tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16292993243654971482012-02-02T14:37:10.749-08:00PilamayaKathy Trejohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08320525571609595412noreply@blogger.comBlogger1051100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1629299324365497148.post-67002263273540377562011-12-04T07:07:00.000-08:002011-12-04T07:07:48.254-08:00One Action is Better Than All Sutras, by Zen Master Seung Sahn
Silence is better than holiness, so one action is better than all sutras. If you are attached to words and speech, you won't understand a melon's taste; you will only understand its outside form. If you want to understand a melon's taste, then cut a piece and put it in your mouth. A melon ripens and grows by itself, it never explains to human beings its situation and condition.
If youKathy Trejohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08320525571609595412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1629299324365497148.post-58958364976382082662011-12-03T08:36:00.000-08:002011-12-04T08:42:53.230-08:00NothingCold Mountain is a house
Without beams or walls.
The six doors left and right are open
The hall is blue sky.
The rooms all vacant and vague
The east wall beats on the west wall
At the center nothing.
-Han Shan
zen thoughts --from Jade PurityKathy Trejohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08320525571609595412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1629299324365497148.post-40945230130380549252011-11-25T05:51:00.000-08:002011-11-25T05:51:39.661-08:00These momentsI find it harder and harder to criticize the world from a place of anger or disappointment. The screwed up world and the screwed up self are not only reflections of each other, they are one in the same. I am the suffering and the beauty and everything in between - not as some new philosophy but as a felt experience, moment by moment. And there are moments when the sadness of this place is Kathy Trejohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08320525571609595412noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1629299324365497148.post-79670456234426783092011-11-23T07:53:00.000-08:002011-11-23T07:53:17.154-08:00Intranaut: three realmsIntranaut: three realms: Three realms: (1) the humanimal realm, (2) the inner or esoteric realm, (3) the unending depths of the inner; the esoteric of the esoteric. ...Kathy Trejohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08320525571609595412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1629299324365497148.post-90652185746656650732011-11-16T07:10:00.001-08:002011-11-16T07:10:33.219-08:00Today's LightThe measure of your enlightenment is the degree to which you are comfortable with paradox, contradiction and ambiguity. -Deepak ChopraKathy Trejohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08320525571609595412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1629299324365497148.post-15123779271318484282011-10-15T10:38:00.000-07:002011-10-15T10:38:42.261-07:00Be JoyOur life is shaped by our mind; we become what we think. Suffering follows an evil thought as the wheels of a cart follow the oxen that draws it. Our life is shaped by our mind; we become what we think. Joy follows a pure thought like a shadow that never leaves.- The Buddha Kathy Trejohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08320525571609595412noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1629299324365497148.post-38737192414363340042011-10-14T20:57:00.001-07:002011-10-14T21:39:13.253-07:00reflecting
"People travel to wonder at the height of the mountains, at the huge waves of the sea, at the long courses of rivers, at the vast compass of the ocean, at the circular motion of the stars; and they pass by themselves without wondering". -St. AugustineKathy Trejohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08320525571609595412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1629299324365497148.post-47767473365698924252011-10-09T11:17:00.000-07:002011-10-14T21:17:08.976-07:00Bursts of color"Even if something is left undone, everyone must take time to sit still and watch the leaves turn."
-Elizabeth LawrenceKathy Trejohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08320525571609595412noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1629299324365497148.post-61281216779076932452011-06-21T08:20:00.001-07:002011-06-21T08:20:54.626-07:00stillThe wind is still,
But blossoms fall,
Birds sing in the
Quiet of the mountain.
This is Kannon's wondrous wisdom: Ah!
- Ryokan Kathy Trejohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08320525571609595412noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1629299324365497148.post-61276521298446498372011-05-23T13:23:00.000-07:002011-05-23T13:23:08.842-07:00Beliefs"An intelligent mind is an inquiring mind. It is not satisfied with explanation, with conclusions; nor is it a mind that believes, because belief is again another form of conclusion."
-Bruce LeeKathy Trejohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08320525571609595412noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1629299324365497148.post-79258718515374058112011-04-18T21:06:00.000-07:002011-04-20T13:07:24.648-07:00The MasterDawn was breaking and the students were sitting in the shrine-room, eagerly awaiting the arrival of the Master and his teaching for the day.
The Master arrived and was about to speak when a little bird outside began to sing its beautiful song.
Finally, the bird finished its song and flew away to find its mate.
{Pause}
"Today's teaching is over", said the Master.Kathy Trejohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08320525571609595412noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1629299324365497148.post-60478295679821255402011-03-30T23:12:00.000-07:002011-10-15T10:55:31.397-07:00TomatoTomato in my salad bowl
Is all there is.
Big as a watermelon,
big as the earth,
big as my mind.
Glistening,shining,with
time's still rush
We're locked together
for this part of eternity,
Tomato and me.
I feel taken into
the cherry tomato roundness,
orange redness,
its fact of existing.
I've never known
a tomato
quite like this.
This could go on a long time.
It's so compelling.
