A stunningly well written article on ‘The Self’ written from over thirty years of Buddhism and Christianity experience and a deep understanding of life from a lay practitioners point of view. My dear friend Linden Thorpe at http://lindenthorpe.wordpress.com
Please enjoy
Namaste with Love
Always
Mark
The real object of our love is not outside of us..
The real object of our love is ourselves.
We have to know how to love ourselves and how to tune into our true nature..
To see the wholesome, the good, the true and the beautiful within us.
Then we will be able to see that in others.
Namaste with Love
Always
Mark
This little boy is so switched on to life, his empathy towards all loving creatures is amazing as is his realisation that he has touched his mothers heart.
Namaste with Love
Always
Mark
Just Breathe
Enjoy Your Life
Be Thankful For What You Have In Your Life
Allow the Air to Purify Your Soul
Cleanse Your Mind Of Negative Thoughts
Just Breathe
Namaste with Love
Always
Mark
To Live is to Love, Everything else is just details.
Wow, Paul Coelho, ain’t that the truth 🙂
Love is a wonderful thing, most of us unfortunately think of love as your love for your partner, husband or wife, love for your child, a family member or friend, but love is far more than that, Love Is!
Love is everything, the way we open our eyes and see the beauty of the world around us, that’s love
The compassion we hold in our hearts for others, that’s love
The smile on our face when your puppy comes running to you wagging it’s tail, that’s love
The feeling we get inside when we see, really see the beauty of a landscape, that’s love
The slight choking feeling we get when someone makes us proud, that’s love
The hairs standing up on the back of your neck and the beating of your heart when you reach out to someone and give them a helping hand, that’s love.
Love is all around.
Namaste with Love my Friends
Have a Great Weekend
Mark
Wise words from The Buddha
I intend for My Words to be both True and Kind, I always look to be compassionate and true in all my daily interactions, I know sometimes we can get frustrated and kindness can briefly flitter away from our mind and our intentions especially when someone is cruel or unkind to us, but if you practice kindness and give love and kindness in return to all then you will start to see the benefits and you will attract more loving kindness into your life.
How About You?
Namaste with Love
Always
Mark
Realisation that it’s time to change.
I was with a friend a couple of times over these past few days, she is going through a really tough time in her life, everything is going wrong for her, her business is failing, she owes money to everyone, she has a foreclosure notice at her door and her life is a downward spiral, in short; a mess.
We spent some hours together and i listened, she told me how much she loves what she does for a living, she explained all about her business, her daughter who is also her business partner, the animals they look after, the shop they work from and their home life. I asked her some questions and held up a mirror to her so she could see who she was and what she looked like when she answered my questions with an open heart, and all of a sudden she realised! She is not in charge of her life, everyone else is…She cannot say no to her daughter who constantly spends money they just don’t have, when her daughter says ‘we need to buy this and that for the shop because if we don’t have it in stock then we won’t be able to sell it’! , they purchase more pets for their shop paying for them up front in the hope that someone will buy them, feeding them everyday and keeping them warm 24 hours a day, incurring the veterinary bills and so on in the hope that they will sell. They are passionate about animals, they are excellent pet behaviourists, they are gifted caregivers to all animals but they have no business sense whatsoever, they; like many others go on day after day on a downward spiral, loosing all hope and in most cases loosing everything.
My friend now realises that she can be in charge of her life, she can make a success of her business, she can change things around from doom and gloom to a brighter and happier way of life moving forward.
She has now started to map out a plan, to speak to her daughter and tell her the facts, to close down the shop and to concentrate on a new business model focussing on their real love, the animals and their care.
