tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13143974156094117762024-02-07T05:51:29.272+02:00soulful revolutionKarinOhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04304494736040800494noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1314397415609411776.post-11139678165214677282021-03-21T12:44:00.001+02:002021-03-21T12:44:52.133+02:00March 8<p>
</p><p align="LEFT" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span><span style="background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%;">It
doesn't necessarily</span></span></span></span></span></p><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span></span><p align="LEFT" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span><span style="background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%;">have
to be a woman</span></span></span></span></span></p><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span></span><p align="LEFT" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span><span style="background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%;">but
it definitely </span></span></span></span></span>
</p><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span></span><p align="LEFT" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span><span style="background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%;">has
to be the feminine qualities</span></span></span></span></span></p><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span></span><p align="LEFT" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span>
</p><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span></span><p align="LEFT" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span><span style="background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%;">In
every woman</span></span></span></span></span></p><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span></span><p align="LEFT" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span><span style="background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%;">in
every man </span></span></span></span></span>
</p><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span></span><p align="LEFT" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span><span style="background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%;">you'll
find them hidden or fully evolved;</span></span></span></span></span></p><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span></span><p align="LEFT" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span><span style="background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%;">the
sensibility</span></span></span></span></span></p><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span></span><p align="LEFT" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span><span style="background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%;">the
empathy</span></span></span></span></span></p><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span></span><p align="LEFT" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span><span style="background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%;">the
caring</span></span></span></span></span></p><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span></span><p align="LEFT" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span><span style="background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%;">the
all embracing</span></span></span></span></span></p><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span></span><p align="LEFT" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span><span style="background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%;">the
understanding</span></span></span></span></span></p><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span></span><p align="LEFT" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span><span style="background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%;">and
the knowing </span></span></span></span></span>
</p><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span></span><p align="LEFT" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span><span style="background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%;">of
the interconnectedness of everything</span></span></span></span></span></p><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span></span><p align="LEFT" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span>
</p><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span></span><p align="LEFT" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span><span style="background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%;">You
will also find a fierce voice saying </span></span></span></span></span>
</p><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span></span><p align="LEFT" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span><span style="background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%;">STOP!</span></span></span></span></span></p><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span></span><p align="LEFT" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span><span style="background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%;">No
more killing</span></span></span></span></span></p><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span></span><p align="LEFT" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span><span style="background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%;">no
more violence </span></span></span></span></span>
</p><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span></span><p align="LEFT" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span><span style="background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%;">no
more rape and exploitation</span></span></span></span></span></p><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span></span><p align="LEFT" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span><span style="background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%;">No
more separation</span></span></span></span></span></p><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span></span><p align="LEFT" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span><span style="background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%;">no
more us and them</span></span></span></span></span></p><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span></span><p align="LEFT" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span><span style="background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%;">no
more man versus nature</span></span></span></span></span></p><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span></span><p align="LEFT" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span><span style="background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%;">ALL
the children must be taken care of</span></span></span></span></span></p><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span></span><p align="LEFT" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span>
</p><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span></span><p align="LEFT" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span><span style="background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%;">The
feminine qualities</span></span></span></span></span></p><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span></span><p align="LEFT" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span><span style="background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%;">of
sharing and collaboration</span></span></span></span></span></p><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span></span><p align="LEFT" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span><span style="background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%;">of
circular communication</span></span></span></span></span></p><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span></span><p align="LEFT" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span><span style="background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%;">and
grass root organisation</span></span></span></span></span></p><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span></span><p align="LEFT" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span><span style="background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%;">is
the antidote to the stressful,</span></span></span></span></span></p><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span></span><p align="LEFT" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span><span style="background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%;">harmful
and unhealthy narrative </span></span></span></span></span>
</p><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span></span><p align="LEFT" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span><span style="background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%;">of
a never-ending-run-towards-a-distant-goal-of.......</span></span></span></span></span></p><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span></span><p align="LEFT" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span><span style="background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%;">what?</span></span></span></span></span></p><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span></span><p align="LEFT" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span>
</p><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span></span><p align="LEFT" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span><span style="background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%;">A
few thrive on this narrative</span></span></span></span></span></p><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span></span><p align="LEFT" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span><span style="background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%;">some
live by it</span></span></span></span></span></p><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span></span><p align="LEFT" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span><span style="background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%;">but
many, many more suffer from it</span></span></span></span></span></p><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span></span><p align="LEFT" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span>
</p><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span></span><p align="LEFT" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span><span style="background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%;">So
welcome her</span></span></span></span></span></p><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span></span><p align="LEFT" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span><span style="background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%;">let
her take her seat </span></span></span></span></span>
</p><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span></span><p align="LEFT" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span><span style="background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%;">recieve
her nectar of deep compassion that embraces </span></span></span></span></span>
</p><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span></span><p align="LEFT" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span><span style="background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%;">the
whole of humanity.</span></span></span></span></span></p><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span></span><p align="LEFT" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span><span style="background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%;">Welcome
the sanity, </span></span></span></span></span>
</p><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span></span><p align="LEFT" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span><span style="background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%;">the
harmony, the peace and the reverence</span></span></span></span></span></p><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span></span><p align="LEFT" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span><span style="background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%;">welcome
the emotional, the sensual, the ritual</span></span></span></span></span></p><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span></span><p align="LEFT" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span><span style="background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%;">and
slow down</span></span></span></span></span></p><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span></span><p align="LEFT" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span><span style="background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%;">take
a break</span></span></span></span></span></p><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span></span><p align="LEFT" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span><span style="background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%;">rest
