Awareness

"Stress happens when the mind resists what is. The brain and the mind are different. The brain is a great tool and founder of the heart; the mind creates resistance to change and paradox and humor; the mind creates fear unnecessarily, not the brain. When troubling thoughts and memories arise without your intent, it's not your brain working but your mind wandering...the tractor that has run wild. Your mind, not other people or surroundings is the source of your moods."

"You don't have to do anything except to stop seeing the world form the viewpoint of your own personal cravings. Loosen up! When you lose your mind, you'll come to your senses. By "losing your mind", it is not referring to going insane or becoming irrational. On the contrary, it is paying attention to the reality around you, rather than merely thinking about it."

--Wisdom of the Peaceful Warrior, by Dan Millman (world class gymnast)

"Unless what I have just said is a sin of ignorance."

Bequeathed in the rhm,
forever sainted by those who could not agree
he met the one clothed in camel's hair,
belt of animal hide around his waist...
most modest, was he illegitimate or born a sin
by prostitute,
which was it? Mary had many children, at least
one by a Roman according to what scholar's think;
Then who is this mystery man? Virginity prospers
those who follow the tribal law at such times,
a reality to beget if to be born. Was Jesus a son,
of Roman or God, god or stepfather?

"What sin have I committed, that I should go
and be baptized by him?" John a greater or lesser
Man than Jesus, if either can be agreed upon by
the Apostles' confusion of description. Let it be,
let it be, we are just trying to understand ghosts, it must be...
no matter what.

Who sinned. Who missed the mark?

"Hate withers the soul all to quickly. Thank god love has the patience of angels. If death tries to render you weak, smile into it cheek to cheek. Nothing can take laugh lines away from us..."

A family specter, a family spectrum

Whence we come and whence we are, where are we without roots and careful handling? We grow quicker through hardship, beating ugly stone into diamond, but best if given the needed push and support to fly. Why are family's afraid to try to love as a team? Are they afraid of their own shadows? Can distraction keep them from true reflection and outreach to other's? Or are they more afraid than when they were born? Alone in one's scene, is ego most obscene. Gently let go embracing...

forgiveness. Love is the only armor anyone can afford.

Aaron