Beautiful Summer Morning

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The first peace, which is the most important, is that which comes within the souls
of people when they realize their relationship, their oneness with the universe and
all its powers, and when they realize that at the center of the universe dwells the
Great Spirit, and that this center is really everywhere, it is within each of us.

Source: Black Elk, Oglala Sioux

I love this quote. Black Elk talks about the “first” peace, the most important peace. And in reality all other “peace” is secondary to that first peace.

His words resonate today, as they did in the past. Black Elk was born in 1863.

The common thread of oneness with god runs through most religions, and in fact Black Elk embraced Christianity and saw no conflict between his tribal beliefs and those of Christianity. He embraced both worlds because he embrace the first peace.

If we could all find that connection, even for a moment, the world would be changed.

I have at times felt that connection in a powerful way. When I do my heart is cleansed, and my soul made light.

You can find that connection in the stillness of a moment, of dawn break across the horizon, or a hawk soaring in the quiet air, of the breathless silence deep within a forest, in the babble of a tiny brook, in the music that makes you want to sing.
We have all touched that oneness. We have all known that peace.

For our life, we just need to remain conscious of it.

Find a moment, find a minute , find an hour.

The great spirit is within you: Reach across the divide, and touch forever.

Nick

Today’s Links

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A Simple Truths Video.

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Sound when stretched is music.
Movement when stretched is dance.
Mind when stretched is meditation.
Life when stretched is celebration.
Source: Ravi Shankar

To day I worked on the third line.

I have a demonstration tape from Holosync. You listen to the rain and
crystal bells for about twenty minutes. You enter a deep state of meditation.

I hadn’t listened to it for a while. This morning I found myself straining against
time.

I do this form time to time.That’s when I need something to pull me out of time,so the reality of the illusion of time is restored.This DVD is perfect for that. The track runs for about twenty minutes but you are never sure how long
you have been sitting there, eyes closed, listening to it.

When I finished the DVD I felt so relaxed. Time as an issue disappeared. Instead I now had the time to sit reading a very long blog about what “Awakening is or isn’t”.

All fascinating stuff.

But time races on…at least in our daily lives. Days and nights flash by, and speed up with age or that is what we
are told.

We seldom stop in our harried ways, to pause and reflect upon our lives. But we need to stop, bring it all to a screeching halt at some point in our day, and give way to the eternal presence that sits outside of time.

On Tools to Life, a self development course I took sometime ago now, one of our daily routines was to stop and smell the flowers, quite literally. We were encouraged to always have a banquet of flowers in the house just for this purpose.

It’s a great idea and one I suggest you adopt. Adding beauty and grace into your life, seems to create a natural brake against the flow of time. But you need something more.You need that time to let go and
stretch into the music,into the dance, into meditation, and into the celebration of all.

Just let go for a moment. You can do it. Let go!

Have a beautiful peaceful Tuesday. Stop to smell the flowers, even if it’s only at a road side stand.

Nick

Links for today:

I have two exciting Links for you.

The first is from Joe Vitale about dealing with disappointment. It’s a lot of fun.

Mr Fire

The second is this amazing find: A course on Eckhart Tolle’s Book

A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life’s Purpose (Oprah’s Book Club, Selection 61)

and
“The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment.”
Here is the link to subscribe. These are audio interviews.
I am sure you will love them.

Understanding the Power Of Now

Now that little problem you have with time? I’ve just made in worse.

Joy in the Moment,

Nick

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