Comments on happyluau: Sacred Life Sunday: Cherishing My Life With Joy

Yes, very good, Rick, I do agree. Our culture offe...

2008-07-25T17:26:00.000-07:00

Yes, very good, Rick, I do agree. Our culture offers us much non-Joy and much pseudo-Joy. But you are right in that if we do allow it, then it can truly be "easy" :)

Blessings and love,

O

I would add one more little detail to Jim's though...

2008-07-24T06:07:00.000-07:00

I would add one more little detail to Jim's thoughts on joy: while there can be rigor involved, one can experience joy with only a thoughtful decision to allow it. In other words, it's a sliding scale: to be in the joy space all of the time requires a good deal of rigor in one's practice in today's world. There is simply so much non-Joy offered us, that to stay joyful requires rigor.

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Caremen,Just reading your lovely comments and seei...

2008-07-23T10:21:00.000-07:00

Caremen,

Just reading your lovely comments and seeing you here on my blog is enough, Carmen :) Thank you so much, and I love you, O

I'm so glad, Leah! They really do it for me, too, ...

2008-07-23T10:20:00.000-07:00

I'm so glad, Leah! They really do it for me, too, and I'm glad we could share it. Love, O

don't want you to be sad...would you like a little...

2008-07-21T14:08:00.000-07:00

don't want you to be sad...
would you like a little something from me? something handmade and heartfelt?

oh, i so needed a smile and these pictures did it ...

2008-07-20T20:28:00.000-07:00

oh, i so needed a smile and these pictures did it for me! thanks, olivia. xoxo

Chani, If I ever get a tattoo, that's what I would...

2008-07-20T15:18:00.000-07:00

Chani,
If I ever get a tattoo, that's what I would get. It seriously is going to be my mantra, and I'll probably have to repeat-repeat-repeat it, but that's okay!

I don't have Netflix, but I looked in my library, and I DO have it, can you believe it, miracle of miracles---bought it in cassette form a while back. Now must be the time for me to listen to it. And that's what I'm going

Just came back to recommend something. If you get ...

2008-07-20T14:48:00.000-07:00

Just came back to recommend something. If you get a chance and you have Netflix, be sure to rent "The Flowering of Human Consciousness". Right now, I get the impression that you would really like it and would get a lot from it.

:)

That first quote needs to be tattooed on every per...

2008-07-20T13:25:00.000-07:00

That first quote needs to be tattooed on every person's arm or wrist! If that *one lesson* would be internalized, the culture here would be healed.

It gets very hard sometimes to try to convince people who have grown up in such a destructive culture that we are not here to suffer. We're not here to be wounded. We are here to enjoy each other and the planet.

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