Zenesday...UBM in for Bodhi ;)
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Zenesday...UBM in for Bodhi ;)
| Wed, 01-12-2011 - 12:11pm |
I am also a yogi, like Bodhi and since she is hanging with Mickey this week I thought I would post in her absence...in her honor, because she is pretty much the coolest chick ever.

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UM,
Thank you so much for posting this today – I feel your Zen, and once again the post I read first zings me in how I’ve been feeling.
SURRENDER
It’s a word that brings a connotation of negativity ordinarily – but I realized in reading your post that surrendering is not giving up, it is not giving in – it is readjusting and giving OVER to truth, and light, and peace.
Six months ago I would agree with you – I was a seed.
Thanks, Lolly.
What a beautiful post - I read the quote you posted over and over. It resonates so loudly with me ... at this phase in my healing journey. I am learning to spread my wings again by letting other people into my space. I have been so afraid to let anyone in close to me again, even possible friends, because I just could not see myself risking that kind of hurt again - or hurting others again. I felt like the people in my life now know what they are in for - they have all been lifelong friends, know ALL my little quirks and ALL about the affair, who I became while in it, and the person I have become - and they have LOVED me hard with all these mistakes & faults. With them I feel safe, so letting any one else in hasn't been something I have wanted. However, there have been a few people HERE who have wormed their way in to my heart!!! They have been consistent in my life, and they make me feel cared for ... even in the simple little "thinking of you" messages they send me.
So my Zen thought for the day:
Let your love flow outward through the universe,
To its height, its depth, its broad extent,
A limitless love, without hatred or enmity.
Then as you stand or walk,
Sit or lie down,
As long as you are awake,
Strive for this with a one-pointed mind;
Your life will bring heaven to earth.
- Sutta Nipata
Beautiful, transcended. Thank you so much for sharing that. I am so glad you are allowing yourself to open up a little. I so understand how you feel. I can't imagine being good for anyone else right now. EAS has not only given me a place to heal, but also a place to share myself with others and find new friends who understand and who can help me be brave enough to risk letting myself be known and loved again.
I am so glad you are here transcended. Thank you for sharing your journey with me.
namaste',
UBM
UBM,
What a beautiful post, so appropriate for this time especially--it being the dead of winter and with so many newbies here. I am so glad we have another yogi on board. EAS may be your guiding light, but your innate wisdom and strength are your best assets.
Surrender. Blind Faith. Turning one's self over. Indeed, I believe these are absolutely necessary to get beyond the fear and doubt of ending an A and into the next phase of self-discovery. Beautiful, cracked seeds. Beauty on the inside, struggling to emerge and be seen.
Spring will be here before we all know it.
Thank you for filling in for Bodhi. You did a fantastic job!!!
xoxo
UBM
I'm not a very Zen kinda person, but I do live by one quote that resonated with me several years ago when I was still tripping over myself.
"If you always tell the truth, you'll never have to remember anything."
(((Hugs)))
Thanks, iddy. You're better than zen.
xoxo
UBM
warm hugs,
UBM
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