ON A JOURNEY THAT STARTS WITH A FIRST BREATHE
AND CAN END WITH A GASP
LEARNING TO ENJOY AND CELEBRATE THE ORDINARY
CAN BECOME BOTH THE BURDEN AND THE JOY
OPENING UP AND ACCEPTING THE NORMAL
AND FINDING A PLACE WITHIN THAT CAN SOOTH AND
ALSO DESTROY
EXCEPTING CAN BE THE SWITCH TO ACHIEVING TIMES OF
BRILLANCE
UNDERSTANDING OPPORTUNITY AND TIMING
CAN BE FREEING
MISSING SIGNS CAN DEVASTATING IF AWARENESS
IS AT HAND
EVERY LIFE FLOWS IN NORMALICY WITH OCCASSIONS
OF OTHERNESS OCCURRING
WE NEED TO BE UNDERSTANDING AND ACCEPTING OF THIS
ALLOWING EASY AND ACCEPTANCE INTO OUR LIFE
IS THE ENERGY AT HAND THAT ALLOWS US TO
EMERGY THE WINNER IN OUR LIFE'S QUEST.
Tuesday, November 22, 2011
Pain
I AM PAIN
I AM WINNING THIS GAME
I SEE YOU IN YOUR AGONY
CRYING OUT
SEEKING FREEDOM AND RELIEF
IN A BOTTLE
IN DRUGS
I LAUGH AS I WATCH YOU
POOR FOOL SEEKING AND NEVER FINDING
AN ENDLESS SEARCH
THAT GIVES HOPE
TO BE DESTROYED
AS I LANCE THROUGH YOUR
MIND BODY AND SOUL
I AM PAIN
AND I AM WINNING AT THIS GAME
I SEEEK TO DESTROY YOU
GLORYING IN THE EMOTIONS
I ENGULF
LIKE A ENERGY VAMPIRE
SUCKING AWAY AT YOUR SPIRIT
DESTROYING YOUR BODY
CRUSHING YOUR SOUL
REACH FOR HOPE
GIVE ME A CHALLENGE
I AM PAIN
A DEMON
I HAVE WON
AS YOU WITHER AND DIE
DESTROYED FROM WITHIN
I AM PAIN
I HAVE WON OUR GAME.
I AM WINNING THIS GAME
I SEE YOU IN YOUR AGONY
CRYING OUT
SEEKING FREEDOM AND RELIEF
IN A BOTTLE
IN DRUGS
I LAUGH AS I WATCH YOU
POOR FOOL SEEKING AND NEVER FINDING
AN ENDLESS SEARCH
THAT GIVES HOPE
TO BE DESTROYED
AS I LANCE THROUGH YOUR
MIND BODY AND SOUL
I AM PAIN
AND I AM WINNING AT THIS GAME
I SEEEK TO DESTROY YOU
GLORYING IN THE EMOTIONS
I ENGULF
LIKE A ENERGY VAMPIRE
SUCKING AWAY AT YOUR SPIRIT
DESTROYING YOUR BODY
CRUSHING YOUR SOUL
REACH FOR HOPE
GIVE ME A CHALLENGE
I AM PAIN
A DEMON
I HAVE WON
AS YOU WITHER AND DIE
DESTROYED FROM WITHIN
I AM PAIN
I HAVE WON OUR GAME.
Sunday, October 30, 2011
Grace
I have had opportunity lately to think about and practice gratitude; a lost practice for most of us unless we believe there is a reward of some sort attatched to the outcome. Cynical yes but true. It seems to me that in the search of inner spiritual and metaphysical growth their has become a "quick fix" attitude. People go on mass to one spiritual meeting after another, paying out money to become a master of this and that with little personal attatchment of growth. The piece of paper seems to be the altermant goal. Now I find that just sad. Growth to me means taking the time to understand a new idea or principle, to see how you can apply it to your life and weather that makes you a better person. Now it is about the amount of labels you can attatch to yourself. "What are you" is the question I flequently hear at random meetings I attend and the flow of never ending titles that are casually thrown around is astounding. Most are branded around with ego so attatched it again is so sad for me to watch. Where is the passion and belief in what you have learnt?
