My cousin recently mailed me copies of some DVDs that contained footage from films that her father had taken over the years.
Almost everyone in the DVDs had passed on and a lot of the footage contained my uncle’s in-laws and friends – people that I no longer remembered or never knew.
So over the weekend I edited the films down to just one DVD to pass on to my own children and grandchildren. The edited DVD contains my grandparents, parents and family.
Within the edited footage, I added freeze frames with text about the family tree connections and who the people in the scenes were so that my grandchildren would hopefully value the film.
As I looked at footage of my parents when they were newly married, of my grandparents still young, of weddings, picnics, vacations and holidays – I thought of how the films always showed them all smiling, happy and celebrating life. But was that how it really was?
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Why Did We Choose This?
My husband and I had taken a leisurely drive up the coast. We parked along the side of a rustic patch of beach then walked up to the dune.
We sat on a weather-worn wooden bench and enjoyed the view for about an hour – silent in our thoughts.
It felt good to sit still and look out at the waves as in an open eyed meditation.
Earlier that day I had been writing in my journal and I was now pondering upon some of the ideas which came to me that morning.
Driving back towards home, my husband looked at me and said, “Why do you think we are here?”
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by Lynn A. Thomas
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Tapping into the Stream of Consciousness
I awoke this morning thinking about Albert Payson Terhune.
I often imagine tapping into the Creative Intuitive Stream as I write — that stream he had tapped so well. I’d imagine what it must have been like to live and write at Sunnybank… a beautiful home with a large veranda, a gazebo overlooking Pompton Lake – collies running in the yard. Just lovely –and a writer’s dream home.
But in addition to this ideal setting – what was it about Terhune that helped him create so many wonderful books? Whether consciously or not – he was tapping into a Stream of creative consciousness.
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I skip along the 16th moonbeam and then veer sharply to the right.
My feet land safely on another row of beams and I skip across the pattern of light as though I am jumping across lily pads in a pond.
The Earth is visible below me – spinning silently and smoothly – half lit by sunlight, half plunged in darkness. It is an enchanting sight to see.
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Gently step onto the path of enlightenment … Breathe
Take your time with this process – there is no hurry – there is no rush – there is no multitasking.
Rushing will only throw you off the path.
Take another breath. Humans have a tendency to not breathe deeply enough.
As you breathe, let your mind settle, let your pulse slow down.
Become aware of the gentle rhythm of your heart.
Stop pushing and pulling at life – cease trying – cease forcing.
Eckart Tolle tapped deeply into the well of intuitive writing when he penned The Power of Now.
During an interview with Oprah, Tolle said:
I had the same strong sense before writing The Power of Now. That was 13 years ago… I was living in England, and I had this strong impulse one morning, knowing I had to move to the west coast of North America without knowing why.”
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