margie spot

2009-02-24T16:39:00.000-08:00

AUTOBIOGRAPHY IN FIVE SHORT CHAPTERS
By Portia Nelson

I
I walk down the street. There is a deep hole in the sidewalk I fall in. I am lost ... I am helpless. It isn't my fault. It takes me forever to find a way out.
II
I walk down the same street. There is a deep hole in the sidewalk. I pretend I don't see it. I fall in again. I can't believe I am in the same place but, it isn't my fault. It still takes a long time to get out.
III
I walk down the same street. There is a deep hole in the sidewalk. I see it is there. I still fall in ... it's a habit. my eyes are open I know where I am. It is my fault. I get out immediately.
IV
I walk down the same street. There is a deep hole in the sidewalk. I walk around it.
V
I walk down another street.

Loving Eckhart Tolle right now...

2008-07-31T18:15:00.000-07:00

"Abundance comes only to those who already have it"
E Tolle

My favourite photo metaphor for psychotherapy

2008-06-10T01:31:00.000-07:00

The leaf touches the surface and causes a gentle change to the water which ripples out to change the entire pond ...

Sorry - 13 February 2008 - It's about time...

2008-02-12T13:58:00.000-08:00

About time.

Time to say sorry.

Time to back it up with action.

Time to be proud of our indiginous people.

Time to cry. Time to act. Time to heal.

Kevin Rudd has served us well today...

Abundance

2008-02-12T13:50:00.000-08:00

Abundance is not something we acquire.

It is something we tune into.
Wayne Dyer

Today's inspiration

2008-02-04T18:40:00.000-08:00

“The winds of grace are always blowing”, the Indian mystic Ramakrishna said. “But we have to raise our sails”. Through grace we are granted such priceless gifts as self-transcending love, joy and peace as well as those extraordinary capacities that lift us above the commonplace.

With grace, all comes to us as if freely given rather than earned... spontaneously revealed rather than attained.

…George Leonard coined the term Focussed Surrender … he noted that every episode of grace or “perfect rhythm” involved the unlikely marriage of trying and not trying, of zeroing in and letting go. It appeared that both focused intentionality and the surrender of ego were necessary for experiencing existence at such a fundamental level and creating what often appeared miraculous.

It was at the moment of surrender, after intense concentration that grace became manifest.

…If we entertain the notion that the universe somehow already contains all information, all possibilities and that each of us is a context of the universe from a particular point of view, then we might say that to create a sharply focused, vivid image of what we are seeking serves to “tune” our being to that precise possibility.

But that’s not enough, the striving, the ego, still gets in the way.

When we surrender, relinquishing the ego with its limitations, we open the way for grace; news from the universe, a direct connection with the divine.

Excerpt from "The Life We Are Given" George Leonard and Micheal Murphy

Inspirations...

2008-01-10T19:40:00.000-08:00

There is only one happiness in life,

to love and be loved'

George Sand

Why would I even start a blog spot? I guess what I would want to share with the world is what inspires me so that if anyone reads this then they too might be inspired to find peace, to choose right action and to live consciously.

These are the things that inspire me... my children, courageous people, loving actions, great quotes and on and on! Watching and assisting others to learn and learning myself.