Just Dandy

“Don’t underestimate the value of
doing nothing, of just going along,
listening to all the things you can’t hear,
and not bothering.”

Pooh’s Little Instruction Book

Child’s Play

“His laughter, which was never far below
the surface of his conversation,
now sparkled like a splash of water in sunlight.”

Joseph Lelyveld

Graceful Landing

“The artist is a receptacle for the emotions
that come from all over the place:
from the sky, from the earth,
from a scrap of paper,
from a passing shape,
from a spider’s web.”

Pablo Picasso

This graceful landing was hard won for that little spider. While doing my best as a photographer to preserve the experience of standing on the edge of a cliff, overlooking the Pacific Ocean with the Tillamook Lighthouse out at sea, and capturing the beautiful sunset… it was dancing in the wind, dangling several feet from a safe resting place, but slowly gaining web, getting closer and closer to the branch. I kept a close eye on it and was honored to bring to life it’s success in the final rays of day.

Peace & Love

“The soul walks not upon a line;
neither does it grow like a reed.
The soul unfolds itself,
like a lotus of countless petals.”

Kahlil Gibran

Bubbles & Clovers

“I know a place where the sun is like gold,
And the cherry blooms burst with snow,
And down underneath is the loveliest nook,
Where the four-leaf clovers grow.

One leaf is for hope, and one is for faith,
And one is for love, you know,
And God put another in for luck—
If you search, you will find where they grow.

But you must have hope, and you must have faith,
You must love and be strong – and so—
If you work, if you wait, you will find the place
Where the four-leaf clovers grow.”

Four-Leaf Clover
by Ella Higginson

Unity Unfoldin

“Gain strength. Suck up energy. Make a point to appreciate the fragrance of the flowers and the beauty of the sunset. It’s like armor and then you’re armed with an ability to be detached. One is meant to forgive, to forgive and be compassionate.” The meditation tools Kuan Yin offers can be utilized while in the garden or when just daydreaming.

“Just let the mind go and look at a flower,” instructs Kuan Yin. “Clear your mind.”

“I’m looking at the flower and watching how Kuan Yin relates to it,” comments trance channel Lena Lees. “I’m seeing how the act of relating to a flower appears to be so simple. Yet, it takes a tremendous amount of courage to make such a “simple” act important. I understand now how “busyness” can be a real distraction, how it can create “made up” realities. Being present means an absence of past and future. I’m seeing how bringing the mind into the present is the link to eternity and that true meditation is the acceptance of no past or future. I’m understanding how these are amazingly brave concepts, that there are only moments upon moments to be lived.”

“Kuan Yin is showing me something-a tube, I think. I don’t fully understand this diagram. It is as if one end is the past, the other the future. The middle of the tube, the present, is our way, our vehicle for changing reality. You slip into the universe, while living in this dream, this present. Your escape hatch is right here. It is like meditating upon a beautiful place. The more one dwells on the vision of the beautiful place, the more real it becomes.”

“The only way to really utilize your human experience is to practice some kind of meditation or visualization,” states Kuan Yin.” It does work. People really need it. It’s the only way to get through the difficult times. This kind of practice puts one in the “Kuan Yin spirit”. You’re the watcher. Instead of judging, you just see. Whether meditating upon my form or bringing light into the chakras, all these techniques will help in one’s life.”

“It would be best if you could practice being in this moment and then in the next moment and so on. Try to be here, right now. Focus upon a leaf fluttering, light reflected on the waves. Things are more beautiful, afterwards. Make it your own experience. Things will taste, feel better. Colors will be brighter and you’ll feel more alive.”

“A powerful meditation is when contemplating the oneness of everything is to find something’s unique qualities. For example, observing an island’s wholeness and then focusing upon the uniqueness of a single stone. Westerners are dealing with this dichotomy on a grand scale. However, Kuan Yin wants me to emphasize that this meditation is simple but powerful. It’s like physical exercise. One can practice it just once a day or as often as one likes. Other examples to meditate upon (other than an individual stone on the island beach) are faces in a crowd or a leaf on a tree. Each person (in the crowd) is unique and yet (at that very moment) part of the whole. The same is true for leaves on the trees. Practicing this deceptively easy meditation helps each of us to see reality.”

Lena Lee

Second Sight

“Everyone and everything that
shows up in our life is a reflection
of something that is happening inside of us.”
Alan Cohen

Red Dress

Walk right out of my life
Keep your money in your hand
Look out where you’re headin mama
Don’t go running blind
Shine it out strut it out
keep your ear right to the ground
watch out now for strange cats
when them strange cats come around
pretty little girl with the red dress on, pretty little girl she can dance

Keep your eyes wide open
hold your head up high
you are now a stranger here
so much changes with a sigh
Call out ask for fortune
she would lend a helping hand
do not turn your back on the lady
when the lady comes round
Pretty little girl with the red dress on, pretty little girl she came down

Some would say that love is blind
I blame it on the moon
People say that loves unkind
I’m finally out of tune
Mama Mama mama just keep on dancing to it
Baby baby baby I’ll dance a tune for you

Pretty little Girl with the red dress on,
Pretty Pretty Pretty little girl she can dance

Dancing down main street
Some say do the stroll
Need the time to look around
Another day in the hole

No one cares about the fool
who lost the final goal
knowing only chance survived
and sacrificed his soul

Pretty little girl with the red dress on
Pretty little girl she can dance
Pretty lil Pretty lil girl

Red Dress – Robert Plant

credits: Plant/Adams/Deamer/Baggott/Jones/Thompson
from: Dreamland

In Flight

“Aerodynamically, the bumble bee
shouldn’t be able to fly,
but the bumble bee doesn’t know it
so it goes on flying anyway.”

Mary Kay Ash