Nothing left

When you do all you can with what time and resources (internal and external) you have, there is a beautiful place of fruition. If you stay too long, if you cling to what was, the fruit will rot. This is the place of the daily LY 365 eblasts.

For 2 years now, Elena and I have made this a daily practice. This, being, offering our practice, as we feel and know it in our bones and hearts.

If we stay for another year, we might start to get cranky and resentful. If we try to eke out another day, we might bring on sadness or regret. If we try to continue doing as we have done for the past 730 days, we will grow tired and old and start to grip around the idea of "loss".

So, as with our years' travels, we will find New Beginnings, Shed this old form, Let Go of what we need to in order to find a new direction to better share the practice, Be Fearless in the face of change and natural evolution, Be Warriorlike in our fierce determination to continue to practice lovingkindness and compassion to all beings everywhere. Where Seeds are Planted, there is a need for vigilant gardening: constant weeding, to reep and fruits of a positive Harvest.

Remember, if you plant an acorn, an Oak Tree is the only organism that can grow.

If you plant kind thoughts, kind actions from you and toward you are the only actions that will grow.

If you plant thoughts of truth, only words of truth and truthful actions will sprout.

Be very careful. Every thought wave counts. Make every breath meaningful.

Begin now, if you haven't yet.

Review this year. Review the previous year. Keep the postings of LY365 close to your heart. Read and re-read. Practice and stay vigilant.

The world needs more kindness. The world needs more compassion. If you look out upon your co-workers or your family members and all that you can do is complain about something, go inside. Be quiet. Stop talking. Start doing. Start by facing your own mind stuff. It is the only way to attain true, everlasting happiness.

You can read all you want. You can listen to lectures and attend yoga classes and conferences all you want. You can watch YouTube videos of the Dalai Lama and high priests or rabbis. You can do all of these spiritually materialistic acts and hope that you look like you are making progress. But, you will only be fooling yourself.

Give more of yourself to yourself. That means, sitting, alone. Face a wall. Stare blankly until you lose sight of the wall. Fall into conversation with yourself. The conversation through the heart, which is only conducted in stillness. It can be very scary, until you begin to realize that under all the layers of thoughts, likes, and dislikes, resides the real Self. This Self is all-knowing, fearless, kind and compassionate.

Elena and I bid you all adieu! We wish you well on your journeys home!

--Charry