TRUTH

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just a little treat for you all... ALEX EBERT...aka Edward Sharpe...aka my love

day 38

I have been re-reading Meditations from the Mat by Rolf Gates and Katrina Kenison, "...365 meditations...offer[ing] a way to integrate the mindfulness that yoga teaches into everyday life." Throughout these meditations the aspiring yogi learns The 8 Limb Path of Yoga. I've been back and forth in this book for the past year. I had read the better part of the mediations, but sometime ago I decided to start fresh at day 1, sometime in December. Today I am on day 38 and learning my lessons of the yama, Brahmacharya (you can see clearly its not a daily thing). But, no matter what day it may be, I seem to always read something very 'of the moment' and truly inspiring.

This specific yama is synonymous with moderation and continence. Hand in hand with deliverance, brahmacharya is the 'sit back' attitude and our opportunity to ride peacefully on the waves of truth. When we have balance at our core, we begin to see balance in every aspect of life. It in fact becomes our only way of seeing, we base our thoughts, our words, and our actions in temperance. We begin to realize that this is the way of the heart;  brahmacharya, moderation, temperence, balance...however it may be said, is the foundation of the soul.

"When the practioner is firmly established in continence, knowledge, vigor, valor, and energy flow to him."
- Yoga Sutras

Deliverance

Daily Hexagram

40: Deliverance

General Meaning:

After a thunderstorm, or any period of extreme tension, a period of new clarity and fresh opportunity follows. The storm has the effect of clearing the air and suddenly reducing atmospheric tension. Deliverance is at hand. In the wake of a storm on land, deliverance appears in the form of new color and life, which bursts forth in all the fields and flowers. In the wake of a storm at sea, deliverance takes the form of land itself.


In the field of human relations, the rain of forgiveness washes the human landscape clean after a period of conflict and enmity. Great clarity of purpose and renewed vigor can follow the healing of old wounds. But care must be taken not to re-open such wounds by moving too quickly. In the same way, it is important to return to normalcy before moving ahead with new plans after periods of stress.

'Deliverance' 

Following the resolution of a difficult situation, your first priority, should be to return to normal conditions as quickly as possible. Breathe a sigh of relief, but don't relax completely. It would be a mistake to re-awaken the sleeping dogs of the immediate past before the new situation has crystallized. Look ahead. Attend to any residual matters that need resolution, and do so as quickly as possible. Make a clean sweep of the past, move deliberately and the future will bring good fortune.


 -tarot.com

SO like I was saying with the lemons...the shit show that life dealt me (or I dealt myself?) has passed and is settling. There is a glimpse of the magic that is about to unfold (not that its not all magic... but you get where I am going). We experience pain and suffering only to be fully capable of knowing the experience of joy and love. ALL EXPERIENCE IS GROWTH and each are stepping stones to our HIGHEST FORM OF SELF.

Deliverance is the period where we can really sit back and observe; we must sit patiently and contented in each moment, blissfully aware of the power we hold within. Take the back seat and commend yourself for your hard work, the work that you do everyday. Sit in your faith and wait patiently for your lemonade... its coming.

MY HERO

"There is a wisdom within us that is more powerful than our depair. There is a movement toward health that our intellect can merely glimpse, once in a while. It is the same impulse that causes plants to face the sun, animals to take care of their young...This life force has provided opportunity...All we need to do is cultivate an open heart, to express our gratitude...and to celebrate the return of our hero."

-Rolf Gates, Meditations from the Mat

comfort zone

As soon as you think you have yourself figured out...life throws you a major fucking curveball and then ...aren't you supposed to catch that? Like, I don't know the rules of baseball...but do you catch curveballs? Is that a good thing? Like striking someone out? It sounds kind of good? Yes?

Well, how about another analogy?... When life gives you lemons, make lemon meringue pie...Right??? Like you make the most of the lemons that life hands you... just like you catch the curveballs...

...here is where I reach a stand still.

How do you identify the lemons in your life?
Lemons are easily mistaken with limes at times. RHYME.

And do you really want meringue pie?
MAYBE you want lemonade. How can you ever be sure? DO WE EVER REALLY HAVE IT FIGURED OUT? And if we are never sure if we have the answer, how do we ever decide what to do?

Let's go back a ways to the term "comfort zone"...(maybe this will give us some insight into the lemon thing!?!)...

My comfort zone...what is it and where does it exist? Is it a 'zone' outside and unattached from me or is it of my sub conscience, at the root of my being? That considered, where then are my decisions coming from? Do they come from my truest Self--aware and grounded, living sufficiently with balance and determination? Or my self that pretends to live freely and with true happiness? The self which is clouded by future and fantasy. My self that projects unrealistic, unattainable 'goals' upon what I 'believe' to be 'my path'; clearly, consistently destined for disappointment.

*INSERT LEMON AND A GLIMSE INTO THE WORLD "WHERE THE MAGIC HAPPENS"

It is this glimpse of my soul, the place where the magic happens, that jolts me out of my daze and back into my Self. In this place I know each step that must be taken in order to live truly fulfilled. My work here opens my heart to endless possibilities and experiences. I am given the opportunity to question my motives and to save mySelf from my own demise. Here I am deserving and capable of living in a healthy, balanced relationship with myself and the world. Here, I AM FREE TO LIVE MY DREAMS.


...what I'm trying to say is that I think life is possibly giving me my biggest lemon yet and that its probably time I grab hold of that lemon and EAT IT UP!!

BENEFIT FULLY FROM LIFE'S LEMONS!

Ya dig?!

mmm yup

"My hands are like ice. I think I have bad circulation? I just put on slippers... I'll be fine. The fire's on, I'm jamming to my beloved records... Ya, I'll be okay."

its brain shut off time. that means i now spill whatever thoughts come to my head as they come and type them on to this here computer eh? ya. im diggin the tunes as they play from fajas set up. missed these while i was gone:) jefferson, zeppelin, steppenwolf... i notice a pattern. whats up with the double consanant sounds overload!!? man GREAT BANDS THINK ALIKE! its true. ive proved it to you all! but seriously. genius sounds were made in the 60s and 70s. actually i dont claim to know anything about music... because really i dont...i just love the few bands that i love. but i most definetly think my soul has lived the life of the acid head hippy in '69...rocking out with my friends at fucking woodstock.. loving life and spreading the looooove with ROCK AND ROLL. the great beginnings when the waves started crashing on shore.

what?

how do you get people to start reading this? is that the point? im not sure that it is. really im just fucking around basically talking to myself...

WHAT IS UP WITH THAT?