I'm becoming Kathy Trejohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08320525571609595412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1629299324365497148.post-6861269417060839432010-12-28T08:25:00.001-08:002011-10-15T10:54:37.412-07:00Expectations"If you accept the expectations of others, especially negative ones, then you never will change the outcome."- Michael JordanKathy Trejohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08320525571609595412noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1629299324365497148.post-41546436038159197272010-12-27T13:52:00.001-08:002011-10-15T10:55:00.956-07:00The Seer"We are not victims of aging, sickness and death. These are part of scenery, not the seer, who is immune to any form of change. This seer is the spirit, the expression of eternal being."- Deepak ChopraKathy Trejohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08320525571609595412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1629299324365497148.post-5815118268208269922010-12-22T10:15:00.000-08:002010-12-22T10:15:02.046-08:00Respect your mystery"Respect your mystery. Nothing is more profound but pursue it ruthlessly, trying to rip the veil away at every second. This is what makes life rich, that it has more to offer with each clue it reveals."
- Deepak ChopraKathy Trejohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08320525571609595412noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1629299324365497148.post-57451116137431760022010-08-25T18:27:00.000-07:002010-08-25T18:27:35.742-07:00Joy
A leaf fluttered in through the window this morning, as if supported by the rays of the sun, a bird settled on the fire escape, joy in the task of coffee, joy accompanied me as I walked.
-Anais NinKathy Trejohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08320525571609595412noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1629299324365497148.post-28765856969010787142010-07-05T17:13:00.001-07:002010-07-05T17:13:37.644-07:00Secret AspirationSecret Aspiration
In all vicissitudes,
I remain calm and still,
I panic not in peril,
Nor do I shake in moment’s chill,
I aspire not any comfort,
Nor do I disdain any pain,
For I am not the one who feel these,
Nor could these feel me,
I aspire you my Lord,
For you are that stillness which is in me,
I utter no will of my own,
For thy will is the cause of all other will,
All I want to do is to Kathy Trejohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08320525571609595412noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1629299324365497148.post-78094078901827754702010-06-10T11:08:00.000-07:002010-06-10T11:08:32.129-07:00Look deep into your heartIf someone asks what is the mark of enlightenment or illusion,
I cannot say -- wealth and honor are nothing but dust,
As the evening rain falls, I sit in my hermitage
And stretch out both feet in answer.
The ridicule or praise of worldly people means nothing
This is an old truth; don't think it was discovered recently.
"I want this, I want that"
Is nothing but foolishness.
I'll tell you a secretKathy Trejohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08320525571609595412noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1629299324365497148.post-66010277348011763442010-06-09T19:29:00.000-07:002010-06-10T10:47:09.082-07:00Symptoms of transformation within"According to Vedanta, there are only two symptoms of enlightenment, just two indications that a transformation is taking place within you toward a higher consciousness. The first symptom is that you stop worrying. Things don't bother you anymore. You become light-hearted and full of joy. The second symptom is that you encounter more and more meaningful coincidences in your life, more and more Kathy Trejohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08320525571609595412noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1629299324365497148.post-36423491812630213312010-05-26T12:32:00.000-07:002010-06-10T10:47:35.859-07:00To Be Right or To Be Happy?Conflicts arise as a result of not understanding that there are as many points of view as there are people. Our unique points of view are a gift. We live in a universe reflecting who we are, which we should cherish and celebrate. Instead, we rush to defend our tiny piece of it.
Consider how relationships develop. We get along well with someone else who agrees with our point of view. We feel an Kathy Trejohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08320525571609595412noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1629299324365497148.post-86132140570459760572010-05-23T09:58:00.000-07:002011-10-14T21:20:54.440-07:00Sumptuous PlanetAfter sleeping through a hundred million centuries we have finally opened our eyes on a sumptuous planet, sparkling with color, bountiful with life. Within decades we must close our eyes again. Isn’t it a noble, an enlightened way of spending our brief time in the sun, to work at understanding the universe and how we have come to wake up in it? This is how I answer when I am asked—as I am Kathy Trejohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08320525571609595412noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1629299324365497148.post-84096494065874869372010-05-18T09:52:00.000-07:002011-10-15T10:14:08.673-07:00ThoughtsWhat are thoughts? They are sounds and images passing through awareness. -Tom StineKathy Trejohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08320525571609595412noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1629299324365497148.post-59061451637827062082010-04-28T06:55:00.000-07:002010-04-28T06:56:00.967-07:00Bottom of the great matterToday's students of the Way go to teachers everywhere but they don't want to penetrate all the way to the bottom of the great matter. They journey to the east, west, north, and south, and take pride in having met many teachers. They try to surpass others with Zen stories and they collect paradoxical words and clever expressions from old masters. These are examples of the way of heretics.
