Choose love, choose life.
From the film, “The Hours”
Virginia: If I were thinking clearly Leonard, I would tell you that I wrestle alone in the dark, in the deep dark and only I can know, only I can understand my own condition. You live with the threat; you tell me, you live with the threat of my extinction. Leonard, I live with it too. This is my right. It is the right of every human being. I choose not to suffocate in the anesthetic of the suburb but the violent jolt of the capital. That is my choice. The meanest patient, yes, even the lowest is allowed some say in the matter of her own prescription. That by which she defines her humanity. I wish, for your sake, Leonard that I could be happy in this quietness but if it is a choice between Richmond and death, I choose death.
Leonard (on the brink of tears): Very well, London then. We go back to London then.
Virginia: You cannot find peace by avoiding life, Leonard.
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Where is the love?
”You will never be able to get rid of certain defects. The trick is to know that despite your flaws you are an extraordinary person. Go beyond limits that you are used to – be the person you dream to be. If the flaw is shyness, stimulate conversation. If the flaw is guilt, approve of yourself. If you think that the world ignores you, be attractive. You will experience challenges, but it’s worth it.” – Paulo Coelho
If you’re seeking love in the world – even from relationships you’re already in – you must first choose to love yourself.
Choose to love your body – We live in a culture that promotes shared pain and bonding with others over wounds. Would you feed a child you love arsenic? Would you put dangerous chemicals in your family’s food? Why would you choose to feed your body dangerous and damaging chemicals and materials? It takes an amazing amount of disrespect and self-hatred to alter your body’s chemistry in dangerous and damaging ways. Choose to love your body, and watch it flourish as you show it your love and care. Take time to listen to what it has to tell you. It is very smart, and like a puppy – all it wants is your love. Do you show love to your body in ways that feel good? Do you train yourself through positive reinforcement and joy – or do you show love through punishment?
Choose to love your spirit - Take the risk of loving and accepting yourself, flaws and all. You’re right were you’re supposed to be in this lifetime – even if it sucks. There’s no fight, no challenge, no battle to be won – just experience to be had. There is growth, change, and beauty that comes from first standing still – embracing the present moment and the world simply as it is without judgement. From that place, you can experience freedom to move forward in any way you choose! How magical is that. Choose to love your spirit – who you are in present-time, and be free from running from the past, or running towards things that exist only in your mind (the future). Take steps forward into the magical unknown. Other people can only love you in ways – and as much – as you love yourself. So if you are finding that other people don’t love you, it’s because on some level, you don’t love who you are in the present moment. So how can anyone else love you?
Read More...Are you unsatisfied?
The satisfaction you might be seeking in your life comes from knowing that everything in your life – all the magic, all the beauty, all the wonder; all the challenges, all the pain, all the desire for something more – comes not from some external source, but from within you. You reality is the energy that surrounds you, and you can choose to surround yourself with the beauty and majesty of your own energy and life-force, or you can surround yourself with other energies and be a victim to them.
You don’t choose to ignore feelings and experiences that displease you, but you accept them readily – as experiences that help you further define yourself, your life, your space, and that give guidance in new directions. You have to get real about what it happening in your life. And not the life you think you can have – the one you’re experiencing today. Only then can you create change in your own energy and reality. Only by changing ourselves will we create a common dream for the future – and change the world.
Read More...Fantastic Video
This fantastic video is by Jesse Rosten. If you’ve never been hiking in Northern California – it’s truly magnificent. This video captures part of it!
Part of what this video is describing – the eternal, endless cycles of growth – is present within each of us. Are you growing in 2011 or are you stunted? Are you leaning, reaching or have you fallen? Perhaps it’s time to let new growth begin out of the fallen energy of 2010.
Growing is Forever from Jesse Rosten on Vimeo.
Read More...A gift for New Year’s
Music is a huge part of my life (and almost everyone I know!) Music has the ability to relate me to a particular time and place – I can still listen to songs that I loved at particular times in my life and almost “sense” that time and place again. I see music almost like a time capsule – you can find out a lot about a particular time in my life based on the music that I’m into.
So this year, I’ve put together an mp3 playlist of the songs that I listened to most this year. Some of them are happy, some of them are sad, but all of them represent the year as it was. I hope that you’ll enjoy the tracks – and maybe fall in love with some artists you didn’t know or think you’d love.
Click here to download the zip file of the MP3′s and import them to your favorite player and enjoy!
Read More...Energy Healings in January!
As a new year’s gift, I’m offering complimentary 30 minute energy healings during the month of January at my office in San Francisco. Available by appointment, come and get the energy moving in your body and spirit. Clear out 2010 and make room for a new, dynamic 2011. Clear out the holiday energy (got a case of the blah’s?) and all those alcoholic beverages you consumed with a body healing. Create space for some new dreams for 2011 with an aura healing.
Contact me for details.
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