Wholeness in Living – English

Wonders in Life

Mayte Picco-Kline — Thu, 17 May 2012 11:00:51 +0000

Brian J. Donley, fellow author and friend who published The Original Psychology of Success continuously shares his vision of greatness with me and today I would like to invite you to reflect for a moment on five words that, according to Brian, if used and substituted for their opposites will assist anyone in the creation of a truly wonder filled life.

Moderation
Generosity
Humility
Trust
Love

Dynamic Harmony

Mayte Picco-Kline — Wed, 02 May 2012 11:00:30 +0000

In an interview transmitted by WLCH, 91.3 FM in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, U.S.A., Charito Calvachi-Mateyko asked me, “What do you mean when you speak of reaching a state of dynamic harmony?”

True harmony is mainly a perfection of what we can do in common with others, what we can achieve when we work as a team. Inaction or a static condition is out of harmony, what counts is what we do – the activity that comes as a result of cooperation between people – the "doing" is what is harmonious.

Real harmony in a group is something vital; I am speaking of the varied contributions of members achieving harmony through individual cooperative efforts. The idea of a dynamic harmony can potentially be implemented in our intimate family circle or with friends, in our work group, and in broader circles of interactions, including local, national and international relations.

Group Harmony and Cooperation

Mayte Picco-Kline — Sat, 21 Apr 2012 11:00:23 +0000

Yesterday I had the joy to attend an event at the Center for Community Peacemaking in my hometown whose mission is to foster peacemaking and the resolution of conflict with others through the teaching and implementation of Restorative Justice values and principles. Their resources, within others, focus on group dynamics that support and encourage harmonious relationships.

And this morning, I wonder:

· What is the value of harmony in a group?

· What does it mean to me to engage in a cooperative effort?

· How does harmony in a group relate with inner peace?

Inner peace comes when facing problems with an attitude that leads to solutions for ourselves and in our outreach to others. Following this path means more than being free of tensions, or escaping experiences that cause pain during difficult moments, as that would artificially divide life. It implies living in such a way that we continuously develop new resources to more effectively handle situations within ourselves and in our relationships with others. It is a state of dynamic harmony through which we explore and constantly realize our inner potential in expanded living.

“True harmony in a group is a vital thing,

the varying contributions of the members

achieving consonance through the co-

operative intent of each.”

Helen Rentsch, Sabian student

The Art of Goethian Conversation

Mayte Picco-Kline — Sat, 07 Apr 2012 11:00:23 +0000

Goethe saw conversing as the art of arts. What kind of practice is required of us? What techniques are we to cultivate to attain deeper levels of interaction in our conversations? To move in this direction requires loving preparation.

Today I would like to share with you a few core ideas from The Art of Goethian Conversation by Marjorie Spock, 1983, as I find this most meaningful to enter into deeper realms of interactions. Through the art of conversation it is also possible to resolve all situations in peaceful and harmonious ways.

“Its purpose is to call forth a fullness of spiritual life. It strives to enter the sunward realm of living thoughts where a thinker uses all of himself as a tool of knowledge, where, in the manner of his thinking, he takes part as a creative spirit in the ongoing process of the cosmos.

“True conversations have another power. As the participants strive to enter the world of living thoughts together, each attunes his intuitive perception to the theme. He does so in the special atmosphere, a mood of attentive listening, of the most receptive openness to the life of thought into which he and his companions are now entering.

“Thoughts must first be conceived like children, and then brooded out in the spirits of the thinkers. To this end, the theme of the meeting is set in advance. Each member of the group lives with it as a developing concern in his meditation. As the day of the foregathering draws near, he begins to anticipate the coming together of a festival of light which, if he and his fellows have done their work well, will lead to illumination.

“Conversations rest as much on being able to preserve silence as on speaking.”

Sharing about Conversations

Mayte Picco-Kline — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 11:00:20 +0000

Stan Carnarius belongs to a Book Club that follows an interesting format when they meet once a month. After their initial moment of silence to gather the best of themselves, each participant voices out loud (one at a time!) the ‘gem’ that resonated for them from the study they read during the month since their last gathering. This is done without discussion, observation or explanation. Each participant may choose to pass. When each has had their turn, there usually is a straight-line summary. Then they can take their turn, in seating order, to say why their gem resonated for them. A participant may choose to pass again. When everyone has spoken those who remained in silence have another opportunity to elaborate on why they chose their piece. Then a meaningful conversation is opened up for all to share.

