Mystical Prayer: Opening a Door to Silence and Love --by Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee Ph.D.

"God does not look at your outer forms,

but at the love within your love." --Rumi

Amid the noise and increasing demands of our daily life, it is more and more important for many of us to find a way to reach an inner quiet, a place of rest and refuge. For many people, the recent introduction of meditation techniques has been an invaluable means to find a much needed stillness and tranquility.

However, the tradition of mystical prayer is another way to access the peace that belongs to our soul. It is born from a need to rediscover our heart's relationship with the divine, our own personal and most intimate inner connection. Mystical prayer is a place of deepening love, as well as silence and peace.

Lowampi --by Tanya Touchstone

This post is borrowed from my own cancer blog http://thegiftofcancer.blogspot.com  Several I know are going through challenges right now that require a lot of faith.  This post seemed to address the this.  I hope you enjoy it and that it is helpful.  ~ACOF Administration

Anyone who knows me well knows that I have been involved with the Native American people in this area for some time. I was going through some transitions about 5 years ago and looking for new experiences, unfamiliar experiences. Since I was a small child, I have been fascinated with the Native people and their culture. It was a natural marriage for me to become involved with them at that time in my life.

It began at the Four Corners Fall Pow Wow. I started a conversation with two Native people and an immediate bond was formed. The friendships grew and, over time, more and more Native people came into my life. I not only made new friends, but I was also exposed to the Cherokee and Lakota cultures in ways most white people never experience. Native weddings, sweat lodges, socials, spirituality, music, and what they call medicine (teachings, such as animal medicine and nature medicine).

I Am I --(Can Anyone Provide?)

One of our readers offered a comment on the recent Gary Zukav post where I announced he would appear on Super Soul Sunday on the OWN Network.

They asked if I had a copy of the poem Gary Zukav quoted, I Am I.

After an extensive search, I have come up empty handed.  If any of you have access to that poem and would be kind enough to provide it, I'll be happy to post it here for everyone to enjoy!

Write here to send the poem. 

Many thanks!
~ACOF Administration

Mindfulness Moment; Impermanence

"There would be no chance at all of getting to know death if it happened only once.  But fortunately, life is nothing but a continuing dance of birth and death, a dance of change. Every time I hear the rush of a mountain stream, or the waves crashing on the shore, or my own heartbeat, I hear the sound of impermanence.  These changes, these small deaths, are our living links with death.  They are death's pulses, death's heartbeat,  prompting us to let go of all the things we cling to."  ~Rigpa~

1 Giant Leap, as seen on OWN's Super Soul Sunday - Meet Jamie Catto & Duncan Bridgeman with "Wounded in All the Right Places"

We live in a world of short-cuts and instant fixes, but even though it seems so natural to avoid pain with a pill, in this episode 1 Giant Leap questions whether we need to substitute our Prozac for self-examination and realize perhaps that although we each carry our own wounds, the trials of life have sculpted us into the uniquely beautiful people we are today. The first ‘What About Me?’ episode is called ‘Wounded’ and features Eckhart Tolle, Carlos Santana, KD Lang, Daniel Lanois, Tim Robbins, Billy Connolly, Stephen Fry and a host of musicians and characters from all five continents. The main song Wounded in All the Right Places was written around the notion that the challenges and wounds of our lives have sculpted us into the perfect unique beings that we are today.

Please help us let any friends in USA know about it. Also, thanks for your continued support that has carried us through the 3 year process of getting our project out there.

Love and gratitude,
Jamie Catto and Duncan Bridgeman

Love and Gravity --by Gary Zukav

Buckminster Fuller said, “Love is metaphysical gravity.” I agree. What else could it be? Without gravity you would float like an astronaut in a spacecraft. Up and down would mean nothing to you. Your slightest motion would send you tumbling head over feet or rolling uncontrollably. If you pushed hard against a wall, you would shoot backward fast until you hit another wall. If the lights in the spacecraft went out, you would have no way at all of orienting yourself.