My Spiritual Life

 

I wanted to put here some quotes by two of my favorite spiritual teachers, Eckhart Tolle and Louise Hay.

From Eckhart

“At the present time, the dysfunction of the old consciousness and the arising of the new are both accelerating. Paradoxically, things are getting worse and better at the same time, although the worse is more apparent because it makes so much noise.”

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Life is the dancer, and you are the dance. You then realize that you don't live your life, but life lives you”.  

 

“Lucid living is when you become aware of what many philosophers and poets and spiritual teachers have described as the dream-like nature of ordinary existence. Dreamlike in the sense that nothing lasts for very long. Every experience arises and subsides and is gone. The past – everything dissolves. It’s a memory of the present moment in the now.” 

 

From Louise

I choose thoughts that nourish and support my physical and emotional well-being. 

I attract loving and supportive people into my life. 

I am capable of handling any challenges that come my way

I trust the wisdom within me to guide me in the right direction.

We had rain

Not much rain fell but it  was enough to lay the dust in the arena and round pen.  The end of the coughs for horses and humans. Just lately I have been changing the routine on the non riding days and take one of the horses in to the round pen. Today I discovered that Knight will not canter he just trots faster and faster. Well I suddenly realized why... He was trained to be a carriage horse and they must not canter in the show ring. He is certainly capable of a canter and full gallop when ridden as Doug knows, out on the trail. So this is my new aim for Knight to help him feel comfortable cantering in a circle and to develop his cantering muscles and head carriage. He also has a locking stifle so I will be interested to see if this really helps him. The videos are of my riding horse Morgan mare Coco in the round pen. As you can see she knows how to anticipate the whoa. Coco( VJC Mystical Enchantress) is 25 years old. And our three other horses enjoying one of their frequent play sessions.

I am retired and loving it.

"Go to college. Educate yourself. Work a job like most americans in our country. And THEN you can come at me about my views."

The above was just a small part of a retort made to me by someone who I shall leave anonymous. Here I am pictured  sitting amongst some amazing wildflowers. I am now retired from WORKING at age 71 and enjoying my life. I have worked all my life from age 16. My resume includes many skills that I did not need to go to college to learn, I had hands on experience. I am a qualified Master Gardener" and a qualified Riding Instructor. I have worked with Seniors and Dogs, with children, as an artist, a sign painter, a house painter, I am thinking what else ... so many things to make money, and all were interesting to me pursuits. I ran my own gardening business for many years. So eat your words you, and the two others who have a derogatory attitude . Sandra this is not about you in case you were wondering what the heck. 

I had a relapse of thought

My son and his wife posted a whole album of pictures of my grand daughter Audrey and I started to feel very angry again about what was said to me via instagram pm. This was by two of the step grand daughters and thier mother, she backed them up. This was just a small part of what they said. I said four words to each of them about untrue statements they made on their pages villifying Trump. Then the three of them realized that me and my husband had voted for Trump. Qouting from the one girl who is 22 now and going to college in San Diego. "Have you heard of the way he speaks about his daughter? Claiming they have “sex” in common or that he would date her if he wasn’t her daughter. It is quite disgusting that you voted for a man who hates women. I assumed that you were smarter but clearly I am wrong. As an EDUCATED woman I have my facts straight. A persons right to their body should NEVER be someone else’s business. Clearly you have no respect for your daughter nor the future of your granddaughter. I am so grateful that my grandmother voted for a someone who cares about human rights no matter their sexual orientation, race, or gender. If you ever wonder why we never see you this is why. I hope one day you can educate yourself on this matter or in general"

