Thursday, June 17, 2010
Young Artists Paintings Inspired by GOD Akiane Kramarik
Behold the innocent, beautiful, and gifted which are coming into the world today!
Sunday, June 13, 2010
If you Meet the Buddha on the Road, Kill HIm!
If you meet the Buddha on the Road, Kill Him is the name of a book. Hold on one second, let me check and make sure. Yes and it said "a pilgrimmage of Psychotherapy". Which means in short, if someone is claiming to be "the one" head for the hills.
This weekend I went to a Chi Gong workshop. I accessed this information through a website known as "meet up". Anyone can post their class and schedule for yoga, dance, dinners out, or whatever and I had been particularly interested in Qi-Gong. It's known as Chi in Chinese and Qi in Japanese and Korean but basically it means "energy".
I am certainly no stranger to the "new age" category and have delved extensively in "rebirthing", inner child workshops, psychotherapy, herbology, homeopathy, chiropractic, massage therapy, and a little Ayurveda.
Almost as soon as I came into class, This "guru" of Qi Gong, which he insisted on calling Yi Gong because he spent so much time in China, started criticising the "new agers" and then later in the class criticised the yogis!
What the F__k! Anyone knows that the basics of common sense and good manners would teach you as a teacher never to criticize other modalities if you are going to come across as a "Spiritual" person. And this guy had the bad manners and audacity to say that he certainly considered himself to be more "spiritual" than these new age people who were out there talking about manifesting a parking space and how they got this and they got that simply by thinking about it.
I almost walked out. But knowing what I know and being where I've been in life, I know that noone is perfect, Not even the Guru!
One of my girlfriends lived in Hawaii for a while. She said she went to see a "Holy Man" and after giving her a fantastic massage, wanted to know if she would like her "Yonni spot" stimulated. She then asked him and he proceeded to tell her that he would place his finger inside of her to stimulate what we call the G spot until she orgasmed! She was absolutely livid and still telling people this story some years later. And she then would say, "A Holy Man", can you believe it?
I then proceeded to tell her, if you meet the Buddha on the road, kill him! And her reaction is the same as all of ours when we first heard this comment, "what do you mean?" I said "Anyone claiming to be the one, is misleading you with false information." We are all a part of the whole, noone any less, and noone any more. In this particular case, the man was just a man. Doing what most men do, except claiming some type of status undeserving of him.
So my advice to you is "Know that we are all in the process of learning". If someone makes a mistake, don't shoot the messenger. We're all adults here, noone can take advantage of us, and maybe these people claiming to be spiritual gurus, can learn something from us!
So if you meet "the Buddha" on the road, don't kill him, just walk away!
This weekend I went to a Chi Gong workshop. I accessed this information through a website known as "meet up". Anyone can post their class and schedule for yoga, dance, dinners out, or whatever and I had been particularly interested in Qi-Gong. It's known as Chi in Chinese and Qi in Japanese and Korean but basically it means "energy".
I am certainly no stranger to the "new age" category and have delved extensively in "rebirthing", inner child workshops, psychotherapy, herbology, homeopathy, chiropractic, massage therapy, and a little Ayurveda.
Almost as soon as I came into class, This "guru" of Qi Gong, which he insisted on calling Yi Gong because he spent so much time in China, started criticising the "new agers" and then later in the class criticised the yogis!
What the F__k! Anyone knows that the basics of common sense and good manners would teach you as a teacher never to criticize other modalities if you are going to come across as a "Spiritual" person. And this guy had the bad manners and audacity to say that he certainly considered himself to be more "spiritual" than these new age people who were out there talking about manifesting a parking space and how they got this and they got that simply by thinking about it.
I almost walked out. But knowing what I know and being where I've been in life, I know that noone is perfect, Not even the Guru!
One of my girlfriends lived in Hawaii for a while. She said she went to see a "Holy Man" and after giving her a fantastic massage, wanted to know if she would like her "Yonni spot" stimulated. She then asked him and he proceeded to tell her that he would place his finger inside of her to stimulate what we call the G spot until she orgasmed! She was absolutely livid and still telling people this story some years later. And she then would say, "A Holy Man", can you believe it?
I then proceeded to tell her, if you meet the Buddha on the road, kill him! And her reaction is the same as all of ours when we first heard this comment, "what do you mean?" I said "Anyone claiming to be the one, is misleading you with false information." We are all a part of the whole, noone any less, and noone any more. In this particular case, the man was just a man. Doing what most men do, except claiming some type of status undeserving of him.