I will stick close to her and help her through the difficult challenges she has ahead of her; but she will do the work, she will be in charge of her life and she will make it through 🙂
Remember my friends, if we can help someone realise that they can take control of their lives and make changes for the better, then, we have done a great job for humanity 🙂
Namaste with Love my friends
Always
Mark
The sun’s broken free from it shroud in the clouds
It’s rays of golden light cascading down on me through my window
The warmth gently caressing my skin and it’s godly goodness energizing my soul
Giving me strength, compassion and hope for yet another day
The pollution is lifting so I can breathe; my lungs filling with air like an air balloon rising
My heart pumping ever stronger with a beat, beat, beat
Fueling my body, every organ, every muscle, every cell invigorated with gods blessings
Waking me up and bringing me to my senses
My eyes are opening like a flower to a Bee, looking, really looking to see what surrounds me,
Buildings rising like a Phoenix from the ashes, mountains of dust filling the air, with a clanging and thumping of metal on metal
Cranes lifting higher and higher, rising up to the heavens making way for ivory towers of ‘Face’ in the sky
Whilst bulldozers are clearing away the memories of China past and history from another day
People passing, chasing their dreams, some walking some running, car after car like ants in a line
Heads down, no eye contact, texting away, talking aloud and shouting ’Wei’
No time for smiles the rush hour is on
Horns blaring, there’s no time to wait, bicycles jostling like horses at the starters gate
Progress bringing wealth and gadgets galore, Pizza Hut, KFC, McDonald’s and a Walmart store
Houses and cars, the wedding, One baby and more
Progress is here to stay, trapping us in for one more day
I sigh, I frown and I’m sad to say; progress is here but its wiped all the smiles away
Namaste with Love
Always
Mark
Now, I know I am not His Holiness The Dalai Lama, Jesus Christ, Allah, The Buddha, Lord Shiva, Lord Vishnu, Tich Nhat Hanh, Dr. Martin Luther King, Mahatma Gandhi, Mother Theresa, Amma, Oprah, Deepak Chopra, Biame, or any other global leader, I am just a simple man, someone who cares, someone who wants to make a difference, someone who sheds tears at the state of our world and someone who believes that we can make a difference and who believes in the faith of coming together as one in the name of our children.
So let’s take a look at the following statement.
“An individual has not started living until he/she can rise above the narrow confines of his/her individualistic concerns to the broader concerns of all humanity.”
Wow! Now that’s a statement!
But what does it mean to you and I, to us so called normal people on the streets of earth!
Well, I think this statement is a sort of wake up call to us all, we need it shouting from the rooftops, into our ears in every language known to mankind, in every country, every state, every city, every town and every village…. We really need this wake up call, a call to action, a call to make us wake up and smell the roses, a call to enlighten us all to the state of our world.
I could go on for ever and a day telling you about poverty, about disease, about starvation, about genocide, about wars, about natural disasters, about corporate and political greed and control; but will it make a difference to you? Maybe to some of you who read my blog and some of you who have a spiritual bias and a care for what’s right and wrong with our world, but to the majority of people in our world, to the majority of our brothers and sisters in every country, they will not even take a moment to read this blog because it is not on their radar, they have no interest in what is going on in other countries, they have no care if a child dies today from starvation or dysentery, they have no care that young teenage girls and boys are being trafficked from one country to another into prostitution and slave labor, they have no care that our planet is being devastated by fracking to satisfy insatiable corporate greed, they have no care that our forests; the lungs of our planet are being wiped out to feed the need of companies worldwide, they have no care that our oceans and rivers are being polluted beyond all recovery….
But would they pay attention if our voices were louder, if we were more actively promoting each other, passing on our words of wisdom, passing on our voices of concern and bringing them a connection, I mean a real connection of what is happening in our world directly to them, show them how one thing connects to another and how each of us is connected through our lifestyles, our purchasing habits, through our food and through our drinks!
We MUST speak out, we must awaken more people all around the world and raise them up from the narrow confines of their own individualistic concerns and make them aware of the realities and suffering that our brothers and sisters, our planet and all the creatures on it are going through in order to provide the food on their table, the clothes on their back, the furniture they sit on, the fuel that heats their home and all the commodities that go into the production of the everyday goods they use and take for granted! Let’s together awaken the people of our planet , help them to see beyond their own front door, to take real notice, to make changes to their lifestyles, changes for the better, that will bring lasting effects and start healing our world for our children and grandchildren’s sake !
Today, Friday 28th February could be the start of that process, If I send out this blog and one of you sends out to two and those two send to 4 and those 4 send to 8 and those 8 send to 16 and those 16 send to 32 and those 32 send to 64, etc we could soon awaken our world!
Please take action my friends ☺
Namaste with Love
Always
Mark
Because I’m Happy
Clap along if you feel that happiness is the truth
Clap along if you feel that it is what you want to do
Clap along if you feel like a room without a roof
Clap along if you know what happiness means to you.
4 Minutes of HAPPINESS my friends.
Namaste with Love
Always
Mark
If only we could distribute eye opening glasses like these to everyone in our world, we could change things immediately!
How often do you go about your day like this? In a daze, too busy to look people in the eye, no time to feel the way others are thinking and feeling, no time to stop and chat, to listen with the intent to understand….
…..
In a rush, no time to be aware of our world and the people in it!
Please take a moment to stop and view your day through a new set of eyes,
you never know,
it may just make a difference to you…. and to others around you 🙂
Namaste with Love
Always
Mark
My Hands are firmly placed together in the Namaste mudra position and my head bowed in thanks to Jeannine over at http://angelvoicehealing.wordpress.com for kindly nominating me and endlesslightandlove.com for the Liebster Award.
