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Anima
484 Posts |
 Posted - Dec 22 2013 : 3:39:11 PM
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Hi everyone.
Forgive me for being forward. I wanted to say thank you for this space and your presence, my friends. I love you.
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Bodhi Tree
2972 Posts |
Posted - Dec 22 2013 : 4:37:31 PM
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Thank you too, Anima.  |
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maheswari
Lebanon
2520 Posts |
Posted - Dec 23 2013 : 01:52:54 AM
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BillinL.A.
USA
375 Posts |
Posted - Dec 23 2013 : 2:10:52 PM
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| Love your Holiday spirit! |
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Radharani
USA
843 Posts |
Posted - Dec 27 2013 : 8:39:44 PM
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quote:
Originally posted by Anima Deorum
Hi everyone.
Forgive me for being forward. I wanted to say thank you for this space and your presence, my friends. I love you.
Thank you! Yes, this sangha is so wonderful. Glad you are being blessed by it, too. Much Love to you! |
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Sparkle
Ireland
1457 Posts |
Posted - Dec 27 2013 : 9:21:24 PM
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Thank you Anima and I also thank everyone here |
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lalow33
USA
966 Posts |
Posted - Dec 29 2013 : 12:56:46 PM
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jonesboy
USA
594 Posts |
Posted - Dec 29 2013 : 9:40:30 PM
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The_seeker
Canada
27 Posts |
Posted - Sep 28 2014 : 10:12:12 PM
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You touched my frozen heart with these simple words Anima. Thank you!
God bless you all my friends. |
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susandiaz
USA
1 Posts |
Posted - Nov 07 2014 : 03:46:00 AM
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| Thanks a heap! |
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Zanyan
USA
54 Posts |
Posted - Nov 07 2014 : 2:29:21 PM
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Dogboy
USA
2294 Posts |
Posted - Nov 07 2014 : 3:30:27 PM
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BlueRaincoat
United Kingdom
1734 Posts |
Posted - Nov 07 2014 : 4:15:55 PM
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Anima
484 Posts |
Posted - Dec 30 2014 : 10:27:45 PM
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_____Update_____
BEING GRATEFUL
During Ramadan, I saw a man with a rosary in my doctor’s office waiting room. I asked him about the rosary, which was made of amber. He told me his prayer was “thank You, thank You, thank You.” He had the right idea and the right attitude. In fact, “thank you” can be a good multipurpose mantra!
Any thought can become another. We all have that power to decide where our mind leads us. I’ve been practicing gratitude in a lot of ways. One way is to compliment my Ishta (Lord Krishna) on everything I encounter. It’s very effective in combination with basic, daily practices (walking, chanting, asanas, SBP, DM, samyama, prayer). Here is how the gratitude came today while walking:
My sudden smiling:
Thank You for smiles, Lord.
“Smile” written in sidewalk four paces down:
See, I was right! Thank You, Lord.
My footsteps:
My legs are working well. Thank You for letting me walk, Lord.
Putting in a job app:
Thank You for letting me apply for a job, Lord.
Traffic lights that hold me up:
Thank You for these lights, Lord. They are so useful in keeping things orderly. I wonder who thought of them?
A little bush with uneven branches:
Thank You for this bush, Lord. Even though it’s not the mightiest, it’s getting by just fine.
Old brickwork over a window:
Thank You for this brick, Lord--a nice, careful, handmade design. The masons did a great job.
A man with glasses and nice shoes:
Thank You for this man, Lord. He seems to be getting by just fine.
Three round windows over each other:
Thank You for symmetry, Lord. Thank you for asymmetry, Lord.
A pink ad on a mobile phone store’s window:
Thank You for this pretty color, Lord.
A huge building with modern design elements:
Thank You for this building, Lord. It must have cost a lot of money and is very attractive. Thank You for giving people an attractive place to live.
The illumined sky:
Praise Thy breath, Lord.
A man and his brother:
Praise Thy being, Lord.
Water in a drinking fountain:
Praise Thy life-bearing blood, Lord.
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Edited by - Anima on Dec 30 2014 10:34:11 PM |
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kumar ul islam
United Kingdom
791 Posts |
Posted - Dec 31 2014 : 03:34:36 AM
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| And thankyou lord for anima I live part of my through him and his words |
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Anima
484 Posts |
Posted - Dec 31 2014 : 09:42:38 AM
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 thanks |
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Parallax
USA
348 Posts |
Posted - Dec 31 2014 : 11:00:19 AM
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| Love it! |
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BlueRaincoat
United Kingdom
1734 Posts |
Posted - Dec 31 2014 : 11:17:30 AM
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| Me too |
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BillinL.A.
USA
375 Posts |
Posted - Dec 31 2014 : 12:22:42 PM
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| Bhakti Yogi Anima! |
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orangesky
Germany
39 Posts |
Posted - Dec 31 2014 : 12:52:49 PM
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Hey Anima Deorum,
thank you for posting this!
That is a great walking meditation! I basically do the same while walking. It´s really powerful.
Mostly directing my gratitude towards the earth element (trees), since this is especially good for my body and health.
I especially like this one „A little bush with uneven branches:
Thank You for this bush, Lord. Even though it’s not the mightiest, it’s getting by just fine.“
reminds me of this 
„And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.“
King James Bible
The really interesting thing is. Gratitude alone is positive. But where you direct your gratitude towards also has a different effect on you.
Directing my gratitude for example towards the element air (sky, communication, words, music being possible, eagle flying in the sky and so on) has a completely different effect on my body. Although it (air) affects my mood even better to the positive and pushing tension down and away towards the heart area (headaches after too much kriya or too powerful bandhas), based on my observation it pushes the earth element in my body away and for example I´m MUCH more prone to getting a cold for example if I don´t counter it again with earth element.
Something on earth element ….fwiw
http://dharmaconnectiongroup.blogsp...r-light.html
Malcolm Smith: For example, the 8000 line PP [prajñ#257;p#257;ramit#257;] sutra states: "Because the emptiness of the conditioned is naturally luminous, it is pure and totally lacks fundamental afflictions."
Malcolm Smith: To be more precise, prakriti prabh#257;svara is a synonym of emptiness
Malcolm Smith: For example, it also says ""Because the earth element is naturally luminous, it is pure and totally lacks fundamental afflictions."
So, be careful with this when you have a cold!
The illumined sky:
Praise Thy breath, Lord. |
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Dogboy
USA
2294 Posts |
Posted - Dec 31 2014 : 1:14:07 PM
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| thank YOU Anima for engineering this soul train! |
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bewell
1275 Posts |
Posted - Dec 31 2014 : 2:49:55 PM
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quote:
Originally posted by Anima Deorum
...thank you for this space and your presence, my friends. I love you.
I second that emotion |
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