- Kathy Trejohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08320525571609595412noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1629299324365497148.post-41339976228798936122010-04-20T14:20:00.000-07:002010-04-20T15:31:54.608-07:00Einstien and Ambrose BierceTechnological progress is like an axe in the hands of a criminal.- Albert EinsteinThere is nothing new under the sun but there are lots of old things we don't know.- Ambrose BierceKathy Trejohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08320525571609595412noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1629299324365497148.post-58337093527684816332010-03-30T03:07:00.000-07:002010-03-30T15:07:25.165-07:00True Self Awareness is our true self; it's what we are. So we don't have to try to develop awareness; we simply need to notice how we block awareness with our thoughts, our fantasies, our opinions, and our judgments. We're either in awareness, which is our natural state, or we're doing something else.- Joko BeckKathy Trejohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08320525571609595412noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1629299324365497148.post-79451242281904606542010-03-24T16:19:00.000-07:002010-03-30T14:04:15.754-07:00Each MomentEach moment if fragile and fleetingThe moment of the past cannot be kept, however beautifulThe moment of the present cannot be held, however enjoyableThe moment of the future cannot be caught, however desirable.But the mind is desperate to fix the river in place :Possessed by ideas of the past, preoccupied with images of the future,It overlooks the plain truth of the moment.The one who can Kathy Trejohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08320525571609595412noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1629299324365497148.post-88336222876879633902010-02-03T16:49:00.000-08:002010-03-30T14:04:56.288-07:00This world of lifeThe same stream of life that runs through my veins night and day runs through the world and dances in rhythmic measures. It is the same life that shoots in joy through the dust of the earth in numberless blades of grass and breaks into tumultuous waves of leaves and flowers. It is the same life that is rocked in the ocean-cradle of birth and of death, in ebb and in flow. I feel my limbs are made Kathy Trejohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08320525571609595412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1629299324365497148.post-91200691496093762602010-02-02T16:20:00.001-08:002010-03-30T14:05:44.294-07:00YouYou, yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.-The BuddhaKathy Trejohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08320525571609595412noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1629299324365497148.post-59371091147411540672010-01-17T09:42:00.000-08:002011-10-15T15:21:35.080-07:00BeautyI said to the almond tree, "Friend, speak to me of God," and the almond tree blossomed.
-Nikos KazantzakisKathy Trejohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08320525571609595412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1629299324365497148.post-26808026249362355572010-01-15T10:07:00.001-08:002010-03-30T14:08:59.169-07:00heaven and earthAll the principles of heaven and earth are living inside you. Life itself is truth, and this will never change. Everything in heaven and earth breathes. Breath is the thread that ties creation together.-Morihei UeshibaKathy Trejohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08320525571609595412noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1629299324365497148.post-64400679166658832532010-01-15T09:24:00.000-08:002011-10-14T21:23:02.011-07:00neutralize it"Opponents confront us continually, but actually there is no opponent there. Enter deeply into an attack and neutralize it as you draw that misdirected force into your own sphere".
-Morihei UeshibaKathy Trejohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08320525571609595412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1629299324365497148.post-63274582118455386372010-01-14T08:49:00.001-08:002011-10-15T10:34:13.858-07:00within the sphereMen honor what lies within the sphere of their knowledge, but do not realize how dependent they are on what lies beyond it.
- Chuang Tzu (The most significant of China's early interpreters of Taoism, 389-286 BC)Kathy Trejohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08320525571609595412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1629299324365497148.post-6984527264099410692010-01-13T16:32:00.000-08:002010-03-30T14:10:18.487-07:00May the dragon of life only roast your hot-dogs and never burn your buns!(My Daughter Marcy - Jan. 2010)Kathy Trejohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08320525571609595412noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1629299324365497148.post-8668383604812681212010-01-08T13:38:00.000-08:002010-03-30T14:13:40.530-07:00Sacred Awe!The highest point a man can obtain is not Knowledge, or Virtue, or Goodness, or Victory, but something even greater, more heroic and more despairing: Sacred Awe!-Nikos Kazantzakis (1883 - 1957)Kathy Trejohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08320525571609595412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1629299324365497148.post-88625509865613311772010-01-03T10:06:00.001-08:002010-04-14T10:17:49.340-07:00Be StillLearning how to be still, to really be still and let life happen - that stillness becomes a radiance.-Morgan Freeman Kathy Trejohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08320525571609595412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1629299324365497148.post-10338616710936377302009-12-29T07:32:00.000-08:002010-03-30T14:17:40.534-07:00Love"Whenever you are confronted with an opponent. Conquer him with love."- Mohandas GandhiKathy Trejohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08320525571609595412noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1629299324365497148.post-31962432017960297212009-12-03T09:30:00.001-08:002011-10-15T15:22:31.467-07:00Choice"We can let the circumstances of our lives harden us so that we become increasingly resentful and afraid, or we can let them soften us, and make us kinder. We always have the choice." - Tenzin Gyatso, The 14th Dalai LamaKathy Trejohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08320525571609595412noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1629299324365497148.post-9093751661741266742009-11-30T07:09:00.000-08:002011-10-15T15:23:38.067-07:00HopeHope is some extraordinary spiritual grace that God gives us to control our fears, not to oust them.
