Today I realized I know very little and I am confused about what I have been so sure of and attached to. Today my intention is to explore the unknown and not be that chic that thinks she should know everything or even invite the feeling of, “Oh no, I really don’t know and I feel guilty that I don’t care to know or figure out why!”
The world is so vast full of peeps with gifts and ideas of how to express them. Who am I to say, Heavy Metal has no place! Rock on!
Learning to be unattached, and seeing the magic of life.
Peace peace peace
Mama t
Bent there, Bent that, but did I get it?
Each day I wake up counting my blessings, naming them as they come to mind. After I recite them, feelings of graditude and courage pulse through my viens.
A great Chic told me in the midst of my pity party, (held at least once a month) “The grass is greenest where you water it.” Thanks Brie of Zen Bones Newmarket.
I am very grateful for the people of this awesome community!
peace peace peace
Mama t
Changing, growing, freedom, requires the willingness to see the truth and let go of the attachment to fear of…………!
Create a difference in your life by living more in this momment.
Join Yoga Source on Sunday at 6:15pm for a gentle Asana and a Mediation class to help you be sane in this seemingly busy world. The change begins with your choice to start.
Begin Now.
peace peace peace
mama t
How wonderful after the harvest to notice who I really am! I’ve noticed people I have chosen to make enemies, people I choose to love and people I have set aside because I’m not sure. Sounds kinda like the harvest. Today in my self realization work I have “realized”……….I am totally responsible for all that comes back to me. Dah! I get what I put in!
May all people that have ever come into contact with me forgive me for not being present and for those who got to much of me, just laugh and for those who just tolerated me,……….. Happy Holidays to all and may we all live and learn knowing that it is all choice. Live in the light and lighten up! ;}
I do choose to change in the direction of the light.
Namaste
Peace Peace Peace.
Love mama t
When the journey is no longer joyful or fulfilling, ask yourself if the insanity of doing the same thing everyday and expecting a different result is the reason. Your answer may be, “Yes”.
Most humans have a closet full of coping tools like, excessive eating, drinking, working, cleaning, talking, arguing, having kids……….. oh the list goes on. When the coping tools don’t work, the realization that you are truly unhappy sets in, and than it takes a conscious effort to see change that is necessary.
Personally at 43 years of age a decision to change the things that can be changed and to know what is just unchangeable, was big for me. To strengthen my spirit I began to seek out the right support and programs that helped me to gain knowledge. Happy to be with such great like minded creative people, change is feeling good yet challenging. A new sense of courage is now running through my veins, faith in the human race has been restored. Today, Loving Kindness is the chosen path. Still this journey is Yuk but with a lovely balance of Yum.
May all humans seek joy and forget angers and set the intention to live prosperous and long with health and community.
Love N’ Kindness
Mama t
What Do You Hate?
Wow that’s a tough one! How does a person choose? There are so many fantastically hateful things. I mean, who couldn’t say that they hate, intolerance, racism, genocide, oppression, their mother-in-law? Oops, did that sneak in there? Then there are pornographers, child predators, deadbeat dads and mortgage brokers. Let’s not leave out air pollution, global warming, deforestation and litterbugs. How about ingratitude, bad customer service, smokers that throw cigarette butts on the ground, or the one stuck wheel on the shopping cart? Personally, I dislike two-party government, gum on my shoe, bugs in my house, picky eaters and the fact that I always choose the slow line. Not to be overlooked are Viagra commercials, hurricanes, mosquitoes, liars, tailgaters, public restrooms, smells on an airplane, bad taste, mouthy teenagers, clueless parents, wasted effort and dog walkers that don’t pick up the poo.
And, I’ve only scratched the surface. Humans have an abundance of persons, places and things that arouse hatred. We even have a stockpile of hate labels for the most common of these; hate mail, hate speech, hate crimes, hate mongers, hate symbols and directly to the point “haters.” With the vastness of choices for objects of derision it may surprise you to learn that one of the things I hate most is the word hate.
A trip through any dictionary will tell us that “hate” is a feeling of extreme aversion or hostility; the synonyms being strong words like loathe, despise, abhor and detest. It is intended to evoke a passionate feeling of disgust regarding things intolerable. It is a word to be used sparingly, reserved for the truly loathsome. It is perfectly reasonable to say, “I hate genocide.” But does that same level of horror apply to gum on my shoe? We love to hate everything annoying, distasteful or obnoxious. I hate it when that happens,” is our sarcastic response to all things inconvenient. We say, “I hate to be the one to say it,” when we are truly relishing the words that will follow. A teenager may scream, “I hate you!” to their parents when what they really mean is, “I’m not getting my way.” The word hate is so pervasive in our everyday speech that it carries no shock value; we are immune to its power.
