As the green carpet comes slowly back sprouting "baby grass green" color, I notice the rustle of wind through bare branches.
I had a Time Out short visit with a friend, much needed. In our breathing space, our short vacation, we chatted, smiled, and ate home baked cookies and chocolate. Dolores handed me a card filled with sun and flowers:
"It's not so much where you're going~
but who walks with you on the journey...."
Then we sampled the wrapped chocolates, each with a message. My favorite was the dark chocolate with almonds.
As we unwrapped the goodies, and read the notes, we were amazed and delighted at the results.
"Stretch your Body~
Stretch your Mind."
"Take a Deep Breath."
"Follow Your Instincts."
Big YES~
And~(drum roll)
"The more you praise and celebrate your life,
The more there is in life to celebrate."
Related Posts:
For the Love of Chocolate (Jan 2012)
Resources:
Dove Chocolates, various flavors
My Favorite: Baker's Unsweetened Dark Chocolate, slightly melted. Make time for chocolate every day.
Breathing Space:
Tai Chi for Health: Paul Lam, M.D
Meditation and Yoga Deepak Chopra, M.D., The Chopra Center
Dahlis Roy: Visionary Artist, Author, and Tai Chi Instructor
Images:
Pink Flower by Emilie
Incoming Green, photo by Dahlis. Years ago I had a glitter covered Yin-Yang symbol sticker packet. I liked the blue and green ones best, "All in Balance~All in Harmony"
Ideas Come from Out of the Blue
* We settled into comfortable chairs to hear and view a bit about Angels. "Do you believe in Angels and How Can They help You to Heal?"
I sat up eagerly! Rebecca Rosen, author of Awaken the Spirit Within, told Mehmet Oz, M.D. along with several audience members information about life events, relatives, and mentors. Other areas of communication also opened up ** across the line.
Can you communicate with the divine? Rebecca's Guidelines:
Prayer: Offer positive unselfish intent and invitation to connect
Meditation: Calming the "party in your head" helps you receive.
Trust and Intuition: "Get out of your own way."
Trust your non-logical "Gut Feelings"
Then Rebecca spoke about a light bulbs suddenly switching on, "Thoughts or ideas come to you from 'OUT OF THE BLUE!' "
I burst into instant tears~
"What's wrong?" My husband inquired.
"That's Exactly It"
I stood up and sobbed to the computer. The screen had timed out. I restored the current screen image and Out of the Blue Blog appeared showing my Blue Butterfly Logo Painting! I have never had the Blue Butterfly activated while watching TV-ever. Silently I pointed to the physical paintings of Blue Butterfly and her companion, Silver Butterfly, resting right here in this room.
I feel awe, wonder, and deep gratitude ~ spontaneous synchronicity.
Related Posts:
The Human Angel (Oct 2011)
Out of Box Experience (Aug 2011)
Healing Hearts (May 2011)
Another Angel (Feb 2011)
Angels 101 (Jan 2011)
Christmas Rose (Dec 2010)
The Story of Blue (Oct 2010)
Resources:
* Rebecca Rosen, book Awaken The Spirit Within. Connect and communicate positively with Guides and Angels. The Dr. Oz Show, Jan 17, 2014 and re-aired April 4, 2014: Topics include "Do You Believe in Angels and How Can they Help You Heal?"
The Good Life, new magazine from Dr. OZ features an article Mind + Mood Get A Lift from True Blue (May-June 2014 issue p 79). "It fills the skies and the oceans and this calming color can expand your horizons too." There's that Blue Morpho Butterfly pictured again!
** Across the Line by Anice Terhune, widow of author and journalist, Albert Payson Terhune. Terhune wrote dog stories about his Collie pals such as Gray Dawn, and Lad a Dog. "The Dogs Are Here!" Bert Terhune communicates with his wife after he passed away. A controversial and courageous book in its day.
Eben Alexander, M.D., book Proof of Heaven, a personal journey into the beyond. Eternea: a non-profit organization blends Science and Spirituality, NDE's (Near Death Experiences) and more are discussed. A Blue Butterfly Image is on the Masthead of the site!
Deepak Chopra, M.D, author and spiritual teacher, Chopra Center Meditation.
Were You Here Before? The Best of the Oprah Show re-aired April 20 on OWN Network. Brian Weiss, M.D., psychiatrist, author of Many Lives, Many Masters joins Mehmet Oz, M.D. and Oprah Winfrey for a deep discusison about reincarnation.
Daniel G. Amen, M.D, psychiatrist, H
How does our brain work and how can we tap into our maximum potential? Magnificent Mind at Any Age and Healing ADD (revised edition Dec 2013), recognize and heal the seven types of ADD.
