Sidecut Park, Toledo, Ohio.
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I used to see disorganization as chaos. Then I read somewhere that the beginning of all creation is chaos, and creation is art.
Now I use what I see around me to give me information, reframe my perspective, turn things around, and often, to create something new.
Jumping around in what I read or what I do is no longer, “Oh gees, am I ADD?” It’s a way to do a lot of things, multi-task or what have you, complete one or two items on my “To Do” List, and be open for what’s to come.
It’s using all of me to create my life. I know I’ve chosen to do as much as I can–a little each day if possible–to shift through the piles and ideas, to toss things out into the vast oasis of the present moment.
HUNA JEDI RULE #1: Now is the moment of power.
I would love to hire an organizer and get it all taken care of. But as I look around the room I’m in now, I see a life in progress: a laundry basket, a bag of clothes to be thrown out or contributed to Goodwill, a treasure chest, and a hatbox full of remarkable objects, both natural and handmade.
I do love open space–it allows me room for swashbuckling and other reminders of what I’m all about–writing vividly.
I would like one house that is a work of art: pristine and open with large bay windows looking out on the world. However, this house could not be in the Antarctic. It might be on beachfront, riverside or lakeside. It would have a few stunning sculptures as well as plants, just a few though, to preserve it’s openness. It would be like a meditation: clear, a deep silence about it, profoundly peaceful. It would be a house filled with Reiki and the delight of enchanted nature: probably a few large crystals and gemstones (unusual ones though like Aragonite Star Clusters, Mookite, or Aquatine Lemurian Jade).
This home would allow nature in. (I’m getting that nature can be chaotic; it is not all pristine.) Ahh. This home is for play, and play often needs large open space to it, so one can roam, or move expressively, or give some sort of theatrical performance.
Perhaps this is a home that’s more like a giant theater or cathedral. Is that possible? I suppose it could be if I regard this home as a sort of second one. (Of course, I wonder now, is this a kind of workplace or workspace?)
This home might allow nature in simply by being in a natural area where I might see Great Blue Heron or a place like the Everglades full of mystery and mist, and curling, weaving growth (but not too crowded together so as to allow its sense of infinity and spaciousness).
See what you think. What am I going for here? Is it a real home of wood, mortar and stone? Or is it a place to go to for alone time–like a starship above a forest but inside me, a heart(h) place?
HUNA JEDI RULE #2: This is a place4us, a place of Aloha
I don’t know about you, but I feel much better about myself in this whole escapade, and I feel more like I’m accomplishing much more than I thought I could. I might go write an adventure now or a romping dance revue. Certainly I can go go go about my busy day!
A couple links for you:
placeoffulfillmentfunfaerie-finefeelings… kid friendly (but you know those mischief makers)
Enjoy 2010 the Space Odyssey (it’s got the same numbers as the 2001 version for you note takers).
Intentions: inspiration, grace, joy, and blessings via Reiki and Crystalline Consciousness Technique (CCT).
Links to many sites offering free meditations, mini-sessions, the science of energy, sound experiences and other divine opportunities. All art images on this site © 2009 M.A. Stinson.
CHOOSE JOY!
Play the game!
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BREATHE SLOWLY, DEEPLY
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What is a Staycation? Literally what it says: you stay around or in your locale for your vacation. A Spa Vacation Day or Weekend is a bit different.
It can be an adventure that starts here–online–as you gather information about what you want to experience that’s restorative or says spa and vacation to you (and members of your family if they or someone else is included).
Here are some ideas:
Pampering
Delicious food: depending where you are–Souen in New York City;
Poco Piatti in Perrysburg or Toledo; Nagoya Japanese Steak House
Spa products
Being on a beach, near water, or in nature: Wildwood Preserve in Toledo, Wintergarden St. John’s Woods in Bowling Green, Ohio; Nyack State Park, Rockland State Park or Central Park in New York
Exploring new places like a local bookstore or magical shop like The Happy Badger Trading Portal in Bowling Green, Ohio or East/West Books in New York City, or discovering little nook art galleries like Spectrum in the Toledo Botanical Gardens, the latest show at the Toledo Museum of Art, or something else equally cool and inspiring and maybe inside on hot summer days (such as after strolling through the Crosby Arts Festival). Smelling the roses is a fine way to go.
Something exotic
Going shopping
Seeing a Broadway show or something similar
Visits to local haunts, favorite or new: Try the 577 Foundation in Perrysburg for community gardens and an awesome biodome. There’s also a children’s garden that the fairies adore!
Need directions?
Make your list, and then you invent and intend. You can even try the lens “Give Yourself That Million Dollar Treatment” and ask for a spa vacation. See where it takes you–mentally, physically, energetically, spiritually.
If you’re into spending a little bit on yourself because you’re that worthwhile, you might start by having breakfast at a new little nook that seems exotic. Maybe that’s a Paneras, or Cafe Marie’s, or if you’re in Bowling Green, Ohio, Call of the Canyon.
Or maybe you’ll rise at dawn, pack up your camping gear and head for your backyard or that campground a few miles away that you always intended to visit but never have. Or maybe today’s a visit to the Butterfly House to inspire that butterfly or fairy garden you’ve been meaning to create.
You could literally give yourself a session in a spa or with a practitioner who you know brings heaven on earth, or you could travel to your bathroom, local health food store, or a beauty products haven and pick up some aromatherapy products–candles, bath beads, whatever catches your eye–and, you could also visit your local flower farm or florist or your own garden and use what you have: rose petals, any fragrant flower for a bouquet (or stay outside on your lounger and inhale, relax, visualize, and meditate).
What totally awesome Sex in the City kind of drink comes to mind? Get the ingredients and make one. Or better yet, watch the movie and get re-inspired. Have a Girls’ Night Out. You might even add some get happy entertainment like a fairy or angel reading.
You can also play some inspiring music. Some of my favs include: Enya, Rob Thomas, Yanni, musicals like Hair Spray or Mary Poppins, and classical music like anything Mozart.
I’m listening to Josh Groban as I write this–remembering the rain and the train of thought that says, “After the Rain” Christopher Wheeldon choreography and poetry like Rumi, a night on the town, and later, some moon, cloud or star-gazing.
Hopefully this will get you started and maybe some tunes or books (curling up with a great book is vacation material to me).
Whatever you do, think “enchanted” and you’ll find something magical comes your way, for sure. Don’t forget after your power nap, to open your eyes and ears and heart to receive it!
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