Once in awhile I get feedback at times about how something I have said or presented which has been inspiring to someone. The payoff for that is not monetary and sure the ego is involved.  In this sense the ego is a good thing. As long as I don’t let it get out of hand that part of the ego can serve me well. It does not happen that often so it really is not difficult to keep the ego in check!

People do feel good if they are able to help someone else, not in an enabling kind of way, just by being, planting a seed or two, providing an idea or a way for someone to have something make a difference to them.

There are many inspirational things being presented online. I imagine many do not know about them or where to find them.  Sometimes things just come to us, drop into our laps or hit us over the head to wake us up when we need it. We may be thinking about something, looking for something and the message or the messenger suddenly appears with what we have been asking for.

Being open to all possibility can bring synchronicities, coincidences and the like to us seemingly out of nowhere.  Or what I sometimes like to refer as nothing.  No Thing.  That brings to mind.  “Where does creativity really come from?” This is not an easy question to answer.  I’ll touch a bit more on this later.

I have been listening to some of the talks and such on TED.  See the link I’ve added on the left hand side of this blog. There are some remarkable and inspirational talks and music presented there.  I knew of TED before and had not been there for some time.  Something recently pointed me in that direction once again.  I think it was when I was exploring something about Stephen Hawking and his quest about life and the theory of how the Universe came about.  In any case it is all about synchronicity, coincidence and such.

Back to the TED site.  One amazing talk that really stood out for me is:

Steve Jobs: How to live before you die

Many of us have heard idea and concept “do what you love and the money will follow” or something similar. The first part of that phrase is the important part and the second part is just a bonus should it come.

This talk by Steve Jobs can be viewed on YouTube.

I was really moved by this talk and what it meant.  It is so powerful and evokes emotions as well as bringing awareness to things we do not really know before hand and discover the significance later on.  Sometimes what we feel are the most adverse and difficult things, out of that can come our finest moments.  It we accept and allow them to happen.  That is not an easy thing to do.  We can easily become stuck in our creations and in the muck that we find ourselves in.

If encourage you to explore the TED site and find some gems of your own over there.  It is well worth the trip, IMO.

I will be back later to talk a bit more about creativity and such. I could add more now but I feel this is is powerful enough on its own to let it sift and simmer within us.

May your creations be many and serve you well.

Eugene

I went for a walk around Cedar Hill Golf Course the other day and decided to stop along the way and relax at a water spot.  It was fairly quiet with a few people stopping to enjoy the view.  It is kind of a duck world there as it was teeming with various duck couples and duck families of different sizes.

There was a mother duck with her very young fuzzy ducklings.  The daddy, aka The Big Quack, was there also and they were standing guard.   But they seemed to be ok with me being there.  Big Quack took off for awhile making some creative waves as he left the ground into the water and then came back after awhile of being off duty.

So I took the opportunity to just be for awhile then I snapped a few photographs.

Here are a few of them.

Then along comes another little bigger duckie newbie and Mother Duck is Giving that one her scorn.  “You stay away from my duckies or you are going to be one sorry looking batch of feathers devoid of any life form known to duckkind.” Yes, you don’t want to mess with Mom!

Ok, that is a wrap as I got to go.

Be kind be serene enjoy the scene.

Best wishes to everyone.

Cheers,

Gene

I received an email from Scott last night in which contained a link to a video about water.  The video was called Water, The Great Mystery.  Indeed it is, I added the life part because without it life simply would not exist.

The video was compared with the movie What The Bleep Do We Know, which is an excellent movie. I have viewed that movie 5 or 6 times and learned something each time.

Anyway, this video is not quite the same thing but does give some powerful insights on just how magnificent water really is, H₂O.  It has some amazing qualities. Of course we know that life would not exist without water. Our bodies can contain up to 78% water.

Oops, just had to go and get a drink of water.  All this talk about water was making me thirsty.  We are fortunate to have an abundance of water around here.

There are many interesting things in the video, such as the work of Dr Masaru Emoto who has done experiments examining such emotions as love, peace, music, photographs, thoughts, prayers and the effects they have on water. How water responds differently to different emotions and treatment.  Also discussed is how our emotions affect one another and also can be transferred to water.

The video is 1 hour and 20 minutes long so view it when you have some free time, grab some popcorn or a glass or two of water.
Click Here to View, Water, The Great Mystery

Enjoy the movie!

I will leave you with a few more pictures from Mt Doug.  These are hidden treasures that you won’t see unless you hike up the trails.  Worth the effort, for me, at least.

Yes, I want to rename the blog, keeping the creative waves but the rest, I don’t know yet.  Suggestions?

Cheers,

genes creative waves

Sure there may be monsters lurking up the pathways of life and perhaps even Mt Doug as we have seen.  Fakers will be exposed so be careful where you tread.  I managed to tread carefully as best as could be and travel on and not retreat, although this makes for a nice retreat.  I am glad I did.

The essence of life and spirit is everywhere. This is a great way to meditate, sit awhile or a walking meditation. Ha, even Lydia could meditate up here!

