Beautiful Meditation for Today

[Aleesha Sattva]

I got some new cards: Present Moment Wonderful Moment - 52 Inspirational Cards and A Companion Book by Thich Nhat Hanh.

Here is my card for today... thought I would share it with you all:

Brushing Your Teeth

Brushing my teeth and rinsing my mouth,
I vow to speak purely and lovingly.
When my mouth is fragrant with right speech,
a flower blooms in the garden of my heart.

Each toothpaste manufacturer tells us that his brand will make our mouth clean and our breath fragrant. But if we do not practice Right Speech, our breath can never be completely fragrant. In Vietnamese we say, "Your words smell bad!" to mean they are sharp, slanderous, and misleading." Our speech can build a world of peace and joy in which trust and love can flourish, or it can create discord and hatred. Right Speech means that our words are both truthful and beautiful.

When we remember to speak words that are true, and kind, and constructive, we nourish a beautiful flower in our hearts, and we can offer its sweet fragrance to everyone.

[Ilse W.]

Thank you, Aleesha!

[Aleesha Sattva]

My pleasure... I just loooove Thay (as his students call him).

[annavon]

Ahhh, I like that meditation. Let MY lips speak no guile.

[Raw Yogini]

Thanks a bunch! :p

[lafsalot]

My pleasure... I just loooove Thay (as his students call him).

Me too!! Thanks for sharing ~ Cathy

[HolyGuacamole]

I love him, too.
Thank you for sharing; that is lovely.

[Aleesha Sattva]

I'll pull another card tomorrow and share it... since you all enjoyed this one so much. ;)

[Aleesha Sattva]

Okay I have a lot of stuff to do in the morning... so I'm going to pull a card for tomorrow now... and type it up for us:

~~~

Washing Feet

Peace and joy in each toe--
my own peace and joy.
My feet walk gently on the earth.
Peace is every step.

We take our toes for granted. We worry about so many things, but we seldom think about our toes. If one small toe steps on a thorn, however, our whole body will feel the pain. Holding one toe in our hand, we can feel its peace and joy. It has been a good friend. It is not broken. It does not have cancer. We can thank our toe for its health and well-being.

Our toe and each cell of our body exist interdependently, not separately. If our body becomes ill or injured, the cause may be external, such as bacteria from contaminated food, alcohol in another driver's bloodstream, or a bomb dropped from a plane. If the sun were to stop sining, life on Earth would cease.

We must understand that our body also includes all of these things. The sun is our heart outside of our body. Our life and the life of all existence are one continuous life. The peace and joy of our small toe are the peace and joy of our whole body and mind, and the peace and joy of the entire universe. Once we identify with our toe, we can proceed further to identify ourselves with all life. Life comes from the whole universe. When we identify with the life of all that exists, we realize that birth and death are minor fluctuations in an ever-changing cosmos.

[tanishamarshall]

Wow thanks for sharing...

[Veganforlife]

so nice!!!!!!!!!!