering, the suffering of longing to be “better” and grasping at a You, that simply does not exist.
True Eyes
Posted: December 2, 2013 Filed under: Meditation, Yoga | Tags: Arjuna, Bhagavad Gita, blogging, compassion, exercise, fitness, free range, freshly pressed, friends, gluten free, happiness, health, Hinduism, kindness, Krishna, life, love, lululemon, marathon, meditation, motivation, musings, natural, nature, Omaha, paleo, passion, pilates, Religion and Spirituality, running, trail running, Vaishnava, yoga 3 CommentsIf I can see pain in your eyes then share with me your tears. If I can see joy in your eyes then share with me your smile-
Contemplating a post from last week …
“Why doesn’t this school bus hurry up and get the out of my way!?!“
I used to utter the above words driving home from work, almost on a daily basis, years ago. What is standing in your way this morning? Soccer moms dropping their kids off at school? Cyber Monday deals overwhelming you? Maybe its unrelenting impatience, an addiction to “distraction“.
Maybe it’s just you? You, without a clear sense of center or balance. You, who unwittingly invites and creates chaos in your life.
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At one point during the bhagavad gita, Arjuna asks to see Krishna’s true face. Arjuna is treated with a vision and myriad forms of the deity, ranging from the average (albeit beatific in a bright blue hue) form of Krishna, to the thousand faced god who is creator, maintainer, destroyer and “some” other things. Arjuna becomes terrified at this and pleads with Krishna to return to what is Arjuna’s “normal”.
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This moment brilliantly captures the metaphor and experience(s) of looking inside ourselves. Arjuna is, in part, looking at his own reflection. By looking deep inside ourselves, we are able to see with clear vision all that we are, for good or ill … By contrast and reflection, all that we can be. This is the setting aside of self-deception to see our own personal truth.
Daily Meditation:
Witnessing the truth of the self is a doorway to freedom … Allow me to hold the door for you …
Listen
Posted: November 29, 2013 Filed under: Meditation, Yoga | Tags: Arts, blogging, compassion, cycling, exercise, free range, freshly pressed, happiness, health, hope, kindness, life, listen, love, marathon, meditation, motivation, musings, National Day of Listening, natural, nature, Omaha, paleo, passion, perspective, Thought, trail running, whole foods, writing, yoga 8 CommentsWhen people talk, listen completely. Most people never listen-
Daily Meditation:
Have a beautiful, inspiring weekend friends … Take care!
Sonnet 53
Posted: November 28, 2013 Filed under: Meditation, Yoga | Tags: advice, blogging, compassion, Earth, exercise, family, fitness, free range, freshly pressed, friends, gluten free, happiness, Happy Thanksgiving, health, holidays, hope, Literature, natural, nature, Omaha, Poems, Poetry, Religion and Spirituality, running, Shakespeare, Sonnet, Thanksgiving, whole foods, William Shakespeare, yoga 6 Comments…
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