SONG OF THE WEEK

This week's song of the week reminds us that it is through the humbling of ourselves that we open ourselves up to the deepest connection with the one we yearn for in life. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRP8d7hhpoQ

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

That which we yearn of this material world will be left behind when we transcend. That which we yearn for spiritually will transcend with us.

UNWRAPPING CHOCOLATE

Recently, I stumbled upon this video which helped me to understand that chocolate, a food that most people enjoy and savor, has a deeper meaning and importance then I realized. A few weeks ago, I began to reflect on the debates and discussion about what is chocolate. This week I came to realize that Mexican chocolate is nothing like what we are used to eating in this culture and has a rich history and brings flavors of chocolate to the table, which other chocolates do not. This short video will give you some understanding of the history behind cacao in Mexico.

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THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

As we yearn to benefit others, we release our worldly ways and become transformed through the renewing of our mind.

TO THOSE WHO YEARN TO READ ME

Over the last several years I have had the blessing of meeting, or at least chatting, with so many people who have expressed how the meditations of my heart have resonated with their spirits and touched their life. Recently, I have heard from a few more people then I normally do. They have told me how they have shared what I have written with others, who have read my writings and now yearn to get to know me better, like a young woman named Melissa. What I have come to realize is that there is something she feels in my writings which is her golden shadow.  She has all the gifts, talents and abilities within her that she yearns for, through her relationship with me. She has yet to embrace and embody them.

I so understand that feeling because there are numerous writers and speakers whose work I have admired from afar. It is not that I wanted to be them. But I admired what they had and I wanted that. I wanted that thing I saw in them that I could not see within myself. That is what I yearned for, not to be them, but to have the talent for conveying their wisdom in a way that I had not yet believed I could.

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THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

When we set aside our desires we can begin to see the desires the Divine has for us.

I HAVE A DREAM

I know it is not January, but what is your dream for this world? What do you yearn to see change in our world?

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

May we yearn for a world of peace so that we can then witness the fullest development of the highest powers of humanity

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

The happiness you are yearning is internal, not external. Are you looking for it in all the wrong places?

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

As you withdraw from the material world, our yearning and connection to the Divine increases.

GOLDEN SHADOWS

Dear Garnishelli,

I know I normally start my personal journal entries with Dear God, but since you were the one who asked me to reflect more on this, I am writing this one to you.  God knows this is as much for me as it is for you, and who ever else reads this. See the truth is that the Ultimate Consciousness, really wants us to be our most vibrant and creative selves. We were each given the gift to express something unique and amazing, which will help raise the vibrational frequency in the world in some way. It is just that so few of us, myself included, consistently remember we have these powers. We forget to always embody the bright light within ourselves, our Golden Shadow.

Psychiatrist Carl Jung called our submerged creative potential the "Golden Shadow." Whenever we have intense admiration for others, we are actually seeing our Golden Shadow. The qualities we admire in others are the qualities we have not yet owned and embodied in our own lives. In other words, our Golden Shadow is our submerged greatness. It is our dismissed and unknown strengths. Most often they are hidden and disguised within our deepest emotional pain and hurt.  Our Golden Shadow is the part of our souls which offer particular strength of love and healing. It comes from the spaces in our life where we have experienced the most pain and challenges in our lives.

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THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

Yearn that which will help you grow and evolve in your spiritual journey, not the material things in life.

SONG OF THE WEEK

We all go through challenges in our life, but when we hold on to our faith nothing can take away from us the fire which lives inside us for that which we yearn
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KlfL11ZOmj4

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

In order to grow in one's wisdom, one must humble one's self and appreciate that which one already knows and has

LOVIN' CRANBERRIES

Today is National Cranberry Day. Most folks I know do not LOVE cranberries. However, perhaps we should. Not just around Thanksgiving, but year round. Cranberries have a history, which stems back to Native American folklore of preventing illness. Modern medicine has shown that cranberries can help prevent urinary tract infections, gum disease, cancer, and numerous other illnesses. They are not a treatment for, but a source which can help prevent. Yet, most people are not craving to sit down and eat a bowl of cranberries because of their bitter taste.

Most of our consumption of them comes around the Thanksgiving season. This year as we gather with family and friends and give thanks, perhaps we should give thanks for this bitter, bright red berry. And the diversity of ways cranberries, as well as other berries, are full of health-promoting antioxidants.

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THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

forgiveness frees us to move towards the life and relationships we yearn for.