May be that's the problem; people have so much access to differnet ideas and principles and really only have to invest money to achieve a goal that the appreciation of the ideal is lost.The need to spend time homing a craft is lost. This instant society we are in has lost the point!
We are here to learn- yes - but also to attach and grow and add to that learning. We need to stop drifting along the surface because thats the easy route. We need to go into the energy and get messy and learn and heal, because if we don't we really miss the point of the exercise entirely.Life is messy and confusing at times and we-people-are equally messy and confused; we need to accept that about ourselves so we can move forward.
The art of Grace has been lost and needs to be found and honored once again. To be grateful and Gracious in life to have honor in the processes and in the people around us that is a place to start. We need to be less about "I" and more about "Us"
May the Grace of Spirit lift me
So I may in turn Lift the spirit of others.
Blessed Be
Debra Rae
May be that's the problem; people have so much access to differnet ideas and principles and really only have to invest money to achieve a goal that the appreciation of the ideal is lost.The need to spend time homing a craft is lost. This instant society we are in has lost the point!
We are here to learn- yes - but also to attach and grow and add to that learning. We need to stop drifting along the surface because thats the easy route. We need to go into the energy and get messy and learn and heal, because if we don't we really miss the point of the exercise entirely.Life is messy and confusing at times and we-people-are equally messy and confused; we need to accept that about ourselves so we can move forward.
The art of Grace has been lost and needs to be found and honored once again. To be grateful and Gracious in life to have honor in the processes and in the people around us that is a place to start. We need to be less about "I" and more about "Us"
May the Grace of Spirit lift me
So I may in turn Lift the spirit of others.
Blessed Be
Debra Rae
Monday, June 20, 2011
HOW MANY TIMES IN A GIVEN DAY DO YOU STOP TO THINK ABOUT YOUR PERSONAL CODE?
DO YOU EVEN KNOW WHAT YOUR CODE IS?
WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOUR THOUGHT ABOUT YOUR VALUE SYSTEM?
ETHICS, VALUES AND MORAL CODES; HOW MUCH TIME HAVE YOU PUT INTO
THINKING ABOUT AND APPLYING THESE IMPORTANT IDEALS INTO YOUR DAY TO DAY LIFE.
DO YOU RUN WHO AND HOW YOU ARE BASED ON THESE IDEALS OR DO YOU ONLY HAVE TO THINK ABOUT THEM WHEN YOUR BACK IS AGAINST A WALL?
I OFTEN WONDER WITH THE BOMBARDMENT OF REALITY T.V. AND ELECTRONIC MEDIA
ON OUR CONCIOUSNESS; DO WE THINK ANY MORE OR DO WE JUST RUSH IN AND ACT AND THINK LATER OR NOT AT ALL.
WE SEEM TO BE ON ONE HAND SO DETATCHED FROM OURSELVES BUT SO CAUGHT UP IN THE LIVES OF PEOPLE WE DO NOT KNOW! IS OUR OWN LIFE SO LACKING THAT WE ARE
JUST SHEEP WONDERING AROUND WHERE EVER THE SHEPPERD TAKE US. NOT LOOKING TO CLOSELY BECAUSE WE ARE SO DAZZLED BY THE GLITTER OF THE ELECTRONIC DEVISE WE HAVE PRESSED TO OUR EYES OR EARS. AWASHED BY THE DRAMA AND UNREALISM OF THE CURRENT HOUSEWIFE WE ARE SO ATTATCHED TO.
I WONDER WHERE ALL THIS IS LEADING US TO. ARE WE BECOMING THE UNCARING MOB THAT THE ROMAN'S ENTERTAINED WITH BATTLES TO THE DEATH, NEEDING MORE AND MORE VIOLENCE AND BLOOD TO FILL THE EMOTIONAL VOID WITHIN
EXTREME THINKING? WE AREN'T AS A RACE THIS BAD?
