The Full Moon of Enlightenment

Today's full moon is held my by many to be the day that Buddha became enlightened.
The day he realized the truth of all existence.

As Swami Shivananda sang to remind us of the middle path:

eat a little,
drink a little,
meditate a little,
exercise a little,
chant a little,
mix a little,
move a little,

serve a little,
enjoy a little,
do rosary a little, (mala -chant God's name a little)
work a little,
study a little,

the middle way is the way of disciplining our minds.

The easiest of all paths, today is simple remembering God, as many times a possible, daily.
Dedicate everything we do to God is a way remembering.

Swami Shivananda used to bow to everything, to see God in it...
trees, servants, scholars, Dr.'s, Presidents, the road, fish, tigers,
even the porcelain of the sink and toilet. !

meditate on the fullness of the moon, it's color, and it illuminating the darkness on earth...
the darkness of all people, not just the ones we like...

Let the love of the universe enter heart as will.

I've been instructed to 'See God everywhere'
since I love trees, it was natural and easy for me to see God in each leaf, even the blades of Grass, but in the lawn mover?

do I have to???....
we all have our lessons.
Saluting the God or Goddess in you...may you feel it too.... deeply...

Swine Flu Alert - What is it ? What to do... Garlic ++

Swine Flu Alert - Time to Worry? What is it? ~ The Nations Best Known herbalist Tells the story...

May 5, 2009 What We Know: There has been an outbreak of influenza. It seems to have started in Mexico and has spread to Texas, California, New York and other states. It has also spread to Canada and other parts of the world. At this time there is no real need to panic, unless you want to sell newspapers or drugs, but it is important to be cautious. We should all intensify our health safety protocols as if it was October and influenza season was just starting, not May and influenza season ending. I will outline my Health Safety Protocols at the end of this report, but first, let me give you a little information. What is the Swine Flu? Influenza virus infects both humans and animals. The two main animal viruses are the Bird Flu, which affects birds, and the Swine Flu (officially called SIV, or Swine Influenza Virus) that is a respiratory viral disease of pigs. Occasionally humans get both of these viruses, but usually only a very few people get infected and usually these people have had direct contact with the sick animals. It is not normal, and very difficult, for these animal viruses to spread from human-to-human. When they do, as it is suspected now, it can be dangerous. In the past when this happens, and an animal virus starts spreading from human-to-human (and does this easily), it usually also dies out quickly. But, on rare occasions, it can cause a pandemic, which is a widespread, worldwide epidemic, making millions sick and killing millions more. Notably, this happened in the 1890's with the Russian Flu, the most famous being the Spanish Flu of 1918 that killed about 100 million people on the planet (killing more people than the Black Death of Europe in the 1300's), and the Hong Kong Flu of 1957 that almost killed me. This current Swine Influenza outbreak may actually not even be a Swine Flu virus at all. It is suspected that it may be caused by a new strain of Influenza type A, subtype H1N1, and also a blend of an avian (Bird Flu) and possibly a few strains of Swine Influenza Virus all mixed together in a dangerous and potentially lethal new viral cocktail. But, identifying viruses, especially rapidly, is not an exact science. Should You Worry? READ MORE...

Earth Hour Celebration

today 8:30 PM - 9:30PM local time the world is Celebrating by turning off unnecessary electricity, especially lighting. This is to call world attention to the need to reduce green houses gasses and keep our planet more healthy.

Many places are celebrating here in Dallas tonight. Restaurants are having special candlelight dinners, the Cities of Dallas and Arlington are dimming the city lights, and having parties.

In Australia the Sidney Opera House, dimmed it's lights to boat horns sounding in the harbor, and patrons at a candlelight dinner.

Get out and have some fun.

For a list in Dallas that we know of look here....

Happy Full Moon, rainy flowers in Dallas

Happy full moon
I think we will be meditating indoors tonight in rainy Dallas, TX

I thought you may enjoy these flowers, during the rain.

Happy day!

Play the Numbers...

Numbers have always fascinated people who like to play.
it might be counting till 10 or 100 to play hide and seek, or
#3 on the track of horses or dogs, or cars or football jerseys.
People like to play the numbers in cards from old made to Black Jack/

The new Tom Hanks movie about the document with all of the codes of dome in it will create a good stir.

Did you know your birth date and name contain all kinds of secretes to those who can read them about you? Did you know that many corporations pay $1000's of dollars to have their new hires checked out. did you know you can see if a person is honest or not?

Well they can and the secrete of numbers is called Numerology. It is an ancient science. Many today can read these; some better than others. There are classes world wide. Once gentleman named Jean-Pierre is especially adept at it and in teaching others the real secretes of how to use them. If you are reading this blog and listen to his interview on the Holistic Radio Show, then mention it you may receive a sizable discount in this Month on a personal or business reading.

Moon in Pisces...

Smile more and give more room to others. Be more tolerant and more forgiving today and Friday.
The Moon travels with the Fish, in this watery world things are less clear and emotions tend to be on edge ~ people a little more sensitive. So good days just others be themselves, you honor them, by listening - but especially if anyway you can - keep your feelings to yourself.

Best today if you can be the counselor, the therapist, use your ears and not your mouth. This will take lots of Vigilance, as may will want to share their own feeling, hurts etc., etc., let them - be detached.

