Aurora Transformational Arts

This corner of the Cosmos is devoted to sharing my writings~ ~ as well as other cited sources to spark Insight and Illumination ~~

When the cup overflows with Blessings, we give Thanks and pass them on~           When the cup overflows with the Beauty and Wonder of Nature, we give Thanks and take care of it~                                                                                                                                            When the cup overflows with Service and Duty, we give Thanks and get to work~  When the cup overflows with doubt, fear or worry, we give Thanks for the lessons then surrender them to our Living Holiness~                                                                       When the cup overflows with Love, we give Thanks, we pass it on, take care of it, get to work, and give it to our Living Holiness~                                            5 November 2010

Living Holiness of my Being, I accept all things in my life that are pain and misery as my own and I forgive myself for all negative experiences.  I now surrender all of my human density of fears, worries, etc. to you as I now yield to your will in my life.  I take my next step in trusting you without understanding what is around the next corner.  I am asking you for guidance.  Please show me the way.    ~Dr. Dan Mathews

Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be Transformed by the renewing of your mind.    Romans 12:2   

Faith as small as a.....Pinto Bean?

When but a wee sprout, I had at least one wart on each finger - an unwanted enigma to me.  Having unsuccessfully plied self-surgery, my Grandfather offered to intervene.  Pop was a tall, unexpressive man - bent by life and a bolt of lightning..... spartan of possessions and emotions...silently deeming that sentiments were luxuries better spent on the capricious demands of farming cotton and ranching cattle.  I was not repelled by his emotional economy - and took no offense at his stucco demeanor, treasuring the rare times his shoulders bounced with laughter. 

"Sister, let me see what I can do".   Coiled curiosity sprung to life as to what this assistance could possibly be - immediately I stood at attention where Pop sat in his cracked vinyl chair.  He said, "Go get a pinto bean for each one of them critters".

??  Huh?  Pinto beans?!  During a seemingly long and disrespectful hesitation, my mind spun like a windmill, working to bring relief to the surface.  Ooohh ~ I get it~!  Pop will use the pintos in some clandestine midnight ritual accompanied by ancient incantations specific to the annihilation of my warts.  Of course! ~ and my next acquisition will be Eye of Horned Toad~!  Dutifully I returned with my quarry, which Pop unceremoniously dropped into the left pocket of his brown plaid cotton shirt; then buttoning it back as it sagged with the burden of my warts. 

"Run along.  You won't have to worry about them anymore". 

"Really?", I asked, hoping for a sample incantation or waving of a magic mesquite wand.

"Sure enough - them critters will be gone in a week".

And gone in a week they were, literally falling off my fingers, never to return~!  The Invincible Faith of a Child....

"...if you have faith as small as a...pinto bean..."  Luke 17:6; (Revised Pop Version)

Yield, Trust, and be Leadable. ~~Dr. Dan Mathews

The Mind is a Powerful Implement when powered by the Heart....Trust and Faith ignite Courageous & Creative Connection to the Infinite ~ plowing through doubts, limitations, dramas, criticism....all pistons firing in Divine Order to harvest the Blessings that await us~!              November 2009

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BrainBrush~:~Embracing Opportunities for Change

In every class of Transformational Yoga, I incorporate "BrainWork" ~ in the form of crossing lines of Energy and blending asanas & opposites to coordinate the dimensions of our Beings. (e.g., Jack LalannAsana)  The purpose of this Work is to unify the hemispheres of the Brain, balance our neurochemistry, and "defrag" pathways to the Body/Being regenerating Wholeness and Harmonious Function.  The alchemy of Yoga and BrainWork cultivates receptive, fertile internal environments conducive to Transformation ~ of the Mind, Heart, Body, and Spirit....refreshing our connection to the ever-fresh and forgiving Foundation, Depth, and Function of our Amazing Being.  Neuroscience calls this innate capacity to repattern ourselves "neuronal plasticity".  Others relate to this receptive characteristic of our Being as a "Crystalline Matrix".

Proactively welcoming manageable changes conditions us to capably embody more resilience and aptitude for Gracefully traversing the uncertain topographies of change in our Lives.  By experiencing opportunities Consciously differently: lovingly-mindfully-respectfully-patiently-compassionately-curiously-productively-passionately, we can liberate ourselves from proverbial "ruts" by refining our Awareness to shift our patterning.....to cleanse our Perception....to sculpt an Exquisite Masterpiece of our Reality~

"if nothing changes, nothing changes"

"the same mind that created a problem cannot solve it"  ~Einstein

Change is inevitable; resistance is futile; struggle is optional. 

