desire

I have a couple new books on the go.  The first is The Four Desires by Rod Stryker.  I was in the library looking for a book -any book - when this one came out at me.  I've picked it up and put it down a number of times before and have always walked away.  But for some reason, on this sunny day, it jumped into my bag and begged me to take it down to the water for a read.  So I did.

Within the first couple of pages, I knew the timing was finally right.  This was the book for me, now.

My mind is jumbled and I need some help unjumbling it.

I have about eight books on the go.  A hundred different ideas for blog posts and videos.  When I'm not actually teaching yoga, all I'm thinking about is teaching yoga.  And between my dozen different journals for my dozen different emotions, I'm never really sure which to go to for what.

I know this - I want to create!  But my workspace is all cluttered.  Each time I sit down to write or work and find myself a half hour later in the kitchen in triangle pose, I realise that this jumbled workspace of a mind isn't working.  I need to free up some space in order to create.  I don't know how to do this.  I need to sort out my thoughts and ideas to get this all into action.  I don't know how to do this.  This is where The Four Desires came in.

Then yesterday, in the bookstore, I came across a book called Desire to Inspire.  I picked it up, flipped through it for a moment and walked out with it. 

Sitting there last night admiring my two newest reads I saw it - Desire.  This is not a word I use often, but there it is in both of their titles.  Desire.  Coincidence?  I think not!

Desire.  What do I desire?  Happiness.  More handstands.  I desire to think and speak and act freely from my heart.  I desire to know how to do this.

I desire to be a 'Force of Good'.

"To guide and encourage people to discover their true, authentic voice so they can live their best life is to be a Force of Good". ~ Christen Olivarez

These books also offer assignments throughout the pages for the reader to better come to terms with their desires.  The first assignment in each of these books is to find your life's purpose.  (Like seriously, coincidence)?  In The Four Desires, this is referred to as your Dharma Code.  In Desire to Inspire, this is called your Battle Cry.

Battle Cry - I love it.  A word or phrase that "inspires you to action".   

My assignment for this week is to discover my souls Battle Cry.  I can hear it, it's a bit jumbled now, but it sounds something like

" aye aye aye aye aye aye yaow"!!!!!

Desire - the action that sets fire aflame.   What's yours?

what's our part in all this?

Earth Day got me thinking.

Spring is here—the birds are chirping, the buds are blooming, the layers are coming off and you can actually feel the pulse in the air. It’s got me thinking about The Law of Giving and Receiving by Deepak Chopra.

When the world’s in bloom, there’s an extra little bounce in my step. I breathe in a bit deeper and tilt my head back while the sun lights up my face. Mama Nature sure is dishing it out, and I relish in the spring and all of its gifts. Sitting under the cherry tree, sippin’ my iced cap the yogi in me asks “what’s my part in it all?”

According to Chopra, “the universe operates through dynamic exchange.” And we’re all a part of it. It’s this exchange of energy that keeps the life force flowing. With every breath taken, each individual body exchanges energy with the body of the universe. This is what keeps the prana, the life force, flowing.

“Stopping the circulation of energy is like stopping the flow of blood.” ~ Deepak Chopra

Click here to read the rest of the article over at Elephant Journal

Maybe you're already familiar with the Law of Giving and Receiving or have read my previous post on this from a while back.  In which case I will just leave you with a little gift from me to you. 

A poem by Thich Nhat Hanh

Peace is every step.

The shining red sun is my heart.
Each flower smiles with me.
How green, how fresh all that grows.
How cool the wind blows.
Peace is every step
It turns the endless path to joy.

~Peace :)