Archive for the ‘Joy’ Category

My new workshop
Opening here in Toronto this weekend February 4th
 
Dancing on the Ecstatic Path ~ Bridging the Energy of Earth and Sky with the Energy of the Heart
 

Dancing on the Ecstatic Path ~ Bridging the Energy of Earth and Sky with the Energy of the Heart

 

What I see everyday…

I enjoy this business card so much. I don’t really know why I enjoy it, I have never really thought about it. But there it is, I look up . I enjoy the raw quality of this broken masculine image looking back at me.

I like that phrase … broken masculine image… ♥

Check the work of this local Toronto painter at Stev’nn Hall

This is also about the joy I have at having a camera in my hand all the time. I like where this photographic journal is going and the expression that it is generating. I love the ease of use.

View from my Desk - 9am - Toronto 2012

vis·ta

noun

1.

a view or prospect, especially one seen through a long, narrow avenue or passage, as between rows of trees or houses.
2.

such an avenue or passage, especially when formally planned.
3.

a far-reaching mental view: vistas of the future.

Today… Dancing…

Shiva Dance Dance Dance! Let Illusion Fall Away
Shiva Dance, Let Me See You …  Let Me BE You
Shiva Dance Dance Dance! I Am Total Freedom
Shiva Dance, I Am Total Love

or…

Shiva Dance Dance Dance! Let Illusion Fall Away
Shiva Dance, Let Me See You … Let Me BE You
Shiva Dance Dance Dance! I caught a glimpse of Freedom
Shiva Dance, I caught a glimpse of Peace

Today …  Shiva  …

“Lord Shiva is … In images, He is represented as a handsomeyoung manimmersed in deep meditation or dancing the Tandava upon Apasmara, the demon of ignorance in his manifestation of Nataraja, the Lord of the dance, goodness, humility, and every good quality a human should have. It is said that He looks like an eternal youth because of his authority over death, rebirth and immortality. He is also the father of Ganesha… “
 
 
 

Dancing on the Ecstatic Path …

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Lord Shiva Dancing for His Spouse Parvati

Oh! The places you’ll go…

Your mountain is waiting so get on your way.

Today Finding the Light.

Yesterday was a revelation and an inspiration. I got to find a little light in what I do and offer in this world. Working with a client I was totally touched and my heart was opened when they said” This is like going on a journey with my brother, we are discovering and learning together.”

I got to look inside, see my light, see the place in me that holds my heart and know that my heart was being seen and experienced for what is was being offered as.

Pleasure, inclusion and the unity and balance of being together. Being part of the Tribe and being together on the journey was reassuring and balancing for me. This simple statement offered me inspiration. I got to see my inner light as I guided another to seeing their own.

Love and Peace

Finding the Light - Day after the Winter Solstice - Toronto 2011

 

Creative Expression is a constant source of Juice!

What travels trough me as creative energy manifests in so many ways. I love how I feel when I am creative and when the creation is moving through me.

Creative Expression - December 2011

Inspiration – Juicy Heart

Posted: December 17, 2011 in Inspiration, Joy, Learning, Poetry

Today INSPIRATION is from a Poem:

Everything is Waiting for You

Your great mistake is to act the drama
as if you were alone. As if life
were a progressive and cunning crime
with no witness to the tiny hidden
transgressions. To feel abandoned is to deny
the intimacy of your surroundings. Surely,
even you, at times, have felt the grand array;
the swelling presence, and the chorus, crowding
out your solo voice You must note
the way the soap dish enables you,
or the window latch grants you freedom.
Alertness is the hidden discipline of familiarity.
The stairs are your mentor of things
to come, the doors have always been there
to frighten you and invite you,
and the tiny speaker in the phone
is your dream-ladder to divinity.

Put down the weight of your aloneness and ease into
the conversation. The kettle is singing
even as it pours you a drink, the cooking pots
have left their arrogant aloofness and
seen the good in you at last. All the birds
and creatures of the world are unutterably
themselves. Everything is waiting for you.

— David Whyte

Inspire – Water Taxi Venice 2010

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Excitement the totally JUICY state.

Cultivating and developing excitement and the glory of anticipation is a life long pursuit with me. I revel in the joy and pleasure of all that can be savoured in a prolonged period of excitement.

YES! This is all about SEX and YES this is all about living every day. I feel so much more, life force, juice and pleasure when I can be excited. Especially when my excitement is about what is happening, and what is going to happen and what has happened. I am in a state of JOY so much more often when I am excited and reveling in what is going to take place.

I can even feel this excitement about filling in a form and submitting documentation that needs to be painstakingly put together. I sometimes need to look at the far bigger picture to get the thrill in place.

Today I will feel all of the excitement about having a day. I will revel in the glory of what is. I will smile and enjoy every flash of pink and feel all the JUICE I have. This will be my challenge and my meditation for the day.

Excitement - Creating a JUICY State - Toronto December 2011

 
 
 
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gra·cious
adjective

1.

pleasantly kind, benevolent, and courteous.
2.

characterized by good taste, comfort, ease, or luxury: gracious suburban living; a gracious home.
3.

indulgent or beneficent in a pleasantly condescending way, especially to inferiors.
4.
merciful or compassionate: our gracious king.
 
Welcoming Diversity

Good GRACIOUS ~ Welcoming Diversity

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Today as I transition I will have lots of time to reflect with myself about what this pretty momentous weekend has delivered to me.

There are two elements floating in my being at this moment.

The first is if you want something there is no one more important in “getting” what you want that yourself. If I want something to change I will have to change to begin, inspire, create the change that I want…

The second is how shocked I was to see how difficult it was for me to feel and be a part of… I know that for those of you who know me this is pretty obvious; however, I was challenged to find my place in a group so diverse… at the same time I come out of this knowing that I will need to lead… So if I am a part of or not I know that there are several challenges ahead for ME to BE.

Love the universe at this moment and loving my place in it… So looking forward to what is unfolding for me and those I am near…

You must ask for what you really want... DON'T go back to sleep" Rumi

More as I journey home.