<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27943183</id><updated>2012-01-26T04:44:19.289-07:00</updated><category term='sushine'/><category term='bookshops'/><category term='Amazon'/><category term='tribute'/><category term='Madrid'/><category term='a-z'/><category term='garden'/><category term='Alphabet'/><category term='spiritual essence'/><category term='aircrash'/><category term='hunger'/><category term='negativity'/><category term='social breakdown'/><category term='war'/><category term='life  day  acceptance'/><category term='blowing in the wind'/><category term='wealth'/><category term='past future meditation breathe present.'/><category term='Tibet'/><category term='anger'/><category term='ashasar'/><category term='inner thoughts'/><category term='suffering'/><category term='innerpain'/><category term='silence'/><category term='healing'/><category term='opening up'/><category term='Dalai llama'/><category term='positivity.'/><category term='authors agents'/><category term='Buddhist'/><category term='Free Tibet'/><category term='spiritual scatterings'/><category term='violence'/><category term='negative thoughts'/><category term='A-Z spiritual scatterings'/><category term='khalil gibran'/><category term='memory'/><category term='faith'/><category term='joy'/><category term='spiritual journeys'/><category term='creative'/><category term='revelations'/><category term='darkness'/><category term='whisperings'/><category term='power'/><category term='victim'/><category term='flowers'/><category term='love'/><category term='booksearch'/><category term='ong'/><category term='Rain Tears  sun laughter'/><category term='Ashtavakra Gita'/><category term='Sharing'/><category term='confusius'/><category term='Las Palmas'/><category term='change'/><category term='christmas'/><category term='colours'/><category term='Loneliness'/><category term='self destruction'/><category term='spiriuality'/><category term='amazon.com'/><category term='elephants'/><category term='inspiration'/><category term='self evaluation'/><category term='hope'/><category term='Life skills'/><category term='tranquility'/><category term='visualisation'/><category term='chi'/><category term='emotions'/><category term='memories'/><category term='necessity  deception'/><category term='rainbows'/><category term='spirit'/><category term='Dalai Lama'/><category term='asha sahana'/><category term='peace.'/><category term='learning'/><category term='scatterings'/><category term='inner you'/><category term='women'/><category term='knowledge'/><category term='acceptance'/><category term='inner pollution'/><category term='stress'/><category term='expression'/><category term='spirituality'/><category term='book'/><category term='compassion'/><category term='love.'/><category term='envy'/><category term='time'/><category term='criticism'/><category term='inner peace'/><category term='energy'/><category term='Buddha'/><category term='spanair'/><category term='Hurt'/><category term='publishers'/><category term='Bob dylan'/><title type='text'>Spiritual-Scatterings</title><subtitle type='html'>My living room, a place to think, analyse, heal, understand or just read the postings. My living room is whatever you want it to be.  Welcome.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27943183/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27943183/posts/default?start-index=101&amp;max-results=100'/><author><name>signing as</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>120</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27943183.post-8500498468699071017</id><published>2010-01-03T07:43:00.004-07:00</published><updated>2010-01-03T07:52:12.234-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='asha sahana'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='revelations'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='A-Z spiritual scatterings'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='hope'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='scatterings'/><title type='text'>2010-new beginnings</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_W56Kq4YAmF8/S0CuxJ215EI/AAAAAAAAAS4/qO2nOXUT9R4/s1600-h/buddha2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 115px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 128px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5422526110836843586" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_W56Kq4YAmF8/S0CuxJ215EI/AAAAAAAAAS4/qO2nOXUT9R4/s200/buddha2.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffcc99;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffcc99;"&gt;2010, a new year, new beginnings, new resolutions, some obtainable ...others not.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffcc99;"&gt;It is a time of renewed hope, and if we carry hope in our hearts, then much can be achieved.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffcc99;"&gt;And if those without hope fall down, so an invisible hand will pick them up and light the flame of hope in their hearts.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc33cc;"&gt;A Happy and Peaceful New Year to all.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/27943183-8500498468699071017?l=ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com/feeds/8500498468699071017/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=27943183&amp;postID=8500498468699071017&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27943183/posts/default/8500498468699071017'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27943183/posts/default/8500498468699071017'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com/2010/01/2010-new-beginnings.html' title='2010-new beginnings'/><author><name>signing as</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_W56Kq4YAmF8/S0CuxJ215EI/AAAAAAAAAS4/qO2nOXUT9R4/s72-c/buddha2.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27943183.post-8847890777963911953</id><published>2009-11-28T16:16:00.007-07:00</published><updated>2009-11-28T16:33:59.315-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='asha sahana'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='emotions'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='A-Z spiritual scatterings'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Life skills'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Dalai llama'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='anger'/><title type='text'>A Betrayal of Confidence</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_W56Kq4YAmF8/SxGyQjHHLbI/AAAAAAAAASw/JfcSoO0IEis/s1600/eyewin2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 143px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 110px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409300624821398962" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_W56Kq4YAmF8/SxGyQjHHLbI/AAAAAAAAASw/JfcSoO0IEis/s200/eyewin2.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#66ff99;"&gt;At times the people we trust and help, let us down...the sudden realisation that one is not what they claimed to be, or somehow your help or assistance, was just a fraud but you did not see it.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#66ff99;"&gt;We wonder at times like this how could we not have seen what event has happened. Yes we were blind to it....because we believed in that person, and now they are not the same person and you feel an anger festering inside, more at ourselves than at those who have betrayed our confidence.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#66ff99;"&gt;Tread lightly, look not for revenge but answers. Cleanse the anger inside for this is harmful to our own Karma.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/27943183-8847890777963911953?l=ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com/feeds/8847890777963911953/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=27943183&amp;postID=8847890777963911953&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27943183/posts/default/8847890777963911953'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27943183/posts/default/8847890777963911953'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com/2009/11/betrayal-of-confidence.html' title='A Betrayal of Confidence'/><author><name>signing as</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_W56Kq4YAmF8/SxGyQjHHLbI/AAAAAAAAASw/JfcSoO0IEis/s72-c/eyewin2.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27943183.post-1076862282551820390</id><published>2009-10-26T13:51:00.005-07:00</published><updated>2009-10-26T14:03:36.336-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='asha sahana'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='publishers'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='A-Z spiritual scatterings'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Alphabet'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='amazon.com'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='authors agents'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='spiritual scatterings'/><title type='text'>A-Z Spiritual Scatterings</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_W56Kq4YAmF8/SuYM52Wbz3I/AAAAAAAAASg/UZffzDMtqdo/s1600-h/Proof+copy+book.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397015391431806834" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_W56Kq4YAmF8/SuYM52Wbz3I/AAAAAAAAASg/UZffzDMtqdo/s200/Proof+copy+book.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffcc66;"&gt;A-Z of Spiritual Scatterings is now available on Amazon.com&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffcc66;"&gt;ISBN 1449513522&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffcc66;"&gt;EAN-13 9781449513528&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffcc66;"&gt;64pages of script/illustrations&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffcc66;"&gt;(signed copies available direct from author)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/27943183-1076862282551820390?l=ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com/feeds/1076862282551820390/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=27943183&amp;postID=1076862282551820390&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27943183/posts/default/1076862282551820390'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27943183/posts/default/1076862282551820390'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com/2009/10/z-spiritual-scatterings.html' title='A-Z Spiritual Scatterings'/><author><name>signing as</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_W56Kq4YAmF8/SuYM52Wbz3I/AAAAAAAAASg/UZffzDMtqdo/s72-c/Proof+copy+book.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27943183.post-2464217838562461545</id><published>2009-10-13T14:47:00.002-07:00</published><updated>2009-10-13T14:55:00.447-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='bookshops'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='asha sahana'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='publishers'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='spiriuality'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='booksearch'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Amazon'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='a-z'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='authors agents'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='spiritual scatterings'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ashasar'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='book'/><title type='text'>A-Z of spiritual scatterings</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_W56Kq4YAmF8/StT2YX_Fh8I/AAAAAAAAASY/e_SZYCDGERs/s1600-h/Proof+copy+book.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392205552485238722" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 173px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 171px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_W56Kq4YAmF8/StT2YX_Fh8I/AAAAAAAAASY/e_SZYCDGERs/s200/Proof+copy+book.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffff99;"&gt;Within the next ten days the A-Z of Spiritual Scatterings will be on sale, and available through Amazon. ISBN and further details will be posted here very soon. This is a small book (60 pages8,25 x 8,25 ")but full of coloured illustrations. My latest book "Whisperings from a silent garden" I am awaiting news about, it is sitting in London right now.If anyone would like further details you can contact me by email.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/27943183-2464217838562461545?l=ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com/feeds/2464217838562461545/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=27943183&amp;postID=2464217838562461545&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27943183/posts/default/2464217838562461545'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27943183/posts/default/2464217838562461545'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com/2009/10/z-of-spiritual-scatterings.html' title='A-Z of spiritual scatterings'/><author><name>signing as</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_W56Kq4YAmF8/StT2YX_Fh8I/AAAAAAAAASY/e_SZYCDGERs/s72-c/Proof+copy+book.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27943183.post-8364420044400487895</id><published>2009-09-28T14:04:00.002-07:00</published><updated>2009-09-28T14:08:07.809-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='asha sahana'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='colours'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Buddha'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bob dylan'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='change'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='flowers'/><title type='text'>Blowing in the wind.</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_W56Kq4YAmF8/SsElNBk6sQI/AAAAAAAAASQ/Pwy2jSKhkUE/s1600-h/florbflies.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386627535003627778" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 119px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 99px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_W56Kq4YAmF8/SsElNBk6sQI/AAAAAAAAASQ/Pwy2jSKhkUE/s200/florbflies.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffff66;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffff66;"&gt;Will we always be who we are or or will we become someone new?, not to hide behind a mask but through understanding and growth. Are we content with who we are, or are we open to change? We are like flowers on the mountainside, able to flow with the wind.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/27943183-8364420044400487895?l=ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com/feeds/8364420044400487895/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=27943183&amp;postID=8364420044400487895&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27943183/posts/default/8364420044400487895'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27943183/posts/default/8364420044400487895'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com/2009/09/blowing-in-wind.html' title='Blowing in the wind.'/><author><name>signing as</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_W56Kq4YAmF8/SsElNBk6sQI/AAAAAAAAASQ/Pwy2jSKhkUE/s72-c/florbflies.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27943183.post-271895217913967710</id><published>2009-09-13T04:58:00.004-07:00</published><updated>2009-09-13T05:08:24.920-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='asha sahana'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Tibet'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='negativity'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='spiritual journeys'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Dalai llama'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='spiritual scatterings'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='elephants'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='spiritual essence'/><title type='text'>Why</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_W56Kq4YAmF8/Sqze2IqozjI/AAAAAAAAASI/FmnJMw5iHMU/s1600-h/dove222ab.jpg"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffcc66;"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5380920676421520946" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 101px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 89px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_W56Kq4YAmF8/Sqze2IqozjI/AAAAAAAAASI/FmnJMw5iHMU/s200/dove222ab.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffcc66;"&gt; Why is a word we do not use often enough, ask ourselves why? as we demand more, as wars continue. Why?do some suffer and others not. Why? is an important word.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/27943183-271895217913967710?l=ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com/feeds/271895217913967710/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=27943183&amp;postID=271895217913967710&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27943183/posts/default/271895217913967710'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27943183/posts/default/271895217913967710'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com/2009/09/why.html' title='Why'/><author><name>signing as</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_W56Kq4YAmF8/Sqze2IqozjI/AAAAAAAAASI/FmnJMw5iHMU/s72-c/dove222ab.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27943183.post-5922116571298550229</id><published>2009-08-29T12:01:00.003-07:00</published><updated>2009-08-29T12:14:48.701-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='asha sahana'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Life skills'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='spiritual journeys'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Dalai Lama'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='confusius'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='scatterings'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ashasar'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='whisperings'/><title type='text'>Light</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_W56Kq4YAmF8/Spl850fB2sI/AAAAAAAAAR4/SECzJNnpPPA/s1600-h/dawn3.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375464963026574018" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 165px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 164px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_W56Kq4YAmF8/Spl850fB2sI/AAAAAAAAAR4/SECzJNnpPPA/s200/dawn3.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffcc33;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffcc33;"&gt;As the sun shines down upon us so it lights our way, and when the sun fades&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffcc33;"&gt;so the moon will rise to illuminate our darkness, and we will find our way.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/27943183-5922116571298550229?l=ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com/feeds/5922116571298550229/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=27943183&amp;postID=5922116571298550229&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27943183/posts/default/5922116571298550229'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27943183/posts/default/5922116571298550229'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com/2009/08/light.html' title='Light'/><author><name>signing as</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_W56Kq4YAmF8/Spl850fB2sI/AAAAAAAAAR4/SECzJNnpPPA/s72-c/dawn3.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27943183.post-1033252933167253181</id><published>2009-07-27T16:15:00.003-07:00</published><updated>2009-07-27T16:21:17.944-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='asha sahana'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Tibet'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='past future meditation breathe present.'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bob dylan'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='blowing in the wind'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='spiritual scatterings'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ashasar'/><title type='text'>Blowing in the Wind</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_W56Kq4YAmF8/Sm41Vg22oBI/AAAAAAAAARw/lkWdTIn6PsI/s1600-h/ABBBBudblue.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363282849958371346" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 119px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 173px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_W56Kq4YAmF8/Sm41Vg22oBI/AAAAAAAAARw/lkWdTIn6PsI/s200/ABBBBudblue.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;color:#ffcc66;"&gt;At times, life is like a call on the wind,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;color:#ffcc66;"&gt;We never know where it may blow us&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/27943183-1033252933167253181?l=ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com/feeds/1033252933167253181/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=27943183&amp;postID=1033252933167253181&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27943183/posts/default/1033252933167253181'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27943183/posts/default/1033252933167253181'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com/2009/07/blowing-in-wind.html' title='Blowing in the Wind'/><author><name>signing as</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_W56Kq4YAmF8/Sm41Vg22oBI/AAAAAAAAARw/lkWdTIn6PsI/s72-c/ABBBBudblue.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27943183.post-4124711013163905733</id><published>2009-06-30T15:23:00.002-07:00</published><updated>2009-06-30T15:34:23.171-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='asha sahana'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='victim'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='suffering'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Dalai Lama'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='acceptance'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='spiritual scatterings'/><title type='text'>Suffering</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_W56Kq4YAmF8/SkqQ2BEw66I/AAAAAAAAARY/-95fbSRL9zc/s1600-h/bfly6.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5353250364759010210" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 128px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 142px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_W56Kq4YAmF8/SkqQ2BEw66I/AAAAAAAAARY/-95fbSRL9zc/s200/bfly6.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#9999ff;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#9999ff;"&gt;Suffering is part of life, all of us will suffer at some stage in life....when a loved one dies, or there is a tradegy close to us. We have to accept that at times we may suffer, but it is part of lifes great map. If we recognise this then with acceptance it will pass. However we must be careful not to suffer unduly, or feel that we are a victim.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc33cc;"&gt;Apologies for the break but was completing and preparing illustrations for my book&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/27943183-4124711013163905733?l=ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com/feeds/4124711013163905733/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=27943183&amp;postID=4124711013163905733&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27943183/posts/default/4124711013163905733'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27943183/posts/default/4124711013163905733'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com/2009/06/suffering.html' title='Suffering'/><author><name>signing as</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_W56Kq4YAmF8/SkqQ2BEw66I/AAAAAAAAARY/-95fbSRL9zc/s72-c/bfly6.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27943183.post-5049211503371446953</id><published>2009-05-04T12:34:00.002-07:00</published><updated>2009-05-04T12:44:25.210-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Hope</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_W56Kq4YAmF8/Sf9ESoaVpaI/AAAAAAAAARI/W2YLjCGsniU/s1600-h/mandala.jpgcentre.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332055570706179490" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 147px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 152px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_W56Kq4YAmF8/Sf9ESoaVpaI/AAAAAAAAARI/W2YLjCGsniU/s200/mandala.jpgcentre.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#ffff66;"&gt;If we do not have hope,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#ffff66;"&gt;then what do we have?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#ffff66;"&gt;Hope keeps the light burning in our heart&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#ffff66;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff6666;"&gt;It has been a long time since I posted, but I have been doing the final edits on a&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff6666;"&gt;book I have been writing, and the days just pass.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/27943183-5049211503371446953?l=ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com/feeds/5049211503371446953/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=27943183&amp;postID=5049211503371446953&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27943183/posts/default/5049211503371446953'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27943183/posts/default/5049211503371446953'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com/2009/05/hope.html' title='Hope'/><author><name>signing as</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_W56Kq4YAmF8/Sf9ESoaVpaI/AAAAAAAAARI/W2YLjCGsniU/s72-c/mandala.jpgcentre.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27943183.post-7735689200994435504</id><published>2009-03-16T13:45:00.003-07:00</published><updated>2009-03-16T13:52:42.584-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='asha sahana'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='tranquility'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='love'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='spiritual scatterings'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='garden'/><title type='text'>Seeds of Love</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_W56Kq4YAmF8/Sb66z8h6cHI/AAAAAAAAAQ4/LB5UNUqQ9yg/s1600-h/head.