In Our Now, Forever

In Our Now, Forever

In your eyes I am moonlight dancing,
In your laughter, children at play,
In your arms, the sun rising,
In your kiss, dreams brought to day.

In my eyes you are stars burning,
In my laughter, everyday joy,
In my arms, destiny's yearning,
In my kiss, my Helen of Troy.

In our complexity we are simplicity,
In our separation, together,
In our touch, electricity,
In our now, forever.



© bartoluciano

This is a beautiful piece of art that I feel compelled to pass on. The photos are by Odyssey Spirit and the poem by Bartoluciano. Enjoy their gifts.....fully. They have them for a reason. After all, we are forever only really in our NOW.

Allow it to put you in this moment of love, and look at the images that play in your head. They are the clues to what you're really looking for, what you're still fearful of, if you're living in the present but emotionally detached, or still living in the past and creating more of what you don't want by living in an overly emotionally reactive state and afraid of the future.

So many people won't make it to the end of this day (@160,000). Be brave, step forward into the moments of today, into the light of all the opportunities and possibilities that exist, waiting for your vision, your heart and your talents to create THE POSSIBILITY into A REALITY.

Be it a new song, a poem or a story, a child protected, an adult enlightened, or humanity more confident and less frightened. You are a human being, who is being asked by the world to be a human BEING. And today is your day to do it. No one else has your unique gifts as only you can uniquely give them.

Forgive yourself and others for the pain of the past, setting them down for now or letting them go entirely. Set healthier, more empowering boundaries for yourself to keep the painful actions from continuing in your life, and allowing only positive thoughts and actions in.

Today is your day. Be brave. Be the real you. The one that came to this world unafraid. If today is your last, please let it end with your face in the sun, arms held out high to the side, not seeking acceptance from your fellow man but giving assistance to him through the explosion of the gifts inside of you.

Explode your best self upon the world. We need you.

The Self Alone Exists

Before the world was created, the Self Alone existed; nothing whatever stirred. Then the Self thought: "Let me create the world." He brought forth all the worlds out of himself: Ambhas, high above the sky; Marichi, The sky; Mara, the middle region that is earth; And Apa, the realm of waters below.

-Aitareya Upanishad

Did you know that in the first moments when we wake up, we have to actually REMEMBER our problems, and become stressed? This is hard scientific evidence that we really do create the worlds we live in. Our dominant thoughts and feelings dominate how we see our reality. And this either empowers or disempowers us in the pursuit of achieving our dreams.

The brain processes 400 billion bits of information a second but we're only aware of 2,000 of those bits. And most of these bits are of the environment, time and our physical bodies. - Dr. Joe Dispenza (undergard in biochemisty, post grad training in anatomy and physiology, neurochemisty, neurophysiology, and genetics)

So many of us simply accept what we see as a set reality and unable to change it very much, feeling helpless; the mind being just a reflex organ that reacts to everything it sees.

I've heard "Every day is a new life to the wise man". With the new lives I've seen in students created by making the choice to see their worlds as full of potential, this is becoming truer every day.

This picture is from a student's web page, called "LIVE LIFE TO DA FULLEST". I had Michael two years ago, and told him if I ever found him not living his dreams, I would come after him and make him, even pulling him over a fast food counter as an adult (he told me his biggest dream was becoming a chef). He had come too far in one year to ever allow his dream space to get small again; going from "F's" to "A's", and from being someone who said "he'd try" (but didn't succeed) to someone who said "He'd Do", and DID!

I think his title lets me know he still believes. I encourage you to add him as a friend, letting him know other incredible people believe in him as well. You can find him among my top friends on MySpace.

And if children are capable of doing this, so are we adults. (Rarlynn, another amazing student from two years ago)

"Throw out everything you don't need in here (the mind) that is keeping you from this moment....You'll be amazed at what you can do....This moment is the only thing that matters." (from the movie Peaceful Warrior)

In those first few moments of each new dawn, the self alone exists. Let your first thought be:

Today, out of myself, let me create my world.

Wishing you Zen and Inner Strength......and Miracles in Your Life,

- Adam

Quantum Physics

"Why do we keep recreating the same reality? Why do we keep having the same relationships? Why do we keep getting the same jobs, over and over again? In this infinite sea of potentials that exists around us, how come we keep recreating the same realities?

Isn't it amazing that we have options and potentials that exist but we're unaware of them? Is it possible that we're so conditioned to our daily lives, so conditioned to the way that we create our lives, that we buy the idea that we have no control at all?

We've been conditioned to believe that the external world is more real than the internal world. This new science (quantum physics) says just the opposite, that what's happening within us, will create what's happening outside of us."

- from the movie, "What The %@#* Do We Know"

Live a Life Free of Blame

This is a very good enlightening piece from my friends at Daily OM. A lot of us have read/seen The Secret, Law of Attraction, Louise Hay and What the %$*&# Do We Know.

It's an appropriate next-step in the area of past pain and associated blame. Enjoy and Illuminate.

There's Zen in Fire.




June 25, 2007
Burdensome Feelings
Blaming Others

As we begin to truly understand that the world outside of us is a reflection of the world inside of us, we may feel confused about who is to blame for the problems in our lives. If we had a difficult childhood, we may wonder how we can take responsibility for that, and in our current relationships, the same question arises. We all know that blaming others is the opposite of taking responsibility, but we may not understand how to take responsibility for things that we don’t truly feel responsible for. We may blame our parents for our low self-esteem, and we may blame our current partner for exacerbating it with their unconscious behavior. Objectively, this seems to make sense. After all, it is not our fault if our parents were irresponsible or unkind, and we are not to blame for our partner’s bad behavior.

Perhaps the problem lies with the activity of blaming. Whether we blame others or blame ourselves, there is something aggressive and unkind about it. It sets up a situation in which it becomes difficult to move forward under the burdensome feelings of shame and guilt that arise. It also puts the resolution of our pain in the hands of someone other than us. Ultimately, we cannot insist that someone else take responsibility for their actions; only they can make that choice when they are ready. In the meantime, if we want to move forward with our lives instead of waiting around for something that may or may not happen, we begin to see the wisdom of taking the situation into our own hands.

We do this by forgiving our parents, even if they have not asked for our forgiveness, so that we can be free. We end the abusive relationship with our partner, who may never admit to any wrongdoing, because we are willing to take responsibility for how we are treated. In short, we love ourselves as we want to be loved and create the life we know we deserve. We leave the resolution of the wrongs committed against us in the hands of the universe, releasing ourselves to live a life free of blame.