Meditate today on your dreams - and on your 'feelings' you inner knowing... Tap into the inner creative 'you'

Cheery Day...
Smiles a little more today...

And all my relatives...

This 3rd day of the Chinese new year as Meso Fine reports, is to honor the in-laws.
My way, I picked up living for 17 years in the New Mexico Mountains of the Santa Fe area, is to honor all my relatives...

A wonderful Indian Medicine man living in Bernalillo, the town just north of Albuquerque, finished all of his meditations and healing ceremonies and sweat lodge prayers with this phrase blessing all his relatives:
'And all my relatives" he mean,t and frequently stated, the no legged, the mutlti- legged, the 2 legged, and the 4 legged. I took this to mean all the creatures that lived in the area of his home: snakes, insects, spiders, millipedes, birds, humans- friends & relatives, cows - deer - antelope - bear - etc., etc.,

So today I am investing so time remembering with thankfulness all of the creatures that live around me.
Even the Armadillo - I still want to see him, running live. I know he's there, by friends reports.
but I just haven't seen him as yet. Not yet today either as the ice in Dallas even has the blue & yellow pansies with Ice hats - the sun is helping them raise their heads...

Blessing to you on this day - and to Dallas, the USA, the planet,
and...

"All my relatives"

Natural vs White...

We know about wholewheat, brown rice, sugar cane - not the white versions for health...
(of course we neglect them around the holidays because our memories and habits take over
and chomp... ) My Buddie comments on no white for health on his blog...

I heard this interesting story yesterday at my sweeties sisters birthday Chinese food dinner ~

This is comparison of the Native American Chief being asked:

Chief you are old and have seen many changes in your life time.
What are the differences that the White man has brought to your way of life?

Well the old man thought for a long time with his head forward, thinking...
The interviewer finally asked if he were OK and needed anything - maybe some water?
The old chief sighed, raised his head and signaling with his hand he wanted nothing he offered his observations:

We used to live a simple life. The women did all of the work; the men hunted and fished all day.
They came home and ate good food; afterwords they sat around the fire, smoked, told stories and then retired to make love all night.

he didn' t need to comment on the life style the Whities have brought...

Happy new moon...

The Pain glow...

A friend has had pain in her healing ear for over a year - maybe the 10 years she has had the situation- after cancer.

Though healing nicely with knowledgeable help and less pain...
Pain was the motivator to find a better solution:

In meditation she asked for one...
'What will this look like when it is healed?"
the answer came in the form of a picture of the ear being scabbed over...

So she interpreted this to mean she should leave off the bandage while she sleeps and as often during the day as practical..

Now the pain is much less and there is mild scabbing taking place...

Your body knows.
Your higher Self Knows.
You just have to knock
and it shall be answered...

Cheery Day

Snorkling?...

I love to snorkel ~ not much on scuba; scared of big fish I can't see like ... groupers...
silly thing but that's the way it is...
"A man's got to know his limitations..." Dirty Harry...

So I snorkel - absolutely love it; floating around head in the surf; bobbing up & down with the waves; even the 7 foot barracuda under the sail boat don't bother me; the multi colored see snakes don't either. I can dive down, holding my breath and the come back up. Multi-colored fish just thrill me.

In a conversation I love to snorkel as well - just float along the top - observing it all. If some one is in emotional stuff or is bothered by something... I just dive down to get near their level, talk a while and we go up to the sunny surface together.

Well if some is angry over a pet peeve triggered by a news announcement on TV. I can go dive in and say yea those jerks - jeez... etc. matching their tone and voice quality. I am swimming with them at their depth.

Then I can interject a little higher mood, or say something down their that puts more truth into the situation.
OK, lets see how this goes:
a commercial peeve of mine is "take this med- it can kill you and have your gonads drop off, and... but just go to your Dr and tell him you want it anyway..."

These really get my goat... Can you imagine me telling off the TV? it is pretty funny...
Then someone in the room says to me - the upset one...
~a~ shut up I am trying to listen...
~b~ you but head - these guys saved my grandmother - you don't know anything
~c~ ridiculous isn't it? How can these guys make a living from creating an add like that?

??? What do you think which one raises the mood a little?

- right a & b are put downs _ how many times do I catch myself doing this method? - yikes...
not much help is it - but it makes us feel better right? (more truth interjected here - you'll fill in the rest) When its done to me I feel about 2 inches tall or ready to spit lava...

c ~aligns with the person, shows respect and concern for their feelings, puts in a bit more of Truth and the mood will raise up... ( I feel much better when someone pulls this on me)

many ways to do this - great comedians like 'Noah!' are masters of getting us to laugh at our silliness and that truth - accepted by us will raise of consciousness.

some times - because it is so far down there Dirty Hairy has to be called in just to get the attention.
I like what LA is doing now. Having the courts be able to grab the proven gang leaders assets not just the ones that were proved stolen... A big step up from the biz end of Dirty Harry's 44 mag...

Meditate on the sound of the air passing in and out 0f the snorkel; float in the gentle surf; gaze at the magic of creation in the multi-colored fish...

my chanting talk may be of interest.

Cheery Day.