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5313890011928227954" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 112px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 121px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_W56Kq4YAmF8/Sb66z8h6cHI/AAAAAAAAAQ4/LB5UNUqQ9yg/s200/head.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#ffcc99;"&gt;You will discover in life that the love you recieve&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#ffcc99;"&gt; stems from the sowing of those very seeds of love so long ago.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/27943183-7735689200994435504?l=ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com/feeds/7735689200994435504/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=27943183&amp;postID=7735689200994435504&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27943183/posts/default/7735689200994435504'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27943183/posts/default/7735689200994435504'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com/2009/03/seeds-of-love.html' title='Seeds of Love'/><author><name>signing as</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_W56Kq4YAmF8/Sb66z8h6cHI/AAAAAAAAAQ4/LB5UNUqQ9yg/s72-c/head.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27943183.post-2654948757622671040</id><published>2009-02-18T05:43:00.004-07:00</published><updated>2009-02-18T05:54:18.495-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='asha sahana'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='inner thoughts'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='spiritual scatterings'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ashasar'/><title type='text'>Words</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_W56Kq4YAmF8/SZwDrhx-5gI/AAAAAAAAAQw/cvmwbFWcPW4/s1600-h/mandala3.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5304118507472872962" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 129px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 125px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_W56Kq4YAmF8/SZwDrhx-5gI/AAAAAAAAAQw/cvmwbFWcPW4/s200/mandala3.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#99ff99;"&gt;We should take care with our words and the tone in which they are uttered.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#99ff99;"&gt;We must remember words can either heal or harm....and the choice is ours to make&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/27943183-2654948757622671040?l=ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com/feeds/2654948757622671040/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=27943183&amp;postID=2654948757622671040&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27943183/posts/default/2654948757622671040'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27943183/posts/default/2654948757622671040'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com/2009/02/words.html' title='Words'/><author><name>signing as</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_W56Kq4YAmF8/SZwDrhx-5gI/AAAAAAAAAQw/cvmwbFWcPW4/s72-c/mandala3.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27943183.post-7815244650461043134</id><published>2009-02-12T12:24:00.005-07:00</published><updated>2009-02-12T12:50:11.264-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='asha sahana'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Life skills'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='spiritual scatterings'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='peace.'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='chi'/><title type='text'>Give Peace a Chance</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_W56Kq4YAmF8/SZR78-GdAKI/AAAAAAAAAQo/QCtxxJ9Abxc/s1600-h/archwaysindia2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5301998948714348706" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 127px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 152px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_W56Kq4YAmF8/SZR78-GdAKI/AAAAAAAAAQo/QCtxxJ9Abxc/s200/archwaysindia2.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff6666;"&gt;The quieter you become,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff6666;"&gt;The more you can hear&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;color:#ff0000;"&gt;Baba Ram Dass&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffff66;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffff66;"&gt;And if you think about it, the louder you are, the less you hear.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffff66;"&gt;Quietness evokes a peace and serenity around us, it creates inspiration and time for thought.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffff66;"&gt;We hear more of the world around us, words touch us deeper and we observe and see better.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffff66;"&gt;Loudness breaks our thoughts, ruins our peace,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffff66;"&gt; and blinds us to many of the beautiful things in the world. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffff66;"&gt;I know which I prefer.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/27943183-7815244650461043134?l=ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com/feeds/7815244650461043134/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=27943183&amp;postID=7815244650461043134&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27943183/posts/default/7815244650461043134'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27943183/posts/default/7815244650461043134'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com/2009/02/give-peace-chance.html' title='Give Peace a Chance'/><author><name>signing as</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_W56Kq4YAmF8/SZR78-GdAKI/AAAAAAAAAQo/QCtxxJ9Abxc/s72-c/archwaysindia2.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27943183.post-8593883295811458428</id><published>2009-01-12T07:08:00.007-07:00</published><updated>2009-01-12T10:53:56.421-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='asha sahana'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='hunger'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='war'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='christmas'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='scatterings'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ong'/><title type='text'>So this is Christmas</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffcc66;"&gt;It has been a while since I last posted, Of course Christmas interrupts everything, and here in Spain it goes on for 2 weeks, but it was not only Christmas....for a long time I have been writing a book, and for a long time I have wanted to complete it, and I had felt tired, so to take a rest and finish what needed to be done. But it was not only that, this time of year makes me sentimental as it does with us all, but I watch all the shoppers ,I see the expensive plants and decorations put up around the streets, and I just thought...what about those who at war, those who are hungry without food, those dying without medicine, the homeless, the people and children that live and die in these situations. It is the season of goodwill , but at times we forget.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;I wish all those unseen voices out there, peace, love and happiness for this year and always.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/27943183-8593883295811458428?l=ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com/feeds/8593883295811458428/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=27943183&amp;postID=8593883295811458428&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27943183/posts/default/8593883295811458428'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27943183/posts/default/8593883295811458428'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com/2009/01/so-this-is-christmas.html' title='So this is Christmas'/><author><name>signing as</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27943183.post-2639866288963622960</id><published>2008-11-03T13:05:00.005-07:00</published><updated>2008-11-03T13:35:26.947-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='asha sahana'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='self evaluation'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='inner you'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='scatterings'/><title type='text'>Insignificance</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_W56Kq4YAmF8/SQ9eLKLNPDI/AAAAAAAAAPU/1nzpWFeDni8/s1600-h/garden2.jpg"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#66ffff;"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264530035222330418" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 70px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 93px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_W56Kq4YAmF8/SQ9eLKLNPDI/AAAAAAAAAPU/1nzpWFeDni8/s200/garden2.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#66ffff;"&gt; For those of us who feel that our lives are insignificant, we need to remind ourselves that that every action we take and every day that we live are significant , not only to ourselves but to others. We may not make history or become famous, but our time here has significance.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/27943183-2639866288963622960?l=ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com/feeds/2639866288963622960/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=27943183&amp;postID=2639866288963622960&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27943183/posts/default/2639866288963622960'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27943183/posts/default/2639866288963622960'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com/2008/11/insignificance.html' title='Insignificance'/><author><name>signing as</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_W56Kq4YAmF8/SQ9eLKLNPDI/AAAAAAAAAPU/1nzpWFeDni8/s72-c/garden2.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27943183.post-1666497886075918769</id><published>2008-10-15T03:36:00.003-07:00</published><updated>2008-10-15T03:47:47.126-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='life  day  acceptance'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='confusius'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='chi'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='spiritual essence'/><title type='text'>Exploration</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_W56Kq4YAmF8/SPXHzM6p5eI/AAAAAAAAAPE/xpjtTFwuQr8/s1600-h/op.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5257327822479418850" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" height="95" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_W56Kq4YAmF8/SPXHzM6p5eI/AAAAAAAAAPE/xpjtTFwuQr8/s200/op.JPG" width="89" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff9900;"&gt; If we do not yet know about life,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff9900;"&gt;How can we know about death?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;color:#ff9900;"&gt;Confucious&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#33ffff;"&gt;There is a lot of truth in this saying, we are most of us afraid to die, we have no idea what death will bring us. We only know the end as we have seen it.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#33ffff;"&gt;Our lesson from this saying is to explore life more, our reasons for being here and who we are. Perhaps then our fear of the unknown will disappear.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/27943183-1666497886075918769?l=ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com/feeds/1666497886075918769/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=27943183&amp;postID=1666497886075918769&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27943183/posts/default/1666497886075918769'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27943183/posts/default/1666497886075918769'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com/2008/10/exploration.html' title='Exploration'/><author><name>signing as</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_W56Kq4YAmF8/SPXHzM6p5eI/AAAAAAAAAPE/xpjtTFwuQr8/s72-c/op.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27943183.post-6739740779622050916</id><published>2008-10-10T15:53:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2008-10-10T15:56:54.629-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='asha sahana'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='life  day  acceptance'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='spiritual scatterings'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='spiritual essence'/><title type='text'>Hope</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_W56Kq4YAmF8/SO_djEsU0QI/AAAAAAAAAOk/SDBK9K06EfA/s1600-h/tree+of+life.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5255662884789473538" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 64px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 72px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" height="92" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_W56Kq4YAmF8/SO_djEsU0QI/AAAAAAAAAOk/SDBK9K06EfA/s200/tree+of+life.jpg" width="81" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style="color:#99ff99;"&gt;Everyone of us that walks the pathway of life needs hope, to carry them through the difficult times, to help us continue our journey. Hopes gives us the strength and desire within that allows us to continue to travel and battle through life.Without hope, we give up, become negative in thought and action. Hope and "Will" go hand in hand, in turn leading each other.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/27943183-6739740779622050916?l=ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com/feeds/6739740779622050916/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=27943183&amp;postID=6739740779622050916&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27943183/posts/default/6739740779622050916'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27943183/posts/default/6739740779622050916'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com/2008/10/hope.html' title='Hope'/><author><name>signing as</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_W56Kq4YAmF8/SO_djEsU0QI/AAAAAAAAAOk/SDBK9K06EfA/s72-c/tree+of+life.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27943183.post-6592967464420899665</id><published>2008-09-30T11:27:00.003-07:00</published><updated>2008-09-30T11:36:02.529-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='asha sahana'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='learning'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='memory'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='spiritual scatterings'/><title type='text'>The unseen</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_W56Kq4YAmF8/SOJwh_cwwAI/AAAAAAAAAOU/OH4DSrecQh8/s1600-h/summer.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5251883844737482754" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 110px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 81px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" height="130" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_W56Kq4YAmF8/SOJwh_cwwAI/AAAAAAAAAOU/OH4DSrecQh8/s200/summer.jpg" width="82" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_h0aEZmgtBeU/SNGLefxoEMI/AAAAAAAAADg/upTSidS7VUI/s1600-h/tree+of+life.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#99ff99;"&gt;Is it easier to believe in only what we see?and make judgement from that in front of us?&lt;br /&gt;But doesn´t all that we see have an unseen side, a more valuable often unacknowledged other side? For example, a mother smiles at her child, we often miss the love behind the action, or what if someone consoles us when we are sad, the action of comfort we see but what we do not always see is that person absorbing and feeling our sadness.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#99ff99;"&gt;Behind every thing we see lies a part unseen.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/27943183-6592967464420899665?l=ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com/feeds/6592967464420899665/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=27943183&amp;postID=6592967464420899665&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27943183/posts/default/6592967464420899665'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27943183/posts/default/6592967464420899665'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com/2008/09/unseen.html' title='The unseen'/><author><name>signing as</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_W56Kq4YAmF8/SOJwh_cwwAI/AAAAAAAAAOU/OH4DSrecQh8/s72-c/summer.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27943183.post-3529810317609847200</id><published>2008-09-06T12:23:00.005-07:00</published><updated>2008-09-06T12:33:50.346-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='asha sahana'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='expression'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='inner thoughts'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='spiritual essence'/><title type='text'>Thought</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_W56Kq4YAmF8/SMLZcI7JZAI/AAAAAAAAAOM/hzL1l3jpXAQ/s1600-h/roses.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5242991993667806210" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" height="123" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_W56Kq4YAmF8/SMLZcI7JZAI/AAAAAAAAAOM/hzL1l3jpXAQ/s200/roses.jpg" width="126" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffff99;"&gt;All that we are is the result of our own thoughts,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffff99;"&gt;we are made up and consist of our own thoughts,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffff99;"&gt;responsibility for our thoughts, for good or bad.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffff99;"&gt;Is ours and ours alone.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffff99;"&gt;If we are guided by pure thought,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffff99;"&gt;Happiness follows us,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffff99;"&gt;and remains with us.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/27943183-3529810317609847200?l=ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com/feeds/3529810317609847200/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=27943183&amp;postID=3529810317609847200&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27943183/posts/default/3529810317609847200'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27943183/posts/default/3529810317609847200'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com/2008/09/thought.html' title='Thought'/><author><name>signing as</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_W56Kq4YAmF8/SMLZcI7JZAI/AAAAAAAAAOM/hzL1l3jpXAQ/s72-c/roses.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27943183.post-7047976611396078331</id><published>2008-08-24T12:32:00.005-07:00</published><updated>2008-08-24T12:46:05.129-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Madrid'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='aircrash'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='tribute'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='spanair'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Las Palmas'/><title type='text'>Tribute</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_W56Kq4YAmF8/SLG5uq-gA6I/AAAAAAAAAKQ/gqEbCbL3Dc8/s1600-h/luto.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5238172053070152610" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" height="161" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_W56Kq4YAmF8/SLG5uq-gA6I/AAAAAAAAAKQ/gqEbCbL3Dc8/s200/luto.jpg" width="173" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#cc66cc;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#cc66cc;"&gt;A tragedy, unbelievable.....shock.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#cc66cc;"&gt;The loss of life&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#cc66cc;"&gt;The pain&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#cc66cc;"&gt;and the&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#cc66cc;"&gt;Not knowing.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#cc66cc;"&gt;Our thoughts are with you,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#cc66cc;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#cc66cc;"&gt; those who have died &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#cc66cc;"&gt;and those who have lost someone,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#cc66cc;"&gt;in the Spanair aircrash,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#cc66cc;"&gt;flight Madrid - Las Palmas&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/27943183-7047976611396078331?l=ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com/feeds/7047976611396078331/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=27943183&amp;postID=7047976611396078331&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27943183/posts/default/7047976611396078331'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27943183/posts/default/7047976611396078331'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com/2008/08/tribute.html' title='Tribute'/><author><name>signing as</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_W56Kq4YAmF8/SLG5uq-gA6I/AAAAAAAAAKQ/gqEbCbL3Dc8/s72-c/luto.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27943183.post-3638645799533624132</id><published>2008-07-19T14:39:00.004-07:00</published><updated>2008-07-19T14:58:02.936-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='asha sahana'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='silence'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='spiritual scatterings'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='chi'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='inner peace'/><title type='text'>Silence is golden.</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_W56Kq4YAmF8/SIJjRxt_bQI/AAAAAAAAAJ4/mpvE1NfrL40/s1600-h/medicine_mandala-vlg.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5224847674758360322" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" height="126" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_W56Kq4YAmF8/SIJjRxt_bQI/AAAAAAAAAJ4/mpvE1NfrL40/s200/medicine_mandala-vlg.jpg" width="121" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#9999ff;"&gt;At times it is necessary to seek time alone. time for us only to bond with our thoughts and cleanse our souls. A spiritual cleaning that will then invite inspiration, inner peace and help to regain our energies. I identify only too well when I need to take some solitary time, I become anxious, irritable and blocked creatively.I have to take my self away and be alone, when my partner has to go away so I use this time for being solitary and to allow my chi to breath afresh, with meditation and relaxation. If we allow our chi to become tired and contaminated so will it affect our spirit. Breath anew and regenerate, and don´t be afraid of the silence and lonliness.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#9999ff;"&gt;Silence is golden.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/27943183-3638645799533624132?l=ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com/feeds/3638645799533624132/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=27943183&amp;postID=3638645799533624132&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27943183/posts/default/3638645799533624132'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27943183/posts/default/3638645799533624132'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com/2008/07/silence-is-golden.html' title='Silence is golden.'/><author><name>signing as</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp2.blogger.com/_W56Kq4YAmF8/SIJjRxt_bQI/AAAAAAAAAJ4/mpvE1NfrL40/s72-c/medicine_mandala-vlg.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27943183.post-1209675822590178176</id><published>2008-07-12T15:49:00.004-07:00</published><updated>2008-07-12T16:05:17.559-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='asha sahana'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='life  day  acceptance'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='healing'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='spiritual scatterings'/><title type='text'>It´s ok to say No</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffcc66;"&gt;It has been a while since I last posted but my life has been cluttered, things you promise to do for people, answers you want to find, visitors that un invited move in on your private space, and do not consider that all though you may be at home all day, that you actually are working. I am totally amazed that the last two visitors decided that his was the best internet cafe out,  and prevented me from catching up with my work. We are not talking about an hour here but almost 24/7 chatting or playing poker.  Excuse my lack of spiritual writing here but the main point I am trying to make is....that it is ok to say no! and I did, and I felt bad but I also suffered from the break in my creativity and the work routine i had adapted. So sometimes it is necessary to say No or not now, or I need to work, we may feel guilty, but in reality we know that maybe it has to be said, whatever the price.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/27943183-1209675822590178176?l=ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com/feeds/1209675822590178176/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=27943183&amp;postID=1209675822590178176&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27943183/posts/default/1209675822590178176'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27943183/posts/default/1209675822590178176'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com/2008/07/its-ok-to-say-no.html' title='It´s ok to say No'/><author><name>signing as</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27943183.post-42285536903414575</id><published>2008-06-01T04:45:00.003-07:00</published><updated>2008-06-01T04:54:03.517-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='asha sahana'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sushine'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='acceptance'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='spiritual scatterings'/><title type='text'>Mental Sunshine</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_W56Kq4YAmF8/SEKMRZTMyDI/AAAAAAAAAJg/IjsIk0bJ4ME/s1600-h/AB3.jpg"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffff33;"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5206878349670795314" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 81px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 92px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" height="127" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_W56Kq4YAmF8/SEKMRZTMyDI/AAAAAAAAAJg/IjsIk0bJ4ME/s200/AB3.jpg" width="132" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffff33;"&gt; Let us begin every waking day &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffff33;"&gt;after dawn has broken and lit our way.