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Sunday, 4 October 2009
Peace Prayer of St. Francis
Mood:
 happy
Topic: Musings
| Peace Prayer of St. Francis | | | Lord, make me an instrument of your peace.
Where there is hatred, let me sow love.
Where there is injury, pardon.
Where there is doubt, faith.
Where there is despair, hope.
Where there is darkness, light.
And where there is sadness, joy.
O Divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek
to be consoled as to console;
to be understood as to understand;
to be loved as to love.
For it is in giving that we receive,
it is in pardoning that we are pardoned
and it is in dying that we are born to Eternal Life. |
Prayer of Peace
Attributed to St. Francis of Assisi (1181-1226)
Roman Catholic friar, founder of the Franciscans
Known as the patron saint of animals, birds and the environment
His feast day is October 4 |
Posted by angel-healing
at 10:24 AM BST
Wednesday, 30 September 2009
5 lessons
Mood:
 a-ok
Topic: Musings
1 - First Important Lesson - Cleaning Lady.
During my second month of college, our professor
Gave us a pop quiz. I was a conscientious student
And had breezed through the questions until I read
The last one:
"What is the first name of the woman who cleans the school?"
Surely this was some kind of joke. I had seen the
Cleaning woman several times. She was tall,
Dark-haired and in her 50's, but how would I know her name?
I handed in my paper, leaving the last question
Blank. Just before class ended, one student asked if
The last question would count toward our quiz grade..
"Absolutely, " said the professor. "In your careers,
You will meet many people. All are significant. They
Deserve your attention and care, even if all you do
Is smile and say "hello."
I've never forgotten that lesson. I also learned her
Name was Dorothy.
2. - Second Important Lesson - Pickup in the Rain
One night, at 11:30 p.m., an older African American
Woman was standing on the side of an Alabama highway
Trying to endure a lashing rain storm. Her car had
Broken down and she desperately needed a ride.
Soaking wet, she decided to flag down the next car.
A young white man stopped to help her, generally
Unheard of in those conflict-filled 19 60's. The man
Took her to safety, helped her get assistance and
Put her into a taxicab.
She seemed to be in a big hurry, but wrote down his
Address and thanked him. Seven days went by and a
Knock came on the man's door. To his surprise, a
Giant console color TV was delivered to his home. A
Special note was attached.
It read:
"Thank you so much for assisting me on the highway
The other night. The rain drenched not only my
Clothes, but also my spirits. Then you came along.
Because of you, I was able to make it to my dying
Husband's' bedside just before he passed away... God
Bless you for helping me and unselfishly serving
Others."
Sincerely,
Mrs. Nat King Cole.
3 - Third Important Lesson - Always remember those
Who serve..
In the days when an ice cream sundae cost much less,
A 10-year-old boy entered a hotel coffee shop and
Sat at a table. A waitress put a glass of water in
Front of him.
"How much is an ice cream sundae?" he asked.
"Fifty cents," replied the waitress.
The little boy pulled his hand out of his pocket and
Studied the coins in it.
"Well, how much is a plain dish of ice cream?" he inquired.
By now more people were waiting for a table and the
Waitress was growing impatient.
"Thirty-five cents," she brusquely replied.
The little boy again counted his coins.
"I'll have the plain ice cream," he said...
The waitress brought the ice cream, put t he bill on
The table and walked away The boy finished the ice
Cream, paid the cashier and left.. When the waitress
Came back, she began to cry as she wiped down the
Table. There, placed neatly beside the empty dish,
Were two nickels and five pennies..
You see, he couldn't have the sundae, because he had
To have enough left to leave her a tip.
4 - Fourth Important Lesson. - The obstacle in Our Path.
In ancient times, a King had a boulder placed on a
Roadway.. Then he hid himself and watched to see if
Anyone would remove the huge rock. Some of the
King's' wealthiest merchants and courtiers came by
And simply walked around it. Many loudly blamed the
King for not keeping the roads clear, but none did
Anything about getting the stone out of the way.
Then a peasant came along carrying a load of
Vegetables. Upon approaching the boulder, the
peasant laid down his burden and tried to move the
stone to the side of the road. After much pushing
and straining, he finally succeeded. After the
peasant picked up his load of vegetables, he noticed
a purse lying in the road where the boulder had
been. The purse contained many gold coins and a note
from the King indicating that the gold was for the
person who removed the boulder from the roadway. The
peasant learned what many of us never understand!
Every obstacle presents an opportunity to improve
our condition.
5 - Fifth Important Lesson - Giving When it Counts...
Many years ago, when I worked as a volunteer at a
hospital, I got to know a little girl named Liz who
was suffering from a rare & serious disease. Her only
chance of recovery appeared to be a blood
transfusion from her 5-year old brother, who had
miraculously survived the same disease and had
developed the antibodies needed to combat the
illness. The doctor explained the situation to her
little brother, and asked the little boy if he would
be willing to give his blood to his sister.
