shaman's thoughts

There is so much to be done and so little time. I have to count the Bees in hive and find the looplholes in my mind. Finish the windmill's angle of dungle and give a receipt to the ONE who keeps giving without fail whilst I wonder about in my own made up world! Ahhhh.. laddy tis be the season for lovers not warriors!

Wait on the Lord! Chew your words before uttering them! Endure patiently and gently. In this way when the storm is gone you will have lost very little and gained even more in charactor

Dead days are days in my life when I don't care whether I am being useful and productive or not. They are days that I do whatever it takes to forget myself and life, vege out and not be concerned at all about what or who might need my attention. It seems that once or twice a year this phenomenon happens, accrues, and I just simply go with it. Some shrink may insist on giving it a name like (temporary depression) and even insist on prescribing some mood altering drug to help me get through this time, but I know better, that is why we have so many screwed up folks now, because they have been convinced that it is not "OK" to feel bad or down or depressed. Here! take a pill you'll be just fine, you should go on a vacation, you aughta to be on some doctor's care man, you need help! Well we've heard it all. This too shall come to pass as have the other times of "IMBALANCE" and God will restore me to my old positive life giving self. Work with me people, it

Greatfulness is a state of mind which if nourished and practiced will most certainly lead to serenity and calm. How do I know this? Well I have spent the last 35 years looking for just such an elixer. Now the question is really what is the state of always being greatful? Not complaning about the have nots,and being content. GO FISH BUDDY, GO FISH!

I thought I would be over this feeling of loss and confusion by now! I have been back for 11 days now and still cannot seem to get used to my life here in the States. The feeling is almost nearing depression because I can't even get myself motivated to do what needs to be done around the house. May be it is because there is so much to do, the yard needs attention, the house and my business and the not having any body around to share these things with. I don't know, I do hope though that I won't have to endure much more of this feeling. My own medicine of daily prayer too has suffered, I just plain don't know how to deal with not being up and optomistic about every thing. Not that I have lost hope or feeling depressed, just confused as to what I am supposed to be doing next. I'd like to just drop everything and go back to Iran again where I seemed to at least have a purpose . God help me maintain and remain steadfast.

Every body talks about God as if His essence is known to them.God this and God that, God begat a son and did such and such. God is merciful and God is so and so. In reality all we have to go by is some body else's words and interpretations. I'd ratherthink of God as the MASTER DESIGNER, THE ELEQUENT PAINTER, THE EVERPRESENT, MOST GRACEFUL.Now these I can live with, as I see the design of life,I look to understand the designer. As I see the beauty of colors around me, I look to the painter's hands at work.Without any consiederation for guilt and sin,like to have a relationship with this master of all masters. This MASTER CHEF! this MASTER ENGINEER! I say if this God were to say anything about himself we'd probably hear something like "I am that from which all things eminate". Hey! if we have learned anything from the years of science it is that all things came from one source, so let's call it God if we must, it is just another word. But create he did, pres

Imaginations can easily be most creative force in our lives or the most destructive. I gusee it is like every thing else in this Yin/Yang dual natured world of ours. But beware my child, of your imaginations when they have you thinking of who said what and what did they mean and how come......blah blah blah! You can run your nerves ragged by imaginning stories about what might have been. Let go of the need to be right or to win all battles. Be FREE of all that burdens your mind and soul. Heal your body this way!

Confusion after a long journey is normal. Coming back to what was and trying to remember just where to start back with the life I left behind nearly five month ago is much more difficult this time than ever before. I wonder why? Am I a different man? Is it because every other time after a long absence I would come back to a home wih some one there? Are the times really that different now and the energies so vastly more sensitive to my input? The first two or so nights I didn't even feel like doing my ritual prayer at the end of the night! wow!! I am certain though, that as these days go by and I settle in, I will find that indeed I am a much changed man ready for the stuff that I have been preparing for all my life. I am after all wearing "THE RING" which I never dared to before.

I heard once that we will all get used to the good and the bad of this world. That we will each find our own way of praying or honoring God. That some will give all they have freely while others will hord and miser every single penny while others yet suffer heavily just to keep enough pennys to support their lives. Now hear this my child! the best thing I have to give is my time, the most I can lose is just stuff and I will always have enough if I learn to be content with the good things I have first.

I make Yoghurt today, and Tabooli too, I will pay some bills and answer some letters. All along however, I remain the same man working to remember how fleeting this life is and keeping my attention fixed on the more permanant address I am about to have soon.

If we knew just what works perfect every time, perhaps we would all be doing just that. But there are very very few "Absolute Truths" which apply to us all. Consistancy is a part hope, and hope is all any one ever has for going forward with any plan.

EXPECT A MIRACLE EVERY DAY OF YOUR LIFE, AND LOOK FORWARD TO UNDERSANDING YOUR SELF A BIT MORE EACH DAY. YOU ARE THE MIRACLE!

First notes in the States after a rest at my daughter's home after the long flight. It is hard to belive that I am at my own desk again and the journey home is over. In a moment it began and in a blink it was over. Yesterday is but a dream! tomorrow not yet formed, and forever NOW is all I have ever had. Shokran Rabbie!

Good bye is such sweet sorrow that without it hellos would not be quite as heart warming. Let the laughters be the memory most clear in our moments of remembrance. Let me remember you my love as you are now together, helpful, and kind to one another.

Judge not lest you be judged by the same standard and not be able to live up to your own expectations. GOD, GRANT ME THE SERENITY TO ACCETP THE THINGS I CANNOT CHANGE, COURAGE TO CHANGE THE THINGS I CAN, AND WISDOM TO KNOW THE DIFFERENCE. Amen brother man!

Judge not lest you be judged by the same measures and not be able to live up to your own expectations! God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, Courage to change the things I can and wisdom to know the difference. Amen brother man!

Judge not lest you be judged by the same standard and not be able to live up to your own expectations. GOD, GRANT ME THE SERENITY TO ACCETP THE THINGS I CANNOT CHANGE, COURAGE TO CHANGE THE THINGS I CAN, AND WISDOM TO KNOW THE DIFFERENCE. Amen brother man!

Judge not lest you be judged by the same standard and not be able to live up to your own expectations. GOD, GRANT ME THE SERENITY TO ACCETP THE THINGS I CANNOT CHANGE, COURAGE TO CHANGE THE THINGS I CAN, AND WISDOM TO KNOW THE DIFFERENCE. Amen brother man!

Judge not lest you be judged by the same standard and not be able to live up to your own expectations. GOD, GRANT ME THE SERENITY TO ACCETP THE THINGS I CANNOT CHANGE, COURAGE TO CHANGE THE THINGS I CAN, AND WISDOM TO KNOW THE DIFFERENCE. Amen brother man!

It is so easy to get caught up in the who said what game. We tend to make far too much adiu over such incidents and spen far too much time mentalizing over them in private as well as in our sleep! Letting go of the need to be right or to be found inocent or to win at all costs is a good starting point for freedom of the spirit.

One can only change the world around himself if he is willing to admit how difficult it is to change a single thing about himself. Know yourself and you have known God.

A daily practice of keeping in touch, is like connecting to a most powerful source of energy. I am indeed blessed with such a link! On a daily basis(twice a day) I see myself setting down and meditating upon the gracious ways of this Creator of all things, this Source of all that exits, and just by doing so, I have received THE FORCE FROM WHICH ALL THINGS EMINATE!!