I'm so excited that fall, my favorite season, is almost officially here. I am looking forward to the warm days, cool night breezes, harvest moons, and changing colors of the leaves. And the overall sense of a time of change...
A link to a great article on the Six Elements meditation, from Tricycle magazine.
Even more reason to help fight global warming and love our Mother Earth, a study shows that the outlook is poor for the Great Barrier Reef. :(
Olive Leaf, traditional to ancient Egypt and hailed by Hippocrates.
Seasonal foods: winter squash, apples, pears
A recipe I want to try: Vegan Spinach Artichoke Dip
Water Filter: Too much of the world lacks access to clean drinking water. Engineer Michael Pritchard did something about it -- inventing the portable Lifesaver filter, which can make the most revolting water drinkable in seconds. An amazing demo from TEDGlobal 2009.
The Virginia Wine Festival is this weekend in Centerville! Also, the Fall Festival Guide from the Washingtonian.
Quote of the day:
In meditation we seem to be sitting by ourselves, but we do not sit just for ourselves. By focusing our attention on the breath, the body, thoughts, feelings, and sensations, or any other facet of our experience in meditation, we become more mindful—not mindless—through the transformative power of moment-to-moment alertness and presence of mind. Instead of absentmindedly stumbling through life like sleepwalkers, we can use contemplative practice to achieve extraordinary insight into ourselves and the world in which we live; to inhabit and appreciate more fully the here and now; to free our minds and open our hearts, and to relax into our natural state. The cultivation of mindfulness helps us wake up to things as they are rather than as we would like them to be. And as we wake up to truth, to reality, we become a force for universal awakening, working with what actually is, not delusive fictions.
–Lama Surya Das
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