So my advice to you is "Know that we are all in the process of learning". If someone makes a mistake, don't shoot the messenger. We're all adults here, noone can take advantage of us, and maybe these people claiming to be spiritual gurus, can learn something from us!
So if you meet "the Buddha" on the road, don't kill him, just walk away!
Monday, June 7, 2010
Just Another Day at the Pool!
Last Sunday I went to the town pool. Different year, same conversation. Here sits everyone who wanted to be able to afford a house with a pool but decided that "giving up" was a viable option to having to work and pay for one. Every damn year the same ppl show up, with their freshly painted toenails and their bag of pessimisms concerning the world and why they just can't seem to get what they want.
One lady told me she couldn't find a man who she considered to be good enough, so she decided to "be" the man. This meant, to her, that she walked around saying " I don't need anything from anybody, and refusing to let ppl open the door for her. It also meant that when someone spent the night, she then told them, after they were finished having sex that they would have to leave. "Nope, can't have them staying over", she said. They might want to hang around for cold cuts. I said, well why didn't you just go out to eat. And she said, "they asked for cold cuts because they wanted her to feed them without them having to spend any money".
I suggested, maybe they were hungry and she should suggest going out to eat. But she assured me that this was not the case.
Every single year she shows up with the same nasty attitude, the same disdain for herself, and a neverending supply of reiterated tales of the long haired Spanish boy who cut his hair and how by doing so, cut off the only thing about him that was ever very interesting.!
"If I can't have what I want, then I just won't have anything at all!" So be it.
I said, " let me give you some good girl to girl advice". Girl being the joke of the day, since I am fast approaching 5o and she is way ahead of me. "Lower your standards, all the way to the ground, take what you can get temporarily, since life is temporary, and as of right now, you have nothing". "Have some fun without expecting him to be "the one", which doesn't exist." Then when you're done, say goodbye, and move on to the next victim.
This year she showed up almost in a state of suicide. Not because she took my advice, but because she didn't . She is one of the loneliest ppl I know.
She also refuses to get into the pool. "Water's too dirty for me", she says, while sucking on her Marlboros!
Some ppl are addicted to being "disappointed".
Personally, I'd rather be addicted to sex! At least I can get some pleasure out of it.!
One lady told me she couldn't find a man who she considered to be good enough, so she decided to "be" the man. This meant, to her, that she walked around saying " I don't need anything from anybody, and refusing to let ppl open the door for her. It also meant that when someone spent the night, she then told them, after they were finished having sex that they would have to leave. "Nope, can't have them staying over", she said. They might want to hang around for cold cuts. I said, well why didn't you just go out to eat. And she said, "they asked for cold cuts because they wanted her to feed them without them having to spend any money".
I suggested, maybe they were hungry and she should suggest going out to eat. But she assured me that this was not the case.
Every single year she shows up with the same nasty attitude, the same disdain for herself, and a neverending supply of reiterated tales of the long haired Spanish boy who cut his hair and how by doing so, cut off the only thing about him that was ever very interesting.!
"If I can't have what I want, then I just won't have anything at all!" So be it.
I said, " let me give you some good girl to girl advice". Girl being the joke of the day, since I am fast approaching 5o and she is way ahead of me. "Lower your standards, all the way to the ground, take what you can get temporarily, since life is temporary, and as of right now, you have nothing". "Have some fun without expecting him to be "the one", which doesn't exist." Then when you're done, say goodbye, and move on to the next victim.
This year she showed up almost in a state of suicide. Not because she took my advice, but because she didn't . She is one of the loneliest ppl I know.
She also refuses to get into the pool. "Water's too dirty for me", she says, while sucking on her Marlboros!
Some ppl are addicted to being "disappointed".
Personally, I'd rather be addicted to sex! At least I can get some pleasure out of it.!
Saturday, May 22, 2010
I don't know about you but I recycle everything. I recycle the plastic bags from the supermarket. I recycle the plastic bags that bread is wrapped in, that noodles are frozen in, that toys are wrapped in. I recycle every type of bottle, can, razor, pop top, you name it, I recycle it. Im not so careful with paper because to me it's biodegradable and you can plant another tree.But Im also very upset that the government doesn't mandate recycling. With all of the waste that is filling up our landfills, why aren't restaurants mandated to keep recycling bins on premise? And when you see someone who doesn't put out any recyling cans, why not give a fine? If we really need to "create" more money, let's send out spokespeople to public schools and get some student participation. Sometimes lifetimes of habits can be changed by the action of one child, especially when it's ours. Offer rewards for recycling to the school students who are able to sign on their neighbors in the form of a pledge.
