Regret will not bring back what you have lost
“If you had your life to live again…” – I have been asked one question which took me a long time to answer – a very long time. Usually one is asked this when one is about to cross over the threshold of life, so to speak.
At my age, I can afford the truth.
What happens when one day, you expect to read an email, perhaps a couple of lines in a blog when you drop by – but the site has not being updated for the past three months? Or maybe you decide to call on her, and to your surprise she is no longer around. Her number keeps on giving the same automated message “…the number you’ve called, is out of range” – maybe, something else. Then months later, you hear or read somewhere that she is no longer with you. She is not in your neighborhood, your city or the world. The truth about life in the twenty-first century is like that.
Freedom is privileged to the ones who have attained the reality and impression of the Self.
Several years ago, when I was diagnosed as having Leukemia just before the accident that left me in a coma for 2 ½ weeks and thereafter followed with many other complications that hindered me from moving forwards, I fought back. I fought with everything one can imagine – from drugs doctors prescribed to alternative healing methods, from prayers through meditation, to forgiveness. When people discovered though the ‘grapevine’ that I had what I had poured their hearts out, with prayers and compassionate thoughts. Those who never knew me – who had just a glance of what they perceived of me through my work, judged me through their assumptions and deductions, and were ready to attack without much thought of learning about the personality.
I did not declare defeat, nor war. I offered prayers instead. *In the past I’ve been too courteous – there are times when I wish I had trampled on at least a thousand entities. I’m glad that I didn’t. The calamities of the world proved a point. When the heart is sliced and shredded into a thousand pieces – it sometimes forgive. Oftentimes, it retaliates.
When you love, render every teardrop that you shed as pearls you’ll treasure for all eternity.
What is important as one goes through life by forming this sentence created by the intermingling of words, one forms a story whether it is built on Love or something inconsequential – When love is sown as foundation of the story that touches the hearts of those who read for solace, or as a dose of reflection with the hope that may help them reach the stars in the skies of their hope, the story {history} grants the reader a glimpse into what is known as eternity.
Love, can open many doors. It can also cure many ails.
To free the self from all encumbrances that lug about one’s shoulders one should learn to embrace the realities of love. To stay true to the Self – this is the provocation that proves one’s mantle in being, human. The world revolves and sheds its own veils for creatures living therein. Whether we cloak ourselves with the attributes of the earth, fire, or the other elements – the combination coupled with the reality of the individual self elicit a glimpse of Reality.
Live as if there’s no tomorrow – If you knew that you will never return, wouldn’t you love, like you’ve never loved before?
““*If you had to relive your life all over again…” – I would strike that question. I am re-living my life more than once – I have undergone resurrection with every breath, I am spirit incarnate in the heart of the Universe ~ AainaA-Ridtz A.R”
Love is the Ascension
In The End, was first published in AainaA Insight!. Herein republished for your reading pleasure.
When a father complains that his son has taken to evil ways, what should he do? Love him more than ever.
Whom do you know needs a little extra love today?
Affluence' CEO and Founder sent out a simple email invitation to a cocktail party with a personal RSVP. As much as I'm uncomfortable in hot sunny Indian Summerish Malaysia, the only party I can imagine seeing myself jetting off, would still be France. I'd have to get my PA to look into this - at the mo' I've been TLC-ing myself on my own. Soon he, the fortunate PA will have to TLC-ing me instead.
I so am not going to be the Diva, everyone expects !
When: Thursday, February 19, 2009 at 7:00 – 9:00 PM
Where: Capital Grill, 87 Yorktown SC, Lombard IL {630} 627-xxxx
What to Expect: Cocktails and appetizers are sponsored by Affluence Corporation. You’ll find exceptional networking opportunities with fellow members from around the Chicago land area. Meet the Affluence management team and Board of Directors.
RSVP: Please RSVP directly to me.
At the stage that I am, I don't think the idea of mingling and networking with other millionnaires would be my cuppa. Would you still mingle with the wealthy, once you're there ? Exactly ! - You'd definitely go low profile - maybe its in the culture of the West that being seen and noticed makes for one being 'celebrated' and 'wealthy' but I've seen Wealth - born into it, lived in it, went out of it, went back to it... up down, tomorrow, yesterday, today ... its just a matter of perception, degree and convenience really...
