RolandG's blog

In my End is my Beginning

Fri, 15 Aug 2008 03:16:12 -0700

In the Beginning of Beginnings was Void of Void, the Nameless.
And the Nameless was One, without body, without form.
This One-This Being in whom all find power to exist-
Is the Living.
From Living, comes the Formless, the Undivided.
From the act of this Formless, come Existents, each according
To its principle. This is Form. Here body embraces and
cherishes spirit.
The two work together as one, blending and manifesting their Characters.

A Story Of Enlightenment

Tue, 29 Jul 2008 07:44:17 -0700

Deepak Chopra speaks about Buddha, A Story Of Enlightenment at The Oxonian Society.

Chopra's book Buddha, A Story Of Enlightenment shows how the iconic journey of the prince who became the Buddha has changed the world forever, and how the lessons he taught continue to influence every corner of the world.

Buddha is the most important man who ever achieved enlightenment. Although we see him as a calm, benevolent figure, the actual life story of Buddha was tumultuous and dramatic. I wanted to bring this mysterious figure, who died 2,500 years ago, into the present in all his psychological complexity.

The Looming Food Crisis

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 01:08:39 -0700

The 'silent tsunami' of hunger...

Dear friends,

I found this article on Peter Russels website:

We have heard plenty about the dangers of peak oil, global warming, banking meltdowns, and global pandemics, but the most critical crisis of all, that of food, looms largely unnoticed.

When we have thought about a food crisis it has usually been in terms of there not being enough food. But in recent times a new specter has raised its head. The food is there, but the price of food is rising so fast that the world's poor can no longer afford it. They can no longer afford the most basic commodity of life.

Ernest Hemingway’s Top 9 Words of Wisdom

Mon, 16 Jun 2008 02:59:33 -0700

“The world is a fine place and worth the fighting for and I hate very much to leave it.”

As you probably know Ernest Hemingway was a writer, journalist and Nobel Prize Winner. Some of his most famous stories include “The Old Man and The Sea” and “The Sun Also Rises”. He also fought in both World Wars and worked as a correspondent during for instance the Spanish Civil War.

Now, here are 9 of the favourite words of wisdom from Ernest Hemingway.

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How to love

Sat, 17 May 2008 08:54:29 -0700

Anthony DeMello talks about praying from the heart. He is at his best in encouraging us to be fully in touch with truth, beauty, and joy. Fr. De Mello's approach mixes common sense, startling originality, and wisdom from many sources in the East and West. Segment 3 - How to love In this program of three thirty-minute segments, Father Anthony de Mello gives a complete course on spiritual freedom. Using stories, anecdotes, and humor, he begins by focusing on prayer and continues with the topics of freedom and love.

Dance of light

Tue, 13 May 2008 07:54:01 -0700

I see clouds sailing across the sky like boats, dreaming.
I hear birds sing blessing the morning sun,
After the rain.
The World seems new,
And a fresh wind showers a billion leaves
Slightly tilting the treetops in a tender wave.
Kissing the sky.

Peace from the Quantum Level

Fri, 28 Mar 2008 02:56:20 -0700

The short video from the Quantum Level is #2 on YouTube's Top Favorites for Nonprofits and Activism. "This is not talking about peace," David Lynch emphasizes, "This is about creating real peace." David Lynch states. "Peace IS real."

It's well-worth a watch.

Namaste Roland

Find your voice for Tibet

Tue, 25 Mar 2008 11:22:24 -0700

Dear friends on IONS,

this year seems to be a year of change in many cases spiritually or politically. We as confident human beings has many ways to vote for a change and to support the change for a real shift in action.
Now is the time to make a step toward for a change.
Think about Tibet and the situation there for a moment? Watch the video and find your voice or just visualize a free Tibet and send your intention for a change in the minds of the leaders to solve the situation in peace and in a non violent way.

Watch the Free Tibet video!

Visit the StudentsforaFreeTibet.org

Whiff of fresh air...

Wed, 12 Mar 2008 11:23:08 -0700

The ancients knew it ... Always!
We are looking for new
words
acceptable terms
Pictures
Concepts
a new world map
to understand... what we already know
why do we not learn... to see?
what always has exists
eternity for eternity
directly in front of our eyes
shift of perception... split your attention!

What is real...

Fri, 25 Jan 2008 05:22:12 -0800

Is that what we perceive what it is?
Or do we filter the reality?

Here's a little test! What do you see?

What is this?

A hat, a tool, a faucet, an arrow...?
What we see is only part of the reality!
It's only part of the truth we see here, look closely, do you see the word FLY?