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffff33;"&gt;To give thanks and allow us to radiate joy, happiness and mental subshine,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffff33;"&gt; to everyone who crosses our path today.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/27943183-42285536903414575?l=ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com/feeds/42285536903414575/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=27943183&amp;postID=42285536903414575&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27943183/posts/default/42285536903414575'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27943183/posts/default/42285536903414575'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com/2008/06/mental-sunshine.html' title='Mental Sunshine'/><author><name>signing as</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp1.blogger.com/_W56Kq4YAmF8/SEKMRZTMyDI/AAAAAAAAAJg/IjsIk0bJ4ME/s72-c/AB3.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27943183.post-2725619251704001944</id><published>2008-05-15T05:46:00.003-07:00</published><updated>2008-05-15T06:03:32.446-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='asha sahana'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='criticism'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='self destruction'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='spiritual scatterings'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='envy'/><title type='text'>Look before we leap</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_W56Kq4YAmF8/SCw0jNEzykI/AAAAAAAAAJY/PIK-RA3ZaKM/s1600-h/heart.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5200589449115978306" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 87px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 98px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" height="123" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_W56Kq4YAmF8/SCw0jNEzykI/AAAAAAAAAJY/PIK-RA3ZaKM/s200/heart.jpg" width="104" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffcc33;"&gt;At times maybe we are too critical of others without really stopping to think why. What is it about that person, or the action that person has done to warrant criticism? Is it envy that causes us to speak with a bad tongue? or is it because we do not like them, or they us.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffcc33;"&gt;There are many reasons why, that we within ourselves spit out criticism of another, it may be an inferiority of own hidden deep within us. Think before you speak, ask yourself why? before you speak.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#9999ff;"&gt;Remember, Criticism can be constructive, but said wrongly or for the wrong reason can be extremely destructive.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/27943183-2725619251704001944?l=ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com/feeds/2725619251704001944/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=27943183&amp;postID=2725619251704001944&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27943183/posts/default/2725619251704001944'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27943183/posts/default/2725619251704001944'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com/2008/05/look-before-we-leap.html' title='Look before we leap'/><author><name>signing as</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp1.blogger.com/_W56Kq4YAmF8/SCw0jNEzykI/AAAAAAAAAJY/PIK-RA3ZaKM/s72-c/heart.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27943183.post-2086081154310448512</id><published>2008-05-03T14:40:00.004-07:00</published><updated>2008-05-03T14:53:54.339-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='asha sahana'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Free Tibet'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Life skills'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Loneliness'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='spiritual scatterings'/><title type='text'>Take my Hand</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffff66;"&gt;At times we wander through life aimlessly, we reach out in hope that all will be ok.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffff66;"&gt; At times someone takes our hand, whilst at other times we feel lost and alone, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffff66;"&gt;but truly........&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffff66;"&gt;we are never alone&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/27943183-2086081154310448512?l=ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com/feeds/2086081154310448512/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=27943183&amp;postID=2086081154310448512&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27943183/posts/default/2086081154310448512'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27943183/posts/default/2086081154310448512'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com/2008/05/take-my-hand.html' title='Take my Hand'/><author><name>signing as</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27943183.post-3257586964780913363</id><published>2008-04-17T12:38:00.004-07:00</published><updated>2008-04-17T13:03:31.569-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='asha sahana'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='negative thoughts'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='acceptance'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='spiritual scatterings'/><title type='text'>Curiosities</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff9966;"&gt;Curiosities, we all have them in our personality. It´s what makes us uniqu Mae, some will refer to these curiosities as  personality traits that are best hidden, whilst other will refer to the person as an excentric or weird, but our curiosities are ours, that make us who we are so we should not try to hide them from anyone, or change them because people wish you to. We must always remain faithful to who and what we are, and we should always accept others for who and what they are. A little more acceptance may bring about more peace in this world.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;color:#ffff99;"&gt;Sorry no picture is posted but I have a problem with uploading photos at the moment&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/27943183-3257586964780913363?l=ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com/feeds/3257586964780913363/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=27943183&amp;postID=3257586964780913363&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27943183/posts/default/3257586964780913363'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27943183/posts/default/3257586964780913363'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com/2008/04/curiosities.html' title='Curiosities'/><author><name>signing as</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27943183.post-4615260864146675864</id><published>2008-03-23T13:16:00.005-07:00</published><updated>2008-03-23T14:57:51.665-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Free Tibet'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Tibet'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Buddhist'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Buddha'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Dalai Lama'/><title type='text'>Free Tibet</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_W56Kq4YAmF8/R-bRiS9UzoI/AAAAAAAAAIw/kovgxNy9otU/s1600-h/logostr.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5181058808471146114" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_W56Kq4YAmF8/R-bRiS9UzoI/AAAAAAAAAIw/kovgxNy9otU/s200/logostr.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffff66;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffff66;"&gt;I have been watching the traumas in Tibet , and I shake my head in sorrow.A small country of peaceful people that just wish to live in peace in their own country, with their own customs. Tibet is a spiritual journey, and needs to be left in peace. Free Tibet. I am reminded of the words by &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc66cc;"&gt;His Holiness the Dalai Lama:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc66cc;"&gt;Violence is Self Perpetuating.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#9999ff;"&gt;If you succeed through violence at the expense of others´rights and welfare, you have not solved the problem, but only created the seeds for another. (H.H.Dalai Lama-The Little Book of Wisdom)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff9966;"&gt;Perhaps we should all offer 5minutes of prayer for a solution in Tibet&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/27943183-4615260864146675864?l=ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com/feeds/4615260864146675864/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=27943183&amp;postID=4615260864146675864&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27943183/posts/default/4615260864146675864'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27943183/posts/default/4615260864146675864'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com/2008/03/free-tibet.html' title='Free Tibet'/><author><name>signing as</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp1.blogger.com/_W56Kq4YAmF8/R-bRiS9UzoI/AAAAAAAAAIw/kovgxNy9otU/s72-c/logostr.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27943183.post-8235516049638872649</id><published>2008-03-14T12:53:00.004-07:00</published><updated>2008-03-14T13:45:31.249-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='asha sahana'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='time'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='acceptance'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='spiritual essence'/><title type='text'>Winds of Time</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_W56Kq4YAmF8/R9rjytoWt5I/AAAAAAAAAIo/rfAuy8uhzDA/s1600-h/dharma.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5177701181997627282" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 95px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 94px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" height="125" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_W56Kq4YAmF8/R9rjytoWt5I/AAAAAAAAAIo/rfAuy8uhzDA/s200/dharma.jpg" width="109" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffcc33;"&gt;What&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffcc66;"&gt; do the &lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#9999ff;"&gt;winds of time&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt; bring us, for many we think of the passing from child to adult and eventually old age. The loss of loved ones as they pass on to another life, the joy of being young and the difficulties that may befall us if we become old and frail. The fading beauty and the inability to embrace life. It sounds daunting, if we allow it to be. We cannot prevent the loss of loved ones through age or terminal illness, we can and must grieve and then we must remember all the wonderful memories we hold of that person, remembering that their life was not in vain and they have now passed on to a new life, one of which at this moment we cannot understand. The passing of child to adult to old age, is a transistion of love,life, experiences, learnings, happiness and of course sadness, and many other things.The joy of being young, and the fear of becoming old and frail, is a natural fear that we will cope with as is necessary at that moment. For many the winds of time reverse this, the fear of being young, the fear of life and the need to be older to escape the traumas of childhood.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffcc66;"&gt;Fading beauty and the inability to embrace life, is purely a matter of attitude, for which we are responsible. Beauty never fades because true beauty lies within us, it is not a visual thing but a light that flickers silently within us, for all of our days...some have brighter lights than others.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ccccff;"&gt;We and only we, are responsible for our own&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="color:#6666cc;"&gt;"&lt;em&gt;winds of time&lt;/em&gt;".&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/27943183-8235516049638872649?l=ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com/feeds/8235516049638872649/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=27943183&amp;postID=8235516049638872649&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27943183/posts/default/8235516049638872649'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27943183/posts/default/8235516049638872649'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com/2008/03/winds-of-time.html' title='Winds of Time'/><author><name>signing as</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp0.blogger.com/_W56Kq4YAmF8/R9rjytoWt5I/AAAAAAAAAIo/rfAuy8uhzDA/s72-c/dharma.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27943183.post-930976831763239394</id><published>2008-02-26T13:24:00.004-07:00</published><updated>2008-02-26T13:39:51.034-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='asha sahana'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='knowledge'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='compassion'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='love'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='acceptance'/><title type='text'>Compassion</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_W56Kq4YAmF8/R8R4kA0ypCI/AAAAAAAAAIQ/sjeLeQpboBM/s1600-h/DSC00019.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5171390832220218402" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" height="106" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_W56Kq4YAmF8/R8R4kA0ypCI/AAAAAAAAAIQ/sjeLeQpboBM/s200/DSC00019.JPG" width="135" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffcc66;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffcc66;"&gt;What if we were the richest or the most knowledgeable, does it make us better than the person that sows the seed on the land, or those without education or money. If we reach these unfathomable heights, but could not offer respect and compassion to others, then our life becomes worthless. Not all are reborn on this earth in a position of power or wealth, but it does not make them lesser human beings, these are the ones who show compassion to their fellow man, or offer assistance to those in trouble. Those blessed with wealth use it wisely and those blessed with knowledge teach us to be compassionate human beings and live together happily and not bring harm others.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/27943183-930976831763239394?l=ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com/feeds/930976831763239394/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=27943183&amp;postID=930976831763239394&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27943183/posts/default/930976831763239394'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27943183/posts/default/930976831763239394'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com/2008/02/compassion.html' title='Compassion'/><author><name>signing as</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp0.blogger.com/_W56Kq4YAmF8/R8R4kA0ypCI/AAAAAAAAAIQ/sjeLeQpboBM/s72-c/DSC00019.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27943183.post-1846749685795562104</id><published>2008-02-17T07:40:00.003-07:00</published><updated>2008-02-17T08:50:59.772-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='asha sahana'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='spiritual scatterings'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='spirituality'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='spiritual essence'/><title type='text'>important things in Life</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_W56Kq4YAmF8/R7hHvQ0ypBI/AAAAAAAAAII/2D5UfkrO9_Y/s1600-h/hopess.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5167959449703457810" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 116px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 76px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" height="85" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_W56Kq4YAmF8/R7hHvQ0ypBI/AAAAAAAAAII/2D5UfkrO9_Y/s200/hopess.jpg" width="128" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#66ff99;"&gt; All&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#66cccc;"&gt; of us are on this earth for a limited amount of time, some less than others. Therefore it is better that we use ourtime here wisely and respectfully. Love each other as if it is your last days on this earth. You will not have time for bad thoughts&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/27943183-1846749685795562104?l=ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com/feeds/1846749685795562104/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=27943183&amp;postID=1846749685795562104&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27943183/posts/default/1846749685795562104'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27943183/posts/default/1846749685795562104'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com/2008/02/love_17.html' title='important things in Life'/><author><name>signing as</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp1.blogger.com/_W56Kq4YAmF8/R7hHvQ0ypBI/AAAAAAAAAII/2D5UfkrO9_Y/s72-c/hopess.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27943183.post-5202030317780296274</id><published>2008-02-11T17:20:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-02-11T17:31:21.410-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Love</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_W56Kq4YAmF8/R7Dosw0yo_I/AAAAAAAAAH4/VSzADPob24k/s1600-h/DSC00637.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5165884628312171506" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 99px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 78px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" height="93" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_W56Kq4YAmF8/R7Dosw0yo_I/AAAAAAAAAH4/VSzADPob24k/s200/DSC00637.jpg" width="120" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffcc66;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffcc66;"&gt;Life at times offers us great gifts, and the greatest is that of love, being loved, giving love and receiving love....what more could we wish for?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/27943183-5202030317780296274?l=ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com/feeds/5202030317780296274/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=27943183&amp;postID=5202030317780296274&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27943183/posts/default/5202030317780296274'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27943183/posts/default/5202030317780296274'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com/2008/02/love.html' title='Love'/><author><name>signing as</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp3.blogger.com/_W56Kq4YAmF8/R7Dosw0yo_I/AAAAAAAAAH4/VSzADPob24k/s72-c/DSC00637.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27943183.post-3430402459935963642</id><published>2008-02-06T07:06:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-02-06T07:17:27.930-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='asha sahana'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='healing'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='acceptance'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='spiritual scatterings'/><title type='text'>Changes</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_W56Kq4YAmF8/R6nAfR1sloI/AAAAAAAAAHw/noxgi-nJ40M/s1600-h/DSC00295.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5163870091354084994" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 100px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 74px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" height="99" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_W56Kq4YAmF8/R6nAfR1sloI/AAAAAAAAAHw/noxgi-nJ40M/s200/DSC00295.jpg" width="142" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff9966;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff9966;"&gt;Don´t wait to see if what needs changing changes, Instead offer an example to others and change it, and they will change what needs to be changed instead of waiting for it to happen.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/27943183-3430402459935963642?l=ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com/feeds/3430402459935963642/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=27943183&amp;postID=3430402459935963642&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27943183/posts/default/3430402459935963642'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27943183/posts/default/3430402459935963642'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com/2008/02/changes.html' title='Changes'/><author><name>signing as</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp0.blogger.com/_W56Kq4YAmF8/R6nAfR1sloI/AAAAAAAAAHw/noxgi-nJ40M/s72-c/DSC00295.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27943183.post-2939025704030811169</id><published>2008-01-31T11:53:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2008-01-31T11:58:01.234-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='asha sahana'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='power'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='spiritual journeys'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='spiritual scatterings'/><title type='text'>Growth</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_W56Kq4YAmF8/R6IZxR1slmI/AAAAAAAAAHg/9LlmwutxlCY/s1600-h/webbg22.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5161716457312917090" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 127px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 93px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" height="113" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_W56Kq4YAmF8/R6IZxR1slmI/AAAAAAAAAHg/9LlmwutxlCY/s200/webbg22.jpg" width="150" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffff99;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffff99;"&gt;Life is nothing but a constant process of growth through living ,loving and learning.Each day we live better, lover stronger the people we care for and learn from each event and each passing minute. Growth is opening our hearts and our minds.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/27943183-2939025704030811169?l=ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com/feeds/2939025704030811169/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=27943183&amp;postID=2939025704030811169&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27943183/posts/default/2939025704030811169'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27943183/posts/default/2939025704030811169'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com/2008/01/growth.html' title='Growth'/><author><name>signing as</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp1.blogger.com/_W56Kq4YAmF8/R6IZxR1slmI/AAAAAAAAAHg/9LlmwutxlCY/s72-c/webbg22.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27943183.post-3406837084983846330</id><published>2008-01-20T13:39:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-01-20T13:49:06.330-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='asha sahana'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='spiritual journeys'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='acceptance'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='scatterings'/><title type='text'>Courage</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_W56Kq4YAmF8/R5OzcL7dimI/AAAAAAAAAHY/ERQXolePQc8/s1600-h/DSC00669.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5157663295089248866" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" height="83" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_W56Kq4YAmF8/R5OzcL7dimI/AAAAAAAAAHY/ERQXolePQc8/s200/DSC00669.jpg" width="156" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffcc33;"&gt;Sometimes in life we have to take a step back to be able to gain the momentum to leap further ahead. At times after a fall we find it difficult to pick ourself up and brush ourself down and satrt over. Life takes courage, to learn from our errors and grow from our hearts.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/27943183-3406837084983846330?l=ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com/feeds/3406837084983846330/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=27943183&amp;postID=3406837084983846330&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27943183/posts/default/3406837084983846330'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27943183/posts/default/3406837084983846330'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com/2008/01/courage.html' title='Courage'/><author><name>signing as</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp2.blogger.com/_W56Kq4YAmF8/R5OzcL7dimI/AAAAAAAAAHY/ERQXolePQc8/s72-c/DSC00669.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27943183.post-1416868117647472205</id><published>2008-01-11T06:53:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-01-11T07:01:28.682-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Quality or Quantity</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_W56Kq4YAmF8/R4d2qb7dilI/AAAAAAAAAHQ/MPVN7p9WsJ4/s1600-h/bud2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5154218769972562514" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" height="91" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_W56Kq4YAmF8/R4d2qb7dilI/AAAAAAAAAHQ/MPVN7p9WsJ4/s200/bud2.jpg" width="59" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffcc33;"&gt;Quality or quantity? this is a consideration for most things in life.