Present and Connected

Recently I picked up my new glasses and it’s funny how I see life differently than before. It’s actually just new frames, the glasses themselves have stayed the same. It’s funny because I clearly see how this life is framed. I clearly see Who framed Roger Rabbit and that Jessica was a booby trap. Yeah, I clearly see that now. (By the way, strange word, eh? Booby Trap. Jessica Rabbit sure embodied that one.) So I look around with my new framed glasses and I see all the booby traps this life of superficiality has to offer. Climbing up that ladder, that TRAP, to go to “better” and “higher” places. It’s a con - which is a trap in reverse. You see that ladder and you trap yourself thinking I need to climb up there and when you’re there you are convincing yourself that this is what you wanted. Other people are convincing you that this is what you should want in life. While your spirit knows, it’s been a trap and a con all along and it’s quietly, sometimes, desperately trying to tell ...

Today I am sharing a personal story in correlation to cultivating gratitude and how that can open new possibilities in your every day life. Yesterday I had a craving for Risotto and went out with my husband to Den Haag to eat at the place I really wanted to eat. Sadly the restaurant was so crowded and a due to a technical malfunction only cash payments were accepted. Who carries cash with them these days?! Anyhow, a bit of a disappointment there, but then my husband, the darling he is, google searched for Risotto and Italian meals. We ended up in this beautiful little restaurant, (which was a 30 minute walk from where we were at the time and I experienced Hangry symptoms all the way, my poor husband can attest to as I asked 'are we there yet?!' like a 4 yo toddler every 4 minutes), which had a gorgeous turquoise canopy (yes, turquoise is my fave color, not sure if you noticed ) and thought "hmm, maybe this day won't suck after all.." and oh, what a wonderful...

Listening to Rob Bell, not with just your ears but with your whole being, is a life changing experience. Recently I watched his "Everything is Spiritual" talk on YT and WOW is all I can say. This is a quote from that talk and it is in such allignment with what I am feeling/experiencing with my Loving Kindness Metta Meditation that I am incorporating this with my daily writing meditations. If you don't know who he is but are curious, check out the RobCast and Everything Is Spiritual on YT. #everythingisspiritual #robbell #therobcast #quoteoftheday #annapurnaliving #lovingkindness #mettameditation #writtenmeditation #mindfulmusings #mindfulnessmatters #beinghere #presentandconnected #dailywriting #dailyaffirmation #mindfulness Een bericht gedeeld door Cheetarah (@present_and_connected) op 3 Aug 2017 om 1:45 PDT They say when the time is ready, your teachers will appear to you. And I definitively feel this way, when it comes to Rob Bell . By chance I found hi...

Present and connected. Once you are, you will experience the full richness of your life. #stateofbeing shared by Cheetarah (@present_and_connected) op 27 Jul 2017 om 6:30 PDT In a powerful state of connectedness to myself and everything around me, something which also can be described as "present to the state of being", I wrote down pages after pages of insightful "inside"- dialogue. This dialogue, which came straight from being connected to my core, has been accelerating my awakened-mind of non-duality . It's a personal experience no language can describe, honestly. Though it is something I would like to explore, in this space.