And while we're at it, how do you like those people who throw garbage out their car windows. I want to pull them over and give them the "don't you love the earth?" speech. And isn't it so awful to see that garbage floating in the beautiful duck pond at he park where you walk?
Plastic does not disintegrate! Ever noticed how that pamper in the road just keeps getting ran over and never seems to lose it's body. This is what is happening in our landfills.
Everyone must do their part.
Love this Earth. Love our Oceans. Love and Respect Yourself!
Sunday, May 16, 2010
Garage Sale Weekend!
I had a very hard and productive weekend. Grandkids on Friday. I had a nap this day and had some energy left for the kids. We took a walk on the Hudson River in Edgewater. Edgewater is centrally located between the George Washington Bridge (my favorite) and the Lincoln Tunnel into Manhattan. I took them shoe shopping. Kayla is almost 5 and Seannie has just turned 3. Then we had pizza, half pepperoni and half plain cheese, with a mozzarella and tomatoe salad. There goes my "low fat" plan. But I exercised every day this week, so...
Saturday was my garage sale!? Actually we did quite well. I got up at 7:30 after getting to sleep around 1:30. I felt fairly fresh. My husband got up right away and was ready to help me. He had quite a few "higher ticket" items than mine. He's a plumber so he had 2 sinks, 2 faucets, 2 saws, and some stereo equipment. Well, my beautiful Cuban neighbor Maria came over immediately. She then proceeded to make my day. One of my first sales was $192.00 My husband says "she's smart" and it's true. She made our with items (which we got on sale) that would have cost her around $450.00 wholesale, so she was smart!
I almost got all of my cds back into their jackets and everyone was enjoying the sun and the music and conversation. I loved it actually!
And oh, some helpful hints for garage sale success. By the way we made almost $600 for the day! Yeah, and my advice is buy (wholesale) functional "household" items and mark them up double. If you come down a little, you still win.
Also, enjoy the journey. I had already planned my lunch, which didn't happen soon enough and how I would enjoy the sun. Everything else was just icing on the cake.
Letting go feels good. If you have art or objects which have been around for a while, sell them and buy something new. It's the incentive, to buy something fresh and beautiful. Surround yourself with things you love, but very few things.
BE particular
Love passionately or not at all. Anything done with half a heart is not worth doing!
Saturday was my garage sale!? Actually we did quite well. I got up at 7:30 after getting to sleep around 1:30. I felt fairly fresh. My husband got up right away and was ready to help me. He had quite a few "higher ticket" items than mine. He's a plumber so he had 2 sinks, 2 faucets, 2 saws, and some stereo equipment. Well, my beautiful Cuban neighbor Maria came over immediately. She then proceeded to make my day. One of my first sales was $192.00 My husband says "she's smart" and it's true. She made our with items (which we got on sale) that would have cost her around $450.00 wholesale, so she was smart!
I almost got all of my cds back into their jackets and everyone was enjoying the sun and the music and conversation. I loved it actually!
And oh, some helpful hints for garage sale success. By the way we made almost $600 for the day! Yeah, and my advice is buy (wholesale) functional "household" items and mark them up double. If you come down a little, you still win.
Also, enjoy the journey. I had already planned my lunch, which didn't happen soon enough and how I would enjoy the sun. Everything else was just icing on the cake.
Letting go feels good. If you have art or objects which have been around for a while, sell them and buy something new. It's the incentive, to buy something fresh and beautiful. Surround yourself with things you love, but very few things.
BE particular
Love passionately or not at all. Anything done with half a heart is not worth doing!
Saturday, May 8, 2010
Famous Quotes by Albert Einstein!
Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.
Great spirits have often encountered violent oppositon from weak minds.
Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen.
The secret of creativity is knowing how to hide your sources.
Famous Quotes by Albert Einstein
Great spirits have often encountered violent oppositon from weak minds.
Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen.
The secret of creativity is knowing how to hide your sources.
Famous Quotes by Albert Einstein
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