{"id":3751,"date":"2011-01-28T17:12:28","date_gmt":"2011-01-28T23:12:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/?p=3751"},"modified":"2011-01-28T17:13:23","modified_gmt":"2011-01-28T23:13:23","slug":"inspirational-friday-meditation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/2011\/01\/28\/inspirational-friday-meditation\/","title":{"rendered":"Inspirational Friday ~ Meditation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3756\" title=\"White Rose in the Garden\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/whiterosepurity.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"384\" height=\"288\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/whiterosepurity.jpg 384w, https:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/whiterosepurity-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 384px) 100vw, 384px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Compare the serene and simple splendor of a rose in bloom with the tensions and restlessness of your life. The rose has a a gift that you lack; It is perfectly content to be itself. It has not been programmed from birth, as you have been, to be dissatisfied with itself, so it has not the slightest urge to be anything other than it is. That is why it possesses the artless grace and absence of inner conflict that among humans is only found in little children and mystics.&#8221; ~ Anthony DeMello, The Way To Love<\/p>\n<p><em><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3764\" title=\"A single rose\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/asinglerose.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"204\" height=\"243\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/asinglerose.jpg 278w, https:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/asinglerose-252x300.jpg 252w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 204px) 100vw, 204px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><em>&#8220;The solution to the problem of the day is the awakening of the consciousness of humanity to the divinity within.&#8221; ~ Hazrat Inayat Khan<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Here is a wonderful video on meditation that I would like to share with you. . .<\/p>\n<p><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"480\" height=\"385\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/0tIBYxed16s?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;rel=0\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><embed type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"480\" height=\"385\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/0tIBYxed16s?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;rel=0\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><em><strong> Walking the\u00a0 sacred path ~ mindfulness ~ awareness ~ Joy<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3757\" title=\"Outdoor Labyrinth\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/outdoorlabyrinth1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/outdoorlabyrinth1.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/outdoorlabyrinth1-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This is one of my favorite outdoor labyrinths in San Anselmo. Walking the labyrinth always brings\u00a0 me to a place within, where I experience healing, connection and love for all life and deep gratitude. . . Blessings to all and have a great weekend. ~ Rose<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Come, come whoever you are.<br \/>\nWanderer, worshipper,<br \/>\nLover of leaving ~ it doesn&#8217;t matter.<br \/>\nOurs is not a caravan of despair.<br \/>\nCome, even if you have broken your vows<br \/>\nA hundred times, a thousand times.<br \/>\nCome, come again, come.<br \/>\n~ Rumi<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">\u201cEveryday Goddessing\u00a0 is about sharing magical techniques and sacred wisdom with other beautiful Goddess women. I believe that within every woman there is a goddess, a wise woman, beautiful, creative, powerful, with a deep soul, and that everything we need and are looking for is already inside\u00a0 each of us.\u201d \u2013 Rose Arizmendi<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Compare the serene and simple splendor of a rose in bloom with the tensions and restlessness of your life. The rose has a a gift that you lack; It is perfectly content to be itself. 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