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| NudeFoodFarm |
Posted - Mar 20 2009 : 10:04:03 AM
It is insane how the caregivers give and give to everyone but themselves.
I am talking about you and me. As momma, daughter, sister, friend and to some a honey bun, we need to take care of ourselves.
So in honor of all we do, I am going to write a daily meditation here for us to take a moment and give ourselves some regenerating yummy renew.
So here is the first one (I love writing lists so this is how I get through my to do list. I start with an internal chore to practice throughout my day).
#1
Listen to your bodies instinctive wisdom. Our bodies communicate through the emotions of comfort or discomfort. When your body sends signals of distress do you listen or ignore them; thinking it will go away? Give yourself permission to feel any feelings that arise through the day and don't judge yourself or feel guilty.
Hopefully that's a doable challenge. . .
Heide
Nude Food Farm
~Grown so good,
Dressing is Optional. |
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| Cindy Lou |
Posted - May 03 2010 : 11:52:14 PM
I just found this thread and dove in. I've spent way too much time late at night, now I put it in a favorites folder and will try to go back over it one day at a time or maybe too. That's about all I can handle and really savor. Thanks!
"Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?"
Mary Oliver |
| NudeFoodFarm |
Posted - May 01 2010 : 09:02:36 AM
Thank you so much ladies for the positive encouragement! Much needed. I have been part of such a great thread who has pushed me to stay true to myself and keep on writing, that I think I am going to consolidate this thread with the other. br / br / So if you like the Are you taking care of yourself , follow this link. br / br / http://www.maryjanesfarm.org/snitz/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=30691&whichpage=48
Again, super big thanks.
"Anyone can count the seeds in an apple but only a Goddess knows how many apples are in a seed." ~anonymous
Watch Films by Heide at
http://www.youtube.com/user/strangesky |
| tea_lady_tammy |
Posted - Apr 30 2010 : 7:32:09 PM
I love this thread...I hope you will keep them coming...we all need inspirationg
hugs
Tammy
Tea is like being in the stars with God.
http://breathsoffaith.blogspot.com |
| debtea2 |
Posted - Apr 30 2010 : 3:08:02 PM
heide love all your posts
keep them coming sister
we all need inspiration
in geed day and bad.
blessings and bless you deborah
http://jerseyfarmgirl.blogspot.com/
inch by inch we find our way
jersey farmgirl
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| Candy C. |
Posted - Apr 30 2010 : 11:14:02 AM
Keep us posted Heide! Will look wherever you write! HUGS!!
Candy C.
Farmgirl Sister #977
Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. |
| NudeFoodFarm |
Posted - Apr 30 2010 : 07:07:57 AM
Thanks so much Sheri, you are an amazing lady and this thread would have never been the same without your contributions. I am definitely considering doing some more. . . just don't know if this is the best place to post them. Maybe starting a blog would be better. I am mulling it over.
"Anyone can count the seeds in an apple but only a Goddess knows how many apples are in a seed." ~anonymous
Watch Films by Heide at
http://www.youtube.com/user/strangesky |
| Sheep Mom 2 |
Posted - Apr 29 2010 : 3:47:19 PM
Hi Heide - you know I am always game! I love these posts and I love responding to them too. I really missed this thread when it went away....
Blessings, Sheri
"Work is Love made visible" -Kahlil Gibran |
| NudeFoodFarm |
Posted - Apr 29 2010 : 08:16:22 AM
AHhhhhhhh,
I think it is time for some more of these. . .
Is anyone else interested?
"Anyone can count the seeds in an apple but only a Goddess knows how many apples are in a seed." ~anonymous
Watch Films by Heide at
http://www.youtube.com/user/strangesky |
| Sheep Mom 2 |
Posted - Aug 14 2009 : 5:29:08 PM
Every time a single human stands in their truth, it make it easier for every other human to do the same. We are all cut from the same cloth but the paths home may differ greatly. Take the time to tell your story to one human - let them see that you are strong enough to step out, speak up, and be who you are without worrying about another persons approval. Our physical package doesn't matter, it's just the way we chose to experience this life. We are all boundless spirits on this human plane - experiencing in this slowed down environment, learning and growing, teaching and sharing, loving and supporting, and yes, even hiding sometimes who we really are. Come out, come out where ever you are, who ever you are ---join the dance, realize the game and be one who stands proudly in their truth. By being who you really are you empower us all.
