Food For Thought: Mistakes

By: Pamela Leavey On: March 6, 2012 at 3:21 pm

“God does not look at a person who has made a mistake the same way we do. God does not seek to punish us when we have made mistakes, but to correct us. When we return to our right minds, loving unconditionally and unwaveringly, then the world itself will self-correct.”  ~~ Marianne Williamson, The Shadow Effect

(Photo: c. Pamela J. Leavey 2011)

Late Night Blues: BB King & Eric Clapton – The Thril is Gone

By: Pamela Leavey On: February 27, 2012 at 8:46 pm

From a 1999 private concert, The King, The God and the Stars, at the White House, Eric Clapton and BB King perform The Thrill Is Gone:

Enjoy…

Food For Thought

By: Pamela Leavey On: February 8, 2012 at 8:45 pm

Food for thought from M. Scott Peck…

The religious who, of course, ascribe the origins of grace to God, believing it to be literally God’s love, have through the ages had the same difficulty locating God. There are within theology two lengthy and opposing traditions in the regard: one, the doctrine of Emanance, which holds that grace emanates down from an external God to men; the other the doctrine of Immanence, which holds that grace emanates out from the God within the center of man’s being.

Prayer for 9/11

By: Pamela Leavey On: September 11, 2011 at 8:11 pm

Dear God,
Please bless the souls who lost their lives that day,
And comfort those who loved them.
… May their memory be a reminder to us
to create a world of understanding and love,
that events such as those of that fateful day
shall be consigned to memory,
nevermore to occur.
And so it is.
Amen

Daily Inspiration

By: Pamela Leavey On: September 9, 2011 at 7:50 am

Via Marianne Williamson on Facebook:

Dear God,
Please melt the walls
that separate me from others,
imprisoning me within myself.
Please heal my wounded places
and free my heart to love.
Help me connect to others
that I might isolate no more.
I know, dear God,
that when I am alone, I fear;
and when I fear, I self-destruct.
What I suffer now
and have suffered before,
dear God,
may I suffer no more.
Amen

Food For Thought: Constant Thought Is a Waste of Energy

By: Pamela Leavey On: June 17, 2011 at 7:15 am

J. Krishnamurti…

Most of us spend our life in effort, in struggle; and the effort, the struggle, the striving, is a dissipation of that energy. Man, throughout the historical period of man, has said that to find that reality or God- whatever name he may give to it- you must be celibate; that is, you take a vow of chastity and suppress, control, battle with yourself endlessly all your life, to keep your vow. Look at the waste of energy! It is also a waste of energy to indulge. And it has far more significance when you suppress. The effort that has gone into suppression, into control, into this denial of your desire distorts your mind, and through that distortion you have a certain sense of austerity which becomes harsh. Please listen. Observe it in yourself and observe the people around you. And observe this waste of energy, the battle. Not the implications of sex, not the actual act, but the ideals, the images, the pleasure;the constant thought about them is a waste of energy. And most people waste their energy either through denial, or through a vow of chastity, or in thinking about it endlessly. ~~ The Book of Life