Moving Blues

Much of what could go wrong has.
No phone service.
Haven't been able to contact MCI people to stop them from charging me for a service I no longer have.
Time/Warner people haven't been able to figure out why I don't have the phone service I paid them for.
The best Property management outfit in 29 won't handle Camp Thunderbird because of problems they've had in dealing with places on well water.
Hard for me to contact anyone when I don't have a phone.

Moving

I'm moving from my spacious and now good looking Camp Thunderbird about 5 miles outside 29 Palms; to a little house, on a little lot, in the little village of Joshua Tree.

At the little JT House I will be closer to health care and nearly everything else including transportation and neighbors.

Down Time

I'll be neglecting this site until about the 14th of this month.

I'm changing from satellite transmissions to glass cable transmissions. Let me know if you note a difference.

An Anita Meditation

I believe that Val Taylor has found gifts in the following question asked by Anita: "When someone offers you a gift and you do not accept it, Whose gift is it?"

I think that it is worth hearing the question more than once. I believe that Val would suggest that 50 times is not too many.

I might be pleased to have you meditate on it for years. Val is probably sweet enough to tell you that it may be valuable to consider it when someone 'does something to you' or says something which seems unkind.

'WHEN SOMEONE OFFERS YOU A GIFT AND YOU DO NOT ACCEPT IT, WHOSE GIFT IS IT?'

It's Good To .......

Welcome faith, light and joy.
It's good to love, pardon, hope, console, and understand.
It's good to love.

Viva Vitvan

From here it looks as though as Val Taylor attends to the teachings of The School of the Natural Order, her heart sweetens.

A bit of practice helps.

Inspired by and 'Stolen' from "All Considering" blog

"Mindfulness" is a excellent way of saying 'awareness' which many English speaking Buddhists use.

Mindfulness or awareness practice is a way to take some time to consciously be here now. When am I?

Some practical practices may include:
1. attending to your feet while grocery shopping;
2. attending to how you are sitting at the computer;
3. considering the nature or state of your "I" as you go through a door;
4. changing the the way you brush your teeth or put on your shoes;
5. while waiting, attend to your breath;
6. while doing an everyday task, attend to each little step;
7. take a deep breath, look around and see what is there;
8. when you find yourself getting irritated, smile.

Katinka jingled the mindfulness bell and the above came to mind.
Errors and foolishnesses are mine.

Lyre of the Bard

The words to modern songs and poems may hold the wisdom of the ages, the wisdom of the sages. There is power in listing to them when one hears well enough.

Listen to the words that ring true.
Listen to the words that help you to remember how great you are.
Listen to the words that help you feel that you are born to win.
Listen to the words that remind you that you are enough.
Listen to words that are welcoming.
Listen to the honest, fair, and just words.
Listen to the words that say what's on your mind and in your heart.
Listen to loving words of country, clouds, mountains, deserts, seas, shadows, colors, beaches, treas.
Listen to words that remind you of a beautiful, powerful kid within.
Listen for the words which ring true.


listen that you may hear