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffcc33;"&gt;It´s better to have one flawless diamond than a hundred flawed.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffcc33;"&gt;It´s better to have two good friends than ten false friends.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffcc33;"&gt;It´s better to have one belief than sample many.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffcc33;"&gt;It´s better to be loved by one special partner, than have a handful of sporadic lovers.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffcc33;"&gt;It´s better to be happy with what you have, than to spend your days wanting more.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffcc33;"&gt;the list is endless.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffcc33;"&gt;Whats your thought? I would like to hear.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/27943183-1416868117647472205?l=ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com/feeds/1416868117647472205/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=27943183&amp;postID=1416868117647472205&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27943183/posts/default/1416868117647472205'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27943183/posts/default/1416868117647472205'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com/2008/01/quality-or-quantity.html' title='Quality or Quantity'/><author><name>signing as</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp3.blogger.com/_W56Kq4YAmF8/R4d2qb7dilI/AAAAAAAAAHQ/MPVN7p9WsJ4/s72-c/bud2.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27943183.post-7519185297784414342</id><published>2008-01-04T02:25:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-01-04T02:55:27.097-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='asha sahana'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='power'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ashtavakra Gita'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='spiritual essence'/><title type='text'>The power of Thought</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_W56Kq4YAmF8/R34CE77dijI/AAAAAAAAAHA/oVBEGzcp_J8/s1600-h/DSC00285.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5151557307588250162" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 152px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 113px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" height="123" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_W56Kq4YAmF8/R34CE77dijI/AAAAAAAAAHA/oVBEGzcp_J8/s200/DSC00285.jpg" width="161" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#66cccc;"&gt;The power of thought and how we see ourselves, sculpts our being and personality. If we believe that we are better than others so we remain in this line of thought, and accept the consequences. If we believe that given a position of power it is ours, to misuse and harm others then once again we are trapped in this train of thought. Likewise If we believe we are good and caring so we become this person, which is better?? &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#66cccc;"&gt;Believe in what you are, but if you desire power and greed, so this lives within you. You become what you believe you are, and your actions are dictated by the person you have become. Thought and belief are ever powerful seeds in life.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#993399;"&gt;One who considers oneself free is free indeed and one who considers oneself bound remains bound.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#993399;"&gt;"As one thinks, so one becomes", is a popular saying in this world, which is true.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#993399;"&gt;(chapter1 v10 - Ashtavakra Gita )&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/27943183-7519185297784414342?l=ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com/feeds/7519185297784414342/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=27943183&amp;postID=7519185297784414342&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27943183/posts/default/7519185297784414342'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27943183/posts/default/7519185297784414342'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com/2008/01/power-of-thought.html' title='The power of Thought'/><author><name>signing as</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp0.blogger.com/_W56Kq4YAmF8/R34CE77dijI/AAAAAAAAAHA/oVBEGzcp_J8/s72-c/DSC00285.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27943183.post-1437678312046589970</id><published>2007-12-30T06:39:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-12-30T07:19:42.797-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='women'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='asha sahana'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='violence'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='spiritual scatterings'/><title type='text'>Women against violence</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffcc66;"&gt;This is my thought for the end of the year.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffcc66;"&gt;Once again, this year I have heard so much of violence against women. Hear we hear of the deaths of many women assassinated by their partners, who still wish to control them. We do not hear of those that live in fear, hidden away behind locked doors.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffcc66;"&gt;In many respects women have moved forward in the world, but in other respects we still have a long way to go.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffcc66;"&gt;If we make the decision to leave an abusive partner, be it mental or physical, then so be it. It is our right to take decisions and act apon them. It is our right to be free and not live eternally in fear.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffcc66;"&gt;Another year is ending, and I would say to those living in a fearful situation, be strong and seek help. The pathway may not be easy but with courage you can build a new future. It is your right to be free and live in peace.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;color:#cc66cc;"&gt;"It is not a garment I cast off today, but a skin that I rip with my bare hands" Khalil Gibran&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/27943183-1437678312046589970?l=ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com/feeds/1437678312046589970/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=27943183&amp;postID=1437678312046589970&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27943183/posts/default/1437678312046589970'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27943183/posts/default/1437678312046589970'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com/2007/12/women-against-violence.html' title='Women against violence'/><author><name>signing as</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27943183.post-1343897487025126210</id><published>2007-12-21T14:10:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-12-23T11:54:48.578-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='asha sahana'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='joy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='christmas'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='spiritual scatterings'/><title type='text'>Greetings</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_W56Kq4YAmF8/R2wser7dihI/AAAAAAAAAGw/D0wLg7j4ZU0/s1600-h/snowangle2.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5146537379877456402" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 125px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 128px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" height="128" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_W56Kq4YAmF8/R2wser7dihI/AAAAAAAAAGw/D0wLg7j4ZU0/s200/snowangle2.JPG" width="142" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#33cc00;"&gt;I wish all the people that visit my blog a very &lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Happy Christmas,&lt;/span&gt; with plenty of joy and love.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;color:#6633ff;"&gt;Take a few minutes to think of those not so fortunate, the power of thought is a grand thing.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff0000;"&gt;Merry Christmas All&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/27943183-1343897487025126210?l=ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com/feeds/1343897487025126210/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=27943183&amp;postID=1343897487025126210&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27943183/posts/default/1343897487025126210'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27943183/posts/default/1343897487025126210'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com/2007/12/i-wish-all-people-that-visit-my-blog.html' title='Greetings'/><author><name>signing as</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp1.blogger.com/_W56Kq4YAmF8/R2wser7dihI/AAAAAAAAAGw/D0wLg7j4ZU0/s72-c/snowangle2.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27943183.post-4498991436803320967</id><published>2007-12-21T13:43:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-12-21T14:09:52.519-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='asha sahana'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='khalil gibran'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='acceptance'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='spirituality'/><title type='text'>A wall that divides</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_W56Kq4YAmF8/R2wrBL7digI/AAAAAAAAAGo/7y2B32xA02I/s1600-h/solo2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5146535773559687682" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_W56Kq4YAmF8/R2wrBL7digI/AAAAAAAAAGo/7y2B32xA02I/s200/solo2.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#6666cc;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;"Sadness is a wall between two gardens"&lt;/span&gt; Khalil Gibran&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff9966;"&gt;Human life is a grand journey in which we experience ups and downs, highs and lows. If we accept this then we can understand the course of our emotions. Sadness is not the terrible emotion that we believe it to be, because from sadness we have the opportunity to experience happiness once again as we come out the other side. Everything in life is in constant movement, and emotions are no different.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/27943183-4498991436803320967?l=ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com/feeds/4498991436803320967/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=27943183&amp;postID=4498991436803320967&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27943183/posts/default/4498991436803320967'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27943183/posts/default/4498991436803320967'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com/2007/12/wall-that-divides.html' title='A wall that divides'/><author><name>signing as</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp3.blogger.com/_W56Kq4YAmF8/R2wrBL7digI/AAAAAAAAAGo/7y2B32xA02I/s72-c/solo2.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27943183.post-3276742263093853836</id><published>2007-12-17T14:01:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-12-17T14:14:52.755-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='asha sahana'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='inner thoughts'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='memory'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='acceptance'/><title type='text'>Thoughts</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_W56Kq4YAmF8/R2bmWr7difI/AAAAAAAAAGg/lm51z2E0BEI/s1600-h/DSC00674.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5145052901741005298" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_W56Kq4YAmF8/R2bmWr7difI/AAAAAAAAAGg/lm51z2E0BEI/s200/DSC00674.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffcc66;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffcc66;"&gt;Your thoughts and words are like waves on an ocean, riding the wind like leaves blowing in a storm, but all these thoughts and words will stay with you , locked in your memory of life forever. nothing we think or feel is without reason.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/27943183-3276742263093853836?l=ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com/feeds/3276742263093853836/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=27943183&amp;postID=3276742263093853836&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27943183/posts/default/3276742263093853836'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27943183/posts/default/3276742263093853836'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com/2007/12/thoughts.html' title='Thoughts'/><author><name>signing as</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp3.blogger.com/_W56Kq4YAmF8/R2bmWr7difI/AAAAAAAAAGg/lm51z2E0BEI/s72-c/DSC00674.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27943183.post-1872202686940628727</id><published>2007-12-16T17:13:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-12-16T17:15:23.367-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Welcome</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffcc33;"&gt;Though I have lived my life over and over, nothing ever fails to surprise me. Each event, every meeting, each minute that passes, each day that arrives, brings new experiences and sensations. I welcome them for good or bad...and I learn from them. They guide me on the pathway of life. Allow them to guide you too.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/27943183-1872202686940628727?l=ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com/feeds/1872202686940628727/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=27943183&amp;postID=1872202686940628727&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27943183/posts/default/1872202686940628727'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27943183/posts/default/1872202686940628727'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com/2007/12/welcome.html' title='Welcome'/><author><name>signing as</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27943183.post-7598210436508378848</id><published>2007-12-06T14:25:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-12-06T14:35:51.465-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='asha sahana'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='life  day  acceptance'/><title type='text'>Open our hearts</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff9900;"&gt;Sometimes we think that all we have is never enough, but what if you suddenly discovered your time on this earth was limited, what we have suddenly becomes sufficient, life becomes precious and we want to experience more. We open our hearts to those previously we may have shunned and our thoughts become clearer as we understand the importance of living a good and spiritual life. Do not allow ourselves to be blinded by need, but open lets open our eyes and see that what we have is enough and that life offers riches in many forms, recieve and delight in small things, and offer unto others warmth and sincerity. Our time is short on this earth, here we must learn for the next life.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/27943183-7598210436508378848?l=ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com/feeds/7598210436508378848/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=27943183&amp;postID=7598210436508378848&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27943183/posts/default/7598210436508378848'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27943183/posts/default/7598210436508378848'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com/2007/12/open-our-hearts.html' title='Open our hearts'/><author><name>signing as</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27943183.post-17500361080573592</id><published>2007-11-27T15:56:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-11-27T15:57:02.103-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Courage V Fear</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;a style="COLOR: #660000; FONT-FAMILY: trebuchet ms" href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_h0aEZmgtBeU/R0x77wsoRrI/AAAAAAAAAA0/GkgtRgAPNrospan"&gt;There are times in our journey that we believe our courage has abandoned us, fear creeps over us like a dark humid night, making us perspire and our hearts leap. Afraid of the next step, It is normal to feel fear at times, it causes us to think about our next action, to realise that at times our pathway is not always secure. Courage does not abandon us but withdraws, so we learn from another sensation, fear causes us to tread carefully and identify our necessity, It is one of our survival instincts, and we use it in many different situations. How many time have you heard someone say, "but I´m afraid to fall in love¨ Fear enables you to analyse and take things slowly and evently courage returns to lead the way. &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/27943183-17500361080573592?l=ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com/feeds/17500361080573592/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=27943183&amp;postID=17500361080573592&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27943183/posts/default/17500361080573592'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27943183/posts/default/17500361080573592'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com/2007/11/courage-v-fear.html' title='Courage V Fear'/><author><name>signing as</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27943183.post-7238511566638765089</id><published>2007-11-24T15:52:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-11-24T15:54:01.378-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='asha sahana'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='wealth'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='scatterings'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='spiritual essence'/><title type='text'>Wealth</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffcc33;"&gt;What is true wealth?&lt;br /&gt;True wealth is love and understanding, the ability to see and hear, appreciation of the life you have. Love for yourself, family, friends and everyone.&lt;br /&gt;To speak words that float like petals on the wind, waiting for someone to catch them.....&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/27943183-7238511566638765089?l=ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com/feeds/7238511566638765089/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=27943183&amp;postID=7238511566638765089&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27943183/posts/default/7238511566638765089'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27943183/posts/default/7238511566638765089'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com/2007/11/what-is-true-wealth-true-wealth-is-love.html' title='Wealth'/><author><name>signing as</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27943183.post-8059949017681671785</id><published>2007-11-19T16:27:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-11-19T16:41:42.050-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='life  day  acceptance'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='memories'/><title type='text'>Memories</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;we spend our lives collecting memories, photos,trinkets, souveniers and letters,cards and much more. The more years that pass the more memories we collect, the bigger the burdon to change house, travel etc.  Memories are important, and for all the years of collecting, we could free ourselves from the physical burdon, for the best places for memories is in our hearts. There they will travel with us wherever we go, and when we pass on to another life we can carry them with us.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/27943183-8059949017681671785?l=ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com/feeds/8059949017681671785/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=27943183&amp;postID=8059949017681671785&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27943183/posts/default/8059949017681671785'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27943183/posts/default/8059949017681671785'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com/2007/11/memories.html' title='Memories'/><author><name>signing as</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27943183.post-620599049928480109</id><published>2007-11-12T16:18:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-11-12T16:31:07.254-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='emotions'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='negativity'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='expression'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='energy'/><title type='text'>expression</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;color:#ffcc33;"&gt;Sometimes the need to express ourselves, comes forth in the wrong way, especially if it is anger. The build up and contamination of anger and negativity within us builds up, absorbing our energies until it finally spews out...a stream of verbal poison, that hits like arrows at those near to us. Expression is a healthy thing but not when emotional contamination  has remained inside for so long. certainly you will feel better afterwards, but my advice to you would be to expressit before it contaminates your thoughts. Expression is expulsion...and expulsion cleanses our inner being. Express your negative emotions through paint or words(on paper) and not at those nearest to us.&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/27943183-620599049928480109?l=ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com/feeds/620599049928480109/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=27943183&amp;postID=620599049928480109&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27943183/posts/default/620599049928480109'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27943183/posts/default/620599049928480109'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com/2007/11/expression.html' title='expression'/><author><name>signing as</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27943183.post-7260725607532114391</id><published>2007-11-02T16:13:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-11-02T16:27:59.645-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='asha sahana'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sharing'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='opening up'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='learning'/><title type='text'>voices of Opinion</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#66cccc;"&gt;I´ve been travelling, visiting many places, learning lots from every experience. good or bad. I have listened to many peoples different opinion on many things and have offered my own. I have listened  and attempted to understand the opinions of others , and I have shared my own opinions with others who may not agree with my way of thinking.  It is not good to have fixed opinions of your own ...we have to share , discuss and learn from each and everyone, and they from you. Be willing to share your thoughts and ideas with others, listen to their thoughts and opinions, don´t be fixed in your ideas, both you and others can learn from each other&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff6600;"&gt;If anyone who reads this has any thoughts they wish to share I welcome them.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/27943183-7260725607532114391?l=ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com/feeds/7260725607532114391/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=27943183&amp;postID=7260725607532114391&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27943183/posts/default/7260725607532114391'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27943183/posts/default/7260725607532114391'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com/2007/11/voices-of-opinion.html' title='voices of Opinion'/><author><name>signing as</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27943183.post-7180530382005406737</id><published>2007-10-12T03:05:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-10-12T03:12:16.949-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Self Expression</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff0000;"&gt;The rose is best as a rose&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff0000;"&gt;The lily best as a lily&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff0000;"&gt;Each individual is the best in the world&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff0000;"&gt;One´s only obligation is to bring out one´s best.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;Show to others what you have inside, dont be afraid to demonstate who you really are, express yourself through colour and style, words and action, offer all your positivity, your love of life and your empathy, they may learn from you.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/27943183-7180530382005406737?l=ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com/feeds/7180530382005406737/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=27943183&amp;postID=7180530382005406737&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27943183/posts/default/7180530382005406737'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27943183/posts/default/7180530382005406737'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com/2007/10/self-expression.html' title='Self Expression'/><author><name>signing as</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27943183.post-3957057853005519785</id><published>2007-09-18T04:33:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-09-18T04:47:03.434-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='asha sahana'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='inner pollution'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='social breakdown'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='negative thoughts'/><title type='text'>Nagativity</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffcc33;"&gt;A person that only ever sees the negative side of things, provokes disharmony, these negative thoughts are the most prevelent these days, negativity, causes stress,agression,break down and suffering in our actual  society. some of the most damaging forms of negative thinking are Envy, Greed and Jealousy amongst others. What ever reasons we may have for our negativity, we are always the loser.  