The Principles of Ease
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The easy path is spirit centered - Self centered.
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Ease is always present and instantly
available to everyone.
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Everything we do or perceive can be
easier.
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Ease is more powerful than struggle.
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Ease is appropriate to everything we
do.
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Easy thoughts produce easy or at
least easier results.
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Ease is easy; everything we need for
ease is readily available.
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No person, circumstance or situation
can obliterate ease.
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Ease is. We do not have to
manufacture ease. Our part is to tune into the ease that is present.
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Ease is our natural state of being.
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Acceptance is one of the keys to
ease.
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Ease is nondual. No Right/wrong
good/bad. Where ease exists there is no opposite.
We are not better people because we work hard or suffer. It is honorable to live in ease. The outside may not be so easy, but the essence of ease is an inner state.
Organic?
This information was send in by Donna Mosher (who is one of my best friends yeah Donna) and who helped our local farmer, Hans, organize his coop.
I know many of you are interested in food democracy and being sure that organic means organic.
"An in-depth investigation by The Cornucopia Institute has found a
number of gimmicky, unproven, and even dangerous synthetic additives in organic
food. This watchdog "organic champion" organization is fighting
back - and you can help!"
"The nation's leading
organic farming watchdog, The Cornucopia Institute, is challenging what it calls a
"conspiracy" between corporate agribusiness interests and the USDA that has
increasingly facilitated the use of questionable synthetic additives and even
dangerous chemicals in organic foods. In its new white paper, The Organic Watergate,
Cornucopia details violations of federal law, ignoring congressional intent,
that has created a climate of regulatory abuse and corporate exploitation."
Read more here: www.cornucopia.org
Just a Thought - Not a Prescription - Do You Get Enough
Sleep?
Charles was meditation teacher for years. He is still an
avid meditator. A couple of years ago he joined hundreds of dedicated people
who sat in meditation for world peace. That's not such a great feat, peace
vigils occur regularly, but he stayed a year. Everyday a group of dedicated
people sat in stillness with an intention of peace. That is if they weren't sleeping.
Many of the people who came were so sleep deprived that they sleep all day
every day for a week. Marharishi used to tell teachers to let the people who
fell asleep while attempting to meditate sleep. They needed it.
Another friend who teaches meditation in the corporate world
told me the same thing - after the postures, when it comes to relaxation time,
everyone sleeps.
There are three things we need for good health: good food,
exercise and enough rest.
The National Sleep Foundation reported last year that 63% of
our population (US) said they did not get enough rest during the week.
Do you get enough sleep? And if not are you doing things that
keep you from sleeping? This piece is not to tell you how to get more sleep, it's
really about asking you to survey your sleep habits and make the changes you
need to make.
Here are some things that help me and they may or may not apply
to you.
1. Wear a sleep mask. That keeps out any light. Our
body clock thinks it time to wake up when lights are on. A lot of my neighbors
have flood lights on at night and the sleep mask really helps me.
2. Get in bed by 10:30 PM. I am not good at this,
but I love it when I do.
3. Take 500 mg of calcium at bedtime.
4. Read in bed. This seems to knock me out.
5. Don't panic when I can't sleep. Life goes on and no need to add upset to about
anything.
6. Practice breathing exercises when I can't sleep.
I have friends who take sleep aids. They just can't deal
with the mind chatter all night. Who wouldn't understand? But - you know that
word- if you have not tried any natural alternatives
first, then you may want to try those before taking the pills. It's not wrong to take
sleeping pills, it's just that sooner or later someone finds out the negative
health effects and the product faces lawsuits and it's often taken off the
market. I am not the smartest person in the world, but I do think it takes only
a tad of good sense to see that synthetic substances in the body aren't what's
needed.
If you are interested the National Sleep Foundations has some
good recommendations for sleeping the natural way. http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/national-sleep-foundation-annual-poll-explores-transportation-workers-sleep-141294983.html
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May 23 "Teachings From India"
I will share some of the things I learned from spiritual teachers during my 5 week trip to India. It's some cool stuff - like using your eyes in a different way. Be there!
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"We've got to be bigger than our stuff. Our message has to get out there." Robin Blanc Mascari
The above message is for you. You know who you are.
Fali Engineer Quotes
Fali is the president of or local Theosophical Society. He's the best.
"The diet of the personality is power, control and recognition. It wants to eat every day."
"The brain is a tool of the mind. The mind is the tool of the personality."
"The higher mind uses processes. The lower mind uses projects. Life is to be experienced, not solved."
"Building without ethics has no lifespan."
"A thousand things went right today and will again tomorrow." Tim Bayes
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