I HOPE NOT BUT WHAT I DO KNOW, IS THAT IF WE DON'T KNOW WHO WE ARE
WE WILL NEVER LIVE UP TOO ANY EXPECTATIONS AND OUR OWN BITTERNESS WILL ERODE US TO BECOME A EMPTY SHELL.
TRY SITTING IN STILLNESS AND RE-LEARN WHO YOU ARE, WHAT IS IMPORTANT TO YOU,
WHAT YOU REALLY NEED AND WANT TO BE FULLFILLED IN YOUR OWN LIFE.
YOU MIGHT BE SURPRISED AT HOW AMAZING YOU REALLY ARE!
JUST A THOUGHT
BLESSINGS BE
DEBRA RAE
DO YOU EVEN KNOW WHAT YOUR CODE IS?
WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOUR THOUGHT ABOUT YOUR VALUE SYSTEM?
ETHICS, VALUES AND MORAL CODES; HOW MUCH TIME HAVE YOU PUT INTO
THINKING ABOUT AND APPLYING THESE IMPORTANT IDEALS INTO YOUR DAY TO DAY LIFE.
DO YOU RUN WHO AND HOW YOU ARE BASED ON THESE IDEALS OR DO YOU ONLY HAVE TO THINK ABOUT THEM WHEN YOUR BACK IS AGAINST A WALL?
I OFTEN WONDER WITH THE BOMBARDMENT OF REALITY T.V. AND ELECTRONIC MEDIA
ON OUR CONCIOUSNESS; DO WE THINK ANY MORE OR DO WE JUST RUSH IN AND ACT AND THINK LATER OR NOT AT ALL.
WE SEEM TO BE ON ONE HAND SO DETATCHED FROM OURSELVES BUT SO CAUGHT UP IN THE LIVES OF PEOPLE WE DO NOT KNOW! IS OUR OWN LIFE SO LACKING THAT WE ARE
JUST SHEEP WONDERING AROUND WHERE EVER THE SHEPPERD TAKE US. NOT LOOKING TO CLOSELY BECAUSE WE ARE SO DAZZLED BY THE GLITTER OF THE ELECTRONIC DEVISE WE HAVE PRESSED TO OUR EYES OR EARS. AWASHED BY THE DRAMA AND UNREALISM OF THE CURRENT HOUSEWIFE WE ARE SO ATTATCHED TO.
I WONDER WHERE ALL THIS IS LEADING US TO. ARE WE BECOMING THE UNCARING MOB THAT THE ROMAN'S ENTERTAINED WITH BATTLES TO THE DEATH, NEEDING MORE AND MORE VIOLENCE AND BLOOD TO FILL THE EMOTIONAL VOID WITHIN
EXTREME THINKING? WE AREN'T AS A RACE THIS BAD?
I HOPE NOT BUT WHAT I DO KNOW, IS THAT IF WE DON'T KNOW WHO WE ARE
WE WILL NEVER LIVE UP TOO ANY EXPECTATIONS AND OUR OWN BITTERNESS WILL ERODE US TO BECOME A EMPTY SHELL.
TRY SITTING IN STILLNESS AND RE-LEARN WHO YOU ARE, WHAT IS IMPORTANT TO YOU,
WHAT YOU REALLY NEED AND WANT TO BE FULLFILLED IN YOUR OWN LIFE.
YOU MIGHT BE SURPRISED AT HOW AMAZING YOU REALLY ARE!
JUST A THOUGHT
BLESSINGS BE
DEBRA RAE
Friday, May 27, 2011
My size
I am always suprised when my ego unexpectedly shows itself; I was out clothes shopping and tried on a outfit that was a few sizes smaller than I wear, and it fit......of course I bought it regardless of the fact that it wasn't what I wanted based purely on my ego jumping up and down about the label size. Now when I got home and hung it up next to another outfit I immediately noticed that it was in fact bigger than the dress next to it. A dress in my normal size!
Really you think I would be well aware of the 'industry' and the tricks they employee to fool us into buying things. I went back to australia not that long ago to visit family and had a conversation with a young girl from europe who was working in a clothing store on bondi beach in sydney. My daughter was trying on clothes in size aussie 12 in canada she would be a 10 and in usa an 8. The shop assistant was surprised we bought anything thinking we where american because 'they' the americans get really upset that they are in such big sizes in australia and that is just not right.