in the arms of a world that cares for you</span></span></span></span></span></p><p align="LEFT" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%;"> </span></span></span></span></p>
<br />KarinOhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04304494736040800494noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1314397415609411776.post-82293652790593662372020-12-04T16:56:00.005+02:002021-04-02T11:30:49.869+03:00Self care and Sacred activism<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"> <span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;">The
huge, fast speeding snowball of consumerism</span></span></span></p><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span></span></span><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;">that
nobody dares to stop </span></span></span>
</p><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span></span></span><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;">even
for a moment </span></span></span>
</p><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span></span></span><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;">to
reflect, </span></span></span>
</p><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span></span></span><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;">to
check the situation and say -Hey,</span></span></span></p><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span></span></span><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;">I
think we got a problem here!</span></span></span></p><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span></span></span><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></span>
</p><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span></span></span><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;">We
don't need to go on like this</span></span></span></p><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span></span></span><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;">we
know better</span></span></span></p><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span></span></span><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;">we are
vibrational, multidimensional beings with capabilities beyond our
imagination. </span></span></span>
</p><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span></span></span><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;">We can
create a better world</span></span></span></p><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span></span></span><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;">We can
create an amazing world!</span></span></span></p><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span></span></span><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;">And
now is a good time to do that.</span></span></span></p><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span></span></span><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;">Wherever
there is a problem, there is also a solution</span></span></span></p><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span></span></span><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;">In
every moment we make a choice to be part of either the problem or the
solution.</span></span></span></p><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span></span></span><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;">With
our actions, interactions, transactions</span></span></span></p><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span></span></span><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></span>
</p><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span></span></span><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;">But
also with our vibes, our energi, our emotions are we contributing to
the world around us.</span></span></span></p><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span></span></span><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;">We
have a greater impact on our surroundings than we often think. And
that gives us a responsibility to be aware and take care of our state
of being. </span></span></span>
</p><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span></span></span><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;">I
don't mean that we have to control all the thoughts, feelings and
stuff that goes on within us, but I mean we can be aware of them.</span></span></span></p><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span></span></span><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;">To
know ourselves.</span></span></span></p><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span></span></span><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
</p><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span></span></span><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;">When
we are aware of our innermost longings and our true values, when we
have looked through belief systems and borrowed world views and come
to know our own truth, then we can make better decisions.</span></span></span></p><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span></span></span><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;">Better
for ourselves and for the world.</span></span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif"> </span></p>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUQiNpMO174Bf1uYoId7bCjn0P9YCB1Fy7LMODb0NmZo9UUw4ucesM5BIIBhjwHvrtAbrJR9uWT0gJpsJalf3S5iGi3gcCYCADvFDQ9pKIQj4yPltxg-jpb1cJsff3IfvElIk-oZAcRTA/s2048/129265467_388959432314680_2158752391577975898_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1356" data-original-width="2048" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUQiNpMO174Bf1uYoId7bCjn0P9YCB1Fy7LMODb0NmZo9UUw4ucesM5BIIBhjwHvrtAbrJR9uWT0gJpsJalf3S5iGi3gcCYCADvFDQ9pKIQj4yPltxg-jpb1cJsff3IfvElIk-oZAcRTA/w640-h424/129265467_388959432314680_2158752391577975898_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif">Becoming
more aware of my true self, more mindful and more soulful, gives me
the feeling of interconnectedness and interbeing. That everything is
connected.</span></span></span>
</p><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif">In a
huge, invisible eco system</span></span></span></p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif">Self
care then becomes really important. That each of us take care of our
little part in the worldwide web of life. </span></span></span>
</p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif">Self
care becomes sacred activism.</span></span></span></p>
KarinOhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04304494736040800494noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1314397415609411776.post-52779261215064063942020-03-31T13:03:00.002+03:002021-04-02T11:33:09.637+03:00Corona time is time for Reflection<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;">Time
for reflection</span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;">If
we can't go out, we go inside</span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;">But
inside - that is within ourselves – it might not be that
comfortable,</span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;">easier
to spend time with the phone or tv.</span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;">But
no, let's take this opportunity </span>
</div><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;">to
connect on a deeper level with ourselves</span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;">with
our soul, with our body, to get to know our mind and learn how to
become more rooted in our self and more present in the moment.</span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;">Let's
move into the realm of the unknown.</span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;">To
not know </span>
</div><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;">where
all this is going to lead,</span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;">how
long this is going to take</span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;">and
how the world is going to be when the pandemic is over</span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;">can
be quite scary.</span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;">We
can't control the situation. </span>
</div><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;">But,
as a matter of fact, we are never in control! </span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;">Life is unpredictable.
Always. Everything is changing and nothing is permanent.</span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;">So
let's take this opportunity to befriend our fear, to relax in the
unknown and learn about trust.</span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;">It
is in the unknown transformation happens</span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;">It's there where we are forced to try new things, new ideas, new
behaviour, new thoughts. To come up with new solutions and be creative
and inventive.</span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;">When
everything is predictable and familiar we follow the same thought-and
behaviour patterns and so we have the same results as we've always
had.</span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;">Now
the whole world is thrown into a big unknown.</span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;">And
there lies big potential to create something new.</span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;">Because,
honestly, is the world as we know it really what we want to return
to? </span>
</div><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;">Do
we want to go back to that consumerism-is-all-that-counts-kind of
economy? </span>
</div><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;">The
world was already in big crises before this virus came along; an
environmental crises where we are about to face the sixth mass
extinction.</span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;">Plastic
islands in the oceans, poisoned rivers, rainforests – the lungs of
the earth – being cut down. Just like that, totally normal and
legal.</span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;">There
were, and still are of course, huge crises caused by wars. Masses of
homeless people are victims of war caused by men in power, it is a
shame in our time, don't you think? These wars are created within a
mindset that says that it is normal. </span>
</div><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;">The
world as we know it was also dealing with a health crises, even
before and much more spread, than the corona virus: That's all the
millions of people suffering from all kinds of stress related
sicknesses and mental issues. There's also a depression pandemic!</span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;">And
there are democracy crises, justice crises, social crises, human
rights crises...</span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;">And
so much more that you already know, I don't have to mention it all.</span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;">So,
to make it short; why go back to a system that destroys the planet we
are living on, harms so many fellow humans and sentient beings and
makes us feeling depressed, sick or stressed out? Why go back to
normal?</span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;">You
say, but are there any alternatives? What about the economy? People
must have jobs so they can pay the bills.</span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;">Of
course there are alternatives! Of course there are solutions. There
are many many people out there coming up with new technologies, new
inventions and new possibilities for a better world. There are people
who have great ideas and visions for a world beyond the unsustainable
and damaging system that we know. </span>
</div><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;">You
can be one of them.</span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;">Yes,
by looking inside yourself, at the bottom of your heart and finding
your deepest desires, your true values and what is really important
to you.</span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;">Instead
of fearing the crises we can look at it as opportunity.</span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;">An
opportunity to create something new, to evolve, to move to another
level, to another paradigm.</span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;">The
thing is that in that critical phase of crises, of the unknown, so
many people give in to fear and even panic and <i><b>that creates a wish
to go back to normal</b></i>. It might not be the best but it is safe, it
is familiar and anything is better than this scary unknown territory
and state of emergency. </span>
</div><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;">So,
we must <i><b>first become friends with the unknown within ourselves</b></i>
and face our fear and learn to relax into it. Not denying it or
pushing it away but be with it. </span>
</div><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;">Take
a deep breath and feel it, be with it, acknowledge it and accept it.