So along the pathways I kept wandering and meandering up and over and around and I did discover more treasures not all of the wooden kind.  Scenic treasure of lush green and colorful abundance.

Trees around here some of which are many hundreds of years old.  Here is an old tree giving life to a new one.  The new tree is growing and feeding on the old decaying moss covered tree remains.

This stuff growing on the trees is called someone’s beard or something.  Old man’s beard I suppose.  When it dries it is really neat and you can make it into craft material and such.  It goes grey or white when dry.

There are some humungous trees around here and a real northern rain forest type of environment.  So it is very nice to view.  Look up way up!

Springtime is special with all the new growth coming through and the regeneration.  Old gives way to youth eventually and so are reborn and renewed.

Ok, so those are a few more of the delights I found in the forest to balance the monsters and to provide contrast, nourishment for the soul.  I do like to discover and rediscover the hidden treasures of the wooden and earthy kind.  Mother Earth you are so wonderful.

Cheers,

genes creative waves

Well I suppose it is time to go green and provide a bit scenery from the other half of the excursion I made to Cordova Bay then hiking up the back side of Mt Douglas aka Mt Doug.

First though I am going to give an award to a fellow friend and blogger who writes very well and is a treasure.  Her name is Lydia and she has a blog entitled Serenity Talk for which you will find the link to on the right hand side.

The flower is not from Mt Doug, it is one I found in my yard.  Very pretty and appropriate I think.

Ok, so back to the trek up the mountain.  It is quite a climb but well worth the effort.  Here is what I found along the way. You must let your imagination run wild using the right side of your brain which is the most important one you know, for creativity.

Well, the first one is a beaver eating a dog , a croc, or something.  Surely this is a Canadian beaver.

For sure this is a beaver.  It is really clear.  You can see the foot or hand at the bottom.  I go with foot. But who’s foot is it?  Is partially consumed and being sucked in? That is one huge foot, magpie.

There is definitely a monster up this tree.  Look carefully at the menacing eyes and snout.  Looks like a werewolf from hell.  Or is it from Transylvania? Do not mess with this sucker if you want to get out of the forest alive.  I had to run like a bugger to escape, believe you me.  It is clearly excreting something below.  Well see more on that down aways.

This one has one eye or two with one covered with the focalized brains exposed.  They are not going to get my brains out of my head like that. I am out of here, quick!

I am afraid to even guess what is in here.  This tree is possessed.  Yikes!  NO NO do not stick your fingers in the crack.  It is a trap and you will be pulled in and devoured and become part of this scene in no time.

Thank God I got out of there before they got me!  But I think I have to go back, I forgot something there. Well that is part of the trip.   You should see the obstacle course I had to cover.  That will have to wait.

Cheers,

genes creative waves and ways

What lies beneath the surface can be quite interesting.  On the recent trek to Cordova Bay I happened to see a small stream rushing towards the ocean. So I decided to take a few pictures and see how they would turn out.

I was not sure how the photos would turn out since the water was rushing quite rapidly over the surface. Now these are not waves but some interesting ripples were in abundance and did create an interesting view and scene.  Nature sure does have some awesome treasures.  Treasure of the land and sea.

These can provide some balance for the other things that are all around the sea shore some nasty some nice but all are as they are or as they be.

I have a few more to share when I have a moment.

cheers,

genes creative waves

My trip to the sea was very interesting. So peaceful, calm, spiritual and so serene.  Yet lurking beneath, as there is in most things including people, a whole other world emerges waiting to be discovered and uncovered. Yes you must pull back the covers sometimes to see what is hiding under them. Or you can close your eyes, take a deep breath, then jump in and take your chances!

On the flip side, the sea and surrounding terrain can hold some interesting and sometimes disgusting matter.  Or is it anti-matter.

For instance, we have some of this, which is fairly normal and almost camouflaged with the coloration displayed by Miss Crabby as she attempts to become one with the sand.

Further along this becomes a bit murkier as other life forms appear such as these.

Ok, that is likely enough slime for one day/night.  I have much more inside my cave of treasure. I am getting ready to unleash more upon you soon.  There is indeed, plenty of protein in the sea and surrounding waters and sand.

Anyone hungry yet?  As I always say, love me, love my crab.  Well I don’t really say that.

Cheers,

genes creative waves

PS. Hi Honey, Din Din is almost ready to be served!

All of us has a story, and perhaps multiple stories.  Eckhart Tolle has some interesting thoughts on that in his book Practicing the Power of Now. I highly recommend you check that out.

So ignoring his advice, for now, I will tell a story.  I have had allergies since my days of youth, some of which are quite severe, food and environmental allergies.  A recent trip to an allergy specialist got me some advice to avoid using sulfites in my diet.  Now if you look at most anything in a grocery store, just about everything contains this preservative.  In fact most things you buy have a long list of chemicals and additives that no one in their right mind would willingly ingest. Many of these things are not “green” and loaded with additives.

Still they feed it to us authorized by the various governmental bodies and agencies.  Also the food we are fed is laced with chemicals, pesticides, herbicides and well as many plants being altered genetically.  The soil for the food is dead of almost all the natural microorganisms that keep the soil healthy and the plants used to produce the food for us.

