Love and Light

"When you live in love and light, you will not go unseen; ignite the world with every flame of your being."
- Alexandra Elle

Silence is the language of god, all else is poor translation.

~ Rumi

Quiet

Express yourself completely,
Then keep quiet.
Be like the forces of nature;
When it blows, there is only wind;
When it rains, there is only rain;
When the clouds pass, the sun shines through.

If you open yourself to the Tao,
You are at one with the Tao
And you can embody it completely.
If you open yourself to insight,
You are at one with insight
And you can use it completely.

If you open yourself to loss,
You are one with loss
And you can accept it completely.
Open yourself to the Tao,
Then trust your natural responses;
And everything will fall into place.
~ Lao Tzu

Keep still

Regular periods of keeping still are important aspects of personal development and harmony in relationships. The most restful person may not be the one who sleeps twelve hours a day, but the one able to grab catnaps while cruising at 600 miles-per-hour at 35,000 ft. Learning to act when it is time to act, and to keep still when it is time to keep still, is the key to obtaining the peace of mind which helps you stay focused when clear focus is needed. 

Consider the spine, which serves as a switchboard for all the nerves of the body that mediate movement. When the spine is kept flexible and healthy through proper rest and relaxation, active movement can always be undertaken without strain. When the spine is held erect in a balanced sitting posture, the inner balancing of meditation can take place. 

Treat your energetic vitality like a candle in the wind -- protecting it as though it were your only light in a dark forest on a moonless night. Avoid external conditions and relationships that threaten to snuff out the flame, and be careful not to suffocate it with your own ambitions or worries. 

Time out. Relax, take your shoes off, and sit a spell. Let go of thinking. Breathe. Meditate.

Enough

don’t let enough,
take hold of who you are-
did I do enough,
am I good enough,
I've had enough,
of this sometimes-
unforgiving world.
let yourself know,
you are more-
than just a word,
that tries to take-
your soul power,
you are resilient-
and everlasting,
passing through-
to the other side,
pass the empty spaces-
that make you feel small,
regretful,
unworthy.
what gives you,
your wings-
is a heart released,
to love’s embracing.
enough couldn’t be,
more wrong-
but if you choose enough,
let this be the mantra-
you sing,
from your being-
I am enough!

Author Maureen Kwiat Meshenberg © 

Always be on the lookout for the presence of wonder.
~ E.B. White

Simply

Nature is pleased with simplicity. 
~ Isaac Newton

Don't Grieve

Look to this day!
For it is life, the very life of life.
In its brief course
Lie all the verities and realities of your existence:
The bliss of growth;
The glory of action;
The splendor of achievement;
For yesterday is but a dream,
And tomorrow is only a vision;
But today, well lived, makes every yesterday
a dream of happiness,
And every tomorrow a vision of hope.
~ Kalidasa, Indian Poet

Ripples

"Imagine throwing a little stone into a still pond and watching it ripple. Then, after a while, when the ripples settle down, perhaps you throw another little stone. That’s exactly what you do when you go into the field of pure silence and introduce your intention. In this silence, even the faintest intention will ripple across the underlying ground of universal consciousness, which connects everything with everything else. But, if you do not experience stillness in consciousness, if your mind is like a turbulent ocean, you could throw the Empire State Building into it, and you wouldn’t notice a thing."

Deepak Chopra

Nature

I break through rock,
the side of my mountain-
the nature of me,
nurturing me.
roots that enter,
deep into my waters-
reaching my flowering,
to my skies within.
I thrive through,
my storms-
sometimes,
weathered and worn-
or the seasons,
take my life through-
my rebirth,
but I will not-
be unearthed,
I hold my roots deep-
in my truth,
inside me.
I open to the light,
to the nature of life-
and to those who,
nurture me,
around me.
see me grow,
breaking my ground-
rising up high-
up my climb,
surrendering to,
the nature-
of my ever growing life.

Author Maureen Kwiat Meshenberg ©