Indeed!

ONE EARTH, ONE CHANCE

Think Again...

ONE EARTH, ONE CHANCE

Ponder... Wonder... Yonder...

Thought for the Day

A tote bag I saw read -

ONE EARTH, ONE CHANCE

Look and read again...

Doesn't it hit you like... it should?

ONE EARTH, ONE CHANCE

Wow!......... WOW!!

Family

"The President's family is called the First Family. Family First is my family." -

The thought just came out this morning in bed. I like that... I really like that!

Beautiful Day

A walk along the trail

A visit to Rainbow's grave

Pastries from Boulangerie

Indian cuisine for dinner

Grande mocha from Starbuck's - decaf

And home sweet home

A day off together

What could be better?

ANGELS

Do you believe in angels? Or have you ever met people in your life, who for some reason, bring you good luck, good vibes and every time you see them, you just feel good, something good happens? Out of nowhere, they appear, they call, however! They're there! Or even when you know you'll see them, you just know something good will happen?

I've had experiences like that. There are people who I connect with this way and for lack of a better explanation, I call them ANGELS! My Angels! They're special to me, soooooo special! Sometimes, they're like God's messengers to me. God talks to us always and all ways. He tells me something and sometimes, He does it through these people.

One of them is Anna. We met in church one day many years ago and since then, every now and then, she'd appear in front of me, out of the blue, sometimes, we'd literally bump into each other. One time, as I approached communion in church after a long line, guess who was the minister right in front of me giving communion? When we see each other, we just say, "Hi, how are you?", yet that moment is like forever. We never really became close, meaning, we never exchanged phone numbers, email addresses, and the like. There is no need. We're already very close, like we've known each other forever. We'd see each other anywhere, everywhere, and each time, it feels good, not casual good, but special good!

Past lives, perhaps? Was she my mother in another life or older sister? I don't know but in this lifetime, I call her my angel! I've told her that several times. She just smiles, then when we separate, I feel she's quietly happily watching me even when she's not, physically, as sometimes we go opposite ways, or we're both in a hurry, yet I feel surrounded with such motherly love and protection. What a beautiful loving experience!

Another one is Maria. We're both clinical lab scientists, and somehow, she's like my adviser, supporter, protector, mentor. She's always there for me. She's a true friend, such a beautiful friend, someone I can really trust! Sometimes I find that we're there for each other when we both need help at work, off work, about work, or for some laughs or tears, or to share our "baon" (lunch box), and so on. Sometimes, we're like little children, innocent, or should I say, being adults, naive?! As much as I feel a childlike friendship with Maria, (again, perhaps, in another lifetime we were friends since we were little!), when it comes to serious matters in the lab, she's heaven-sent! Especially as I had been away from healthcare field far and wide and long in between, she's my angel!

I thank God each day for beautiful people like Anna and Maria.

And I thank you both, Anna, Maria, for being there for me. I'm so lucky. I love you both.

San Francisco

Cool wind on my face

Fresh air I breathe

The smell of sea air

The sounds of the bay...

San Francisco morning!

Early sunlight

Ferry boat ride

Cold crispy bay wind

Aah, so refreshing!

What a sight I leave behind

Leaving home for work -

Chilly mornin' fog

Steep rolling hills

Port of San Francisco

The Ferry Building

The Embarcadero

The Financial District

Downtown SF

Transamerica Building

Coit Tower, Bay Bridge

Ocean Pacific -

Great view from the bay!

Cold wind on my face

New breath of fresh air

Walk along the parkway

On lovely harbor bay -

Bay Area evening!

Early moonlight

Ferry boat ride

Calm as the ocean

Soothing, smooth sailin'

What a sight I'm coming home to

Leaving work behind -

Ocean Pacific

Bay Bridge, Coit Tower

Transamerica Building

Downtown SF

The Financial District

The Embarcadero

The Ferry Building

Port of San Francisco

Steep rolling hills

Chilly evenin' fog

Great view from the bay!

Sinbad's for a drink?

Nah, I'd rather go home and chill out

Where love and music await me

In the world's most beautiful little city

Living here is what it's all about -

San Francisco, Home!

