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January 24, 2011

Harvesting Our Obstacles~ January 24th.

photo courtesy of BDK

“Connecting with the openness of our hearts and minds…”

“There are times to cultivate and create, when you nurture your world and give birth to new ideas and ventures. There are times of flourishing and abundance, when life feels in full bloom, energized and expanding. And there are times of fruition, when things come to an end. They have reached their climax and must be harvested before they begin to fade. And finally of course, there are times that are cold, and cutting and empty, times when the spring of new beginnings seems like a distant dream. Those rhythms in life are natural events. They weave into one another as day follows night, bringing, not messages of hope and fear, but messages of how things are.” ~from Shambhala: The Sacred Path Of The Warrior by Chogyam Trungpa edited by Carolyn Rose Gimian

In the video below Pema Chodron elaborates on this principle…

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