- Vincent McNabbKathy Trejohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08320525571609595412noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1629299324365497148.post-48087801316963187622009-11-11T13:33:00.000-08:002010-03-30T14:23:29.686-07:00meditationIf you are busy, then busyness is the meditation. Meditation is to know what you are doing. When you do calculations, know that you are doing calculations. If you are rushing to the office, then you should be mindful of ‘rushing.’ When you are eating, putting on your shoes, your socks, your clothes, you must be mindful. It is all meditation!-Dipa Ma(thanks to Ted)Kathy Trejohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08320525571609595412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1629299324365497148.post-29360500558089096742009-11-11T12:45:00.000-08:002010-03-30T14:24:02.590-07:00life as we live itWith all our philosophy, with all our grand and enhancing ideas, we cannotescape life as we live it. Star-gazers are still walking on the solid earth.- D.T. SuzukiKathy Trejohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08320525571609595412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1629299324365497148.post-68230936445135457952009-11-11T11:32:00.000-08:002010-03-31T14:44:00.234-07:00One"At the deepest level of Being, you are one with all that is." - Eckhart TolleKathy Trejohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08320525571609595412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1629299324365497148.post-61152141114779821582009-11-10T06:26:00.000-08:002010-03-30T14:25:48.044-07:00psychic numbingCompassion literally means to feel with, to suffer with. Everyone is capable of compassion, and yet everyone tends to avoid it because it's uncomfortable. And the avoidance produces psychic numbing -- resistance to experiencing our pain for the world and other beings.-Joanna MacyKathy Trejohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08320525571609595412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1629299324365497148.post-29468368432223473352009-11-08T19:26:00.000-08:002010-03-30T14:27:02.166-07:00My Personality TestThanks to Sophia :) I'm not sure how accurate these tests are but they can be fun and interesting.Kathy Trejohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08320525571609595412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1629299324365497148.post-43050596523527222652009-11-08T16:37:00.000-08:002010-03-30T14:27:27.136-07:00Motivation is the keyA good motivation is what is needed: compassion without dogmatism, without complicated philosophy; just understanding that others are human brothers and sisters and respecting their human rights and dignities. That we humans can help each other is one of our unique human capacities.- H.H. the Dalai LamaKathy Trejohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08320525571609595412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1629299324365497148.post-13470677999560988022009-11-08T06:31:00.000-08:002010-03-30T14:28:44.217-07:00Beyond yourself"The moment you think only of yourself, the focus of your whole mind narrows, and because of this narrow focus uncomfortable things can appear huge and bring you fear and discomfort and a sense of feeling overwhelmed by misery. The moment you think of others with a sense of caring, however, your mind widens. Within that wider angle, your own problems appear to be of no significance, and this Kathy Trejohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08320525571609595412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1629299324365497148.post-48367576864332182892009-11-07T07:45:00.000-08:002010-03-30T14:29:10.001-07:00soul walkingSay not, "I have found the truth," but rather, "I have found a truth." Say not, "I have found the path of the soul." Say rather, "I have met the soul walking upon my path." For the soul walks upon all paths. The soul walks not upon a line, neither does it grow like a reed. The soul unfolds itself, like a lotus of countless petals.-Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet, 1923Kathy Trejohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08320525571609595412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1629299324365497148.post-39015642375687649632009-11-02T14:01:00.000-08:002011-10-15T15:25:07.475-07:00ChangeTo me, the purpose of change is to learn. No matter what, change always shows me new parts of myself. It refines my spirit and uncovers who I really am. Change makes me a better person. Change helps me accept the life I've been given and the mystery of the journey we're all on.
