<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-742401497257325625</id><updated>2011-07-08T17:33:55.705+02:00</updated><category term='healing'/><category term='harp'/><category term='Masaru Emoto'/><category term='Louise Hay'/><category term='watermelon'/><category term='earth healing'/><category term='peace'/><category term='connection'/><category term='photography'/><category term='God'/><category term='light'/><category term='thanksgiving'/><category term='intention'/><category term='nature'/><category term='Abraham-Hicks'/><category term='gratitude'/><category term='joy'/><category term='inspiration'/><category term='spirituality'/><category term='blossom'/><category term='awareness'/><category term='Jane Young'/><category term='meditation'/><category term='beautiful'/><category term='movie'/><category term='blessings'/><category term='water'/><category term='energy'/><category term='Neil H music'/><category term='wisdom'/><category term='Deepak Chopra'/><category term='serenity'/><category term='Niko'/><category term='chakras'/><category term='abundance'/><category term='Christine Grace Magnussen'/><category term='Spring'/><category term='spirals'/><category term='affirmations'/><category term='love'/><category term='Pierre Pradervand'/><category term='gentle art of blessing'/><category term='Jacob Liberman'/><category term='appreciation'/><title type='text'>Joy and Abundant Blessings</title><subtitle type='html'>May Peace guide your Steps and Love steer your spirit to bring Joy to those you meet.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://joyandabundantblessings.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/742401497257325625/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://joyandabundantblessings.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Joy to the World</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13972403368205576199</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='29' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_sypC-i4l2io/R3pKJEUeU_I/AAAAAAAAAAM/KIEvbpDl6ts/S220/joy2.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>15</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-742401497257325625.post-5009224338786726518</id><published>2010-03-15T21:53:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2010-03-15T21:55:28.425+02:00</updated><title type='text'>TAPAS TITBITS No.16 - Local Events News‏</title><content type='html'>Hello everyone&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Some other reminders about what’s happening locally this week.....&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;CHAIN- St Patricks Day Celebration,&lt;/span&gt; Wednesday 17th March – 4pm till 7pm&lt;br /&gt;Drinks, nibbles and fun at the CHAIN Animal Charity shop, La Trocha (by the bottom of the escalator)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;ENGLISH LANGUAGE FILM @ Screen No. 5, LA TROCHA – “ INVICTUS”&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Wednesday 17th March and Thursday 18th March at 7pm&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Monday 22nd March at 9.30pm&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Box Office opens at 5.30pm – tickets available on the day of performance only.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“Invictus” stars Morgan Freeman as Nelson Mandela, also starring Matt Damon, and tells the story of how Mandela united black and white supporters behind the South African Rugby team.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Best Wishes&lt;br /&gt;Pete Longmire - Publicity&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/742401497257325625-5009224338786726518?l=joyandabundantblessings.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://joyandabundantblessings.blogspot.com/feeds/5009224338786726518/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=742401497257325625&amp;postID=5009224338786726518' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/742401497257325625/posts/default/5009224338786726518'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/742401497257325625/posts/default/5009224338786726518'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://joyandabundantblessings.blogspot.com/2010/03/tapas-titbits-no16-local-events-news.html' title='TAPAS TITBITS No.16 - Local Events News‏'/><author><name>Joy to the World</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13972403368205576199</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='29' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_sypC-i4l2io/R3pKJEUeU_I/AAAAAAAAAAM/KIEvbpDl6ts/S220/joy2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-742401497257325625.post-8549238313733490272</id><published>2010-03-15T21:49:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2010-03-15T21:52:11.842+02:00</updated><title type='text'>TAPAS TITBIT No 15 - "TEN TIMES TABLE" - It's THIS WEEK!!‏</title><content type='html'>Hello everyone&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;YES FOLKS!         IT’S THIS WEEK!          THE TAPAS PLAY IS THIS WEEK!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This week sees the culmination of a tremendous amount of hard work by the theatre group to bring you yet another top quality TAPAS production.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; “Ten Times Table”, directed by Lee Lingwood, our very own Theatre maestro, is the Alan Ayckbourn comedy play.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here is the outline of the story....&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"The leading lights of the village have decided to hold a pageant of local history, based on a somewhat vague event.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;On the Committee is a left-wing schoolteacher who decides to turn the project into a rally for a proletarian revolution.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Committee meetings become symbolic battlefields for conflicting views and the event itself turns into a violent confrontation between the two extremes, with cataclysmic results!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Anybody who has ever served on a committee will recognize many of the characters, in what is an extremely funny and farcical romp!  Rumour has it that a Committee member meets a sticky end! Find out who! "&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; The cast, the backstage group , the technical crew, the wardrobe and props ladies, the publicity team, and the front of house Meeters &amp;amp; Greeters have all made a super effort to ensure you have a great night out at the theatre.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Please show your support if you possibly can and come and see the play!  IT’S THIS WEEK!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thursday 18th, Friday 19th, Saturday 20th March.  Sol Andalusi Theatre.                                           &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Performances start at 8pm.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;TAPAS members €10, Guests €12&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tickets available on the night from Front of House Desk, or if you prefer to reserve tickets beforehand, please give the Box Office a call...951 312 886 or 951 247 283&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;See you there!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Best Wishes&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pete Longmire - Publicity&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/742401497257325625-8549238313733490272?l=joyandabundantblessings.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://joyandabundantblessings.blogspot.com/feeds/8549238313733490272/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=742401497257325625&amp;postID=8549238313733490272' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/742401497257325625/posts/default/8549238313733490272'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/742401497257325625/posts/default/8549238313733490272'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://joyandabundantblessings.blogspot.com/2010/03/tapas-titbit-no-15-ten-times-table-its.html' title='TAPAS TITBIT No 15 - &quot;TEN TIMES TABLE&quot; - It&apos;s THIS WEEK!!‏'/><author><name>Joy to the World</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13972403368205576199</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='29' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_sypC-i4l2io/R3pKJEUeU_I/AAAAAAAAAAM/KIEvbpDl6ts/S220/joy2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-742401497257325625.post-199946665263332614</id><published>2008-05-02T12:27:00.003+02:00</published><updated>2008-05-02T12:40:30.662+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Infinite Possibilites</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;object height="334" width="400"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/gJYwR6WiXfM&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;color1=0x402061&amp;amp;color2=0x9461ca"&gt;&lt;param name="wmode" value="transparent"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/gJYwR6WiXfM&amp;hl=en&amp;color1=0x402061&amp;color2=0x9461ca" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="400" height="334"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;color:#cc33cc;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Click on the movie to activate and then click the play button&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;color:#cc33cc;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;color:#cc33cc;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;color:#cc33cc;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;color:#cc33cc;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;color:#cc33cc;"&gt;Behind the visible garment of the universe, beyond the mirage of molecules, the &lt;em&gt;maya&lt;/em&gt; - or illusion - of physicality, lies an inherently invisible, seamless matrix made up of nothingness. This invisible nothingness silently orchestrates, instructs, guides, governs, and compels nature to express itself with infinite creativity, infinite abundance, and unfaltering exactitude into a myriad of designs and patterns and forms.