Embrace your fear.</span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;">The
best way I know to do that is in meditation. I attach a file at the end of this post with a short meditation you can listen to if you need a
little guidance.</span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;">Then,
the <i><b>next step is to look at our values</b></i>, what is really
important to us.</span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;">Let's
look at our desires and deepest longings, and ask ourselves; what
kind of life would I really like to live?</span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;">How
would I like the world to look like?</span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;">What
is my greatest vision of my own dreamlife and of the whole world?</span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;">Allow
yourself to daydream! Really get into it and feel it and look at all
different kinds of areas in your life and at the world at large. Be
playful and create in your mind a vision that feeeeeels goooood!</span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;">Then
hold that vision.</span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;">If
you want, write it or paint it.</span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;">But
keep going there; think about it often, talk about it, share it, post
it.</span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;">Ask
others what their vision of a better world is.</span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;">Engage
in or start conversations that support ideas of a more sustainable
world and a better future for all.</span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;">The
point here is a shift of focus: Get informed, yes, do what needs to
be done, yes, but then, come back to the real work; take care of
yourself on a deeper level, mind your vibrations and what you
contribute to your environment.</span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;">Know
that you are important, you have an impact, we are all connected.</span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;">Keep
social distance but not social isolation!</span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: small;">
</span><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: small;">You find the 8 minute short meditation <a href="http://irisamorgos.weebly.com/uploads/1/7/3/2/17323278/meditation_1.mp3" target="_blank">here </a></span></div>
</div>
KarinOhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04304494736040800494noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1314397415609411776.post-34915117851932007742019-01-12T21:11:00.002+02:002021-04-02T11:54:09.352+03:00In memorial<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 17.3333px;">my beloved Vangelis </span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 17.3333px;">passed away </span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 17.3333px;">crossed over </span></span></div>
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<span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 17.3333px;">left his body </span></span></div>
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<span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 17.3333px;">died</span></span></div>
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<span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 17.3333px;">I wrote some stuff after that</span></span></div>
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<span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 17.3333px;">a way to process</span></span></div>
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<span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 17.3333px;">the shock and the grief</span></span></div>
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<span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div>
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<b style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">That
morning</b></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;"><span>The
message was crystal clear</span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;"><span>just
like the morning</span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;"><span>on
its way through the dawn</span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;"><span>The
sun slowly making it above the horizon</span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;"><span>shining
on frosty branches</span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;"><span>Like
you, rising above the pain</span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;"><span>shining
in awe and amazement</span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;"><span>I
could feel you</span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;"><span>reaching
me that early morning</span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;"><span>even
though the message clearly said</span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;"><span>you're
not here anymore</span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
</div><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;"><span><i><br /></i></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;"><span><i>I
will never forget that morning. The phone call at 5.30, winter, still
dark, a cottage in the countryside in Sweden.</i></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;"><span><i>Crying
and in shock I climb down the stairs from the loft where I sleep. I
light a candle and sit down on the couch and just sit there for a
couple of hours. Trying to grasp the ungraspable and let the
fathomless sink in to my system.</i></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;"><span><i>The
day dawns slowly. It is an extraordinary beautiful morning, it will
be a sunny day.</i></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;"><span><i>In
my shocking state, grieving and crying over the loss of my beloved, I
was amazed by the beauty around me. And it was like I could feel him,
like he was there with me, and I could somehow feel his amazement
over what was happening to him.</i></span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;"><span><b>Du
finns</b></span></span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;"><span>Du
finns i snön som faller</span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;"><span>mjukt
på mina kinder</span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;"><span>i
en smekning</span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;"><span>som
smälter samman med mina tårar</span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-size: medium;"><i style="font-family: tahoma, sans-serif;"><span>Like
he is somehow present, everywhere, and his presence is touching love
without touching.</span></i></span></div>
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</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<b style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;"><br /></b></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<b style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;"><br /></b></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<b style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">It
could have been Better</b></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;"><span>I
hope I gave you everything</span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;"><span>I
know I didn't</span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;"><span>I
know I could have done better</span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;"><span>It
could have been different</span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;"><span>We
could have left our shortcomings behind</span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;"><span>and
made everything better</span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;"><span>Just
open hearts with love streaming</span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;"><span>through
everything we did</span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;"><span>It
seems too late but it's not</span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;"><span>now
is always the time</span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;"><span>now
I can feel you and that pure love</span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;"><span>streaming
through me and everything I do</span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;"><span><i>I
learned and still learn that grief has many faces. To miss him so
much it hurts my body, to be reminded of him by smallest little
things, the merciless realization that I will never see him again.
And there are also feelings of regret, guilt and anger as well as
worries, despair and meaninglessness.</i></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;"><span><i>But
there is also something I've come to call Pure Grief. </i></span></span>
</div><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;"><span><i>This
is something that hits me unpredictably anytime and is not connected
to thoughts. </i></span></span>
</div><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;"><span><i>It
just takes my body and my whole being, cracks me open in raw, pure
feeling and directly connects me to life, the human experience and
the beauty of all that</i></span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<br /></div>
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<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;"><span><b>Sometimes</b></span></span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;"><span>Sometimes
when I think of you</span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;"><span>and
try to connect with you</span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;"><span>I
can feel something in my heart </span></span>
</div><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;"><span>like
a knocking</span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;"><span>like
you are trying to get in there</span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;"><span>and
teach me what love is</span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;"><span>what
it really is</span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;"><span>real
</span></span>
</div><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;"><span>unconditional</span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;"><span>love</span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;"><span><i>You
can lose the one you love</i></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;"><span><i>but
you don't lose the love</i></span></span></div>
<div style="font-style: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<br /></div>
<div style="font-style: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<br /></div>
<div style="font-style: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<br /></div>
<div style="font-style: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif"><span><b>You'll
get over it</b></span></span></span></span></div>
<div style="font-style: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<br /></div>
<div style="font-style: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;"><span>You'll
get over it</span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span><div style="font-style: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;"><span>they
say</span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span><div style="font-style: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;"><span>time
heals all wounds</span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span><div style="font-style: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;"><span>But
I say</span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span><div style="font-style: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;"><span>I
don't want to get over it</span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span><div style="font-style: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;"><span>sadness
is part of being human and I 'm not afraid of it</span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span><div style="font-style: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;"><span>I
see it doesn't break me or drive me crazy</span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span><div style="font-style: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;"><span>it
rather makes me more sane, more human, more humble and more loving</span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span><div style="font-style: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;"><span>The
sadness of having lost a loved one</span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span><div style="font-style: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;"><span>brings
me closer to the one I lost</span></span></div>
<br /></div>
KarinOhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04304494736040800494noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1314397415609411776.post-88423926061095495982018-04-16T11:32:00.000+03:002018-04-16T11:32:07.539+03:00Big little boys<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<br />
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Big
little boys</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">playing
big with big weapons</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">weapons
too big for their little understanding</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">of
what is worth fighting for</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Blood
on their dirty, greedy hands</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">grabbing
for more</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">more
land, more oil, more money</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">to
put in their already full pockets</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Innocent
land conquered with lies</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">fooling
the masses</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">that
these killings, these murders of innocent millions</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">are
somehow</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">justified</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<br />
</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">But
we're waking up now</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">We
stand up, lift our head, open our eyes</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">We
turn off the television,</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">we
walk away from meaningless jobs</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">that
only put more money</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">in
the pockets of the few</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">We're
done with obeying fools</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">we
don't need their toys, their drugs, their plastic crap anymore</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">we've
had enough</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">We
want the truth</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">we
want transparency, true democracy and equality</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">We
want love to rule the world</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<br />
</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">We're
not here to live in the shadows of insanity</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">We
were born to live in the light of the human potential</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">and
we know what that means</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">we
know what we can create</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">we
know how to love one and other</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">we
know how to care, how to share</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">We
can build what is sustainable</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">and
break down the destructive</span></span></div>
<br /></div>
KarinOhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04304494736040800494noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1314397415609411776.post-40606801314477134412016-03-12T20:05:00.001+02:002016-03-12T20:05:08.820+02:00Back to the Roots - Reflektioner från tre vintermånader i ursprungslandet <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><b>Förlåta.</b></i>
</span></span>
</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Integrera
det förflutna och sluta cirklar. Förlåta mig själv för misstag,
för att jag inte värdesatte mig själv och levde närvarande i alla
situationer. För att jag flydde, gömde mig, skämdes och inte
deltog fullt ut i Livet. För att jag inte visste att Livet också
var för mig...</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<br />
</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><b>Iakttagelser.</b></i></span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Jag
iakttar vad som väcker längtan och inspiration och vad som väcker
stress.</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Längtan
att skapa.</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Stress
av alla måsten.</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Jag
iakttar små utbrott av ångest som flammar upp men sen avtar bara av
att jag finns där.</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Jag
ser den gamla välbekanta känslan av utanförskap. Den får också
finnas.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">För
jag flyr inte längre. Det är därför jag är här, tillbaka till
den plats jag en gång flydde från. Jag vet ju att det egentligen
inte handlar om någon plats. Det handlar om obehagliga och mörka
skrymslen och vrår i mig själv.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Som
min rotlöshet, rastlöshet, oro</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">en
tyngd, ett mörker, en sorg</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Inte
fått höra till</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">inte
fått känna kraften av ett väl utvecklat rotsystem</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">i
mustig mylla</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">och
näringsrik jord</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><b>Samhörighet.</b></i>
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<span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Det
är underbart att känna samhörighet med världen omkring en. Vandra
på gator och torg och känna ett VI. Jag i förhållande till andra
människor, naturligt, enkelt, vänligt, kärleksfullt. Det har inte
alltid varit så och speciellt inte då, på den tiden, i den här
staden, så det värmer extra mycket när jag upptäcker skillnaden.
