Tibetan Prayer Flags at Home

How Just 10 Prayer Flags Will Give Miraculous Blessings

Mount Everest is often called the roof of the world. It is the world's highest mountain peak located in the Himalayas. It borders the countries Nepal and Tibet.

At the base camps for the Mount Everest climbing teams, these prayer flags are often flown to offer blessings for a safe trip to those on the ascent to the top of the mountain.

And generally, the Tibetan and Nepali Buddhists fly these prayer flags from their homes, in villages and from the monasteries to offer blessings to the whole world, from the highest height of the world. :)

The flags are most often made in monasteries or nunneries from a natural material such as cotton, and then woven with a low thread count and finished without a hem.

It is said that the unraveled threads from the flags are carried by the wind and around the globe; where they touch the ground to dissolve back into the earth, the ground is blessed. It could also be said that the space the threads travel through may also be blessed.

Each of the five flag colors represents an element. A flag "set" is most often 10 flags. On each flag a deity is pictured and a corresponding mantra prayer printed on it. Some flags sets have a variety of deities and mantras printed on them while others are of one deity and mantra only.

When the flags are worn down enough, then they are ceremoniously burned and new flags are raised.

In October I replaced my flags but also put up a rod on the patio to hang them more properly. My previous set was tied in such a way that was too awkward for my liking. I feel a lot better about the updated setup.

In my travels to replace my previous set of flags I saw a whole lot of different types out there besides the deity/mantra design. The flags can be made of scrap material from something like quilting. I saw some beautiful strings of DIY flags from all sorts of plaid and gingham motifs, as well as there are just solid flags, and also plain, blank flags.

I thought the non-traditional ones were especially beautiful because they were scrap material that represented the personal taste of the person who hung them up. (I chose mine to come from a Fair Trade Monastery in Nepal which produced the more traditional motifs which resonate with me the most.)

I have seen my flags on their new setup waving gently outdoors and then on other days the wind is aggressive and seems to move them quite intensely. It kind of puts things in perspective to experience how "life" and "time" treats the proverbial thoughts and feelings and wants and hopes that I treasure.

Some days my prayers are kissed by the sun and caressed by the current. On some days the gusts are playful and flirtatious and the flags have a lively dance. And then on other days it looks like the flags cannot withstand the beating they are taking out there. The wind can be so raging, I have wondered if the flags would become tangled and violently destroyed.

...short moment of terror to think that the world out there could so brutally wreck or mutilate my efforts towards fostering happiness and well-being. ...Sabotaging the things that I pray for.

The flags have been an interesting exercise for me on perspective, purpose, perseverance and forgiveness... to say the least.

But regardless of how the world treats them, they have one job to do:

Give blessings.

Rain or shine and through merciless conditions...give blessings...

♥ Violet

The Art of Navigating to a Beautiful Reality

A CREATIVE SUPERNATURAL RELATIONSHIP THAT KEEPS ON GIVING

How can we get closer to having a more rich experience of happiness and receive good fortune more frequently? Want less obstacles and less frustration to deal with?

If life seems like it is working against you or is out to get you, it is perfectly natural to be frustrated, angry and feel resentful. Our responses to harsh downpours of negativity are not pretty, but will persist as a real part of the human experience.
 

Our minds need to be relieved of anxiety and feelings of oppression. We look to friends for encouragement and partner with them to help guide us through struggles. Through fond and faithful relationships we heal.

 

You can evolve your world into an extraordinary place.  It generates greater prosperity, less frustration and at the same time develops positive personal esteem.

 

An approach to put the wheels in motion and achieve more gratification is to reassess one of our most important relationships.

Rather than think of life’s less-favorable developments as a ball and chain withholding you from making progress; or rather than carry the weight of your struggles solely on your own shoulders, only to end up feeling hopeless, helpless or even hateful; take on a partner. Make the Universe your ally.

The world - the Universe, is not against you. It has nothing to punish you for and is not your enemy. In fact, the Universe; made of pure vitality, is positively your best friend. It has been with you each day of your life; at your side every step of the way as your companion. It will not leave you no matter what you do.

