HARTSTIKKE BEDANKT, Siona, kus-kus ! Not only the end of winter but 2 days paid vacation to celebrate, as well--now there's reason enough to skip around a maypole. . . ain't life sweet ?

                                                     
                                                           VROLIJK 1 MEI, IEDEREEN !

To recieve the day's unfolding. . .

                                                    ~ William Stafford ~

                                       thanks to Panhala. . .

It is Not Enough

It is not enough to know.
It is not enough to follow
the inward road conversing in secret.

It is not enough to see straight ahead,
to gaze at the unborn
thinking the silence belongs to you.

It is not enough to hear
even the tiniest edge of rain.

You must go to the place
where everything waits,
there, when you finally rest,
even one word will do,
one word or the palm of your hand
turning outward
in the gesture of gift.

And now we are truly afraid
to find the great silence
asking so little.

One word, one word only.

"It is Not Enough" from Where Many Rivers Meet by David Whyte. Copyright © 1990, 2004 by David Whyte. Used by permission of the author and Many Rivers Press (www.davidwhyte.

My searching has become more of an incessent longing to continually remember what I have already found. . .re-discovering bliss in every breath.

For my daughter . . .

Mindfully remembering the message of the HEART SUTRA & enJOYing a

                                                     HAPPY CONTINUATION DAY ! !

"If you look deeply into the palm of your hand, you will see your parents and all generations of your ancestors. All of them are alive in this moment. Each is present in your body. You are the continuation of each of these people. To be born means that something which did not exist comes into existence. But the day we are “born” is NOT our beginning. It is a day of continuation. But that should not make us less happy when we celebrate our “Happy Continuation Day.” Since we are never born, how can we cease to be? This is what the Heart Sutra reveals to us. When we have tangible experience of non-birth and non-death, we know ourselves beyond duality. The meditation on “no separate self” is one way to pass through the gate of birth and death. Your hand proves that you have never been born and you will never die. The thread of life has never been interrupted from time without beginning until now. Previous generations, all the way back to single cell beings, are present in your hand at this moment. You can observe and experience this. Your hand is always available as a subject for meditation."   
                             . . . . Thich Nhat Hanh, Present Moment, Wonderful Moment

Well, considering this Greenpeace action fell into my inbox just as I was reading the Q&R, I guess this will be what this voice (-over, tnx Joe !)  bellows out for today . . ( below they are asking us to blog this)  . . .I so LOVE how we are ALL one voice of BIG change !

Here we go again, just slipping right into pure awareness with grace & ease (however, forgetting all about this divine presence at certain moments is very easy too)

oh happy day. . .

Thanks to these groups who help make this voice count !

 

Dear vikki,

I wanted to share some breaking news. The House of Representatives just voted 149 to 141 to cut off funding for the war in Iraq.

This was followed by votes to put significant restrictions on President Bush's war policy, including a timeline for withdrawal, and creating a new GI Bill to help returning veterans.¹

Make no mistake, your efforts were a key factor in this decision. In the past two weeks, you placed over 2,300 calls to House members in targeted districts, demanding they bring a responsible end to the war and then calling for the exact vote result that happened today.

This is the strongest vote by the House since the war began in opposition to the President's war.

But, this is just the first step.

Contribute $35 right now to increase the pressure to bring the troops home:
http://secure.truemajority.org/o/2/t/21/shop/custom.jsp?donate_page_KEY=58

After today, the fight goes to the Senate. I'll keep you posted.

Thanks,

Ilya, True Majority


*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*MORE BREAKING NEWS ! *+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+

Just moments ago, by a near-unanimous vote, the Senate stood up to Big Media. They voted to throw out the FCC decision to let the largest media companies swallow up even more local media.

This is simply an astounding victory, and it would not have happened without the massive grassroots effort by you and thousands of others who called their senators, sent more than a quarter million letters, posted thousands of pictures and stories on StopBigMedia.com, and testified at public hearings held by the FCC.

It was your dedication that made today's Senate win possible.

Today was a huge step forward, but there is still much to do. The fight against the FCC now moves to the House, where our elected representatives need to hear from us.

President Bush has promised that he will try to veto this bill. But tonight the Senate and the American people have spoken with one voice. This historic vote sends a clear message that the only people who support more media consolidation are Big Media lobbyists and the White House.

We are in this struggle to bring more minority ownership, diverse perspectives and independent voices to the media. We need to make media consolidation an election-year issue. And we need to start talking about how to break up the giant conglomerates.

Corporate news today -- with its propaganda pundits, horse-race election coverage, and celebrity gossip -- undermines our democracy. We must continue to speak out and demand that the public airwaves be used to actually serve the public.

In just three weeks, thousands of people will be gathering together in Minnesota to build the movement for better media. You can join them at the National Conference for Media Reform, just visit www.freepress.net/conference.

For today, know that you played a key role in the fight for better media for all.

Thank you,

Josh Silver
Executive Director
Free Press Action Fund

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BE-ing centered in pure presence.