-Ariane De BonvoisinKathy Trejohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08320525571609595412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1629299324365497148.post-24057011166385240182009-10-21T16:13:00.000-07:002010-03-30T14:31:11.597-07:00unanswerable questionsProbably no one of us has the True Religion. But all of us together - if we are allowed to be free - are discovering ways of conversing about the great mysteries. The pretense to know all the answers to the deepest mysteries is, of course, the grossest fraud. And any people who declare a Jihad, a holy war on unbelievers - those who do not share their believers' pretended omniscience - are enemiesKathy Trejohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08320525571609595412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1629299324365497148.post-55423868557239478222009-10-19T21:58:00.000-07:002010-03-30T14:32:07.462-07:00YogaI was in yoga the other day. I was in full lotus position. My chakras were all aligned. My mind is cleared of all clatter and I'm looking out of my third eye and everything that I'm supposed to be doing. It's amazing what comes up, when you sit in that silence. "Mama keeps whites bright like the sunlight, Mama's got the magic of Clorox 2." -Ellen DeGeneresKathy Trejohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08320525571609595412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1629299324365497148.post-83889256580788664782009-10-17T12:25:00.000-07:002010-03-30T14:32:45.419-07:00What is a home?What is a home?Is it a box of wood?or a shell made outof stone?Is it still a home whenit is empty? or does itrequire life?Is it a home where you feel safe?or where anyone can enter?Is home a place where you can always go?and never be rejected?Is it a place where love abidesand hate can not infect it?Is it a place where laughterechos and cries are seldomheard?If you can answer all these questions,Kathy Trejohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08320525571609595412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1629299324365497148.post-72057510951919224822009-10-16T16:55:00.000-07:002010-03-30T14:33:40.429-07:00ReligionReligion insists that one believe without experience. Shamanism insists that one experience one's beliefs.-Eidyn Taliesin Kathy Trejohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08320525571609595412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1629299324365497148.post-45226607241615726802009-10-16T16:48:00.000-07:002010-03-30T14:34:11.391-07:00To lovers of the WildTo lovers of the wild, these mountains are not a hundred miles away. Their spiritual power and the goodness of the sky make them near, as a circle of friends. ... You cannot feel yourself out of doors; plain, sky, and mountains ray beauty which you feel. You bathe in these spirit-beams, turning round and round, as if warming at a camp-fire. Presently you lose consciousness of your own separateKathy Trejohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08320525571609595412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1629299324365497148.post-48782929909460700272009-10-15T14:38:00.000-07:002010-03-30T14:34:37.495-07:00Creating heaven on earthThere are many paths but one journey. If we seek to promote harmony and joy we will connect with the infinite flowing source of love in the universe. By embracing the gifts within our soul we honour the divine in all things and make the ordinary extraordinary. Dance in the suns freedom, live the life you deserve and know that it is within the reach of every one of us to create heaven on earth.Kathy Trejohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08320525571609595412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1629299324365497148.post-24564624970167434772009-10-14T14:53:00.000-07:002010-03-30T14:35:08.538-07:00The simple lifeTo find the universal elements enough;to find the air and the water exhilarating;to be refreshed by a morning walkor an evening saunter;to be thrilled by the stars at night;to be elated over a bird's nestor a wildflower in spring- these are some of the rewards of the simple life.-John Burroughs, Naturalist (1837-1921)Kathy Trejohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08320525571609595412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1629299324365497148.post-20280569752321297492009-10-09T12:47:00.000-07:002010-03-30T14:37:20.007-07:00What is Enlightenment?Once upon a time, there was a congregation of fish, who got together to discuss who among them had seen the ocean. None of them could say they had actually seen the ocean. Then one fish said, ''I think my great grandfather had seen the ocean!'' A second fish said, ''Yes, yes, I have also heard about this.'' A third fish said, ''Yes, certainly, his great grandfather had seen the ocean.''So they Kathy Trejohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08320525571609595412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1629299324365497148.post-24453689149336802012009-10-08T10:59:00.000-07:002010-03-30T14:37:50.004-07:00Not knowingOf all the knowledge which you consider "yours," how much is merely the leavings, the conditioning of others? What have you truly learned on your own, through observation, intuition, enquiry? Return to not-knowing! Rest there a while. Expect nothing. Then emerge gently to view the world with fresh eyes.Not-knowing. Go there daily! This is meditation, rejuvenation, the source of creativity, even Kathy Trejohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08320525571609595412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1629299324365497148.post-33966178992968348422009-10-07T13:00:00.000-07:002010-03-30T14:42:55.949-07:00RealityI gave way to delight, as mystics have for centuries when they peeked through the curtains and discovered that this world- so manifestly real was actually a tiny stage set constructed by the mind. We discover abruptly that everything we accept as reality is just social fabrications.-Timothy Leary(Thanks to Ted)Kathy Trejohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08320525571609595412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1629299324365497148.post-39072775499260311592009-10-06T13:07:00.000-07:002010-03-30T14:43:53.529-07:00bendIf the going gets tough and you are at your breaking point, show resilience. Like the bamboo tree, bend, but don't break!-Author UnknownKathy Trejohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08320525571609595412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1629299324365497148.post-78159644578832553442009-10-05T18:33:00.000-07:002010-03-30T14:46:37.910-07:00calm in the midst of activityCalm in quietude is not real calm. When you can be calm in the midst of activity, this is the true state of nature. Happiness in comfort is not real happiness. When you can be happy in the midst of hardship, then you see the true potential of the mind.