Negativity is an inner pollution that saps our strength and energy.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/27943183-3957057853005519785?l=ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com/feeds/3957057853005519785/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=27943183&amp;postID=3957057853005519785&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27943183/posts/default/3957057853005519785'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27943183/posts/default/3957057853005519785'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com/2007/09/nagativity.html' title='Nagativity'/><author><name>signing as</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27943183.post-4156971149564670114</id><published>2007-08-26T15:56:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-08-26T16:11:09.987-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Families</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9966;"&gt;Why are we all so intent on wounding each other verbally at times? We say things or make accusations that we know maybe unjust.  Families are sometimes the worst at hurting each other, the love is like a double edged sword, cutting through the ties and bonds,creating pain and despair, worry and regret, unsolved problems and unhealed wounds. sometimes its impossible to repair these breaks, communication fails us, and we close doors and build barriers. The pain tears at your heart, but no one promised all could be perfect, the family relationship can be one of the most difficult. The quest to be the best, the most important...the most loved. The psychological interactions leave much at times to be desired.  Love should bring faith, hope and empathy. We are not all the same so allow us room to breath and grow.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/27943183-4156971149564670114?l=ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com/feeds/4156971149564670114/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=27943183&amp;postID=4156971149564670114&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27943183/posts/default/4156971149564670114'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27943183/posts/default/4156971149564670114'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com/2007/08/families.html' title='Families'/><author><name>signing as</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27943183.post-2476960704940958333</id><published>2007-07-28T13:11:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-07-28T13:23:35.818-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='tranquility'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='acceptance'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='peace.'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='love.'/><title type='text'>Torment</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffcc33;"&gt;Our souls are at times a battlefield on which we wage war against ourselves. How many have suffered a soul in torment, through excess of passion raging against jealousy and envy, believing it to be a sensation of reason. If I could bring peace to your soul then I would offer you tranquility and acceptance.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/27943183-2476960704940958333?l=ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com/feeds/2476960704940958333/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=27943183&amp;postID=2476960704940958333&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27943183/posts/default/2476960704940958333'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27943183/posts/default/2476960704940958333'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com/2007/07/torment.html' title='Torment'/><author><name>signing as</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27943183.post-2825705785700416730</id><published>2007-07-09T12:56:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-07-09T13:07:11.674-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='inner thoughts'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='spiritual journeys'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='spiritual essence'/><title type='text'>starting over</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="color:#cc33cc;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;I´m back!  having been zapped by a virus that wiped everything and disabled my computer. It was like losing a part of me....don´t you just love those people that set things off on a destruction trail&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff9966;"&gt;Open your eyes in another way and journey within yourself,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff9966;"&gt; the journey is long but fulfilling.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;color:#ff6600;"&gt;You will find a link to my new blog in the side panel..Spiritual Essences&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/27943183-2825705785700416730?l=ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com/feeds/2825705785700416730/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=27943183&amp;postID=2825705785700416730&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27943183/posts/default/2825705785700416730'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27943183/posts/default/2825705785700416730'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com/2007/07/starting-over.html' title='starting over'/><author><name>signing as</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27943183.post-996287643689110469</id><published>2007-06-16T06:46:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-06-16T06:58:59.445-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Absence</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#66ff99;"&gt;I have been absent from this blog for a while as I have been organising parts of my work.&lt;br /&gt;This blog has experienced problems, at times not being able to post.&lt;br /&gt;I will continue updating this blog but you may like to visit&lt;br /&gt;my new blog which is slightly different.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://spiritualessences.blogspot.com/"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;http://spiritualessences.blogspot.com&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff9966;"&gt;I look forward to your coninuing visits and any comments you may wish to leave.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/27943183-996287643689110469?l=ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com/feeds/996287643689110469/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=27943183&amp;postID=996287643689110469&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27943183/posts/default/996287643689110469'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27943183/posts/default/996287643689110469'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com/2007/06/absence.html' title='Absence'/><author><name>signing as</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27943183.post-7435108639915374063</id><published>2007-06-01T12:57:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-06-01T13:18:27.652-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='life  day  acceptance'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='past future meditation breathe present.'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='visualisation'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='positivity.'/><title type='text'>visualise</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff6600;"&gt;To obtain a quality of life it is important to have a positive vision and outlook. Visualisation, is one of the best forms of positive vision, to avoid obsesive and  negative thoughts. Once you learn to visualise correctly you can prevent the damage that negative thought brings.  You are able to mentally take yourself to a space thats full of light and positivity, increasing self esteem and energy.  Sit comfortably, close your eyes and your mind to outer influences, if your veery stressed you can imagine yourself showering under a blue waterfall, the light fills you with energy and washes away your stress. Visualise outdoor places, so as you breath profoundly so you breath the different scent and fresh air of this location.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/27943183-7435108639915374063?l=ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com/feeds/7435108639915374063/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=27943183&amp;postID=7435108639915374063&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27943183/posts/default/7435108639915374063'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27943183/posts/default/7435108639915374063'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com/2007/06/visualise.html' title='visualise'/><author><name>signing as</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27943183.post-6608692040366387216</id><published>2007-05-14T11:24:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-05-14T11:49:50.564-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='revelations'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='creative'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='inner you'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='spiritual scatterings'/><title type='text'>Who Am I?</title><content type='html'>&lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_W56Kq4YAmF8/RkiudXtJUfI/AAAAAAAAAF4/iQuz8wFL6zM/s1600-h/etna6.jpga.jpg"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff9900;"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5064489600580932082" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 329px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: left" height="320" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_W56Kq4YAmF8/RkiudXtJUfI/AAAAAAAAAF4/iQuz8wFL6zM/s320/etna6.jpga.jpg" width="22" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff9900;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff9900;"&gt;Sometimes we need to ask ourselves, who am I? OK we know who we are but sometimes we do not reveal all our true identity, we keep things tucked away inside. I was having a conversation with someone who told me that really they were not the quiet, contented person people had thought she was. Inside she was raring to shout out NO! I don´t want to do this, and reveal a hidden creativity within. Why don¨t you ?I asked, ..............."I can´t not at my age," she replied.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff9900;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff9900;"&gt;"Why not?" i asked again. It turned out she was afraid of shocking her partner, Take it a step at a time, I advised, maybe he might like this hidden part of you. She decided she couldn't but may one day talk to him about it. Everyone has the right to be the person they truly are, as long as it does not cause harm to others. I have always been what I am inside and maybe that was what made life difficult for me at times, but I will always be faithful to the person I am inside. Don´t hide precious parts of you inside, share them with others, who knows what pleasure we may bring into the lives of people close to us.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/27943183-6608692040366387216?l=ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com/feeds/6608692040366387216/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=27943183&amp;postID=6608692040366387216&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27943183/posts/default/6608692040366387216'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27943183/posts/default/6608692040366387216'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com/2007/05/who-am-i.html' title='Who Am I?'/><author><name>signing as</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp0.blogger.com/_W56Kq4YAmF8/RkiudXtJUfI/AAAAAAAAAF4/iQuz8wFL6zM/s72-c/etna6.jpga.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27943183.post-2452084851662852505</id><published>2007-05-03T06:14:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-05-03T06:28:27.625-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='emotions'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='colours'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='rainbows'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='spiritual scatterings'/><title type='text'>colours</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_W56Kq4YAmF8/RjnikntJUeI/AAAAAAAAAFw/i1RfHi4YZYU/s1600-h/des8.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5060324775088968162" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_W56Kq4YAmF8/RjnikntJUeI/AAAAAAAAAFw/i1RfHi4YZYU/s320/des8.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff6600;"&gt;We all have a favourite colour, and from that colour come many different shades which we use, wear or like. What if suddenly you change your favourite colour...does that tell us something about your emotional state? People will buy black when they are depressed or sad, they buy nuetral colours when they are tired or stressed. if you buy clothes in brilliant colours this may say that you are feeling weak and without energy for your commitments.....when something changes drastically in colour, analyse and think why such a change has occured. colour without doubt tells us many things, it allows us to read the emotions of others.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/27943183-2452084851662852505?l=ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com/feeds/2452084851662852505/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=27943183&amp;postID=2452084851662852505&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27943183/posts/default/2452084851662852505'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27943183/posts/default/2452084851662852505'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com/2007/05/colours.html' title='colours'/><author><name>signing as</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp2.blogger.com/_W56Kq4YAmF8/RjnikntJUeI/AAAAAAAAAFw/i1RfHi4YZYU/s72-c/des8.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27943183.post-6642257965606599955</id><published>2007-04-23T14:52:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-04-23T15:13:35.362-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='asha sahana'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='life  day  acceptance'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='acceptance'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='scatterings'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='faith'/><title type='text'>Faith</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_W56Kq4YAmF8/Ri0uucoe-GI/AAAAAAAAAFY/IVRLehjILEc/s1600-h/anim20.jpg"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff6600;"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5056749332101789794" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 181px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 289px" height="320" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_W56Kq4YAmF8/Ri0uucoe-GI/AAAAAAAAAFY/IVRLehjILEc/s320/anim20.jpg" width="209" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff6600;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff6600;"&gt;Wandering through life is at times is a very unstable path, sometimes we are afraid we may slip and fall whilst other times lose our way, and get lost in a fog until we find our way out. No one said that life would be easy and to most it isnt, but it´s ours to accept and try to live the best way we can, being kind and loving to others, showing empathy, living our lives in a good way and not only for us. What we give out so shall we recieve, and not in material possesions but in love and friendship amongst others. Our pathways are uncharted and none of us know what the next day may present us with, but whatever...difficult or passable..maintain the faith in your heart.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/27943183-6642257965606599955?l=ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com/feeds/6642257965606599955/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=27943183&amp;postID=6642257965606599955&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27943183/posts/default/6642257965606599955'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27943183/posts/default/6642257965606599955'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com/2007/04/faith.html' title='Faith'/><author><name>signing as</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp2.blogger.com/_W56Kq4YAmF8/Ri0uucoe-GI/AAAAAAAAAFY/IVRLehjILEc/s72-c/anim20.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27943183.post-1724535128149760850</id><published>2007-04-18T13:13:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-04-18T13:23:38.859-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Rain Tears  sun laughter'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='spirit'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='darkness'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='inspiration'/><title type='text'>Sunlight</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_W56Kq4YAmF8/RiZ82yjx1CI/AAAAAAAAAE4/IO6uHA3oCLE/s1600-h/yellow.png"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff9900;"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5054864912496579618" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 170px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 225px" height="320" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_W56Kq4YAmF8/RiZ82yjx1CI/AAAAAAAAAE4/IO6uHA3oCLE/s320/yellow.png" width="170" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff9900;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff9900;"&gt;We are all walking under the sun, but at times we walk under dark clouds, and when we do our spirit fades. When we re emerge from the darkness, we feel the sunlight apon us, warming and inspiring us...and we have more desire to continue our journey.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/27943183-1724535128149760850?l=ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com/feeds/1724535128149760850/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=27943183&amp;postID=1724535128149760850&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27943183/posts/default/1724535128149760850'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27943183/posts/default/1724535128149760850'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com/2007/04/sunlight.html' title='Sunlight'/><author><name>signing as</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp0.blogger.com/_W56Kq4YAmF8/RiZ82yjx1CI/AAAAAAAAAE4/IO6uHA3oCLE/s72-c/yellow.png' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27943183.post-1001958055307002126</id><published>2007-04-07T08:34:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-04-07T09:21:27.191-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='healing'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Hurt'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='innerpain'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='love.'/><title type='text'>Many</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;The Lack of being able to post an imagine on this site today, has caused me to change what I was going to write about. I am writing on something that needs no imagine.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffff66;"&gt;There are many that have suffered badtreatment in their childhood, there are many that will always carry it within them, There are many that are still suffering...due to the damage caused by badtreatment.  There are many that can´t speak of it.  There are many that have never confronted those responsible.....and asked WHY?  There are some who have confronted those responsible.....and though many years have passed, are still being told its all lies.  There are many that have healed themselves, as much as they can.  There are many that continue to blame themselves and unconsciously continually damage themselves (socially and psychologically) There are many that still carry vivid images. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffff66;"&gt;Somehow we have to draw out our hurt and acknowledge it, try to heal it.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffff66;"&gt;This has not been an easy post, and is a little off track to my normal posts, but was inspired by an old photograph. For the many out, there nurture that hurt child hiding in the darkened corners of your soul....and try to heal it.  There are never any easy solutions, but be brave and strong, you are not alone.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;color:#cc33cc;"&gt;This post is a personal thought, written for me, you or anyone that cares to read it. It is not meant as a form of advice, but a sharing of spiritual thoughts.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/27943183-1001958055307002126?l=ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com/feeds/1001958055307002126/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=27943183&amp;postID=1001958055307002126&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27943183/posts/default/1001958055307002126'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27943183/posts/default/1001958055307002126'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com/2007/04/many.html' title='Many'/><author><name>signing as</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27943183.post-5817464529104816642</id><published>2007-03-31T14:13:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-03-31T14:38:56.075-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='past future meditation breathe present.'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='stress'/><title type='text'>Uncontrollable Thoughts</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_W56Kq4YAmF8/Rg7UtNm6ZyI/AAAAAAAAAEA/dnJlf1Q_II0/s1600-h/carnaval2.jpg"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc9933;"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5048206105540978466" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" height="216" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_W56Kq4YAmF8/Rg7UtNm6ZyI/AAAAAAAAAEA/dnJlf1Q_II0/s320/carnaval2.jpg" width="251" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc9933;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc9933;"&gt;Think of the amount of thoughts that pass through our minds during our waking day, and when we sleep all those various thoughts influence our dreams. When we are alone and do not need to concentrate on anything in particular the majority of these are preoccupations and destructive thoughts, that go in any direction they wish to. Without reason, and at times produce irrational and emotional responses, illuminated colorful responses, that create tension and stress within us. These episodes can be very damaging and we need to search for a way to understand our unconscious mind. Meditation can be a way of helping us understand and identify these negative and destructive thoughts, relieving us of the stress and tension. We accept that our unconscious mind is strong and can influence our daily lives for better or worse. If we can identify these different turns of thoughts our lives change for the better.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/27943183-5817464529104816642?l=ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com/feeds/5817464529104816642/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=27943183&amp;postID=5817464529104816642&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27943183/posts/default/5817464529104816642'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27943183/posts/default/5817464529104816642'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com/2007/03/uncontrollable-thoughts.html' title='Uncontrollable Thoughts'/><author><name>signing as</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp2.blogger.com/_W56Kq4YAmF8/Rg7UtNm6ZyI/AAAAAAAAAEA/dnJlf1Q_II0/s72-c/carnaval2.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27943183.post-220947457696355191</id><published>2007-03-16T13:01:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-03-16T13:53:39.275-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='past future meditation breathe present.'/><title type='text'>The Present</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_W56Kq4YAmF8/Rfr4cPYza0I/AAAAAAAAADo/-89lKzPf9Gc/s1600-h/abrain2.2jpga.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5042615896845282114" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" height="231" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_W56Kq4YAmF8/Rfr4cPYza0I/AAAAAAAAADo/-89lKzPf9Gc/s320/abrain2.2jpga.jpg" width="275" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc6600;"&gt;Meditation helps our minds to centre and concentrate on our mental energies. If we are always thinking of the past or preoccupied by the future,we prevent ourselves living the here and now. Meditaton and mental forces assist us in seeing the reality of now. The past no longer exists and the future never comes, dont permit the experiences of today pass like a fog in the night, unnoticed as we dwell on past events or worry about what will happen tomorrow.  Live every breath that you breathe and every minute of the day. Value the present.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/27943183-220947457696355191?l=ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com/feeds/220947457696355191/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=27943183&amp;postID=220947457696355191&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27943183/posts/default/220947457696355191'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27943183/posts/default/220947457696355191'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com/2007/03/present.html' title='The Present'/><author><name>signing as</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp3.blogger.com/_W56Kq4YAmF8/Rfr4cPYza0I/AAAAAAAAADo/-89lKzPf9Gc/s72-c/abrain2.2jpga.