The theme that is emerging in my posts right now is about quietening the mind and finding peace there. When I am feeling challenged I will search through earlier posts to remind myself of the wisdom that I have shared … and to bring it home again. Enjoy this metaphor… and come back to your breath. You are in control of your kite.
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I love this metaphor for seeing our breath as the string of our kite.
“The mind is like a kite, flying here and there,
and the breath is like the string of the kite, generally bringing the mind back into the present moment.
The breath brings the mind, which is all over the place, back to its source, a natural state of peacefulness and joy.”
Ravi Shankar
And when we cease to breathe, the mind wanders off all willy nilly? 🙂
Diana xo
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You got me thinking Diana about willy nilly land… Val x
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It’s a nice place to chill. 😉
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I have always loved this image.
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So glad it resonated with you Kimberly!
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Val, this post makes me think so much of our wonderful Nobel prize-winning poet, Seamus Heaney, and this great poem:
A Kite for Aibhín
After ‘L’Aquilone’ by Giovanni Pascoli (1855-1912)
Air from another life and time and place,
Pale blue heavenly air is supporting
A white wing beating high against the breeze,
And yes, it is a kite! As when one afternoon
All of us there trooped out
Among the briar hedges and stripped thorn,
I take my stand again, halt opposite
Anahorish Hill to scan the blue,
Back in that field to launch our long-tailed comet.
And now it hovers, tugs, veers, dives askew,
Lifts itself, goes with the wind until
It rises to loud cheers from us below.
Rises, and my hand is like a spindle
Unspooling, the kite a thin-stemmed flower
Climbing and carrying, carrying farther, higher
The longing in the breast and planted feet
And gazing face and heart of the kite flier
Until string breaks and—separate, elate—
The kite takes off, itself alone, a windfall.
Seamus Heaney
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Jean – this is a wonderful poem. Thank you for sharing here! Val x
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You’re welcome. I’m so glad you enjoyed it. By the way, it was Seamus Heaney’s birthday yesterday!
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I also love this image and find it hugely helpful when meditating 🙂
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Yes – I can see it would be a powerful anchor 🙂
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Wonderful metaphor Val.
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Thank you Don I also enjoy it. Val x
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And far too many of us forget that WE hold the string.
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Yes indeed Nancy 😉
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Love this, thanks for sharing. On an unrelated matter I am curious why you title your posts with an * in front of the title? Love Jenna
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Hi Jenna, glad you enjoyed this one! I put * s in front because in this theme on the sidebar its difficult to tell one post from the next… It looked like words running into each other. * makes it easier to see each title. Thanks for asking. Val x
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Val, love this! I’m a big fan flying kites and the freedom that comes with it, love the analogy of the breath bringing us back to center!
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Thank you Kate!
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I love this, Val. Thank you! xo
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I’m happy you moved this too! Thanks Jill 💛
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That is a beautiful metaphor. Thanks for re-sharing, Val.
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It drew me back too. Glad you enjoyed it Van 💛
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A wonderful start to the week this is 🙂
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So glad it got your week off to a good start. Keep soaring Alok 💛
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This is really a beautiful metaphor, Val ❤
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Thank you Irene. I agree 💕
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Yes indeed Val our mind is indeed so slippery and cannot be controlled by force. But if we start observing our breath calmly the turbulence in our mind will steadily subside and become tranquil.
Thanks and best regards.
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Thank you Dilip for your insightful words and presence today 💛
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I always love watching kites, Val, but it’s the freedom to soar that captures me. Perhaps this is a better way to think of them.
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The freedom when we are able to rise and go with the flow. YES! Beautifully put Jo 💛
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Fantastic quote Val.. I am already Flying! 🙂
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I’ll meet you there 🕊
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Haha.. ❤ Hugs
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Oh, this is a good one, Val. Our thoughts can fly high and far before we realize it and reel them in!
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I love that, Val, “You are in control of your kite.”
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Love this
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Thank you derose 💛
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