Showing posts with label SPIRITUALITY. Show all posts
Showing posts with label SPIRITUALITY. Show all posts

Wednesday, April 6, 2011

Meditate With Me






There are tons of studies that show that meditation helps relieve stress and helps you regain energy. You don’t have to light candles or sit cross legged. You can achieve a 'mini-meditation' throughout the day quite easily...chose a quiet place at home or at the office. Think about taking a short walk during break/lunch time...even just three minutes to just calmly breathe in nature is nourishing. Close your eyes. Take a few deep breaths. Relax your body. Think of something positive, visit your happy place. Mine is chilling near water or 'head in the sky' drifting upwards towards the clouds. 

It's about 'letting go' of the noise.

Get outside!

Start the day, on 'positive'!

Wake up a bit earlier each morning. Perfect time to clear the head. Meditate. Reflect. Breathe.

Carry 'positive thoughts' with you during the day. 

Fill your heart with joy!

Ditch energy leaches.

Increase your 'life energy' long term with a good practice of reflection, breathing and meditating.

Surround yourself with positive people. Leave  negative energy behind.


Thursday, May 6, 2010

You know that I know that WE both know. Love Defined



Buon Giorno Principessa!





My belief is that real love comes around only once in a persons life. You know what kind of love I'm talking about. The one that has the intensity to take your breath away. A profound surge of emotion, the storm when you least expect it. It turns life upside down and you find yourself doing things for the other person that you've never done before. It's almost as if you can move mountains, or at least summit one. Any love arriving afterwards can be felt as 'deep feelings' but it never truly measures up to that deep passionate sense of the heart that true love brought you. In all honesty, you can't compare the two because they are at opposite ends of the spectrum of love. This 'true love' that I'm talking about is a love that is endless and knows no bounds, can persevere and toils through the thickness of life's cruel tricks. It endures everything in it's path, never relinquishes and holds on until the last breath. The thought of impending death does not cause it to waiver and death does not destroy it. It lives. I'm talking about a love that has more depth and breadth ever imaginable, one that touches the deepest part of the soul, a love that makes the spirit scale and soar to points others only dream of. It challenges us. It defines who we are. Love always prevails as it dances to the end. And even in the end this love continues dancing for all eternity. It lives in your soul, in the warmth of the hotel of your heart.



Forever and for always.

"Amor aeternus"




You know. I know. We both know.











Special Note



Amor Aeternus , a musical work by Nicholas Lens.


The Italian

Se canterai
Nella notte che non passa mai
Ti bacero
Sono belle le labbra che ridono

Se piovera
Con la pioggia anche il grano verra
Ti trovero
Ripescando la felicita.
Guarda lassu
La luna e tutta bianca e il cielo e tutto blu
E se anche tu ci sarai
Sara facile tutto vedrai
Ce la faro
Con la forza che ti rubero

E torneremo
A camminare per la via
E ogni stagione riavra la sua poesia.

Se finira
Questa notte di bassa marea
Andremo via
Ripescando la felicita.

Felicita
Andremo via

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In English

Good Morning Princess

If you sing
In the night that never ends
I will kiss you
Those lips look beautiful when they're smiling

If it rains
Along with the rain, the wheat will also come
I will find you
Rediscovering happiness

Look up there
The moon is so white and the sky is so blue
And if you want to be there too
Everything will be easy, you'll see
I will make it happen
with the strength I'll steal from you

And we will return
To walk this path of life
And every season will have poetry once more

If it ends
This night of low tides
We will go away
Rediscovering happiness

Happiness
We will go away

Monday, January 11, 2010

A Winter Feast For The Soul

What nine months does for the embryo
Forty early mornings
Will do for your growing awareness

Jelaluddin Rumi



This is truly beautiful and I wanted to share it with the readers of The Stone Parliament because it is my feeling that 'to meditate' is an ART. Meditating takes commitment and practice which nourishes ones spirit, feeds the soul and brings inner peace. All of these can be applied to the musician, the artist and the dancer. Ask any one of them, I'm sure they'll agree. Commitment. Practice. Nourish. Peace.

This morning I received a warm email from a friend inviting me to participate in "Winter Feast For The Soul." It's a 40 day spiritual practice. Can you commit to 40 minutes of meditation and practice for 40 days? Winter Feast opens the door for you to experience the personal peace that is grounded in daily practice. Last year over 10,000 people from over 29 countries joined in this commitment.

I'm planning to commit. Instead of the required 40 minutes each morning for 40 days, I'm dedicating one full hour each morning. Since I already practice 30 minutes each morning I need to challeng myself a little further. If you're interested in finding out more I invite you to click HERE.


Please enlarge the posters to read.

A Forty Day World Spiritual Practice Period For All Faiths.
January 15 – February 23, 2010

The mission of A Winter Feast for the Soul is to support individuals around the world in making a commitment to daily spiritual practice for forty days. A life grounded in daily practice is one that knows inner peace. It is that peace which translates into peace throughout our lives and ultimately to peace and healing for our planet. We know that it only takes a few committed individuals to change the world. We are here to do that. For further information visit the site. This is a wonderful experience and a peaceful way to bring forth the new year.

**Thank you Nancy G!!!
**Top Image:
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