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Life experiences are the continuum in this seamless matrix of nothingness, in this continuum of both body and environment. They are our experiences of joy and sorrow, of success and failure, of wealth and poverty. All these events seemingly happen to us, but at very primordial levels &lt;em&gt;we are making them happen.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The impulses of energy and information that create our life experiences are reflected in our attitudes toward life. And our attitudes are an outcome of and expressions of self-engendered impulses of energy and information.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;Deepak Chopra&lt;br /&gt;Creating Affluence&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Wealth Consciousness in the Field of All Possibilites.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;Click &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.heaven-on-earth-music.co.uk/"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; to find out more about &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.heaven-on-earth-music.co.uk/"&gt;Craig Pruess&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; and the beautiful music accompanying this movie.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;Visit &lt;a href="http://www.joy-tothe-world.com/"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;www.joy-tothe-world.com&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; for links to inspirational websites.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/742401497257325625-199946665263332614?l=joyandabundantblessings.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://joyandabundantblessings.blogspot.com/feeds/199946665263332614/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=742401497257325625&amp;postID=199946665263332614' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/742401497257325625/posts/default/199946665263332614'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/742401497257325625/posts/default/199946665263332614'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://joyandabundantblessings.blogspot.com/2008/05/infinite-possibilites.html' title='Infinite Possibilites'/><author><name>Joy to the World</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13972403368205576199</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='29' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_sypC-i4l2io/R3pKJEUeU_I/AAAAAAAAAAM/KIEvbpDl6ts/S220/joy2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-742401497257325625.post-8122909856621747526</id><published>2008-03-28T19:18:00.006+02:00</published><updated>2008-05-01T17:18:17.838+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Jane Young'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='serenity'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='abundance'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='wisdom'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='blossom'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Deepak Chopra'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Christine Grace Magnussen'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='spirituality'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='joy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='nature'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='inspiration'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='intention'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Spring'/><title type='text'>Spring</title><content type='html'>&lt;p align="center"&gt; &lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/ckhGo5A45dQ&amp;amp;hl=" width="400" height="334" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;color:#cc33cc;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Click on the movie to activate and then click the play button&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;color:#cc33cc;"&gt;If you embrace the present and become one with it, and merge with it, you will experience a fire, a glow, a sparkle of ecstasy throbbing in every living sentient being. As you begin to experience this exultation of spirit in everything that is alive, as you become intimate with it, joy will be born within you, and you will drop the terrible burdens and encumbrances of defensiveness, resentment, and hurtfulness. Only then will you become light-hearted, carefree, joyous and free.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In this joyful, simple freedom, you will know without any doubt in your heart that what you want is available to you whenever you want it, because your want will be from the level of happiness, not from the level of anxiety or fear. You do not need to justify; simply declare your intent to yourself, and you will experience fulfilment, delight, joy, freedom, and autonomy in every moment of you life.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Make a commitment to follow the path of no resistance. This is the path through which nature’s intelligence unfolds spontaneously, without friction or effort. When you have the exquisite combination of acceptance, responsibility and defencelessness, you will experience life flowing with effortless ease.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When you remain open to all points of view – not rigidly attached to only one – your dreams and desires will flow with nature’s desires. Then you can release your intentions, without attachment, and just wait for the appropriate season for your desires to blossom into reality. You can be sure that when the season is right, your desires will manifest. This is the Law of Least Effort.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;color:#cc33cc;"&gt;Deepak Chopra&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success&lt;br /&gt;From the chapter - The Law of Least Effort.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;color:#cc33cc;"&gt;He who binds to himself a joy&lt;br /&gt;Does the winged life destroy;&lt;br /&gt;But he who kisses the joy as it flies&lt;br /&gt;Lives in eternity’s sun rise.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;William Blake&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.peacecalm.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;color:#cc33cc;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Click here&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;color:#cc33cc;"&gt; to find out more about &lt;strong&gt;Christine Grace Magnussen&lt;/strong&gt; and the beautiful music accompanying 'Spring'.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/742401497257325625-8122909856621747526?l=joyandabundantblessings.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://joyandabundantblessings.blogspot.com/feeds/8122909856621747526/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=742401497257325625&amp;postID=8122909856621747526' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/742401497257325625/posts/default/8122909856621747526'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/742401497257325625/posts/default/8122909856621747526'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://joyandabundantblessings.blogspot.com/2008/03/spring.html' title='Spring'/><author><name>Joy to the World</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13972403368205576199</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='29' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_sypC-i4l2io/R3pKJEUeU_I/AAAAAAAAAAM/KIEvbpDl6ts/S220/joy2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-742401497257325625.post-6862982683290550977</id><published>2008-02-27T17:05:00.007+02:00</published><updated>2008-03-13T12:58:40.101+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='harp'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='photography'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='serenity'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='nature'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Jane Young'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='healing'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='peace'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='chakras'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Jacob Liberman'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='spirituality'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Christine Grace Magnussen'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='meditation'/><title type='text'>The Nature of Chakras</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/4a_oKPyytcE" width="400" height="334" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;color:#cc66cc;"&gt;Click on the movie to activate and then click the play button&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:85%;color:#cc66cc;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;color:#cc66cc;"&gt;Chakra means &lt;em&gt;Wheel &lt;/em&gt;in Sanskrit&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;color:#cc66cc;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#cc66cc;"&gt;The body has spinning energy centers that look like spinning wheels and are called Chakras. The seven main chakras are described as being aligned in an ascending column from the base of the spine to the top of the head. Each chakra is linked to sound, light and associated with a certain color, multiple specific functions, an aspect of consciousness, a classical element and other distinguishing characteristics.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#cc66cc;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#cc66cc;"&gt;The chakras are thought to vitalise the physical body and to be associated with interactions of both a physical and mental nature.