11:11 Angels Message Board

"Before you know what kindness really is you must lose things, feel the future dissolve in a moment like salt in a weakened broth." Thus begins Naomi Shihab Nye's poem Kindness, animated poignantly by Ana Pérez López for the On Being Project. The poem, first published in 1980 and read softly here b...

I’m always open to making up new (to me) ways of focusing on God (Creator, Father, Source etc. take your pick). You see I’m firmly on the path of a Paradise ascent already and feel lucky to exist with the realization of that reality. Sometime in Eternity I fully expect to be so perfected that I wil...

We live in a world where stress, anxiety, and depression are on the increase, particularly in modern industrial nations, so any insights that can help us become more balanced and fulfilled, individually and collectively, are to be welcomed. “If we have a worldview that says the universe is unconsci...

It’s become an instant cliche as the pandemic reveals the threadbare fabric of our culture: the truly essential people that make day-to-day life possible are often the ones in the most precarious and poorly paid jobs. As grateful as I am to have professional people in my life, I am utterly dependen...

The ending was almost an O Henry twist!

This little essay has the philosophy in the first paragraph. Here it is. It is the ambiguity of violence, that we can pull a trigger as an act of hideous aggression or of self-sacrificing love, that is so challenging. As a result, violence will always be a part of the human experience that is profo...

That's a great message. I would suggest not putting too much weight on a date. In the resolution of the Lucifer rebellion on earth plans have to be fluid to accommodate the rapid changes going on, both good and bad. I personally believe that a miraculous lifting of faithful from this planet would o...

It's Passover. For some reason sea chanties have become a big thing during Covid. Passover and Chanty, mix 'em up and you have a hilarious and wonderfully performed piece of music. Six13 - The Red Sea Shanty: A Pirate Passover https://youtu.be/VQON0ipv6iI :bana: :sunflower: :bana: :sunflower: :bana:

We live in an age of spiritual smorgasbord: People are mixing concepts, aphorisms, and insights from a broad variety of mystical and faith traditions. A blend of notions culled from many spiritual paths is now surfacing as popular prescription for all and sundry seekers: “Believe everything will tu...

This is a tip that relates to her coursework. I don't know about her courses but here is a valuable suggestion.

https://youtu.be/3JKz4V9V4Xk

Each year, as spring begins, we share a reflection on the season by Parker Palmer. In 1995 Parker wrote a welcome for the Fetzer Institute's newly built retreat center, Seasons, which included a reflection on each of the four seasons. Here we excerpt his musings on spring in the Upper Midwest where...

Sandy wrote: ↑

Wed Mar 17, 2021 1:43 am

If the wise man wanted the young man to enjoy the beauties in his palace he should have put the drops of oil in a no spill container.

A merchant sent his son to learn the Secret of Happiness from the wisest of men. The young man wandered through the desert for forty days until he reached a beautiful castle at the top of a mountain. There lived the sage that the young man was looking for. However, instead of finding a holy man, ou...

I won’t be sharing this with friends who have already been ‘vaccinated’ for it would just cause them severe cognitive dissonance. "World renown vaccine specialist, Geert Vanden Bossche, gave a groundbreaking interview this week risking his reputation and his career by bravely speaking out against a...

Contemplative life flows in a circular pattern: awe provokes introspection, which invokes awe. Maybe you’re making dinner and you step outside to snip chives from the kitchen garden just as the harvest moon is rising over the easterslopes. She is full and golden, like one of those pregnant women wh...

I've mentioned before that Stuart M. Perkins writing reminds me of Ray Bradbury's. They are both all about heart. Ray wrote science fiction. Stuart writes as if he were channeling Norman Rockwell into stories. I love them. “No, let’s just leave it in there for now.” Mama said over her shoulder as s...

Many people are unaware that back in the day, only the nobles were allowed to read and write. So, to understand and to be able to read and write symbols was kind of a big deal. Eventually leading to spoken languages, written symbols have always been a way to represent and give meaning to something;...

At the age of 40, Franz Kafka (1883-1924), who had never married and had no children, was walking through the park in Berlin, when he met a little girl who was crying because she had lost her favorite doll. She and Kafka searched for the doll without success. Kafka told her to meet the next day to ...

Amigoo wrote: ↑

Thu Feb 25, 2021 7:41 pm

How to know you've achieved your anonymity?
When you're quoted but the source is unknown.

That's a wonderful point of view, Rod. I love it!

Sandy wrote: ↑

Thu Feb 25, 2021 10:48 am

Well I don't know what I am trying to say...

Well I know what you are trying to say but I won't tell you!

As an experiment, a few years ago I began asking friends if they had any memorable experiences with water. I was surprised by the blank looks I got. “Well, do you remember any experiences of swimming or playing with water when you were a child?” I'd ask. That question worked a little better. “Oh, y...

"If there is no self, whose arthritis is this?" is one of a list of a dozen questions that have been appearing regularly in my email. I think it’s the choice of arthritis, out of all the ills of the world, which makes this particular statement funny. It’s also mildly mocking, making a joke out of t...

"Poetry is life distilled." — Gwendolyn Brooks

Totally tubular, Dude.

And so my confusion with the message. Face the music, don't blame others but listen to others blame you? I'd say that your confusion is because the message doesn't apply to you at this point in your life but you are still trying to squeeze into it. Although most of the 11:11 messages have a reasona...