Forging a solid and reciprocating exchange with the powers that be can plausibly be the most important spiritual bond a person will ever make. It is often explained as “being in harmony” or “being in tune.” We probably never stopped to think about this energetic affiliation as symbiosis, but it best describes this profoundly essential relationship.
  

Decide to approach life by becoming more intimate with this extraordinary vital force of energy and the rewards are glorious. When all available energies are aligned, the inherent goodness in everything is perfectly illuminated.

 

Travelling through life is smooth and more joyful. Manifestations arrive unexpectedly faster and better than our expectations had us believe.

 

To help enhance this relationship, the process surprisingly only requires being considerate to start.

 

We give consideration to friends, family and co-workers. Give consideration to the world you are about to adventure in to.

 

 

 

It is a selfless and affectionate first step which creates strong foundations in partnerships of all types. When is the last time you said hello to the day? Gave compliment to the clouds in the sky or the purple color in the sunset?

As we are gentle with our friends and family whom we cherish, be gentle to your own self. Communicate words that are kind and come from the best in you. Speak to yourself and speak about yourself in a manner which brings honor to who you are; just as you would do to honor a person that you love.

When you speak of life or the world, make no room to be verbally abusive. Innocence and Well-being become caught in the crossfire of the curses and damnations. Nurture your space as you would nurture your friendships - with healthy, honest communication, love, respect, support, and gratitude. All of a sudden, your old friend – your Universe - will begin to shower you with the most amazing gifts.

Consideration and being considerate is one small to-do that will produce fantastic payoffs holistically, when invoked. You are a co-creator on a journey to channel abundance and manifest it here. It is an art that takes practice and commitment to do well. The human experience is meant to be joyful and exhilarating. By creating an alliance with the supreme creative force and flowing with it, you will encounter a blissful and prosperous reality.

Namaste,

<3
Violet

  

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Assorted Spiritual Mind Candy

Delectable Thoughts To Tantalize the Spirit and Raise Personal Vibration

Wouldn't it be great to have a spiritual candy jar to reach into and know what we take from it will get us closer to enjoying our true divine nature? Here I share from my candy jar.

With an arsenal of assorted spiritual mind-candies readily available, you can take charge of your thoughts and focus them in a direction that is more soothing, peaceful and productive. Today’s assortment offers encouraging options to help achieve emotional freedom when stress bears down.

 

Go with some basics:

• Come back to the realization that life is supposed to feel good.

You are not here on Earth to ruminate extensively over what was lost or what could have been ‘if only’. Every minute that is spent thinking about harsh memories from the past becomes another minute of happiness that is sacrificed and lost! When you realize your line of thinking is not serving you to help you feel good, get off of that train immediately and move on to something else.

• Have an affirmation or mantra ready to invoke for when stress becomes triggered.

Mantras and affirmations are thoughtful and transformative words and/or dynamic phrases. They reflect the Greatness we inherently hold within ourselves. When stress is triggered and negative thoughts begin to enter our stream of consciousness, mantras and affirmations are repeated over and over again until feelings of stress and tension are melted away. Examples: “I remain at peace and let love in to be my guide”, and “I am empowered. My best is good enough and that is what matters now.” Custom-create a few mantras that reflect the best of your capabilities and use them so often the thoughts become habits.

• Break away from dirty space and take a “Light” shower.

A shower? What I mean here is; mentally rinse the area with Divine Light. Whatever space any negativity is rooting from, physically step at least ten feet away from the location if you can. If possible, take a momentary break and leave the area entirely. Picture yourself hosing it down, scrubbing it, bleaching it and blessing it with Light. Shower yourself in it too! Shine up and glow with such pure, bright, white light, your mind’s eye goes blind! You do not need to immediately feel cleansed. Simply know that you are. (Then follow up with some mantras!)