I saw him hesitate for only a moment before taking a
deep breath and saying, "Yes I'll do it if it will save
her." As the transfusion progressed, he lay in bed
next to his sister and smiled, as we all did, seeing
the color returning to her cheek. Then his face
grew pale and his smile faded.
He looked up at the doctor and asked with a
trembling voice, "Will I start to die right away".
Being young, the little boy had misunderstood the
doctor; he thought he was going to have to give his
sister all of his blood in order to save her.
Posted by angel-healing
at 6:23 PM BST
Updated: Thursday, 1 October 2009 7:31 AM BST
Thursday, 17 September 2009
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at 7:42 AM BST
Updated: Friday, 18 September 2009 8:12 AM BST
Thursday, 3 September 2009
William Blooms Newsletter
William's eLetter
2 September 2009 |  | | | | Dear Friends - Greetings and Love
First two quick announcements followed by a longer piece on "Talking Our Walk".
ANNOUNCEMENT
All the dates and blurbs for my Autumn/Winter/Spring workshops and Spiritual Companions Certificate are now up on my website. I also have the leaflets and if any of you in the UK would be kind enough to put a few out at your local centre, please let me have your mailing address and I'll gratefully send you some. Many thanks.
ALTERNATIVES, ST JAMES'S CHURCH, PICCADILLY - MONDAY 12 OCTOBER 7pm
For anyone in or near London, I'll be back home in St. James's to give a presentation on the Endorphin Effect. I look forward to seeing you there.
TALKING OUR WALK - PART ONE
The following long piece is based on an insight that has been building over the last 12 months as to why a modern approach to spirituality is often not taken seriously. In a week's time I'll send you another email, asking you to help me with a step towards solving this interesting challenge.
Do you know the worst accusation made against us? (By ‘us’ I mean those of us who are part of this new holistic, open-minded, open-hearted spirituality.) It is that we don’t have any morals.
This accusation is crazy because if there is one thing that I do know about us, it is that we come from the heart, know right from wrong and do our best to practice love in action.
I first became aware of this accusation almost twenty years ago when I found myself representing new age spirituality in interfaith circles and on the media. I remember so clearly a journalist saying, ‘No one will take your lot seriously until you give the appearance of having a clear set of values.’
This was also what I heard from clergy when I worked in St. James’s Church, Piccadilly. ‘You people have no historical foundation, no heritage of ethics. You’re just after personal experience. You never engage with real world problems and injustice.’
I was stung by these accusations. I also did not have an articulate answer. I remember two occasions – on the Sunday programme and the Moral Maize – when I spluttered incoherently to defend us. This was embarrassing. Lack of clarity on a live broadcast with millions listening is not enjoyable.
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As a result I began to rehearse a speech that might not only defend us, but also be a strong assertion of our values. I now know that speech by heart. Before I give it, I come home to my centre and settle in my heart. I then speak it clearly:
‘I absolutely refute your accusation that we have no morality. We embrace and support the core ethics of all the major religions, but instead of setting them up against each other in competition, we plait them together to make an even stronger statement of our values. These core ethics include: Do not kill; do not thieve; do unto others as you would have them to unto you; and so on. More than that, we integrate into this traditional morality, the values of environmentalism and sustainability, so that our grandchildren and great-grandchildren inhabit a healthy and harmonious Earth. And more than that too, we also integrate the values of contemporary psychology which fully understands that for human beings to develop fully and not become dangers to society, they need love, affection, support and respect. We entwine these all together for a strong and dynamic morality that is founded in the best of all that has gone before.’
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Knowing our values is a crucial issue because for many people the major importance of religion and spirituality is that they tell us what is right and what is wrong. This is what believers of Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism and Sikhism expect – clear guidance about how they should live their lives. Do not kill. Do not lie. Do not commit adultery. ‘By their acts shall ye know them.’
But, say our detractors, modern spirituality is caught up in personal growth and the spiritual supermarket. In the jargon of post-modernism, we are lost in relativism – and have no moral core. These accusations are not true. As I wrote above we have a very sure morality. So why do we appear to have no morality? Why don’t people know we have values? In my opinion, it is because we lack confidence. The reality is that most of us are living moral and good lives, but we don’t have the confidence to say so. The accusation against many religious people is that they don’t walk their talk. In my experience, the people inside holistic spirituality – us lot – we do walk our talk. We have the opposite problem. We don’t talk our walk.
We do not seem able to assert our beliefs and values to people who may disagree with us. Whatever the reason for our collective low self-esteem (if that’s the right description) we need to get over it and begin to feel some pride. This is not the middle ages. We won’t get burnt.