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;color:#cc66cc;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;color:#cc66cc;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The Mind Makes It Matter&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#cc66cc;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#cc66cc;"&gt;Just as the film in a projector transforms light into the movie we observe on the screen, the ideas imprinted in the mind convert the one light of Source into the rainbow of frequencies we experience as life. As we look at the world around us, we see a multicolored projection of our inner self. The frequencies of life we are attracted to represent the aspects of ourselves we are most comforable with. The frequencies we are not attracted to remind us of the aspects of ourselves we've yet to embrace.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#cc66cc;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#cc66cc;"&gt;Change our ideas - the mind's film - and everything changes. When we stop identifying with our ideas altogether, the film dissolves completely, allowing light to move through us without resistance. We become full-spectrum beings - holographic focal points of the sun - radiating the light of God into the world. When things no longer matter, life once again becomes light.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#cc66cc;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Jacob Liberman&lt;/em&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#cc66cc;"&gt;'Wisdom from an Empty Mind'&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#cc66cc;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#cc66cc;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#cc66cc;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.spiritofmaat.com/archive/mar1/prns/liberman.htm"&gt;An Interview with Jacob Liberman&lt;/a&gt; author of 'Light, Medicine of the Future'&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ac88c4;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#9933cc;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.peacecalm.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc66cc;"&gt;Click here&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc66cc;"&gt; to find out more about &lt;strong&gt;Christine Grace Magnussen &lt;/strong&gt;and the beautiful harp music accompanying 'The Nature of Chakras'.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/742401497257325625-6862982683290550977?l=joyandabundantblessings.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://joyandabundantblessings.blogspot.com/feeds/6862982683290550977/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=742401497257325625&amp;postID=6862982683290550977' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/742401497257325625/posts/default/6862982683290550977'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/742401497257325625/posts/default/6862982683290550977'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://joyandabundantblessings.blogspot.com/2008/02/nature-of-chakras.html' title='The Nature of Chakras'/><author><name>Joy to the World</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13972403368205576199</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='29' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_sypC-i4l2io/R3pKJEUeU_I/AAAAAAAAAAM/KIEvbpDl6ts/S220/joy2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-742401497257325625.post-5443989266428931301</id><published>2008-02-04T12:39:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2008-02-04T16:12:24.396+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Pierre Pradervand'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='blessings'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='joy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='peace'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Abraham-Hicks'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='gentle art of blessing'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='intention'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='love'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='spirituality'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Christine Grace Magnussen'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='awareness'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='meditation'/><title type='text'>Choosing to Bless</title><content type='html'>&lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;color:#cc33cc;"&gt;"The practice of blessing is a simple way to develop a constantly centered awareness. It is also a tool for growing in universal love and avoiding judgement."&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;color:#cc33cc;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p align="right"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;color:#cc33cc;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Pierre Pradervand &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;color:#cc33cc;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;The Gentle Art of Blessing&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/PNcbER9lssg&amp;amp;rel=" width="400" height="334" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" color1="0x402061&amp;amp;color2=" border="0" wmode="transparent"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;color:#cc33cc;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;"If not you, who? If not now, when?" &lt;em&gt;Attributed to Rabbi Hillel&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;color:#cc33cc;"&gt;It seems to me that what the world needs now is our blessing - and not just the parts that we find easy to bless. From the smallest incident, with 'that person in your street', to the biggest - where governments/corporations act in our names and we feel we have no control - we quickly jump in to judge and criticize. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;color:#cc33cc;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I was recently reminded - when re-reading Pierre Pradervand’s words in ‘&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.joy-tothe-world.com/Gentle_Art_of_Blessing_Movi.html" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;color:#cc33cc;"&gt;The Gentle Art of Blessing&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;color:#cc33cc;"&gt;’ - that to bless is important not only for those we bless but also for ourselves. At the same time I was feeling frustrated by my apparent inability to ‘do’ anything about the worsening situations on the planet. Then it dawned on me that to send blessings would be the most powerful thing I could do from a distance and the words contained in ‘Choosing to Bless’ were born.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;“Nothing is more debilitating than to care about something you can’t do anything about…. In the long run, you cannot do anything about someone else’s vibration other than hold them in the best light you can, mentally, and then project that to them. And sometimes distance makes that much more possible than being up close to them.”Abraham-Hicks &lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I invite you to send light and blessings using the words in ‘Choosing to Bless’ – or create your own blessing. Send the blessing regularly, hourly or several times during your day. Share the words and the idea with others. Wouldn’t it be wonderful to know that the regular habit of blessing those you don’t know and, perhaps, wouldn’t normally bless, has made a difference to their lives and to the world?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;“To bless all without discrimination of any sort is the ultimate form of giving, because those you bless will never know from whence came the sudden ray of sun that burst through the clouds of their skies, and you will rarely be a witness to the sunlight in their lives.” Pierre Pradervand&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The key is the Intention to bless.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;It is most important to bless from the bottom of your heart, in total sincerity. This is the transforming power that heals and restores.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;To begin the habit of blessing, every hour, or as often as you are able during your day, pause for a few seconds - breathe - and send these words of blessing out into the universe .....&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;I am at peace with the process of life.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;From my heart, with unconditional love, I choose to bless rather than judge.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I bless all governments and their agencies, corporations,&lt;br /&gt;all individuals, races and religions.&lt;br /&gt;I bless all who find themselves victimized and oppressed.&lt;br /&gt;I bless all in their peace, their courage,&lt;br /&gt;their joy, their goodness,&lt;br /&gt;their abundance, their compassion,&lt;br /&gt;their understanding.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;May all be blessed with peace in their hearts.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I am grateful for the blessings of the Universe.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And so it is.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;I would love to hear from you and to know how the habit of blessing on a regular basis is making a difference.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;May you be blessed with all things good&lt;br /&gt;Always&lt;br /&gt;In all ways&lt;br /&gt;With love, joy, peace and abundant blessings&lt;br /&gt;Jane :) &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/742401497257325625-5443989266428931301?l=joyandabundantblessings.