Daily Inspiration

Respect yourself and others will respect you.

-  Confucius

Zen, 2014 day-at-a-time calendar; Fri 13 Jun 2014

Love must be as much a light, as it is a flame.

- Henry David Thoreau

Zen, 2014 day-at-a-time calendar; Sat/Sun 14/15 Jun 2014

Not thinking about anything is Zen. Once you know this, walking, standing, sitting or lying down, everything you do is Zen. To know that the mind is empty is to see he Buddha. . . . Using the mind to look for reality is delusion. Not using the ind to look fr reality is awareness. Freeing oneself from words is liberation.

- Bodhidharma

Zen, 2014 day-at-a-time calendar; Mon 16 Jun 2014

Daily Inspiration

In dwelling, be close to the land. 

In meditation, go deep in the heart.

-  Lao Tzu

Zen, 2014 day-at-a-time calendar; Wed 11 Jun 2014

Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own  mind.

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Zen, 2014 day-at-a-time calendar; Thu 12 Jun 2014

When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don't adjust the goals, adjust the action steps.

- Confucius

Zen, 2014 day-at-a-time calendar; Sat/Sun 9/10 Aug 2014

Daily Inspiration

If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading.

- Lao Tzu

Zen, 2014 day-at-a-time calendar; Mon 9 Jun 2014

The man who in the view of gain thinks of righteousness; who in the view of danger is prepared to give up his life; and who does not forget an old agreement however far back it extends - such a man may be reckoned a complete man.

- Confucius

Zen, 2014 day-at-a-time calendar; Tue 10 Jun 2014

He who speaks without modesty will find it difficult to make his words good.

- Confucius

Zen, 2014 day-at-a-time calendar; Fri 8 Aug 2014

PanFest 2014

Last weekend, which was a long weekend here in Alberta, I went to PanFest - festival of pagan activities, rituals, workshops, and 3 days of fun with friends.

This year was the theme was Earth Heals Us, and my third year. I partook of many of the activities, workshops, and rituals. Some I observed only, because I had my required volunteer duties that had some conflict.

One discussion workshop that really caught my interest was "The Fae Within and All around." It has inspired me to learn as much as I can about the Fae, which I have already absorbed a great deal of information on through other sources. I say this as Quafaie were created to be of the Fae world and many of the qualities I have embedded into the Quafaie I discovered are general Fae characteristics.

I also enjoyed the Skyclad aspect of the weekend, perhaps not to the fullest, as the evening was a little chilly, and by the end of Saturday I was a little pink, so covered up a little more on the Sunday (and the cool rainy wrap up on the Monday).

By the end of the weekend I was fully energized and felt ready to face my busy August, and new adventures in September.

Thanks to all my PanFest friends for a great weekend.

Daily Inspiration

How bright and transparent the moonlight of wisdom!

- Hokuin Ekaku

Zen, 2014 day-at-a-time calendar; Fri 6 Jun 2014

The monotony and solitude of a quiet life stimulates the creative mind.

- Albert Einstein

Zen, 2014 day-at-a-time calendar; Sat/Sun 7/8 Jun 2014

Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.

- Buddha

Zen, 2014 day-at-a-time calendar; Thu 7 Aug 2014

Daily Inspiration

Not suffering another existence is reaching the Way.

- Bodhidharma

Zen, 2014 day-at-a-time calendar; Wed 4 Jun 2014

The best (man) is like water. 

Water is good; it benefits all things and does not compete with them.

It dwells in (lowly) places that all disdain.

This is why it is so near to Tao.

- Lao Tzu

Zen, 2014 day-at-a-time calendar; Thu 5 Jun 2014

People are constantly spoiling a project when it lacks only a step to completion.

- Lao Tzu

Zen, 2014 day-at-a-time calendar; Wed 6 Aug 2014

Daily Inspiration

When you have faults, do not fear to abandon them.

- Confucius

Zen, 2014 day-at-a-time calendar; Mon 2 Jun 2014

The scholar who cherishes the love of comfort is not fit to be deemed a scholar.

 - Confucius

Zen, 2014 day-at-a-time calendar; Tue 3 Jun 2014

Do you have the patience to wait till your mud settles and the water is clear?

Can you remain unmoving till the right action arises by itself?

- Lao Tzu

Zen, 2014 day-at-a-time calendar; Sat/Sun 2/3 Aug 2014

You cannot perceive beauty but with a serene mind.

- Henry David Thoreau

Zen, 2014 day-at-a-time calendar; Mon 4 Aug 2014

Those whose character is mean and vicious will rouse others to animosity against them.

- Xun Zi

Zen, 2014 day-at-a-time calendar; Tue 5 Aug 2014

Daily Inspiration

Nonviolence and truth are inseparable and presuppose one another. 

There is no god higher than truth.

- Mahatma Gandhi

Zen, 2014 day-at-a-time calendar; Sat/Sun 31/1 May/Jun 2014

Your worst enemy cannot harm you as much as your own unguarded thoughts.

- Buddha

Zen, 2014 day-at-a-time calendar; Thu 31 Jul 2014

As conditioned things are impermanent.

When one sees this with wisdom, one turns away from suffering.

This is the path to purification.

- Buddha

Zen, 2014 day-at-a-time calendar; Fri 1 Aug 2014