Our expectations shapes what we experience!

Expectation is the greatest impediment to living.
In anticipation of tomorrow, it loses today.
^Seneca

Namaste Roland

Truth and error – How feelings form reality

Fri, 04 Jan 2008 01:15:29 -0800

We shape reality with our feelings. According to our patterns of perception, we inscribe the blueprint of our experienced mirror image with our thoughts and feelings.
Abilities are taught, trained and individually perfected. We’re good students unable not to learn. We absorb everything to make it our own. We’re continuously growing and changing from one shape to the next. 10 Million cells die and rearrange themselves every second. A dance of light in frantic velocity.

^{photo by fa.bian}

So how can it be that we behave so stiffly and clumsily when faced with this change? Because our consciouness is forever distracted. Like a child engrossed in play, carried away - becoming One and being woven into the thread of dream. Dilligently, we weave our veil from the finest material only.
Instant to Instant. Everything we can empathise with belongs to our experience and becomes comprehensible and tangible.

The Story of Stuff

Thu, 27 Dec 2007 00:42:55 -0800

The Story of Stuff takes you on a provocative
tour of our consumer-driven culture–from
resource extraction to iPod incineration. Watch
this 20-minute, fast-paced, fact-filled look at the underside of production, consumption, and waste.
It’ll teach you something. It’ll make you laugh. And it just may change the way you look at all your stuff.

Learn more at www.storyofstuff.com

The movie explains in simple, powerful terms why our present system of ever-accelerating production and consumption is unsustainable, unjust and unfulfilling, and makes the case that it doesn't have to be this way. This video is based on one woman's years-long research and immersion -- yet she manages to convey a critical environmental/social message to anyone, even young children, in a way that challenges, entertains and inspires. I highly recommend you see it and share the link with everyone you know.

Mind-Link ONE: OneMinuteShift Video - It's Not Too Late from Van Jones

Mind-Link TWO: THE WORLD CLOCK

Mind-Link THREE: Resources and Facts

Mind-Link FOUR: Your personal Footprint, check it out...

Namaste Roland

Prayers of the Cosmos

Thu, 20 Dec 2007 04:17:49 -0800

THE ARAMAIC PRAYER

Jesus did not speak English. He spoke Aramaic.
I found different versions of the "Lord's Prayer" to give you a more HOLISTIC perspective.
Enjoy the difference and the deep meaning of this timeless words...

^{photo by fa.bian}

THE ARAMAIC PRAYER OF JESUS
^{translated from Aramaic by Saadi Neil Douglas-Klotz of the Sufi Order of the West}

O, Birther of the Cosmos, focus your light within us -- make it useful
Create your reign of unity now
Your one desire then acts with ours,
As in all light,
So in all forms,
Grant us what we need each day in bread and insight:
Loose the cords of mistakes binding us,
As we release the strands we hold of other's guilt.
Don't let surface things delude us,
But free us from what holds us back.
From you is born all ruling will,
The power and the life to do,
The song that beautifies all,
From age to age it renews.
I affirm this with my whole being.

Shed A Little Light

Fri, 14 Dec 2007 12:31:12 -0800

Dear friends on IONS,

I like to share this wonderful Song from James Taylor, I like to share a real vision because we are bound together and be honest: you can feel the a hunger in the center of your chest... as many others do so... Listen to the Song enjoy it... feel it! Be a part of it... just for a moment and you can feel the power of a real change... There is a passage through the darkness and the mist...Right here and now!

Shed A Little Light

Let us turn our thoughts today
To martin luther king
And recognize that there are ties between us
All men and women
Living on the earth
Ties of hope and love
Sister and brotherhood
That we are bound together
In our desire to see the world become
A place in which our children
Can grow free and strong
We are bound together
By the task that stands before us
And the road that lies ahead
We are bound and we are bound

There is a feeling like the clenching of a fist
There is a hunger in the center of the chest
There is a passage through the darkness and the mist
And though the body sleeps the heart will never rest

(chorus)
Shed a little light, oh lord
So that we can see
Just a little light, oh lord
Wanna stand it on up
Stand it on up, oh lord
Wanna walk it on down
Shed a little light, oh lord

Cant get no light from the dollar bill
Dont give me no light from a tv screen
When I open my eyes
I wanna drink my fill
From the well on the hill

(do you know what I mean? )
- chorus -

Empty your mind...

Wed, 12 Dec 2007 15:17:31 -0800

Empty your mind and think of nought.
Like a hollow bamboo
Rest at ease your body.
Giving not nor taking,
Put your mind at rest.

^Tilopa

When your mind is still you can choose!