Practical Wisdom for Extraordinary Living
From the monthly archives:
When in still air and still in summertimeA leaf has had enough of this, it seemsTo make up its mind to go; fine as a sageIts drifting in detachment down the road. — Howard Nemerov, Threshold This is the eve of Lughnassadh, also called Lammas in the Christian revision of the Pagan rites. It is [...]
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The Devil The world is a dangerous place, not because of those who do evil, but because of those who look on and do nothing. – Albert Einstein How fascinating that we go straight from the Lovers last week to the Devil this week! As I mentioned last week, the two cards are intimately connected [...]
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May all beings have happiness and the causes of happiness.May all beings not have suffering and the causes of suffering.May all beings never be without the supreme bliss, free from all suffering.May all beings live in the great equanimity, free from all attachment and aversion.– from The Great Peace Prayer of the Buddha Craft leader [...]
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The nature of life is bliss. Everyone is born to enjoy, we are not born to suffer. We have been hearing for centuries past that there is great potentiality hidden within everyone. It is hidden in us, not because it is difficult to bring out, but simply because we are not bringing it out, that [...]
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Because of you, in gardens of blossoming flowers I ache from thePerfumes of spring…Because of you, the heady perfumes of summer pain me; becauseOf you, I again seek out the signs that precipitate desires: shootingStars, falling objects.– Love by Pablo Neruda Some say that happiness can only be reached by ceasing to desire. In this [...]
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It’s good to be just plain happy, it’s a little better to know that you’re happy; but to understand that you’re happy and to know why and how and still be happy, be happy in the being and the knowing, well that is beyond happiness, that is bliss. — Henry Miller Bliss is so many [...]
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The Lovers – © Sharon RussellSweet days of SummerThe jasmine’s in bloom.July is dressed up and playing her tune…Seals and Crofts – Summer Breeze What is bliss? What exactly, for that matter, is pleasure? James Olds was the chemist who first located the brain’s pleasure center, while he was experimenting with rats. He dubbed it [...]
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Let us roll all our strength, and allOur sweetness, up into one ball;And tear our pleasures with rough strifeThorough the iron gates of life.Thus, though we cannot make our sunStand still, yet we will make him run.from To His Coy Mistress by Andrew Marvell (1681) What perfect synchronicity! Now, in the height of the fertile, [...]
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Leos, so the tradition goes, are “on” 24 hours a day, showing off and behaving like the sexy superstars they often are. Of course, there really is more to Leo than this cartoonish version. While it is true, astrologer Jon Cainer reminds us, that Leos can be a bit over-the-top, and subtlety often escapes them, [...]
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The LoversI am your lover, come to my side, I will open the gate to your love.Come settle with me, let us be neighbors to the stars.You have been hiding so long, endlessly drifting in the sea of my love.Even so, you have always been connected to me.Concealed, revealed, in the unknown, in the un-manifest.I [...]
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Despite continued hot temperatures, the daylight hours are obviously diminishing - Summer is waning.
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This week, the Seven of Swords challenges us, demanding that we deal with issues regarding honesty and integrity.
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