(copyright 2010 Socorro de Castro)

SILENCE In Church, In My Universe, In the Infinite

After a bowl of "hearty soup" with Zita again last Sunday, (every time she's in town, we take advantage of seeing each other), I went to church for a visit. The service was over so I was by myself, all alone, and, aah, a beautiful experience -

SILENCE... Silence, so profund, all I heard was the sound of hum, the vibration of the universe, beginning from within me, from every cell of my body, expanding out to every pew, the altar, tables, chairs, the plants, candles, statues, the whole church, to the streets, the trees, every pebble and stone, every person, animal, cars, ships, planes, metals, wood, the ocean, every particle of sand, rocks, to the skies, every space, our entire planet, to the galaxies, the entire universe! No separation at all in every single thing, just penetrating through and through... Total sound of silence... The sound of the universe, of the infinite, and beyond and beyond and beyond beyond and...

This must be how the universe began! Dr. John Hagelin, a world-renowned quantum physicist, a leading international investigator on the nature and origin of consciousness, including the higher states of human consciousness explains, "... The human physiology is therefore just a web of sound that is evolving, unfolding and growing, until the ultimate wholeness... is fully expressed." Vedic Engineering - The Chemistry of Sound

I can't explain the science. I only know the experience. And as an ordinary person, the experience is all I want. It's ALL I need - right now! It happens to me every now and then. I wish it happened everyday, 24/7! It's always there, constantly, accessibly! We just have to tune in.

Experiencing the UNIVERSE must be experiencing GOD at its most basic level, and the INFINITE, experiencing GOD beyond and beyond and... - I'm finding out!

What was there before the beginning?? - GOD.

Yes, but, what was God before the beginning?? - GOD.

I know, but what was God "like" before the beginning?? - GOD.

Before the beginning, before the be... ing, before be... ing?? - GOD.

Before, Befo... Be... ?? - GOD.

In The Beginning...

Last night, as sleepy as I was, I watched "How The Earth Was Made" and "The Universe" back to back on History Channel. As I've said, I'm always into the origin of things. I must be God, (Dare I say???), or at least, like God! But God doesn't have a beginning nor end. So where does that leave me? Where do I go from here?

I keep searching and I keep searching and I will keep searching...

As I kept watching "The Universe", somehow, it convinced me, no, it did more than that! Once and for all, it validated the truth, the fact - everything about GOD! God is not just a HE as our religion had always told us since time immemorial, not just a SHE as later introduced in metaphysical sciences, beliefs, etc., but IT! God is the totality of all three - three in one, one in three! Yes, watching "The Universe" last night on TV was fascinating!! It was as if God, finally, revealed Himself, Herself, Itself to me! It was GOD "starring" in its totality - in oneness, in the universe!

I've been watching the universe, I've been watching God, in real life. But realizations of God would come in fragments, a little here, a little there. Not that there were doubts in between, No! Never! I live God, in fragments and out, in pieces and in whole. But when I see God in fragments, in pieces, that's when I want to see more. That's when I keep searching! But I don't search for that which isn't there! Everything is there. Even in nothing, everything is in it. And in everything, nothing is in it. There is really nothing to search 'cause everything is already there!

We just live it! We live God! I live God in parts and in whole. When I live in parts, that's when I search for more. When I am whole, I desire no more.

Being human, I keep searching... Being divine, I keep revealing.

On LIFE

There was a documentary called LIFE on Discovery Channel the other night about plants. And the narrator, (Who else but Oprah!), was saying that while we we marvel at the beauty of autumn, it's really a struggle between life and death for the fallen leaves.

In one of my old posts, I wrote a poem, AUTUMN. But watching that doc made me a little sad and contemplative about the realities of life. There I was writing about my favorite season, describing the spectacular colors of autumn, loving it, by the same token, another form of life was struggling to be alive.

Life is such! Sometimes, happy, sometimes, sad. It's all about opposites - Yin and Yang, life and death, birth and dying, joy and pain, and on and on and on. It's all about relativity or relativism (don't want to sound philosophical here). What's funny for one may not be funny for another. One man's fantasy is another man's reality. But we all move on, every living thing, every living creature, big and small. Life goes on...

Thank Goodness.

Word of the Day

BLISS

• bliss (verb) is         
•            (adverb) as is, where is, when is 
•            (pronoun) it is
•            (noun) Is. As is. Where is. When is. It is.

LOVE and LUST

Lust, with love, can explode to infinity

Without love, it can implode into oblivion...

Word of the Day

Intimacy

• in.ti.ma.cy (noun) - where LOVE and TRUST come together and fuse as one
  

Unrequited Love

Love calls

No answer

Nothing.

Love Fulfilled

Love calls

Love answers

Love is all.