Cindy Black on March 22nd, 2010

My mind is foggy, will I laze on the couch or go for a walk?
I am hungry for something sweet, will I grab a candy bar that I believe is not really good for me but a part of me likes, or will I find a piece of fruit that I believe is better for [...]

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Cindy Black on March 18th, 2010

He who stands on the threshold of this Path is about to commence the last and greatest journey of all, one which he will continue to the end of his days. Once begun, there is no turning back or deserting it, except temporarily.
- Paul Brunton, from the Notebooks of Paul Brunton
Available at Larson Publications

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Cindy Black on January 29th, 2010

That is my thought today as I reflect on how long it’s been since my last post. I have been imagining myself at confession, “Forgive me, it has been 16 days since my last post…”
Sometimes it seems all I can do is inhale. After 16 days of inhaling, you’d think it would be [...]

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Cindy Black on December 31st, 2009

This morning I realized that improvements are made only to that which is faulty. For years I’ve had my inner vision focused on my faults. I have constantly pushed myself to transform into a better person. This is an exhausting road. It is the caged hamster running for its life on the exercise [...]

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Cindy Black on November 10th, 2009

I was flying at 30, 000 feet to see a friend who was dying.  I tried to think of something useful to say to her, I realized I was up in the sky, where Heaven is supposed to be. Then I realized that during all my flying, all the pictures from the moon, the [...]

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Cindy Black on August 15th, 2009

Snow Lion Publications offers an email subscription service for a quote of the week from the Dalai Lama. I love getting these every week, so I’m sharing the inspiration.  Below is today’s example. You can subscribe to this service at Snow Lion.
“…we all have a feeling of closeness to ourselves. Even in cases of apparent [...]

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Cindy Black on July 17th, 2009

I know that my many interests and abilities revolve around a constant.  The constant is my belief in the Divinity of life.  The desire for Divine meaning, purpose, or connection has always been a palpable force within me- as obvious as my heartbeat and breath.  Over the years I have expended lots of energy, time [...]

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Cindy Black on July 4th, 2009

Loui is one of our big black cats. We met him the day he was born in my closet, on a black bath mat, with his two black siblings, sleeping with his black mother. It was a mass of black fur, difficult to differentiate in the darkness of an unlit closet. The only [...]

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