Blessings, Sheri
"Work is Love made visible" -Kahlil Gibran |
| NudeFoodFarm |
Posted - Aug 14 2009 : 2:59:36 PM
First off I want to correct myself from yesterday, I meant
Sheri. not Shari, all apologies. . .
Second I wanted to share that today I did something I never thought I would do. I published a film I made years ago on the web. I made the film to help me get over a painful divorce to an abusive man. I hope that it encourages you to make and do things to symbolize and ritualize your growth.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tmz2hwfKL9Q&feature=channel
Best,
h
"Anyone can count the seeds in an apple but only a Goddess knows how many apples are in a seed." ~anonymous |
| NudeFoodFarm |
Posted - Aug 13 2009 : 1:49:52 PM
Linda, I believe it was written by Rob Brezsny.
Here is the link to his site, in my opinion he is one of the greatest oracles of our times.
http://freewillastrology.com/home.shtml
Shari,
you are so good. Thank you.
Best,
h
"Anyone can count the seeds in an apple but only a Goddess knows how many apples are in a seed." ~anonymous |
| yarnmamma |
Posted - Aug 13 2009 : 1:37:38 PM
Heidi, could I use the sentence "I dare you to scare yourself with how beautiful you are."
in my signature line for a while???...if it's ok then I want to know who to give credit to.
I LOVE that sentence!!
Linda in Scranton, PA
Put on the apron of humility.
1 Peter 5:5 |
| Sheep Mom 2 |
Posted - Aug 13 2009 : 1:19:54 PM
Ah - CHANGE - that tricky, scary, sacred act that we are all propelled to partake of. How much time and worry and anxiety do we spend trying to avoid it, yet it is inevitable and the nature of all things. The very nature of the Universe is ever growing, ever changing, ever expanding yet it is the thing most humans fear the most because it entails uncertainty. Do we believe in abundance or do we believe in scarcity? Running from change, resisting the inevitable means embracing the very weft and warp of the idea of scarcity. Yet if we believe in abundance there is nothing to fear. The great adventure is calling....to live ones passions instead of settling for the illusion of security. Stagnation, resistance, depression - all ills of a stagnant, fearful of change society.
"Come dance with the west wind and touch on the Mountain tops, sail o'er the canyons and up to the stars, reach for the heavens, and hope for the future, and all that we can be and not what we are...." ----John Denver
Blessings, Sheri
"Work is Love made visible" -Kahlil Gibran |
| NudeFoodFarm |
Posted - Aug 13 2009 : 11:12:43 AM
PRAYER OF GRATITUDE TO THE TRICKY GODDESS OF BENEVOLENT MISCHIEF
All hail the Tricky Goddess of Benevolent Mischief, also known as the Cosmic Instigator of Healing Trouble. Let us praise and ratify her ingenious plan to turn the status quo upside-down.
The vivid exposure of greed, corruption, and delusion among the top echelons of the American political and financial hierarchy is a blessing on all of humanity.
The eruption of fertile chaos is making it difficult to carry on with business as usual, and we could not have received a more energizing gift.
A prayer:
Oh Wise Trickster Goddess, You Compassionate Conjurer of Relentless Change, You Righteous Rascal in Charge of Keeping a Steady Flow of Sacred Uproar Pouring into Our Lives:
Please continue to influence the masters of plutocracy and war and their media minions to be ever-more obvious as they spin out their perversions of your glorious creation, so that more and more of our sleeping tribe will wake up to the Open Secret.
Inspire the enforcers of mass hallucination to display their hypocrisy in an ever-escalating melodrama of spittle flecks and sour faces, as in a slapstick morality play from the Middle Ages, so that we, their captive audience, may convulse with purgative guffaws that shatter the mass hallucination.
And if you don't mind, Sweet Divine Rebel Goddess, please allow us to nurture a spark of hope that the breakdown in the Way Things Have Always Been Done will lead to fresh, hot, tidal-wave breakthroughs of beauty, truth, justice, equality and love everywhere we turn.
And now, in my capacity as Sacred Janitor of the Invisible Government of Sweaty Meditation,
I hereby declare the entire United States of America a Temporary Autonomous Zone.
As formulated by writer Hakim Bey, a Temporary Autonomous Zone (TAZ) is any festive event that liberates the imaginations of everyone present, thereby making it possible for life to be penetrated by the Marvelous. Authority and dignity and routine have no place at a TAZ; an uninhibited quest for rabble-rousing conviviality must be the only guideline. (See Bey's website.)