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27943183.post-2675042064519372248</id><published>2007-03-07T05:36:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-03-07T05:49:59.317-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='necessity  deception'/><title type='text'>necessity and Deception</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_W56Kq4YAmF8/Re6zMfwewzI/AAAAAAAAADQ/QXiQcOOe_pw/s1600-h/cara.jpg"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff9900;"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5039162060338807602" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_W56Kq4YAmF8/Re6zMfwewzI/AAAAAAAAADQ/QXiQcOOe_pw/s320/cara.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff9900;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff9900;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff9900;"&gt;What you want and need from life is right there in front, except we don´t see it, we are blind to it because we are decieved by what we think is necessary and want. The decption is all around us in the form of advertising, telling what we need to make our life better.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff9900;"&gt;What we need to complete our life and make us happy is something we can´t buy, all we have to do is open our eyes and see it, because it is there right in front of you.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/27943183-2675042064519372248?l=ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com/feeds/2675042064519372248/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=27943183&amp;postID=2675042064519372248&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27943183/posts/default/2675042064519372248'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27943183/posts/default/2675042064519372248'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com/2007/03/necessity-and-deception.html' title='necessity and Deception'/><author><name>signing as</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp3.blogger.com/_W56Kq4YAmF8/Re6zMfwewzI/AAAAAAAAADQ/QXiQcOOe_pw/s72-c/cara.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27943183.post-1394917565865633338</id><published>2007-02-21T04:58:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-02-21T05:08:46.620-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='life  day  acceptance'/><title type='text'>A New Day</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_W56Kq4YAmF8/Rdw1-rUMKgI/AAAAAAAAACM/xw5_hNbooF0/s1600-h/eyeind6.jpg"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5033957834388941314" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_W56Kq4YAmF8/Rdw1-rUMKgI/AAAAAAAAACM/xw5_hNbooF0/s320/eyeind6.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;When that first sharp finger of light creeps across your bed to waken you for another day...do you open your eyes and think "Oh no" or do you open your eyes and then close them again and give thanks for another day.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;And none of us know exactly what this day may bring, but what it delivers...accept. If the day passes well, give thanks and if the day passes badly...give thanks for living another day and learning another of life´s lessons. Life is accepting both the good and the bad.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/27943183-1394917565865633338?l=ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com/feeds/1394917565865633338/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=27943183&amp;postID=1394917565865633338&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27943183/posts/default/1394917565865633338'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27943183/posts/default/1394917565865633338'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com/2007/02/new-day.html' title='A New Day'/><author><name>signing as</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp0.blogger.com/_W56Kq4YAmF8/Rdw1-rUMKgI/AAAAAAAAACM/xw5_hNbooF0/s72-c/eyeind6.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27943183.post-3789700850291161524</id><published>2007-01-29T15:22:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-01-29T16:13:15.205-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Rain Tears  sun laughter'/><title type='text'>Sun and Rain</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_W56Kq4YAmF8/Rb5_HtfQbzI/AAAAAAAAABE/NzIQK8BIJKk/s1600-h/figure.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5025594004638560050" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_W56Kq4YAmF8/Rb5_HtfQbzI/AAAAAAAAABE/NzIQK8BIJKk/s320/figure.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff9900;"&gt;Laugh and the world laughs with you...cry and you cry alone.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#66cccc;"&gt;How true is this saying?, think of all the laughter you have shared with friends, lovers and family, countless minutes or hours....now think of the times that you have been alone and cried. You could believe this phrase means that people are only with you when you are happy, and when your sad they desert you. but this is not always the case. Laughter is infectious and needs others to make it work, it also heals, if you are a little down and then join a group of friends you will find you feel more alive, you smile you laugh and you talk. Think of all the laughter therapy groups that have sprung up over recents years, but there are times when we need to cry and we are not necessarily always alone, there can be people supporting us but we do sometimes need to cry alone. To weep is a personal action that sometimes we need to do in private, a release of pain or heartache, a healing of ourselves. Recently I shut myself in the bathroom and cried for almost an hour, I needed to be alone although my partner was in the house, but he was unable to cope with that need, in that hour I had released some of what had been building up for the last two years, how essential had that hour been, now I´m back to laughing and for sure in the future I will need that time again, and I will probably do it alone but it isn´t because people do not care but in some circumstances they feel unable to help or know what to do to make you feel fine again.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff6600;"&gt;The sun is our laughter and the rain our tears.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/27943183-3789700850291161524?l=ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com/feeds/3789700850291161524/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=27943183&amp;postID=3789700850291161524&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27943183/posts/default/3789700850291161524'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27943183/posts/default/3789700850291161524'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com/2007/01/sun-and-rain.html' title='Sun and Rain'/><author><name>signing as</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp2.blogger.com/_W56Kq4YAmF8/Rb5_HtfQbzI/AAAAAAAAABE/NzIQK8BIJKk/s72-c/figure.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27943183.post-116845844420179426</id><published>2007-01-10T12:24:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-01-10T12:47:24.226-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Opening our hearts</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/421/2950/1600/660538/girlhand.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 172px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" height="320" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/421/2950/320/476997/girlhand.jpg" width="154" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#33ffff;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#6666cc;"&gt;Raise me , illuminate me, guide me and protect me&lt;br /&gt;Take away the obstacles of my spiritual life&lt;br /&gt;Take away the veil of ignorance (Señor Krishna)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sometimes it can be be very difficult to live a spiritual life, it takes dedication. Our everyday lives are so busy and our minds preoccupied, that, for some it is hard to take time for themselves. If we open our hearts and become more spiritual then we begin to understand our lives better. We start to discard things that aren´t important to us, and our values change.&lt;br /&gt;He who will close the door on selfishness and open it to love and compassion, will have crossed a valuable bridge, that will lead him onto a spiritual path. We never stop learning, so as those that choose to walk this path, take your time, stop and understand each lesson that´s offered.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/27943183-116845844420179426?l=ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com/feeds/116845844420179426/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=27943183&amp;postID=116845844420179426&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27943183/posts/default/116845844420179426'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27943183/posts/default/116845844420179426'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com/2007/01/opening-our-hearts.html' title='Opening our hearts'/><author><name>signing as</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27943183.post-116800871361125505</id><published>2007-01-05T07:27:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-01-05T08:44:31.486-07:00</updated><title type='text'>We are all worthy</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/421/2950/1600/458656/acangloglass.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 233px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 258px" height="318" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/421/2950/320/814859/acangloglass.jpg" width="233" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#66cccc;"&gt;We need silence, patience and the ability to reflect, and tranquility to calm our nervous tremors or insecurities. Time to reflect apon why they raise their heads and how we can control them. Reflect apon times when nervousness or insecurity has taken control in a situation and what appened. Write down 2 or 3 incidences and reflect apon why you allowed them control, it´s difficult and we think that we would never allow them to take control and influence our life, but we do and they take hold and influence all that we do. Read what you have written, understand why, and discard the paper. Concentrate on on your strengths and values, and what you have to offer...build on that inner strength daily...for we are all worthy, different and have much to offer.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/27943183-116800871361125505?l=ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com/feeds/116800871361125505/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=27943183&amp;postID=116800871361125505&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27943183/posts/default/116800871361125505'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27943183/posts/default/116800871361125505'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com/2007/01/we-are-all-worthy.html' title='We are all worthy'/><author><name>signing as</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27943183.post-116765449567163659</id><published>2007-01-01T05:01:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-01-01T05:28:15.850-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Seasonal Prickles</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/421/2950/1600/28114/acanglo.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 178px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 224px" height="208" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/421/2950/320/143380/acanglo.jpg" width="160" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#6633ff;"&gt;"Well, you know that I love to live with you,&lt;br /&gt;But you make me forget so very much&lt;br /&gt;I forget to pray for the angels&lt;br /&gt;And the angels forget to pray for us. "&lt;br /&gt;(Leonard Cohen)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#993399;"&gt;It has been a time of fiestas and giving gifts, eating our fill and enjoying ourselves, but it´s also a time when conflict raises it´s head for some. An excess of alchohol, or a sadness about people no longer with us can trigger problems, if it´s not understood. The excess of merriment can be toxic, and perhaps we forget the real point of celebrations. Those loving relationships can fire into anger especially if the people involved have histories or other families. Sometimes one demands more of the other without considering their needs. Pent up thoughts are aired, and words are spoken that cut like a pointed sword ...... hard to retrieve once spoken...and the hurt buries itself deep within our soul....emerging as a memory at different times. Don´t allow the excess of merriment to absorb us to the exclusion of all else. "Pray to your angel", don´t forget to remember others or they may not remember you. If we answered ourselves honestly, how many of us felt a little hurt by words uttered or an action shown this festive season.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/27943183-116765449567163659?l=ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com/feeds/116765449567163659/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=27943183&amp;postID=116765449567163659&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27943183/posts/default/116765449567163659'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27943183/posts/default/116765449567163659'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com/2007/01/seasonal-prickles.html' title='Seasonal Prickles'/><author><name>signing as</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27943183.post-116708185710727265</id><published>2006-12-25T14:21:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-12-25T14:24:17.106-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.123glitter.com" title="Myspace Graphics" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.123glitter.com/graphics-gallery/proverbs/3.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/27943183-116708185710727265?l=ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com/feeds/116708185710727265/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=27943183&amp;postID=116708185710727265&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27943183/posts/default/116708185710727265'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27943183/posts/default/116708185710727265'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com/2006/12/myspace-graphics.html' title=''/><author><name>signing as</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27943183.post-116653210406767720</id><published>2006-12-19T05:24:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-12-19T05:41:44.110-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Sorry</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#99ffff;"&gt;Sorry is such an easy word to say, at times we use it and it is not necessary.  Those who know and love us should understand that maybe a sudden outburst or when we shut ourselves away, is normally for a reason, the need to shed some tears to empty our souls of whatever plagues us, or to suddenly explode to release frustrations, those that really know and love us will understand and allow you to weep or vent those pent up feelings by not taking it personally. Those who are unsure of us , may take it personally or not understand, thus creating a distance between us.  We apologise in our lives for many things and this is a good act for those times we hurt or  offend others. However we should not feel the need to apologise to take a little private time, to be quiet and think, or to remember and weep...its a cleansing of the soul that each and everyone needs to do from time to time. Those of us who can´t  maybe need to find a way to rid their inner self of toxic lifestyles or events, then they will gain an understanding of the importance of these times to ourselves in our private space with our private thoughts.  Never say your sorry for allowing yourself to weep.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;LOVE IS NEVER HAVING TO SAY YOUR SORRY&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/27943183-116653210406767720?l=ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com/feeds/116653210406767720/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=27943183&amp;postID=116653210406767720&amp;isPopup=true' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27943183/posts/default/116653210406767720'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27943183/posts/default/116653210406767720'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com/2006/12/sorry.html' title='Sorry'/><author><name>signing as</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27943183.post-116601616147943757</id><published>2006-12-13T06:16:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-12-13T06:22:41.496-07:00</updated><title type='text'>solutions</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#33ffff;"&gt;Problems and difficulties are part of life´s path. At times we feel there is no solution, we feel depressed and unhappy. This does not help our situation, when these times appear in our life we should place our confidence in a solution. There is always a solution, it may not be exactly what you want, but a form of solution is better than drowning spiritually.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#33ffff;"&gt;A solution allows you rid yourself of a heavy load and regain your breath to continue your path.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/27943183-116601616147943757?l=ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com/feeds/116601616147943757/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=27943183&amp;postID=116601616147943757&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27943183/posts/default/116601616147943757'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27943183/posts/default/116601616147943757'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com/2006/12/solutions.html' title='solutions'/><author><name>signing as</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27943183.post-116583704802857163</id><published>2006-12-11T04:26:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-12-11T04:37:28.043-07:00</updated><title type='text'>conflict of emotions</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;"your soul is often a battlefield, upon which your reason and your judgement wage war against your passion and your appetite"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Kahlil Gibran&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff9900;"&gt;How many of us have suffered a soul in torment? through excess of passion or limitations of reason. If I could bring peace to your soul I would offer you tranquility and acceptance, but unless you also desire inner peace and accept who you are, then my offering is useless.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff9900;"&gt;Passion and reason must live together, hand in hand, for reason alone can create confinement, and passion let loose leads to self destruction. here we experience a conflict of the two.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff9900;"&gt;You would not love one child more than the other, so why favor in excess one sentiment above another? &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff9900;"&gt;Equal these sentiments are constructive...unequal they become destructive.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/27943183-116583704802857163?l=ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com/feeds/116583704802857163/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=27943183&amp;postID=116583704802857163&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27943183/posts/default/116583704802857163'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27943183/posts/default/116583704802857163'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com/2006/12/conflict-of-emotions.html' title='conflict of emotions'/><author><name>signing as</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27943183.post-116549104957032341</id><published>2006-12-07T04:18:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-12-07T04:30:49.586-07:00</updated><title type='text'>christmas</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff6666;"&gt;Christmas-shops and  adverts are telling us to buy buy buy...toy and publicity companies are becoming richer. Society demands and believes the biggestest and most expensive is best.....but is it?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff6666;"&gt;The pleasure is in giving and not recieving, small things have the same value and pleasure as large expensive things...we have become victims of consumerism.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff6666;"&gt;Financially I can not give to people what they think they need, but I can give them something small and precious, that bought or made and offered with love. Remember those alone, those who are chronically ill and those who carry sadness within them. Remember the innocent victims of wars, disasters, and other causes...people hungry and without shelter.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff6666;"&gt;Christmas is a time when we should look within ourselves and offer to others the greatest thing of all...love.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc66cc;"&gt;"And there are those that have little and give it all"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc66cc;"&gt;"There are those that give with joy, and that joy is their reward" &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc66cc;"&gt;(Khalil Gibran)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/27943183-116549104957032341?l=ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com/feeds/116549104957032341/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=27943183&amp;postID=116549104957032341&amp;isPopup=true' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27943183/posts/default/116549104957032341'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27943183/posts/default/116549104957032341'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com/2006/12/christmas.html' title='christmas'/><author><name>signing as</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27943183.post-116428573483886093</id><published>2006-11-23T05:37:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-11-23T05:42:14.866-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Life without words</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#33ccff;"&gt;These days have passed and I´ve listened to the ocean pouring out it´s secrets.  I´ve heard the rain wash away the troubled thoughts of some and I remember that what we take from nature we must give back&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#33ccff;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;color:#ff6600;"&gt;A virus entered and my machine died, but I am about to return. Please keep reading.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/27943183-116428573483886093?l=ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com/feeds/116428573483886093/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=27943183&amp;postID=116428573483886093&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27943183/posts/default/116428573483886093'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27943183/posts/default/116428573483886093'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com/2006/11/life-without-words.html' title='Life without words'/><author><name>signing as</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27943183.post-116239068666257876</id><published>2006-11-01T07:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-11-01T07:18:06.676-07:00</updated><title type='text'>El dia de los muertos</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/421/2950/1600/arca3.jpg"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#6600cc;"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" height="225" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/421/2950/320/arca3.jpg" width="128" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#6600cc;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Today here in Spain it´s the day of all the saints, and a day to remember the dead. The cemetries will be full as people file in with flowers as a rememberance, for me it´s a very sad but spiritual day.  If like me you are far from those lost then I put flowers on my small alter in my office in the house, and fill it with candles that burn for 24hrs.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#6600cc;"&gt;This day we should remember all that have lost or given their lives, people unknown to us as well.  Victims of major tragedies, to numerous to mention but in our hearts we remember.  Victims of war...innocent victims, men , women and children.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;Today light an ivory candle in memory of those you have lost and those unknown victims of world events, Let it burn until midnight.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;As you light it, visualise the world and the future with fresh eyes and positivity.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/27943183-116239068666257876?l=ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com/feeds/116239068666257876/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=27943183&amp;postID=116239068666257876&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27943183/posts/default/116239068666257876'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27943183/posts/default/116239068666257876'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com/2006/11/el-dia-de-los-muertos.html' title='El dia de los muertos'/><author><name>signing as</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27943183.post-116224757747054531</id><published>2006-10-30T15:18:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-10-30T15:32:57.493-07:00</updated><title type='text'>All that I Have</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/421/2950/1600/kal.jpg"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#339999;"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 177px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 215px" height="246" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/421/2950/320/kal.jpg" width="177" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#339999;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffcc66;"&gt;"All that I have I will give to you"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#339999;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#339999;"&gt;Everything we have and own, or think we own.. does not belong to us.  