Here and Now...What's Happening?

[ViralSpiral]

The Guest House

This being human is a guest house.
Every morning a new arrival.

A joy, a depression, a meanness,
some momentary awareness comes
as an unexpected visitor.

Welcome and entertain them all!
Even if they're a crowd of sorrows,
who violently sweep your house
empty of its furniture,
still, treat each guest honorably.
He may be clearing you out
for some new delight.

The dark thought, the shame, the malice,
meet them at the door laughing,
and invite them in.

Be grateful for whoever comes,
because each has been sent
as a guide from beyond.


~ Rumi ~

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=wMSDPLOSHyQ

[Samsara]

Thank you Viral. Making the image my new screen saver. I agree with the change in mantra...

I am crying myself a river this morning and you're helping ! LOL... I am grateful. I Love You.

Release.

[ViralSpiral]

As I send messages out, I hear the whispers of my own heart call......
Mirrors of our souls
Thank you
I love you too


Lest we drown under a mountain of soggy tissues

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=0kJkhEcQ44k

[Samsara]

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=n9m99IX6kns

[giovonni]

From Samsara
I will know that I am completely healed when her visits do not put me upside down anymore…

Greetings Samara... this could be a good opportunity for you in establishing a new relationship with your unlikely sibling... Perhaps during your time together (this weekend) only reflect lovingly on your past together not emphasizing any of the negative... And only gently hinting upon your new realized state of being now ... This might allow her to get some glimpses into how she might be permitted to remain in you and your family's future lives... i am sure if she is like most (3Ders) she is most probably wobbling a bit right now... So just love her for being who she is... Someone you both agreed too in sharing your early lives experiences with... Then hopefully this will help you both get through this full moon weekend much sooner.

Cos it's looking to be a tough one for everyone

Blessings ❤ Gio

[another bob]

Posted by ViralSpiral (here)
The Guest House

This being human is a guest house.
Every morning a new arrival.

A joy, a depression, a meanness,
some momentary awareness comes
as an unexpected visitor.

Welcome and entertain them all!
Even if they're a crowd of sorrows,
who violently sweep your house
empty of its furniture,
still, treat each guest honorably.
He may be clearing you out
for some new delight.

The dark thought, the shame, the malice,
meet them at the door laughing,
and invite them in.

Be grateful for whoever comes,
because each has been sent
as a guide from beyond.


~ Rumi ~

Ghost Chimes

This old bungalow was once a kind of guest house for spirits who came to visit and avail themselves of my impromptu hospitality.

Since the comfy attic furniture of mind went up in flames, they now have no place to sit and reminisce, and so reluctantly they move along, looking for fresh new lodgings, phantoms in search of a place to rest.

On summer evenings, relaxing on the ruins of my old front porch, I watched their endless streaming parade, listening for the wind chimes, a tapped note timed for each passing ghost.

Now I cannot see nor even say myself, for I have become more lately like a vacant wind than ever was I like myself, beside myself, keening for vagrant secrets of the wind, a shadow not sure seen, not sure unseen, a sudden stab of uncertainty, with no lucky ledge to gain a futile foothold.

In the sunset yard, a single anonymous yellow leaf once lit by hopeful morning, drops down now in spiral descent . . .

No leaf at last, no spirit shine through blood-stained glass, no tapped note chimed to pass the time –
and some will say,

"It's just the wind, but for a moment there . . ."

The music that wafts as I pass by may leave a poignant tear in every ghostly eye –

still, I don’t look back.

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=diAV4tS1fuk

[ViralSpiral]

That knocked me off of my Birkenstocks a.n.other Bob!!

The words
The chimes
I used to collect wind chimes. I had around 38 at one time. Not ALL outside. I lived in a cottage on my parents property and their music drove them bonkers

I am grateful to you for sharing your musings. Have even sneaked peeks at your links. You gifted soul! ♥
Thank you!

[jorr lundstrom]

Dusk chimes, lovely. This Song trush, a small ball of meat
and feathers on the treetop..
Yet it stretches 300 meter in every direction with his song
at dusk. A mighty being.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=LK8fl19dGkU

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=LK8fl19dGkU

All is well


Jorr 2.0

[another bob]

Posted by ViralSpiral (here)
Have even sneaked peeks at your links.

Ah, Thanks!

Yesterday, we visited my Mate's oldest daughter and got to play with her latest child . . .
I discovered that her favorite mantra is Om Ah Hum. She's only 6 mo. old, but got right into it again.


http://www.pbase.com/1heart/image/142515448

[Wesly]

Coffee shop, chi tea, and feeling the change. So glad its begun.

[Ineffable Hitchhiker]

I am so grateful for the bountiful sharing.
Thank you everyone.

After following a couple of other threads and rabbit holes , I discovered an unknown (to me) poet and feel this is appropriate here.