 

Next, promote yourself and begin to raise your personal vibration:
 

• Be choosy about your intellectual accoutrements

Do you ever get fussy about the clothes you choose to wear day-in and day-out in the world? If your thoughts were like a wardrobe complete with all kinds of accessories, what ensembles are you hauling around with you, ready to slip in to?  If you become more selective about what thoughts you allow your mind to run around “wearing”, before long you realize it is a waste of time to try on stuff that is not attractive and does not fit.

Toss the worn out, uncomfortable, stifling and broken-down ideas. Let your imagination give rise to a cerebral fashion show. Let your thoughts dress up the You that is hip and cheerful, warm-fuzzy, breathtaking or soft and luxurious! There is an endless inventory of thoughts to choose from.

 

• You are an ambassador for human kindness and compassion. Act accordingly.

Anyone under the light of scrutiny; a work supervisor, a celebrity, a member of the royal family or other public figure worthy of admiration, projects themselves as an ambassador for their cause. Many understand that the extension of their thoughts and actions reaches up to billions of people around the world. This shapes the way they speak and behave.

Imagine it is the case that your words, actions and behaviors will be broadcast and witnessed by billions of people, including children, over the course of each day. Act accordingly. Your world is indeed watching and learning from you. Be an ambassador for human kindness and compassion. You will gripe and complain less and experience love and gratitude more often.

 

• See with the eyes of the Universe.

Made of pure love, pure intention and wanting the best for you on your journey, the Universe is your loyal companion. As you walk around with your companion you reciprocate giving and taking. Do not demand that you go here or there without consideration for where your companion might want to go once in a while.

You drive; leading the way to go places, see and experience things. You must respect that the Universe has plans and a direction and wants to show you things, too. Trust. Go with the flow. It wants what you want, supports you and directs you. See through its eyes. When you are in tune with this other perspective, you see loving, delicate treasures and learn to have a relationship with your world that flows well.

 

Results: Enjoy consistent benefits of progressive manifestation:

Often enough we have a tendency to sit around and dig into the muddy, neglected emotional dark reaches of the mind. We go to those places not intending to fix or resolve any issues but to dwell on how we couldn’t have been more wronged, let down or just plain victimized. Events we experience may be stressful or painful, but these thoughts do not have to be consuming. We have the power within us to recognize when negative thoughts have gone out of control.

We manifest from the thoughts we nurture in our minds. Continue to water seeds of love and love will grow. With frustration grows more frustration. With fear and worry we only manifest more to fear and create even more problems.

The former exercises empower, enlighten and support our Spirit to enjoy a greater sense of well-being. They provide a way to achieve a more open and flowing line of communication with our higher consciousness. This allows us to see the true vision of all that is possible and manifests all the goodness we are truly meant to enjoy.

 

Namaste,

Violet

 

  

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Is The "Dream Come True" Right In Front of You? - The Metta Mate

Have we all seen the movie, Forrest Gump? The main character, Forrest, falls in love with his childhood friend, Jenny. The story implies Jenny was involved in all sorts of intimate relationships over time with individuals other than Forrest. Through hurt and repeated rejection, Forrest never ceased to completely love and accept her.

Time after time, Jenny passed up the opportunity to have a relationship with the man she knew would love her and lift her through anything. This went on for most of her life. It was not until receiving news of a life-threatening event had emerged, that she became enlightened to what the components of a truly fulfilling and genuine loving relationship were.

In the course of my work, I have dealings with individuals who are aching to find a lasting and loving, intimate companion. They ask when this magical personality will come into their life. Surprisingly, it is commonly revealed there is already a suitor waiting and willing to sweep them away, except the potential recipient of this lovely and unexpected gift insists on being "Jenny."

I cannot help but to tilt my head to the side and ask this question with wonderment: For what reasons would a woman who is so eager for intimacy and companionship in her life stand in the face of it and then reject it? I hold hope that somewhere in the process of continuing to find the match she is looking for, perhaps Jenny would consider some things:

There is someone out there ready to give all their love to you. It is brushed off, tossed aside, and maybe tinkered with. Even when the admirer's heart feels abused, this soul is always seeing the very best of the woman they love. They wait. Without overstepping your boundaries they compromise their own values sometimes; all to hold on to the chance that someday you will come around to know their devotion and be pleased to have them as yours.

