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SURREAL DREAMS - CRANE BIRDS

I was walking pass the fields I usually walk in reality. And all of a sudden I saw a huge crane bird with huge feathers. Besides it there were baby cranes. 
And just as I was watching them I heard the loud sound of crane birds. It was like a sound in a Jurrasic Park movie. And I turned my head and the field was full of crane birds. They were everywhere. Flying, walking, coming and going. 
SO SURREAL. 
And then... I noticed I was floating. I was just a couple of meters above the road. Flying. But I wasn't moving through the air like the birds do. I was 'swimming' through the air. I remember having these kind of 'swimming through the air' dreams when I was little. I still remember them so vividly. And here I am, again swimming, but flying.

As I was up in the air there was one crane bird really close to me, trying to pull itself up to flying. I thought we would both crash, but luckily we didn't, even though it was so close that I could hear his wings move. And so we were both in the air flying, at one point we were in the same line. I felt his eyes were watching me. I got scared that it will get scared and attack me, so I backed down and hid in the house that was close to the field, still inspired by what I just witnessed.

When I woke up all I could do is just smile. What dreams - sometimes I wish to film my dreams so that I could watch them again when I wake up. Because my dreams sometimes take me to the craziest worlds that are above imagination.

LOVE LIFE

Sometimes I like to write myself personal messages. I write them on my mobile calendar so they appear at the most random times. I never think on what date I might put a certain message, I just write spontaneously. 

And it happens that these messages come to me at the most unexpected timings and some of them are somehow connected with my thoughts at that very moment. 

This is a message I got yesterday: 

Look at the beatuy within. 

It will give you MAGIC. 

It will open doors for the incredible moments that YOU will think are somehow bewitched. 

That you put a spell on them with your thoughts and energy. 

Truth is - it is a totally normal thing/magic happening all the time, happening everywhere. But only if your heart is open and your mind aware. 

So look within. Deep down. Be aware of your breath. 

How your lungs are expanding and how they are exhaling. 

Feel the life. 

Feel your body moving with the rhythm of the breath. This too is magic. And it's happening all the time. 

LIFE is happening everywhere. E V E R Y W H E R E. 

Inside and outside.In our galaxy and far, far away somewhere in the black matter.Everything is moving and that too is magic. 

Feel it. And don't feel weird saying: I LOVE LIFE. 

Just say it. Loud. >> I love life << It is an extraordinary gift. And it makes it even more special once you are aware of it. The breath, the beat. I mean isn't it amazing - in our solar system we are basically alone. It was one big coincidence that we are here. Magic. So yes, love life and be grateful for it.Say: Thank you, thank you, thank you. 

Say it, say it, say it. 

With a beating heart. From deep down, be aware. 

Live life to the fullest. And love it. With this kind of energy - your eyes will shine differently and people will notice. The energy will expand. It will move from your innerself all around the place. 

BE YOUR OWN KIND OF INSPIRATION, because you know more than you think. 

Spread the energy around. Be a LIGHT to the people who need one. That's how the energy will start expanding even more. And it will go on and on and on. And on... 

- Love, Namaste. 

A.P. 

LOVE NATURE

All of nature is listening without ears.- 

Feel it! 

Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.- Albert Einstein  

Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.- Lao Tzu














The moon stays bright when it doesn't avoid the night.- Rumi

The earth has music for those who listen.- George Santayana

In every walk with nature one receives 
far more than he seeks.- JOHN MUIR 














Inhale.Exhale. 

Nature often holds up a mirror so we can see more clearly the ongoing processes of growth, renewal, and transformation in our lives.- 
Ann Brussat

Thank you, thank you, thank you. Say it. Everyday. 

 A human being is a part of the whole called by us universe, a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feeling as something separated from the rest, a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty.- ALBERT EINSTEIN 

Not all of those who wonder are lost.- J.R.R. Tolkien 

The best remedy for those who are afraid, lonely or unhappy is to go outside, somewhere where they can be quite alone with the heavens, nature and God. Because only then does one feel that all is as it should be and that God wishes to see people happy, amidst the simple beauty of nature. As longs as this exists, and it certainly always will, I know that then there will always be comfort for every sorrow, whatever the circumstances may be. And I firmly believe that nature brings solace in all troubles.- Anne Frank 

Climb the mountains and get their good tidings. Nature's peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees. The winds will blow their own freshness into you, and the storms their energy, while cares will drop away from you like the leaves of Autumn.- John Muir 

Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.- Ralph Waldo Emerson 

Our task must be to free ourselves... by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature and it's beauty.- Albert Einstein 

I do believe in an everyday sort of magic -- the inexplicable connectedness we sometimes experience with places, people, works of art and the like; the eerie appropriateness of moments of synchronicity; the whispered voice, the hidden presence, when we think we're alone.- Charles de Lint

The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn.- Ralph Waldo Emerson 

 What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.- Jane Goodall 

When you do something noble and beautiful and nobody noticed, do not be sad. For the sun every morning is a beautiful spectacle and yet most of the audience still sleeps.
- John Lennon 

Nature is not a place to visit. It is home.-Gary Snyder

The goal of life is to make your heartbeat match the beat of the universe, to match your nature with Nature.- Joseph 
Campbell 

.love nature.love yourself. 

A.P. 

OPEN AND SURRENDER

My thoughts while driving with the train: 

Dreams and goals. Everybody has them. Big and small. Some can be created in a matter of a second, while others just need more time. 

And for that we need the most important thing. Patience. It gives us strength to never quit, even at times when 'tides get too rough' for sailing our ships.

But before the sailing we must first put our feet into the water. Some quit already at doing that. At the very beginning. Some on the half way and some go beyond that. They go beyond the most common reason of quitting. Which is fear.

Fear of what is on the other side of the door, or what the tides might bring. Instead of making a step forward we create dozens of different stories of what might happen. MIGHT happen.

That is our mind tricking us. It feels like our minds get scared while hearts just want to surrender. 

But when you quieten the mind or trick it so it doesn't have time to think. That's when magic happens. That's when we surrender. The doors open. The sailing gets smooth. 

Just remember the last spontaneous thing you did and how much fun you had. Parties and trips or projects that happened so fast there was no time to think, you just went for it. 

When our mind gets time to analize or in other words - we think too much - that's when we stop. We freeze. The doors are closed. We rather 'stay safe' and have 'a groundhog day' kind of a movie experience, rather than having fun. We rather stay at a place where dreams are dreamt, but not created.

Of course, truth is, not all the things on the other side of doors are good and some seas are not nice to the sailor. But even bad experiences bring treasures. They brings us wisdom and sometimes even bigger opportunities. 

So knock hard on the doors of your goals, dreams, wishes and desires. Sail you ships of dreams into an open sea. If doors won't open and if there will be no promised land at your sea, knock or sail harder. One day they will open and one day your ship will come to the right harbour. Surrender. 

There you will find another door to open and another and another. And again you will wish to go back to the sea. It keeps on going. With patience open all those 'locks' called FEAR. And may patience be a compass at your sea. 

A.P.