DANCING WITH DESIRE

I have long appreciated some of the writings and teachings of Ram Dass. I first discovered his writing while reading a cookbook of all things. He had a quote that reminded me that it is through cooking, serving, and feeding that I am able to not only be of service to the Ultimate Consciousness, but also to have that which I yearn for, a deeper relationship with the Divine.
Recently, I had the chance to read some of his writings and thoughts regarding desire. What I appreciated about his writing is how he helped me to understand that what we yearn for is an emotional system. Many of the things we yearn for in life is associated with some emotional or mental desire. They are not things we yearn for spiritually, but things which do not contribute to our overall well-being. So he guides us through a series of exercises to help us detach ourselves from those things we desire and wish we did not.  This week, I thought I would share a few excerpts from his book, Paths to God: Living the Bhagavad Gita.
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WHERE DO YOU DESIRE TO GO?

What reminds you that you can go anywhere you desire in your journey?

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

When you yearn for forgiveness in the world, begin by desiring forgiveness in your own life.

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

May we continue to yearn for peace on earth so that it may be on earth as it is in heaven.

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

Pray with an open heart, releasing all that is within you and allowing the Divine to hear the depths of your heart

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

Whatever you desire in life, let it be the fire that fuels your journey.

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

The strength of your yearning will determine the journey to the Divine

SONG OF THE WEEK

This week's song of the week reminds us that our desire and faith are what pulls us forward and keeps us afloat when the oceans in our life are rising  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1m_sWJQm2fs

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

Our yearning is all we need bring with us on this journey, everything else will be provided for.

It's Sharing Time

What do you make a wish on?  

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

The yearning we have for a deeper relationship with the Divine is better then we can even imagine

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

If you are yearning, you are growing. If you're not, you are settling for the status quo

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

The desire to have a deeper relationship with the Divine is something given to you so that the Divine can have a deeper relationship with you

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

How do you yearn for the Divine in your life?

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

If you yearn to see, love and find the Divine you will.

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

How deep and passionate is your love for the Divine?

SONG OF THE WEEK

This week's song of the week challenges us to let go of the dysfunctional relationships in our lives and ask the Divine to show us what we are looking for.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5IqCfxgKZd8&feature=youtu.be

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

Do you yearn for spiritual awakening?

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

If you yearn to see God, yearn to see the light.

PRACTICING YEARNING

What is your cue to practice yearning?  Mine is a flower yearning towards the sun

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

If you yearn to see the imprint of the Divine you will, if you don't you won't

YEARNING FOR BOUNTIFUL

As I have been thinking about yearning the last week, I have come to the realization that this is not about renouncing or pursuing our desires, that which we yearn for in our lives. Rather, it is about understanding our yearnings and the lessons behind it. As I did, I was reminded of a film I saw almost 30 years ago now, called The Trip to Bountiful.

In this film, Mrs. Watts, a sensitive old woman living in the city with her son and his wife, develops a yearning to visit her family home, now long abandoned, in Bountiful, Texas. Her daughter-in-law interprets this wish as sentimental senility, and she convinces her husband to thwart the old lady's attempts to take a train or bus to visit her long-abandoned homestead. Mrs. Watts expresses the elemental nature of her longing plainly: 'I haven't had my hands in dirt in twenty years. My hands feel the need of dirt.

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THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

If you do not yearn for it you cannot achieve it

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

WHAT YOU DESIRE FOR GOD IS WHAT YOUR DESIRE WILL BECOME. SO MAKE IT AMAZING

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

dare to move outside of your own comfort zones and enter the wilderness of your spirit

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

Keep sailing, the ocean of possibilities for us is never ending

SONG OF THE WEEK

This week's Song of the Week reminds us that there is always more to desire and yearn for then what we have right now. There are better things to be had, and we have to dare to desire them.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IxuThNgl3YA

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

The love in our soul in unconditional and infinite

The November issue of One Spirit, Many Voices

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NATIONAL PEANUT BUTTER MONTH

We all know that the end of this month is Thanksgiving, but how many of you know that this month is National Peanut Butter Month. So this week I am paying homage to Peanut Butter. I love peanut butter for a few reasons. One being that it has taught me some amazing life lessons.

A friend of mine tells the story of how much he hates peanut butter, but would make peanut butter and jelly sandwiches for his daughters who loved them. One day he realized that he was imposing his disdain for peanut butter on his daughter without even realizing it. He realized it when his daughter complained that he put too much jelly, which he loved, and not enough peanut butter on her sandwich. He was so focused on what he loved that he was not thinking about what she enjoyed and what spoke to her. To this day he still hates peanut butter, but puts more peanut butter on his daughter’s sandwiches and less jelly, which she enjoys, but not as much as the peanut butter. His story reminds me of how easy it is to put our needs and desires over others.

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THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

Our longing for a deeper relationship with the Divine is connected to the Divine's desire for a deeper relationship with us