Millrow Moments 🙏

#sutton #simple #ssy #Millrow #truenature #Diwali #Autumn

stay true, stay true 

Thank You, 

abide In My Centred Integral

aligned to The Values, Inherited, My Core

My Oxygen, these lessons learned well, 

That One Moment, That One Final Chat (you far too young, checked out)

energy not by rote or force or a ritual expected remembrance

but, rather trickle fed, 

a slow surrendered stream of somatic electrical exposure

instilled, distilled, drip fed cell by cell 

modelled re-modelled a quiet thunder again and a gain

consistency of a mundane form of excellence

take no shit, gracious wit, never ever suffer fools gladly

conditioned deep cellular nuance 

astute all ways with erudite kindness of articulate care, 

Quiet Thunder; The Lightest Truest Soft Field Flower Nature

Lightening Fast Stiletto Sharp (as needed) 

A Well Read Travel of Expansive Enhancing

Simply Gets On, Unconcerned and Yet Caring

Complete Unattached yet A Total Connect

Divine Sublime Whole & Holy 

A Fully Kind Imperfect High Standards Human

Calmly Wild In One Flowing Fine Concurrent Paradox

Just, Simply, No Fuss, An Excellence of Refined Style & Manners, 

Oh yes, She Consistent Simply Does Her Thing. 

"There are hierarchies in Heaven, we remember; and we know
of its bungled schemes.
Even if the last shall be first’, as we have been told, she
could not be first. It would not be her.
But why become so fearful?
This is all
of your mother, in your arms. She who now, a moment after your game, has gone;
who is confused
and would like to ask
why she is hanging here. No – she will be safe. She will be safe
in the dry mouth
of this red earth, in the place
she has always been. She
who hasn’t survived living, how can we dream that she will survive her death?"

by Robert Gray
Extract From: "In Departing Earth? in Nameless Earth
Publisher: Carcanet, Manchester

Booti Booti Views

 

What Energy Are We Choosing?

The Practical Spirituality That Awakens Consciousness. 

We Are All Energy in motion and Love Has already Won. 

“Even if one is the most sinful of all sinners, 

one shall yet cross over the ocean of sin 

by the raft of self-knowledge alone. 

As the blazing fire reduces wood to ashes, 

similarly the fire of self-knowledge 

reduces all bonds of karma to ashes...” 

Krishna, Bhagavad-gita 4:36-37 

Who are we? Where do we come from? Where are we going? 

What are we living for? 

Why are we living? Who am I ...? What is beyond the "I"? 

(why is it so grasshopper...? nah that one is just too much Carradine Kung Fu as a Kid!) 

The answers to these questions can be discovered if one knows where and how to look. 

Self knowledge, atma vidya is the eventual destination. 

For everyone. This life. Or Next. Your Faith or another's. 

No matter who we are, we (already) are the total fulfilment, 

the happiness, and purpose of our True Self. 

That is who we all intrinsically are, 

One (unique) Creature In Creation, 

and it takes a long time to understand nothing. 

Except Our Own Truth. 

These qualities are not felt outside of ourselves, 

and cannot be found in external things or circumstances. 

Many are conditioned to chasing, seeking, 

projecting unresolved anxieties and fears. 

Looking, looking, looking and never finding.

One crisis drama chaos to The Next. 

Through life long conditioning. 

Many are energetically beyond them selves 

and leaking energy to an external void. 

Why do that leaky leak bucket? 

Similarly, knowledge of ourselves and our purpose 

cannot be found in external things, 

but are found inside. 

Where they have always resided. 

We abide in the heart. 

We attune to the inner beauty. 

WE trust our gut and come home within. 

We drop all other imposed and/or artificial "terms & conditions".

We ditch The Masks and Facades and Falsehoods. 

This sacred union, this re integration, this homecoming

 occurs firstly for each individual. 

IF (or when) they choose that as their priority. 

No one can tell you when, no one can sell you when. 

This is what it means to be a Sovereign Being, responsible for ALL our choices.

No finger pointing blame or shame or leaky excuse ridden bull shit. 

We take radical responsibility for our own return to a whole integrated energy. 

We re integrate all fractured or lost soul particles. 

We do not not try and transcend the ego, we make it whole again.

Meaning a re integrated whole ego serves us as our humble servant, 

and not a projecting, dis integrated, fractured, wounded, traumatized or insecure master. 

That is our true home coming of an inner whole alignment. 

A Return to Who We Have Always Been. 

A Return To Wholeness.

A Return To Kindness,

A Return To Oneness.

A Return To Take No Unconscious Shitness! 

(especially our own...) 

By knowing what is in our hearts and minds, 

by seeing what we usually ignore, 

we learn not only what we are capable of, 

but also what prevents us from developing our full potential. 

That self knowledge (atma vidya) shows us the way 

to a genuine regenerative growth. 

It shows us who we have always been. 

As originally born. Our Innate Birth Rite. 

Our Totality. Our Wholeness. 

Pure & Simple. 

This is the inner energetic change as we become still, on the inside. 

We create space to receive and hold an infinite paradox.