Dahlis Roy: Visionary Artist, Author, and Tai Chi Instructor
Paintings by Dahlis
Blue Butterfly, oil painting Logo for Out of the Blue, Unlocking Continuous Miracles, various topics
Silver Butterfly, Create A Vision, oil painting
* "The World Beyond What We Can See," Louie Schwartzberg, photographer, filmmaker
My random and sporadic brain takes bits and pieces of scattered information, photographic images, painted experiences, conversations, music, dance, light, color, and other sensory stimuli and juggles them about. Stir the stew and simmer all of these ingredients in a mixture that may take time, even years for a creative moment to flash and download into physical being!
Bits and Chips of Colored Glass become a Completed Stained Glass Window.
The linking brain connects the dots and fashions a whole new art form, research study, or methods of thought patterns. The creative Heart-Mind is born again! I am grateful for these Om My God surprises! I open my heart to invite wonder and joy.
Everyone has unique pathways in thinking, feeling, and creating. Maximize the positive paths for you.
Recently as I watched ** Cosmos A Spacetime Odyssey, Neil Degrasse Tyson imagined ancient people "connected the dots" and formed pictures of humans/super-humans, animals, and birds in the night sky. The sky was dark velvet then, free of light pollution. What a great adventure! The art of the constellation was born.
*** I felt the cave again, a haven for art work and ceremony. The night sky of the time is actually painted in some caves. Frank Edge, an astronomer, "saw" beyond the animal paintings and figures in Lascaux Cave's Hall of Bulls, noting the "dots" on the art work actually represented star maps at that time.
I saw in my imagination my favorite constellation, Canis Major (CMA) the great Celestial Wolf. My first image of him was on a chart many years ago. There was the Great Wolf, front paw upraised, on a black background. His star dots were connected by white lines. Better yet, the artist had outlined in white the Great Wolf shape out around the dots (stars) and lines (structure). I could easily picture the entire figure. Eagerly my Dad and I went out, chart and flashlight in hand, and easily found the Great Wolf!
*** "The stars are so close you think you could just reach up and stir them around...."
When I was young, I liked to connect the dots with pen and paper, then color the images. My Dad showed me how.
When I was older, I painted the Cheetah!
"Life is the Art of Drawing Without an Eraser," John Gardner
Related Posts:
Our Christmas Puppy and Chasing Shadows (Dec 2012)
Sacred Destinations (Sept 2012)
*** The Painted Word (July 2012), exploring cave art
Starstruck (Sept 2011)
Grow Green (April 2011) Grow new pathways in your brain.
Resources:
*Super Soul Sunday, Oprah Winfrey Network, OWN Network, April 13, 2014 and online, conversation with Louie Schwartzberg, filmmaker and photographer.
Louie's video on You Tube: Gratitude
**Cosmos A Spacetime Odyssey, a series, Neil Degrasse Tyson takes an incredible journey into the known and the unknown.
***Clark Gable to Claudette Colbert in the 1934 movie It Happened One Night.
Carl Sagan, The Small Blue Dot (Earth),
video You Tube
Deepak Chopra, M.D. Chopra Center Meditation, unlock the potential of a quiet mind.
Paul Lam, M.D. Tai Chi for Health Institute, Tai Chi worldwide, relax while exercising, explore and expand physical and mental strength.
Sky and Telescope online, This Week in the Night Sky
Sky and Telescope Magazine (hard copy), some years ago, I read about "what if" you were on another star system and you saw Canis Major from a different viewpoint? In the picture I noticed the skewed stars and how differently they were angled. "Imagine"
Dahlis Roy, Visionary Artist, Author, and Tai Chi Instructor
Photos by Dahlis
Cut, Paste, Create: Inspiration
Artist (Cheetah) at Work and Play
I "see" a parade of blue butterflies in the flowers....
What Do You "See?"
Imagine~
* "....All I know since yesterday, is everything has changed...."
"Yes, it has~" I ponder
The phone rings:
"What do we want?" I ask Debra.
** "We want everything!"
"We want it Yesterday!"
I chime in, "I want a slower pace, I feel like I am running a robotic race with myself. I need to carve out more 'creative artistic time' in a quiet space of stillness. I will work with this."
** "Everything is Yesterday~Everything is Now!" Debra added.
Suddenly a Spring Shower Burst Into Being!
* "All I know it's pouring rain, and everything has changed...." The background song plays along, I catch the lyrics.
"Today Will Be Yesterday Tomorrow~ "
"Everything is Yes...."
I am "hear."
Capture A Creative Moment~
Related Posts
Since Yesterday, (July 2013)
Hear Today (April 2013)
Wander and Ponder, and Hear and Now ( Oct 2013 )
Carry Water Chop Wood (June 2011)
Tonal Vision, The Power of Music in Our Lives (Jan 2011)
Resources:
Taylor Swift and Ed Sheeran, co written song, Since Yesterday, from Taylor's album, Red.
** Debra Basham, author, CHTP, NLP, HTt, RMT, Blog, Yellow Brick Road, Your Path to Heart and Health, post Dragons, Jan 27, 2014, photo and story ideas used with permission.
Dahlis Roy, Visionary Artist, Author, and Tai Chi Instructor
Photo by Debra
Flowers Along the Path, a European Journey, photo used with permission