"The action of my God-Goddess Presence consumes all reaction of my ego"             ~Dr. Dan Matthews 

Amusing case in point: A month ago I was given a SuperSonic Toothbrush.  Wow~!  What a nifty and effective invention!  There I was, about a week into this budding relationship....turbo toothbrush loaded with minty ammunition, brushing away at my happy buckies....when I realize I'm brushing them anne-alog - - -

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Spontaneous laughter spattered the mirror with a snow flurry of foam~*~Reloading the toothbrush, I switched it On for another go....

Change arrives in many packages....and Opportunities & Assistance for unwrapping the Masterpiece of our Reality are all around and within us.  Yoga is a wonderful  multi-dimensional, re-chargeable Tool of Empowerment for the Physical, Emotional, Spiritual, and Mental Hygiene of our Awareness and Perception~~~we just have to turn it On~~!        December 2009

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Chapter 56, The Life of Pi, by Yann Martel

I must say a word about fear.  It is life's only true opponent.  Only fear can defeat life.  It is a clever, treacherous adversary, how well I know.  It has no decency, respects no law or conviction, shows no mercy.  It goes for your weakest spot, which it finds with unerring ease.  It begins in your mind, always.  One moment you are feeling calm, self-possessed, happy.  Then fear, disguised in the garb of mild-mannered doubt, slips into your mind like a spy.  Doubt meets disbelief and disbelief tries to push it out.  But disbelief is a poorly armed foot soldier.  Doubt does away with it with little trouble.  You become anxious.  Reason comes to do battle for you.  You are reassured.  Reason is fully equipped with the latest weapons technology.  But, to your amazement, despite superior tactics and a number of undeniable victories, reason is laid low.  You feel yourself weakening, wavering.  Your anxiety becomes dread.

Fear next turns fully to your body, which is already aware that something terribly wrong is going on.......Every part of you, in the manner most suited to it, falls apart.  Only your eyes work well.  They always pay proper attention to fear. 

Quickly you make rash decisions.  You dismiss your last allies, hope and trust.  There, you've defeated yourself.  Fear, which is but an impression, has triumphed over you. 

The matter is difficult to put into words.  For fear, such as shakes you to your foundation,......nestles in your memory like a gangrene: it seeks to rot everything, even the words with which to speak of it.  So you must fight hard to express it.  You must fight hard to shine the light of words upon it.  Because if you don't, if your fear becomes a wordless darkness that you avoid, perhaps even manage to forget, you open yourself to further attacks of fear because you never truly fought the opponent who defeated you.

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http://traubman.igc.org/listenof.htm This is an amazing surround-sound treatise by Brenda Ueland titled "The Art of Listening"---please EnJoy~ 

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Stopping a Green Light

A public safety officer pulls a car over for failure to stop.  The driver desperately pleads his case, stating he "slowed down" at the red stop sign, well within parameters of safe driving.  Calmly, the officer starts hitting the driver, asking "Do you want me to stop or just slow down?"

Rolling stops....Sound familiar?  If not in your driving, your Life? - merely a series of rolling stops?  This Holiday Season is often a Gran Prix of rolling stops of busy-ness and appearances....what Joshua David Stone calls "the glamour of being busy", pulling us off the course of Ascension and markedly reducing our gas mileage... Letting life live you instead of Living your Life purposefully, meaningfully, preciously, lovingly, joyously, healthfully, zestfully, inquisitively, magnificently~! 

When the industrious Martha complained that her sister Mary was being a royal slacker by shirking the dishes to hang out with The Jesus, He responded, "Martha, Martha, you are anxious and troubled about many things; only one thing is needed.  Mary has chosen what is better, and it shall not be taken away from her."   ~Luke 10:final verses  (some sources have reported Jesus and the sister Mary were actually doing Yoga....but who is to say....really...for sure....)

Another scenario in the traffic of Life: the Body patiently issued warnings (physically, mentally, emotionally), but in order to get your full attention it finally resorts to ticketing you with an infirmity that requires stopping at green lights....to slow down...to listen.....to Love......Our Body and Soul have very different ideas of "success", "progress" & "productivity" than that of the ego's ambitions-fascinations-compulsions-agendas-goals do...very little interest in rolling stops....or doing the dishes~!