Really are we so stupid! We believe sizing over our scales. Marilyn Monroe was a size 12, in todays marketplace she would be running around saying she was a 8. We need to be in single didgits;really. I grew up a health size 10-12 now if I was that size I would be considered in the plus size market by the fashion industry.
We need to get a grip here- we are being supersized everywhere we go - we consume 50 percent more than the last few generations and we are all getting bigger. Except for our clothing sizes - one plus one folks - this is all a huge con. One of my closest friends is tiny in australia she is a size 6-8 in america she would be a 2 are you kidding me why are we so consumed with being considered a zero I mean grow the `f` up people and become real again. Maybe if we all stoppped being so blind we could actually become a real caring person once again, that issues not ego mattered, that what you are not what you look like was important here.
Just saying......
Really you think I would be well aware of the 'industry' and the tricks they employee to fool us into buying things. I went back to australia not that long ago to visit family and had a conversation with a young girl from europe who was working in a clothing store on bondi beach in sydney. My daughter was trying on clothes in size aussie 12 in canada she would be a 10 and in usa an 8. The shop assistant was surprised we bought anything thinking we where american because 'they' the americans get really upset that they are in such big sizes in australia and that is just not right.
Really are we so stupid! We believe sizing over our scales. Marilyn Monroe was a size 12, in todays marketplace she would be running around saying she was a 8. We need to be in single didgits;really. I grew up a health size 10-12 now if I was that size I would be considered in the plus size market by the fashion industry.
We need to get a grip here- we are being supersized everywhere we go - we consume 50 percent more than the last few generations and we are all getting bigger. Except for our clothing sizes - one plus one folks - this is all a huge con. One of my closest friends is tiny in australia she is a size 6-8 in america she would be a 2 are you kidding me why are we so consumed with being considered a zero I mean grow the `f` up people and become real again. Maybe if we all stoppped being so blind we could actually become a real caring person once again, that issues not ego mattered, that what you are not what you look like was important here.
Just saying......
Tuesday, May 24, 2011
My Thought for the day
I sit in stillness and allow my thoughts to drift away from me....
I find that I then become aware again because my mind has decided
to become fixated on either a thought or idea that I had no idea I was holding onto.
This is a good time to work through it and let it go and then allow yourself to return to relaxation. Trying to ignore a thought or idea just doen not work, your mind will just reintroduce the thougth normally when you reach a deep level of peace.
We are equally simply as we are complex in our design, the quicker we realise this and work with ourselves the quicker we will resolve the issues we need to. We all have our own answers with in ourselves we just need to take the time to listen and to respond to them.
We often don't because we feel we are not good enough or wise enough to treat ourselves or we like the drama that ignoring issues will provide.
I believe we need to be O.K. with being simple and boring most of the time, because in reality for most of us that is who we are. If we can come into acceptance of that then we would feel so much better about ourselves and our lifes.
I believe we either create or hang onto drama because we then think we are
different or better than others around us. We need the adrenialian rush that we get because in alot of ways it feels better than the normalness of our every day life. We become add
icted to that rush.
We need to become attatched to our simply self and allow that to be a deeper part of who we really are.
We are all part of the human conciousness, all part of the sameness.....but we spend so much time and energy fighting that thought in oour aim to be unique....and the irony is once we accept our sameness our individual self well naturally shine!
Just a thought
Blessings Be
Debra Rae
I find that I then become aware again because my mind has decided
to become fixated on either a thought or idea that I had no idea I was holding onto.
This is a good time to work through it and let it go and then allow yourself to return to relaxation. Trying to ignore a thought or idea just doen not work, your mind will just reintroduce the thougth normally when you reach a deep level of peace.
We are equally simply as we are complex in our design, the quicker we realise this and work with ourselves the quicker we will resolve the issues we need to. We all have our own answers with in ourselves we just need to take the time to listen and to respond to them.
We often don't because we feel we are not good enough or wise enough to treat ourselves or we like the drama that ignoring issues will provide.