Who is behind this?  Well companies like Monsanto.  Who are they, from Wikipedia, here is an excerpt:

Monsanto’s development and marketing of genetically engineered seed and bovine growth hormone, as well as its aggressive litigation and political lobbying practices, have made the company controversial around the world and a primary target of the anti-globalization movement and environmental activists.

In a recent news item, Michelle Obama was planting an organic garden at the White House so they would enjoy some good fresh vegetables.  So who would object to that?  Well, guess who. Pesticide Lobby Group lead by Dow, Monsanto and DuPont. Talk about WMDs will ya! Totally insane.

No wonder that that allergy sufferers are on the increase.  Of course there are a number of reasons for this.

I started using soap nuts to do my laundry and find them highly effective for me. I react to strong scents, soaps and chemicals.  So this natural tree product is great for me.

Happy 4:20 Day. Or is is Happy 420 Day?

Ok, getting to the 4:20,  I knew what it meant in general terms.  Here is an article about it.  All ready to toke up? Some point to this as the Origin. Seems like this ties in with all this natural stuff.  There are lots of legal drugs around, alcohol and such and the powers that be take issue with marijuana, which is much less of a problem overall.  I am not recommending it just believe it should be legalized and they can regulate it and then the governments can tax it for use just like the other legal drugs.

Ok I will get off this for now and leave you with a few photos I have taken lately.

Cheers,

genes creative waves

Out of head, out of mind.

Well if you are not out of your head, you should be.  That’s meditation-ally speaking, of course.  Many people, head people usually, have a tough time meditating. They may deny it, being in the ego state and in a perpetual state of the monkey mind with all its chatter clatter.

Yes, I have known some. It takes effort to meditate (not),  rather no-effort.  If you see it as effort, it will be, and it will be more difficult.  I know I have been there and it is a more of a letting go.

The mind, the ego, does not want to let go of anything or anyone.  Focusing on doing more of what you do not want, will get you more of the same of that do not want.  Just be and let go.  Some say it is to commune with God, universe,  source or whatever you wish to call that.

Speaking of serenity, and I do sometimes, speak of and to, serenity.  But this is not referring to a person in this case.  Here is a quote I received today.

“Meditation is returning to the source.

The inner source is serenity.

If you don’t realize the source within yourself, you are lost in confusion and sorrow.

Dharma

www.deeshan. com “

It is not really speaking, thinking or any of that stuff.

Make sense?  Perhaps but when we try to make sense of things we sometimes lose the real meaning, trying to analyze things to death.  That keeps us in the head and not being in touch with who we really are.  Close your eyes, turn off the gadgets, noise, feel it, breathe it, allow it to flow, center yourself first.

I am not really going to give a mediation lesson here,  Wayne Dyer and many others have methods.  Google it.  Or better yet, Scroogle It.  Scroogle your Google.  Go with whatever feels right or try several of the methods, but do not get hung up on the methodology or you will stay stuck in your head.  That is not where you want to be as you will not truly experience meditation in that space. You can also meditate on an object such as a picture, or a peaceful scene. Here is one I took recently that captures a peaceful moment for me.

Cheers,

Genes creative waves

Happy Birthday Honey Yes it is a birthday today for Norah Jones, she is 29 years young. Honorable mention goes out to Vincent van Gogh.

I suspect that Norah is in better condition at this stage of life and time. Another famous person’s birthday is Celine Dion. But for today I am going with Norah. It is my blog and I decide.

Never mind Warren Beatty, of Bonnie and Clyde fame, fans. That is it. Over and out, finito. Why Norah, well I just love her voice and energy. She is not bad looking either. No I am not switching away from God.

God does not care really, having much more important things to do. I could say God does not care like many humans but I won’t go that far! Who knows what and God is not about to tell us. Besides Vincent and Norah would make a fine portrait together, would they not? That would certainly would make for some interesting sights sounds and scenes.

Ok, I am getting some vibes. I went out yesterday with my trusty Fuji camera, the one I just point and shoot at things.

Some things do not co-operate like the guy who was trying to get up into the air and fly over the cliff and over the sea on this para-sail thing or whatever. It was like watching a bird trying to get off the ground and was a week too early out of the nest.

Insert Picture Here Bud, Ok I says to myself. Yes You can click on it and it will become bigger!

Now that was getting back to the portrait. I saw two sweet ladies doing some artistic painting and decided to take a picture of one who was painting the sea. She said it was ok. Whew!

I missed the guy downtown, I would have liked to get a shot of him. He has a big sign about God and Satan. I thought it may have been a message for Lydia. But I did go back downtown but he had disappeared by then. Hmm. Disappeared. Who do I know who does that so well? Got to think on that one. DO.

I heard Norah Jones on the cbcradio2 station I listen to. Just trying to find Twitter but it is not coming up for me. Wonder what the connection between twits and twitter is? Does anyone know? Is is like the geeks and Geekers? Oops, no sooner then I had wrote that me Twitter page loaded.

Must have been a sign from you know who or whom! I will let Norah sing us out for today. Enjoy!

Cheers,

genes creative waves ……