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After a long period away from Stumble, I am back in spirit if not in blogging. Mahalo nui loa for visiting my pages and for all of the messages left while I was gone. I hope to be talking with old friends soon!
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ProgressiveMe
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ProgressiveMe is a 34 year old woman from Generation X, California, USA
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"A human being is part of the whole called by us universe ... We experience ourselves, our thoughts and feelings as something separate from the rest. A kind of optical delusion of consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from the prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty. The true value of a human being is determined by the measure and the sense in which they have obtained liberation from the self. We shall require a substantially new manner of thinking if humanity is to survive." ~Albert Einstein~
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Echoes
Every time you love just a little
Take one step closer, solving a riddle
It echoes all over the world
Every time you opt in to kindness
Make one connection, used to divide us
It echoes all over the world
Every time you choose one more morning
Goodness or meanness, life has one warning
It echoes all over the world
When a leader gets the hungry fed food
When you just make love inside your bedroom
It echoes all over the world
I just love, love, love Dar Williams! Go see her and her band in concert, they are pure magic! You can preview the entire album for free here! -
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If there is any period one would desire to be born in, is it not the age of Revolution; when the old and the new stand side by side and admit of being compared; when the energies of all men are searched by fear and hope; when the historic glories of the old can be compensated by the rich possibilities of the new era? This time, like all times, is a very good one, if we but know what to do with it.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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To begin to understand the deeper meaning of the word Aloha it is important to know that it does not mean "goodbye." There are no goodbyes in Hawaiian. The concept of separation and endings does not exist in the roots of the original language. At first one might think that would leave some real gaps or voids when trying to describe things, but not if you understand the Hawaiian philosophy of life. Imagine if you lived in a world where no one died and there were no goodbyes. Wouldn't it be nice to know that you were always connected even when you were not physically in the same place at the same time?
The closest thing to good-bye in Hawaiian is ahui ho, which means "until we meet again" and more. We will meet again, even if it is in a thousand years, and we will recognize each other (by our eyes).
Aloha sends with it a connection. It acknowledges "that which animates your heart and my heart." We share in common the living, love force of the Universe that rides next to the breath and brings our heartbeat. We dwell within the same living force and in this word-sound I acknowledge that as the blessing and the truth about our coming together or our "seeming" separation. And so, it does mean hello, I love you and it goes with us wherever we are without ever having to say goodbye.
The further clue for understanding the foundation of the Hawaiian language is the composite of the words. Even the pieces of the words hold the meaning. Alo means "to be with" and ha, well there's a word to understand; a word that is the foundation stone and building block of one of the real clues to the mysteries of life. A clue to the Hawaiian wisdom, the higher connection to the Universe and the power that once was the greatest of all sorcery and magic. Most folks think that the interpretation of ha simply means "the breath." It does, and in that simplicity is the clue.
From The Planetary Crossroads and the Key to Our Future: The Secrets and Mysteries of Hawaii - A Call to the Soul by Pila of Hawaii -
Words of Encouragement from Clarissa Pinkola Estés
Rated • 18 reviews • activism, spirtuality • kporterfield.com
Letter To A Young Activist During Troubled Times
By Clarissa Pinkola Estés Ph.D.
Mis estimados:
Do not lose heart. We were made for these times.
I have heard from so many recently who are deeply and properly bewildered. They are concerned about the state of affairs in our world right now. It is true, one has to have strong cojones and ovarios to withstand much of what passes for "good" in our culture today. Abject disregard of what the soul finds most precious and irreplaceable and the corruption of principled ideals have become, in some large societal arenas, "the new normal," the grotesquerie of the week. It is hard to say which one of the current egregious matters has rocked people's worlds and beliefs more. Ours is a time of almost daily jaw-dropping astonishment and often righteous rage over the latest degradations of what matters most to civilized, visionary people.
You are right in your assessments. The lustre and hubris some have aspired to while endorsing acts so heinous against children, elders, everyday people, the poor, the unguarded, the helpless, is breathtaking. Yet ... I urge you, ask you, gentle you, to please not spend your spirit dry by bewailing these difficult times. Especially do not lose hope. Most particularly because, the fact is -- we were made for these times. Yes. For years, we have been learning, practicing, been in training for and just waiting to meet on this exact plain of engagement. I cannot tell you often enough that we are definitely the leaders we have been waiting for, and that we have been raised since childhood for this time precisely....
In the language of aviators and sailors, ours is to sail forward now, all balls out. Understand the paradox: If you study the physics of a waterspout, you will see that the outer vortex whirls far more quickly than the inner one. To calm the storm means to quiet the outer layer, to cause it, by whatever countervailing means, to swirl much less, to more evenly match the velocity of the inner, far less volatile core - till whatever has been lifted into such a vicious funnel falls back to Earth, lays down, is peaceable again. One of the most important steps you can take to help calm the storm is to not allow yourself to be taken in a flurry of overwrought emotion or despair -- thereby accidentally contributing to the swale and the swirl. Ours is not the task of fixing the entire world all at once, but of stretching out to mend the part of the world that is within our reach. Any small, calm thing that one soul can do to help another soul, to assist some portion of this poor suffering world, will help immensely. It is not given to us to know which acts or by whom, will cause the critical mass to tip toward an enduring good. What is needed for dramatic change is an accumulation of acts -- adding, adding to, adding more, continuing. We know that it does not take "everyone on Earth" to bring justice and peace, but only a small, determined group who will not give up during the first, second, or hundredth gale.
One of the most calming and powerful actions you can do to intervene in a stormy world is to stand up and show your soul. Soul on deck shines like gold in dark times. The light of the soul throws sparks, can send up flares, builds signal fires ... causes proper matters to catch fire. To display the lantern of soul in shadowy times like these -- to be fierce and to show mercy toward others, both - are acts of immense bravery and greatest necessity. Struggling souls catch light from other souls who are fully lit and willing to show it. If you would help to calm the tumult, this is one of the strongest things you can do.... -
Aloha & Mahalo: Two of the Most Important Words of the...
Rated • 7 reviews • hawaii, aloha, hula • geocities.com
Aloha & Mahalo
If you learn just two words in Hawaiian, learn these. They are two of the most important words in the Hawaiian language, representing paramount Hawaiian values.
In Hawaiian thinking, words have mana [meaning spiritual or divine power], and aloha and mahalo are among the most sacred and powerful.
Say them often as they can be life-transforming and -enhancing. Be careful to use them ONLY if you truly feel mahalo or aloha within. Do not exploit these words for personal gain, and neither cheapen, nor trivialize their use by verbalizing them carelessly or without sincerity.
Aloha and mahalo are ineffable, indescribable, and undefinable with words alone; to be understood, they must be experienced.
Deeper meaning and sacredness is hinted at by the root words of these words. Linguists differ in their opinions as to the exact meanings and origins, but this is what was told to me by my kupuna (elder):
On a spiritual level, aloha is an invocation of the Divine and mahalo is a Divine blessing. Both are acknowledgments of the Divinity that dwells within and without.... -
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"A little patience, and we shall see the reign of witches pass over, their spells dissolve, and the people, recovering their true sight, restore their government to its true principles. It is true that in the meantime we are suffering deeply in spirit, and incurring the horrors of a war and long oppressions of enormous public debt. If the game runs sometimes against us at home we must have patience till luck turns, and then we shall have an opportunity of winning back the principles we have lost, for this is a game where principles are at stake."
Thomas Jefferson
From a letter of 1798, after the passage of the Alien and Sedition Acts.
