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Author: Iulia
Our Best and Most Lasting Gift: The Universal Features of Meditation
This is a lecture by Paul R. Fleischman, M.D. delivered at the University of Colorado, Boulder This talk was originally written in response to an invitation from multiple sponsors at Yale University. Versions of this talk were given in 2015 at Northeastern University, and in 2016 at Yale University, New York University, The University of…
vipassana
in the last 10-day course that I was sitting in Dhamma Dvara (31.11 – 11.12.2016) I was wondering… how is it that I didn’t speak, wrote about vipassana in the last years. then in one of the sittings it came to me and remembered that Adi told us, in one of the courses at Dumbrava…
medicine – Rising Appalachia
this came to me through Melania… Lyrics below: Wise men say that rushing is violence and so is your silence when its rooted in compliance To stand firm in loving defiance, make art your alliance give voice to the fireMove people to the beat of the wind Gather yourself and begin to dance the song…
Cutia cu Bunatati din Portugalia 🙂
Drag(a) prieten(a), Deoarece suntem in contact cu prieteni dragi in Portgualia, si astfel suntem in contact direct cu producatori de bunatati de acolo, ne gandim sa aducem incoace dintre acestea si astfel, avem disponibila cutia cu bunatati din Portugalia: 5 l ulei de masline virgin, presat la rece, zona Alentejo, livrat in recipient de…
short and clear
(I write this post in December 2016, yet the dream is still clear inside me; I usually don’t remember dreams for more then a day, or couple of days if they are really intense, strange. definitely I don’t remember details.) just one days after I told Annelieke about IT, that a vibration of a Being…
iti scriu…
iti scriu pentru ca esti in sufletul meu… pentru ca esti… in primul rand.. asa cum esti… femeie… sau poate mama ce a nascut in puterea sa, sau wanna-be mama… sau inainte de conceptie… sau burtica… cu experiente intense… sau poate ai avut burtica ce s-a retras mai devreme decat era “planul”, sau poate bebe…
it is a holy thing to love what death can touch
It is… to love and not to hold inside, outside so inviting, so soft, so strong, so warm and yet… illusive holy Spirit oh, you offered me so much landing in my world, I was embraced by your vibration you, soft-warm, peaceful, silent, loving creature to hold! I want to hold you also…
why African babies don’t cry?
From J. Claire K. Niala‘s observation, the reasons are, as shared by her grandmother: 1. Offer the breast every single moment that your baby is upset – even if you have just fed her. 2. Co-sleep. Many times you can feed your baby before they are fully awake, which will allow them to go back…
emotional vitality
the very things that we require to stay emotionally vital: community, ritual, nature, compassion, reflection, beauty and love. nature – checked 🙂 reflection, beauty, compassion – somehow started 😛 [I’m modest, I know 🙂 ] the rest – on the way! I feel ritual is the most far from me… I am with it… community…
Soul’s speed
Story told to Francis Weller by his mentor, Clarke… Clarke reached to his left, place his hand over a large rock lying on a table, and said: “This is my clock, I operate at geological speed and if you are going to work with the soul, you need to learn this rhythm, because this…
today: sacredbirthing.ro
Today I reserved, paid for and installed the sacredbirthing.ro domain… I feel humble and powerful at the same time… warm hearted about the potentiality of what this may be(come)… I was with initiating this space for a long time… and today morning I knew it was time for this one more step ahead. I’ve…
O Aurora vestitoare! 🙂
M-anclin in fata ta, FEMEIE, Zeita plina de iubire Tu care ESTI iubire, plina! Deschizi suflete si primesti Ingeri cu aripi de oameni… Oameni cu aripi de ingeri…? Ce mai conteaza?!… TU, femeie, zana…goddess… Bine-ai fost daruit-o aurora Sosita dupa miez de noapte! O aurora vestitoare… Un inceput .. sau continuare…? Si tu,…
embraced by softness
today I didn’t know if I want to be on the mat in the last days, weeks, I haven’t been… (since 3.09). I came anyway… as I did some other times, trusting the “I don’t know” and being with the … let’s see what’s coming… unfolding, being informed… there was a softness, embracing me the…
Francis Weller on Grief and Sorrow (2013)
I listened to Francis again this morning… to this talk. he soothes my soul…in these moments when I allow grief to wipe me inside out and leave me sometimes empty.. sometimes with gratefulness and appreciation of the human soul… sometimes with hate… sometimes with soft love for myself.. compassion for my coming home… kindness for…
from fairies, with love
in ultima noastra intalnire, FairyGodMothers mi-au oferit iubire la pachet… la propriu… am oferit una alteia biletele, cu iubire pe ele, intr-un plic… plicul meu e plin de iubire! 🙂 <3 pana zilele am deschis plicul de trei ori (cate un biletel nou de fiecare data plus recitit cele deschise inainte), iar ultimele zile… traind…
from shame to self-compassion
Shame closes the heart to self-compassion. We live with an internal state best characterized as self-hatred. In order to loosen shame’s grip on out lives, we need to make three moves. The first is from feeling worthles to seeing ourselves as wounded. The second emerges from the first and is a shift from seeing ourselves…