One thing that we know for certain about the evolution of humanity is that when people disagree yet talk together, good things can happen. Being an engaged participant, sometimes passionate, in the discussion is what builds bridges and heals conflict. Silence, especially nervous silence, does not help.
We need to join in the great moral debates of our age. In general we need to assert our opinions.
When the women’s, gay and anti-racism movements began, they understood the importance of raising consciousness about what it meant to be a woman, a gay or a person of colour. Low self-esteem — the result of continual prejudice and suppression — was replaced by pride and confidence in their community, their human rights and their value.
I am beginning to think that we too need to move in that direction. Our approach is profoundly valuable, but I know too many people who are spiritual and holistic but are unable to speak confidently with their colleagues and families. Again – we have the walk. But not the talk.
I do not have any answers here but I do have a strong instinct that we need to raise our consciousness about these issues — and fully appreciate that we are good, generous and moral beings.
All my love.
William
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Posted by angel-healing
at 7:53 AM BST
Wednesday, 19 August 2009
What Is God? What Is Love?
| What Is God? What Is Love? | | | What is God? The eternal One Life underneath all the forms of life.
What is love? To feel the presence of that One Life deep within yourself and within all creatures. To be it.
Therefore, all love is the love of God. |
The Power of Now
Eckhart Tolle |
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Tuesday, 18 August 2009
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Sunday, 16 August 2009
Soil Assoc Newsletter
| | Dear Supporter Welcome to August’s newsletter. This month we’re addressing the report recently published by the Food Standards Agency, asking for your help at the Organic Food Festival, highlighting a series of Soil Association meetings for you to attend, providing an update on the Food for Life Partnership and giving a run down of this month’s competitions. | | FSA report on organic food
A literature review on nutrient levels in organic food, funded by the Food Standards Agency received widespread coverage from the media. The report concluded that there were not significant nutritional differences between organic and non organic food. We were disappointed with the conclusions that the researchers reached, partly because the review rejected many of the studies of nutrient levels as they did not meet the particular requirements decided by the researchers. The researchers say that the increased levels of nutrients found in organic food were not significant because of the consequently small number of studies. The researchers also failed to include the results of a major European Union funded study (QLIF), which ended in April this year, and has already produced over 100 scientific papers. Results from this study include the findings that: 'Levels of a range of nutritionally desirable compounds (e.g. antioxidants, vitamins, glycosinolates) were shown to be higher in organic crops' and 'Levels of nutritionally undesirable compounds (e.g. mycotoxins, glycoalkaloids, Cadmium and Nickel) were shown to be lower in organic crops'. Although there was obviously some negative media around this story, there were also a number of positive pieces. As I am sure you will all recognise, organic farming and food systems are holistic, and have many other benefits, including the fact that organic food is not covered in pesticides, is a system which has the highest animal welfare standards, bans the routine use of antibiotics and increases wildlife on farms. For more information please click here. | | Food Security in the 21st Century - Soil Association Meetings
As we respond to climate change and the imminence of peak-oil we are standing on the threshold of the most far reaching changes in our farming and food systems for over a half a century. Business as usual is no longer an option. But how can Soil Association members and licensees lead the change towards relocalised and resilient food systems in the UK? Our Director Patrick Holden will give an opening address on this theme at a series of Producer Roadshow meetings to which our members and supporters are warmly invited. One of the key changes that need to be made is the relationship between producers and the public and these meetings provide a forum for mutually supportive relationships to be formed. The meetings take place across England and Wales in September and October and our dates, venues and booking procedures can be found on our website. We'd love to see you! |  | | Food for Life Partnership
The Soil Association-led Food for Life Partnership - the programme that works with schools and their communities to transform food culture - has ended this school year on a high. There are now more than 1,100 schools enrolled on the programme and they have all committed to achieve at least the Food for Life Partnership Bronze Mark. This means they will be serving seasonal school meals with at least 75% of dishes freshly prepared by a well-trained school cook; pupils and parents are involved in planning improvements to school menus and the dining experience via a School Nutrition Action Group, boosting school meal take-up. Every pupil has the opportunity to visit a farm during their time at school, and opportunities are given for groups of pupils to do cooking and food growing activities. Here's looking forward to the new term! |  | | Competitions!
Remember to visit our competitions page this month - we have a case of fantastic wine to be won from Vintage Roots, some gorgeous Organic Body Spa Body Butter from Green People and a gift voucher to be spent on skincare products from Essential Care. See our webpage for more details. And if you are not one of the lucky winners of the Body Butter but would still like to try some of Green People’s products just email organic@greenpeople.co.uk with your name and address and they will send you a catalogue and a selection of sachets. Please quote ‘Soil Association competition’ in the subject line. | | Speak to you again in September. |  | | Stephen Last
Director of Membership and Supporter Services The Soil Association is a membership charity. If you would like to make a donation, click here. Thank you for your continued support. If you would like some information to do with an area of our work that we haven’t addressed in this update, why not ask your question online?
