This week’s Sunday Good, I am including some amazing photos that I found in an article at the Huffington Post of Buddhist Cave Temples. They are absolutely stunning, to the point that I have added to my “bucket list” a journey to visit these temples:
Datdawtaung Cave
Mandalay region, Myanmar
Khao Luang Cave Temple
Phetburi, Thailand
Pindaya Caves
Pindaya, Myanmar
Yungang Grottoes
Shanxi, China
Wat Tham Erawan
Nong Bua Lamphu province, Thailand
Sadan Cave
Kayin State, Myanmar
Ellora Caves
Maharashtra, India
Yathae Pyan Cave
Kayin state, Myanmar
And just for fun… for anyone that has not yet seen this wonderful video of two guys ripping it up and rocking it out on the cellos, or for any of you that don’t mind taking one more gander, here you go!
On this Sunday, I also wanted to share with you some tasty tidbits from a program I have been taking part in called “Meditations on Love” with Janet Bray Atwood on the Mentors Channel. Each meditation has been around ten minutes in length, set to soothing and beautiful music.
Janet’s voice is instantly calming, and the entire thread of this meditation series on love is “I want for you what you want for you.” I am including some of the write ups from a few of the meditations I have taken part in so far:
- It’s All About Flow: I acknowledge, embrace and honor the natural changes we both go through. I’m excited to welcome those changes and watch us both grow as we expand into our destinies. Let us dance the dance of life together. Let us rejoice in this life, in this love. Let us celebrate the change and marvel at the miracle of the two of us, as one.
- Change Happens: I openly embrace the natural evolution of you and us and look forward to the exciting adventure that awaits the rest of our lives. I choose to let go of my resistance to change, no matter what the past has been. Only by opening my heart to what is to come can I truly open my heart to you, and to myself.
- Be True to Self: I commit to the journey of self-discovery for both you and myself. When I am clear about my passions, I can meet you in a place where we fully support what we want for each other. My clarity makes your life easier. When I’m crystal clear about my own desires it helps me appreciate how much it means to you to have my support for yours. I choose to love you and in loving you I am loving myself as well.
- Trusting in All: I trust that the universe will guide us to a life of happiness, love and connectedness. I will practice keeping my heart open even when I feel betrayed. When that happens it’s so easy to get lost in the illusion of separation. But I will not get lost in that. I know better. No one can betray me. I can only do that to myself. In the love of you, I love myself. If you want to go, then, as my dear friend Byron Katie says, “Honey, let me help you pack your bags!”
- Love is not Attachment: I love you with all my heart and I choose to let go of my attachment to you, to what you think of me, and to what I want for you. I will embrace you fully, releasing the pain that comes with my attachment to you. I know the more I hold on to you, the more you will feel trapped and want your freedom. So I choose to open fully to you and trust that what is best for both of us will show up when I am open, knowing that if it looks differently than what I thought I wanted, then I have been spared.
- Motive Generated: I see the “NO” arising and say “NO”. I will keep saying “NO” to “NO” and open to the “YES” of your desire. I sink into the deep, relaxing ease that comes with helping you claim what is rightfully yours. Your wish is not accidental. It is a commandment from life itself that you may fulfill your purpose for being alive. How could I ever take that from you? I can’t. So when my “NO” arises, I say “NO” to it, and honor your divine purpose with my “YES”.
- Reclaiming My Power: My unconditional love empowers me to reclaim my true power and use the all-powerful energy of love to create the life of my dreams. That life is a life without limits, without restrictions, without judgments. You provide me with a pathway to that life. How can I ever thank you? You are my practice, my direct route to my destiny.
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