Well, turns out a lot of my stress was caused by my cutting back on my
\nsupplements due to the gout appearing in my ankle… after that
\nsubsided, I still forgot to increase them back to the previous
\nlevel. Once I remembered to do that, most of my stress went
\naway. I’m caught up again on the things I’m doing… except that
\nmy membership level in Delphiforums.com expired, they tried to bill a
\ncredit card that had been replaced and didn’t bother to tell me it
\nbounced.<\/p>\n
I’ll be marrying a couple next Saturday (29th), and as soon as I get
\naway from there I have a festival to perform at. I’m not going to
\nrun for reelection as President of Asheville Homeless Network, let
\nsomebody else stress over that… probably will run for Treasurer
\nthough.<\/p>\n
Hugs,
\nMoss<\/p>\n
Here’s some more of what you love my blog for:<\/p>\n
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The extent of the ego’s inability to recognize itself and see what it
\nis doing is staggering and unbelievable. It will do exactly what it
\ncondemns others for and not see it. When it is pointed out, it will use
\nangry denial, clever arguments, and self-justifications to distort the
\nfacts.<\/p>\n
The stronger the ego in you, the more likely it is that in your
\nperception other people are the main source of problems in your life.
\nIt is also more than likely that you will make life difficult for
\nothers. But, of course, you won’t be able to see that. It is always
\nothers who seem to be doing it for you.<\/p>\n
What is a negative emotion? An emotion that is toxic to the body and
\ninterferes with its balance and harmonious functioning. Fear, anxiety,
\nanger, bearing a grudge, sadness, hatred or intense dislike, jealousy,
\nenvy – all disrupt the energy flow through the body, affect the heart,
\nthe immune system, digestion, production of hormones, and so on…An
\nemotion that does harm to the body also infect the people you come into
\ncontact with and indirectly, through a process of chain reaction,
\ncountless others you never meet. There is a generic term for all
\nnegative emotions: unhappiness.<\/p>\n
There is only one perpetrator of evil on the planet: human
\nconsciousness. That realization is true forgiveness. With forgiveness,
\nyour victim identity dissolves, and your true power emerges – the power
\nof Presence. Instead of blaming the darkness, you bring in the light.<\/p>\n
If peace is really what you want, then you will choose peace. If peace
\nmattered to you more than anything else and if you truly knew yourself
\nto be spirit rather than a little me, you would remain nonactive and
\nabsolutely alert when confronted with challenging people or situations.
\nYou would immediately accept the situation and thus become one with it
\nrather than separate yourself from it. Then out of your alertness would
\ncome a response. Who you are (consciousness), not who you think you are
\n(a small me), would be responding. It would be powerful and effective
\nand would make no person or situation into an enemy.<\/p>\n
— Eckhart Tolle, A New Earth<\/p>\n
Terror is in the human heart. We must remove this from the heart.
\nDestroying the human heart, both physically and psychologically, is
\nwhat we should avoid. The root of terrorism is misunderstanding, hatred
\nand violence. This root cannot be located by the military. Bombs and
\nmissiles cannot reach it, let alone destroy it. Only with the practice
\nof calming and looking deeply can our insight reveal and identify this
\nroot. Only with the practice of deep listening and compassion can it be
\ntransformed and removed. Darkness cannot be dissipated with more
\ndarkness. More darkness will only make darkness thicker. Only light can
\ndissipate darkness. Those of us who have the light should display
\nthe light and offer it so that the world will not sink into total
\ndarkness.<\/p>\n
–Thich Nhat Hanh in Shanghai, 19th October, 2002<\/p>\n
lacking in your life. Do you embrace the difficult people in your
\nfamily, work or neighborhood? Do you hold grudges or do you forgive
\nthose who betray you? The only way to keep in alignment is to practice
\nchoosing love, again and again, even when it’s difficult.<\/p>\n
— Mary Manin Morrissey<\/p>\n
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