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" --- only be attentive to what is arising within you and place that above everything you perceive around you. What is happening in your innermost self is worthy of your entire love." - Rainer Maria Rilke

Sunday, August 22, 2010

Swimming Lessons


"The purpose of our lives is to be happy."



"I find hope in the darkest of days, and focus on the brightest. I do not judge the universe."


From browsing through old sketchbooks circa 2003, I find this amazing fellow hidden among pages and pages filled with doodles, anime sketches and writings. His Holiness, the ocean of wisdom came as a pleasant surprise.
Ocean (dalai) or water has always been a symbolic part of my inner psyche. From a recent tantra yoga class, I found myself moving as though I was swimming in a deep ocean. Diving deep into the blue warm water. After that session, Bhairavi, a calm, petite and pretty lady kindly read my energy stating my solar plexus, sacral to my base chakra were blocked. Ah, I recognized my emotional issues and creativity were my main culprits. And I thought I was already swimming in them! Then, she tells me to embrace the ocean. Don't just swim in it, imbibe it.
I turn to the Dalai Lama. The wisdom that comes is inner peace. Happiness is inner peace; healing is inner peace. To embrace the emotions I was feeling - care bear stare na sa pa-cool! - and make peace with it. Make it become a part of me. Don't just swim in it become the ocean. This is becoming a very interesting journey. And slowly I am finding my way to the answers. Actually, I am beginning as Rilke so promised to live my way into them.




...just a thought: dalai lama or noynoy? :)

3 comments:

  1. keep on sketching joffy! :)

    p.s. dalai lama for shizzles!

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  2. Slightly duma-Dalai Lama din naman...;)

    Thanks for sharing, Peej. Indeed: care bear na sa pa-cool. Own your emotions. That's powerful.

    Happy swimming/imbibing the ocean! See you in Boracay soon! ;)

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  3. peejeeeeee! care bear talaga! hay, ang hirap ever. i do hope you come soon! :) I surely miss you so so much!

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