Water for the Soul

Arigatou Crystal (c) Dr. Masaru Emoto

Nothing like the sleep one gets on a rainy night with windows open. Nothing like a morning of rain-fresh air, especially when you live in the land and times of drought.

A fitting morning to finish Masaru Emoto's The Hidden Messages in Water, on the patio, Colombian cofee in hand.

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Synchronicity Alert 2: 86 / 86

The Red Sox "86'd" an 86 year old curse.

Synchronicity Alert 1: Red Moon / Red Sox

It just occurred to me that the Red Sox finally broke the 86 year old curse of Babe Ruth on a night when there was a Red Moon.

Synchronicities like these are the road signs of the Universe. They grab your attention and tell you where to go next. Its funny, the more you look for them, the more you see. The more you realize that they are everywhere. The key is to figure out what they are telling you when you see them, and to adjust your step accordingly.

I think this one is just a reminder of the interconnectedness of everything... unless I was a gambler with an above average knowledge of future lunar events. I wonder if there is a chance of a blue & orange moon in early February?

Twice in a Red Moon

Red Austin Moon

Dad took this picture through his telescope tonight. There was a complete lunar eclipse. and when the Moon enters and exits Earth's shadow, the Earth's gravity and atmosphere bends the Sun's light, only allowing red light through. The red area is really the shadow of our sky. Only happens twice in a red moon.

Thanks nomadlife

Thanks to Dody and Digs at nomadlife for inspiring me to finally start a blog. Am I the first to lose their blogger cherry to nomadlife? If so, does that count toward my 15 minutes?

The Rebirth of Cool

Cool was being to cool to show I care
To escape reality
And ignore and thus avoid failure
Then cool changed

What once was work
Is now creative action
Fulfilling my own definition
Of success, enlightenment, heaven, nirvana

Characterized by a sense of urgency
In the expression of love and gratitude
To connect to the universal being
Through family, friends, fellows

Living with Purpose

I am watching a movie called "after life." It is about a sort of station where people go in between life on earth and in heaven. At this point, they are given a few days to decide which memory of their life they will take to heaven. They only allowed one. As the characters replay the moments that make up a lifetime, we see many moments (and in some cases entire lifetimes) wasted. And a few things occur to me:

My most cherished moments invlove:

• simple pleasures
• connecting with people or nature
• acts of intention

And though I have enjoyed many a day drifting, I regret them even more, for a day drifting with no end in mind is one of a limited lot wasted. I am sure that the best moments and lifetimes are those brought about by purposefull action. I am reminded of a quote I once had at my bedside to arm me in the war against my own laziness...

he who does not rouse himself when it is time to rise,

though young and strong is full of sloth,

whose will and thoughts are weak,

that lazy and idle man will never find the way to enlightenment.

strenuous is the path of immortality, sloth the path of death.

those who are strenuous do not die; those who are slothful are as if dead already.

~Sakyamuni

Why Citizen of the Universe?

I love my home state, country and planet very much and feel a deep affinity for many of the people, places and ideas associated with them. My consciousness, however, does not stop at borders.

My consciousness does not stop at clouds.
My consciousness does not stop at planets.
My consciousness does not stop at stars.
My consciousness does not stop at galaxies.
My consciousness does not stop at galaxy clusters or strings.
My consciousness does not stop at light or dark.
My consciousness does not stop at the dimensions of space or time.
My consciousness does not stop at known or unknown.

I am a citizen of the Universe, bound by its laws, and empowered by its unseen energy, beautiful synchronicity, and infinite possibility.