Time to redirect?

 While I try to respect and appreciate the work of archeologists and astronomers, looking in the past and looking at far away stars and planets, sometimes I feel it is time to stop for awhile looking away from our current reality here on our planet.

If just for two or three years, we would be brave enough to stop, and spend all the money and time to solve our own, present hunger problems, what a difference that would make to our human society.

I know that somehow this is a bit of a crazy idea and the exploration of our distant past and the distant stars can be useful to humanity too, but for now, i never get really excited to by the discoveries, which are often at best educated guesses from long ago or far away....

At the same time, i tend to be thrilled if i read or hear about successful humanitarian missions.

 

 Author: Hans Van Rostenberghe

 

 
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At the break of a new day

At the break of a new day,

we want to make it quiet for a while in our heart.

 

I want to be aware, even if it is just for a moment,

of the great gift of life, the huge present of consciousness

I want to be aware, even if it is just for a moment,

of the great value of every day, every hour added to life,

while getting step by step closer to the finale.

I want to contemplate just for awhile 

how can I appreciate more this great gift

how can I make it count

I do not want to spoil it with anger or ego centered emotions

I do not want to spoil it with focus on things that merely distract

I want to live a life focused a bit on how can I help,

Focused a bit on how can I learn and share

focused a bit on service and growth

focused a bit on noticing the opportunities that are here every day.

 

I want to end this short contemplation about the upcoming day

with asking for strength and clarity, a small prayer

that I may manage to tune in to that enormous Creative Intelligence

in the Universe, that we call our God, that is here all the time,

for us to tune in to, to get a bit close to.

 

 Author: Hans Van Rostenberghe

 

 
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Have you ever imagined how it would be to live in a perfect world.

Some thoughts on that, in the following links:

blog post (to read): perfect world

video (sit back,relax and watch/listen): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7u9hTRM1t0&t=35s

 

Written

A small thought written down 

may be more worth than a big thought

that floats in the air and flies away

 

Here is small thought I encountered today: 

The world is full of wonders, of miracles.

From the tree that is a hundred years old

to the magical crops that feed our body

The clouds in the skies and 

flowers on the ground.

 

But much bigger than all these wonders, perhaps,

much bigger gifts still from our Creator than all above,

is our ability to perceive them, to think about them

is our ability to be aware of that and be grateful

is our ability to feel good and be compassionate

is our ability to live a life of virtue

is our ability to write these things down and share them with our friends.

 

I encourage you, to write in the comments section of this posting

your own small thought of today and share it with all friends who happen to read this blog...

 

Let's write at least 100 words every day...

 Author: Hans Van Rostenberghe

 

 

The hole

There is a layer in my being, in my mind, in my heart that truly wants to be better than you, have more power, more wealth, more control.Sometimes I let that layer grow really thick and I enjoy whenever I am better and suffer whenever I am not.

But when I manage to make a small hole in that layer, then from deep within, my soul comes out as the most amazingly beautiful fragrant flower spreading tremendous joy not only for me but equally or even more so for all the humans that cross my path.

When, after that I go to sleep, the layer of control and being better seems to grow back as a callus, closing of he hole and if we do not make time to make it silent and reflect, to dig a bit towards that inner, inner part of us, that we call soul, we may walk around carrying the most wonderful treasure within, without remembering it. We just depend on circumstances on opportunities and fail to connect with all bliss our Creator has bestowed on us. 

 

The treasure of bliss inside of us is always there. Peace, love, beauty, creativity, it all sits there. Let us be aware of that treasure and allow it to flow. All we need is small hole in our ego. The more we let it flow the bigger the hole for our soul will get, the more beauty and fragrance we will spread. It is actually quite simple but yet.... 

 

In poem format: 

My ego wants to be better than you
it wants to conquer and always win
it forms a layer on my being
that seems to cover a treasure within

But if we manage there, to make a small hole
then out will come our conscience and soul
as a flower spreading fragrance and beauty
not only for myself but to whoever will meet me

If we manage to maintain the small hole
that allows to come out our marvellous soul
love, beauty will flow and peace we will get;
fragrance and goodness will infinitely spread

It is actually quite simple, but yet...

 

 

 Author: Hans Van Rostenberghe

 

 
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blog post (to read): perfect world

video (sit back,relax and watch/listen): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7u9hTRM1t0&t=35s

Nature enhances her beauty

 Nature enhances her beauty to the eye of the loving man (RW Emerson)

The above is a quote from the essay, the poet, by RW Emerson, a famous essayist and philosopher from the late 19th century. He was part of a moving force to abolish slavery was addressing real life issues in his essays, more than most of the other philosophers. 

This particular quote is so true. How many times we pass through the most wonderful natural spots without truly observing its true beauty because we are so absorbed in our thinking process or in a conversation with someone who walks with us. 

If we manage to make it silent within, while we spend some time in nature and find the most wonderful bit of love in our own heart, we will see the surrounding beauty with different eyes. We will notice the details that make the scene or the flower, or even the trunk of a tree truly miraculous. We will experience the joy of seeing, hearing, feeling the beauty in a superbly different way.

Let us connect to the love within, make a walk in a piece of nature and notice how nature is enhancing its own beauty to the eyes of a loving man. Allow the poetry to well up in our heart.

 Author: Hans Van Rostenberghe

 

 
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Have you ever imagined how it would be to live in a perfect world.

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blog post (to read): perfect world

video (sit back,relax and watch/listen): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7u9hTRM1t0&t=35s