I think its time the West learn to live humbly - all the truly wealthy do. I'd expect a jet to fly me to Chicago - so what's a wealthy girl gotta do? Fly in my own Lear ? Besides I dislike a 24hour trip for a Cocktail. I'd rather do 18 or meet halfway.
A {shameless}plug for Affluence and for those who are clueless ... or those who aspire to be mingling with the Who's Who...
Affluence Corporation is rapidly aggregating the world's largest organization exclusively for affluent individuals. Members must have a verifiable net worth of at least $3 million or an annual income of at least $300,000. Members enjoy the convenience of free access to a 24/7 dedicated concierge, subscription to the exclusive Affluence Magazine in print, access to a robust social network made up exclusively of the world's most affluent people, and a membership card providing them with priority access to the most exclusive events, parties, and clubs around the world.
A little bit about Scott - the guy who setup Affluence ...
Scott began his career as a consultant for Arthur Andersen where he helped guide Fortune 100 companies through the Internet and technology boom of the 1990’s. Scott went on to Tunes.com, where he launched RollingStone.com, TheSource.com, and DownBeatJazz.com developing Tunes.com to become the Internet’s leading music destination network. After Tunes.com’s sale in 1999 to publicly traded EMusic.com for $180 million, Scott began working with Barry Diller’s Interactive Corporation and launched HSN.com, the online presence for Home Shopping Network. In less than two years, HSN.com grew from nothing into one of Interactive’s fastest growing and most profitable web properties.
Scott has a Bachelor of Science degree in Econ and Psych from Illinois State University as well as a Master Degrees In Business Administration, Computer Science, and Management and Organizational Development from Benedictine University.
No Kidding !
In a world of imaginations, only your mind is the limiting factor - really ! ... and contrary to popular belief, it takes less than 3 seconds to grab the attention of the one you're 'selling' your services to. So what do online platforms do ? They come up with rich media ads to entice you to bits, and then like a sting, smoother you with enough venom to capture you leaving you 'sold' !
Are you staying beside a Golf course ?
Selling second-hand playable golf balls can take your children through college - and no, its not a joke ! People in some remote parts of Asia do this for a living, and they do take their vacations in Gold Coast, Australia. Hard to believe eh ? Well, the Hands do work in mysterious ways.
Fancy selling your balls ? Click here !
It is the lover's heart that touches the depths of life;
It is the godly soul that soars to the highest heavens;
It is the seer's eye that penetrates through the wall of matter;
... and it is the knower's spirit that assimilates all the knowledge
{The Naqshabandi AlHaqq's Mausoleum, Exterior
Architecture Buxoro, Uzbekistan}
It does not matter how hard you labor; it is what you accomplish that counts.
I meant to update The Alchemist, but it has been quite tiring ... Wordpress has come up with the latest updates, and automated one-click has returned an error. I so am not in the mood to re-update, backing dbs and then installing a fresh script if it fails to work. I just wish we had versions that are stable, and less 'taking' time to waste. It should be an easy thing for people like me, who is trying her level best to fit what the world is granting - a 24 hour period in an hourglass.
Anders had posted his blog - gosh, he has so many I can't keep up with him. Just one is good enough, but no every social network wants you to be in theirs, and mine will be up by June, I hope, and I'd like them to be on mine instead. But it's a niche, so that really matters - as long as it is a niche, its o-kay.
Something is not right with Opera these days - gmailing and blogging on VOX is giving those errors - I just wish, they'd come up with an error-fool-proof system that is functional with all browsers. I dislike the idea of having to zap up Safari, or FF... or some other just so I can blog without worrying where the other has gone into threshold shredder oblivion.
Impulse is intoxicating; action is absorbing; but it is the result of every deed that leads man to realization.
In honor of Presidents' Day, tell us: Who was your favorite U.S. President and why?
Never had a favorite president - let alone one coming from the US. The closest would have been Abe, or JFK but they both got shot - the ones that really needed to be on the Electric Chair should have been there zapped to oblivion but these days, corruption and instigating wars are the in-thing for rich nations to deploy. Maybe one day when they wake up, we'll have no presidents, and then everyone will live in Peace.