Here are a few suggestions, mostly from Bey, to get you started in creating your own local celebration of TAZ.
Organize a strike in your school or workplace on the grounds that it does not satisfy your need for indolence and spiritual beauty. Burglarize houses, but instead of stealing, leave behind beautiful and confusing gifts. Spread gossip about the unsung genius of people who don't get nearly enough credit for their good work. Take a few friends and a boom box to an all-night grocery store and engage in ecstatic, whirling dervish-style dancing in the aisles until you're thrown out. Scrawl the following graffiti in courthouse lavatories and on playground walls: "I dare you to scare yourself with how beautiful you are."
Scrawl the following poem by Hafiz (translated by Daniel Ladinsky) in courthouse lavatories, on playground walls, and through e-mail lists:
AT THIS PARTY
I don't want to be the only one here
Telling all the secrets --
Filling up all the bowls at this party,
Taking all the laughs.
I would like you
To start putting things on the table
That can also feed the soul
The way I do.
That way
We can invite
A hell of a lot more
Friends.
Text penned by the Infamous God of All Things Wise and Wonderful, Rob Brezsny
Images by Antero and Sylvi Alli
Wild, weird and wacky design by momcat---enjoy yourself!
Best,
h
"Anyone can count the seeds in an apple but only a Goddess knows how many apples are in a seed." ~anonymous |
| heartgirl |
Posted - Jul 13 2009 : 06:51:11 AM
My whisper said to check in weeks ago and look  Well ... I will certainly miss the teachers and the lessons.
Thank you, thank you, thank you !!!!!!!!
Heather
LoveChics of Loveland Colorado
Farmgirl #550
Don't die with your music in you ... not no way not no how! |
| NudeFoodFarm |
Posted - Jul 09 2009 : 1:48:01 PM
Thank you so much ladies for the kind words.
Please feel welcomed to write me personally for more "to do"s as I take this hiatus. I have been asked to prepare a book proposal and if there is any particular exercises you liked, let me know so I can be sure to include them. I will be sure to keep y'all posted.
Best,
h
Nude Food Farm
~Grown so good,
Dressing is Optional. |
| Sheep Mom 2 |
Posted - Jul 06 2009 : 10:53:40 AM
I want to add my thanks as well. I will miss this daily thread as you take your break. Introspection and the gift of seeing how we co-create our realities is one often over-looked in our daily grind. I just want to add - listen to the whispers spirit sends your way - the little nudges trying to get ones attention. If you ignore the whispers they become louder - spirit will go as far as it must to get our attention.
Blessings, Sheri
"Work is Love made visible" -Kahlil Gibran |
| mellaisbella |
Posted - Jul 06 2009 : 10:45:50 AM
thank you so much Heide for these wonderful words of wisdom...they fill the cup of my soul:)
"we must be the change we wish to see in the world"
farmgal #150 |
| yarnmamma |
Posted - Jul 04 2009 : 6:09:09 PM
lol I was just thinking "where are we supposed to find quiet with all these fireworks going on"..just a laugh...i don't think you meant the 4th...
we are having fun listening to the neighborhood celebrating
Linda in Scranton, PA
GOD BLESS AMERICA. Our FREEDOM is not free.
The soldier in my family is often saying that they could not do what they do without the support of their families and the sacrifices the families make. |
| NudeFoodFarm |
Posted - Jul 03 2009 : 08:34:31 AM
We are loaded up and ready to hit the road for Mary Jane's annual Fourth of July Farm Fair!
We have fought battles with Dragons and found enchantment together and now we must rest. I am going to celebrate and meet so many of you that have become sisters through this thread. Who knows what the future holds but it is never far from reach. . .
#3
Veridicality. How do you express your truths, do you validate the way you perceive them? Everyone is a story teller of their own movie. It takes lots of resources and many people's contributions to make a good film. Take some time to imagine a scene in your upcoming debut, let yourself feel how you want the experience to be like. Pick different roles and dress up, pretend, change your voice tones.
#2
Echo. Do you ever see yourself in everyone and everything around you? I have had an experience where everywhere I looked there were people I recognized, then upon further glance, weren't those people at all. Then there are times when my path crosses others that are so similar to mine. Go through the day finding seredipity and celebrate.