Our bodies and souls, our children so precious are only on loan to us, and when we leave this earth to seek another life so we must leave these things behind. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#339999;"&gt; &lt;span style="color:#6633ff;"&gt;For they were never truly  ours to keep.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/27943183-116224757747054531?l=ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com/feeds/116224757747054531/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=27943183&amp;postID=116224757747054531&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27943183/posts/default/116224757747054531'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27943183/posts/default/116224757747054531'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com/2006/10/all-that-i-have.html' title='All that I Have'/><author><name>signing as</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27943183.post-116207116129665862</id><published>2006-10-28T14:21:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-10-28T14:32:41.316-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Plaigerism,and use of content.</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="color:#cc66cc;"&gt;How lucky that I had copies of all archives, I cant replace the map with the destinations of my fellow readers , but hope to place a new one.  Many of you will know of &lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;BITACLE,&lt;/span&gt; who are using people´s blog content and placing ads on their copies of blogs and keeping the cash...., they have all my content without permission...and many others too.  Also my blog was hacked into and things erased. I thought ok thats it ..no more blogging , but why should I cease my blog for a few cretins, so for the time being it will continue.  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Look on Bitacle to see if they have borrowed your posts.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/27943183-116207116129665862?l=ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com/feeds/116207116129665862/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=27943183&amp;postID=116207116129665862&amp;isPopup=true' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27943183/posts/default/116207116129665862'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27943183/posts/default/116207116129665862'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com/2006/10/plaigerismand-use-of-content.html' title='Plaigerism,and use of content.'/><author><name>signing as</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27943183.post-116115998694212558</id><published>2006-10-18T00:58:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-10-23T13:32:11.706-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Masks</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/421/2950/1600/mask.0.jpg"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc33cc;"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 226px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 282px" height="313" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/421/2950/320/mask.0.jpg" width="226" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc33cc;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;How often have we found ourselves hiding behind a mask? To invent someone we aren´t, or to hide our insecurities or faults. For whatever reason we choose to hide our true self behind a mask ....we should consider the consequences. People do not see us for who we really are, if we hide for insecurities then people do not have the opportunity to understand our insecurities, if we hide to create a false image to fit in with a group, then we begin to live a lie, whatever reason we hide we deny the opportunity for others to know our true selves, the true beauty that lies within, the courage of our inner self.&lt;br /&gt;Lay down your mask, be happy to reveal who you really are. Those who are genuine and worthy of your love and friendship, are there for you whatever faults we may reveal, but those that prefer the masked you, are they not your false friends? Are they also not hiding behind their own mask? Preferring the apparition to the reality.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;color:#ff0000;"&gt;copyright/AshaSahana2006/pmd/SS&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/27943183-116115998694212558?l=ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com/feeds/116115998694212558/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=27943183&amp;postID=116115998694212558&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27943183/posts/default/116115998694212558'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27943183/posts/default/116115998694212558'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com/2006/10/masks.html' title='Masks'/><author><name>signing as</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27943183.post-116050721418352312</id><published>2006-10-10T06:58:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-10-23T13:33:44.903-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Now is that Love</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/421/2950/1600/love.jpg"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 234px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 276px" height="320" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/421/2950/320/love.jpg" width="234" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;When you feel the pain of Love´s silver sword,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;so we feel pain, we feel sadness and loss. Anger can take control and can cause us to take, action beyond those which are normal for us. Burnin&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;g memories, cards and breaking gifts. Destroying photographs, tearing up those sweet words of love. At times anger can cause us to take far worse action.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc33cc;"&gt;Now is that Love?&lt;/span&gt; Love never promised to stay forever, sometimes it will and othertimes it will leave as powerfully as it came. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;So we invite it into our hearts, so we have to learn to release it when the light of love is fading.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Close your memories gently, with time and without hate. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc33cc;"&gt;Now is that Love?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;color:#ff0000;"&gt;Copyright:Asha Sahana2006/txt&amp;amp;illustration/pmd/SS&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/27943183-116050721418352312?l=ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com/feeds/116050721418352312/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=27943183&amp;postID=116050721418352312&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27943183/posts/default/116050721418352312'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27943183/posts/default/116050721418352312'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com/2006/10/now-is-that-love.html' title='Now is that Love'/><author><name>signing as</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27943183.post-116005106234482350</id><published>2006-10-05T05:13:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-10-23T13:34:25.506-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Destiny</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/421/2950/1600/lapalma2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 216px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 202px" height="214" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/421/2950/320/lapalma2.jpg" width="262" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;We all of us have a destiny and it is our right to fulfil it in what ever way we choose. For destiny is about choice...be it a good or bad choice, it is yours to choose. Through our choices we can learn to live a responsible and spiritual life or we can drift aimlessly, accepting whatever comes your way. In the end it is your choice, choose wisely.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/27943183-116005106234482350?l=ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com/feeds/116005106234482350/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=27943183&amp;postID=116005106234482350&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27943183/posts/default/116005106234482350'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27943183/posts/default/116005106234482350'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com/2006/10/destiny.html' title='Destiny'/><author><name>signing as</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27943183.post-115922271305926242</id><published>2006-09-25T14:59:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-10-23T13:35:09.890-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Shattered Dreams</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/421/2950/1600/acan.jpg"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#9999ff;"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 193px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 272px" height="312" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/421/2950/320/acan.jpg" width="261" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#9999ff;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Our dreams are sometimes shattered....small fractured pieces of our life .....scattered , never to be repaired or pursued. We feel that darkness prevails....but what we do not feel is.... the touch.&lt;br /&gt;A hand resting lightly on our shoulder.....a hand of consolation.....feeding us strength.&lt;br /&gt;Strength to build another dream, and if it should shatter once again, the strength to carry on.&lt;br /&gt;Life teaches us to pursue the dream, but life does not promise you will attain it. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#9999ff;"&gt;This life´s learning experience.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;color:#ccffff;"&gt;Photo/script copyright Asha sahana2006PMD&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/27943183-115922271305926242?l=ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com/feeds/115922271305926242/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=27943183&amp;postID=115922271305926242&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27943183/posts/default/115922271305926242'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27943183/posts/default/115922271305926242'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com/2006/09/shattered-dreams.html' title='Shattered Dreams'/><author><name>signing as</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27943183.post-115843846952827795</id><published>2006-09-16T13:16:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-09-16T13:29:57.520-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Which path</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/421/2950/1600/suntree3.jpg"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 222px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 282px" height="320" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/421/2950/320/suntree3.jpg" width="238" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What is it that we consider to be most important...Material or spiritual progress?&lt;br /&gt;Materialism creates greed and the need for more money, whilst spiritual progress teaches us to respect and value what we have and who we are.&lt;br /&gt;Maybe there are some who believe they can balance the two, whilst other follow just one path.&lt;br /&gt;Spiritual progress can be one of the richest things you can obtain. When we join the stars in the sky we cannot take our belongings with us, only the seeds of our spirituality.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/27943183-115843846952827795?l=ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com/feeds/115843846952827795/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=27943183&amp;postID=115843846952827795&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27943183/posts/default/115843846952827795'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27943183/posts/default/115843846952827795'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com/2006/09/which-path.html' title='Which path'/><author><name>signing as</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27943183.post-115797413049847042</id><published>2006-09-11T04:20:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-09-11T04:28:50.510-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Uncertainty</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#00cccc;"&gt;Within those minutes or hours of uncertainty we experience a sensation of being lost in a fog with no fixed direction.  Stumbling mentally to clear our thoughts and continue our journey, securely and knowing which path to take.  For all, a little uncertainty is not a bad thing, it´s normal, a time to look before we jump, a time to analyse before decisions are made.  Prolonged uncertainty can wound our confidence creating insecurities and difficulties in whatever we do, leaving us unable and unsure of making decisions.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#00cccc;"&gt;Permit those minutes of uncertainty  as a safety net but do not allow them to take control or become a part of you.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff9900;"&gt;Asha returns on Thursday.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/27943183-115797413049847042?l=ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com/feeds/115797413049847042/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=27943183&amp;postID=115797413049847042&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27943183/posts/default/115797413049847042'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27943183/posts/default/115797413049847042'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com/2006/09/uncertainty.html' title='Uncertainty'/><author><name>signing as</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27943183.post-115765123022942916</id><published>2006-09-07T10:33:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-09-07T10:47:10.246-07:00</updated><title type='text'>The ultimate breath</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#6633ff;"&gt;In ultimate death if I search for myself I will not find it, and if you search fr yourselves you will not fin them.  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc66cc;"&gt;(His Holiness the Dalai Lama)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#6633ff;"&gt;We hold great fear of the ultimate minutes of our lives, all the things we could or should have done.  We question how we have lived our lives and what we could have done to repair things before our ultimate breath.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#6633ff;"&gt;Words of love we have not offered to others and words of forgiveness we haven´t or recieved.  After that ultimate breath we cannot change things, we were who we were.  It is too late to search our souls and change things, so we should live a good and compassionate life now whilst we have breath.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#00cccc;"&gt;Asha Sahana  will return as normal on the 14th September, thank you for reading.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/27943183-115765123022942916?l=ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com/feeds/115765123022942916/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=27943183&amp;postID=115765123022942916&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27943183/posts/default/115765123022942916'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27943183/posts/default/115765123022942916'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com/2006/09/ultimate-breath.html' title='The ultimate breath'/><author><name>signing as</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27943183.post-115713064122646191</id><published>2006-09-01T10:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-09-01T10:10:41.280-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Why?</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#6633ff;"&gt;In the normal course of our lives we face death, old age, illness, natural tragedies and disasters that are beyond our control, causing great pain and sorrow...and loss of life.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#6633ff;"&gt;Then why do we seek to create more pain and suffering in the world, why can we not respect another´s religion and allow them to practice in peace.  (this does not include the fanatics)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#6633ff;"&gt;Why is it that one country should be more powerful than another or one should be entitled to more dangerous weapons than the other.....We were not put on this earth to kill one another...what has happened to compassion and love for our fellow man? &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#6633ff;"&gt;Have we closed our hearts to these feelings?  Love and compassion must find a way....always&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/27943183-115713064122646191?l=ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com/feeds/115713064122646191/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=27943183&amp;postID=115713064122646191&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27943183/posts/default/115713064122646191'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27943183/posts/default/115713064122646191'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com/2006/09/why.html' title='Why?'/><author><name>signing as</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27943183.post-115676331970100078</id><published>2006-08-28T03:56:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-08-28T04:08:39.773-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Memories are made of this</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc66cc;"&gt;The wife of a friend I visited had the most beautiful orchids in her house and I watched as she collected the fallen flowers.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc66cc;"&gt;As she went to place them in the bin so I took them from her, ....the orchids were dying she explained...but still the fallen flowers were strong and beautiful...I placed them carefully in my glasses case and later placed them in a bowl of stones and candles, and they were truly beautiful. They continued to shine for several more days, afterwhich I pressed them in my favourite book...a memory of that day. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc66cc;"&gt;We are all of us dying at sometime in our life...but we also remain beautiful to the very end.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc66cc;"&gt;A pressed flower or a reminder of a special person are valuable things...memories are made of this.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/27943183-115676331970100078?l=ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com/feeds/115676331970100078/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=27943183&amp;postID=115676331970100078&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27943183/posts/default/115676331970100078'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27943183/posts/default/115676331970100078'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com/2006/08/memories-are-made-of-this.html' title='Memories are made of this'/><author><name>signing as</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27943183.post-115644318297262614</id><published>2006-08-24T10:53:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-08-24T11:13:02.986-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Anger V Passion</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff6666;"&gt;Hidden anger eats away at us silently and destructively, destroying your friendships, relationships, memories and life.  We have to learn to release it but in a way that will not cause grief and pain to anyone.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff6666;"&gt;Write your anger away, direct it at whoever has created this anger within.....after you have filled your paper with words and expressions of anger.....destroy it...burn it or throw it into a stream or lake so that those angry words disappear and you are cleansed and free of those knots that strangled you inside.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;When we feel angry we see red...Red makes us angry.....but not always ---red is a colour of love and intense passion.   Passion and anger can tread a fine line...therefore we need to control our intense feelings of either these two, because sometimes they go hand in hand creating havoc.  If we  recognise when these emotions are excessive or obsessive, so we have control.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;color:#cc33cc;"&gt;Sorry there have been no entries recently as I am travelling at the moment but will continue to post, so please keep visiting. I am collecting ideas for my book  and therefore any comments you wish to make will be much appreciated.  There may be an absence of photos at this time as I wasn´t able to bring my laptop, due to security scares in UK and therefore am using internet cafes...I return to my normal place of work in 2 weeks, so stay with me&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/27943183-115644318297262614?l=ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com/feeds/115644318297262614/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=27943183&amp;postID=115644318297262614&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27943183/posts/default/115644318297262614'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27943183/posts/default/115644318297262614'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com/2006/08/anger-v-passion.html' title='Anger V Passion'/><author><name>signing as</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27943183.post-115503604139204857</id><published>2006-08-08T04:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-08-08T04:20:41.406-07:00</updated><title type='text'>A Valued Gift</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/421/2950/1600/love1.jpg"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc33cc;"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 235px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" height="320" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/421/2950/320/love1.jpg" width="266" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc33cc;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc33cc;"&gt;Love only offers itself, nothing more..nothing less, and love will take nothing from you...only itself. Love is not about possesion of someone...or being possesed by someone.   Possesion is a word that does not exist in love´s book.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc33cc;"&gt;So shall love bring you pleasure and joy, so shall it bring pain and tears.  When love arrives you sail apon a silver cloud, oblivious to all, but when love leaves so you shall feel the pain of Love´s long silver sword.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc33cc;"&gt;Love does not consist of belongings, money or power.  Love is caring, sensitive porous and fragile.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;And if you have found love,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;then you are truly loved.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;And to be truly loved is a priceless gift.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;color:#ff9900;"&gt;script &amp;amp; illustration: copyright Asha sahana 2006 (MT,a daily guide:PMD/AS)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/27943183-115503604139204857?l=ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com/feeds/115503604139204857/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=27943183&amp;postID=115503604139204857&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27943183/posts/default/115503604139204857'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27943183/posts/default/115503604139204857'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com/2006/08/valued-gift.html' title='A Valued Gift'/><author><name>signing as</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27943183.post-115487142138433406</id><published>2006-08-06T06:12:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-08-06T06:37:01.400-07:00</updated><title type='text'>someone to watch over you</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/421/2950/1600/gang.jpg"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff6600;"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 101px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" height="320" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/421/2950/320/gang.jpg" width="121" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff6600;"&gt; All of us have a guardian angel, that stays beside us, watching over and protecting us. In moments of distress or danger you will feel their presence.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff6600;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff6600;"&gt;That I would call for you secretly in my waking hour, you are beside me to take away my pain.  For you are in my soul and offer your hand to me in times of need. In the darkness of the night you watch over me.....unobserved....but I feel your presence.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff6600;"&gt;Invisibly you guide me through life, step by step.  As I tread the pathways of destiny, so you travel with me, supporting me when I am tired, allowing me to lean on you, accompanying me along life´s uneven road.