So why should I care? Well, maybe I shouldn’t, but here’s why I do… I’m a mother trying to teach my children to be impeccable with their words and to respect the power that words carry as they leave our mouths. As a community, I believe we all suffer from the corruption of our common language. Immunity to the word hate breeds tolerance of hatred. When the real meaning of a word is lost on us, it impairs our ability to see truth, to be appropriately outraged, to care deeply and to take things seriously… or not. I realize I may be the only person that feels this way, but I would honestly hate for that to be the case.
Teri Macias, November 2011
Who Am “I” in this moment? Who do I feel I must Be? The “I” has many “Roles”. One, being the person writing this. The practice of being and co-creating in this exsitence of human experience is all quite challenging. At the age of 43 this self is seeing a shift. Not, easy. This huge Ego is so controlling and certain. The spirit is stuck in layers of “Role play.” Sneaky and untrusting is the feeling felt throughout the day on a daily basis. Practicing being present consumes the whole day, even in the unconscious state of sleep. How may this human race become present?! Hell, if I know……………I’m still working on not saying, I or My or I’m…….Like I just did!
Creating space for the authentic human experience and calming down the Big “I” is challenging but, the experience has become much more peaceful.Hard not to say,” I or My”. This human experience for this time has been interesting as far as how often this human/spirit is authentic. The role playing that feeds the “Ego” is like a huge kings feast and this human/spirit is buried under the remains of all the past feasts! LOL- At least this human has a sense of humor!
Being present today was a split second and then the “I” crushed the presence that quickly. Noticing the “I ” and the roles it plays throughout the day is quiet exhausting but humorous. The more the experience of being human comes to mind the greater the peace this experience is, yet the “I” is right there waiting for the moment of invite, which is every second of this life.
Again, writing in the ”I” is so natural and being the human in this experience is hard. 
May all become better observers and be more authentic in life. Today is a new opportunity for growth and freedom, if the “I” wants to play a hundred roles may this human have a sense of humor and only do onto to others as she wishes to have done on to her.
Peace Peace Peace
Theresa Gagnon
What if what? Once upon a time begins the “Story”, or whatever you call it, “Drama”.
I am the greatest user of “IT”. Good or bad, I need to have “IT”. “IT” is the escape from my true self because I, for some reason, do not believe in me being …
What if I decide to educate myself and get help with the underlying fear. Can I have a better life? Shit ya! Pay it forward by first taking care of yourself. You are the number one investment in this lifetime.
Say “NO to SHIT” and move forward with the breath in your lungs and the inspiration in your heart — where there is a WILL there is a WAY.
KICK ASS!
Namaste
Mama T
Each day is a possibility to live more fully and free from negativity. The work lies within you. When we become the observer of possibilities and make conscious choices from the place of awareness, the ‘Ah-ha’ begins to set in and the ‘right from wrong’ are clear. We are born with just enough ego (common sense) to know what is right and what is wrong, the rest we decide to be. May we be ‘Great Beings‘ in this human world, doing the work and being ‘Great Humans‘!
Namaste
T & Starla
I remember the first time someone said something so untrue regarding my being and how attached I was to their words. I was crushed and thought how can a person be so cruel.
Today my yoga practice consists more of getting out of my mind and choosing how I live in this moment. My choice of words and how I share and or communicate to others and myself are becoming more beautiful.
Being a business owner and creating balance day to day is wonderful and sometimes intense. Today my balance was creating Loving Kindness around Gossip. How would I respond to negative words and or not respond and not be attached to the pain. Hard task! I Finally put myself into the gossiper shoes and felt their fear and decided holding on or hanging out in Pain sucks. As I write this I am feeling the ‘I’,ego who will want to tell the gossiper to get over their self @^*!?@ with many other words and then the joyful being inside of me is whispering kindness. I feel better with joy in my veins.
Loving kindness, practicing this in every situation is what I am working on everyday, I have faith that my moments and days for the rest of my existing life will be more peaceful. This is Yoga. May all beings see their reflection not only of light but see the dark and become more present in their accusations and gossip to take ownership in the play of arguments, war and the violence that we as individuals create. May we arrive here ‘NOW‘ with peace in our hearts.
So be it.
Peace peace peace.
My light to yours
Mama t