Another New Day

Yesterday Dasha and I went for a one hour body massage. It is a massage parlor run by, we think Vietnamese women, they do not speak very much English and I am too shy to ask where they are from. This is quite different from my cherished massage therapist Pam, whom I developed a close bond with over the years. When we moved south I had to say goodbye. Also over the years I have explored a lot of body therapy. I have gone to chiropracters and an acupressurist. I have had all the latest therapies and always come back to massage, (when I have been able to afford it.) It costs about $60 for one hour but you now have to tip as well. My body was really tense after all the pschological pain that I have had recemtly. I now feel cleansed and ready to move on in a much higher way. I re read on my Pedigree blog about the first incident with my sister and had forgotten some things about that. But I feel stronger now and my energy to rise above her very negative energy and the same energy put on me by Dougs family. But I do have other family members who are supportive. So today I will be working some more on a horse pedigree. Going out to the horses and teaching Tandy howt o walk more slowly to and from turnout. Then we need to go to the car wash, to the grocery store and to the gas station on th way home. Then tonight is movie night at Dasha's house. We all take turns picking a movie. Last week we watched The Hangover. Thanksgiving is coming up next week which will be at our house. We need to plan.

It's a New Day

We are so fortunate here in California to enjoy amazing weather all year. It does vary though and I am wearing my winter puffer vest while typing this. Just a few days ago I was dressed in shorts and a sleeveless tee shirt and walking around bare foot. Which reminds me of my experiences at the nail salon that I now go to every few weeks. All the workers in the Salon are Vietnamese and they do not speak English very well. They love to insist with gestures that I have the calouses removed from my feet. The last time that I was at the salon, I said no I need them because I walk around with bare feet. So then I started to research about immigrants and the history of the Vietnamese coming into America. I learned that actress Tippi Hedren started the first group as refugees here. She had her nail person teach them what to do and then they got certified and enterprising. Ok so here is a political stab at those that think that immigrants will not be allowed here in America, ot that they will be deported. The policy that has been in place since I came here in 1974 ( I do not know when it first came into being ) is you can come here for 6 months ( you can return to your own county also and come back for aother 6 months) then you need a green card either by marrying a US citizen or by being a contributing worker, and then you can become a citizen. I know becasue I am an immigrant from England. So those who think that President elect Trump is making new rules, the basic rules have not changed. Biden on the other hand opened the borders to everyone. So what happens to those people, what work will they find to support themselves. What resources will they be using to be able to eat and have shelter. Where does the money come from for that. Here in California we have a lot of migrant workers as well, who are much needed to work harvesting food, and at where we keep our horses there are several. Most of them can not speak English.

Its all about me

I am trying to keep up now with all the latest news on our new government. So I will be posting political things every once in a while, Doug my husband is on X posting his. A quote from the news today about the new health Secretary a Kennedy and this is from Trump " For too long, Americans have been crushed by the industrial food complex and drug companies who have engaged in deception, misinformation and disinformation when it comes to public health," So very true, in fact a lot of us are still believing that carbohydrates are healthy. That the Covid shots made us immune from Covid and a lot more. Big money was involved as it usually is! Including the media and what they write to sensationalize. I notice that blog friends who commented before the election are now not commenting, which I am trying not to take personally. I am also still reeling from the personal attack by my step daughter and her two daughters about me supporting Trump. One of the things brought up was that I was voting for a rapist and I am teaching my daughter and grand daughter that sexual assault is OK. Trump would never have raped ... the accusie was actually paid by Bidens henchment to start a law suit. She had also accused 7 other men hoping to get big money. There is lot more evidence about this women. The one girl in my family said that she had been sexually assaulted. Well so have I more than once. I wont go into the details, but I was never raped. That was how men and boys were in the 1970's when I was a teen. Values were different then ( this is in the UK) I narrowly escaped being gang banged. I started wearing a safety pin on the fly of my johdpurs, so that they could not pull it down if I was thrown down in the barn in the hay again. So Greg, Jim and Scobie and others you know what you did. I have said this to Scobie in catching up recently. Most are dead, but Scobie is my friend on face book, in his 70's now. My own father was put in jail in Germany his native country, for being a pedophile. he never touched me or my two sisters. But supposedly did molest my three half siblings including a boy.To this day I am still trying to find out the truth !