Aurora Transformational Arts

Inspiration

May your thorns of suffering become Flowers…Verdi’s Simone Bocanegra

God, stir the soil,

Run the ploughshare deep,

Cut the furrows round and round,

Overturn the hard, dry ground,

Spare no strength nor toil,

Even though I weep.

In the loose, fresh mangled earth

Sow new seed. 

Free of withered vine and weed

Bring fair flowers to birth.                                                                                                           ~~~Prayer from Singapore Missionary Society in Earth Prayers

Patience is being in Harmony with the speed at which things are unfolding.                            ~~~from Judith Lasater

If our poses are merely portals in to a clear and quiet mind, does it matter which postures and pranayamas and mudras and mantras get us there?  Might it be true that sitting in the sand when your foot is broken is a more direct route to bliss than walking the beach?       ~~~Amy Weintraub; yogafordepression.com

What you are the World is.  And without your Transformation, there can be no Transformation of the World. ~~~~Krishnamurti

The Greeks understood the mysterious power of the hidden side of things.  They bequeathed to us one of the most beautiful words in our language:

the word “enthusiasm” ~ en theos ~ a god within.

The grandeur of human actions is measured by the inspiration from which they spring.                 The ideals of art or science are lighted by reflection from the Infinite.~~~~~Louis Pasteur

Today I will make no decisions by myself.

I will make no decisions by myself because it is no longer Intelligent to do so. 

I will make all decisions in silent council with the Infinite.~~~from Erich Schiffman

One sees clearly only with the Heart.
Anything essential is invisible to the eyes.
~~~the Fox in The Little Prince

What you think about most willingly,
when you have nothing else you must think about,
will define the direction of your life. No matter
what is happening in the world outside of you,
you have the power to choose your own thoughts.
And the thoughts you choose can have an enormous impact.
When all is quiet, when the necessities of the day
have been tended to, when your mind is free of any constraints,
what kinds of things do you think about?
The thoughts you have at such times, the thoughts you choose to think,
are the thoughts that will show you who you truly are.
Steer those thoughts away from anger, limitation, worry and envy.
Direct your mind toward thoughts of love, possibility,
confidence, abundance, and generosity. Choose to let your mind
live in an empowering, life-affirming, rich, and creative place.
Choosing the life you want begins with choosing the
thoughts that will direct you to it. Those thoughts are
yours to choose this and every moment.~~~Ralph Marston

Notice your Thinking....are they Loving Investments in your Eternal Presence and Consciousness?  Acknowledge, without judgement.....allow your emotions to inform but not counsel.....notice how expansive and promising your relationship with the World feels when your thoughts are....notice how your Breathing responds to your Thoughts, informing your Nervous System to respond accordingly.... Allow yourself to cultivate a bountiful, Harmonious Harvest of Peace, Love, Joy, and Freedom in your lustrous Life~!~~~Anne Marie

Be patient with all that is unsolved in your heart. And try to
love the questions themselves, as if they were locked rooms
or books written in a foreign language. Don’t search for
the answers, which could not be given to you now, because
you would not be able to live them. And the point is, to
live everything. Live the questions now. And perhaps then,
someday in the future, you will gradually, without even
noticing it, live your way into the answer.~~~Rainer Maria Rilke

Love is the ultimate and highest goal to which man can aspire.

Then I grasped the greatest secret that human thought and human poetry and belief have to impart:  The salvation of man is through love and in love.

….For the first time in my life I was able to understand the meaning of the words, “The angels are lost in perpetual contemplation of an infinite glory.”

As we said before, any attempt to restore a man’s inner strength in camp had first to succeed in showing some future goal.  Nietzsche’s words: “He who has a why to live for can bear almost any how."

Gratitude can transform the most trying of moments~

redeeming us from challenges directly into our Hearts~

a place we are all inextricably, Eternally Connected and Sustained...

wherein there thrives a brilliant Joy and Awareness of all to be Grateful for,

Inspiring us beyond the Moment into the undisturbable Peace of

Unconditional Love and Forgiveness....

which begins with each one of us offering that to ourSelves...

With internal words of loving kindness, patience, encouragement,

and optimism....free from judgements.

Yes, the high road can feel steep at times....but Oohh the Views!

...made less strenuous as we let go of baggage and resistance along the way~

~~~Anne Marie

            
Play like you want to improve!  (apply this to all aspects of life, though his comment was directed to my playing of tennis)~William H. Davis, 92 at time of quote

Beloved Child,
Break your Heart no longer,
Each time you judge Yourself,
You break your own Heart.
~~~Swami Kripalu

Have you ever considered Freedom, Willard?  Freedom from the opinions of others, especially yourself.   ~~Brando's Kurtz in Apocalypse Now

It’s difficult for people to get rid of junk.
They get attached to things and let them define who they are.
If there’s one thing I’ve learned in this business,
it’s that you are what you can’t let go of.
~~~Brian Scudamore, 1-800-got-junk

This is actually "A Teacher’s Prayer".
Imagine your Body is lovingly offering this prayer to you:

I want to teach my student how to live this life on earth
To face its struggles and its strife and improve our worth
Not just the lesson in a book or how the rivers flow
But how to choose the proper path wherever we may go.
To understand Eternal Truth and know the right from wrong
And gather all the beauty of a flower and a song.
For if I help the world to grow in wisdom and in grace
Then I shall feel that we are One and I have filled my place.
And so I ask your guidance that I may do my part
For character and confidence and happiness of heart.

Don't let school get in the way of your education. ~~~Mark Twain   

Understand that happiness is a talent, one that immunizes you against being bored.
As a character says in a Saul Bellow novel, “Boredom is the shriek of unused capacities.” ~~~George Will

The toughness I was learning was not a martyred doggedness or a dumb heroism, but the art of accommodation.  I thought: to be tough is to be fragile, to be tender is to be truly fierce."  ~~Gretel Ehrlich, The Solace of Open Spaces  (feel Camel/Ustrasana......Wheel/Urdhva Dhanurasana in this Light)

Health Care Reform begins at Home...in each and every Heart~~~ ~Anne Marie

~I encourage you to create a personal Blessing, Prayer, or Inspiration that sparks your Precious Soul to fully Illuminate and Guide your Heart, sustaining you in times of resistance and doubt, cultivating your peaceful Awareness of Infinite Grace in the Dynamic Living of your Life~acting as the  fletching that stabilizes an arrow's accuracy in flight; reminding you of who you truly are- your loving resilience & potency, and your Purpose on the Planet~

The Eyes of the Infinite are ever on each Sparrow, but let your steady Desire for Transformation and Consciousness make you irresistible, magnetic, kinetic, electric, willing, open, capable, and inviting to the Assistance available~within & surrounding you~!