Peace
& Love Posters , T-shirts, Art Prints, Links, Quotes
and Poetry.
Devoted to the concept of
Peace, Love, Nature, and Beauty.
We
aren't going to stop the insanity of War on this planet
and domestic violence with mere quotes and pretty pictures.
They are designed to remind us of what is happening. They
help us to open our hearts and go within,
where our true power and insight lives.
INSIGHTS
INSIGHTS happen only when we shift to a higher, more inclusive perspective.
As we grow in wisdom and experience, we become less attached to the
form of reality
and more aware of its spiritual side - its qualities, values and meaning.
As we get to know ourselves as souls, we begin to let go of the self-consciousness
of the ego.
This allows us to more effectively include others and work with the
whole picture.
When there is more in sight, we get more insights.
Tr y becoming aware of those times when you focus on differences.
At those times,
STOP and PAY ATTENTION and IDENTIFY SIMILARITIES INSTEAD.
See how all parts fit into a bigger picture.
Expand your perspectives.
Find common causes, motives and needs.
Go to another level of thinking and problem solving.
Be open to using more imagination and creativity.
Shift your thinking from "either/or" to "both/and"
and be prepared for more insights.
Find
the "Highest Spiritual Thought" to
solve your problem, dilemma, argument and even your WAR!
"The
ultimate value of life depends upon awareness
and the power of contemplation rather than upon mere survival."
-Aristotle - LionHeart
June 2007
Aspirations for Peace
“One day we must come to see that peace is not merely a distant
goal we seek,
but that it is a means by which we arrive at that goal.
We must pursue peaceful ends through peaceful means.”
--Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.--
BREATHE IN PEACE, BREATHE OUT
LOVE
A guided meditation by Ven. Ayya Khema
http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/6774/a_khema.htm
Please put the attention on the breath for just a few moments
With each breath that you take, imagine that you are breathing into
yourself peacefulness, where ever you think you can get it from, breath
it into yourself, maybe from the night sky with the stars, the trees
around us, maybe from the stillness in the air, or the mountains in
the distance, or just from your breath. Breath it into yourself. Let
it settle within. Let it fill you. And on your out breath, think that
you are breathing out love from your heart. The warm ,embracing acceptance
and care. And let that warm embrace of love that you are breathing out
surround you in an embrace.
Now breath that love and peace that is within you. Breath it out to
the person next to you. Give it as your gift. Through breath that is
life and that connects us all. Because we are breathing the same air.
And now breath that love and peace within you, breath it out to everyone
here. Let everyone be part of your breath containing love and peace.
Fill everyone and embrace everyone.
Now breath love and peace out to your parents. They too are connected
through breath, through air. No discrimination is needed. We are all
just part of the whole. And let that part of you that is love and peace
come out and fill your parents and embrace them with it.
Now breath out love and peace to your nearest and dearest people. You
have breath. You have love. And you have peace. Share it. No other reason.
The more we give it, the more we have.
Now breath out love and peace to all your friends. Let them arise before
your mind's eye. Let each one share what you have.
Think of the people you know, whom you meet in your daily life. Breath
love and peace out to them. Embrace them with the warmth of your care
and acceptance and fill them with peacefulness. Share what you have.
Think of all the people that you meet in your daily life.
Think of anyone whom you don't like or if there is no such person anyone
to whom you are quite indifferent, who means nothing to you. And breath
out love and peace to that person. He or she shares the same air, the
same earth.
And now let your breath carry love and peace to as many people you can
possibly think of. Around here in this area, wherever you think that
people can be found. In the houses. On the street. And further afield.
Think of people wherever the may be. Let your breath carry your love
and your peace to each one of them. Letting them share in the best that
we can give them. And further afield, as far as the strength and the
power of your love and your peacefulness will reach.
And put your attention back onto yourself. Breath in peace with each
in breath and fill yourself with peacefulness. Breath out love with
each out breath, with love and acceptance and care. And the lovely feeling
of being totally protected. And do this with each in and out breath.
May all beings have love and peace in their hearts.
Salt
Water
We are a rock revolving
Around a golden sun
We are a billion children
Rolled into one
So when I hear about
The hole in the sky
Salt water wells in my eyes
We climb the highest mountain
We'll make the desert bloom
We're so ingenious
We can walk on the moon
But when I hear of how
The forests have died
Salt water wells in my eyes
I have lived for love
But now that's not enough
For the world I love is dying
(And now I'm crying)
And time is not a friend
(No friend of mine)
As friends we're out of time
And it's slowly passing by
Right before our eyes
We light the deepest ocean
Send photographs of Mars
We're so enchanted by
How clever we are
Why should one baby
Feel so hungry she cries
Salt water wells in my eyes
We are a rock revolving
Around a golden sun
We are a billion children
Rolled into one
What will I think of me
The day that I die
Salt water wells in my eyes
Salt water wells in my eyes
Remembering Who We Are
'Brave Spirits'
Most of us are familiar with the idea that we
are not human beings having spiritual experiences; instead,
we are spiritual beings having human experiences.
We hear this and even though we may experience a resounding yes in our
bodies,
we may not take the time to really acknowledge the truth of these statements.
Integrating this idea into how we view ourselves can broaden our sense
of who we are
and help us appreciate ourselves as brave spirits on an important mission
to learn and grow here on earth.
As spiritual beings, we are visitors in this physical realm.
The fact that we came here and lost all memory of what happened to us
before we were born
is one of the many reasons that it takes so much courage for a soul to
incarnate on earth.
This is why spiritual inquiry so often feels like a remembering-because
it is.
Remembering that we are spiritual beings is part of the work that we are
here on earth to do.
When we operate from a place of remembering,
we tap into the wisdom that our spirit accumulated even before we stepped
into this lifetime.
Remembering who we are can give us the patience
to persevere when we become overwhelmed or frustrated.
It can give us the courage to work through the most daunting challenges
and
help us trust the ancient wisdom we carry that is offered to us by our
intuition.
We have chosen to be on earth because there is something
we want to learn that can only happen by inhabiting a body.
Some of us are here to repay a debt, learn about love, or teach forgiveness.
Most of us are here for a combination of reasons,
we carry this information in our souls, all we have to do is remember.
As you go through your journey,
try not to forget how brave you are, being here now.
Honor yourself and each other.
Sometimes
I sit quietly,
Listening to the sound of falling leaves.
Peaceful indeed is the life of a monk,
Cut off from worldly matters.
Then why do I shed these tears?
I'm so aware
That it's all unreal:
One by one, the things
Of this world pass on.
But why do I still grieve?