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://joyandabundantblessings.blogspot.com/feeds/5443989266428931301/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=742401497257325625&amp;postID=5443989266428931301' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/742401497257325625/posts/default/5443989266428931301'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/742401497257325625/posts/default/5443989266428931301'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://joyandabundantblessings.blogspot.com/2008/02/choosing-to-bless.html' title='Choosing to Bless'/><author><name>Joy to the World</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13972403368205576199</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='29' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_sypC-i4l2io/R3pKJEUeU_I/AAAAAAAAAAM/KIEvbpDl6ts/S220/joy2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-742401497257325625.post-4980792636483886406</id><published>2008-01-09T19:08:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2008-02-04T16:15:20.824+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='beautiful'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='photography'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='serenity'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='healing'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='peace'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='abundance'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='wisdom'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='appreciation'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='earth healing'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='spirituality'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='movie'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='joy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='nature'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='gratitude'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='intention'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='love'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='meditation'/><title type='text'>Clouds</title><content type='html'>&lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc33cc;"&gt;“O! It is pleasant with a head of ease,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc33cc;"&gt;Just after sunset, or by moonlight skies,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc33cc;"&gt;To make the shifting clouds be what you please.”&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="right"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc33cc;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Samuel Taylor Coleridge&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/IRUEbeZhx14&amp;amp;rel=" width="400" height="334" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.cloudappreciationsociety.org/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc33cc;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:180%;color:#cc33cc;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Of the Open Sky&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#cc33cc;"&gt;“It is a strange thing how little in general people know about the sky. It is the part of all creation in which nature has done more for the sake of pleasing man, more, for the sole and evident purpose of talking to him and teaching him, than in any other of her works, and it is just the part in which we least attend to her. There are not many of her other works in which some more material or essential purpose than the mere pleasing of man is not answered by every part of their organization; but every essential purpose of the sky might, as far as we know, be answered, if once in three days, or thereabouts, a great, ugly black rain cloud were brought up over the blue, and everything well watered, and so all left blue again till next time, with perhaps a film of morning and evening mist for dew. And instead of this, there is not a moment of any day of our lives, when nature is not producing scene after scene, picture after picture, glory after glory, and working still upon such exquisite and constant principles of the most perfect beauty, that it is quite certain it is all done for us, and intended for our perpetual pleasure. And every man, wherever placed, however far from other sources of interest or of beauty, has this doing for him constantly… the sky is for all; bright as it is, it is not “too bright, nor good, for human nature’s daily food,” it is fitted in all its functions for the perpetual comfort and exalting of the heart, for the soothing it and purifying it from its dross and dust. Sometimes gentle, sometimes capricious, sometimes awful, never the same for two moments together; almost human in its passions, almost spiritual in its tenderness, almost divine in its infinity, it is surely meant for the chief teacher of what is immortal in us, as it is the chief minister of chastisement or of blessing to what is mortal. And yet we never attend to it, we never make it a subject of thought…”&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="right"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#cc33cc;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;John Ruskin&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="right"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#cc33cc;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Victorian art critic and essayist&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc33cc;"&gt;To view some really stunning pictures of clouds visit &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc33cc;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The Cloud Appreciation Society's&lt;/strong&gt; website &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://cloudappreciationsociety.org/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc33cc;"&gt;www.cloudappreciationsociety.org&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/742401497257325625-4980792636483886406?l=joyandabundantblessings.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://joyandabundantblessings.blogspot.com/feeds/4980792636483886406/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=742401497257325625&amp;postID=4980792636483886406' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/742401497257325625/posts/default/4980792636483886406'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/742401497257325625/posts/default/4980792636483886406'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://joyandabundantblessings.blogspot.com/2008/01/clouds.html' title='Clouds'/><author><name>Joy to the World</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13972403368205576199</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='29' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_sypC-i4l2io/R3pKJEUeU_I/AAAAAAAAAAM/KIEvbpDl6ts/S220/joy2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-742401497257325625.post-5940096892592766116</id><published>2008-01-09T19:00:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2008-02-04T16:15:46.371+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='blessings'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='photography'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='healing'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='peace'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='abundance'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='wisdom'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='spirituality'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='spirals'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='joy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='nature'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='gratitude'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='thanksgiving'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='meditation'/><title type='text'>Gifts of Gratitude</title><content type='html'>&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/n1hbBhUFs0k&amp;amp;rel=" width="400" height="334" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:180%;color:#cc33cc;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Doodling?  &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;color:#cc33cc;"&gt;Well yes, it’s a favourite pastime of mine.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;By releasing any expected outcome, I simply allow my creativity to flow freely – just me, the pen and all possibility!  One evening, while musing on my doodles, I noted that many commonly recognized symbols were peeking through my orderly disorder.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And then, as if by fate, I asked my Sweetheart, “What is the symbol for Gratitude?”  Think about it.  There’s a symbol for the sun, the moon, love, peace – even a simple “swoosh” is recognizable world-wide.  There must be a symbol for Gratitude …. And Voila!  I glanced down to witness this symbol of Gratitude being created by my own hand.  Immediately I glimpsed a little ‘g’ in a circle.  “Gratitude begins with a G” I thought.  Perfect!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;color:#cc33cc;"&gt;&lt;p align="right"&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;em&gt;Stacey Robyn&lt;br /&gt;Go Gratitude&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="right"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/742401497257325625-5940096892592766116?l=joyandabundantblessings.