Understanding Patience

 

When you plant seeds in the garden, you don’t dig them up every day to see if they have sprouted yet. You simply water them and clear away the weeds; you know that the seeds will grow in time. Similarly, just do your daily practice and cultivate a kind heart. Abandon impatience and instead be content creating the causes for goodness; the results will come when they’re ready.  Bhikshuni Thubten Chodron, “Meditator’s Toolbox”

I watch people and I see their impatience.  I understand it because I was quite impatient in many things for a very long time.  I have come to understand that when I have no expectations of others, then, I have no impatience.

Many blessings,

Judy

Cougar Watches - Spirit Animal

My friends have a Cougar or Mountain Lion, living in their forest behind their house and farm yard.  You can tell when it is in the trees, watching who is coming and going, because all the horses move to the fence closest to it, and watch back.  The horses stamp their feet and neigh, and then after a while, go back to grazing.

When I was in meditation, I contemplated the Cougar and why it was watching the yard so intently.  It seems that it is watching for something that is not in the highest interests of the people and other animals.  This Cougar, so far, has not attacked the dog, chickens, horses, or cattle. Cougar seems to be well fed and unconcerned about the animals roaming about.  

Cougar, in this case, seems very guardian-like.  At night, sometimes, my friends can hear the Cougar make its coughing roar.  It is very much like a warning to stay away.  It is true that legends tell of the great cat who protects tribal villages, and warns the tribe when danger is coming.  

Perhaps this gift of service from Cougar is being reinstated with my friends.  I am looking forward to meeting Cougar out in Nature, at their place. 

Many blessings,

Judy

Myth and Religion

  

A myth is a religion in which no one any longer believes.  James Feibleman

I was contemplating the mystery of faith in my meditation, and did not reach any conclusions.  Then, I saw this quote, and it was like a telescope coming into focus for me.  The reason that we are going through such interesting times are that we are in the process of creating a new myth – Christianity At Work; Judaism at work; Muslim at work, etc. – and that while many people are done with all of these, and are ready to move on, enough people are still trying to make them real that the myth is still  being created.  The Greeks must have felt like this when the people were still hanging on to the Oracle of Delphi.

This is a time of coming to balance.  A time of righting wrongs.  It is a time when Nature asks us to believe in her and to become the caretakers of Earth.

Many Blessings,

Judy

Wonderful Things Happen

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I was walking with a friend on Friday and we talked about how things happen in life.  I firmly believe that all things happen as they should - in the right time and season.  Therefore, I do not get stuck on a bad situation because it always leads to something wonderful.  And very positive.  It is when you get stuck that things go badly.

Accepting each situation that happens means going in the flow.  Try it.  When we move with the Universe in harmony then abundance and love and life happen.

Many blessings,

Judy

Sharing My Affirmations

Affirmation of the week

I focus on what I can control. I am comfortable with not knowing. I keep an open mind about the future. I have the courage to leap into the unknown. I believe in affirmations and the effect of positive (or negative) affirmations on each of us.  The affirmation above is from my email from Daily Motivation - dailymotivation.site - and gives me a list of affirmations.   Sometimes the affirmations match things that I am working on.  Other times, the affirmations provide me with new plans and goals.  So, yes, they are motivational.   Why do we need affirmations?   Sometimes, life, family, friends, or the general public, seem to tear us down instead of building us up.  Affirmations can counter act the negative. Try a few affirmations today. Blessings, Judy

If You Love a Flower

             Flowers in the wild in Elbow Falls Recreation Area 

"If you love a flower, don’t pick it up. Because if you pick it up it dies and it ceases to be what you love. So if you love a flower, let it be. Love is not about possession. Love is about appreciation." – Osho

Wild flowers have a magic all of their own.  It is like finding a treasure!  It shows that that part of the world is in balance.  The wild things are to be celebrated and protected, and not destroyed.

Many blessings,

Judy

 

Giving

An act of giving is of most benefit when one gives something of value, carefully, with one’s own hand, while showing respect, and with a view that something wholesome will come of it. The same is true when one gives out of faith, respectfully, at the right time, with a generous heart, and without causing denigration.  - Andrew Olendzki, "Dana: The Practice of Giving" 

I was putting together a bag of clothes that we no longer use, and looked around the house for stuff – knick knacks, jewellery, dishes – that we no longer use.  I am working at getting our household to a simpler level of maintenance. 

When I sat down at my computer, I was pleased to see the above quote sitting in my inbox on my mail.  I love this quote!  While I don’t necessarily hand deliver everything, I certainly select what I give with much thought, and, I test to see whether the object is for the best and highest good of the receiver.  I also test to see if the object is good over the next year, if the answer is ‘yes, this is good for the receiver’.  If the object is only good for a day or a week, to me, there is no point in giving it. 

I like to give things to my family and to my friends.  I especially like to give herbs and aloe vera slips to people because the plants are so helpful.  What I have found too, is that plants like to move from place to place – at least some of them do.  So, for me, giving a plant is a win-win for the person and the plant.

I often wonder if, at the back of what is going on, Creator and my Angels are having a chuckle at how easily they can guide me to give something to someone who needs it.  I don’t mean that they are laughing at me; I mean, they are laughing with joy because I am joyful at the time, too.

Many Blessings,

Judy