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Beach Walk 741 – Silence is Divine

Rox — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 21:33:31 +0000

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I went on a 5-day silent intensive with Lola Jones a few weeks ago. For me it was pure heaven. I have in the past done 24 hours of silence on my birthday, and loved the clarity I experienced. To be able to ignore all others and go within myself for listening, for sharing, for counsel, was very powerful. There is a lot of noise, especially in my work on the social web (twitter, etc) And much as I love it, I was yearning to talk to the divine, to God directly. I can say that the moment we dropped into silence, having prepared for over 2 weeks, my mind came alive with conversation and insight, as if I were seeing my wise best friend after a very long absence.

Curiously enough, I still became quite close to the others on the retreat. We shared the energy of this experience - far more powerful than sharing words, which fail me so much of the time. There was more to this retreat that I will talk about later. For now, I offer up silence as a way to connect with your #1 - your large self, the divine you. And then you become such a gift to others.

Hawaiian word:
Hāmau: silence

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Beach Walk 700 – Unite and Go Forward

Rox — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 10:01:26 +0000

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Pupukahi i holomua
Translation: "Unite to move forward."

We celebrate 700 episodes together with you. A hui hou.

-- Hawaiian Proverb gathered by Mary Kawena Pukui
"By working together we make progress. This saying would be especially applicable to the Hawaiians on their canoes where each paddler would have to pull the paddles together on command in order to make the canoe move forward quickly forward."

Hawaiian Word:
Holomua: movement, progress
Pupikahi: United, as in harmonious co-operation

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Beach Walk 638 – To Make a Choice

Rox — Mon, 19 May 2008 10:01:41 +0000

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Just about every weekend I have this dilemma at least one of the two mornings: get up early and do a bunch of things I want to do or stay in bed, read and "do nothing." Both are very appealing, and I find myself going through all sorts of contortions trying to decide, then trying to be comfortable with my decision.

It dawned on me that this pressure associated with choice, often drives a range of forced rationalizing and attempted formulas, when in reality, it just doesn't matter. No reasons required. Just be here now.

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Hawaiian word:
Koho: choice, to choose
Koho mua: first choice

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Beach Walk 629 – Structure or Flow?

Rox — Fri, 02 May 2008 10:54:29 +0000

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Wow what an amazing day, and all because we could not get to the beach this morning! Continuous business interruptions, and it was nearly 2 pm before we could get out. On the way, I was realized how futile it has been to try to schedule a recurring time when we know we can slip away for an hour a day. I wish my life were more even and predictable aka structured many days. And then I became aware of my other attraction to being in the flow, letting life come to me as is. What a contradiction those two felt like for me today!

It was also fun running into friend and longtime Beach Walks viewer, Dan Brown.

Hawaiian word:
Wanana: predict
Hemo: loose