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://joyandabundantblessings.blogspot.com/feeds/5940096892592766116/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=742401497257325625&amp;postID=5940096892592766116' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/742401497257325625/posts/default/5940096892592766116'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/742401497257325625/posts/default/5940096892592766116'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://joyandabundantblessings.blogspot.com/2008/01/gifts-of-gratitude.html' title='Gifts of Gratitude'/><author><name>Joy to the World</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13972403368205576199</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='29' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_sypC-i4l2io/R3pKJEUeU_I/AAAAAAAAAAM/KIEvbpDl6ts/S220/joy2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-742401497257325625.post-5691660980430447425</id><published>2008-01-05T17:38:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2008-02-04T16:16:11.978+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='beautiful'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='photography'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='serenity'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='healing'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='peace'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='abundance'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='wisdom'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='appreciation'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='spirituality'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Christine Grace Magnussen'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='movie'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='joy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='nature'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='gratitude'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='love'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='meditation'/><title type='text'>Blessings of Peace</title><content type='html'>&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/jaCNtGmMsOI&amp;amp;rel=" width="400" height="334" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:180%;color:#cc33cc;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;I am at the center of peace&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;color:#cc33cc;"&gt;The outer world touches me not.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;color:#cc33cc;"&gt;I am in charge of my own being.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;color:#cc33cc;"&gt;I guard my inner world, for it is there that I create.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;color:#cc33cc;"&gt;I do whatever I need to do to keep my inner world peaceful.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;color:#cc33cc;"&gt;My inner peace is essential for my health and well being.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;color:#cc33cc;"&gt;I go within and find that space where all is quiet and serene.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;color:#cc33cc;"&gt;I may see it as a peaceful, deep, quiet pool surrounded by green grass and tall, silent trees.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;color:#cc33cc;"&gt;I may feel it as white, billowy clouds upon which to lay and be caressed.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;color:#cc33cc;"&gt;I may hear it as flowing, delightful music soothing my senses. However I choose to experience my inner space, I find peace.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;color:#cc33cc;"&gt;At this center of peace I am.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;color:#cc33cc;"&gt;I am the pureness and stillness of the center of my creative process. In peace I create.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;color:#cc33cc;"&gt;In peace I live and move and experience life.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;color:#cc33cc;"&gt;Because I keep myself centered in inner peace, I have peace in my outer world.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;color:#cc33cc;"&gt;Though others may have discord and chaos, it touches me not for I declare peace for myself.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;color:#cc33cc;"&gt;Though there may be madness all around me, I am calm and peaceful. The Universe is one of great order and peacefulness, and I reflect this in my every moment of life.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;color:#cc33cc;"&gt;The stars and the planets do not need to be worried or fearful in order to maintain their heavenly orbits.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;color:#cc33cc;"&gt;Nor does chaotic thinking contribute to my peaceful existence in life.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;color:#cc33cc;"&gt;I choose to express peacefulness, for I am peace.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;color:#cc33cc;"&gt;And so it is.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="right"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;color:#cc33cc;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;‘Heart Thoughts’ Louise Hay.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;color:#cc33cc;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.peacecalm.com/"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc33cc;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Click here&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc33cc;"&gt; to find out more about Christine Grace Magnussen and the beautiful harp music accompanying 'Blessings of Peace'.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#993399;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/742401497257325625-5691660980430447425?l=joyandabundantblessings.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://joyandabundantblessings.blogspot.com/feeds/5691660980430447425/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=742401497257325625&amp;postID=5691660980430447425' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/742401497257325625/posts/default/5691660980430447425'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/742401497257325625/posts/default/5691660980430447425'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://joyandabundantblessings.blogspot.com/2008/01/blessings-of-peace.html' title='Blessings of Peace'/><author><name>Joy to the World</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13972403368205576199</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='29' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_sypC-i4l2io/R3pKJEUeU_I/AAAAAAAAAAM/KIEvbpDl6ts/S220/joy2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-742401497257325625.post-9218282647894731801</id><published>2008-01-05T17:24:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2008-02-04T16:16:32.141+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='beautiful'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='photography'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='serenity'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='healing'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='peace'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='abundance'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='wisdom'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='appreciation'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='earth healing'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='spirituality'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='movie'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='joy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='nature'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='gratitude'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='intention'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='love'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='meditation'/><title type='text'>Love</title><content type='html'>&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/u5M7EhJajbE&amp;amp;rel=" width="400" height="334" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;color:#cc33cc;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Learning To Love Better&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;color:#cc33cc;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;All things are moving toward that which you are moving toward&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;color:#cc33cc;"&gt;Whenever the hustle-bustle of life starts to weigh heavily upon you, and your mind seems to run around in never ending circles, one of the quickest ways to rebalance yourself is to make a connection with the Earth. Go out and get your bare feet on the lawn or in the sand at the beach. Just as your TV reception will clear up when you run a wire from the antenna to the ground, so shall your thoughts and feelings smooth out when you connect with Mother Earth. It's one of the easiest ways for you to love yourself.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;color:#cc33cc;"&gt;In fact, there are many ways of learning to love, not only yourself, but those around you, as well. Another is to plant and grow some food of your own. Most people don't realize it, but something very special happens when we nurture and consume food that we have grown for ourselves. Not only does the life force in it transfer to us when we eat it, the love that we put into caring for it has a magical way of returning to us from Mother Earth herself. Indeed, she befriends all those who care for the least of her creatures.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;color:#cc33cc;"&gt;And it doesn't matter whether it's an acre of organic gardens you're growing or a single kumquat tree or tomato plant you keep on the patio. It can even be a batch of sprouts (for those who want the quickest results) that live on your kitchen windowsill. Regardless of what you plant, you will have shortened the gap between you and your food supply by being just that much less reliant on someone else to provide you with your food. It is a subtle shift, but one that raises your Spirit the minute you cover the little seeds over with soil and water them.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;color:#cc33cc;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Back on the farm, BJ used to say that if we wanted to learn to love better, it would be a good idea for us to start out with plants. Plants are the easiest, he said, because they stay in one place and hold still when we're working with them. They also have a way of reflecting the love we give them back at us right away by perking up when we water them, and greening up quickly when we fertilize. And, they won't hurt us if we accidentally harm them (unless, of course, we get too close to the ones with thorns!)