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…This mirror seemed to fascinate the Swami. He stood before it again and again, gazing at himself intently. In between he walked up and down the room, lost in thought. Miss Waldo’s eyes followed him anxiously. “Now the bubble is going to burst”, she thought. “He is full of personal vanity.” Suddenly he turned to her and said: “Ellen, it is the strangest thing, I cannot remember how I look. I look and look at myself in the glass, but the moment I ‘ turn away I forget completely what I look like.” Once, a simple Narendranath Dutta; who later grew to be known as one of the greatest saints to have walked the Earth — in the name of Swami Vivekananda. The above excerpt is from a story told to Sister Devamata by Miss Waldo.  The Swami just reminded us that what is insignificant can be forgotten.  But, the challenge is to understand and learn what is really insignificant. “Not”, “Nothing”, “Void”, “Emptiness” is all perceived to be negative and thereby undesirable. The human mind whic...

Article below by Angela Priestley @ "Women's Agenda" Angela Priestley is the Co Founder of Women's Agenda and now heads up the publication's parent company, Agenda Media. A journalist turned media entrepreneur, she also sits on the board of the Women's And Girls' Emergency Centre, and is an advisor for ActionAid's Arise Fund, supporting women's leadership in climate resilience and disaster response. "One thing to know about our next  governor-general, Sam Mostyn,  is that she is someone who genuinely cares. She cares about the meaning of service, having values and purpose.  She cares about gender equality and women’s safety.  She cares about addressing racism, and closing the gap for Indigenous and Torres Strait Islander people.  She cares about climate change, sustainability and the environment. She cares about sport and community participation and family, and  She cares about those in informal and formal caring roles. But many of us care fo...

Life source, our nature, Rises, sets, re-turns as morning star cycles. Life source, our daily life movements train track parallel, sleepers silent, ease simple seen in aligned travel. Life source, our stepping up ladder looms long as rungs rise, our strong connection climbing. Life source, our double helix rises Unlock Magic DNA, turning life on, of infinite spirals Life source, our fresh flow water Love deep well, accept Self return to sip again. I May Love You Life Sources (And I dearly do) Respect, Return, Remember, Love,  nature and movement, stepping up our DNA  these are our inner life energies, as we accept Self and Love More. by Tony Searl A Slow Quiet Bliss of River Deep Mountain High  And then laughing irreverently Because I Can And do The Great Cosmic Joke.  So Beautifully Unmanifested.  And Human.