Och t.o.m mitt förhållande till myndigheter och inte minst till min
mor har genomgått en närmast mirakulös transformation vilket gör
mig både häpen och tacksam.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Det
är klart, det har ju gått några år. Ett inre arbete har pågått
som skapat den där samhörighetskänslan inombords. Det är där det
börjar förstås; i mitt inre och mitt förhållande till mig själv
som sen speglas i världen omkring.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Känner
samhörighet utan att behöva kliva in i boxen.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><b>På
stadsbussen. </b></i></span></span>
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<span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Kära
tonårstjejer, gå inte på den stora Myten! Tro inte
att ni kan köpa tillhörighet och samhörighet i form av smink och
kläder. Det finns hos alla ett grundläggande behov, en
överlevnadsinstinkt faktiskt, att höra till. Men det sitter inte i
det yttre; sminkad på samma sätt som de andra tjejerna gör inte
gemenskapen starkare, bara ytligare. Istället missar vi det som
verkligen håller oss samman: Vårt inre, vår äkthet, vår
sårbarhet, vår öppna, gemensamma, unika mänsklighet</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><b>Naturen.</b></i>
</span></span>
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<span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Har
alltid funnits där. Som en kär vän, en hjärte- och sinne-öppnare,
en tröstare, en själavårdare med en skönhet som ofta får mig att
bara stå där, stilla, hänförd, tacksam.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><b>Borde-demoner.</b></i>
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<span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Ibland
blir de så tydliga; borde-tankarna. Borde vara mer effektiv, borde
producera mera, borde vara mer kreativ, borde göra det och det och
borde, borde, borde. Vilken enorm stress de tankarna framkallar! Helt
i onödan dessutom för inte blir det mer gjort för att jag lägger
ner en massa energi på att kritisera och slå ner på mig själv.
När jag inser det träder hon fram som en gudinna och lägger en
mjuk, sval hand på min panna och får borde-tankarna att framstå
som fåniga demoner. De drar sig fegt undan, de klarar inte
strålglansen från mitt klokare jag.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><b>Välfärdsrädsla.</b></i>
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<span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Tänk
vad rädda vi är om vår välfärd! Och tänk vad rädda vi är för
förändring och oj vad läskigt att inse att världen bortom det
västerländska välståndet kryper allt närmare inpå. Människor i
ofattbar nöd som vi förut bara sett på nyheterna står helt
plötsligt här i vårt land, i vår stad. Och många, många fler är
på väg. Men ju större kris, ju fler bomber och ju fler människor
på flykt desto mer drar Europa för sina gardiner, låser sina
dörrar och stänger och bommar igen. Och fortsätter sälja bomber
för att hålla välfärdskarusellen snurrande.</span></span></div>
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KarinOhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04304494736040800494noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1314397415609411776.post-20407932073300586982015-03-09T01:28:00.000+02:002016-03-07T22:11:09.150+02:00International Time of the Feminine<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">For many, probably most, women it doesn't come easy and naturally to get really connected with true femininity. First of all because there is no teaching around this in our society but also because to get in touch with the Woman inside means to get in touch with pain. Our own personal pain of having said yes when we meant no, and saying no when we wanted to say yes. The pain we feel from all the things we have done and not done in order to not be disturbing or embarrasing, to please, to not be ridicolous or stick out. The feminine inside also makes us get in touch with the pain of ALL the women in the entire world through all the times. All the suppression, the rapes, the burning, the stoning, the exploitation, the buying, the selling, the abusing, the silencing, the cutting, the neglecting, the hiding, the denyal, the.... ALL of it. Is in each and every woman. In our blood, in our DNA.<br />In us, in our purest essence as women, are also the so called female qualities; the receptivity, the nurturing, the dancing energies, the embracing, the creative chaotic flow, the life cycles, the softness, the emotions, the surrender, the devotion, the connecting, the intuition, the life bringer, the nature and Mother Earth. Which are also in men, of course, but nevertheless surpressed since some thousands of years. Not so valid, not so important (I made a mistake in my typing and wrote impotent..) and put aside for the more masculine qualities to come forth: Logic, action, goal orientation, hunting, calculating, competing (which are not bad in themselves but they are totally out of balance, and that's the bad thing). Most women believe they have to develope these masculine qualities, even if it doesn't align with their desire and instinct, to to be able to cope in this world. But it doesn't have to be like that. Actually the world is screaming for the feminine to rise. <br /><br />To not only cope but to live a life in dignity and grace I have to be me, and I have to never stop exploring what that means. I have to stand well rooted in my womanhood to resist the winds of masculinity that constantly sweeps over our society in all kinds of open or hidden forms. Strong in my vulnerability, steady in my softness, radical in my honesty.<br />But then comes the big question: How to do that? And what IS the womanhood in me REALLY? Nobody told me that! To become more feminine was the same as putting a tight dress and some make up on. The purpose was to be sexy and attractive to men. The role models, the rules and the models are all created by men and financial interest. These two are very intertwined by the way, because only masculine qualities, at their extreme, can choose financial profit before the good of all. How a woman's body should look like, how women's sexuality should look like and how female behaviour should be were all set up since thousands of years by society (ruled by men), religion (ruled by men) and the market (ruled by men).<br />So I started to explore. By myself, with my -oh so patient!- beloved and with other women. What were my conditionings, my hang-ups, fears, beliefs and wounds around being a woman? I read, I wrote, I cried, I discussed, I listened more carefully to my body, I started to say yes and no in alignment with my needs, I connected with sisters for deeper practice and support.<br />To stand strong in our womanhood does not mean starting a war against men, it simply means diving deep inside and explore, strengthen and celebrate the feminine. To give her a voice, to give her space, time, nourishment, love and healing in whatever form we can imagine. It means to give the female qualities equal rights and value in our world and we do that by honoring them in ourselves. The masculine has ruled long enough and we can all see the results of that: War, violence, poverty, injustice, ecosystems out of balance. It is time for the feminine to rise.</span></div>
KarinOhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04304494736040800494noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1314397415609411776.post-32180729335112879482014-02-10T22:13:00.003+02:002021-05-04T17:08:41.688+03:00Mindfulness och den Ultimata Revolutionen<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span face="Verdana,sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;"><span>Mindfulness
är ett begrepp som ligger i tiden. Det är en metod eller
förhållningssätt som man utvecklat ur buddhismens livsåskådning
för att motverka stress, bota utbrändhet och allmänt verka för
bättre psykiska hälsa. Bortskalad all buddhistisk filosofi har den
blivit rumsren bland psykologer och terapeuter i ett samhälle som är
i skriande behov av botemedel mot att många människor, alltför
många, inte mår bra. Symptomen är utbrändhet, depression,
fibromyalgi med långtidssjukskrivningar som följd.</span>
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<span face="Verdana,sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;"><span>Men
ärligt talat; är det här samhället som det ser ut i de flesta
länder i västvärlden verkligen gjort för att människor ska må
bra? Är det möjligt att må bra i ett samhälle som värdesätter
hög prestationsförmåga och materialistiska ambitioner och inte
alls känslomässig förmåga eller andliga ambitioner?</span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">
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<span face="Verdana,sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;"><span>Hur
kan man må bra när man redan som liten får klart för sig att det
som räknas är vad man GÖR och inte vad man ÄR? Hur kan man må
bra i en värld som aldrig dryftar ett ord om vem vi är innerst
inne, var vi kommer ifrån och vad vi egentligen har här att göra?
