Ostara for the Northern Hemisphere.
A time of Change, Renewal and Re-birth
“Easter spells out beauty, the rare beauty of new life…”
~S.D. GordonSpring is a natural time of rebirth, renewal, and hope on the physical and spiritual levels
Humans have felt this in their bones since the dawn of time.
EagleEyes, Spiritual Rebirth and Renewal
In her recent article Do you ever feel discouraged? Luna Kadampa describes this process of change as “Sloughing off our sense of a limited, fixed, deluded self — a self that doesn’t in any case even exist — and arising and identifying ourselves as a wise, peaceful, positive, loving, happy, blissful, free person instead.”
We can treat ourself with the same loving-kindness we extend to others, and start to mentally shed those unneeded Winter layers to find this rare beauty inside.
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Endings are always beginnings.
Because that’s the way the world goes.
For sunshine and blue skies to come, those snowy grey skies have to go, and our thermals with them. Doesn’t sound like bad thing; but it can be a trick to recognise this in normal life.
Holding onto things we really should’ve let go of already is subtle torture.
This is certainly worth thinking about if letting go is problematic for us.
We have to let go to become. Physically and mentally, even if it’s just a little bit at a time. Otherwise it’s like we’re still wearing our winter woolies even though it’s uncomfortable because the weather’s getter warmer.
Letting old things go and moving onto pastures new can be scary, especially if it isn’t something we planned. But if we’re open to it, we can experience magic in that space we’ve created.
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Blessed Be for this wonderful time of renewal.
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Images from Cosmic Loti on Tumblr
via YoginiYoda, http://www.sungazing.com
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Lazy Yogi, MindBodyLove
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Wise word and images on here: Let go to Become
Kadampa Life on how our mind affects the experiences in our lives: Wherever you go, there you are,
and on how we can do better than our ‘tight grasping at a limited sense of self’ in: Do you ever feel discouraged?
Apr 01, 2013 @ 08:46:44
Change within and the externals will take care of themselves. Thanks Jas!
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Apr 01, 2013 @ 14:14:44
Thanks for your wisdom Jon. Wouldn’t life be so much easier if we could just remember that? We’re too busy painting hotel rooms aren’t we.
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Apr 01, 2013 @ 11:50:42
Thank you Dakini-la. Beautiful post, reminds me of the teachings on subtle impermanence. x
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Apr 01, 2013 @ 14:11:02
Thank you ❤ Glad you liked it.
Been editing the graphic all morning, so is much better now.
I hadn't figured in subtle impermanence, but you're right, that is very much part of the letting go process. And if we really understood how things change moment by moment, we'd know that there was nothing to hold onto anyway.
Like handfuls of sand running through our fingers.
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Apr 01, 2013 @ 15:34:21
Aeons ago I found a book with the title ‘From a withered tree,a flower blooms’.That truth helped me so much at the time when I had to make a big outer change.You guessed it,it was a Dharma book.Now everytime I see a magnolia or cherry tree it reminds me of my potential to change beyond recognition so this time of year is very auspicious for some mental ‘clear outs’.Thank you,Jas
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Apr 02, 2013 @ 06:45:57
Thank you blessed one. ‘From a withered tree,a flower blooms.’ Zen wisdom.
Dharma is the supreme medicine, isn’t it. It changes everything, and makes that change so do-able. I love magnolia trees too. They’re such pure land trees, they always lift my mind. “Where flowers bloom so does hope.” (Johnson)
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