We are better able to respond consciously and calmly and NOT react 

or get triggered by our own unhealed inner fractures. 

All things, all circumstances that occur outside ourselves on the stage of this world, 

are exclusively the reflection of what we carry within. 

If we are agitated and fractured, we will be anxious. 

It we are absent and lost in living, we will be depressed. 

And neither of those states are who you really are. 

At Your Whole, Unadulterated, Pure & Simple Core. 

You may have just got momentarily lost by following someone else's path. 

With a whole intuition then, we can solemnly declare to our True Self

that the 

‘exterior is the reflection of the interior.’

 When someone changes internally—and if that change is radical—then circumstances, 

life, and the external also change. 

Energy Flows Where Attention Goes. 

Love More ~ For Love has Already Won 

The Love Festival of Our Own Radical Inner Disruption.

If you even dare go there... 

Be From Love NOT For Love. 

Why is it so Grasshopper...? 

My Lush Booti Booti Grasshopper... 

with True Natured views 

to live for!

Tullamareena

approaching gently, 

coming slowly, home

vista viewed as Garuda glides to

receptive runway; trusting spacious

safe, descend my multitudes, come down slow

a nuanced touch, a subtle humming sounding

as air meets earth and fire quenches

denouement brakes reverse thrust quavers, 

shared sigh escapes long held

lucid lips; 

a gentle touched down, 

soft sated

relax unshackled dear grace arrival, 

taxi, contact connect as fine fuselaged friends

pour sated, sweaty, tired exhausted relief release baggage joyous,

a mission accomplished, flight grounded well, 

As Another Tullamareena flower comes down under

Home. 

Fully Connected, Totally Unattached.

THE FIELD OF HEALING

Nobody has ever healed anyone.

 
A true healer simply remains fully present as the storm of healing rages, providing a safe field in which unfamiliar and intense energies can be felt, bound-up emotions can be released, and we can come out of time together, out of the drama and chaos of My Life, and breathe into our bodies, fall into our own being, reset, recharge, simplify, rest.

Healing is not a destination, nor a special power in the hands of a few. 

Healing means recontacting that which is already whole, beyond the healer and the healed - our true nature, simple and beautiful and ever-present.

From Love not For Love. 
In this field of healing, we can truly meet.

Brene & Esther Sharing Some Simple Insights.

Partnerships, Patterns, and Paradoxical Relationships 

☝ with Esther Perel ☝

Dr. Brené Brown studies courage, 

vulnerability, shame and empathy.

Brené Brown studies human connection --

our ability to empathize, belong, love.

In a poignant, funny talk, 

she shares a deep insight from her research,

one that sent her on a personal quest to know herself

as well as to understand humanity. 

A talk to share.

Psychotherapist and New York Times best-selling author Esther Perel 

is recognized as one of today’s most insightful and original voices on modern relationships. 

Fluent in nine languages, she helms a therapy practice in New York City 

and serves as an organizational consultant for Fortune 500 companies around the world. 

Her celebrated TED Talks have garnered more than 30 million views, 

and her best-selling books, Mating in Captivity and The State of Affairs, 

are global phenomena and have been translated into nearly 30 languages. 

Esther is also an executive producer and host of the popular podcasts 

Where Should We Begin? and How’s Work? 

Her latest project is 

Where Should We Begin: A Game of Stories.

Brene Brown's Classic 2010 TED Talk 

"Power of Vulnerability"

Brené Brown studies human connection -- our ability to empathize, belong, love. 

In a poignant, funny talk, she shares a deep insight from her research, 

one that sent her on a personal quest to know herself 

as well as to understand humanity. 

A talk to share.

If you have not yet listened, 

maybe now is a great time to start 

your return home to remember 

the whole you?

“The dark does not destroy the light; it defines it. It's our fear of the dark that casts our joy into the shadows.”

― Brené Brown

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— Lucid Dreams (@sanjabh) 19 मार्च 2023

Vipassana Prepares One For The Absolute.

"Key lessons I learned during 

One 30 Day journey"

Vipassana

If you want to connect with wisdom and the beauty of the moment, you need to move slowly. Rushing will make you miss so much and it is actually just a reflection of your inner agitation.

The law of cause and effect is predominant in nature. 

If you want a good life, focus on doing good actions as selflessly as possible. 

The people you help, the things you give, the kindness you emit, all of these are seeds that will bear good fruit in the future.


You know your heart better than anyone else. This means you need to act on what you know. 

Speak up for yourself, ask for support when needed, don’t feel like you need to move at the same speed as everyone else.

Giving away so much of your time to the requests of others will stop you from giving time to what is good and nourishing for you. Betraying yourself is not virtuous. Constantly saying yes to please others will lead to burnout. Say no frequently if you want to create a clear space in your life for what matters most to you.

Your energy leaves an imprint on the environment that you are in. Places where the Buddha and his disciples meditated 2600 year ago remain surprisingly vibrant and powerful. Your energy does not stay with you, it moves outward and invites others to feel the same way.

