Coming of Age in the Aquarian

10 Years' Accumulation

Journal Entry Date: 21 Mar 2004

Thought for the Day: Mystical practice is like tending a garden: it must be done daily. And sometimes you sow, sometimes you reap. There are seasons.

Thank you, Lord, for guidance on painting "Beyond Biology." It's looking better.

Brought to eye/mind today: House contains 10 years' accumulation

Journal:
>Time to make space. (Wonder how long I will have to tell myself this before I act on it.)
>Learning to work with different artist's brushes.

Geese Are Back!

Journal Entry Date: 20 Mar 2004

Thought for the Day: "If you can look at situations with a balanced point of view, without attachment or indulging in harmful acts, then it may be said that you are living a proper life, a righteous life." --A Proper Life, verses 256 & 257 (Crosweller, Buddhist Wisdom Daily Reflections)

Thank you, Lord, for Quicken bank balance reconciled.

Brought to eye/mind today: Heard geese overhead, a sure sign of spring. They're back! (3 forerunners)

Journal:
>Worked on taxes, blog.
>My back is considerably better, but find myself aspirating like a hydraulic cylinder each time I bend over.

Steady Practice

Journal Entry Date: 19 Mar 2004

Thought for the Day: "Riches harm all, except those who undertake steady practice. Greedy people harm themselves and others." --Desires, verse 355 (Crosweller, Buddhist Wisdom Daily Reflections)

Thank you, Lord, for relief from pain.

Brought to eye/mind today: A well-scripted TV moment in "Touching Evil."

Journal:
>Thinking I'm not very productive lately. Averaging half-an-hour to an hour painting on Sundays.
>Mentally looking at ways to free space in my small house.
>Pelvis hurting at delta all day, relieved by popping vertabrae above heart.

Strong Wind

Journal Entry Date: 18 Mar 2004

Thought for the Day: "It doesn't matter if you look like a renunciant; if you don't follow your practice, you are a sham. If you follow your practice sincerely, you can dress however you wish for all it matters. It's the practice that counts." --Retribution, verses 141 & 142 (Crosweller, Buddhist Wisdom Daily Reflections)

Thank you, Lord, for help from Ian.

Brought to eye/mind today: Strong winds today, out of the north.

Journal:
>Where is "Light Occulted?" No request to come retrieve it.
>Worn out from editing XML file.

I Say, Let the Light In

Journal Entry Date: 17 Mar 2004

Thought for the Day: Which is better--to be one small candle in the darkness or to throw back the heavy drapery of Maya (illusion) and let the light flood in?

Thank you, Lord, for jobs well done.

Brought to eye/mind today: Reports, reports, reports

Journal:
>Forgot how do code an HTML anchor again, but found the answer.
>Started work on setting up Hrunting to vpn (virtual private network) into work. Not sure what it should look like.

More Snow

Journal Entry Date: 16 Mar 2004

Thought for the Day: Earth moves about the Sun and rotates on its axis, which is aligned with the North Star (Polaris). As a member of Earth, am I not the same?

Thank you, Lord, for connectivity.

Brought to eye/mind today: Snow today--again.

Journal:
>Greeted with bill due.
>Late for meeting about SharePoint.

I Keep Coming Back to Flowers

Journal Entry Date: 15 Mar 2004

Thought for the Day: "...Awareness leads you forward, while lack of awareness leads you nowhere." -- Awareness, verse 21 (Crosweller, Buddhist Wisdom Daily Reflections)

Thank you, Lord, for healing.

Brought to eye/mind today: Image of a flower on a brochure at Nordstrom's, something to work with.

Journal:
>Checked out futons. Affordable.
>Bought jeans at Penneys, perfume at Nordstrom's.

Lesson Learned

Journal Entry Date: 14 Mar 2004

Thought for the Day: Where there is motion or activity, the field is swept bare; it's in the corners that dirt accumulates.

Thank you, Lord, for the use of a lesson learned.

Brought to eye/mind today: If no antibodies, then infection is bacterial.

Journal:
>Left eye itching (2 days now).

Same Old Movie, Different Day

Journal Entry Date: 13 Mar 2004

Thought for the Day: My soul is my beloved.

Thank you, Lord, for a good movie.

Brought to eye/mind today: Health replay; kept thinking "remember what you learned."

Journal:
>Started working on tax return.
>Upper lip (only lip part) chapped, so applied vitamin E oil--and the whole "psoriasis," upper lip swollen and red thing started again. Remembered that I learned it was something air-borne, so went to treating the sinuses, instead of the swollen upper lip, right away. Needless to say, I threw the contaminated vita-E away.
>Was thinking earlier of going dancing tonight. Not an option now.

Note (5/24/2004): Just realized this weekend that I should have published a picture of my art piece. Check it out; it's at the end of the 3 Mar 2004 entry.