Here is a little tune composed in a beautiful canyon in Moab Utah
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Cleaning house
As I become more awake and more aware, I notice that my past ways, habits, opinions and actions seem to fall by the wayside. My opinions no longer have the hold on me the way they did in the past. It truly doesn’t matter to me anymore who the best drummer in the world is; I no longer care to sit for hours in a dark, smelly bar arguing politics with a drunk stranger; I don’t care to go deer hunting and fishing anymore; I don’t care to extol the virtues of gun carrying and killing your own food; I don’t care to sit and complain about the government, the president, immigration, abortion or the price of gasoline; I no longer care to weigh right against wrong, who’s god is the best and whether or not Osama should be hunted down and killed. Terror, fear and worry no longer rule my life. I don’t depend on the stability of the dollar, the stock market or the terror threat level to dictate my mood. I have taken a vow to fast from the news and I feel better for it. One only has to know oneself to understand the state of the world. I no longer have a desire to be informed. I know there are injustice, pain, suffering, murder, rape and cruelty occurring every second of the day. “But we have to do something!” I hear you cry out. So I say, “From within it manifests outward.” In other words, we are our world. Heal yourself as you work to help others. Simply stated, a drowning person cannot help another drowning person. When we are calmly grounded we can help with more power and stamina. If we are in this for the long haul, we must constantly be preparing and powering up. Clean your own house before you clean your neighbors. Meditate on calmness, love, empathy and stillness, and then be an example to others as such.
Practice, practice, practice!
Why do we have to practice?
Easy, practice makes perfect, right? Right! Though I believe that perfection may be an unreasonable goal, repetition is one of the ways in which we learn. We also learn by example and by mimicking what we observe others doing. If we have no solid example of semi perfection in our lives, then what we have learned may not be exactly perfect. After observing our lives and seeing the results of our labors, we may be a bit perturbed at the outcome of said labors. If so, what can we do to rectify the situation? Can we undo what has already been done? The past is the past and there is only right now. At this moment a new chance keeps unfolding itself over and over again. Right now we have a new chance at life. Forget the past and embrace this moment because from this moment forward, you are reborn into the new. What is past is past. We don’t need to fret about the future at all, in fact, worry solves absolutely nothing. So the lesson is, be here now (thanks to Ram Dass). So what will you do with your unfolding golden moment of nowness? Worry about what you did in the past? Not a good idea. How about forgiving yourself of your so called misdeeds and while you’re at it, forgive everyone else their misdeeds. This life is too short to hold grudges against anyone for anything. If you are holding a grudge you are living in the past and your life is passing you by as you create pictures of moments that have already occurred. You are a spiritual prisoner of your past deeds. Let go. Forgive. Love and be free.
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Breeeeeeeathe
Yes again with the breathing. I know that I’m sounding like an old Grandmother spinning out the same stuff over and over again, but hey somebody has to remind you guys right?
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