Trying to evade all conflicts and arguments is not possible. Interpersonal conflict happens because egos exist. Approaching conflict with selflessness and the goal to understand helps harmony reappear more easily.

Real healing is possible, but so is real freedom. Suffering is not eternal. With the right practices you can slowly but surely decrease the tension that exists in your mind. You can even go as far as to fully extinguish personal suffering, but this takes serious work.

You don’t have to be perfect to have made tremendous progress. If you are reacting less intensely then before, if your mind feels lighter, if you are making better decisions, then you are moving in a good direction. Mistakes will happen, setbacks are common and that is ok and natural.

Everything requires balance. Going to extremes creates needless friction. Let boldness mix with gentleness. Let your giving match your receiving. Let your striving match your relaxation. 

If you look with a calm mind, you will be able to find a middle path in most situations.

It is exceedingly easy to take for granted the things you are surrounded by on a daily basis, your family, the typical food you eat, daily comforts, but once they are all gone you see how much you relied on it all and simply expected it to be there. Be more intentional about looking around with fresh eyes and see the abundance in front of you.

Be mindful of the story you are writing in your mind. Is it factual or is it driven by temporarily tumultuous emotions? Return to the centre with the breath. Ego loves tension, Ego loves drama, Ego loves chaos and wisdom loves peace.

As an eternal beginners mind of equanimity, peace and inner calm moves further towards our innate return to wholeness, then we may become more receptive to the absolute of atma vidya. 

Self knowledge methodology, as taught in the Vedas and Upanishads, may then be pointed out by a qualified teacher and the whole resolution of the "i" may be achieved by sincere students. 

Self Knowledge ~ "all blessings flow from it"

Yoga Co

via rachelyogi and 

John Weddepohl 

@Yogaco

"According to EVERYONE yoga is mainstream. 

But what does that mean? Better Beach booty? Ice bath etiquette? 

I don’t mean to be facetious but as Instagram maxes out on handstand workshops 

I keep searching for #realyoga

P.S. It’s here hidden in plain sight!
YOU are #realyoga.

You’ve never been anything other than the real deal. 

Before you started yoga or gave up on yoga, 

you’ve always been the meaning of Yoga.

12 years ago I was at a crossroads; 

hoping my practice would save me from feelings of inadequacy 

in my relationship and a health crisis. 

As I wandered through the ruins of my life I was lucky to find 

the wisdom teachings of Self Knowledge.

Called “Atma Vidya”, these teachings brought me 

to the true understanding of what Yoga is. 

Not a practice, not a system of enlightenment, 

not even the union of mind, body and breath. 

Yoga describes the meaning of the word “I”.

“I” is not an identifier it is the one in whom all identifications take place. 

“I” is the name for all of creation. 

Both what we can see and objectify and what we can’t see or name. 

Call it YOGA, call it “I” call it AHAM or OM. 

All roads lead to the self-same place. 

YOU! 

You are the yoga itself.

The only thing stopping us from knowing this is that no one has 

ever pointed out who we are or shown us how to get there.

For instance: to reach a destination, 

if you don’t know where you are or what direction to go in will you get there? 

NEVER. 

You need a guide or at the very least be given a map of where to go. 

Once you know where you are on the map and shown the way. 

You reach the destination. 

EASY STUFF

For everything in our lives, we use guides in various forms. 

If we use guides for everything in life why wouldn’t we use a guide 

to understand the biggest mystery in the universe? 

Our selves?

Society can’t teach us who is SEEING creation. 

Society can only tell us the names for what we are seeing. 

But even those names are just naming the nameless. 

Who is seeing this nameless formless creation?

Relating Directly, Clearly and Consciously.

"Relationships that rely on alcohol for openness or intimacy aren't going to allow for authentic connection or truth to emerge. There are so many ways to enjoy life without alcohol" 

~ Sheleana Aiyana

Founder of "Rising Woman" Community
✎ Writer @sheleanaaiyana
❍ #Spirituality #Healing #Astrology 

🍵 Motherhood, Healing and Conscious Relationship

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Boots Are Maid... Four Walk King?

Hospitality of a

black coffee

mastered.

Be

beguiled buy The

Bean, sweet sugar staff scene but

unstirred.

Minions Master Ex

Terminates, Limited Company Inn Capacity

Dear Master Bates The Boss Hog Knows, 

No Dr Who, Know Mr. Smith Dukes of Hazard

Dear Daleks, Another Server Lost In Space

No Connection Know WTF?

Just Like Elvis,

The Blundstones Have Left The Building

Bee Cause sharply stung

The Customer Is Knot All Ways,

Write... 

Are You Ready Boots? 