Thank you Jeannine, with all my heart.
Namaste with Love
Always
Mark
A truly wonderful introduction to the legend and meanings behind the Phoenix written by one of my blogging friends Jeannine over at http://angelvoicehealing.wordpress.com .
I also note from the post that Jeannine is to marry her sweetheart soon after 29 years 🙂
May they be blessed with pure light energy and a happy, loving and compassionate life together.
Namaste with Love
Always
Mark
A very warm welcome to our two new puppys Doh Doh and You You (sounds like Doh Doh and Yo Yo in English) which mean Beans because the black one is full of beans, bouncing and jumping everywhere and gentle/calm and elegant for the brown one 🙂 Bless them, they are two months old born on Christmas Day, they canme to us on Saturday evening and already they know how to sit and stay, come when we call them, go to the bathroom where we told them to go and not enter our kitchen 🙂
I’m so grateful and thankful to have them in our lives.
Namaste with Love
Always
Mark
We all want progress in our lives,
we need it to drive us forward to a better way of living,
new technology brings us greater efficiencies and economies of scale,
but progress is not always great,
it can bring about sadness,
poverty for some and riches for others,
it can stamp out communication abilities whilst increasing our connections,
it can bring about loneliness whilst making more cyber friends,
it can take us away from nature but bring us more pictures
…where will it end and will it be Progress for all and will it include our environment?
Just a thought!
Namaste with Love
Always
Mark
Mr Dear Friends,
We are formed and moulded by our thoughts.
Those whose minds are shaped by selfless thoughts give joy when they speak or act.
Joy follows them like a shadow that never leaves them.
Be careful with your thoughts because they will be formed into what you become and what you receive in your lifetime, act with kindness and compassion, give out live and happiness in everything you do.
And most of all enjoy your life with a smile 🙂
Namaste with Love
Always
Mark
I have thought long and hard about this question because there are so many people both living and dead that inspire me from Plato and Socrates to Jesus, The Buddha and Lord Shiva to Ghandi, Martin Luther King, Mother Theresa, Winston Churchill, Confucius, Lao Tzu, Enzo Ferrari, Oprah, Amma, Dalai Lama, Thich Nhat Hanh, Paulo Coelho, Pema Chödrön….etc, the list could go on and on…then I came up with my choice
My Father
If I could bring him down from heaven and sit on that bench and chat with him again for one full hour, wow! That would be amazing 🙂 My list of questions would be endless, all the things I wish I had asked him but never did, how is the life now, what is he doing, what is he experiencing, advice for me on my journey etc
And You?
Who would you choose and why?
Namaste with Love
Always
Mark
Communication and The Lost Art of Conversation
I’m here in a restaurant, no one is talking
Heads down
Peering into their hands
Their iPhone, their iPad, their electronic Screens
The screen that takes them away from reality
To other worlds of fantasy of dreams
Are they free or caught in a trap?
The world of lost communication, of direction being re-directed
Friends, families and loved ones
All heads down, fingers moving swiftly, click, click click
Sitting together with no conversation, no signs of life
All lost in their own little world
Worlds of self
Worlds of fantasy
Worlds of intrigue
Worlds of gossip
No love, no compassion, no cares here
In and out, one sight then the next
Moving on with no loyalty and no love lost
Today number one, tomorrow dead and gone
No face-to-face communication, no words spoken
Growing up, and growing old
No life skills, no interaction
All signs of visible life are lost
Confusion reigns and body language gone
The selfie to show whom you are
But are you that selfie or is it fake
Your alter Ego taking control
Where will it end?
The corporations richer, manipulating our fingers to their hearts desire
More controls over us, our thoughts, our lives
The lost art of communication
The End
Namaste with Love
Always
Mark
The Four Agreements.
Be Impeccable with your Words
Don’t Make assumptions
Don’t take anything personally
Always do your best
Speaking with integrity, not speaking ill of yourself or gossiping about others, having the courage to speak up and ask questions, communicate clearly in order to be understood and not cause misunderstandings, drama or a crisis. Don’t take everything others say to heart, their words if against you are not really about you they are a reflection of how they feel about themselves and they do it to protect their own reality not yours, when you become immune to what others say and think of you, you will no longer feel like a victim. Always do your best for you, not just because of others. Stay healthy, do your best to live a good healthy life, you have a choice what you feed yourself and if you exercise or not…it’s your choice so do your best to make the right choices for your life and live it to the full 🙂
Namaste with Love
Always
Mark
Endless Light and Love 