Vad är meningen med allting? Det viktiga är inte att vi får
svaren, det viktiga är att vi ger utrymme för dessa frågor och
inte utan vidare godtar den allmänt vedertagna uppfattningen om
livets mening som i slutändan endast gynnar marknadsintressena.</span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">
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<span face="Verdana,sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;"><span>Överhuvudtaget
har nog de flesta av oss fått för lite utrymme. Utrymme till att
utforska oss själva, vilka vi är och vad vi vill. Utrymme till att
bara vara, utrymme till att andas...</span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">
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<span face="Verdana,sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;"><span>Snabbt
stoppas vi in i lekhagen av Möjliga Karriärer med en napp av
Materiell Trygghet i munnen som tröst om vi känner oss ledsna eller
vilsna. Fullt upptagna med uppgiften att jaga yttre, materiell
framgång, stimulans och tillfredsställelse tappar vi bort utrymmet.
Utrymmet vi så väl behöver för begrundande, eftertanke,
stanna-upp-och-känna-efter och gå inåt för att se om själen.
Utrymme för att kolla av om det inre hänger med – och har lust
att hänga med – det yttre.</span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">
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<span face="Verdana,sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;"><span>Det
är här mindfulness kommer in i bilden. Mindfulness ger oss detta
utrymme. Mitt i vardagen, mitt i karriären, stressen och skrikande
barn kommer mindfulness in som en fräsch, lekande, lätt sommarvind
full av blomdofter som vi plötsligt blir medvetna om. Vi inser att
vinden och blomdofterna funnits där hela tiden, vi har bara inte
varit medvetna om dem. Vi ler mot de skrikande barnen och släpper
vardagsstressen, plötsligt uppfyllda av magiken i detta ögonblick.
Ett ögonblick som tycks expandera, fördjupas och ge oss inblick i
något större och mer essentiellt än våra yttre förehavanden och
strävan att vara tillräckligt bra, bättre, starkare, snabbare,
snyggare osv.</span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">
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<span face="Verdana,sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;"><span>Det
är inte blomdofterna som är det väsentliga här utan det faktum att vi stannat
upp, skapat utrymme och därmed blivit medvetna om det stora i detta
NU. Vi ger oss själva möjlighet att känna efter och bli medvetet
närvarande i nuet, vad detta nu än innehåller.</span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">
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<span face="Verdana,sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;"><span>Fick
vi alla lära oss att hitta tillbaka till denna närvaro (och inte
låta våra barn förlora den!), så skulle samhället se mycket
annorlunda ut. I den medvetna närvaron, i mindfulness, är vi i
kontakt med vår kropp, vår själ och vårt hjärta, och handlar
därifrån och inte utifrån vad vårt ego säger att vi borde eller
vad det tror att andra tycker. I medveten närvaro har vi utrymmet vi
behöver för att kunna ta beslut vi verkligen kan stå för. Vi går
inte på de myter som säger att det viktiga här i livet är att
tjäna mer och mer pengar, konsumera mera, och se ut på ett visst
sätt etc. Vi är fria från det som gör oss sjuka: Ideer vi har
fått om vad livet går ut på som faktiskt inte stämmer, ideer som
tvingar in oss i ekorrhjul och beteendemönster som inte är i
harmoni med vår egen innersta längtan. </span></span>
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<span face="Verdana,sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;"><span>Vår
egen innersta längtan är vapnet mot ett system som sakta förgör
både oss och planeten. Vi behöver komma i kontakt med vår innersta
längtan – Vad får oss att må bra? Vad ger oss glädje? – och
följa den.</span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">
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<span face="Verdana,sans-serif"><span>Mindfulness
med sin accepterande och kärleksfulla attityd guidar oss rätt in i
vårt eget varande, gör synligt det som legat gömt, vädrar, rensar
och polerar fram den skatt som är vår kärna. Vårt verkliga jag
blir synligt och vi kan bekanta oss med det i lugn och ro samtidigt
som vi studerar våra mönster och det falska jag vi identifierat oss
med i många år. När vi lär oss att lyssna på vår innersta
längtan och följa dess röst utan rädslor för att inte vara
accepterade och älskade, för vad andra ska tycka och vad som kan
hända i framtiden osv, tar vårt liv en annan riktning: Mot sanning,
harmoni, läkande, kreativitet, samklang med naturen och våra
medmänniskor. Och om många människor gör detta måste vårt
tungrodda och människofientliga system börja ändra form och ett
nytt samhälle kan växa fram. Ett samhälle där mindfulness inte
behövs för att bota utbrändhet utan istället är grundvalen för
ett hälsosamt och medvetet sätt att leva. </span></span></span>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I
think it is a good idea for everybody to every now and then take a
good look at oneself and question one’s lifestyle, choices and
preoccupations.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And
thus I asked myself Why do I do yoga?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I
practice by myself more or less every day and I teach on a regular
basis since a few years after completing a teacher training.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Because
I like it. Of course. I like it a lot. It makes me feel good. It
makes me feel relaxed, alert, alive, centered, grounded, strong and
balanced. But more than that: Yoga has become the platform that
currently works best for me to play my role in this game called life.
Yoga is like a playground where we explore what it means to be human.
