EVERY child
comes with the message
that God is not yet discouraged
of man.
From: Stray Birds
By Rabindranath Tagore
Today is my beloved’s birthday! Alhamdulillah!
YEEEEEEEEEHAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!
I think that if you were born on this day, it might be your destiny to look at the world with the rookiest of eyes. Perhaps it is your calling to help the world do that too so that it can get ready for Spring…born again…fresh and anew!
Potential
I am expressing my inner Christ qualities in creative, loving ways.
Everywhere I turn, I see the potential for growth and understanding. A bird sits upon her nest, innately aware of the potential that lies within each tiny egg she nurtures. Babies awaken in the morning ready to fulfill their curiosity about life. Children are expressing the love that leads them in being beloved friends, and to be future spouses and even leaders of nations. Adults share important lessons of a lifetime with the young.
I, too, am revealing my inner Christ potential each and every day. Within me is a wellspring of potential to create and love, to express and spread joy, to encourage myself and others.
I am expressing my inner Christ qualities in creative, loving ways.
“He had been instructed in the Way of the Lord; and he spoke with burning enthusiasm and taught accurately the things concerning Jesus.”—Acts 18:25
--from the Daily Word, March 17, 2008
The Buddha's teaching is all about understanding suffering--its origin, its cessation, and the path to its cessation. When we contemplate suffering, we find we are contemplating desire, because suffering and desire are the same thing.
Desire can be compared to fire. If we grasp fire, what happens? Does it lead to happiness? If we say: "Oh, look at that beautiful fire! Look at the beautiful colors! I love red and orange; theyre my favorite colors," and then grasp it, we would find a certain amount of suffering entering the body. And then if we were to contemplate the cause of that suffering we would discover it was the result of having grasped that fire. On that information, we would hopefully then let the fire go. Once we let fire go then we know that it is not something to be attached to. This does not mean we have to hate it, or put it out. We can enjoy fire, can't we? It is nice having a fire, it keeps the room warm, but we do not have to burn ourselves in it.
--Ajahn Sumedho, Teachings of a Buddhist Monk
It’s hard to not touch the pretty colors and refrain from embracing the warmth of the fire.
Our greatest enemy is ourself. All weakness, all ignorance keeps us from the truth of our being, from all the virtues hidden in us and all perfection hidden in our souls. The first self we realize is the false self. Unless the soul is born again it will not see the kingdom of heaven. The soul is born into the false self; it is blind. In the true self the soul opens its eyes. Unless the false self is fought with, the true self cannot be realized.
--Hazrat Inayat Khan
from http://wahiduddin.net/mv2/VII/VII_5.htm
It is windy, but a very beautiful day!
ALA!!!
Hakima
Sufi Girl
About Me
- ShiningDawn
- I am all about light and learning to appreciate the silent and deep places within where I am discovering my authentic self. I love the laughter of children playing in the yard over my fence, loamy soil between my fingers and in my fingernails, herb gardens, especially overgrown with lavender and rosemary, columbine and tea roses, unusual vegetables, dreaming in color, running into the ocean, tangerines and avocados, Delphi, snow in Greece, Celtic music and jazz, Beethovan's "Pathetique," 60's protest songs, classic punk, symphonies, Chopin, Yellowstone National Park, finding wildlife in tidal pools, libraries and bookstores, waterfalls, newborn babies, skirts instead of pants, natural fibers, messy hair, down comforters, river rafting, thunderstorms when I'm tucked in my house, crackling fires, the smell of woodsmoke in my hair, tears--for all reasons, this marvelous life brimming with Grace.
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