It’s all in your mind!
It’s all about conditioning, conditioning that starts at a very early age, it’s all about competitiveness and so called beauty! From our parents, our teachers, our so called friends saying we need to loose weight, be smarter, to wear different clothes, to have a certain hair style, to watch certain programs, to listen to certain music, to like certain things…..To COMPLY!
Do I look Pretty or Beautiful enough?
Am I too fat or too thin?
Should I wear different clothes?
Should I like this music?
Do I comply with the pictures I see in magazines, the stars and celebrities I see on the screen, the images I see on my phone?
No, No, No….
This is who I am!
You do not need to justify yourself to anyone!
You do not need to compensate who you are to fit in to how others think or say you should be!
Cool Kids, Ugly Kids, Pretty Kids, Geek Kids, Fat Kids, Skinny Kids, White Kids, Black Kids, Asian Kids, Handicapped Kids, Smart Kids, Challenged Kids, Rich Kids, Poor Kids…Judgement is done by how you look and what you have or do not have and not by communication and for who you really are!
Remember my friends, there is ‘Always Light out There’, you just have to walk away from the darkness that holds YOU back and go out and find it!
Sometimes your own worst enemies are from within your own skin, sometimes they share your own face and claim to love you but remember that/those hateful voices from within are not Love. ‘I promise you’, there will come a day when your fight is bigger than your fear, when you really start to claw your way out of your body to prove you exist. Leave that skin behind for someone else and design your own wings and remember you are a masterpiece, magnificent in your own glory 🙂
You are the ‘Light’
Let’s re-write these unspoken rules and break free, there is room for every type and everyone on this planet, so break yourself free from your chains and become you, yourself and stand proud in your own magnificence 🙂
Namaste with Love
Always
Mark
Wise words that echo around our world, words that we should listen to and appreciate, words that we can all learn from, words that directly link us to mother nature and her awesome power of healing.
Namaste with Love my friends
Always
Mark
Wow, this week has started off on a really positive note 🙂 work has been great to me, my home life and friends have been fantastic, I spent two incredible evenings in the presence of and learning from a Tantric Yoga Guru, i feel wonderful and full of the joys of spring and I have also been bestowed with two nominations for blogging awards. The Field of Flowers award as nominated by Morgan over at http://booknvolume.com and the Peace and Justice Award as nominated by Coach Muller over at http://goodtimestories.wordpress.com , please drop by their blogs and stay awhile.
I bow to their kindness, the love and friendship they have bestowed upon me and feel humbled by their lovely words of praise towards me, my blog and what I stand for 🙂
I will however decline to go through the award acceptance process due to the time they take to complete but humbly give thanks to them both from the bottom of my heart 🙂
Namaste with Love
Always
Mark
Wise words from Sonia Choquette.
How many of you make lists of things you want to do?
But how many of those items on your To Do List have you completed?
I personally like the post it note in the middle ‘Enjoy Life’, that should be a given right? Something we all should have is an enjoyable life but many of us never realise it!
So, come on my friends, stop procrastinating, don’t bother making lists if you are not going to take action!
Let’s start today and change our lives for the better and remember ‘Life’s Journey is a Gift, not a Given’ so make the most of it, go do that one thing you always wanted to do and LIVE 🙂
Namaste with Love
Always
Mark
Hi Everyone and Good Morning from not so sunny Shanghai where the pollution level today at 11:13am is stated to be 225 Very Unhealthy with health warnings of emergency conditions. The entire population is more likely to be effected. Actually I think the true reading at this time will be more like 400+ but who am I to say!
Anyway back to my post for today 🙂
I would love your feedback, your comments and your thoughts on this one please because I’m feeling lonely here in my apartment looking out at this grey polluted sky 😦
So Escape! If you could escape, escape to anywhere, real or fantasy, where would it be to and why?
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In my case, I would escape to the mountains, to the forest to the trees where I could breathe the fresh mountain air, fill my lungs with invigorating fresh life giving air to feel the cool breeze and the gentle warmth of the sun on my face, to smell the grass, the sweet intoxicating scents of nature, the flowers, the herbs, the soil. To watch the birds dance in the air, chasing each other from tree to tree from branch to branch, to observe the butterflies and the bees as they go about their daily task of collecting natures goodness and helping spread the love from one flower to another. And, to sit in silence, to hear the quiet, the gentle rustle of leaves as they sway in the wind, the sound of water flowing in the steams and the distant splash of a fish jumping after dragonflies as they skim over the lake, far, far away from the madness of city life, from the life of constant drive, noise, selfishness and anger away from the fast lane of life to where we were all destined to be, with Mother Nature, with Gaia…Home 🙂
Please let me know where you would escape to and why 🙂
Namaste with Love
Always
Mark
It is so interesting how we treat ourselves and how we feel we need to portray ourselves to others, this is particularly important in China and the Far East in the form and name of ‘Face’, how we look to the eyes of others. “FACE” – A CULTURAL THING
For those of you not well-versed in Chinese culture, there is something you should know about the concept of face or having face. Stemming from this, there are also the related concepts of losing face, of saving face, and even of lending face.