"One Creature In Creation, One Drop To The Ocean"

rush, rush little brook

blindly bubbling, 

rushing down stream

carrion collecting flotsam

jetsam banks junk "In The Wake" as

fast gasps of toil troubled

falls over bouncing edges

rickety rocks and anguished swampy mores 

announcing loud next nascent rapid roar

flooded floundering dropping raw,

dropping roar 

dropping silent now

arrival slow motion arrival ocean

The Mist Descends, separates sources

banks held, hugged, assuredly 

as rivers ran and rose and now a forest fall re

turns, falling free fall calls

and yet, 

when self same over flooded busy baby brook, 

overflowing multi tasking swirling foamy white tips coming

Conceived, inserted inside earth The Source The Source, well well

Far Far Up Stream; drip, drop, drip, drop, droplets minute drip drop each one a solo cell

collide collude collect now as cells run wild, conceived 

a great dividing, mountain ranging re routing waters rampant riding dam

head waters broken, then birthed, two magical drops collided created, delivered

slows to an incubated trickle; treated, rested, deeper, 

we hear we see we feel far far more of Her, 

The World Of Inner Warmth, The One, 

Full Pivot Paradox, One Restive Beauty, One Wild Storm, 

The Same The Same, no separation, 

Her True Divine 

Her True Full 

Nature.

You Are Powerless To End Your Pain When You Blame It On Others.

self care ~ self love ~ self acceptance
Truth Love Connection 

Well Hummmm A Few Bars (If You Can Not Sing...)

all for love

minions, maestros, even Muppets

all for love

the deep well far gone, the well strung strings

all for love

conductors waving batons, audiences attentive, 

all for love, 

wow wow and Bow, wow!

transacting, possibly fine n dandy? (all for love)

exchanging, possibly two timing to trade in? (for a new, model, all for love)

possibly playing buy the unconscious sought security (all for love)

hum him hertz for love, 

she her flirtz for love, 

deep roots for love seeking nourishment going down, for love, 

Two Bet Inn "book of the dead" all for love (a grate read BTW) 

junk male, spammed ham, green eggs (fried, easy ova, mourning, all for love)

Dock Tour Suess "Go Dog GO!" (chasing cars all for love)

"do ewe lick my hat...?" "Know, I DO knot like your hat!" (real chat most tinder lines, all for love)

amore K9 suitor of hairy lairy carey barey racing round n round trying hard to please (for love)

clunk clunk rusty ruts cross thread Phillip's head screw driver stuck up (such a handy man, for love)

pile driving skives MC Hammer "It's nought about The Nail, laddy!" (she is all for love)

as greaseless nipples clunking more cry for oil, (You Freak King Dipstick, all for love!)

whilst alto ego need n greed n feeds (for well settled comfort rut routines, for love)

of pulled pork puppets meating symphonic strings (follow loose live leads all for love)

are rightfully, honorably, reciprocally lovingly (all For Love)

listened to received and tenderly met (for love)

for love..? you say?

say what? for love... 

for love, whilst buckets bottomed cracked n leaking

for love, whilst (genuine) self care is still seeking 

try hard meeting seeking reaching hard, still, (all for love)

OK OK OK I think I see...? (that THINKING is mostly The Problem... not The Seeing)

for love, honey?

for love of money, honey?

for love of yet another top dog, chief exec, Queen Bee Draining Droning workers?

for love, so funny, cunning...? 

for love, fun, tied tight homely hived expectant eunuchs?

for love lead null and lead void, butt, It Is All

for love baby! 

all that for love for love for love, chasing, projecting, reaching hard for love

So Slow Down and Flip & Fill The whole love damned story 

fresh story like a re-love-ution

flip 'em and hold 'em

turn the "for" to a "from"

not for, but from? 

"from" love, NOT "for" love

be from love not for love!

That One Little Letter Creates All The Difference...

and The God Damned One Love Letter is...?

"M"

can you even...?

for love? NO NO NO

from love? YES YES YES

Oh Hell, 

"From Love" 

Can I Even? 

Yes I Can!

So Let Us Celebrate, a love without reason, 

So Let Us Share and Sing and Dance and Cry, a love without reason, 

So Let Us Be From Love, without One God Damned Fear Full Reason. 

From Love, not for love. 

I'm Included, you, me, us 

all Om magic, all welcome, hear?

it is no mystery To Be Born from love not for love, 

Bhakti Kirtan all From Love 

Viveka Moksha all From Love, 

right here! right now!

so come and join us, all from love and all welcome!

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Ripened, Turns, Ebbs As Autumn Equinox Calls

AUSTRALIAN AUTUMN.
by DOROTHEA MACKELLAR. 

 

"This is the gentlest season of the year.

From mists of pearl and gold

The slow, sweet hours unfold,

To crystal colours, still

As glass, but not as chill.

All birds speak softly in the autumn bush.

One bellbird from the deep

Like a call heard in sleep

Chimes: in the bronze-gold gloom

Cool greenhood orchids bloom.

Brown leaves are withering on the alien trees.

The metal of our hills

Is veiled with blue that fills

The spirit with a bright

Sense of intrinsic light.

Now that the dew has vanished, sheep lie

down

By companies content

In wilga-shade and scent;

The reaper sounds nearby

Like the cicadas' cry.

And so the mellow day flows on to dusk,

And loveliness that grows

With skies of mauve and rose;

While fragrant smoke-plumes lie

Subtle as memory.

Curled round our hearts in this still jewelled

air,

Risen from the pulsing fire

Many-hued like desire.

