I think I'm immune to the rolling eyes and the "only in LA"s I hear when I tell people this, but my old boy Pepper, who is 13 and could not walk on Monday of this week (he was literally pulling his hind end along by his front paws) is now running around in the garden thanks to acupuncture and Chinese herbs. I'm watching him out there in the greyness of the morning and he's gallumping around with the spotted girls in his new booties, made of rubber-bottomed socks and duct tape by Monica, so that he won't slip on our hardwood floors. I hesitatingly told my ma about the needles. She knows that it can work as I dragged her to marvelous Dr Kearney's office when she was here a few years ago, when she met George Harrison in the waiting room, and came out floating. Pepper is a new boy. His posture is somewhat tripod-like but who can blame him after a week of not being able to get up when he falls down? "It's proven" says Lucy on the phone. "And ancient" I say. "Who can mess with that." And as we justify it in harmony I watch the dog gallumping, galumping along like a patrician General on Flanders field, with wet galoshes and musty tweed.
And then there's the preciousness of life. The whatever-you're-feeling-sorry-for-yourself-about-there-are-others-suffering-more of it all. The kiss-your-loved-ones-every-day argument. The life-is-short-all-we-can-do-is-love theory. All true. All connected. Check this out:
One Day on Earth - Participate Today! from One Day On Earth on Vimeo.
11-11-11 was the day when consciousness was supposed to shift. Or when we consciously shift our consciousness. People are
holding hands around the pyramids in Giza, spending all day in
yoga and meditation, thinking positive thoughts, working through mathematic conundrums, praying. All of it works. Even
walks in the woods.
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Well, I'm not from LA, and I think it's an amazing idea. :) In fact, it sounds like a great treatment plan for our 13 year old man that I hadn't considered. Thanks for the great idea!!
All of it does work.
As Shakespeare said, or rather, had Hamlet say to Horatio for him: "There are more things between heaven and earth than are dreamt of in our philosophies," and then there is that quote we both like from one of the smartest humans who ever lived, Albert Einstein: "There are two ways to live your life: One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is a though everything is a miracle." Even 11.11.11 at 11:11 has a power we give it to sit quiet, think, find a meaning, an intuition, an intention. No eye rolling need apply. Go Pepper. Go you.
I just to let you know that I found that video so beautiful, I posted a link and a mention of you on my site -- and please keep up the beautiful writing, I adore it! http://theepicadventurer.blogspot.com
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