To live content with small means,
to seek elegance rather than luxury,
and refinement rather than fashion,
to be worthy, not respectable, and wealthy, not rich,
to study hard, think quietly, talk gently, act frankly,
to listen to stars and birds, babes and sages, with open heart,
to bear all cheerfully,
do all bravely,
await occasions,
hurry never-----
in a word, to let the spiritual, unbidden and unconscious,
grow up through the common.
This is to be my symphony.
WILLIAM ELLERY CHANNING
Celebrate your OWN life and daily give Gratitude.......... the Universe is listening.
Harness the pure POWER of plants..that they may help you in your time of need.
Try and use wild grown plants and flowers/or organic and local/homegrown as much as possible.
THE EASIEST WAY TO MAKE A GOOD FRESH HERB/FLOWER PETAL/SPICE ESSENTIAL OIL, FOR USE IN WATER BOWLS
TAKE 4 PARTS NEUTRAL OIL ( SAFFLOWER/SUNFLOWER/LIGHT OLIVE)
4 PARTS FRESH HERBS INCLUDING STALKS, CRUSHED, NOT CHOPPED..DO NOT USE ANY METAL OBJECTS ( KNIVES, SCISSORS, BOWLS &ETC)
PLACE IN A JELLY JAR AND LEAVE IN A COOL BUT SUNNY SPOT FOR 1 WEEK..SEAL THE JAR.
THEN STRAIN THE OIL AND PLACE IN A COLD SPOT AWAY FROM BRIGHT LIGHT.
HOW TO USE:
PLACE DROPS OIL IN PURE ROOM TEMP. FILTERED OR SPRING WATER, PLACE IN AN AROMATHERAPY OIL BURNER AND ALLOW THE FRAGRANCE TO DRIFT AROUND YOU.
TO CREATE AN ATMOSPHERE SUITABLE FOR "SPELLS", MEDITATIONS AND VISUALIZATIONS
FOR CEDARWOOD, FRANKINCENSE, PATCHOULI AND SANDLEWOOD OILS IT IS BETTER TO PURCHASE FROM A GOOD SUPPLIER
PROTECTION BLEND
FOR USE IN ANY RITUAL OR WHEN FEELING THREATENED
2 DROPS CEDARWOOD OIL
4 DROPS SANDLEWOOD
1 DROP CLOVE OIL
ADD 4 PEPPERCORNS TO THE BOWL OF WATER OR A FEW THREADS OF SPIDER WEB
PROSPERITY BLEND:
2 DROPS PEPPERMINT
1 DROP BASIL
1 DROP BERGAMONT
ALSO ADD 5 SMALL COINS TO THE WATERBOWL
LUCK AND SUCCESS BLEND
1 DROP CITRONELLA
4 DROPS LEMONGRASS
1 DROP CINNAMON
1 STICK CINNAMON
PURIFYING BLEND (CHANGE THE ENERGY TO GOOD/ EXCELLENT FOR NEW HOMES OR REMOVING BAD ENERGY FROM SPACES)
2 DROPS SAGE
2 DROPS ROSEMARY
1 DROP CLOVE
PINCH OF SEA SALT
SLEEP & PROPHETIC DREAMS
3 DROPS MARJORAM OR OREGANO
1 DROP LAVENDER
1 DROP LEMON VERBENA OR LEMON BALM
PLACE A MOON STONE OR QUARTZ CRYSTAL IN THE BOWL
O our Father, the Sky, Hear us
and make us strong.
O our Mother the Earth, hear us
and give us support.
O Spirit of the East,
send us your Wisdom.
O Spirit of the South,
may we tread your path of life.
O Spirit of the West,
may we always be ready for the long journey.
O Spirit of the North, purify us
with your cleansing winds.
Sioux Prayer
Tonight I began this fire with Sacred White Mountain sage branches and ended it with fresh rosemary, lemon verbena branches...offering prayer to the 4 directions is a Native American Tradition.
Great Spirit is everywhere, so honor the 4 directions.
The birch and deer skin drum I use is from Taos Pueblo in New Mexico and rep. the heartbeat of Mother Earth, the Prayers are taken to Great Spirit though the sacred smoke.
Peace & A Good Winter to all the tribes of Mother Earth.
My grief for the people of Paris is too great..I can just send you my love and light
John Nigel
O sacred season of Autumn, be my teacher,
for I wish to learn the virtue of contentment.
As I gaze upon your full-colored beauty,
I sense all about you
an at-homeness with your amber riches.
You are the season of retirement,
of full barns and harvested fields.
The cycle of growth has ceased,
and the busy work of giving life
is now completed.
I sense in you no regrets;
you've lived a full life.
I live in a society that is ever-restless,
always eager for more mountains to climb,
seeking happiness through more and more possessions.
As a child of my culture,
I am seldom truly at peace with what I have.
Teach me to take stock of what I have given and received,
may I know that it's enough,
that my striving can cease
in the abundance of God's grace.
May I know the contentment
that allows the totality of my energies
to come to full flower.
May I know like you I am rich beyond measure.
As You , O Autumn, take pleasure in your great bounty,
let me also take delight
in the abundance of the simple things in life
which are the true source of joy.
With the golden glow of peaceful contentment
may I truly appreciate this autumn day.
The moon is full, the autumn nights grow longer,
In the north forests startled crows cry out.
Still high overhead, the star river stretches,
The Dipper's handle set southwest.
The cold cricket grieves deep in the chambers,
Of the notes of sweet birds, none remain.
Then one evening gusts of autumn come,
One who sleeps alone thinks fondly on thick quilts.
Past loves are a thousand miles farther each day,
Blocked from my drifting and my sinking.
Man's life is not as the grass and tree,
Still the season's changes can stir the heart.
WEI YING WU
Here are a selection of wise words-sayings from the old days that seem just as appropriate now:
On Friendship:
If you want friends, you must be one.
Silence is the fittest reply to folly.
A skilled cheat needs no assistance.
One who thinks he can live without others is mistaken.
But he who thinks others cannot live without him is more mistaken.
Reputation is what you are in the Light
Character is what you are in the Dark.
Search others for their Virtues, thyself for thy vices.
Prosperity and Luck:
He who trusts all to Chance, makes a lottery of his life.
Promises may get friends, but 'tis performance that keeps them.
The Generous man enriches himself by giving; The miser hoards himself poor.
The Wise Man will desire no more than what he may get Justly; use Soberly; Distribute Cheerfully, and leave Contentedly.
AGELESS IDEAS:
Figures never lie, but liars can figure.
Advice after mischief is like medicine after death.
Man's true wealth is the good he does in the world.
God heals and the doctor takes the fee.
Learn as if you were to live forever, Live as if your were to die tomorrow.
When you speak to a man, look on his eyes; when he speaks to thee, look on his mouth.
Sin is not hurtful because it is forbidden; but it is forbidden because it is hurtful.
