Happy People Dancing On Planet Earth

Like flowers that dance delicately and gracefully in the wind, we too can dance that beautifully, sharing our love and joy with others wherever we may go. Don't forget, it's contageous just like smiles!

What a beautiful video this is! One man's dream in life was to dance all over the world and spread love and joy with movement. 

"What are these humans doing? Dancing. Many humans on Earth exhibit periods of happiness, and one method of displaying happiness is dancing. Happiness and dancing transcend political boundaries and occur in practically every human society. Above, Matt Harding traveled through many nations on Earth, started dancing, and filmed the result. The video is perhaps a dramatic example that humans from all over planet Earth feel a common bond as part of a single species. Happiness is frequently contagious -- few people are able to watch the above video without smiling."

No wonder I love dancing soooo much! :) What a beautiful gift from God it is! Enjoy the movie and may your face light up with a joyful smile, and your limbs start to jiggle and shake! :) You can find the amazing lyrics to the song below the link. 

God bless you! Hugs and love!

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap080722.html

"Praan"
Lyrics from Rabindranath Tagore's poem Stream of Life:

The 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 glorious by the touch of this world of life. 
And my pride is from the life-throb of ages dancing in my blood this moment.

What is Knowledge?

To know with both the heart and mind is a beautiful path to be on.

I have always been curious as to what Knowledge truly is. While reading M. Scott Peck's book, "The Road Less Traveled," I came across a paragraph that, to me, perfectly expressed what Knowledge is in terms that we can perceive and understand. What I am to share is open to criticism and questions (this is encouraged of course). However, what Scott Peck has to say has been so helpful in guiding me to understand this complex phenomenon and I am so thankful for its wisdom. I am now inspired to research what Knowledge is, even further. However, I do acknowledge that the words serve merely to guide me towards the truth and only serve as small pieces of the puzzle. Here is what he has to say:

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Jung's theory of the "collective unconscious" states that we inherit the wisdom of the experience of our ancestors without ourselves having the personal experience. This kind of knowledge is recognized in our common everyday language. Take the word "recognize" itself. When we are reading a book and come across an idea or theory that appeals to us, that "rings a bell" with us, we "recognize" it to be true. Yet this idea or theory may be one of which we have never before consciously thoughts. The word says we "re-know" the concept, as if we knew it once upon a time, forgot it, but then recognized it as an old friend. It is as if all knowledge and all wisdom were contained in our minds, and when we learn "something new" we are actually only discovering something that existed in our self all along. This concept is similarly reflected in the word "education," which is derived from the Latin educare, literally translated as "to bring out of" or "to lead forth." Therefore when we educate people, if we use the word seriously, we do not stuff something new into their minds; rather, we lead this something out of them; we bring it forth from the unconscious into their awareness. They were the possessors of the knowledge all along. Indeed, the mind, which sometimes presumes to believe that there is no such thing as a miracle, is itself a miracle.

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Perhaps, in a way, Knowlege is like genuine love. They are both ever present in our beings yet both require work, or rather a determined, devoted willingness to learn and to extend oneself. Knowledge and love go hand in hand as well, for without the extension of oneself, knowledge of oneself and of the world would be limited. In extending oneself, one opens the unconsious and reconnects with all that is spiritual and indeed, with God Himself. To know is to love. To love is to know. To love and to know is to surrender the self to a letting go, to a letting of oneself be as one is. If in fact true love and knowledge is already inherent in us, what a miracle it is! :)

Living the Miraculous

See the miraculous with all of your heart and spirit. Know that whatever you see is a reflection of all that you are. 

Love has been defined by M. Scott Peck as "the will to extend one's self for the purpose of nurturing one's own or another's spiritual growth." He goes on to state that "Among humanity, love is the miraculous force that defies the natural law of entropy." 

Love requires of us not only faith and trust in God but a strong will to grow so that we move beyond the force of entropy that tires our spirits and are pulled forward to continuous evolution, change, and spiritual enlightenment. In extending ourselves with trust in God, whether that is letting go and/or having the courage to grow within and support our loved ones in their growth, we open our hearts to the miraculous that is ever present in our daily lives. Grace, serendipity and synchronicity embrace our spirits and guide us in being reborn into what has always been present within us: genuine love. 

Serendipity can be defined as "the gift of finding valuable or agreeable things not sought for." Grace is ever present and all-encompassing, just like truth. Occasionally we are not fully aware of its presence or we fail to appreciate the value of the gift when it is given to us. It is only when we begin to let go of seeking and expecting that we find truth and can see grace with eyes that are not burdened with consuming egoic desires and perceptions. If the miraculous seems to be lacking in your life, let go of expections of what is truly magnificent and the associations paired with the word "Magnificence." Perhaps even let go of the word itself, accepting everything and everyone as the perfection and beautiful isness as they are. It is only then that the true magnificence of what it is you see can arise. You then give each thing and person a chance to be a true expression of God's own presence and the purpose He has for them, allowing their truth to touch you in all the ways it can, unburdened by egoic expectations. 

You are serendipitous. You are a gift of value that is not sought for but loved unconditionally for who you are, allowed to be the perfect expression of who you truly are, in all your isness and beauty, by God's never-ending grace. You are a true expression of His love, and in so being, you move with synchronicity. 

What things have happened today to you that you cannot explain but have beautifully moved and touched your soul, causing your world to shift and therefore your perception of your own existence, as well as that of others and the world? Who has entered your life at the perfect time, or been a true expression of God's love when you most needed it, thereby embracing your spiritual growth a thousandfold?

I want to leave you with Michael Stark and Michael Washburn's definition of the miraculous, found in their book, "Beyond the Norm: A Speculative Model of Self-Realization." May the words guide you to an all-encompassing understanding of the perfection, beauty and isness of the miraculous found within your own being, as well as in everything and everyone you are connected to.

"Self realization is born and matures in a distinctive kind of awareness, an awareness that has been described in many different ways by many different people. The mystics, for example, have spoken of it as the perception of the divinity and perfection of the world. Richard Bucke referred to it as cosmic conscousness; Bubar described it in terms of the I-Thou relationship; and Maslow gave it th elabel, 'Being Cognition.' We shall use Ouspensky's term and call it the perception of the miraculous. 'Miraculous" here refers not only to extraordinary phenomena but also to the commonplace, for absolutely anything can evoke this special awareness provided that close enough attention is paid to it. Once perception is disengaged from the domination of preconception and personal interest, it is free to experience the world as it is in itself and to behold its inherent magnificence... Perception of the miraculous requires no faith or assumptions. It is simply a matter of paying full and close attention to the givens of life, i.e., to what is so ever-present that it is usually taken for granted. The true wonder of the world is available everywhere, in the minutest parts of our bodies, in the vast expanses of the cosmos, and in the intimate interconnectedness of these and all things... We are part of a finel balanced ecosystem in which interdependency goes hand-in-hand with individuation. We are all individuals, but we are also parts of a greater whole, united in something vast and beautiful beyond description. Perception of the miraculous is the subjective essence of self realization, the root from which man's highest features and experiences grow."

Life is...

Life is a canvas
upon which our creative energies flow.

Love are the threads weaved beautifully together
that hold this canvas of life together.

Hope is the air
that delicately breathes through these threads.

Faith is the colours that intertwine miraculously 
with beauty and seep into threads of love.

Joy is the infinite expanse of foreverness 
that this canvas of life, love, hope and faith portrays.

Compassion is the movement of the brush
and the delicacy with which it shares yellows, blues and reds.

Life is but a canvas upon which our creative energies flow.
Let us pick up our paintbrushes and become the colours...