I was up again well into the night thinking about god, like ya do. Anyone who knows me can tell you there are many books around my house discussing religion, spirituality and the like. There are also many books people consider scripture and divinely inspired by god (I don’t doubt it). I believe that with the ego in check anyone yes anyone can be a conduit for the divine.  I can go from reading the bible to the bagavad gita to a number of spiritual text in a short period of time. To me it doesn’t matter where these works come from if they help me in my life and speak the truth I can dig it. I do know many people who can’t and it’s not just a preference for 1 religion or another. They down right write these works off if they don’t come from their own religion or what they were raised with.  I think that sad  and not the aim of religion at all. It’s not meant to separate us on our differences but to bring us together to show is a way to live together divinely inspired.  For me these works keep me on the right track and focused on where I want to go. I sure do have my favorites and ones I recommend often but I would never put down anyone elses favorites. What about you do you look for inspiration from anywhere or do you need it from a certain source?  While we are at it what’s your favorite source?  Music? Scripture? Poems? Or do you look to your own heart for inspiration?

Peace Love Das

So I’m sitting hear looking at the altar that stands tall in my bedroom the smell of some incense burning and flames from candles flickering back and forth.  It’s very easy for me to be in a spiritual mindset in my apartment no matter where I am which is all well and good but it dosen’t mean a thing unless I bring that peace, tranquility and love out into the world.  I often think about this, it’s very easy to forget your lofty goals when you jump behind the wheel of your car and somebody cuts you off.  A lot harder to keep your ego incheck when it is in fact being checked by outside circumstances and people.  It’s easy to be a good christian at church, a good hindu at temple, a good wiccan at ritual a good well you get the point and the point is the goal of religions, well one of the goals is to better its members.  I think just about everyone has that potential but you and I are missing the boat if we don’t take it with us.

There are many things I do to help especially when I first started trying to keep my cool in all situations, not just for everyone else but for myself too.  Most days before I leave the house I do some repeat some mantras which helps cause if you keep this practice going when your out and about it repeats in the background of your mind.  Hard to complete the act of flipping off the guy who cut you off when the mantra chimes back in.  I also try to wear some type of religious medallion around my neck.  Not a big one that stands out or anything usually worn under my shirt because hey its for me.  When my days get off to a bad start I wear a full 108 bead mala(prayer beads).  The mala is hard to forget your wearing it cause you can feel it most of the time and that’s a good reminder.  On those extra bad days, hey I don’t have them often but they do come up, I wear a rosewood mala which is a constant reminder cause im allergic to them but hey keeps my mind focused on the thought just cause I feel like I’m going to hell does not mean I got to take everybody with me.

So these are just some of the things I do to bridge the gap and make an easier transition of bringing my spirituality out from wear it lives to where everyone else lives.  Which I hope helps everyone including me.  So what do you do to keep yourself spiritually focused?

Peace Love Das

Another day is in the books spent most of the day cleaning and organizing my apartment. I feel much better when its clean and put away. Much of my place is filled with religious/spiritual stuff a reminder of the goals I’m trying to reach and the way I want to live my life. I like my place to have the vibrational energy of a nice church. I haven’t had a place that has felt like that in some time but I’m moving in the right direction. The one place I had that really hummed was a small studio I moved into at a very low point in my life. I was there with no furniture sleeping on the floor in a sleeping bag and spent a lot of time in deep meditation and reading scriptures from various religions. While the place got some furniture eventually, my best friend had to sit me down and tell me I needed a bed, the place really felt like home cuase it was used frequently for spiritual things. People would come in to hang out and the talks went to a spiritual place most times. I will get my current living arrangement to feel like that just takes some time.

What makes your home feel like home?  I would like to know how you bring the things that are important to you out in your living space.

Peace Love Das

Its Friday night and I’m at the keyboard clicking away and taking care of some stuff after a long couple weeks.  Been feeling a little off lately as I used to help a couple of people and them seem to have moved on from my life.  I really believe all the spirituality and the meditation and reading is for shit if I’m not helping others.  Lets face it if I’m being honest with myself there is no shortage of people to help whether it be in my family, my community or across the world.  Just got to take the time to do it and I find it’s always worth the time.

This page fell into my lap tonight http://www.giveforward.com/avarasmussensfund and if you are in the same spot looking for a place to start helping people after some time off it is a good place to start.

May Love Guide Your Actions

PeaceLoveDas

Another Saturday comes to a close most of it was spent helping my best friend and his soon to be wife(also a good friend) move into their new house. It was good to get out and think about someone else and help them with their needs without thought of repayment. I find nothing makes the world more painful than thinking about yourself all the time and a lot of the remedy for that is to lend a helping hand no matter how small. I can’t always change the world but I can out a smile on someones face and if that’s repeated enough it might just change the world. I have a belief that if you help others God, Buddha, Lord Shiva, the all or the boggie man what ever you believe in will take care of you.

Hope the weekend finds you well with a smile on your face.

Peace Love Das