-Huanchu DaorenKathy Trejohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08320525571609595412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1629299324365497148.post-34657807498097850472009-10-05T18:00:00.000-07:002010-03-30T14:49:10.854-07:00already complete“On a deeper level you are already complete. When you realize that, there is a joyous energy behind what you do.” ~Eckhart TolleKathy Trejohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08320525571609595412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1629299324365497148.post-29810667092845127102009-10-02T11:48:00.000-07:002010-03-30T14:49:46.668-07:00Zen“We have two eyes to see two sides of things, but there must be a third eye which will see everything at the same time and yet not see anything. That is to understand Zen.” ~D. T. SuzukiKathy Trejohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08320525571609595412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1629299324365497148.post-67982181912961909972009-09-30T12:12:00.000-07:002011-10-15T12:13:53.503-07:00Two wolvesThere is a story about a Navajo grandfather who once told his grandson, "Two
wolves live inside me. One is the bad wolf, full of greed and laziness, full of anger and jealousy and regret. The other is the good wolf, full of joy and compassion and willingness and a great love for the world. All the time, these wolves are fighting inside me." "But grandfather," the boy said. "Which wolf will win?" Kathy Trejohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08320525571609595412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1629299324365497148.post-20268782225525095352009-09-28T11:37:00.000-07:002010-03-30T14:51:47.036-07:00Love is the only way"Hatred paralyzes life; love releases it. Hatred confuses life; love harmonizes it. Hatred darkens life; love illuminates it."- Martin Luther King, Jr.Kathy Trejohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08320525571609595412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1629299324365497148.post-85331215702450250212009-09-26T18:03:00.000-07:002010-03-30T14:53:00.678-07:00Kindness"The true essence of humankind is kindness. There are other qualities which come from education or knowledge, but it is essential, if one wishes to be a genuine human being and impart satisfying meaning to one’s existence, to have a good heart."-Tenzin Gyatso,The 14th Dalai Lama Kathy Trejohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08320525571609595412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1629299324365497148.post-38823515130905875892009-09-24T12:41:00.000-07:002010-03-30T14:54:00.915-07:00Awareness We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are.- Anais NinKathy Trejohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08320525571609595412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1629299324365497148.post-51017364355931530292009-09-19T07:53:00.000-07:002010-03-30T14:55:31.325-07:00RelationshipOur natural state of being is in relationship, a tango, a constant state of one influencing the other. Just as the subatomic particles that compose us cannot be separated from the space and particles surrounding them, so living beings cannot be isolated from each other... By the act of observation and intention, we have the ability to extend a kind of super-radiance to the world.-Lynne MctaggartKathy Trejohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08320525571609595412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1629299324365497148.post-45430243949394705902009-09-15T17:53:00.000-07:002010-03-30T14:56:58.062-07:00We must protect the forests "We must protect the forests for our children, grandchildren and children yet to be born. We must protect the forests for those who can't speak for themselves such as the birds, animals, fish and trees."-Qwatsinas (Hereditary Chief Edward Moody), Nuxalk NationKathy Trejohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08320525571609595412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1629299324365497148.post-70716167617756024202009-09-14T18:20:00.000-07:002010-03-30T14:57:32.947-07:00To sit with a dogTo sit with a dog on a hillside on a glorious afternoon is to be back in Eden, where doing nothing was not boring - it was peace.-Milan KunderaKathy Trejohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08320525571609595412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1629299324365497148.post-24875950002221583362009-09-11T08:00:00.000-07:002010-03-30T15:00:33.530-07:00stream of lifeThe same stream of life that runs through my veins night and day runs through the world and dances in rhythmic measures. It is the same life that shoots in joy through the dust of the earth in numberless blades of grass and breaks into tumultuous waves of leaves and flowers. It is the same life that is rocked in the ocean-cradle of birth and of death, in ebb and in flow. I feel my limbs are made Kathy Trejohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08320525571609595412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1629299324365497148.post-33136074724883476552009-09-08T19:17:00.000-07:002010-03-30T15:01:23.477-07:00play All of the elements of the comic way tend to spread to others, insinuating joy where it was previously absent. Conversation has a way of leaping among persons, as it does at parties and celebratory gatherings. Storytelling always begets storytelling. It is difficult to watch others at play without wanting to joinKathy Trejohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08320525571609595412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1629299324365497148.post-4345456894620055292009-09-07T21:03:00.000-07:002010-03-30T15:01:49.240-07:00Breaking awayKeep close to Nature's heart... and break clear away, once in awhile, and climb a mountain or spend a week in the woods. Wash your spirit clean.-John Muir (1838 - 1914)Kathy Trejohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08320525571609595412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1629299324365497148.post-40064299784218235672009-09-04T12:01:00.000-07:002010-03-30T15:02:11.335-07:00HarmonyThrough working in harmony with life's circumstances, Taoist understanding changes what others may perceive as negative into something positive.