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Posted by angel-healing
at 10:15 AM BST
Friday, 14 August 2009
News from Moon Times aug 09
Mood:
a-ok
Topic: archive newsletters
| Subject: News from Moon Times; Jam Sponge, Popper Pads, Moon Lodge Forum...Please forward this newsletter to any friends, family or colleagues who may be interested! | |
www.moontimes.co.uk | | Hello Ladies, I hope you are having a great summer!
I'm now 5 months pregnant and the heat is making me swell like a balloon!!
In an attempt to put my feet up I've been working to simplify the website and have made the categories easier (I hope) to navigate- and have added more info to the titles- such as whether pads have popper fastenings! so what's new at Moon Times? We have recently taken over Jam Sponge (www.jamsponge.co.uk ) as their creator couldn’t cope with the orders on top of her other businesses! Although the 'attitude' of Jam Sponge is quite different from Moon Times I do love the concept and of course it appeals to a younger audience :) They are also available on the Moon Times website!
See http://www.moontimes.co.uk/shop/menstrual-sponges-and-cups/jam-sponge/ We have many more poppered pads now in stock- feed back has been great See http://www.moontimes.co.uk/shop/cloth-pads/patterned-pads/patterned-cloth-pads-press-stud/ We have also made sure pads say if they are velcro or poppered in the descriptions. Popper pads aren’t yet available in large sets- but can be bought as 'starter sets'
See http://www.moontimes.co.uk/shop/cloth-pads/pad-sets/organic-starter-set-with-press-stud/
See http://www.moontimes.co.uk/shop/cloth-pads/pad-sets/moon-times-patterned-starter-set/ Whilst having a clear out and tidy up I found a number of Womens Wisdom booklets- these are on sale
here http://www.moontimes.co.uk/shop/books/womens-wisdom-booklets-on-sale/ Don't forget our Charity Pads...supporting the Shyira Trust Maternity Project and The Penny Brohn Cancer Care Centre see ' http://www.moontimes.co.uk/shop/category/pads-for-charity/ and just to remind you about our
Moon Lodge Forum do check it out! http://moonlodge.proboards.com/ Take care, and have a great rest of the summer, much love
Rachael and the Moon Times Team xxx an article to finish....
I was amazed to get this from http://www.dailyom.com
the author wasn't credited though! Cycle Of Power
Honouring Menstruation
In the ancient past, as humanity began to move toward a patriarchal society, women were gradually deprived of the awareness of a wonderful gift. Previously, menstruation was considered a miraculous and cosmic event wherein women were strongly connected to all things spiritual. A menstruating woman was considered to be at the height of her power and was encouraged to spend time looking inward for feminine wisdom. Her menses held mana or the 'breath of life' and were a source of nourishment for the fertile soil. But as the goddesses were cast aside, women's relationship with the lunar cycles and the tides was cast aside. Menstruating women were forced to remain apart lest they infect others with their uncleanliness and their wisdom was suppressed. Contradicting today's attitudes of shame, however, is a strong movement seeking to reclaim the power of menstruation and to see it as a supreme blessing rather than a curse. For many women, menstruation is a time of altered awareness, creativity, spirituality, and new heights of intuition. The need for solitude or rest is unjustly perceived as a weakness, when in reality it indicates a strong urge for introspection during the menstrual cycle. Perception and sensitivity are both amplified, encouraging women to challenge themselves and others. The Native American tradition states that a menstruating woman has the potential to be more spiritually powerful than any male or female at any time. Some may experience these changes during different spans of the cycle. It is not uncommon to experience a stillness and desire for quiet during the first part of the menses and extreme clarity during the latter part. In ignoring or denying such feelings, men and women alike lose touch with feminine power and the awareness of the value of menstruation. It may be helpful to understand that menstruation is a natural time within the moon cycle to retreat from worldly concerns and to embrace transformation. Women may enter into the cycle in one way and find they emerge renewed on the other side. Harnessing the power inherent means listening to intuition, noticing unique synchronicities, and understanding the core of oneself. It is a gift from the body to the earth and from the body to the mind. |
Posted by angel-healing
at 3:04 PM BST
Updated: Monday, 31 August 2009 3:09 PM BST
Tuesday, 11 August 2009
That Would Heal the World
| That Would Heal the World | | | I invite every minister, every priest, every rabbi, every teacher, every guru, every Master, every president, every prime minister, every king, every queen, every leader, every nation, every political party to issue one statement that would heal the world:
OURS IS NOT A BETTER WAY, OURS IS MERELY ANOTHER WAY. |
Friendship With God
Neale Donald Walsch
Page 153 |
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