Author: Anne

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EVERY MOMENT IS A BRANCH POINT

Each moment of now is what we could call a branch point.  We do not know what will happen next.   The present moment is pregnant with possibility and potential.  If we are present in this moment, that naturally affects the quality of the next moment.  If we wish to take care of the future, the only way we can do that is to recognize each moment as a branch point and to realize how we are in relationship to it makes all the difference in the world.

From:  ARRIVING AT YOUR OWN DOOR 108 Lessons in Mindfulness by Jon Kabat-Zinn

REFLECTION:

  • Are you present in this moment?
  • Do you spend time worrying about the future?
  • How can you be present to this moment?

OBSTACLES

I used to resent obstacles along the path… if only that had’t happened life would be so good.  Then I suddenly realized that life is the obstacles.  There is no underlying path. 

Quote by Janna Levi  Janna Levi is a NASA Astrophysicist.

REFLECTION:

  • How do you view obstacles?
  • Do you live in a state of “if only?”
  • How can you embrace the obstacles as part of your life’s path?

LOVE DOGS

LOVE DOGS

One night a man was crying, “Allah, Allah!”

His lips grew sweet with the praising, until a cynic said, “So! I have heard you calling out, but have you ever gotten any response?”

The man had no answer for that.  He quit praying and fell into a confused sleep.  He dreamed he saw Khidr, the guide of souls, in a thick, green foliage, “Why did you stop praising?”  “Because I’ve never heard anything back.” 

“This longing you express is the return message.” 

The grief you cry out from draws you toward union.  Your pure sadness that wants help is the secret cup.  Listen to the moan of a dog for its master.  That whining is the connection.  There are love dogs no one know the names of.  Give you life to be one of them.

Poem by Rumi

REFLECTION:

  • Are you looking…listening for answers and believe there has been no response?
  • What is the longing you express in the return message?
  • What then?