From 'The Rules of Life'

#53 - Go back to square one and start being courteous again.

#66 - The happiest relationships are where both parties see the need for flexibility in their rules.

#44 - Staying young is trying out new tastes, new places to go, new styles.

#74 - Someone has to lift the burden, lift the spirits, lift the gloom.

#51 - We might get on a whole lot better instead of treating each other as if we were separate species.

if the river sounds, it's because it brings rocks.
(spanish saying)
it refers to rumours.

I'm seeing u

and learning from u

Thank you for sharing Miguel

When I think of you,
fireflies in the marsh rise
like the soul's jewels,
lost to eternal longing,
abandoning my body

Izumi Shikibu (970-1030)

whenever i look into your eyes i see my face
in a hundred million faces i am your smile
i cry the tears we all shed
and sing the songs in every language
i breathe
and i inhale the softness of the sound of
all your most tender secrets
lost in winds that carry me always into
an embrace with life



i follow like the sun follows the moon follows the sun and the
spring follows winter...

Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength while loving someone deeply gives you courage.

Lao Tzu

(((((s1ow))))) how is it that you always post these gems that speak so beautifully? Thank you!

(((((Alex))))) Thank you! Ahhhhhhhhh...

WE ARE NOT SEPERATE

what we instantaneously 'fall in love with'
from that perspective
is recognition !
of an inate beauty that we all share
a PURE LOVE we all are


from another perspective
it is your projection
your psycological movie, built of your ego and
ALL OF it's conditioning


and from another
it is chemistry
and hormones
and yes even magic...

need you BELIEVE ? any of this?
no


it is our destiny
part of the job description when we signed on as humans

what we do with it
where we take it or let it take us

is called life i believe

fortunately no matter where you go

there you are!



lmao!!!!!! ;oD

~~~

All the stars above
contain the secrets of your soul

The grains of sand beneath your feet
record your footsteps as you stroll

Though you may think you’re separate
you’re just a fraction of the whole

A reflection of the spirit
of the cosmos you extol

~~~

(Abra 9/3/07)

(((((abra)))))

THE FORCE of love is the same as the force of the soul or truth. We have evidence of its working at every step. The universe would disappear without the existence of that force…. Thousands, indeed tens of thousands, depend for their existence on a very active working of this force. Little quarrels of millions of families in their daily lives disappear before the exercise of this force. Hundreds of nations live in peace. History does not and cannot take note of this fact. History is really a record of every interruption of the even working of the force of love or of the soul. Two brothers quarrel; one of them repents and reawakens the love that was lying dormant in him; the two again begin to live in peace; nobody takes note of this. But if the two brothers, through the intervention of solicitors or some other reason, take up arms or go to law-which is another form of the exhibition of brute force-their doings would be immediately noticed in the Press, they would be the talk of their neighbours and would probably go down to history. And what is true of families and communities is true of nations. There is no reason to believe that there is one law for families and another for nations. History, then, is a record of an interruption of the course of nature. Soul force, being natural, is not noted in history.

Mohandas Gandhi

"History, then, is a record of an interruption of the course of nature."

So true, so true!

So long as space remains,
So long as sentient beings remain,
I will remain,
In order to help, in order to serve,
In order to make my own contribution.

The Dalai Lama

excerpt from 'An Open Heart' by The Dalai Lama

"...fundamentally, all beings are equal to you in their wish for happiness and their desire to overcome suffering. Recognizing this, you make a pledge to develop a good heart. It is most important that we have a warm heart. As long as we are part of human society, it is very important to be a kind, warm-hearted person.


May the poor find wealth,
Those weak with sorrow find joy.
May the forlorn find new hope,
Constant happiness and prosperity.

May the frightened cease to be afraid,
And those bound be free.
May the weak fiind power,
And may their hearts join in friendship.