Transformational Yoga LOVES to stop (sometimes dance) at Green Lights - Heart, Mind, and Body pausing to connect with our God Presence & Inner Teacher - something Greater, Loving, Joyous, and Eternal - rather than rushing through and missing the Infinite Opportunities of all the many fragrant roses worthy of consideration - unwinding rather than getting wound up - offering a contrasting pace to the rest of your Life (which may be habituated to exceeding its own speed limit; or an ever-changing screen, landscape, task or asana; suppressing or competing with our awareness of an enduring peaceful strength).  The Autonomic Nervous System savors a comfortable return to its restorative, rejuvenating Parasympathetic side...assisted by luxurious deep breathing giving your entire Being a loving caress from the inside>out...Imagine vibrating with grateful yummy sounds~ 

Yoga is like a Defensive Driving class to clear the tickets....generating a respectful relationship with our Body Vehicle and Soul Cargo while clearing the Being from what has obscured your joyous Spiritual Humanity and Freedom.....living our way into our Divine Consciousness and NOW Time~!          Winter Solstice 2009

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Forgiveness:  The Rules of the Game by Louise Hay 

1} You Will Receive A Body:    You may like it or hate it, but it will be yours for the entire period this time around.

2} You Will Learn Lessons:   You are enrolled in a full-time school called Life.  Each day in this school, you will have the opportunity to learn lessons. 

3} There Are No Mistakes, Only Lessons:   Growth is a process of trial and error experimentation.  (This is a laboratory: “failure” and “success” are both essential components of lessons.---anne marie)

4} Lessons Are Repeated Until Learned:   A lesson will be presented to you in various forms until you have learned it.  When you have learned, things shift and the next lesson appears. 

5} Learning Lessons Does Not End:   There is no part of Life that does not contain lessons.  If you are alive, there are lessons to be learned. 

6} There Is No Better ‘There” Than ‘Here’:   When your ‘there’ has become ‘here’, you will simply obtain another ‘there’ that will again look better than ‘here’.

7} Others Are Merely Mirrors Of You:   You cannot love or hate something about another person unless it reflects something you love or hate about yourself.  (a microcosm of the macrocosm. Dr. Dan says: see all as a holographic fractal expression of ourselves rather than externalizing our human conditions, which heals the fragmentation, restoring our Holy Divine Expression~!) 

8} What You Make Of Your Life Is Up To You:   You have all the tools and resources you need.  What you do with them is up to you.  The choice is yours. 

9} Your Answers Lie Inside You~!   All you need to do is look, listen, feel and TRUST~! 

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You must let go of all psychic ties to people and circumstances that have hurt you or caused you harm in any way.  Release them to the healing Light of Unconditional Love, for they are here to play their ordained roles in the growth of your Soul.          Forgive your own Being for any [experiences] you are holding onto, for you also have played the part of "lesson bringer" to many in your Life.  Open WIDE to the Love that is all around you....drink in the beauty of the Earth that [you have chosen].  Be gentle with yourself and with your families.  Love and Forgive.   ~~~Grandmother Speaks 

 Ang Sang Wahe Guru

 "Every cell of my Body vibrates with the Divine Wisdom and Energy which carries me from darkness to Light" 

These words may revive Remembrance, but Illumination truly originates from within You...

Meditation and Mantra are lovely tools of Transformation: "Internal Medicine" with which to Brighten & Know your Inner Light.  Meeting ourselves in these ways can be daunting, intimidating, or frustrating at first, as we experience how very self-important the Mind believes itself to be, working to convince  us of its belief, trying to wrestle away our Focus.

Begin with curiosity and openness, rather than a rigid agenda or goal....this will soften your landing.  Find ways to incorporate periods of Focus during your Day to acquaint the Mind with Serving this Inner Light.  Breathing Awareness and Mantra are readily available tools with which to guide the Mind in an Infinitely more effective direction toward its true purpose: Liberated Illumination.  

A Light-hearted option is a Smiling Meditation. Utilize your Focus to maintain a sincere Smile for a designated period of time....you can be driving, walking, mowing, cleaning, etc, as you exercise your Mind (as well as your Face; smiling also exerts a positive influence on your Neurochemistry). 

Remember to employ patience, Love, levity, and kindness through the process of changing the wattage of the Mind....which doesn't take a bunch of Aggies~~~!  Whoop~!