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;color:#cc33cc;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;After we get the hang of taking care of plants, and they are thriving happily under our supervision, we can go on to animals. Animals, he said, are a little trickier to love because they move around. Unlike plants, it's more difficult to get them to do things they don't want to do. Oh yeah, and they also make their share of noises and messes that will sometimes surprise us.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;color:#cc33cc;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Then, after we get pretty good at taking care of plants and animals, we can move on to learning how to love people better. According to BJ, people are much harder to love because not only do they move around and make messes, but they'll talk back, change their minds, be unloving in return, and do all sorts of things that will challenge our patience. They'll even bring out the worst in us (often by unknowingly providing the adversity we need the most), and sometimes, he said, it can take years before we see the results of our love.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;color:#cc33cc;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Conversely, he also stated that they can bring out the best in us. This usually happens when we've matured enough ourselves to the point where we are able to set aside all of our personal reactions to their adversities, noises, messes, and so forth, and see into the core of who they really are. That's when we really learn to love. And ironically, that's also when our love comes back to us.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;color:#cc33cc;"&gt;My intention for today is:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;color:#cc33cc;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;I Intend that I am deliberately learning to love, that life is my teacher, and my everyday experiences are the perfect lessons I need to move forward.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Quoted from The Intenders of the Highest Good - The Bridge. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;color:#cc33cc;"&gt;I love these daily messages - they often seem to synchronistically arrive at the perfect time. You can register for daily Intenders Bridge messages in your inbox by clicking&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.intenders.org/home.cfm"&gt;http://www.intenders.org/home.cfm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;color:#cc33cc;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/742401497257325625-9218282647894731801?l=joyandabundantblessings.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://joyandabundantblessings.blogspot.com/feeds/9218282647894731801/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=742401497257325625&amp;postID=9218282647894731801' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/742401497257325625/posts/default/9218282647894731801'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/742401497257325625/posts/default/9218282647894731801'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://joyandabundantblessings.blogspot.com/2008/01/love.html' title='Love'/><author><name>Joy to the World</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13972403368205576199</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='29' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_sypC-i4l2io/R3pKJEUeU_I/AAAAAAAAAAM/KIEvbpDl6ts/S220/joy2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-742401497257325625.post-59566252493013499</id><published>2008-01-01T17:33:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2008-02-04T16:17:02.063+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Louise Hay'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='serenity'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='healing'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='peace'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='abundance'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='wisdom'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='earth healing'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='energy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='light'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='spirituality'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='affirmations'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='joy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='nature'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='gratitude'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='connection'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='love'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='meditation'/><title type='text'>Oneness</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/_oDda2z7rhs&amp;amp;rel=" width="400" height="334" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;color:#cc33cc;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;color:#cc33cc;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;color:#cc33cc;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;color:#cc33cc;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;By your thought shall you be fulfilled&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Excerpt from The Reunion ~ A Parable for Peace&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;color:#cc33cc;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Tony Burroughs&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;color:#cc33cc;"&gt;One of the most common questions we get has to do with people having a difficult time marrying what's going on in their mind and what's going on outside of them. They tell us that they just can't seem to hold a vision of their Intention having already manifested, when the evidence in their outside world doesn't support that line of thinking. In answering these questions I'm reminded of one of my favorite characters in my latest novel, The Reunion: A Parable for Peace, namely Chief Seattle. To me, Chief Seattle embodies the attitude of staying positive regardless of his external situation better than anyone. Indeed, he knows how to hold his attention on the end result as if it is already done and manifested. I share his eloquent message with you now.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;color:#cc33cc;"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc33cc;"&gt;"My brother, I tell you true. If all who see the Earth as being poisoned would, instead, give more attention to seeing the Earth clean and vibrant, then, very soon, your Earth would be cleansed.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc33cc;"&gt;If all who see their nation's leaders as misguided or uncaring would, instead, give more time to seeing themselves being represented by responsible, caring leaders who stand firm for the highest good of all, then, very soon, you would have good leadership. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc33cc;"&gt;If all who see their spouses or family members as troublesome or unloving would, instead, give more thought to seeing their loved ones as the shining children of God that they are, then, very soon, all challenged relationships would be renewed and love rekindled.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc33cc;"&gt;If all who see themselves as sick or poor or weak of heart or undeserving would, instead, give more energy to seeing themselves as healthy, abundant, empowered, worthy, and lifted up, then, very soon, they would experience all of the good things that life has to offer.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc33cc;"&gt;If all who see themselves as a physical body and no more would, instead, give more thought to seeing themselves as an ever-brightening star that resides inside the body, then, very soon, everyone in your world would be shining their lights--just as all of the Elders who have walked your Earth have done. You would be living in peace, harmony, and comfort in a culture that you have created consciously, a culture which, by your divine right of birth, you deserve to enjoy.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc33cc;"&gt;Each challenge is there to guide you toward the desire of your heart&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc33cc;"&gt;Each problem, seen from the positive side, always turns into a blessing&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc33cc;"&gt;Each sorrow leads you to your joy&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc33cc;"&gt;Each doubt--to your knowing&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc33cc;"&gt;Each lack--to your abundance&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc33cc;"&gt;Each debt--to your freedom&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc33cc;"&gt;Each feeling of hopelessness--to your power&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc33cc;"&gt;Each cry of pain--to your comfort&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc33cc;"&gt;Each act of war--to your peace&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc33cc;"&gt;Each act of anger--to your love&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc33cc;"&gt;And each journey through darkness--into the light."&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/742401497257325625-59566252493013499?l=joyandabundantblessings.