And yoga is a great way to expand our consciousness and presence in
the here and now.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We
can say that Yoga is a practice of self-discovery, of exploring and
challenging our abilities and to move beyond our comfort zone.
Moreover Yoga teaches us to relax during that winding road of
exploring and challenging. To relax in our bodies but also in our
mind, no matter what we discover in every moment. In deep relaxation
we have to let go of tension, control and judgments and instead
invite an attitude of acceptance and loving kindness.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Somebody
said: “Yoga is a controlled way to put ourselves in difficult
positions.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Yes,
the body postures can be very challenging sometimes, and that gives
us an opportunity to investigate our limits, not only in the body but
in the mind as well. To know our limits and with respect and
gentleness go beyond them - if and when we are ready for that -
prepare us for the challenges in our everyday lives. To know
ourselves, our limits as well as our potentials, makes us more
relaxed, more grounded and centered, more at ease in the midst of the
turbulence of life. To know ourselves brings us in touch with the
essence of our being, with the flow of Life and that means
fulfillment, contentment and true happiness.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Elizabeth
Gilbert writes in her book Eat Pray Love:</span></div>
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“…<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">all
the sorrow and trouble of this world is caused by unhappy people. The
search for contentment is, therefore, not merely a self-preserving
and self-benefiting act, but also a generous gift to the world.
Clearing out all your misery gets you out of the way. Only then are
you free to serve and enjoy other people.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">There
are many kinds and branches of yoga. Here I have been referring to
Hatha Yoga, which is the physical branch including the asanas (body
postures) which, in turn, has many smaller branches (ashtanga,
vinyasa, yin, anusara to mention a few). What differentiate Hatha
Yoga from gymnastics or stretching is that it is not ONLY a physical
practice: It includes also the very essential aspect of awareness.
Awareness of body, breath, mind and spirit.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A
Hatha Yoga class can be very soft or very dynamic. When I teach
drop-in yoga here on Amorgos the experiences of the students can vary
a lot so I need to keep it on a level which fits everybody. That
means that even the total beginner should be able to participate,
sometimes with a little help from props or by modifications of the
postures, there is always a solution. And a more advanced student
will always get something new out of any class. Or he/she will just
use the platform that the class offers to deepen his/her own
practice. When I travel to other places I most often look for a yoga
studio and participate in whatever class is on their schedule. I
always learn something, thankful to be able to practice with other
people.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">With
Awareness as an essential ingredient of yoga there is always
something going on: The body moves, stretches, bends and balances
using all kinds of muscles, the breath brings me deeper into the
postures and into my own being and also tells me when I go too far.
The mind can be tricky; trying to find all kinds of reasons to stop
the practice or to cheat a little or it judges my inability to
perform a certain pose in a perfect way or questions what is the
meaning of it all ANYWAY? When I can smile at myself and my own mind
and just surrender to whatever is going on in the present moment,
even if I am in a really difficult position, then there is that deep
sensation of something else taking over. Something big and blissful,
call it spirit, divine force, source, life or whatever you like, but
at the bottom line, that’s the reason I do yoga :-)</span></div>
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<span face="Verdana,sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;">“<span><b>The
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<span face="Verdana,sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;">If you're not in it for the money
you're often called idealist and not really taken seriously. </span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face="Verdana,sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;">It's
clear that the more money one makes the more respect and admiration
he/she will recieve, looked upon as one who has made it, who is
really successful. Even if the money making cause big damage to
the environment and/or comes from producing a
useless, unhealthy and maybe even dangerous product. And even if the so called successful person is totally stressed out, burned out and
worn-out along the way to his/her so called success. </span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face="Verdana,sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;">The current definition of
success is mirroring the values of our society: Profit,
material standard and consumerism
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<span face="Verdana,sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;">Maybe it is time to change that
definition? I definitely think so, and that's for two good reasons: One; To restore the environment and Two; to uplift the human experience, our health and sense of connection. </span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">
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<span face="Verdana,sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;"> “You have the need and the right
to spend part of your life caring for your soul. It is not easy.
You have to resist the demands of the
work-oriented, often defensive, element in your psyche that measures
life only in terms of output -- how much you produce -- not in terms
of the quality of your life experiences.
To be a soulful person means to go against all the
pervasive, prove-yourself values of our culture and instead treasure
what is unique and internal and valuable in yourself and your own personal evolution.” - Jean Shinoda Bolen</span></h5>
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a mad world tell you <br />that success is anything other <br />than a
successful present moment <br />~ Eckhart Tolle</b></span></span></h5>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I call them gap days. You know these
days when you are inbetween two projects, or you are in the middle of
a project and suddenly interrupted by something, it can be the
weather if it's an outdoor project, it can be something else coming
up that needs your attention or something upsets you or hurts you and
you are just not able to focus on work.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">The gap days often brings with them
some kind of frustration. You are not able to continue your project
and you were in such a good flow or you just can't focus on your next
step; what to do next? Which project to focus on now? Restlessness
and frustration. It can be that restlessness and frustration set the
tone for the rest of the day</span></div>
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</span><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">In the metro in Athens the voice in the
loudspeakers says at some of the stops “mind the gap between the
train and the platform”.</span></div>
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</span><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">And yes, let's mind the gap. Not in
order to jump safely over it into the doing of another project, but
let's mind the gap as a gap, an opening, an empty space inbetween
things and stay there, listen to what it has to say. See it as a call
from the soul saying hey, stop the doing for a moment and listen
here, got something to tell you.</span></div>
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</span><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">For me when I do this, when I am alert
enough to hear that message, I understand the frustration and why
nothing seemed to work that day; it wasn't meant to work! Or rather:
I wasn't meant to work. It was time to stop the doing and the mental
activity for a moment (or a day).
</span></div>
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</span><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I am not living and working in a very
stressful environment, nor have I a demanding boss giving me tight
deadlines, but I can still loose connection and get caught up in
musts and shoulds. Things might be flowing but if I'm not paying
attention I can easily drop out of the flow if I'm attached to my
thoughts, to the outcome of my actions or in any other way not
present in what I'm doing in the moment.</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">
</span><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Then I need a break. I need to stop and
listen. And it seems like Life takes care of that by putting
something inbetween me and the work I believe has to be done, now.
And so there is a gap. A Gap is a Gift from the Soul. When I can
accept the gift I stop and ask:
</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">
</span><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">What is going on inside me? What needs
to be seen and taken care of? And usually these are the moments of my
most profound insights. These are the moments when I get in touch
with something inside myself that is vulnerability, gratitude and
bliss in the same time. <span lang="en-US">And these</span> are the
moments when something else kind of takes over and sometimes guides me into
another new project that was not at all on my schedule that day but
gives me the nourishment and fulfillment I actually needed.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Do you have gap days?
