Thursday, April 22, 2010

Gazed!

Aloha!


please remember to click on the photos :)
"Don't wait;
the time will never be 'just right.'
Start where you stand,
and work with whatever tools
you may have at your command,
and better tools will be found
as you go along."

George Herbert



"A wise woman
puts a grain of sugar
into everything she says to a man,
and takes a grain of salt
with everything he says to her."

Helen Rowland




Leaf litter? Leaf GLITTER!





"The soul that can speak through the eyes,
can also kiss through the gaze."

Gustav Adolfo Becquer



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I got GAZED!

Braco (pronounced Brah-tzo)
came to Hawaii this week.

"Who is Braco," I wondered,
when I saw the story about him on KITV.
(video below)

As a REIKI practitioner,
my mind has already been opened to the
seemingly incredible idea that
pure, loving, healing energy
can be felt, and can reliably be
(for lack of a better word)
channeled.

I started out as a very logical,
grounded, materialist thinker.
Accepting unprovable things as true
always struck me as as an intellectual
and moral
sell-out.
Dangerous.

But slowly,
year by year,
I have learned that there is much in this world
that is yet undreamed of in our conceptions.

And in my lifetime
I have seen those conceptions grow in scope.

When I was a kid, acupuncture was mocked,
and lot's of physicians were smokers.

What we "Know"
changes every day.

REIKI is illogical,
but it is undeniable to me now.
I don't understand HOW it works,
just that it DOES.
(Like my car, and the internet)

I have worked with Dr. Hong,
a physician and Qi Gong master
who is attached to the University of Hawaii
John A. Burns School of Medicine;
My results are undeniable,
and launched a whole new phase of life
for me.

I have attended Soul Singing sessions
with Dr. Sha
whose books are New York Times best sellers.
The energy there was familiar too.


It has been hard intellectual work,
and prayer,
and life experience,
that has brought me to the point
of utilizing these things.

So how was it at yesterday's gazing session?

The first thing I noticed was a real
glow
around the people running the event.

I've learned to recognize a certain
beauty
as the result of being well atuned
to the loving, healing, forces of the universe,
and these people had it.

Not fake smiles,
just a discernible, genuine, and attractive
"glow"
like I have observed growing in myself.

I recognized the feeling
when Braco came out.

Yes, he just stands there,
gazing.

Not making eye contact,
not sweeping the room,
just standing and gazing.

It felt good.
I was especially relaxed the rest of the day,
slept even better than usual,
and my sore shoulder is almost
completely without twinge.

Worrying about the why's
and hows
of life,
sometimes prevents us from
simply experiencing it.

REIKI taught me how very much I lived from the neck up,
I have discovered my body
and am much more comfortable in my skin,
and in life,
than I have ever been.

I keep learning, and growing,
understanding just comes easily
now.

All of this is coming to the world's surface-thinking lately.
Trust your instincts to warn you
of charlatans.
Beware of sales routines.

But thousands of people in Europe
have gone numerous times
to be gazed at by Braco,
Many around the world
have sung with Dr. Sha.

Something is afoot
and I'm very happy to be dancing along.

Free your mind;
and the rest will follow.

Warm Aloha, cloudia









Wednesday, April 21, 2010

Meet Osokin

Aloha, Friend!
Come Walk with me
Through the Streets of
Waikiki



Click on the photo art :)
Bus Stop


"The world is full of magical things
patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper."

Bertrand Russell


"It is strange that the years teach us patience;
that the shorter our time,
the greater our capacity for waiting."

Elizabeth Taylor



"There are times
when even the best manager
is like the little boy with the big dog,
waiting to see where the dog wants to go
so he can take him there. "

Lee Iacocca



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Funny how the life I had
growing up
in that big, eastern, mainland city:
walking the city scape,
it's hours, seasons, changes
(and my own)
funny how I'm living
the same way in a new
and different environment.

Nature? Nurture?
It's just the way that I am. . .

As long as there is a sidewalk
preferably, now, by a sea shore,
in view of mountains,
among ever changing shoals
of human interactions,
some cool architecture,
dear greenery,
and street food,
I will be a walker
gentle presence
hander-over
of dollar bills. . .


Think of me as a "Beach Town Thoreau,"
chronicler of rainbows,
enabler of random Aloha,
direction-giver to visitors.

As such
it is most important for me
to ramble Waikiki
with no destination
but happiness.

I recommend that
YOU try it.
Take your amicability out for a walk.
Bless the world
great & small
with your gaze.

Oh!
and who is Ivan Osokin?
He is Ouspensky's hero
who, given the chance for a
life do-over
creates exactly the same existance
even with the wisdom
of experience.
Character is destiny.
The only solution
is to adopt the character
you WANT to have!

And thanks for blessing mine
with your friendly attention!

cloudia


Tuesday, April 20, 2010

More Confession

Aloha!
Glad You Came By Today



Click on photos
Don't be afraid, Puppy. Just get wet!



"A musicologist is a man who can read music
but can't hear it."

Sir Thomas Beecham



Oh! I always thought that this was about a sloppy house painter.



"This is one of those views which are so absolutely absurd
that only very learned men could possibly adopt them."

Bertrand Russell





"The statistics on sanity are:
that one out of every four Americans
is suffering from some form of mental illness.
Think of your three best friends.
If they're okay, then it's you."

Rita Mae Brown

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OK,
Time for more confession.

The travel disruptions in the EuroZone due to Iceland's erupting volcano
strike a chord with me.

Though I always enjoy and feel invigorated by travel,
part of me fears that,
Shangrila style,
something could occur
to prevent me from returning to Hawaii.

Why chance it, eh?

Monday, April 19, 2010

Uncle Kindy

Aloha!

We've been FREEZING around here.


"The coldest winter I ever spent
was a Summer in San Francisco."

Mark Twain





RECORD LOW MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE SET AT HONOLULU HI
415 AM HST SAT APR 17 2010

A RECORD LOW MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 74 DEGREES F WAS SET AT HONOLULU INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT IN HAWAII YESTERDAY. THE OLD RECORD OF 77
DEGREES F OCCURRED ON APR 16 IN 1949 AND 1962

It's really the low dew-point (dry air) and brisk breezes that have made our teeth chatter. I've been sleeping in cotton pants & t-shirt AND sweatshirt with the hoodie UP.
It went down to 65 F at night.
LOL! Really!

Come in and get comfortable.....

Uncle is about to sing.

Sunday, April 18, 2010

Lazy Sunday

A L O H A!


"The consolation of the imaginary
is not imaginary consolation."

Roger Scruton



"If you can't explain it simply
you don't understand it well enough."

Einstein



Hope you are having a restful day



"Life is one long process
of getting tired."

Samuel Butler

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Live your abundance
and cross your bridges as you build them.


Don't overspend to meet hidden needs
but live joyously in the present
enjoying the mana you may.


Know that tomorrow
there likely will be more-


But waste not,
especially your days.


Don't live on noodles
or caviar
but make your life
of both.


ALOHA, cloudia


Saturday, April 17, 2010

Sea Song

Aloha, Web Wanderer
and old friend.
YOU
are always welcome here...


click on the photos, eh?
". . . all this is comfort! Wherefore weep I then?"
Shakespeare


"Oh the wild joys of living! The leaping from rock to rock ... the cool silver shock of the plunge in a pool's living waters."

Robert Browning





"The temple seashore
incoming rollers
flow in time
to the holy flute"

Buson


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I so adore the healing music of China.
Click on the video below
to get lost
in the magic
that the images above
have only led you
to
the doorway of. . .





Thanks, Pal! cloudia