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CM's Final Posts: You Can Fill the Space
Eighteen years ago, I wrote an article for a magazine that got me called in for a taped interview with a Fox TV morning news anchor. Being an effective communicator and a skillful public speaker was a dream of mine at the time. And still is.
After some 30 minutes of prep with the station's hair-and-
posted 3:14:59pm Jul. 27, 2007 |
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Websites to Visit, Blogs to Read
Here are some blogs and websites I like. It's not a complete list. But it's a start.
The first is called New Moon Journal and it is written by Michele Bailey-Lessirard, a life coach, collage artist, and "shamanic astrologer." On the opening page of her site, you'll find a little slide show of her am
posted 1:24:03pm Jul. 27, 2007 |
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Still Posted at My Desk
"Take off from here. And don't be so earnest,
let others wear the sackcloth and the ashes.
Let go, let fly, forget.
You've listened long enough. Now strike your note."
From "Station Island," by Seamus Heaney
posted 1:13:33pm Jul. 27, 2007 |
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And Finally, This:
Place your burden
at the feet of the Lord of the Universe
who accomplishes everything.
Remain all the time steadfast in the heart,
in the Transcendental Absolute.
God knows the past, present and future.
He will determine the future for you
and accomplish the work.
What is to be done will be done
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posted 11:30:38am Jul. 27, 2007 |
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Don't Pierce Your Belly Button
I caught the following conversation between two pretty women in the ladies' room of a Manhattan restaurant. One of the women was pregnant. And she said, "So my acupuncturist made me take the ring out of my belly button."
"Really?" her friend exclaimed.
"Yeah, he said, 'Let's give this baby a chance.
posted 3:04:04pm Jul. 26, 2007 |
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Have to say these are the nicest wrist malas I’ve ever seen. Doesn’t their gorgeousness rip open your heart? You could use one to lovingly count mantras during your meditation practice. And while specific Eastern mantras are recommended for each mala, I say these sacred beads are multi-faith. If you fit your prayers to them, you’ll do fine!
posted July 26, 2007 at 7:38 am
Every day, on my way to work, I walk past a car in the parking lot that has mala beads hanging from the rearview mirror. It enlivens and strengthens me to see that because often I feel alone and different in my work environment. I wish I knew who drives that car! Whoever it is, I’m glad the person doesn’t keep her/his beads tucked away at home.
posted July 26, 2007 at 8:09 am
Yes, I feel this too. Maybe malas should be out and about. My optometrist wears a mala on his wrist all day and doesn’t even have an official sitting meditation practice. Having it on his arm, he says, helps to keep him “mindful.” And when I wear a mala out of the house, I can pray on the subway or wherever I roam, so maybe this notion of keeping sacred objects at home, preserved like relics, should be changed by folks like us who need our “things” to keep us going. Nothing pretentious or showy about that, eh?
posted July 26, 2007 at 5:08 pm
i found the malas beautiful & i agree with the other 2 comments if i had them i woud want to show them to the world.Were do you purchase them?