new music discoveries

Gogol Bordello
Gypsy Punk
http://www.slacker.com/?sid=stations/2157741/1214002584

Avett Brothers
Bluegrass Punk
http://www.slacker.com/?sid=stations/2157741/1213908042

slave mentality

... if we could cure ourselves of the slave mentality...
Malcolm X

Daily NASA Photo

Beautiful photos from NASA. One new one every day.
http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/

the life force power of the universe

Who are we? We are the life force power of the universe. With manual dexterity and two cognitive minds. We have the power moment-by-moment to choose who and how we want to be in the world.

The more time we spend choosing to run the deep inner-peace circuitry of our right-hemispheres, the more peace we will project into the world, and the more peaceful our world will be.

http://www.ted.com/talks/view/id/229

- Jill Bolte Taylor

New moon intentions

Health. Eating habits. That means cooking.

Morning ritual

When you wake up in the morning, light a candle, read a passage from a book of daily inspirational readings, meditate for two minutes. Get up, go out for a walk (blow the candle out first). Discover something new, something you've never seen before. When you get back from the walk, log onto your blog and record the new thing you discovered. Do ten sun salutations, shower in your outdoor shower, then go to your favorite cafe and have a juice.

Stay tuned

No matter what you're doing in the outer world, keep a portion of your awareness on you inner body. -- Eckhart Tolle

One thing, or two

Do I believe in one source that's all good? Or do I believe in two opposing forces, light and dark, one that is trying to help me and one that opposes me?

- Gregg Braden, The Spontaneous Healing of Belief

Work is love made visible

And what is it to work with love?

Work is love made visible.

And if you cannot work with love but only with distaste, it is better that you should leave your work and sit at the gate of the temple and take alms of those who work with joy.

- Kahlil Gibran in The Prophet

Belief determines muscle capability

My massage therapist taught me to stretch my shoulders back at my desk, alternating the stretch with effort. My desk is a corner unit. I can stretch my arms wide on the edges of the desk. I was doing isometrics, pushing against the desk. After a while I realized my chair has wheels and it is a simple matter to push my chair back. And with the next push, the chair went back away from the desk. No more isometrics. My belief dramatically affected what my muscles were capable of.

Flying Car

Had a dream this morning. I was driving up a mountain road, a rocky ledge along the side of a mountain. It got steeper and more narrow, the mountainside fell away and it was just a rocky ledge barely wide enough for the car. Had to keep speed up or risk falling backward. Steeper and steeper and finally the road curved back in a loop and the car was upside down. Now we're off the road, falling to a certain death. But we're not falling. We're floating, flying, looking down on a spectacular view of a gorgeous mountain peak. Now I know it has to be a dream, become lucid for a moment, and wake up.

Balboa Park

The largest urban cultural park in the U.S. 1,200 acres. (Central Park in NYC is 847 acres.)

The Park is home to 15 museums, several art galleries, beautiful gardens, and the Old Globe Theatre. Also residing within the park are San Diego High School, Naval Medical Center San Diego, the San Diego Zoo, and two golf courses.


The Panama-California Exposition: 1910-1916
California Pacific International Exposition in 1935

Adjacent to many of San Diego's neighborhoods including Downtown San Diego, Bankers Hill, Hillcrest, North Park, South Park, and Golden Hill.

If you don't know me by now

If you don't know me by now
Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes
1972
play now

If you don't know me by now
You will never never never know me

All the things that we've been through
You should understand me like I understand you
Now girl I know the difference between right and wrong
I ain't gonna do nothing to break up our happy home
Oh don't get so excited when I come home a little late at night
Cos we only act like children when we argue, fuss, and fight

If you don't know me by now
You will never never never know me

We've all got our own funny moods
I've got mine, woman you've your yours too
Just trust in me like I trust in you
As long as we've been together it should be so easy to do
Just get yourself together or we might as well say goodbye
What good is a love affair when you can't see eye to eye

If you don't know me by now
You will never never never know me

Unprocessed hurt demands attention

Debbie Ford spoke at the Seaside Center for Spirituality Friday night. She says there is no point in trying to get rid of our bad behaviors; instead we must love them, see the value in them. Jung said, "I'd rather be whole than good." She says unprocessed hurt from the past causes us to sabotage ourselves, to demand attention and resolution.
www.debbieford.com