Sorry, but now we’re into it; 2014 looks to be starting off as another challenging year for many.
Can mindful breathing with mantras, gathas or affirmations change this?
Flooded road in Somerset Levels, UK
Blue Monday
Last Monday, 20th January, is known as ‘Blue Monday’.
According to the Bristol Observer, it’s the ‘gloomiest, most depressing day of the year‘.
So if this week didn’t have the best start, don’t worry, you’re not alone.
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“The first few months of 2014 are about integration and clearing. Integrating the old and gracefully clearing the new
is a simultaneous CoCreative process.”
“The universal compassion accomplished through the practice of Sutra teachings and the wisdom accomplished through the practice of Tantric teachings are like two wings of a bird.
Just as both wings are equally important for a bird to fly, so both Sutra and Tantra are equally important for practitioners seeking enlightenment.“
Geshe Kelsang Gyatso
Sutra
Guide to the Bodhisattva’s Way of Life, a poem written by the 7th Century Buddhist master, Shantideva:
“A Bodhisattva is a friend of the world who, motivated by compassion, spontaneously seeks enlightenment to benefit all living beings.”
Affirmations and qualities to promote
for the Capricorn Supermoon.
☽New Super Moon !
The New Moon in Capricorn January 1st 2014 is a SuperMoon.
It’ll affect us all, regardless of star-sign.
* A SuperMoon is “a new or full moon which occurs with the moon at or near (within 90% of) its closest approach to Earth.”
“Capricorn is an earth element, cardinal mode of energy, so it is highly dynamic and has the potential to be excellent at management, organization and delegation.
The New Moon in Capricorn’s themes are letting go andpaving the way for rebirth and aligning with quality and integrity…The climb to the top of the symbolic mountain may feel rough, yet imagine the new possibilities and view when you arrive at the peak.
With persistence and gentle discipline, all things may be achieved.”
A few people have commented on how super charged the energies feel just now.
A friend texted me this morning, “Energy feels good and positive. Welcome 2014.”
I couldn’t agree more.
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New Years Affirmations
“On this day, I will strive to see the peace that is everywhere and access the abundance of beauty and joy that lie in every moment.
It is the Eternal Now that I am after.
I will strive to be a magnet for powerful, positive, and miraculous truths, images, words, and music.
I will do everything in my power to clear my mind of the negative energies that have obfuscated my view and distorted my words and actions.
I will create a new paradigm that helps me to recognize only the good qualities in every person, place, and thing that composes my environment.
I will raise my energy and my light to the highest frequencies of love, generosity, charity, compassion, forgiveness, and truth.
I will fill my head with constructive thoughts and images that will help me to further my individual growth so that I can illuminate and inspire the lives of others.
I’m not the only one totally stoked about tonight’s 50th episode, am I?
LoL, far from it 🙂
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Why We Love Doctor Who:
❤The Doctor’s Magic!
No really, he is!
OK, sorry, not everybody’s into Doctor Who, I’ll grant you. But an awful lot of us are. Maybe that’s because he is not so unlike us? He’s flawed and looking for answers same as we are.
There is something quite magical about the Doctor, what he stands for, and his inimitable style, which is quite uplifting.
˚˙¨*•.¸¸.☆ “Angels can fly because they take themselves lightly.” G.K. Chesterton
Yayy, and for me the Doctor is the sci-fi version of a Buddhist mendicant; wandering the Universe, giving a lift to those he can.
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As for us, we have limited choice what experiences our will ripen for us next. But we can help others, whilst creating the life we want to live.
❤ Travelling where we want to go
Rory: “AH, the sign does say ‘Keep Out’.” Doctor: “I see ‘keep out’ signs as suggestions, rather than actual orders. Like ‘dry clean only‘”.
The Doctor’s capricious and unpredictable, and bends the rules when needed.
He’s not anarchic, that wouldn’t particularly be of benefit to others. But the Doctor does think for himself, and uses his intuition and inner wisdom to guide him.
This way of playing means the Doctor normally wins the games he finds himself in. He knows and believes in himself, and the magic of things, allowing them to flow as one.
Even when he loses, the Doctor’s magic sparkles and sparks with an understanding that the Universe is a big place, where just about everything is possible.
It’s like with us. The path you’re on might not have turned out to be going in the direction you were planning; but stopping to admire the view gives you chance to evaluate it, use it,
or change it.
Thanks to all who voted in our poll; Lottie won hands down. (✿◠‿◠)❤ That means JasBaku.Com is being replaced by CosmicLoti.Com as the site’s url. (The web address at the top. Though I think JasBaku.Com will still be operational for awhile :~)
Why is this important? Because name matters.
All Phenomena are Mere Name
This is what Buddha said to one of his disciples, Shariputra, when he was giving a discourse on the true nature of reality.
Naming is a process by which we create and define our world.
Buddha was telling his disciple that a name is much more than a label; by naming something we bring it into existence.
Kepler 78b & its star
Like when astronomers discovered this new exoplanet recently:
It was orbiting its star, minding its own business, unnamed, unnoticed, and unimportant.
Now it’s been noted and namedKepler 78b. With a name comes a new state of being, a new status. Kepler 78b has been brought into existence.
She’s got approx. 500 followers and has made some lovely friends 🙂 So thank you all very much for following, dropping by, commenting, and generally being beautiful ♡ I can genuinely say that the blogging experience has become a most interesting, challenging and meaningful part of my life. Best thing is, I know it’s helped others on the way 🙂
To celebrate she’s getting the opportunity to get her very own URL
(the web address at the top).
The domain for JasBaku.com expires in a few weeks ~ the question is now, should she remain at the same address, or should CosmicLoti.com come into her own?
What thinks you?…
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The poll is open for a week, and I’ll announce the results on the 10th November. Do let me know what y’all think, vote and comment below 🙂
Thank You!
“Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, & the passion to reach for the stars to change the world.”
Harriet Tubman
Mere Name! Cosmic Loti . Com is here ⍲‿⍲
CosmicLoti.Com is replacing JasBaku.Com as the site’s url.
Why is this important? Planets, your socks and this web log, all came into existence in complete dependence on the process of naming.
Not all her fault. And when I say “patiently accepted“, that’s a wish path that’s improving with practice…
So, why I’ve been gone:
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* two consecutive MS attacks too close for comfort
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* work commitments
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* cosmic energy shifts
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* heatwave in the UK
*and karma
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So my approach?
(Which is a good trick when you can do it)
Watch each situation unfold
with patient acceptance
“Patience is a mind that is able to accept, fully and happily, whatever occurs…having given up on the idea that things should be other than what they are.“
Geshe Kelsang Gyatso
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It is in this calm, clear space of patient acceptance that the most beautiful of things can happen.
As the Buddhist Master Shantideva said
“If something can be remedied
Why be unhappy about it?
And if there’s no remedy for it,
There is still no point in being unhappy.”
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This is like releasing attachment to the outcome.
If we have done all we can then it’s best to physically and metaphorically step back from the situation. Surrender and have faith that all is as it should be, no matter what the outcome.
Not the easiest, but it does become more do-able when we’ve seen how well it works.
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Space Oddity “Planet Earth is blue, and there’s nothing left to do.”
Chris Hadfield in the International Space Station. Hauntingly beautiful.