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://joyandabundantblessings.blogspot.com/feeds/59566252493013499/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' 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term='spirituality'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='movie'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='joy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='nature'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='gratitude'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Niko'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='gentle art of blessing'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='love'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='meditation'/><title type='text'>The Gentle Art of Blessing</title><content type='html'>&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/WegAgepCYfo&amp;amp;rel=" width="400" height="334" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;color:#cc33cc;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The Gentle Art of Blessing&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;color:#cc33cc;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;color:#cc33cc;"&gt;On awakening, bless this day, for it is already full of unseen good which your blessings will call forth; for to bless is to acknowledge the unlimited good that is embedded in the very texture of the universe and awaiting each and all.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;color:#cc33cc;"&gt;On passing people in the street, on the bus, in places of work and play, bless them. The peace of your blessing will accompany them on their way and the aura of its gentle fragrance will be a light to their path.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;color:#cc33cc;"&gt;On meeting and talking to people, bless them in their health, their work, their joy, their relationships to God, themselves, and others. Bless them in their abundance, their finances...bless them in every conceivable way, for such blessings not only sow seeds of healing but one day will spring forth as flowers of joy in the waste places of your own life.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;color:#cc33cc;"&gt;As you walk, bless the city in which you live, its government and teachers, its nurses and street sweepers, its children and bankers, its priests and prostitutes. The minute anyone expresses the least aggression or unkindness to you, respond with a blessing: bless themtotally, sincerely, joyfully, for such blessings are a shield which protects them from the ignorance of their misdeed, and deflects the arrow that was aimed at you.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;color:#cc33cc;"&gt;To bless means to wish, unconditionally, total, unrestricted good for others and events from the deepest wellspring in the innermost chamber of your heart: it means to hallow, to hold in reverence, to behold with utter awe that which is always a gift from the Creator. He who is hallowed by your blessing is set aside, consecrated, holy, whole. To bless is to invoke divine care upon, to think or speak gratefully for, to confer happiness upon - although we ourselves are never the bestower, but simply the joyful witnesses of Life's abundance.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;color:#cc33cc;"&gt;To bless all without discrimination of any sort is the ultimate form of giving, because those you bless will never know from whence came the sudden ray of sun that burst through the clouds of their skies, and you will rarely be a witness to the sunlight in their lives.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;color:#cc33cc;"&gt;When something goes completely askew in your day, some unexpected event knocks down your plans and you too also, burst into blessing: for life is teaching you a lesson, and the very event you believe to be unwanted, you yourself called forth, so as to learn the lesson you might balk against were you not to bless it. Trials are blessings in disguise, and hosts of angels follow in their path.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;color:#cc33cc;"&gt;To bless is to acknowledge the omnipresent, universal beauty hidden to material eyes; it is to activate that law of attraction which, from the furthest reaches of the universe, will bring into your life exactly what you need to experience and enjoy.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;color:#cc33cc;"&gt;When you pass a prison, mentally bless its inmates in their innocence and freedom, their gentleness, pure essence and unconditional forgiveness; for one can only be prisoner of one's self-image, and a free man can walk unshackled in the courtyard of a jail, just as citizens of countries where freedom reigns can be prisoners when fear lurks in their thoughts.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;color:#cc33cc;"&gt;When you pass a hospital, bless its patients in their present wholeness, for even in their suffering, this wholeness awaits in them to be discovered. When your eyes behold a man in tears, or seemingly broken by life, bless him in his vitality and joy: for the material senses present but the inverted image of the ultimate splendor and perfection which only the inner eye beholds.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;color:#cc33cc;"&gt;It is impossible to bless and to judge at the same time. So hold constantly as a deep, hallowed, intoned thought that desire to bless, for truly then shall you become a peacemaker, and one day you shall, everywhere, behold the very face of God.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And of course, above all, don’t forget to bless the utterly beautiful person YOU are!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="right"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;color:#cc33cc;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Pierre Pradervand&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;color:#cc33cc;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/742401497257325625-1373600906902546981?l=joyandabundantblessings.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://joyandabundantblessings.blogspot.com/feeds/1373600906902546981/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=742401497257325625&amp;postID=1373600906902546981' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/742401497257325625/posts/default/1373600906902546981'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/742401497257325625/posts/default/1373600906902546981'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://joyandabundantblessings.blogspot.com/2008/01/gentle-art-of-blessing.html' title='The Gentle Art of Blessing'/><author><name>Joy to the World</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13972403368205576199</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='29' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_sypC-i4l2io/R3pKJEUeU_I/AAAAAAAAAAM/KIEvbpDl6ts/S220/joy2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-742401497257325625.post-6367666866705425258</id><published>2008-01-01T16:36:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2008-02-04T16:17:44.576+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='beautiful'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='photography'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='serenity'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='healing'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='peace'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='abundance'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='wisdom'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='appreciation'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='earth healing'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='God'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='spirituality'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='movie'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='joy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='nature'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='gratitude'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='watermelon'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='love'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='meditation'/><title type='text'>Points to Ponder</title><content type='html'>&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/I9B2yxEfjYs&amp;amp;rel=" width="400" height="334" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;color:#cc33cc;"&gt;"As you elevate in consciousness,&lt;br /&gt;it will serve you to know what pleases your spirit.&lt;br /&gt;Seek only to fulfil your spirit and you will know Joy.&lt;br /&gt;Learn to live your life as a pleasurable experience&lt;br /&gt;not a serious task."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Abraham via Maureen Moss – World Puja&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/742401497257325625-6367666866705425258?l=joyandabundantblessings.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://joyandabundantblessings.blogspot.com/feeds/6367666866705425258/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=742401497257325625&amp;postID=6367666866705425258' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/742401497257325625/posts/default/6367666866705425258'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/742401497257325625/posts/default/6367666866705425258'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://joyandabundantblessings.blogspot.com/2008/01/points-to-ponder.html' title='Points to Ponder'/><author><name>Joy to the World</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13972403368205576199</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='29' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_sypC-i4l2io/R3pKJEUeU_I/AAAAAAAAAAM/KIEvbpDl6ts/S220/joy2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-742401497257325625.post-921458370560505895</id><published>2008-01-01T16:27:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2008-02-04T16:18:10.752+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='beautiful'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='photography'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='serenity'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='healing'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='peace'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='abundance'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='wisdom'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='appreciation'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='earth healing'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='spirituality'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='movie'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Masaru Emoto'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='joy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='nature'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Neil H music'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='gratitude'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='water'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='love'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='meditation'/><title type='text'>Water</title><content type='html'>&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/7r6rDOxFwlk&amp;amp;rel=" width="400" height="334" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;color:#cc33cc;"&gt;I would like to discuss the method of our prayer for world peace. It is after all, as I expressed in the Preface, to “pray to yourself.” Let me explain why I propose this.