"We need to find God, and he cannot be found in noise and restlessness. God is the friend of silence. See how nature - trees, flowers, grass- grows in silence; see the stars, the moon and the sun, how they move in silence... We need silence to be able to touch souls." "Childhood means simplicity. Look at the world with the child's eye - it is very beautiful." “Truth is the same always. Whoever ponders it will get the same answer. Buddha got it. Patanjali got it. Jesus got it. Mohammed got it. The answer is the same, but the method of working it out may vary this way or that. (115)” Today I leave for 10 days and head to my yoga ashram. I feel nervous/anxious/excited, but it feels like going home. My eyes are brimming with tears of gratitude to have a place like this in my life. Since I have been intensely preparing the last couple of weeks, for this journey, I thought it was appropriate for my kids to be our teachers this week. Kids can say the most amazing things! However, they say it so simply that most of the time our mind doesn't fully hear it. If you think metaphorically then what they are saying can truly impact. I used the term "God" because my kids are too young to understand universal consciousness, divine, or the greater something. My son is 8 1/2 and my daughter is 4 1/2 years old. Both of them are raised in my house, under my roof, by my husband and I, and yet, are 2 entirely different individuals with their own unique awesomeness. Conversations With My Son
I think it is, well, it is sorta hard to explain. But I think the secret is sort of like being grateful. Like if you help another person or they help you, it’s like filling your bucket, which makes you happy. And then you are grateful. Do you think everybody loves themselves? Yes, but I think they love other people too. When do you feel the happiest? Usually always. Usually always I feel really happy. Except when I am tired. That's when I get emotional. In what environment do you feel God? I feel God in an empty forest. Like the rainforest. Why the rainforest? He put all these plants here. And we knocked them down. But in the rainforest, nobody lives there. Where is God? Everywhere. What do you mean? God is everywhere. Like in trees. In us. In computers. Boxes. Weird stuff. How is he in a computer? Even though a computer is not alive, we use it so it is like he is in there. What is God? I think he is a spirit, that lives inside of everything, and makes lots of stuff. So how can he live inside or you? Because he is a spirit, and lives in our heart, helping us. How do you know it’s a he? I think it’s half boy/half girl. So why do you call him a he? I’m just used to it. If you could tell the world, anything you wanted, and they would all listen to you. What would you say? I would tell all the people to be respectful to each other, and animals. I also want it to rain food. Conversation With My Daughter My Daughter: Did you know my heart is like a gate? Me: Really? My Daughter: Yah! (adding hand gestures) It's like a gate and it keeps opening bigger and bigger! Me: Wow! My Daughter: And inside is a golden necklace. Me: Oh! ? My Daughter: It glows really bright. It glows so bright that it makes the grass sparkle and makes the sky blue. My Daughter's Point of View Why did God put us here? Because that’s where we asked to live. They asked us to live here. What is the secret to happiness? To unlock doors Do you think everybody loves themselves? Everybody loves different people so much. When do you feel the happiest? When I’m swimming. In what environment do you feel God? (Rubs her hands together vigorously) So when you can feel the warmth? Wait (continuing to rub her hands together) (pulling her hands apart and looking between them) There. With the sparkles. Where is God? Far away from the town. Little sparkles. Shake then open up and then you can see the sparkles. If you could tell the world anything, what would you say? I love the world. Is that it? That’s it. And because it's my blog and I can do what I want... I believe this poem needs to be shared. She Let Go by Rev Safire Rose She let go. Without a thought or a word, she let go. She let go of the fear. She let go of the judgments. She let go of the confluence of opinions swarming around her head. She let go of the committee of indecision within her. She let go of all the ‘right’ reasons. Wholly and completely, without hesitation or worry, she just let go. She didn’t ask anyone for advice. She didn’t read a book on how to let go. She didn’t search the scriptures. She just let go. She let go of all of the memories that held her back. She let go of all of the anxiety that kept her from moving forward. She let go of the planning and all of the calculations about how to do it just right. She didn’t promise to let go. She didn’t journal about it. She didn’t write the projected date in her Day-Timer. She made no public announcement and put no ad in the paper. She didn’t check the weather report or read her daily horoscope. She just let go. She didn’t analyze whether she should let go. She didn’t call her friends to discuss the matter. She didn’t do a five-step Spiritual Mind Treatment. She didn’t call the prayer line. She didn’t utter one word. She just let go. No one was around when it happened. There was no applause or congratulations. No one thanked her or praised her. No one noticed a thing. Like a leaf falling from a tree, she just let go. There was no effort. There was no struggle. It wasn’t good and it wasn’t bad. It was what it was, and it is just that. In the space of letting go, she let it all be. A small smile came over her face. A light breeze blew through her. And the sun and the moon shone forevermore.
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