Girl on Fire - Alicia Keys

Loving this song ... POW! :-)

"Surrender everything --- your body, your life, your inner self --- and you will experience peace, ease, non-doing, and inexpressible happiness."

 

--- Yuan Wu

 

Source: http://godsownamycolleen.blogspot.com

 



Thousand-Petal Lotus Mantra

 "All things, by immortal power, near and far, through hidden ways, are to one another linked, that we cannot stir a flower, without troubling a star."

Les Miserables The Movie

I don't regret catching Les Miserables on the big screen. Everyone gave an exceptional performance.

Source: fineartamerica.com

 

"The moment one gives close attention to any thing, even a blade of grass, it becomes a mysterious, awesome, indescribably magnificent world in itself."

 

--- Henry Miller

My Healing Mantra

I am beautiful. I am pure.
All the negativity bounces off me.
I am beautiful. I am pure.
Divine Energy flows through me.

The Pilgrimage Within

I attended Dr. Bahareh Amidi's Poetry Writing and Healing Workshop entitled "The Pilgrimage Within." Like several others, my faith requested me to be there. So I went. I wasn't disappointed. The workshop made use of Poetry Therapy, an innovative way of promoting healing and growth through reading, writing and sharing of poems. We formed a healing circle, read poems, penned our own, shared them with the rest of the group and expressed our thoughts. Everyone was free to share anything and everything, as long as they're comfortable with it. There was no critique nor judgment. Acceptance, loving kindness and empathy prevailed. At the end of the 2-hour session, I realized how fortunate I was to have met such beautiful, centered and grounded souls. I look forward to joining the next session. I heard it's scheduled on February 8. They will try to make it a monthly activity.  

 

Here's one of my favorite poems in the workshop, written by Dr. Bahareh herself:

 

The Angel Who Lost His Wings

 

by: Bahareh Amidi PhD

 

Once upon a time

there was an Angel

an Angel who had

lost his wings.

He was walking through life

wondering what fault had made

his wings disappear ...

He saw the birds flying through the sky

and the bees buzzing around -

He saw a rock by the river and sat

                                               and sat

                                                    and sat

After years of sitting he decided

to walk again and look for his wings

That is when he started

to fly wingless with heart.