Overhead stars blaze white.

Superb in frosty night.

This is the kindliest season of the year.

The sun's gold arrows all

Have lost their barbs; thick fall

The berries ripe, and still

Each bird may have his fill.

Now peace and plenteousness have spread

their wings

After the blessed rains

On autumn hills and plains.

Remains the exile's mind

Aloof, tormented, blind."

(Cf. F. P. Smith, in "The Spectator," April 12, 1924 also "S.M.H." Leader, May 31, 1924.)

Worimi Seasons 

by Tony Searl

Come, come let us sip

on less barbed golden tips,

rays less laser, less sharp a

falling heat as shy sky falls

retreats asunder in Mabon feast. 

 

As rivers cooler day equals night

a momentary same length of light;

yet more tepid tidal waters wave

still relentless run and fall and frolic,

still, still as more leaves leave, let go float

down, streaming decaying go to ground

each one, each won, like little nests emptied

leaves when ready, seeds set sail flowing full

falling to sea to birth to feed to rest and ripen. 

 

Our Autumnal Daze simply slows a gentler coming

Beds down now our Next Reclusive Winter

horizon now of shorter sun prepares, receives,

a restive inner path towards my home, my hearth.

 

"In Australia, Mabon falls close to the end of Daylight Savings time, and the change in the time that evening falls makes us very aware that winter is on its way, and that summer is well and truly over. 

It is at Mabon that the Cauldrons are first lit again, the last of the summer fruits are eaten in thanks, and summer ribbons and garlands are put away in preparation for the colder months.

Mabon is the second harvest, and the Goddess is mourning her fallen consort as he has been cast down, but the rebirth found in the seeds of harvest gives hope for the future, and the continuing circle of hope. Mabon is a time of gathering, of preparation. It is also a time to walk among the gum trees, smelling the resin and the eucalyptus oils in the air, and gathering oils, barks, plants and herbs to be dried for culinary, medicinal and magickal purposes.

At the Autumnal Equinox, altars are dressed with leaves and bark, the last of the flowers and the first of the winter fruits. Suitable offerings include autumnal vegetables and pickles, and preserved fruits and root crops. Mabon is a time to acknowledge the joys of living, as well as the suffering that is a part of life. It is a time for meditation and repose, and for spending time with close family and Coven members in silent appreciation of the relationships we share and that strengthen us.

In the Southern hemisphere, Mabon falls on the 21st and 22nd of March, and in the Northern hemisphere it falls on the 21st and 22nd of September. It is associated with the festivals of Winter Finding (Teutonic) and Alban Elfed (Scottish)." Thank you Aussie Wytch

Poet Tree Inn Motion...

 

“They fuck you up, your mum and dad.
They may not mean to, but they do.
They fill you with the faults they had
And add some extra, just for you.” pic.twitter.com/5ZT3wq31rQ

— Nikita Gill (@nktgill) March 17, 2023

Jeff Knows. Be Like Jeff.

WHEN YOU TRY TO FIX ME

“When you try to fix me, when you play the infallible ‘expert’ or ‘guru’, you unconsciously send a signal to me, to my nervous system, that there’s something wrong with me, that I’m broken and do not have the inner resources I need. That I can’t hold what I’m holding, can’t bear what I am bearing. That I am smaller than you, weaker, needier. That I know less. You play the expert to my beginner, the guru to my disciple. Even if you have the best of intentions, which I know you often do, when you try to fix me, and give me your answers, you treat me like a child. You don’t listen. You don’t trust. And that’s scary. I feel more alone than ever when you try to fix me. You split us in two.

 
Yes, when you try to fix me, you don’t trust me. But I am stronger than you know. I can bear more than you realise. I am more capable, more wise, more courageous than you give me credit for. I am shocked by my own courage!

When you stop trying to fix me you give me the space to grow. You give me the space to feel, to hurt, to tolerate and to process that hurt, to move through my pain into a deeper healing.

 
When you simply hold space for me, I can relax to fill that warm space. 

I can breathe more freely, held in your safe and loving arms. 

I can touch into my deepest trauma, find my courage, push myself a little bit into the scary places, start to tolerate the seemingly intolerable, bear the seemingly unbearable, and survive the intensity of the moment. I can start to prove to myself how strong I actually am.

When you simply stay present with me, I can move through my healing crisis, I can fall and be caught, break and be held, and I can learn to hold myself too.

 
When you simply listen, I can better hear myself. I can learn to trust my deepest intuition, my authentic feelings, my own body - and fill even the scary places within me with loving awareness.

My words are not drowned out by yours. 

My feelings are not replaced by yours. 

My dreams become clearer. 

My gut learns to speak up for itself. 

When you drop all your clever concepts, philosophies, answers, advice, fixes, and you just love me, I can learn to love myself, and trust myself, and hold myself as you hold me.

 
When you stop trying to fix me, I actually start to feel less broken! 

Here is the paradox of love, and the paradox of healing - two sides of the very same mystery.

 
So stop trying to fix me, and please, love me instead, be present with me as I heal…”
- Jeff Foster

Simple. Raw. Form.