-Benjamin HoffSource: The Tao of PoohKathy Trejohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08320525571609595412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1629299324365497148.post-40013660133808323622009-09-03T14:51:00.000-07:002010-03-30T15:02:30.186-07:00Being SoulfulTo 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 BolenKathy Trejohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08320525571609595412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1629299324365497148.post-36866468566908224272009-08-31T15:53:00.000-07:002010-03-30T15:03:11.385-07:00mother earth"The old people came literally to love the soil and they sat or reclined on the ground with a feeling of being close to a mothering power. It was good for the skin to touch the earth and the old people liked to remove their moccasins and walk with bare feet on the sacred earth. Their tipis were built upon the earth and their altars were made of earth. The birds that flew into the air came to restKathy Trejohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08320525571609595412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1629299324365497148.post-29783685049994553912009-08-28T23:00:00.000-07:002010-03-30T15:03:57.824-07:00When all thoughts Are exhausted"When all thoughtsAre exhaustedI slip into the woodsAnd gatherA pile of shepherd's purse.Like the little streamMaking its wayThrough the mossy crevicesI, too, quietlyTurn clear and transparent."- RyokanKathy Trejohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08320525571609595412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1629299324365497148.post-27185854148871599822009-08-24T16:12:00.000-07:002010-03-30T15:05:32.973-07:00Nature"Nurture your felt love for nature. Never deny it. That love is the eons, the purifying intelligence, beauty and diversity of nature sustaining us in its perfection. Our disconnection from this love and its advice produces our hurt, greed and destructiveness. We must reconnect and restore its peaceful voice in our thoughts, soul and surroundings."--Michael J. Cohen, The Web of Life ImperativeKathy Trejohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08320525571609595412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1629299324365497148.post-18759859478919160112009-08-18T19:22:00.000-07:002010-03-30T15:10:51.444-07:00We are the unified field"We are not onlookers peering into the unified field of separate, objective reality - we are the unified field. We can reach beyond the physical body and extend the influence of intelligence. Every thought you are thinking creates a wave in the unified field. It ripples through all the layers of intellect, mind, senses, and matter, spreading out in wider and wider circles. You are like a light Kathy Trejohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08320525571609595412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1629299324365497148.post-71020279657892974412009-08-17T19:56:00.000-07:002010-03-30T15:11:25.468-07:00AlonenessAloneness is a flower, a lotus blooming in your heart.Aloneness is positive, aloneness is health.It is the joy of being yourself.It is the joy of having your own space.Meditation means: bliss in being alone.One is really alive when one has become capable of it,when there is no dependence anymore on anybody,on any situation, on any condition.-OshoKathy Trejohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08320525571609595412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1629299324365497148.post-25743899858792255602009-08-16T11:59:00.000-07:002010-03-30T15:12:20.964-07:00at easeMy house is buried in the deepest recess of the forestEvery year, ivy vines grow longer than the year before.Undisturbed by the affairs of the world I live at ease,Woodmen’s singing rarely reaching me through the trees.While the sun stays in the sky, I mend my torn clothesAnd facing the moon, I read holy texts aloud to myself.Let me drop a word of advice for believers of my faith.To enjoy life’s Kathy Trejohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08320525571609595412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1629299324365497148.post-72456314754251339482009-08-15T16:44:00.000-07:002010-03-30T15:12:43.184-07:00Love life"Love life, engage in it, give it all you’ve got. Love it with a passion, because life truly does give back, many times over, what you put into it."- Maya AngelouKathy Trejohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08320525571609595412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1629299324365497148.post-15918213241739671962009-08-14T10:33:00.000-07:002010-03-30T15:13:34.599-07:00A choice"It's just a ride. And we can change it anytime we want. It's only a choice. No effort, no work, no job, no savings of money. A choice, right now, between fear and love. The eyes of fear want you to put bigger locks on your door, buy guns, close yourself off. The eyes of love, instead, see all of us as one."- Bill HicksKathy Trejohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08320525571609595412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1629299324365497148.post-32608506771946282372009-08-12T10:23:00.000-07:002010-03-30T15:13:59.309-07:00BeingThere are moments when one feels free from one's own identification with human limitations and inadequacies. At such moments one imagines that one stands on some spot of a small planet, gazing in amazement at the cold yet profoundly moving beauty of the eternal, the unfathomable; life and death flow into one, and there is neither evolution nor destiny; only Being.-Albert EinsteinKathy Trejohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08320525571609595412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1629299324365497148.post-65815912395639206042009-08-10T10:10:00.000-07:002010-03-30T15:14:46.955-07:00RelaxTension is who you think you should be.Relaxation is who you are.-Chinese Proverb Kathy Trejohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08320525571609595412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1629299324365497148.post-65948346879340546882009-08-09T09:44:00.000-07:002010-03-30T15:15:32.378-07:00food on planet earth"Food for all is a necessity. Food should not be a merchandise, to be bought and sold as jewels are bought and sold by those who have the money to buy. Food is a human necessity, like water and air, it should be available".-Pearl Buck (1892-1973)American Nobel Prize winning authorKathy Trejohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08320525571609595412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1629299324365497148.post-18463001522188191472009-08-08T17:41:00.000-07:002010-03-30T15:16:13.003-07:00Too much negativePeople deal too much with the negative, with what is wrong. Why not try and see positive things, to just touch those things and make them bloom?