As introduction to oneself.
As jungian Robert Johnson says in "Inner Works", "the whole function of the imagination is to draw the material from the unconscious, clothe it in images [music, dance, concept], and transmit it to the conscious mind. Whatever comes up in the imagination must have been living somewhere in the fabric of the unconscious...."

peace and wonder, dear ones,
CG

Taking joy in one's blessings makes me wealthy. Without gratitude, I would always live in beggary within the heart of abundance.


Quite often it's the most simple things that make me feel wealthiest......

If I am working in the scorching sun, the passing cloud makes me rich; If I am entrenched in serious thought, the passing smile.

If I am stressed and my body aches, Kathy's loving touch makes me a wealthy man. Sometimes when I do not even know my heart is stressed, the unanticipated kind word is bounty.

Being connected with like spirits, being aware that I am one with all spirits, being in nature, receiving birds songs offered for me to enjoy.....

I AM quite rich...and I am grateful.
Blessings to all, and the heart to realize them,
CG

My ego mind quite often does not like change, for it resides in the illusion of constancy.

Fortunately, the part of me that remains rooted in the Tao, knows to flow like  water.

This part of me incorporates the boulder that has fallen in the river, flows around, but continues to flow.

The river "changes," or removes the boulder if it has the power.

The boulder alters the appearance of the river, but not the essence.
And if there is a dam? The spirit of water is still river.
Appearances change. Change changes.

I tend to need quiet time in my sanctuary to heal, when suffering.
Also, I find it easier to suffer than to watch a loved one suffer.
blessings, all,
CG

(for me) Focusing on something defined as a distraction is the distraction, and gives it more staying power. Accepting it as a passing cloud over the lake allows it to naturally pass.

I suspect that imagining that I know what is others' distraction would be terrible exercise in ego....and just might qualify as a "distraction."

Happiness is something you bring with you to any given situation.

And if you come bearing true happiness, it is contagious to anyone willing and capable at the moment.

Happiness as a pursuit?

Happiness is as a butterfly which, when pursued, is always beyond our grasp, but which if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you.

--Nathaniel Hawthorne

blessings and joys, dear ones,
CG