Michael Jackson

1958 - 2009
Merci

Chaos

Change always comes after chaos.

I'm yours - Jason Mraz

Very simply, the more that you accept
responsibility for, the more power you have.

Doesn't that rock?
Love,

The Universe

Easy

It's supposed to be easy.
Everything is supposed to be easy.
Everything is easy.
You live in a dream world.
You're surrounded by illusions.
And the illusions change when you change your thinking!
Tell yourself it's easy.
Tell yourself often.
Make it a mantra.
Eat, sleep, and breathe it.
And your life shall be transformed.

It's supposed to be easy,

The Universe

http://www.tut.com/

p.s. Things are changing already, huh?

Fairy Tale

A fairy tale is a fictional story that may feature folkloric characters such as fairies, goblins, elves, trolls, giants, and talking animals, and usually enchantments, often involving a far-fetched sequence of events. In modern-day parlance, the term is also used to describe something blessed with princesses, as in "fairy tale ending" (a happy ending) or "fairy tale romance", though not all fairy tales end happily. Colloquially, a "fairy tale" or "fairy story" can also mean any far-fetched story. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairy_tale

Ways of Seeing

Despite the fact that it was first published in 1972, this essential book on the psychological and social implications of visual imagery, is just as relevant now as it was then. Over six essays, Berger encourages the reader to see the world with new eyes to allow greater understanding of the images around them. He shows how the viewer can go beyond the surface of paintings, photographs and other images to see how even the tiniest details are part of the overall reading and perception of that image. (Kirkus UK) --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

"Seeing comes before words. The child looks and recognizes before it can speak.""But there is also another sense in which seeing comes before words. It is seeing which establishes our place in the surrounding world; we explain that world with words, but word can never undo the fact that we are surrounded by it. The relation between what we see and what we know is never settled."John Berger's "Ways of Seeing" is one of the most stimulating and the most influential books on art in any language. First published in 1972, it was based on the BBC television series about which the "London Sunday Times" critic commented: "This is an eye-opener in more ways than one: by concentrating on how we look at paintings ...he will almost certainly change the way you look at pictures." By now he has.

The proverbial "tree in the forest"

"On cold days a man can see his breath, on a hot day he can't. On both occasions, the man breathes." - White Teeth, Zadie Smith

This quote struck me as particularly intriguing. In the context of the book, they are referring to Allah, Jesus, Buddha, a higher being. However, I find it particulary interesting when placed next to the proverbial "tree in the forest". If a tree falls in a lonely forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound? Is sound only a sound if someone hears it? Apart from the books original higher-being reference, it is an intriguing thought. Do our actions always have an effect, regardless of whether they immediately touch, or are seen, perceived by anyone else? In cases of unseen acts, does it circle back around to karma?

In the sense of the books meaning, it is basically stating that regardless of whether you are witnessed directly, your actions are observerd by a higher being and will come upon you at judgement day. Can we apply this thought separate from the reference to God or other higher beings? Will all of our actions act as a drop in the ocean, eventually creating a wave, eventually creating a tidal wave, eventually creating a tsunami? Do we assume that things we do (obviously aside from mundane, daily tasks) can go unnoticed? Are we but a drop in the ocean? And if we are, wouldn't the ocean be less without that drop?

Although we can't see our breath on a hot day, it is still there keeping us alive. Perhaps things that are not tangible, not physically visible, still have an enormous affect on the world, a lasting consequence - good or bad, maintain the flow of life. Perhaps we are not just a tiny drop in the ocean but a piece of a greater web, a web that keeps things in balance, in check. When a tree falls in a forest, regardless of whether it makes a sound (perception) or the sound is heard, it has a greater affect on the landscape, the wildlife, everything from the insects to the air we breath. Maybe it isn't the breath, or the falling of the tree but the ripple that that produces...

http://lzwanders.blogspot.com/2008/01/proverbial-tree-in-forest.html

Looking at the ceiling

Looking at the ceiling
A ceiling

But which ceiling?