“Uncertainty is an ally of change. It opens doors to new possibilities. It invites new insights.”

― Jeanne McElvaney

[ Art • “The Window Paradox” by Istvan Orosz ] pic.twitter.com/LnUTLMyAQK

— Lucid Dreams (@sanjabh) March 14, 2023

 

S I M P L E.     R A W.     F O R M. 

Remembering Roma

"Of course she is NOT allowed in here"

Men

roared the rules, "The Menzies" of Men

The Lounge Bar was off limits

but really, 

Did Roma care? 

Proxy Weddings and Exotic Love

Indonesian incarceration in WW2

teen childbirth and near death scurvy

beatings, deprivations and assorted atrocities 

liberation 1945 a released "survivor" 

a realized strong woman a growing son in tow

post war depression, migration, reunited then separation, 

new starts, new healing, new yoga, new countries befriended

Roma roamed and loved and lived large

A City Studio Women's Lib and All That Jazz

Pitt Street Roma's Brand of "Bend & Stretch" Opened 

The Lady Quite (NOT Quiet) About Town

There were stories to tell

and people to see and 

toes to be touched and 

New Love To Be Had

The Menzies Men Only Bar held NO Sway.

Breaking conventions if not rules or laws

Roma really held her self well

Roma Blair The Lady Whose Deportment (thanks June Dally Watkins)

She Took No Prisoners, always kind and gracious

She Expected NO Free Favors, always creative and attentive

She was Her Own Woman; took no crap and held her own,

erudite, articulate and ever so worldly

many men melted by her radiant laser soft glow

Roma simply embodied a centred Quiet Thunder

husbands One Two Three and many side lights of IYTA

TV Star and Guiding Light, 

a book or two and a diverse selection

dressed up fine, an active life

Her Ordered Pink Coffin a final dance of delight

Long may Roma be remembered 

That One Night She Said

"Well Fuck That Shit" 

(when The Many Menzies Men Aghast)

tried ever so hard to exclude 

The One Woman Who Really 

Knew Her Own 

Past. 

Since Then

One leaf fell 

died, even, at 20

months, not years,

alive since dead, since then, 

little leaf fell from on high

reaching, seeking, wanting then

crushed, pooled blood

nut stitched up, gone, one little leaf blown as life blood gone

no words know words came back

"Why pleased to meet you!"

Now, Since Then, 

Seize, Believes and Loves All Even More

Absolutely Completely Helps It 

(as every real angel is terror)

This One Fallen Angel

alive, since dead, 

Since Then. 

 - in life, as death

A Choice To Change The World, Simply Starts With You.

Hard truth:

Trying to adamantly control how others perceive you is not only a quick way to burn energy and fill your mind with tension, it is also a sign of an insecure ego

— Yung Pueblo (@YungPueblo) March 8, 2023

Slowing down enables you to act in a high quality way.

Kind rather than curt. Polished rather than sloppy.

It's hard to be thoughtful when you're in a rush.

— James Clear (@JamesClear) March 14, 2023

 

Last week, #Hedera Co-Founders @leemonbaird and @ManceHarmon attended PURPOSE - bringing together leaders, entrepreneurs, and innovators from the worlds of #web3 and #AI to openly discuss the future of the emerging digital economy.

Special thanks to @attnlive for hosting! pic.twitter.com/jm7aJJjoky

— Hedera (@hedera) March 14, 2023

We're excited to announce that @its_mynt, the music #NFT project generating new revenue streams for artists through the power of #Web3, has migrated from #Ethereum to the @Hedera network ⚡️ pic.twitter.com/Pjq1k5TGvc

— HBAR Foundation (@HBAR_foundation) March 14, 2023

Witness Embodied Simplicity

Educate yourself about things. 

It is not hard to learn, it's not hard to become qualified, if you choose that as your priority. 

Study deeply what interests you the most. Pay attention and do not get side tracked.

Don't worry about what others think of you, that's none of your business. 

Be from love, NOT for love. Have needs but do not be needy. 

Express your needs and wants and boundaries and desires kindly and directly.

No one is a mind reader even though some shysters claim to Be. 

Train your intuition to openly feel and express and connect to your True Self .

Discipline your mind to think, doubt, and question. 

Learning and innovation go hand in hand. 

The arrogance of today's success is to think that what you did yesterday will be sufficient for tomorrow.

That's how you realize for your self, learn for life and consistently grow.

Ultimately we step out of our mind and into our body and simply, with ease and grace, flow from moment to moment, not holding back, not resisting what is and not taking on board anyway else's bullshit, projections or dis integrated ego. 

Take time to pause, look up, look around, take in your surroundings. 

Feel your body sitting, the sound of your breath, sense your bare feet on the ground. 

Science shows consciously slowing down, connecting to your breath and mindfully pausing multiple times a day (maybe even consistently being present) allows the brain to reset, reduces a buildup of stress, boosts focus and creativity. Be The Flow. Be Here Now is not a cliche. Let us Help You Learn How. 

Why is it important for 'You' to step out of mind into the body?