There is something about you so valuable, captivating and so worth loving; sometimes the admirer you reject will put their life on hold hoping for the good graces to finally rest beside them. With this blessing they will finally be allowed to love you freely and completely and be loved in return. The earnest spirit who loves you will endure your refusals for a long time. If you choose someone else, they are happy for you as long as you are happy.

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Jenny may or may not say the words - he is physically not enough of this and too much of that. Hair, weight, height, career, fashion-sense and money; the worldly attributes which would make for great presentations do not all measure up to make him right for Jenny. His heart and soul, his kindness and compassion are overwhelmingly splendid and yet these qualities somehow become unjustly insignificant.

She cannot imagine taking a chance at possibly ruining the relationship she has with her best friend, and yet, any couple who claims to be successful with their relationship will cite their life-long partner and soulmate is without a doubt, their very best friend; by definition - always there for better or for worse. She insists the relationship will fail before it is given a chance to begin.

Her own imagination will not let her cross the boundary of having sex with the one being who is so passionate about all of her; possibly every moment spent with clothes off being explored and enveloped by pure love and raw lust may just be the best sex she could ever realize, only, somehow she is diminishing the possibility of an entirely new and powerful experience down to being awkward.

Not a single person, not even Jenny, has the power to control timing and circumstances to make love work how and when she wants it to. Not every Jenny will be open to surrendering her ego to accept her devotee as a lover. Each one of them feels so lonely or desperate to find love, while she makes demands to be loved on her terms. Love does not function in that fashion, no matter how much she wishes the laws to bend to her and make it so. She does not yet understand how love flows while she tries to piece together what love is.

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If our desire for a soulmate is mindfully and intentionally invoked to manifest before us, it is with the practice of metta through which the miracle of true love will be delivered. The law works without failure. It is in this space of open-mindedness where the energy of love grows, thrives and empowers us.

The boundless well of love-energy is incredible and expansive, opulent and delightful beyond our wildest dreams when it is allowed to flow. It is the very essence of our power, our being, and our connection to the truth and to the Source. We know hunger, refreshment, sorrow, anger, jubilation and desire all because of the 'crazy little thing called Love'. The essence of every human being is driven by it. Allowing it to channel through us is how the world comes to witness the miracles manifested through its influence.

The wisdom I have been so grateful to receive and pass on is; to give love especially to those who express they have an abundance of love to give. A spirit who loves unconditionally and with such devotion is a gift created for each of us by the Divine Hand. The soul, who is so eager to share the whole of their heart with another person, is a soul who will subtly lead their lover to new paths of discovery. Together they can keep in the practice of living their true purpose. A person in practice with giving the gift of love is easy to love.

Yes, the qualities of a potential mate are critical to consider for each individual's long term happiness. Sometimes the chemistry is just not there. This is the challenge before Jenny in her quest to settle on a mate. Even if love is not tall enough or does not dress in the brand of clothing she expected it to, Jenny has been granted a magnificent gift.

It is so deeply seeded with intimate love and spiritual wealth, the remarkable bond and fulfillment that may come of it would last a lifetime if it were allowed to grow. Under the best of circumstances I would implore Jenny to take great care to re-evaluate which values she has designated as most important in her request for a pledged companion.

For the whole of the human order, and especially for each Jenny struggling to see through the illusion of physical and material love, there is much more to learn about loves other dimensions. If we can enjoy and accept the essence of a soul and its radiant energy which is overflowing with affection, we allow ourselves to sit at the heights of our greatness.

 Be blessed with love and kindness as your guides always,

Violet

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"Violet Aura conducts live psychic readings specializing in love and relationships, soulmate affairs, career path forecasting, and dream interpretation. Psychic readings, spiritual counseling, distance reiki, crystal healing therapies and life coaching services are delivered to you by Violet Aura herself, a trained and certified experienced professional. Speak one-to-one with Violet about what the future holds for you and your loved ones. Receive the answers to your questions and realign with balance and peace-of-mind with an accurate psychic you can trust."

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