~ Thich Nhat HanhKathy Trejohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08320525571609595412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1629299324365497148.post-75072955958147578852009-08-05T20:43:00.000-07:002011-10-15T11:59:34.296-07:00full moon in the skyClear mind is like the full moon in the sky. Sometimes clouds come and cover it, but the moon is always behind them. Clouds go away, then the moon shines brightly. So don't worry about clear mind: it is always there. When thinking comes, behind it is clear mind. When thinking goes, there is only clear mind. Thinking comes and goes, comes and goes, You must not be attached to the coming or the Kathy Trejohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08320525571609595412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1629299324365497148.post-17237616856389730192009-08-04T10:29:00.000-07:002010-03-31T10:59:41.848-07:00harmonyPleasure is Nature's test, her sign of approval. When man is happy, he is in harmony with himself and his environment.-Oscar WildeKathy Trejohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08320525571609595412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1629299324365497148.post-84788374705365406302009-08-03T09:03:00.000-07:002010-03-31T11:00:05.595-07:00live laugh love"While we have the gift of life, it seems to me the only tragedy is to allow part of us to die- whether it is our spirit, our creativity, or our glorious uniqueness."-Gilda Radner (1946 - 1989)Kathy Trejohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08320525571609595412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1629299324365497148.post-57757683151844306332009-08-01T17:09:00.000-07:002010-04-14T10:28:18.998-07:00Summer breezeTen thousand flowers in Spring,The moon in AutumnA cool breeze in SummerSnow in Winter.If your mind is not clouded by unnecessary things, this is the best season of your life-Chinese poet WumenKathy Trejohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08320525571609595412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1629299324365497148.post-54132297134782042222009-07-31T11:42:00.000-07:002010-03-31T11:00:27.507-07:00We are tied to the oceanAll of us have in our veins the exact same percentage of salt in our blood that exists in the ocean, and, therefore, we have salt in our blood, in our sweat, in our tears.We are tied to the ocean.And when we go back to the sea -- whether it is to sail or to watch it -- we are going back from whence we came.- John F. KennedyKathy Trejohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08320525571609595412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1629299324365497148.post-36498201904183828162009-07-29T19:12:00.000-07:002010-03-31T11:11:34.751-07:00Ho! Mitakuye Oyasin -- We are all related." ...everything on the earth has a purpose, every disease an herb to cure it,and every person a mission. This is the Indian theory of existence."- Mourning Dove SalishKathy Trejohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08320525571609595412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1629299324365497148.post-88336594694778459412009-07-29T04:40:00.000-07:002010-03-31T11:12:02.406-07:00zen jokeA young man went to a Zen master to learn the meaning of life. Instead, the Zen master put him to work chopping wood and pounding rice. For fifteen years this continued, and the master never spoke a word to the young man.Finally the young man went up to the Zen master and said, "Fifteen years ago i came to you to learn the meaning of life. Instead, you put me to work chopping wood and pounding Kathy Trejohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08320525571609595412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1629299324365497148.post-41581595255325410492009-07-25T05:47:00.000-07:002010-03-31T11:14:16.499-07:00Peace."Peace does not mean to be in a place where there is no noise, trouble, or hard work. Peace means to be in the midst of all those things and still be calm in your heart. That is the real meaning of peace." - (unknown)Kathy Trejohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08320525571609595412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1629299324365497148.post-68858478902947914802009-07-21T18:14:00.000-07:002010-03-31T11:14:54.150-07:00worldlaughterday.orgLaughter is the sensation of feeling good all over and showing it principally in one place.- Josh Billings(my sister on train)Kathy Trejohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08320525571609595412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1629299324365497148.post-61460436787874986072009-07-20T01:28:00.000-07:002010-03-31T11:15:26.292-07:00Eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart. - Ecclesiastes 9:7If you go back to the Greeks and Romans, they talk about all three - wine, food, and art - as a way of enhancing life.-Robert Mondavi(my sister in Rome)Kathy Trejohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08320525571609595412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1629299324365497148.post-20348886095263988752009-07-19T14:01:00.000-07:002010-03-31T11:16:01.753-07:00Life's PathRemember when life's path is steep to keep your mind even.- HoraceKathy Trejohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08320525571609595412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1629299324365497148.post-68192262363907563802009-07-13T07:52:00.000-07:002010-03-31T11:16:30.546-07:00MindfulnessMindfulness is the aware, balanced acceptance of the present experience. It isn't more complicated than that. It is opening to or receiving the present moment, pleasant or unpleasant, just as it is, without either clinging to it or rejecting it.-Sylvia BoorsteinKathy Trejohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08320525571609595412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1629299324365497148.post-31758147780524651712009-07-11T08:50:00.000-07:002011-10-15T10:43:56.960-07:00true family valueAppreciating each other is a true family value, one that will bail out much of the stress on the planet and help strengthen the universal bond all people have.
- Sara PaddisonKathy Trejohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08320525571609595412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1629299324365497148.post-61333442863656903392009-07-08T07:32:00.000-07:002010-03-31T11:17:41.000-07:00The ChildrenEverybody is living in bondage, because everybody who brought you up wanted to have power over you, to enjoy the mastery over you. And children are the most helpless people in the world, the most exploited class. It is not the proletariat who are the most exploited class, it is not women who are the most exploited class. It is the children who are the most exploited class - and so helpless.Kathy Trejohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08320525571609595412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1629299324365497148.post-60134885747978996882009-07-07T00:53:00.000-07:002010-03-31T11:18:33.187-07:00Everybody needs..."Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in, where nature may heal and cheer and give strength to the body and soul alike."- John MuirKathy Trejohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08320525571609595412noreply@blogger.com0