Body is here, now— while the mind is moving from past to future, away from now..

And consciousness is free-flowing only in the Now..! pic.twitter.com/l3iTunWOSQ

— Solitary Owl (@revu_chandru) March 13, 2023

We are all always interconnected. An interrelationship to all things is our natural state, our own True Nature. All other experiences are perceived blockings of these relationships. Enter into the world of connection to reestablish intimacy with all relationships. The beauty of this natural purpose is that there is no competition. No one can prevent the unfolding of our purpose and at the same time it requires connection and discernment, a wise, intentional and conscious sharing with open hearted others. When you are connected, full and overflowing, only then will you know what is asking for you to contribute. Liberation (moksha) lies in the connection between the mind and the body, the spirit and the soul, the profound and the profane. The experience of liberation is a perpetual act of surrender. Surrender to the body, and its vulnerabilities, to learn its language—the language of intuition. Experience is the key to fully knowing the truth and letting each of our identities fall away to expose what lies beneath. What if the answer to all of our prayers was a simple acceptance of what is, as it is; not an endorsement and not a defeat but a true acceptance that this is how it is, this is where we are. However buried or lost, we know the essence of our true nature. The heartache we feel is the heartache of distance from ourselves and our true nature. Realize this, the simplest thing on earth for your own True Self, which is to return to our unsullied, unhurried, unadulterated whole and holy divine totality. Welcome back whenever you are ready. Welcome to the world of eros, where everything can be loved, welcomed and faced with profound power and intimacy. This path invites us to explore the depths of our own bodies and the world around us, uncovering the potential for unconditional freedom and human flourishing. Join us as we journey inward to tap into the flowing pulse of creation and learn the art of embodied erotic intelligence. 

Thank you Modifyre; Fiona, Shen and Sally 

#sutton #ssy #10Days #retreat @Worimi

 

Rule Number One...?

 

The antidote to passive-aggressiveness is not brutal honesty. Candor without care just makes you an asshole.

Communicating well is being direct in your message and kind in your delivery.

The goal isn't to sugarcoat the truth. It's to make it clear that you're trying to help.

— Adam Grant (@AdamMGrant) March 12, 2023

Become silent and you will hear me. pic.twitter.com/dwAwC8DVfr

— Krishna Dharma (@KrishnaDharma) March 12, 2023

Crazy how peaceful life becomes when you can listen to understand without judgment, care about how someone feels without taking on their emotions, and empathize with them without making their problems yours.

— Inner Practitioner (@MindTendencies2) March 10, 2023

Indra Tlāloc

The Merchant of Venice, Act IV, Scene I
[The quality of mercy is not strained]
William Shakespeare - 1564-1616

"The quality of mercy is not strained;
It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven
Upon the place beneath. It is twice blest;
It blesseth him that gives and him that takes:
'T is mightiest in the mightiest; it becomes
The throned monarch better than his crown:
His sceptre shows the force of temporal power,
The attribute to awe and majesty,
Wherein doth sit the dread and fear of kings;
But mercy is above this sceptred sway;
It is enthronèd in the hearts of kings,
It is an attribute to God himself;
And earthly power doth then show likest God's
When mercy seasons justice. Therefore, Jew,
Though justice be thy plea, consider this,
That, in the course of justice, none of us
Should see salvation: we do pray for mercy;
And that same prayer doth teach us all to render
The deeds of mercy. I have spoke thus much
To mitigate the justice of thy plea;
Which if thou follow, this strict court of Venice
Must needs give sentence 'gainst the merchant there."

flooded in buy instant

spam spam spam, 

"Ask and Thy Shall Receive" buy into The Game (she came)

pay for The Next Transactional Deluded game

a deluge of wet, 

a deluded deluge of wet would selling in a conceited spam hammed can, 

spam came down as ersatz spam could as

heavy roofs and heavy hearts buckle under go down a gain and a gain and a gain, 

The Absolute Drain as

"The Quality of Mercy Is Not Strained It Droppeth as The Gentle Rain From Heaven"

so spruiked, shakes spear, the hi flying sir cuss of a know net trap ease artist, 

"Roll up! Roll Up! 

Come down as Merch Tent breaks threw and 

sells and tells and yells some more heaving heel and artificial yadda yadda

come cleanse NOW 

come buy spam NOW 

and teste the waters sells The Sly Deluded Deluge

The Shy Lock Inn The Merchant of Ven Ice"

Clear tied, reign rains

The Merci The Mercy 

clear king tired thrown up in rising broken roofs 

The Mercy The Merci The Risen Flooded River

scraping accumulated flotsam, off, rank, rancid flooded muds slit silts

removing offal, shipping fresh silt in to sow fresh seed

The Filth, The Dirt, The Stains washed out, NOW! 

washed away, leaving space leaving grace leaving a nascent nubile

like invited reigns, gentle as it is in heaven, 

now drawn bridge exits the entitled belfry princess, 

Rapunzel once upon a time deluded let down her hair to all and sundry,

come come, come save me NOW!

once deluged through that inherited wounded crown,

once wet and moist and gushing with flooded sheets of royal reign

now not delayed as fresh silts settle from Kind King Tide

arriving afresh as paid for followers found for the once upon a time

insecure Merchant

now she fresh seeded sown 

now well paid for green eggs & spam

For beneath the divided mind, 

beneath the mind that spews out narratives 

there in reality is only a divine timed sea of openness

An openness, a tender place within 

that simply and utterly meets what is here as it is, so

now tend that One gorgeous green well flushed garden, 

and watch it grow. 