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff6600;"&gt;You will not change my destiny...it´s not for you to do so......only to stay besides me, until my journey ends&lt;/span&gt;. &lt;span style="font-size:78%;color:#cc0000;"&gt;copyright asha sahana MT a daily guide.PMD2006&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;color:#cc0000;"&gt;This post may not be copied or reproduced without permission of the author.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;color:#cc0000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/27943183-115487142138433406?l=ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com/feeds/115487142138433406/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=27943183&amp;postID=115487142138433406&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27943183/posts/default/115487142138433406'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27943183/posts/default/115487142138433406'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com/2006/08/someone-to-watch-over-you.html' title='someone to watch over you'/><author><name>signing as</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27943183.post-115479570104629735</id><published>2006-08-05T08:53:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-08-05T09:35:01.060-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Open Doors</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2250/3272/1600/casa3.jpg"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff6666;"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2250/3272/320/casa3.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff6666;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff6666;"&gt;A door that lies open, can lead to many different opportunities or experiences.  It is this we should consider before passing through. Once you have passed through you will discover many choices and different paths, each leading to a new and different experience.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff6666;"&gt;Not all may be good, but life is a learning curve, and experience and varying forms of life enable us to become whole.  We learn from the bad and appreciate the good.  Other experiences will flow through us like a sharp wind,  imprinting thoughts and memories apon our very being.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff6666;"&gt;A wrong path is never a wrong path, it´s the path that we chose to follow, and this is part of our destiny.  However if you decide to close the door and not pass through for fear of the unknown, then life becomes stagnent, like a pond left uncleansed, its vitality and life forms become stale, but the cleansed pond gives new life, it becomes colourful and invigorating, as new plants grow and attract new forms of life.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff6666;"&gt;Pass through and we are refreshed, we are offered new sensations and experiences,  we grow with knowledge of unknown paths.  Seek and you will find. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;color:#ff0000;"&gt;copyright Asha sahana PMD 2006&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/27943183-115479570104629735?l=ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com/feeds/115479570104629735/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=27943183&amp;postID=115479570104629735&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27943183/posts/default/115479570104629735'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27943183/posts/default/115479570104629735'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com/2006/08/open-doors.html' title='Open Doors'/><author><name>signing as</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27943183.post-115443252506555229</id><published>2006-08-01T04:05:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-08-01T04:42:05.076-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Unreachable heights</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/421/2950/1600/scene.jpg"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#6600cc;"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" height="238" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/421/2950/320/scene.jpg" width="275" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#6600cc;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#6600cc;"&gt;Why are we such lovers of unreachable heights, what draws us to reach the summit of the mountain when the lowest parts are just as beautiful. Different but beautiful. Why do we feel the need to fly with the birds or reach the highest points. Why do we seek the unobtainable, we crave and search and run in circles, in order to capture the rainbow and the promise of what lies beyond. Happiness is available to us all at the lower heights, beauty is ours to behold in everything we see, if we want to see it. Life can be good without riches, love and to be loved is the greatest wealth of all. The stresses of reaching for the unobtainable that always appears to be within reach, is a battle that attacks our health, and without our health what enjoyment is there if we finally reach the top? No longer reach for the sky, come down and quench our thirst for that which may not exist for us. When we have health, love , friends and family, food on the table and water to drink, so we have reached the heights, without suffering for the unobtainable.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;color:#ff0000;"&gt; MT,a Daily Guide - Asha Sahana 2006/this article is subject to copyright and may not be used without permission.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/27943183-115443252506555229?l=ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com/feeds/115443252506555229/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=27943183&amp;postID=115443252506555229&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27943183/posts/default/115443252506555229'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27943183/posts/default/115443252506555229'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com/2006/08/unreachable-heights.html' title='Unreachable heights'/><author><name>signing as</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27943183.post-115408960773342239</id><published>2006-07-28T04:50:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-07-28T05:26:47.746-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Take my hand</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/421/2950/1600/hands1.jpg"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff9966;"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" height="239" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/421/2950/320/hands1.jpg" width="230" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff9966;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Touch is one of the most positive, caring , heartwarming confidence building actions that we can demonstrate.&lt;br /&gt;To take hold of someones hand offers healing, love, guidance and security.&lt;br /&gt;To take the hand of someone ill or in pain offers warmth and closeness, that person will no longer feel alone or afraid.&lt;br /&gt;Holding the hand of a child offers them protection, love and guidance, the child feels secure, and all of us have our inner child.&lt;br /&gt;Taking the hand of a friend in need, offers sympathy, reassurance and friendship.&lt;br /&gt;To take the hand of your partner, cements your relationship, sends signals of love and trust.&lt;br /&gt;And to take the hand of anyone in sadness and grief, provides strength and encouragement.&lt;br /&gt;For when someone takes your hand, you sense all of these things. The power of touch is yours.&lt;br /&gt;To take the hand of someone is one of the most powerful forms of touch, I offer my hand to those who wish to take it (In a spiritual way from here)&lt;br /&gt;Take the hand of someone in need today, tomorrow or whenever.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/27943183-115408960773342239?l=ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com/feeds/115408960773342239/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=27943183&amp;postID=115408960773342239&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27943183/posts/default/115408960773342239'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27943183/posts/default/115408960773342239'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com/2006/07/take-my-hand.html' title='Take my hand'/><author><name>signing as</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27943183.post-115350419613604715</id><published>2006-07-21T09:52:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-07-21T10:49:56.170-07:00</updated><title type='text'>´Sweet Dreams</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/421/2950/1600/call.jpg"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#33ccff;"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/421/2950/320/call.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#33ccff;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We may find ourselves running down corridors, jumping out of windows, flying or in a beautiful garden. These are some of the images that come from the unconscious whilst we dream, and although we think we dream for hours, we actually only dream for a few minutes. Your dreams are your unconscious sorting out the problems of the day or including events or people you may have recently spoken about. I always remember my dreams in vivid detail, sometimes strange and surrealist but when I analyse them I have learnt to identify why I d dreamt of this or that thing. I´ve kept a dream diary for many years, scribbling rough illustrations of the prominent things´, and have sometimes used them as ideas for paintings, Artists throughout the centuries&lt;br /&gt;have transferred their dreams onto canvas.&lt;br /&gt;I hear people say they never dream, but they believe this because they don´t remember them. Allow yourself to enter the world of dreams, try to remember them, attempt to analyse why you dreamt of this person or that thing. There are of course dream dictionaries but these can offer the basic meaning of the symbolism of items in the dream, dream images are personal and to each they have a personal meaning.&lt;br /&gt;There are many people whose dreams are premonitions of a forthcoming event, these people have a heightened perception and intuition, being open to such outer influences can be valuable, used correctly, reoccurring dreams can be a simple message trying to get through to you or something more important, many people have re occuring dreams and here is where it is important to note the main points that repeat, I knew an elderly lady that for weeks kept dreaming she was in a garden full of country flowers and she was so happy, sadly she died, but she was 84years old and her passion had been the country gardens of her youth, for me this was not a premonition but her wish maybe to be where she was happiest. We should not hold these images and thoughts from our unconscious in fear, dreams are a necessary release of all things stored in our minds. Try keeping a dream diary by your bed, and if you wake during a dream, write some key words to remind you the next day of what you were dreaming. Without dreaming I believe our brains would explode, allow your brain to sort through the memories ,connecting one thing with the other, look at it like an overflowing filing cabinet thats being put in order. Give attention to your dreams. You may be surprised.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/27943183-115350419613604715?l=ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com/feeds/115350419613604715/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=27943183&amp;postID=115350419613604715&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27943183/posts/default/115350419613604715'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27943183/posts/default/115350419613604715'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com/2006/07/sweet-dreams.html' title='´Sweet Dreams'/><author><name>signing as</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27943183.post-115339883684677521</id><published>2006-07-20T05:29:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-07-20T05:34:05.890-07:00</updated><title type='text'>For CW</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff0000;"&gt;CW. hope your day is full of love, and light for this special day, and always. With good health and peace in all you do.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/27943183-115339883684677521?l=ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com/feeds/115339883684677521/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=27943183&amp;postID=115339883684677521&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27943183/posts/default/115339883684677521'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27943183/posts/default/115339883684677521'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com/2006/07/for-cw.html' title='For CW'/><author><name>signing as</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27943183.post-115316777747490790</id><published>2006-07-17T13:11:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-07-17T13:22:57.486-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Para Joe</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#6600cc;"&gt;Hoy is para Joe, el tiene una otra dia muy mal, yo tengo un luz para ti , para iluminarse tu camino.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#6600cc;"&gt;Fuerte Joe y la niebla pasa.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/27943183-115316777747490790?l=ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com/feeds/115316777747490790/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=27943183&amp;postID=115316777747490790&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27943183/posts/default/115316777747490790'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27943183/posts/default/115316777747490790'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com/2006/07/para-joe.html' title='Para Joe'/><author><name>signing as</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27943183.post-115307812036593041</id><published>2006-07-16T11:41:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-07-16T12:28:40.376-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Listen to the Silence</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/421/2950/1600/sc.jpg"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc33cc;"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 242px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 199px" height="144" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/421/2950/320/sc.jpg" width="242" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc33cc;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc33cc;"&gt;So in the ebbs and flows of life do we discover joy and pain. Life is never a calm sea but one that rises and falls with the moon, influencing and projecting different experiences apon us. For we are of the greatest part water and then will obey the pull of the moon as does the sea. And when you stand alone on an empty beach and listen to the sound of the waves lapping against the shore or beating with anger against the rocky coves so will you know that life offers all kinds of emotions. When the sea is calm, listen to it´s silence, it´s purity...then shall you be pacified, healed and calmed. when the sea is in torment so we shall feel the torment within us....not from the battering waves but through the troubles of our everyday life. The indecision and anger. For we are part of all things , and all things influence our lives. Without sunlight we discover sadness, without rain we thirst, without night we tire and are without rest, without food we are hungry , without love we are alone and without day we are without sight. Observe and welcome all things, for all things are part of what makes our life.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;color:#6666cc;"&gt;Copyright AS2006 /MeTime-A Guide for Everyday Living&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/27943183-115307812036593041?l=ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com/feeds/115307812036593041/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=27943183&amp;postID=115307812036593041&amp;isPopup=true' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27943183/posts/default/115307812036593041'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27943183/posts/default/115307812036593041'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com/2006/07/listen-to-silence.html' title='Listen to the Silence'/><author><name>signing as</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27943183.post-115290226809811715</id><published>2006-07-14T11:03:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-07-14T11:41:32.310-07:00</updated><title type='text'>This thing called love</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/421/2950/1600/hearty.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" height="191" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/421/2950/320/hearty.jpg" width="182" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff6666;"&gt;Love for one another, love for a special person, for your lover, for your children, for your family, for your friends and for others that pass us by in life and not forgetting love for those no longer with us. So many different kinds of love, but all are strong and true. Each occupies a small fragment of your heart, but that small fragment is powerful. Each type of love can bathe you with joy but can also beat you down cruely. For our vision of love is sometimes unreal, the hearts and flowers and joy forever. Love can become possesive, love can cause jealousy and love can cause sadness and pain, but it is also a joy to behold, the embrace of a family member, a hug from your children, a kiss from your lover, a phonecall from a friend and a hello from someone you don´t recognise in the street. All of these things and more can love create and with this knowledge so it will permit you to know the secrets of your heart.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#993399;"&gt;For even as love crowns you , so shall he crucify you.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#993399;"&gt;Even as he is for growth so he is for pruning. (Khalil Gibran)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Light a rose coloured candle in the name of love once you have read this and think about this thing called love.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/27943183-115290226809811715?l=ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com/feeds/115290226809811715/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=27943183&amp;postID=115290226809811715&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27943183/posts/default/115290226809811715'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27943183/posts/default/115290226809811715'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com/2006/07/this-thing-called-love.html' title='This thing called love'/><author><name>signing as</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27943183.post-115273591948003445</id><published>2006-07-12T12:50:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-07-12T13:25:19.493-07:00</updated><title type='text'>The power of light</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/421/2950/1600/smfluorite.jpg"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff6666;"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/421/2950/320/smfluorite.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff6666;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff6666;"&gt;The power of light is one of the greatest gifts to guide us through life, even when we feel we are in darkness , look carefully you will find a light however small that is always with you.  never doubt that your light is there, with you,  guiding you .. as you tread life´s uneven pathway.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff6666;"&gt;And although  it isn´t always obvious, your light is there, illuminating your life and spirit.  May you always have light in your life.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/27943183-115273591948003445?l=ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com/feeds/115273591948003445/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=27943183&amp;postID=115273591948003445&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27943183/posts/default/115273591948003445'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27943183/posts/default/115273591948003445'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com/2006/07/power-of-light.html' title='The power of light'/><author><name>signing as</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27943183.post-115210141675664327</id><published>2006-07-05T04:32:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-07-05T05:10:16.770-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Regeneration exercise</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/421/2950/1600/Colinas%20azules.jpg"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#00cccc;"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/421/2950/320/Colinas%20azules.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#00cccc;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;To stimulate those remote inner places of our body, sit or lie down comfortably in a place that is peaceful and quiet, close your eyes and allow your body the opportunity to experience the following experience. Relax and allow your muscles to float as you start to breath lightly through your nose, try to visualise the current of air floating in your lungs, feel the light sensation of the air within your body, swirling around gently caressing you inside. Re create your innerself in this intimate and relaxed moment, the sensation you experience is not unlike that which a baby feels inside it´s mother`s womb. creation and re creation. Imagine that the air is flowing through all those remote inner places, rejuvenating and awakening them. Your inner being is regenerating, every part of your body down to your toes. Practice this regulary for a sense of well being, and when you are confident try the excercise with a partner or friend.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/27943183-115210141675664327?l=ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com/feeds/115210141675664327/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=27943183&amp;postID=115210141675664327&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27943183/posts/default/115210141675664327'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27943183/posts/default/115210141675664327'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com/2006/07/regeneration-exercise.html' title='Regeneration exercise'/><author><name>signing as</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27943183.post-115178488016255725</id><published>2006-07-01T12:47:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-07-01T13:18:40.883-07:00</updated><title type='text'>For You</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/421/2950/1600/door.jpg"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#66ffff;"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" height="320" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/421/2950/320/door.jpg" width="226" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#66ffff;"&gt; When one door closes,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#66ffff;"&gt;so another opens.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#66ffff;"&gt;When an opportunity is missed,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#66ffff;"&gt;another arises.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#66ffff;"&gt;When you are in darkness, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#66ffff;"&gt;light will illuminate your path.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#66ffff;"&gt;When sadness enfolds you,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#66ffff;"&gt;happiness will follow.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#66ffff;"&gt;When you feel lonely,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#66ffff;"&gt;love will reach out and touch your heart&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/27943183-115178488016255725?l=ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com/feeds/115178488016255725/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=27943183&amp;postID=115178488016255725&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27943183/posts/default/115178488016255725'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27943183/posts/default/115178488016255725'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com/2006/07/for-you.html' title='For You'/><author><name>signing as</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27943183.post-115168700333555867</id><published>2006-06-30T09:46:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-06-30T10:06:49.883-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Power of love</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/421/2950/1600/roses.jpg"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff6666;"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 180px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 187px" height="236" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/421/2950/320/roses.jpg" width="287" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff6666;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The substance of affection and love is more powerful and magical than a volcano erupting.&lt;br /&gt;Love without condition and from the heart...why? because this can move mountains&lt;/span&gt;. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/27943183-115168700333555867?l=ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com/feeds/115168700333555867/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=27943183&amp;postID=115168700333555867&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27943183/posts/default/115168700333555867'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27943183/posts/default/115168700333555867'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ashaspiritualscatterings.blogspot.com/2006/06/power-of-love.html' title='Power of love'/><author><name>signing as</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