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;color:#cc33cc;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1) There is a principle that nothing can continue vibrating all by itself. For example, when you spin a top, at the beginning it spins vigorously, but soon it looses its force and stops spinning. All kinds of engines or motors, including car engines, cannot continue running without fuel or electricity. In the same way, no life can live without water, because "water is like a truck to deliver the energy that is called vibrations;" when the means of energy supply is lost, no life form can live. The 60 trillion cells of our body are the same way, and send a signal when their vibrations are becoming weak. It is expressed as the feeling of "hunger" and therefore we take food then. Each cell has a different role so has a different vibration frequency. When the vibrations become weak, it requires the support of food with the same vibration frequency to create a resonance phenomenon and activate the vibrations of the cell again. Bad food, however, in other words, the food that does not have a required frequency level, disturbs the vitality of cells instead. It is the same as when we are with someone all the time with whom we do not get along; we get stressed and lose vitality. Wishing for world peace, wishing on behalf of someone other than yourself means "sending good vibrations to other people," so you yourself need to be always vibrating in good health. For that reason, we ourselves need to be healthy and happy. This is the basis of everything, the beginning of it all.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2) I believe only when you like yourself, feel grateful to your existence itself, and when you respect yourself, only then are you able to have the same feelings toward other people. After all, the "existence" and the "phenomenon" cannot exist without energy and cannot rise as a phenomenon. That is, "energy is vibrations."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3) As proved in the experiment at a lake in Carapicuiba in Chapter 4 (page 107), when the group of less than twenty sent the "vibrations of love and thanks prayer" to the small amount of water taken from the lake, the vibrations were spread all over the lake.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Water, we love you.Water, we thank you.Water, we respect you.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The "vibrations of pure prayer" to the small amount of water are capable of conveying the same vibrations to the surrounding water. Indeed, we should not forget that we ourselves are "water." When we shine and keep sending out good vibrations, they reach the people and the "water" around us and eventually they spread like ripples all over the world. When I was a child I used to see that a great deal of floatsam and jetsam from distant countries had reached the shores of Tokyo Bay.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;4) I have been studying why people get sick, from the point of view of HADO, for about fifteen years. It is clear that sickness is primarily caused by the distortions of vibrations at the level of elementary particles. If we assume the Earth or the entire global human race is a person, each one of us is then an elementary particle. The distortions of each of us will grow to become the sickness of the entire Earth or the whole human race. Indeed, "Man is a microcosm." On the contrary, if we as elementary particles are strong and happy, this Earth and all the people on it will become healthy and happy. This is the reason why I propose to "wish and pray to first love yourself, be grateful to yourself, and respect yourself." We should ourselves shine and have strong vibrations, and then give our vigorous spirit to others. I think that is true love. Do you think you understand what my idea is? To those who would accept this idea, or those who think that this sounds good even if they don’t fully understand it, let us pray for ourselves from today with the following procedure, I am sure something will change in yourself.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Prayer to pray for yourself&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1* Time ~ Place: Anytime, anywhere. When you wake up, when you go to bed, in bed. When you are taking a walk. Before taking a meal. Anytime, anywhere when you are alone spending a quiet time is OK.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2* Feelings ~ Image: With feelings of thanks to the water which convey your feelings. Picture all the people in the world holding hands with one another in harmony, and our water planet, the Earth, and the water of our bodies.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3* Phrases ~ Let us say to ourselves:&lt;br /&gt;(Your name) I love you(Your name) I thank you(your name) I respect you&lt;br /&gt;After this, it is also good to say the name of a person who you are concerned about or who is on a different wavelength.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;4* How ~ With your eyes closed and your hands put together: If it is difficult to say aloud, say it in your heart first. Then when you get used to it. It is very easy, isn’t it? Each prayer lasts only thirty seconds. Of course it’s no problem if you want to take a little longer. When you start praying for yourself, something will definitely change in yourself. And when more and more of your fellow men change in the same way, your surroundings will change, society will change, the country will change and the world will change, all in a good direction, of course …&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Masaru Emoto&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/742401497257325625-921458370560505895?l=joyandabundantblessings.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://joyandabundantblessings.blogspot.com/feeds/921458370560505895/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=742401497257325625&amp;postID=921458370560505895' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/742401497257325625/posts/default/921458370560505895'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/742401497257325625/posts/default/921458370560505895'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://joyandabundantblessings.blogspot.com/2008/01/water.html' title='Water'/><author><name>Joy to the World</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13972403368205576199</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='29' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_sypC-i4l2io/R3pKJEUeU_I/AAAAAAAAAAM/KIEvbpDl6ts/S220/joy2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-742401497257325625.post-6034569537786332649</id><published>2008-01-01T16:21:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2008-02-04T16:18:30.612+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='beautiful'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='photography'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='serenity'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='healing'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='peace'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='abundance'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='wisdom'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='appreciation'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='earth healing'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='spirituality'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='movie'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='joy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='nature'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='gratitude'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='love'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='meditation'/><title type='text'>Small is Beautiful</title><content type='html'>&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/HhprQ74CyWo&amp;amp;rel=" width="400" height="334" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" border="0" color1="0x402061&amp;amp;color2="&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/742401497257325625-6034569537786332649?l=joyandabundantblessings.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://joyandabundantblessings.blogspot.com/feeds/6034569537786332649/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=742401497257325625&amp;postID=6034569537786332649' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/742401497257325625/posts/default/6034569537786332649'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/742401497257325625/posts/default/6034569537786332649'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://joyandabundantblessings.blogspot.com/2008/01/small-is-beautiful.html' title='Small is Beautiful'/><author><name>Joy to the World</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13972403368205576199</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='29' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_sypC-i4l2io/R3pKJEUeU_I/AAAAAAAAAAM/KIEvbpDl6ts/S220/joy2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
