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Posted on Mar 10th, 2008 by maornot : aikido-seeker maornot
This is in Response to the Questions and Reflections for March 10, 2008:

the future. imagining the future to me is exciting like working on a creation of art. That work would be my life. Future may well sound too broad to discover, like life, death, love, favourites of the zaadz/gaia community. But i am speaking of the feeling i've had, that desire to know what is next. That impatience (my vice). As a child, i was wondering, no i was extremely curious, what my life would 'be' like as an 'adult'.

When i grew older and 'reached' adulthood, i kept wondering when would i be discovering that 'state' i had imagined. Like a dream scene in real life. Then i realised there is no perfectly balanced state to 'be' in, and no breath-taking snapshot film scene to behold. And i am observing myself constantly becoming and evolving. And the ideal dream is...THIS. For now.

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What have you been taking for granted?

Posted on Mar 11th, 2008 by maornot : aikido-seeker maornot
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the climate! my body was used to average humid European weather. My skin especially reacted to absence of humidity in Japanese super-dry winter months. Very draining yet such a simple thing when it is there and you are used to it - whatever IT is. 
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What is the most important constant in your life?

Posted on Mar 14th, 2008 by maornot : aikido-seeker maornot
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As a human, instead of Pi, i would say my constant (drive) has been a hunger to live. i am reminding myself how grateful i am for each day i live consciously, also in times of stress or pain.  i love where i am living now and i finally feel at home (but home is not within the culture i come from - what does that say about this life?).
For me, it is this eagerness to live, and also but unfortunately not always present, the awareness of living an experience, that may be most important constant or drive in this life.

And then ... who knows what a next life will bring?
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spring came overnight. budding scent came days ago.

Posted on Mar 14th, 2008 by maornot : aikido-seeker maornot
Sakura
here in Tokyo....


'O, Wind,
If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind?'

Percy Bysshe Shelley
'Ode to the West Wind'
(1819)

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What is the most important question in the world?

Posted on Mar 15th, 2008 by maornot : aikido-seeker maornot
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Whatever

Should we be trying to save this planet or the whole universe? and who are we?


What is the way to get lost?
‘All the fish needs is to get lost in the water. All man needs is to get lost in Tao.' Chuang Tsu (as per Gaia quote)

How can a person survive short on resources? if your income is far below average.


It's a tough question for a relativist...no one size fits all.... Spiritually, materially, environmentally - all depends on where your level of needs is set at, immediate impact/personal, collective, longer-term impact/within ‘our' reach/, etc.

But whatever the most important question, No to thought colonising. I'll give my vote to an inclusive and tolerant of other's religions and backgrounds.

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dedication to the new day

Posted on Mar 17th, 2008 by maornot : aikido-seeker maornot
a remix by the Chemical Brothers of Japanese artists Shinichi Osawa


Chemical Brothers - Star Guitar


Hope you enjoy

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How do we shift from "Me" to "We"?

Posted on Mar 27th, 2008 by maornot : aikido-seeker maornot
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"(the fact is) WE need YOU" Jill Scott song


Be more like music, less mind construct, and we could BE us and we. Breathe as One. More flowing and connecting, less resisting getting stuck on judgements of others.


To be in the self means to draw a boundary line around you. To be in the self means to make a distinction between 'this I am' and 'that I am not'. The definition, the boundary, between "I" and "not I" is what the self is--the self isolates. And it makes you frozen--you are no longer flowing. If you are flowing the self cannot exist.  (Osho Zen: The Path of Paradox, Volume 1 Chapter 5)

But unfortunately, as long as politicians create national boundaries in our minds, us-them cultures will be encouraged to exist.
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