Thursday, January 13, 2011

stumbling into nirvana

if you understand, things are just as they are.
if you do not understand, things are just as they are.
- zen proverb


nirvana. enlightenment. whatever you wish to call it. is the complete deconstruction of all of our rigid mental patterns and habits. the complete deconstruction of any and all of our limiting beliefs. this creates a space for honest and true inquiry. brings us to a place where we can experience something completely new. new truth. new reality. new miracle. brings us to a place where we can see things differently. presenting new opportunities. expanding new horizons.

it is from this vantage that we create when we de-create what was and up-cycle into what is.  it is from enlightenment. nirvana. bliss. that we forge into the moment as we contemplate the cloth before us and then reach out and change it. change ourselves. change our world around us.


it is cold outside, though getting warmer, if only by comparison. i am lethargic today. feeling rather like a bear and longing to get back to my interrupted hibernation. but these cloths won't quiet down and let me doze next to the hearth fire.  green tea is steeping on the wood stove. perhaps a warm mug will breathe contentment into this moment and i will drift back into sleep. dream. renew. return to these tasks refreshed.

namaste'

14 comments:

  1. Everything is as it is meant to be.

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  2. Well, thanks for presenting me with the opportunity of explaining to myself why I´m in the mood for rather recklessly de-constructing + (hopefully) de-creating several wips here at the moment...

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  3. My husband had an aunt who died just a month short of the 100th birthday. She was an educator. One of her philosophies for being ageless...and she was, was to always embrace the new, never judge, make new friends, have friends that are younger than you and always find something to celebrate. These are just a few of the lessons that I learned while having afternoon teas with her. I miss her. She would have loved your blog.

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  4. you are most welcome, ger. always happy to help out with an excuse...err...um...explanation or two!

    namaste'

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  5. mo'a...awesome thought! i would have loved having had her enjoy my blog... definitely, words to live by!

    namaste'

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  6. A great Doctor once wrote:
    "And wherever you go, there you are". ~ Dr.Seuss

    And Penny wrote: "Everything is as it is meant to be".

    My granddaughter says: "It is what it is".

    And I say "Yes" to the thought: "Always find something to Celebrate".

    Lovely thoughts, and those fortune cookies look good!

    ;~) Debi

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  7. OH!
    P.S. I love that blue fabric in the upper left-hand corner! YUM!
    Debi

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  8. Hi Joe, sounds like you're in the perfect place. Nature-wise, cloth-wise, consciousness-wise. Entering a shift here, after all . . . I'm feeling it, too. I hope everyone does.
    Namaste.

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  9. One thing I forgot to tell you about Aunt Elsie...is, that she had St.Bernard dogs from the time she was a baby. Sadly, by the time I met her when she was in her 80's she had given up taking care of animals...she had taken up world travel.

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  10. Oh My! I am here from Root Connections suggestion and your posting is SO beautiful. I too am focusing on this idea "things are just as they are". I am making a word play quilt "In this moment there is peace" that links nicely with what you posted. I am thinking to make the quilt into a cape!!!! :) THANK YOU!!!! Check out my quilt at kwiltzbystephanie.blogspot.com I look forward to reading more of your postings!! Namaste to you!

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  11. Is the background on your blog a piece of Heike's new cloth? Sure looks like it,based on computer images,esp. the section to ones left. I love it, and so much I ordered some from her.

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  12. thank you stephanie! i'll go take a look at your quilt (and blog) . it sounds wonderful!

    thank you for such kind words as well!

    namaste'

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  13. yes, Helen, heike's fabrics are stunning! the background, however, is just a graphic from blogger. i am working on a new design for my blog, but its not complete yet. hopefully soon...

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