Dawns Daily No Rear View Mirrors

create 

The Mundane Harmony as a daily marvel a daily miracle

on firm unwavering communal core a record repeats, 

tip guided, well noted a well conducted silent symphony 

deep dawn base grooves That Never Give Up, 

channels of rhythmic melodic magic

timpani toned a deep flowing heat of rock solid direction

raise subtle consistency nuanced nascent laser like 

On Point On Point One Minute Shifting

Rising Softly, hues arriving horizon hears degrees

The Light The Light On Point re

turning like echo heard next echo coming

echo of unstruck vibrant morning felt

belle, simply coming torrents calmly consistent repeat re

turning, not competing not discordant not announcing our morning star

"There She Blows!" like spouting wail cracking dawn and rising tones

knows Beaufort force knows wild rage, 

and Still She Rises

knows discernment, knows The Difference, 

and Still She Rises

felt intent as simple chasms of endless Echo Love, repeat

repeat, repeat, knot limpet like

not tired not stuck knot up tight nor needlessly attached nor anchored dragging anxiously

rather, simply, holding hugging sure, 

The Crescent Wave The Next New Moon, sure shore

full connection touching tender yet still, yet unattached, 

a cyclic pilot light true paradox reignites

yes always burning, sun siding over there yet moon rising front and centre, hear?

turning turning cyclic nature all ways burning, 

a firm foundation next well come warming

unreasoned unceasing unadulterated for true nature never has a reason

receptive raise The Fulsome Flow 

fully firmed a burning tip of incense stick

no agenda no schedule no known pre meditated motive serving

true nature simply is, here in This Moment, hear to see to Be, no

Force, no reach, no race, natural light rises releases no timed lines arrives freely 

drapes undrawn a slow revealing next moment a warmth of soft as lips kissed by sun received, 

unpried petals slowly sheeted softly moistened, a tempered morning dew cascades

descends extends envelops as mist embraces One rising stamen,

more honey more taste as silent tipped tongue laps more sweetness dripping

light spreads light engorges light rampant now as day Be comes breath

pure and simple aligned and kind now open consistent, potent, pause, inhale

next blessed dawn freely paying

forward today's natural palette of One communal creation, 

abundant slow radiant rays of an inner uncompeted well heated

beauty. 

onwards open atma vidya always already whole

Simply Ready When Ever You Are.

What is Advaita Vedanta (not-two)?

Vedanta is not a philosophy. 

Vedanta is Not a school of thought. 

Vedanta is Not a system of beliefs which can be negated from different angles. 

Vedanta is Not a set of contentions.

Vedanta remains independent of your thoughts about it. 

Just how one's existence remains independent of whether one verbally acknowledge one's existence or not.

Vedanta is a systematic and structured means of knowledge which establishes absolute clarity of the whole reality as yourself. 

Means of knowledge means, that by which one accomplishes the ultimate end (moksha).

More specifically, the methodology reveals the ever-present truth about yourself (jiva), universe (jagat) and Existence-Consciousness (Ishvara/Brahman).

In short, showing one directly that “I AM” 

whole, complete and free 

right now.

Until then, ignorance causes one to look for the “THE reality” as though it's separate from oneself.

The error of ignorance motivates one to apply countless repetitive rituals, practices and actions in hopes to discover something bigger then oneself.

It's like a wooden chair doing different meditations hoping to discover the wood; 

the all-pervasive-reality. In truth, the chair is never not the wood. 

Your True Nature is NEVER not bliss, happiness and love. 

Totally, right now. The True Nature of YOU is already whole and complete. 

Similarly, a sincere devotee of truth will never become the sought – because the seeker is actually the sought right now. It's a matter of discovering HOW this is so.

Yes, action and discipline is needed to discover your own True Nature. 

But only in sense of removing the veils masking any remaining incorrect theories-perceptions-beliefs and conditioning, of the truth.

This is precisely what Vedanta methodology serves to resolve once and for all – using original and ever-fresh teachings. Self Knowledge atma vidya removes all ignorance of The Self. 

Om Tat Sat – Bhagavad Gita 17.23

Vedanta is a tradition sourced in Vedas of India — revealing the depth of non-dual teachings within the three major texts: 

Upanishads, Bhagavad Gita and Brahma Sutras. 

Further elaborated by texts like: 

Adi Shankara's Vivekachudamani, 

Tattva Bodha, Aparokshanubhuti and 

Vidyaranya's Panchadasi.

Vedanta's purpose is to systematically unfold the methodology of these texts, so the student can actually arrive to the same understanding, vision or realization of the absolute reality as oneself — right here and now.