Those who attend these group sessions are also aware of the Goethian Style of Conversation which is conducive to profound sharing from the soul and an experience of unity and completeness.

Engaging in the Goethian Style of Conversation implies:

1) acknowledging that conversations rest as much on being able to preserve silence as on speaking.

2) being aware that conversations can potentially reach a point where they develop like a living organism, every part being essential and in balance.

3) listening evocatively, with reverence, refraining from any trace of reaction, becoming a seedbed for other’s germinal ideas.

In my next note I will explore in more detail the Art of Goethian Conversation…. Until we meet again.

Still Small Voice Within

Mayte Picco-Kline — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 11:00:04 +0000

This beautiful day, I would like to invite you to ponder the transcendental value of listening to the wisdom that comes from within.

“The still small voice is to be taken to a higher

plane and to be found the prompting of divine realization.”

Marc Edmund Jones

I would like to share with you some related affirmations, as a springboard to create positive statements that are significant at this stage of your own inner process:

In the light of the eternal present my outer being is reborn within me.

I radiate the depths of my inner understanding.

The indwelling Presence manifests here and now.

This Growing Imagination

Mayte Picco-Kline — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 11:00:35 +0000

Imagination is the normal manifestation of our higher inner stirrings and speaks of our creative power within.

My dear friend, Maria Talis, born in the Netherlands, has shared the fruits of her inspiration in her poems for peace and harmony. To listen to a glorious interpretation of this idea, visit her website about Music and Peace.

This Growing Imagination

Can you imagine how it would be

If we could see the Beauty

In every existing form

That is known to us?

Could we express the harmony

Of all this Beauty?

How would it be if we could reflect

- In every glance, in every breath –

The Love which causes

All this harmony

And causes this Beauty?

Can you imagine how it would be

If we would try, just try to do this?

email: maria.talis(a)angelaprodeo.org

Reflecting on Service

Mayte Picco-Kline — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 11:00:11 +0000

Many years ago, while walking on a street full of shops and restaurants in my hometown I noticed in a store window what seemed to be a sheet announcing something that was being sold inside. I felt a strong desire to read it and it was then when I first encountered meaningful words of wisdom from Mother Teresa highlighting that at the heart of life is service.

Discovering the value of serving others in conceptual terms made an impact on me as I was precisely on the path of exploring my mission in life and how I would start fulfilling it, during those enthusiastic teenage years.

A beautiful Sufi melody speaks of this golden stepping stone to wholeness in living, an embrace of unity in generosity:

"From you… I receive

to you… I give

Together we share…

from this we live."

I invite you to take a few moments for contemplation:

How am I contributing to the well–being of others in the present?

How can I better use my special talents?

What fields of potentially broader service to society would I like to explore?

Joyful thoughts as we embrace 2012!!!

Practical Balance

Mayte Picco-Kline — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 11:00:11 +0000

Every once in a while I like to share with you some of the pearls of wisdom from Diane Dreher's “The Tao of Inner Peace.” Take a look at this perspective of balance…

Look at the patterns that emerge. Are your days balanced?

Are there some things you can delegate, eliminate, or otherwise simplify?

Is there anything missing from your life?

Can you make room for it by scaling down your involvement in other areas?

Think of yourself as an architect designing a beautiful living structure.

What I Want/What I Need

Mayte Picco-Kline — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 11:00:14 +0000

Carol Zengara wrote, “Relinquishments in your Musings made me think of needs/wants. A friend of mine brought this to mind years ago. He suggested asking yourself: Do I "need" this or that or do I "want" this or that. Here speaking just from a material point of view. But taking the need/want a bit further: Why am I holding on to a particular destructive concept/reaction? Why do I "seem" to need/want to hold on?” She suggests, “relinquish what is no longer serving a viable/constructive purpose in our lives, when we can, and replace it with a fresh/positive/forward-growth-moving concept or affirmation. Easy to say but at times difficult to do.”

Brian Donley, who has become a good friend through our mutual author’s activities for years, highlights, in connection with my previous notes about relinquishments, a powerful sentence that is still reverberating in my mind, heart and soul…

"What I Want and What I Need are Exactly the Same THING."

Peace Pilgrim