Bluebird by Charles Bukowski

there's a bluebird in my heart that
wants to get out
but I'm too tough for him,
I say, stay in there, I'm not going
to let anybody see
you.
there's a bluebird in my heart that
wants to get out
but I pour whiskey on him and inhale
cigarette smoke
and the whores and the bartenders
and the grocery clerks
never know that
he's
in there.

there's a bluebird in my heart that
wants to get out
but I'm too tough for him,
I say,
stay down, do you want to mess
me up?
you want to screw up the
works?
you want to blow my book sales in
Europe?
there's a bluebird in my heart that
wants to get out
but I'm too clever, I only let him out
at night sometimes
when everybody's asleep.
I say, I know that you're there,
so don't be
sad.
then I put him back,
but he's singing a little
in there, I haven't quite let him
die
and we sleep together like
that
with our
secret pact
and it's nice enough to
make a man
weep, but I don't
weep, do
you?



[my thanks to Chinaski, who uses his Avatar ]




Jorr, that Thrush melody was magnifcent!

Lost In Timeless Horizons ...

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=Qq2xXL55hqM

[Samsara]

I love you All, you are "magnifique"!

@ Gio, your sweet advice had reached my heart before I even read your words. Thank you.

Now, some One said Chai Tea... yum... making a whole pot for everyone.

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=Ek2v9-UCWhw

[ulli]

I'm in a coffee shop at the Trinidad airport. Made lots of friends in the last 24 hours after the cancelation of my flight to Panama due to engine problems.
The airline put us up at the best hotel in Port of Spain. After the initial shock of discovering that I would still not be returning home last night we were bussed back to town to spend the night at the Hyatt Regency Hotel.
And I hung out mainly with the Latino Spanish speaking group, businessmen from all over South America...they were the least uptight of all the stranded passengers.. So I had fun...party party party. All paid for with three delicious meals courtesy Copa Airlines.
This is where I was:

[Carmody]

The latest south park episode is a hoot - Just for the name alone. Like Mr. Hanky ("Haayyyy Kids!"), it is going to catch on.

Those boys do indeed push the limit.

'nuff said.

[Muzz]

Here and now .... wondering what really goes on in the forrest at night.

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=O72jfzVczxQ

All the best everyone. Have a good weekend.

[Marianne]

Beautiful village, lovely sounds too.

Speaking of shaking it loose, I noticed today my horoscope lists Full Moon in House 8 as a transit. I love what it says. In light of that, today makes a little more sense.

Letting go
The veil hiding the mysteries of life might seem a bit thin at the moment, and things that usually seem stable might feel as if they're rocking a little. Don't panic. You're getting a glimpse of other, deeper levels of reality, and the more open you are to those currents, the richer your life could become, even if it's only a little glimpse. Sometimes these small partings of the veil come through intense emotional experiences, and that can often mean tension and anxiety - after all, reality is supposed to be solid and rational, and life's great mysteries have all been explained away. But of course they haven't, and right now you are likely to realise this pretty powerfully, even if you already knew it before. The secret is to let go of whatever needs to be let go of, and allow yourself to be changed.

This is from www.astrodienst.com. The personal daily horoscope.

Samsara, thinking of you this weekend with your sister. So happy for Gio's wisdom for you.

VS, I'm so glad you are here. You're funny and wise and give so much.

Wesly, welcome to the village! You may have been here before but I've gotten behind lately.

Ineffable Hitchhiker, thank you for that bluebird poem. It's wonderful and touching. And now we know that isn't Chinaski in the avatar photo.

Another Bob, such treasures you bring.

Carmody and Muzz, funny guys.

Ulli! I miss you. Glad you're nestled in a coffee shop. I'd love that, have to do decaf though. Someday I hope we can sit poolside and chat about life ... you can teach me more about astrology, and maybe I can find something in my experience you'd find useful. I'm looking back over the years at all I've done and learned, and damn it is a lot. But then it's been a lot of years too. It's a Gemini thing, to gather information and learning, it makes me happy.

I wish you all happiness on this day of the full moon.

Love to all,
Marianne/J.B.

[Muzz]

Hi Marianne hope your well. After asking a question about astrology, Carmody pointed me in the direction of astrodienst.com. Very interesting. I check my readings daily and am working through the introductory material. Another new path for me.

Here and now... today was a good day.

From astrodienst.com -

Sharing the day
This is an extremely favorable influence for close relationships and one- to-one encounters of any sort. A marriage or love relationship should go smoothly today, with both of you showing a great deal of affection......You are in the mood for relating, and the day will not be complete in any way unless you share it.

So here goes.

My wife and I had a lovely walk here.


With a wee pal who looks like this.


Topped off with a sly half here.


As jorr would say..

All is well

[jorr lundstrom]

A little nostalgia from the land of the midnjght sin. LOL

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=WxPSToloHtw

https://youtube.com/watch?v=WxPST...eature=related


All is well


Jorr 2.0

[another bob]

Posted by jorr lundstrom (here)
A little nostalgia from the land of the midnjght sin. LOL

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=cOlQb8L0kz0

[Marianne]

Muzz, happy you had a good day with your lady love... and that pic of your pet, looks like one I used to have. A springer spaniel? Beautiful, they love you to pieces, don't they?

Jorr, thanks for the two songbirds!

Marianne