Well, I'm still learning to do it . . . paint with acrylics.  I had the opportunity recently on a trip to visit Carla (from GAIA) in Maine.  She is such a gifted artist who encouraged me and also gave me some tips.  Here are a couple of pictures from that trip in Oct. 08.

I love most everything about my life . . . really.  I have a new partner, and his developmentally challenged sister has come to live with us, so I have a family, so to speak.  Work is good - and everything is "lovely."

Oh, here they are and not in any particular order: time, attention, money . . . I guess it depends on the situation.

Every moment of every day . . .   Why not?  In everything we do, why not bring great celebrative joy to it.  Life, in all its forms, will become a celebration, and perhaps there will be no need to single out a single moment ONLY for celebration.  Let celebration be in everything and at all times.  So, today I'll keep in my awareness the idea of honoring and appreciating ALL of life.

I try to see it in everything and everyday.  I'm not sure I always do because my mind divides to world into this and that.  Is everything born of the same sacred fire?  Is it not our perspective.

We I guess the thing(s) that are most right in my life, that I'm not conflicted about are my thoughts.  I'm not conflicted with my thinking.  My thoughts, "right" or "wrong", are not the sum total of who "I AM."  I AM all of this and I AM no-thing.

Thinking further on this:
My life is neither right nor wrong - it simply is.  I don't spend a lot of time thinking, "Am I right?" or "Am I wrong?" or "Is this the right thing to do or say or think?"  I simply just pay attention to the movement, trusting that all is well with life and all that is in my experience, or this seeming experience that I call mine.

I don't really have a religion and try to find the merit in any authentic religion or belief.  I have found that after the master (the one who had the personal enlightenment) is gone or dead, that the dogma built up around his/her vision of truth, becomes distorted, and obviously is only interpreted by its followers.

So, maybe my religion is the religion which springs from within me and I really like that, so I'll keep what I've got.  I have faith in myself and in the Self.  I am trying to stay in the flow, letting go of beliefs and dogmas that no longer serve me, or that are no longer in my perceived NOW.

Oh, my goodness . . . I love the questions as they always usually lead to more questions, so this might be my one question to ask, though I have several -

How is EVERYTHING possible? (Meaning: How does and how can it all work?)

At a very basic level:  Can I be shown why/how/when/who/where??

Defeat . . . and I still can't accept defeat!

That all this, which I perceive as "my" experience is happening . . . the movement, the stillness, etc.  All this I am.  Wow.  How wonderful.  What a great Q&R.  Thanks Siona.

Well, there is a healthy part of fear that says, "Get out of harms way."  And then there is the crazy-mind fear that relates to our wanting and thinking that we are in control of every aspect of situation, like "Will he/she like and love me?" and the fear that might arise if one is not liked or loved.

I have a wide range of how I've dealt with fear:

When people are really ugly to me verbally, or assault me verbally then I usually react and defend myself, but if it continues then I just ignore them.  That is, if it seems damaging to my emotional well being, then I get out of harms way.  Fears like, "are we going to crash?" I might just shut my eyes and relax.

I no longer fear people loving me and needing that validation.  I know that I am loving and that love is always a part of my life, however it may or may not "appear."

Where there is resistance, and fear is a form of it, I try to look directly at it and not avoid it.  I know I can't get over or past any fear if I just keep ignoring it.  I try not to resist it but to get to its source.

This question sounds as if PEACE can be brought in on a platter and served. Things and situations change so much, good or bad.  I try to choose peace at every turn in life.  Sometimes I can even choose peace when the traffic is bad.  Is peace then surrendering to "what is" ?  It is in my experience to deal with some tough stuff now, and many contentious people, but at the center of it, I feel peace and know that that peace cannot be shifted by this "stuff."  I choose and create peace, inner calm, relaxation.

I'm point to a really good answer by Shameslaya (Jon).  See his answer at http://lifeluvver.gaia.com/blog/2009/1/where_do_you_feel_most_free#comments   I'm really digging his answer.  Check it out if you will.

In this body?  NO.  Doesn't seem to be the design of things or the "way it is."  Life and spirit are eternal with no beginning and no ending.  Only the things of form get changed around with a seeming beginning and a seeming ending, but that is the nature of form.  Nothing is lost in this vast sea of what is; the property or substance of things just gets moved around and changed a bit.

That would be when my partner's 55 yo. developmentally challenged sister moved in with us.  See, I know she is a peacful angel and human saint.  Her light is bigger than any that I have experienced being around another person.  She is incognito in that disquise as a DC person.  Appearances can be really deceiving and it has taught me to look even deeper, to look into the "heart" of things.  She is my best friend now.

Amazing video to watch before it is taken off the internet
What a woman...amazing!!!  

I'm surprised no one else has spoken out like this... wow..... I wonder if she's still alive! The woman says it like it is and somehow it was allowed to be published. WATCH THIS, BEFORE IT'S TAKEN OFF THE WEB Amazing that this can be broadcast from Qatar! It is extremely surprising that the Arab financed TV station in Dubai would allow this to air. Be sure and watch this, it is so powerful I have no doubt she now has a very large price on her head. I also have no doubt it won't be on the net very long. She is one impressive woman. Here is a powerful and amazing statement on Al Jazeera television. The woman is Wafa Sultan, an Arab-American psychologist from Los Angeles . I would suggest watching it ASAP because I don't know how long the link will be active A must see video ...     http://switch3.castup.net/cunet/gm.asp?ai=214&ar=1050wmv&ak=

That which informs me has such a wide range of connectedness and informs me in various ways.  I know that I know and I know that I don't know.  When I speak of it, methinks that I know communicate it less the way I was originally informed.  I trust this informing, this information, the IN-former.  It brings original knowledge IN-to-FORM.  It schools me - pushes me into the living thing to learn and experience more.  It seems to want to experience more and more.  It appears here and everywhere, then and now.  It is eternal.  I AM IN-TO-IT!

Oh my goodness, YES.

Here goes some of the really big ones:  I dreamed that a friend died alone (in a red room & floor) from some problem with an organ near his stomach and 2 weeks later he was diagnosed with advanced liver cancer, and again 2 weeks later he tried to paint his living room red, fell down the stairs, hit his head and died alone.

Another time I had a premonition and feeling, and heard my inner voice say, "something's wrong with your liver."  As I was preparing to sell my condo, quit my job and travel the world, I received my results from my yearly physical (it was in 2003) that I had Hepatitis-C.  Didn't really surprise me as I recalled the earlier psychic experience.

These are just a few of the larger psychic experiences.  Some have involved others, some are in real time, some are played out over a short or longer period of time.   The thing is, it is just MIND (which we are all a part of) informing us.  We are all psychic.  My question is this:  DO YOU PAY ATTENTION TO WHAT INFORMS YOU?  ARE YOU AWARE? 

Lot's of questions in my head this morning, and a few answers, but the questions and the answers seem to be changing, to be dynamic.  There is this over-arching question something like this:  What drives us to search for God, for the ultimate, for a greater realization, etc.?  I'm feeling a pulsing energy this morning and the questions & answers are whirling around me with a great dynamisn (is that a word?), and I'm sitting here just observing the mix.  It is like a picture that morphs forever.

I am attracted to this changing energy thing, this living out of new experience, this evolving energy (God) thing.

Any thoughts on this?

I ran across this picture on the internet and thought I'd pose it here as my own question to myself.  Won't you join me in answering this?

If you've got more time related songs, please post 'em!