The illusion of a ceiling

There is no roof

There is no house

There is no fence

There is no leather nor rock

My heart is naked

My heart is shy

My heart is pink

My heart is a kid

So, jumping

Closed eyes

No parachute

Jumping

When we like

Jumping

When we are

Jumping

When we lose our references

Jumping is scary

Please, Please,

Bring fences around me

Put ceilings around me

Put a coat on my heart

Make-up on my face

Lies to mask it

Cause

I am

Affraid of looking in

Looking out

Locking out

Locking in

Affraid of loosing it

Getting it

Affraid of being it

Being

Being

Affraid of liking you

Liking

Affraid of love

Loving

Loving myself,

In you...

Et pourtant - Charles Aznavour

Un beau matin je sais que je m'éveillerai
Différemment de tous les autres jours
Et mon coeur délivré enfin de notre amour
Et pourtant, et pourtant
Sans un remords, sans un regret je partirai
Droit devant moi sans espoir de retour
Loin des yeux loin du coeur j'oublierai
pour toujours
Et ton coeur et tes bras
Et ta voix
Mon amour
Et pourtant, pourtant, je n'aime que toi
Et pourtant, pourtant, je n'aime que toi
Et pourtant, pourtant, je n'aime que toi
Et pourtant
J'arracherai sans une larme, sans un cri
Les liens secrets qui déchirent ma peau
Me libérant de toi pour trouver le repos
Et pourtant, et pourtant
Je marcherai vers d'autres cieux,
d'autres pays
En oubliant ta cruelle froideur
Les mains pleines d'amour j'offrirai
au bonheur
Et les jour et les nuits
Et la vie
De mon coeur
Et pourtant, pourtant, je n'aime que toi
Et pourtant, pourtant, je n'aime que toi
Et pourtant, pourtant, je n'aime que toi
Et pourtant
Il faudra bien que je retrouve ma raison
Mon insouciance et mes élans de joie
Que je parte à jamais pour échapper à toi
Et pourtant

Dans d'autres bras quand j'oublirai
jusqu'à ton nom
Quand je pourrai repenser l'avenir
Tu deviendras pour moi qu'un
lointain souvenir
Quand mon mal et ma peur
Et mes pleurs
Vont finir
Et pourtant, pourtant, je n'aime que toi
Et pourtant, pourtant, je n'aime que toi
Pourtant, pourtant, je n'aime que toi
Pourtant, pourtant, je n'aime que toi...

goodnight jason

goodnight jason

The Hanged Man

letting go
having an emotional release

accepting what is

surrendering to experience

ending the struggle

being vulnerable and open

giving up control

accepting God's will

reversing
turning the world around

changing your mind

overturning old priorities

seeing from a new angle

upending the old order

doing an about-face

"Ne résiste pas la mort d'une partie de toi."

Iphigénie

Douceur

entre dans ma vie

Douceur

tempère ma vie

Douceur

balance ma vie

Comme Artémis,

j'ai besoin d'Iphigénie

Douceur

je suis complète...

Aligned

Aligned with my Life's purpose
Can be scary
But it is beautiful!

Bring me to the moon

When the sun is only outside

The flowers do not wait for you

The birds sing without you

The lovers do not see you

The stranger doesn't call you

The plane pass by

The wind blows alone

It is cloudy inside today

Bring me to the moon.

Then...

Your shinny eyes
Your spunky hair

Your contagious laugh

Your artsy nature

The way you look at me

The way you let me be

You flew me to the moon...

Thank you

Fly me to the Moon - Frank Sinatra

Fanny

Photo: Sébastien Lavallée

Dispassion

(n.) Freedom from passion; an undisturbed state; or bias; calm; impartial; apathy.

The attainment of that state of consciousness where balance is seen, and neither pleasure or pain dominate. Through dispassion, the emotional nature is rendered immune from the appeal of the senses and desire fails to deter the soul from its rightful task. Dispassion frees one from bias and allows one a calm, impartial attitude.

You Get What You Give - New Radicals

Kabbalah on LOVE

by Yehuda Berg

This attractive little book has a simple yet profound message: Love is not something you learn or acquire but is an essence within, waiting to be revealed. The incredibly powerful force that is love can only be activated by sharing and serving unconditionally. The book draws the distinction between love and need, which is a selfish product of ego, and reminds us that we cannot love someone else until we figure out how to love ourselves and connect with the love within.