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">A gap day<br />An inbetween day<br />A day
that takes a break from doing and producing<br />A day when there is
storm outside<br />and thunder inside<br />A day when the soul invites me
to the moment that is and is the only thing there is<br />The lightning
of that realization<br />cracks my heart open</span></div>
KarinOhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04304494736040800494noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1314397415609411776.post-79731101150998869382013-04-08T22:22:00.001+03:002013-04-08T22:35:20.135+03:00Yoga and Intimacy<style type="text/css">P { margin-bottom: 0.21cm; }</style>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">What
does yoga and intimacy have to do with each other? Everything! Yoga
is about connection, oneness, unity. The word yoga itself means to
unite in Sanskrit. </span></span>
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<div lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">It
can look like a very individual practice; everyone on his or her mat,
concentrating, doing his or her own yoga. And yes, because first we
are cultivating an intimacy with ourselves. We get to know all the
aspects of our own being through the awareness that yoga is all about
and which differences it from other gymnastics or workouts. We become
aware of our bodies, its limits, its joys, its needs and desires.
Through all the stretching and bending and twisting and breathing we
get to know all the corners and pieces and parts we didn't even know
we had. Absolutely essential for a good yoga practice is to cultivate
respect for the body, which comes naturally when we start to pay
attention, to listen , to be aware. </span></span>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">The
breath and the body work in deep connection in the hatha yoga
practice and the breath also works as a bridge between the body and
our innermost being. Becoming connected and intimate with that part
of ourselves opens the door to intimacy with other people and the
world around us. We realize that we are part of it all, that we are
part of a huge ecosystem called the universe. Out of that insight
comes respect, compassion and love for our fellow human beings, for
the animals, for the nature and the whole planet. </span></span>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Yoga
can guide you to a full experience of being you in your body, relaxed
and grounded in consciousness. Your body's movements emerge from deep
inside and are brought forth by the breath. That body-breath-soul
connection is the very first intimate relationship one has. (I am not
saying that yoga is the only way to find this connection but it is a
good way. And maybe that's the reason why yoga is so popular these
days; it fills a gap, giving people something they miss in their
lives; that intimate connection with ones inner being.) In the
beginning it can be challenging to drop images and ideas of
perfection and goals to reach. But after a while we learn to relax
and accept every moment as it unfolds, starting with our own bodies
as we move with awareness exploring its limitations and needs.</span></span></div>
<div lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">When
we can relax, rest and just be in ourselves, without the need to
control or change things, the same will effortlessly happen in our
relationships. When our yoga practice has become profoundly
integrated in our whole being, a desire is born. A desire to embrace
life in all its aspects.</span></span></div>
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<br />KarinOhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04304494736040800494noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1314397415609411776.post-78412754762400484952013-03-31T19:38:00.001+03:002021-03-30T21:57:45.453+03:00Ecologist? <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<h4>
<span face="Bitstream Charter, sans-serif">In
the supermarket I was asked when I said I don’t want a plastic bag
but prefer to use my own bag, if I am an ecologist. </span></h4><h4><span face="Bitstream Charter, sans-serif">Of course, I
said.</span></h4>
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<h4>
<span face="Bitstream Charter, sans-serif">Afterwards
I thought: How can someone not be an ecologist? The whole planet and
every living thing upon it is part of an ecology in wondrous
harmoniously created ecosystems. That is what life on earth is built
on. So to not be part of that is to be against life. And, after
thinking closer about it, that is exactly what our western life style
and systems are; against life, destroying life by destroying the
harmony of the ecosystems we are all part of. </span>
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<h4>
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<div class="western" lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;">
<h4>
<span face="Bitstream Charter, sans-serif">We
are part of a huge ecosystem called the universe. This is the only
system we need to be faithful to, to respect and protect,
because we are so intertwined with it as a baby in the mothers womb. In contrast to the political and
economical systems, which are mainly looking for profit, power and private property for a few, the ecological system will always support and feed
us, as long as we don't deny it and turn it our back, seduced by the
other systems' false promises of security and happiness. </span></h4><h4><span face="Bitstream Charter, sans-serif">Political
and economical systems could also be a part of the ecosystem of
course, if they would respect the laws of nature and spring from a
profound understanding that we are all deeply connected with all
other beings on the planet and with the planet and the whole universe
itself. </span>
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<h4>
<span face="Bitstream Charter, sans-serif">We,
the human race, have disconnected ourselves from the natural flow of
life and forgotten that we are all part of it and what we do to
another living being we do to ourselves. We are all important parts
of a big whole and all our actions are having impact on the whole. It
is easy to see that our current actions are having a negative impact
on the planet (just consider how much garbage everyone of us throw
every day or the production chain behind the things that we buy).
Imagine the reverse: How would it look if everybody could really feel
their belonging and interrelatedness to the whole and took
responsibility for every action? Let's go back to the supermarket,
the temple of consumerism, and in front of every item we are about to
buy stop and ask: Is this thing recyclable? Is it in any way
destructive for the planet, either in the production process or as
waste? If it is don’t by it!</span></h4>
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<h4>
<span face="Bitstream Charter, sans-serif">And
of course, on our way out we say no thank you to plastic bags!</span></h4>
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<h4>
<span face="Bitstream Charter, sans-serif">Please
note that this observation is made in Greece where management of environmental
issues is not yet that developed. I am aware that in many other
countries plastic bags in the supermarkets just don't exist anymore
or they exist but you have to pay for them.</span></h4>
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KarinOhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04304494736040800494noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1314397415609411776.post-59450119450457745472013-03-05T13:52:00.003+02:002021-03-24T11:50:29.206+02:00Stretching bodies, stretching minds / Ανοίγουμε το σώμα, ανοίγουμε το μυαλό<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Yoga can actually be
quite a revolutionary practice, an antidote to the sleeping state of
our society. But it is a revolution that starts in our own minds. </span></div><div class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;">By
questioning old concepts, belief systems and conditionings we've been
fed and taken for true and for granted and for “normal”, we can
wake up, awaken and find our own truth.</span></div><div class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;">When I do this inquiery of
the mind I usually realize that most of my thoughts are not true, and
still they have such impact on me: They keep me imprisoned, stuck and
suffering, if I believe them.</span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span><div class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;">
Yoga is not only
stretching our bodies, it is also stretching our minds. </span></div><div class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Taken that
the quality of awareness is there, which it should because it is the
very thing that differs yoga from the workout in the gym, yoga can take us into a deep understanding of who we are. Awareness
of body, breath and mind. </span></div><div class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;">You move – with awareness – into a
posture, reaching a point where it is a little challenging, a little
difficult, you can really feel the stretch in your muscles, you are
reaching the borders of your comfort zone. Then the mind starts going, maybe saying things like: “No, I can't do this! How long is
that teacher going to keep us in this position? Why did I bother to
come here anyway?
Look at the woman over there, she is really flexible. I am really
worthless.”. And so on.</span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span><div class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;">
But you stay. </span></div><div class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;">You
breathe, you watch, you explore. You feel, you listen, you look into
every corner of your being. You accept, you embrace and maybe find
that space of relaxation in the midst of effort. Suddenly you are out
of your comfort zone, totally present and alive. Free and with an
inner strength you didn't even know that you had. It is the body that
has opened but also the mind; it went beyond the resistant “I can't”, therefor that feeling of freedom.</span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span><div class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></div><div class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;">We can take this
practice off the mat. We can learn to look at our body-mind structure
with the same awareness wherever we are and whatever we do. We can
become aware of the position of our body, take a deep, conscious
breath and relax. We can also become aware of the thoughts in our head and if they are stressful we can question them and notice that they aren't necessarily true.
