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If You Don’t Listen To Your Intuition You’re Fucked

2013-01-31T14:31:19+00:00

Quote: If You Don't Listen to Your Intuition, You're Fucked. Comment: I got this advice from an elder at Synthesis 2012 Solstice after an incident where I didn’t listen to my intuition. Especially in these times of budding intuition, instantanious manifestation, telepathy and the such, it’s essential we hone and follow our intuition.

Let it all go let yourself be hollow

2012-11-13T19:19:29+00:00

Quote: Let it All Go, Let Yourself Be Hollow. Comment: I love this quote from MC Yogi on his track “Sun Light” from his latest album Pilgrimage. The description of being “hollow” is not something I have heard before in relation to letting go, and the imagery is quite powerful. I picture the body as a shell with an empty center where the great void can reside. Later in the song he says “Light up the temple.” While we are hollow we are also full, full of the void, full of happiness and peace, full of the light of the Lord.

The Most Beautiful Crystals Have Their Fractures

2012-11-09T12:45:51+00:00

Quote: The Most Beautiful Crystals Have Their Fractures Comment: This insight came at the end of a crystal bowl meditation this week. At the moment I had been in a place of duality, between feeling on the cusp of great peace and feeling guilty about my weaknesses. This quote broke through this dualistic state, made me laugh from an overflow of joy and appreciate myself completely, flaws and all.

Symbolism is the Language of Magik

2012-10-22T14:41:57+00:00

Quote: Symbolism is the Language of Magik Comment: As I continue to unhinge my mind into the realm of the unspoken I find deep, deep wisdom in this truth. There are layers beneath layers of understanding and existence that exist all around us in every moment.

I Want to Make This Country What It Says it IS

2012-10-19T14:13:36+00:00

Quote: I want to make this country what it says it is. Comment: On the opening track, “Letter to My Countrymen” of his most recent album, Brother Ali drops this album. As someone with a lot of different views and feelings about our country, government, and culture, this is one statement I can definitely related to.

It is in the heart that all wars are won

2012-10-17T17:23:54+00:00

Quote: All wars are won in the heart Comment: Finally got a chance to watch the Last Airbender movie (because it is now free on Amazon Prime). I am a huge huge fan of the cartoon. Katara’s (the water bender) grandmother told her and her brother this line as she sent them off to find Eng and defeat the Fire Nation. Still relevant today I think.

Return To One 10 Words

2012-10-15T02:43:23+00:00

Quote: I am sorry Please forgive me Thank you I love you Comment: The timely movie 2012 Return to One tells us that to get through the coming times we must repeat these 10 words. It reminds me of the Hoʻoponopono prayer of reconciliation and forgiveness. May we repeat this prayer to each other and to the Divine.

Mishka Neva Give Up Lyrics

2012-09-27T13:32:28+00:00

Quote: You could light your way out of the deepest dungeon. Through a cloudless, moonless night black as pitch. You bear a torch that could rival the dawn. You only got to hit that switch You could bring so much balance to the world. When you stand up and speak your truth clearly. So do it for those little boys and girls. If not for yourself, my dear Comment: Mishka sings the truth about the incredible nature of our beings in his song “Neva Give Up”. How great we are and what a difference we can make if we only “hit that switch!” Check out the music video for this song. It’s beautifully filmed in beautiful Maui. Then, go pick up the album on iTunes, cause all the songs are great.

Turning the Five Primary Desires Into Positive

2012-09-25T11:05:28+00:00

Quote: Be greedy, that the end may be noble. Be lustful to live like God. Be angry at your own weeknesses. Be attached to the Divine Path. Be proud of God's grace. Comment: I love how this turns the five most primal desires from negative to positive.

People Say You Can’t Manufacture Bliss

2012-09-18T03:17:36+00:00

Quote: People say you can't manufacture Bliss,and I say you most absolutely can! Comment: While watching the amazing short, Ecstasy, the line here and the ones that followed spoke to me. I have always felt that my spiritual and day to day practice is what builds my buffer for bliss and extends the platform for ecstasy. I the ways he lists too.

Don’t Try to Make Decisions with Such Finality

2012-09-14T20:28:54+00:00

Quote: Stop trying to make decisions with such finality Comment: In a guided meditation the other night this one line of wisdom stuck out to me. My life recently has been in a great state of flux. For the most part I have been able to accept and live in this. However, in one particular area I keep trying to make decisions and statements with finality, as if they would end the state of flux. They won’t. Accepting this is leading me to a gentle and subtle internal place of peace where I can watch the winds of change stir.

You Study So Many Things But if Would Just Learn Had to Speak

2012-07-10T19:51:42+00:00

Quote: You study so many things, but if you would just learn how to speak you would be fine. Comment: There is a lot of meaning in this simple statement. I encourage you to watch this video from Yogi Bhajan about the Impact of Communication.

Autobiography of a Sadhu

2012-06-20T13:17:41+00:00

I just read the amazing story of Rampuri, the first foreigner initiated into the Juna Akhara order of sanyasis. You can read some of my favorite quotes in my full review of Autobiography of a Sadhu.

We Lay the Law Like Leviticus

2012-05-09T15:16:49+00:00

Quote: We Lay the Law Like Leviticus Comment: Have been loving this dub remix of mos def. One of my favorite tracks has a line from Kweli referencing Leviticus. After attending church for a while I get this reference more than I would have before I knew that the terse book of Leviticus contains most of the laws and rules given in the Old Testament. Thanks Kweli, Mos, Max, and Stine.

Joy is a Spiritual Practice

2012-02-09T11:30:28+00:00

Quote: Joy and Celebration are Spiritual Disciplines Comment: Someone at DC Metro Church shared with me this quote the other day and it really resonated with me because although moments of joy regularly come into my life, I find it requires constant effort on my part in the form of yoga, prayer, exercise, and good living to maintain peace and joy in my life. Having a practice of celebration is something new to me.

The Victory That Jesus Has For You

2012-01-30T17:48:10+00:00

Quote: You can either play the victim card for the rest of your life, or you can step into the victory that Jesus has for you. Comment: Man this one hit home for me. For all those times when I think that something is the way it is because of biological or environmental reasons, this reminds me, there is always another way. But, as Pastor Perry says, it’s not going to happen by accident. It’s going to take spiritual discipline.

Letting Go of My Identity

2012-01-24T13:53:28+00:00

One of the powerful messages that hit me in the last message at DC Metro was how we should not be caught up in identities based around gifts that we have been given from God. Rather, we should identify being children of the God who gave us these gifts.

Cutting Time in Half

2011-12-27T15:14:56+00:00

Quote: Took me 26 years to find my path My only job is cut the time in half Comment: I love this line from the track, New Day, off Watch the Throne album about Jay’s job as a father. I can relate and hope for the same, if not more.

I Don’t Like It But it’s What’s Best for Me

2011-12-09T12:39:45+00:00

Quote: No, I don't like it, but it's what's best for me. Comment: At the celebration for the angelic and amazingly full of grace woman, Jean Markely, I took note of someone who remembered her for saying this. A testimony to a woman who was celebrated for doing the right thing with style and grace.

Let the Winds of Heaven Dance Between You

2011-11-08T13:39:18+00:00

Quote: Remember to let the winds of heaven dance between you. Comment: This comes from the reading for Gebo, meaning Partnership or Gift. It reminds that true partnership is the coming together of two whole beings. This applies to both with other selves and with God.