Face is a concept not hard to understand because, even as Westerners, everyone has face. When equated to Western values, face is very similar to the notion of reputation. Face is a dynamic which applies to both personal and business relationships in China.
Corollary to face is the inseparable concept of guanxi or “relations”. Face and guanxi work hand-in-hand. One without the other renders useless the dynamic these two concepts collectively work together.
So, looking good to others from the outside is important but I think equally or even more importantly is looking good on the inside too, feeling good and proud of yourself, loving yourself, living your life compassionately and caring for others from the inside out…from the heart.
If you can start feeling good on the inside, smiling at yourself and what you stand for from the inside then you will portray a bright side for all to see 🙂
Namaste with Love
Always
Mark
Oh yes, it is important to make someone happy and it’s more important to start with YOU!
Come on, what are you waiting for?
Come on…you know it makes sense!
Come on….you are worth it!
Is that a start of a smile I see on your face?
Just a little one?
It is!
It’s a smile!
Its getting bigger
And bigger
Now your smiling!
🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂
Catching, isn’t it?
Now go give one to someone else
Namaste with Love
Always
Mark
Emerging from my sleep like a butterfly awakening from the warmth and comfort of its cocoon
I awake.
I stretch my limbs like a flower reaching up towards the warmth of the sun; my arms reach out like petals unfolding to the heavens
I awake.
I step out of bed; my feet touch the wooden floor and the cold reality of dawn hits the soles of my feet like that first lick of an ice cream freezing your brain
I awake.
I draw back the curtains and the sunrise greets my face the glow softens my skin and makes me feel alive, my eyes focus like a new born lamb taking their first view of the world
I awake
I look to the sky and give thanks for yet another day of life, grateful for my awakening, ever grateful for my now and the opportunity life gives me
I awake
I walk to the bathroom and run the tap, the fresh clear flow of water greets me, I gather a handful and splash my face, oh the joy, a cleansing for my body and my soul
I awake
I can hear the calling from within my body as my stomach calls out to me triumphantly requesting fuel for the fire, sustenance for the day ahead
I awake
The fragrant smell of gently toasting bread and the heady aroma of freshly brewed coffee fill my senses, the joy stimulates my memory of what’s still to come
I awake
The gentle rustling sound of a knife spreading butter on crisp brown toast and the sweet nectar of honey greet my senses, my taste buds explode with joy as I take that first bite
I awake
At my alter I stand, I light a candle and place it carefully before my Lord Buddha, I bow my head and take a moment to reflect, my life, my day, my journey
I awake
I’m here ‘now’, in this moment of life, this moment is me, and in this moment I awake.
Namaste with Love
Always
Mark
GUAN YIN
Guan Yin, Mother of Compassion in ancient Chinese culture, blows gently into your life, and should be welcomed as an eternal source of comfort and peace. Guan Yin’s values are about co-operation, sharing, balance, harmony and partnership; she is highly sensitive and aware. Guan Yin’s esoteric attributes are those of compassion, healing, and centering.
She lives in the heart chakra, standing in full acceptance, suspended in tranquillity, relishing joy in the silence .
Guan Yin is light and weightless – the qualities that result from highly tuned vales of tolerance and acceptance.She is here to tell you to release factors that inhibit you, that prevent you from connecting with others. Melt those walls of ice around your heart; forgive the person who you feel has committed a grievance against you; open your heart and radiate love so that love can come back to you.
Close your eyes in a tranquil space. Visualise Guan Yin resting with the world on one shoulder, her cheek resting against it. She sees you, and you are drawn to the love radiating from her heart. She shows you how to take the world from your shoulders, hold it in your hands, and dance in joyful, carefree circles. You see the earth’s water rippling, the leaves in the trees blowing, the birds soaring without effort. Know this is happening purely thanks to your joy.
When you walk through each day, remember Guan Yin’s presence whenever you see the soaring birds, the rustling leaves, the rippling waters. Use these triggers as a reminder to take the world off your shoulders, and to dance with abandon, with your face to the skies and
your arms in the air.
AFFIRMATIONS:
I forgive
I radiate love
I am tolerant of everyone around me
I have great joy, and therefore great energy
My peace is shared peace
I am weightless and free of burden
Namaste with Love my Friends
Always
Mark
Today marks the 2nd anniversary of the passing into heaven of my Dad John. This Hymn How Great Thou Art was one of his and my dear mum’s favourites and it’s a fitting tribute to how Great he was too.
Dad, you will ‘Always’ remain in my heart and my memories of you are Joyous and Happy.
With Love ‘Always’
Mark
A problem with a solution needs a decision. But how do we make the important decision in our life?
Usually we try to get someone else to make the difficult decision for us. That way, if it goes wrong, we’ve got some one to blame. Some of my friends try to trick me into making decisions for them, but I won’t. All I will do is show them how they can make wise decisions by themselves.