Actually we might discover that there is a cacophony of voices in our
heads all telling us lies!</span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span><div class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span>
</div><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span><div class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;">
There is an excellent
method of inquiering the thoughts called The Work,
founded by Byron Katie</span><span style="font-size: medium;">. I've had the opportunity to practice the method with a certified facilitator of The Work, Helena Montelius, and if you are curious and would like to explore I can really recommend her. Here's her website: <a href="http://lookwithininstitute.com">lookwithininstitute.com</a></span></div><div class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;">And here is the official website for The Work: <a href="http://thework.com">thework.com</a></span>
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Ανοίγουμε
το σώμα, ανοίγουμε το μυαλό</b></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span><div class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;">
Η γιόγκα μπορεί
να είναι μια επαναστατική πρακτική, ένα
αντίδοτο ενάντια στην ύπνωση που
βρίσκεται η κοινωνία μας. Άλλα αυτή η
επανάσταση ξεκινά από το ίδιο μας το
μυαλό. Αμφισβητώντας παλιές ιδέες,
συστήματα αξιών και σκέψεις που
δημιουργούν στρες, τα οποία τα θεωρούμε
αλήθεια και δεδομένα. Όταν αμφισβητώ
τις σκέψεις μου συνειδητοποιώ οτι οι
περισσότερες δεν είναι αληθινές, και
όμως έχουν μεγάλη επίδραση πάνω μου: Με
κρατάνε φυλακισμένη, κολλημένη, με
κάνουν να υποφέρω, εφόσον τις πιστεύω.
</span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span><div class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;">
Η γιόγκα δεν
ανοίγει μόνο το σώμα μας, άλλα και το
μυαλό, εάν βέβαια, έχουμε επίγνωση. Είναι
η επίγνωση αυτή που διαφοροποιεί την
γιόγκα από οποιαδήποτε άλλη γυμναστική.
Επίγνωση στο σώμα, στην αναπνοή και στο
μυαλό. Μπαίνεις – με επίγνωση - σε μια
στάση, φτάνοντας σε ένα σημείο που είναι
λίγο προκλητικό, λίγο δύσκολο, νοιώθεις
το τέντωμα στους μυς, φτάνεις στα οριά
σου. Και το μυαλό ακολουθεί, ίσως λέει:
Όχι, δεν μπορώ! Πόση ώρα θα μας κρατήσει
αυτός ο δάσκαλος σε αυτη την στάση; Τι
ήθελα και ήρθα εδώ; Γιατί δεν έμεινα
σπίτι στον καναπέ μου; Κοίτα αυτη την
γυναίκα, είναι πολύ ευλύγιστη. Είμαι
άχρηστη. Αν έκανα πιο πολύ πρακτική θα
ήμουν καλύτερη. Και τα λοιπά.</span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span><div class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;">
Αλλά μένεις.
Αναπνέεις, παρατηρείς, εξερευνάς.
Αισθάνεσαι, ακούς, κοιτάς κάθε γωνία
του εαυτού σου. Αποδέχεσαι, αγκαλιάζεις
και ίσως βρίσκεις εκεί χώρο για χαλάρωση
στην μέση της προσπάθειας. Ξαφνικά έχεις
ξεπεράσει τα όριά σου και είσαι εντελώς
παρόν και ζωντανός. Ελεύθερος και με
μια εσωτερική δύναμη που δεν ήξερες καν
οτι έχεις. Το σώμα έχει ανοίξει αλλά και
το μυαλό· ξεπέρασε το “Δεν μπορώ”, την
αντίσταση και τις αμφιβολίες, για αυτό
και έχεις αυτήν την αίσθηση ελευθερίας.</span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span><div class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;">
Μπορούμε να
πάρουμε αυτή την πρακτική μαζί μας πέρα
από το στρωματάκι. Μπορούμε να μάθουμε
να κοιτάμε το σώμα-νου με την ίδια
επίγνωση όπου και να βρισκόμαστε και
ότι και να κάνουμε. Μπορούμε να
συνειδητοποιούμε την στάση του σώματός
μας, να πάρουμε μια βαθιά αναπνοή και
να αμφισβητούμε τις σκέψεις μας που δεν
είναι απαραίτητα αληθινές. Πράγματι
μπορεί να ανακαλύψουμε ότι υπάρχουν
πολλές φωνές οι οποίες μας λένε όλο
ψέματα!
</span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span><div class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span>
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</span><div class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;">
Υπάρχει μια
θαυμάσια μέθοδος για να κάνουμε αυτή
την εξερεύνηση των σκέψεων που ονομάζεται
The Work (Η Εργασία), ιδρυμένη από την Μπάιρον
Κέιτη (Byron Katie). Επισκεφτείτε την
ιστοσελίδα της για περισσότερες
πληροφορίες: <a href="https://thework.com/">https://thework.com/</a><br /></span></div>
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KarinOhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04304494736040800494noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1314397415609411776.post-6979677295827185772013-03-05T13:22:00.000+02:002013-03-05T13:22:01.907+02:00Welcome to my blog!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I
am delighted to share <span style="font-size: small;">and connect with you more than I would do if I just kept these writings in my journals. I<span style="font-size: small;"> feel <span style="font-size: small;">we all <span style="font-size: small;">have a lot to share and contribut<span style="font-size: small;">e and </span>this is the time to do it. W<span style="font-size: small;">e have all the techn<span style="font-size: small;">ological<span style="font-size: small;"> ass<span style="font-size: small;">ist<span style="font-size: small;">a</span>nce we need <span style="font-size: small;">and it seems to be a ti<span style="font-size: small;">me <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">of communication, to go from <span style="font-size: small;">"me" to "we" and create something beautiful together.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">What
is happening in the world blends with my experience of meditation,
yoga, healing and Life itself, and I see an interesting connection:
What is happening in the world is also happening in ourselves, what
is happening in the world is a reflection on what goes on inside us;
chaos, conflicts, confusion but also love, joy, grace... We usually
don't realize though, that we’ve got the power to choose and to
change. We really just need to change one person to change the world;
ourselves. We can stop our doing for a moment to take a deep breath,
to go within, take a good look and question what is going on in our
minds. When we do that we usually discover that many of our thoughts,
beliefs and ideas are not ours, they are not even true, but we still
take them for granted, for “normal”, live by them and create our
lives according to them.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The
crises and changes that are taking place in the world today are
reflecting crises and changes in our consciousness. More and more
people and movements are questioning old systems and lifestyles that
obviously don't serve us anymore. There is a longing and a tendency
to move from separation to oneness. From fighting to caring, from
fear to love, from war to peace. </span></span>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The
soulful revolution starts within. It starts with the soul, sick and
tired of being prisoned by the concepts of our mind. It is the soul
that wants to be set free and express and embody itself as the
highest potential of the human experience. In Love. In Peace. In
Grace.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Would
you like to join? Just close your eyes for a moment. Become aware of
the breath breathing you in this moment, feel your body as you sit
there and just explore what happens inside, in you. There it begins.</span></span></div>
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