#1
Selah. Have you ever heard the sounds of silence? In ancient languages there are words to cue to be quiet. There is a way to rejoice by pausing. Some believe by telling your dreams the energy escapes your mouth never able to materialize thoroughly through your mind. Let your dreams snap your synapses into some synergy. Go extra slow today and linger, enjoying the peace and quiet for what it is and if there is none, go find some. Perhaps the best place to start is near a quiet source of water. . .
Until later.
Best Blessings,
h
Nude Food Farm
~Grown so good,
Dressing is Optional. |
| Sheep Mom 2 |
Posted - Jul 02 2009 : 08:32:31 AM
I think it's really a big temptation to put off actually processing especially painful emotions. Then when some time of big change takes place it all comes bubbling to the surface and creates a "dark night of the soul" in which we even question our purpose on the planet. I think that part of the dilemma is labeling our experiences as "good" or "bad" depending on how we felt about the situation at the time. Perhaps those experiences were just experiences - ones that catapulted us into a different direction or a different school of thought. Unfortunately human beings learn best from trauma because it gets our attention. A friend once told me to "listen to the whispers" and if you don't then the "whispers become shouts" and if you ignore the shouts the Universe just very well might drop a house on you. Well those things filed and not acknowledged are those whispers from spirit. They tell us reams about ourselves, what colors our decisions and judgements. They become the filters through which we build our perceptions. Another teacher of mine called it the "mud" in our glass. We put all the mud in and then spend eons of time and pain trying to get the mud back out. But if we process it when it happens and then visit it with "new eyes" from time to time then slowly the mud gets diluted and our perceptions less jaded and more clearly aligned with spirit.
Blessings, Sheri
"Work is Love made visible" -Kahlil Gibran |
| NudeFoodFarm |
Posted - Jul 02 2009 : 07:11:26 AM
#4
Dilly Dally. Are your emotions all clogged, making it difficult to gauge how you feel, falling into a routine not really acting on instinct? Our hearts are barometers for all feelings, love, hate, trust, hope, fear, despair; I have had heart break so bad I thought I was going to suffer from a heart attack. From experience I find that the more one is hurt the more one numbs out making it difficult to feel the necessary emotions that surround them. Give yourself permission to feel everything that comes up and to let it go. Do not store any "good or bad" just let the memory float by like a summer cloud (try to not build castles on clouds).
Nude Food Farm
~Grown so good,
Dressing is Optional. |
| NudeFoodFarm |
Posted - Jul 01 2009 : 2:00:26 PM
#5
Gut Level. How many hats to you wear and how well do you take care of yourself while wearing them? Reward yourself with gifts that you fancy and follow your simple whims. Relax and write a list of the many services that you provide. Then draw a sunshine next to the provisions that you give to yourself and a heart next to the plenitude that you share with others. Lastly draw a flower next to the efforts you teach and a star next to the gifts you still aspire to learn more about.
Nude Food Farm
~Grown so good,
Dressing is Optional. |
| NudeFoodFarm |
Posted - Jun 30 2009 : 7:50:25 PM
#6
Digest. Do you fully absorb the events of your environment honoring all that is presented to you? It is so easy to blame our experiences on other people and their control of the situation excusing our deficiency. It is of great importance to realize how our involvement alone makes our movie with a happy ending or not. Go to your cupboard and fill a bag with groceries (and spare commodities like a roll of toilet paper, soap, a spare tooth brush and paste) then go on a drive; the first homeless person that you come across (consider yourself very lucky if it is a long drive) give them the bag and make sure to look them in the eyes and thank them for this opportunity to share yourself.
Nude Food Farm
~Grown so good,
Dressing is Optional. |
| Sheep Mom 2 |
Posted - Jun 29 2009 : 09:21:01 AM
I am a member of a tribe called the "human beings". Not the "human doings". I am not what I do. I am not how I look. I just am. On the days I am "in tune" with myself and the universe, everything I do becomes a motion of love. When I am over worked and out of cinque and disconnected from even myself, then I cannot find my center and feel separate from that "beingness". I love the idea, Heide of being conscious of honoring each choice we adorn ourselves with. How much we think of ourselves as our center is reflected in those choices. On the days I am thinking more of the "doing" than the "being" I tend to just throw on whatever and hit the ground running. But that doesn't leave room for finding the center from which to base all of my tasks. Find the center first, and the doing flows with a blissful experience of centeredness instead of fragmentation.
Blessings, Sheri
"Work is Love made visible" -Kahlil Gibran |
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