When we come to the crossroads and we are unsure what direction to take, we should pull over to the side, have a break and wait for a bus.
Soon, usually when we are not expecting it, a bus arrives. On the front of a public bus is a sign in a big bold letters indicating where the bus is going. If that destination suits you, then take that bus, if not, wait. There’s always another bus behind.
In other words, when we have to make a decision and are unsure what that decision should be, we need to pull over to the side, have a break and wait. Soon, usually when we are not expecting it, a solution will come. Every solution has its own destination, if that destination suits us, then we take that solution. If not, we wait. There’s always another solution coming behind.
That’s how I make my decisions. I gather all the information and wait for the solution. A good one will always come, as long as I am patient. It usually arrives unexpectedly, when I am not thinking about it.
Namaste with Love
Mark
As the old saying goes ‘It’s All In The Mind’!
What you think, you become!
Think positive and positive things will happen to you. Abundance in your life is there for you as long as you ask for it, wish it, live it,… be patient and good things will come, positivity is the key!
Take control of your life, become the master of your own destiny, steer a course for happiness, joy and love, set sail and enjoy the journey that is your life 🙂
Namaste with Love my friends
Happy Weekend
Mark
Me or We?
Self or Selfless?
I or Us?
Do you consider others or just yourself?
Money for me or money for us!
For the benefit of me or for the benefit of us!
I’m ok..So who cares about them!
My country is safe…they are not my problem!
I have food on my table so…….
My house is warm and dry so……
My water is clean and safe to drink so……
My children are safe so……
My children are at school and being educated so…..
I can sleep at night safely so…..
Many people all around OUR world are not safe tonight, they won’t have shelter to protect them from the storm and keep them warm and dry, they wont have food on their table and clean safe water to drink, tomorrow their children wont have a school to go to, no education available and they will be in FEAR for their lives…Can they get through another long cold night and if so, can they make it safely through another day of torture and torment!
Be mindful of what you have in your life, give thanks for all you have and remember ‘life is good for some, but not for all’!
Namaste with Love
Mark
“In every direction above, below, around, and within, you see things you know and recognise…. Put them down. Do not let consciousness dwell on the products of existence and things that come and go, for there is no rest of relief there. When you understand that by taking the objects of the world for granted as total reality, you are tied to the world, then this understanding will release you from your dependence on objects and will stop your craving and your desire for constant becoming. Then you can let go your hold and engage with things as they are, instead.”
Namaste with Love
Mark
As the picture above says, expressing our appreciation with words, a smile or a hug costs so little and means so much, they can make someone’s’ day or even change a life.
When was the last time you showed your appreciation to others around you? When did you last give someone a pat on the back and praise for a job ‘Well done’?
In my job I often see people of every age group and in all levels of authority and ability who are longing for someone to show them appreciation, they are looking for a simple comment like ‘well done’, ‘thank you’, a smile showing you are pleased and happy with them, a pat on the back, a hug or even the warmth of a handshake showing you recognize them for who they are, all they do and all they have done.
Maybe we need to set aside a global day for Appreciation like Mothers Day, Fathers Day, Teachers Day, Valentines Day etc., a day set aside for us to show our appreciations to the people around us, young and old, rich or poor, colleagues, family and friends… after all Compassion has no limit and Kindness has no enemy.
Namaste with Love
Mark
My Dear Friends,
I felt the need to share this heart felt video with you from Young At Heart http://youngatheartchorus.com , I watched the documentary about this singing group from Northampton the other evening and I was brought to tears and smiles many times throughout the program. The ages of the group range from 73 to 92 and this song was sung in the memory of two of their choir members who had passed away that week.
Enjoy and if you have the chance, please watch the documentary and think of all the joy they bring to the world 🙂
Namaste with Love
Always
Mark
My Dear Friends,
If I could reach up into the darkness of the night’s sky and collect a star
for each time your comments and messages of friendship make me smile
I would have the entire night sky in the palm of my hand.
I would like to take this moment to wish you all a Very Merry Christmas and May you , your families and friends be blessed with a Happy New Year filled with Love, good health, compassion and Joy.
Namaste with Love
Always
Mark
Above the clouds
The sky is blue
The sun is bright
And all is calm.
The rays of light shine down
Towards the earth
Pushing their way
Toward your skin
To keep you warm.
The suns rays warm the earth
Promoting growth
Encouraging birth.
Seedlings sprout
Their heads held high
Upwards they push
Toward the sky.
Buds form on tops of stems
Holding a mystery deep inside
Petals untwine and burst open with Joy.
To the world
A new creation
God’s gift
A sweet sensation
Life, and beauty for all to see
My Dear Friends,
Another attempt at poetry 🙂
Namaste with Love
Always
Mark
My Dear Friends,
Please take 3 minutes rest, put your headphones on and enjoy the haunting song of Tibet. And if you have time another 7 minutes for the second song 🙂
I hope you enjoy them as much as I do?
Namaste with Love
Always
Mark
Endless Light and Love 