I believe we need to be O.K. with being simple and boring most of the time, because in reality for most of us that is who we are. If we can come into acceptance of that then we would feel so much better about ourselves and our lifes.
I believe we either create or hang onto drama because we then think we are
different or better than others around us. We need the adrenialian rush that we get because in alot of ways it feels better than the normalness of our every day life. We become add
icted to that rush.
We need to become attatched to our simply self and allow that to be a deeper part of who we really are.
We are all part of the human conciousness, all part of the sameness.....but we spend so much time and energy fighting that thought in oour aim to be unique....and the irony is once we accept our sameness our individual self well naturally shine!
Just a thought
Blessings Be
Debra Rae
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
FORTITUDE
RESOLVE, STRENGTH, INTERNAL FORTITUDE, MORAL COURAGE; WE ALL HAVE IT, SOME OF US IN ABUNDANCE OTHERS OCCASSIONALY ALLOW IT TO TRICKLE OUT WHEN BACKED INTO A CORNER. I FIND IT SAD THAT THE TRUE HERO IS UN-NOTICED, THEY GO ABOUT THERE DAY DISPLAYING ALL OF THE ABOVE AND NEVER ASK FOR PRAISE....THE SOLDIERS THE POLICE AND EMERGENCY RESPONDERS THE SINGLE PARENTS WORKING MANY JOBS AND THE LIST COULD GO ON AND ON.
WHO DO WE SEE SEEKING PRAISE FOR SEEMILY DOING THE RIGHT THING, THE POLITICIANS THE RELIGOUS RIGHT WINGERS, THE 'STARS' AND 'CELEBS' WE GIVE SO MUCH TIME AND ENERGY TOO.
SAD, SAD, SAD IS HOW I FEEL ABOUT THAT...THE STATE OF OUR TODAY, THE LACK OF STRENGTH IN OUR OWN CHARACTERS. I ENCLUDE MYSELF IN THAT STATEMENT...TO ADMIRE SOME ONE FOR JUST DOING THE RIGHT THING BECAUSE THEY ARE FAMOUS OR RICH OR POWERFUL....
I WOULD MUCH RATHER ADMIRE THOSE WHO DO BECUASE THEY KNOW IT IS RIGHT AND JUST
NOT BECAUSE THEY NEED ADMIRATION. TO THOSE MILLIONS OF UNSUNG HERO'S OUT THERE I WILL IN RESPECT OF YOU, TRY HARDER TO BE MORE LIKE YOU ARE IN MY OWN LIFE. TO REMEMBER TO BE LOVING, KIND AND MORAL TO LIFT MY INNER FORTITUDE BECAUSE I CAN NOT BECAUSE I NEED TO!
BLESSING BE
DEBRA RAE
WHO DO WE SEE SEEKING PRAISE FOR SEEMILY DOING THE RIGHT THING, THE POLITICIANS THE RELIGOUS RIGHT WINGERS, THE 'STARS' AND 'CELEBS' WE GIVE SO MUCH TIME AND ENERGY TOO.
SAD, SAD, SAD IS HOW I FEEL ABOUT THAT...THE STATE OF OUR TODAY, THE LACK OF STRENGTH IN OUR OWN CHARACTERS. I ENCLUDE MYSELF IN THAT STATEMENT...TO ADMIRE SOME ONE FOR JUST DOING THE RIGHT THING BECAUSE THEY ARE FAMOUS OR RICH OR POWERFUL....
I WOULD MUCH RATHER ADMIRE THOSE WHO DO BECUASE THEY KNOW IT IS RIGHT AND JUST
NOT BECAUSE THEY NEED ADMIRATION. TO THOSE MILLIONS OF UNSUNG HERO'S OUT THERE I WILL IN RESPECT OF YOU, TRY HARDER TO BE MORE LIKE YOU ARE IN MY OWN LIFE. TO REMEMBER TO BE LOVING, KIND AND MORAL TO LIFT MY INNER FORTITUDE BECAUSE I CAN NOT BECAUSE I NEED TO!
BLESSING BE
DEBRA RAE
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