Adriana's Sacred Space ~Garden of Dreams ~ Holistic Arts

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2010-10-10T22:44:00.000-07:00

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LET IT SHINE!SHOW SERIES EN ESPANOL-ADRIANA TRAVIS

2010-07-17T21:04:00.001-07:00

LET IT SHINE!SHOW SERIES EN ESPANOL-ADRIANA TRAVIS-2 PART

2010-07-17T21:04:00.000-07:00

Inspirational Quote

2010-07-11T20:49:00.001-07:00

We either make ourselves miserable, or we make ourselves strong. The amount of work is the same."
– Carlos Castaneda

2010-05-15T10:32:00.001-07:00

We're afraid of losing what we have,
whether it's our life or our possessions and property.
But this fear evaporates when we understand
that our life stories and the history of the world
were written by the same hand.
-The Alchemist

Have a Spring Celebration on Saturday

2010-03-19T22:22:00.000-07:00

Have a Spring Celebration on Saturday

The Spring Equinox represents more than just the first day of Spring. This is a time to celebrate the new. Another name for this day is Vernal Equinox, and is marked when the sun moves into Aries. This special day may occur on either the 20th or 21st of March every year.

For 2010, the focus on Mother Earth is amplified by the moon sign that occupies Taurus – a sign of the earth.
The hours of sunlight and nighttime are almost equal on the first day of Spring. At this time, the earth begins moving the northern hemisphere to warmer weather. The southern hemisphere heads toward cooler weather.

Many cultural celebrations preserve customs dating back to medieval times where rituals of worshiping Mother Earth earmarked the first day of Spring. An example of one ritual is to plant beans and say a prayer once they have been placed in the ground.

While modern events take place around the world,on this marker day still encompass a spiritual meaning. The focus of the get-togethers puts an emphasis on the beauty of spring, the earth, and emerging visibility of the sun.

Mostly celebrated in the Northern Hemispheres, the ancient observance of the first day of spring joins people together in gratitude and hopes for the future.

Other themes of celebration are couched in terms of new life, idealism, hope, optimism, innocence and purity. With Easter following in direct procession, the symbolism of the egg and fertility comes to the forefront.
The death and resurrection of Jesus follows through with the same themes of rebirth and new life.

Astrologically, the equinox is considered to be the first day of the New Year.

The ancient Gregorian calendar starts on this day. Iranian and Bahai also begin the first day of the year at the time of the vernal equinox.
Writings of Cicero hark to the special significance of the equinox dating back to pre civilization times. Ancient festivals focused on the planet Mars, which is the rulership of Aries, and is also the root word for March.

Astrological advice for the first day of the new season always recommends making an effort to have a peaceful day. Setting aside time for meditation and introspection has special significance on the first day of Spring.

Though intangible, the first day of Spring sets the atmosphere of life for the next three months.

The worst event that could happen on the first day of Spring would be an argument or unpleasant exchange.

As above, so below” is an old saying that refers to the powerful symbolism of a seed germinating in the ground. If the first day of spring is dominated with ill feelings, they will remain or continue to grow, so be sure to make it a special day one way or another.

hard times

2010-03-14T18:49:00.000-07:00

WOW...Hard times, who knew. Don’t we all have hard times right now? Imagine, between the earthquakes and rain and natural disasters, we must keep going on our daily activities.
What are our daily activities? Take the children to school? Go shopping (groceries or else) think about the laundry ? so many thing s that we do actually like a robot , every single day of our life.
What happen when something changes? What happen when something unexpected is ready for you that day?
And I'm not talking about natural disasters.or our health ( that subject is for another post )
I'm talking about when you get up in the morning, you go to your job (if you do) and come back 3 hours later without it.. Without the income that you had to pay for your rent or mortgage and bills.
Yeah, that happened to me last week.

I was called to the “big office" and my boss told me: your position is not needed anymore - in other words - you are gone.
Surprised? Not that much, remember I'm a spiritual person and I 'feel" things, I but it hurt, a lot... it hurt so bad that I started crying. Yeah...

Anyway, after 10 years in the same company ,I was gone and in shock.

But they offer me a temporary position on another division of the company to cover for somebody on maternity leave. So for 2 months I guess I have a job.
and ...After that?. I don't know- I'm going to be 59 years old on March 16th and you know what? I'm here, with my daughter And I think what can I do? but we are not crying anymore.I'm not saying that I don't have any feelings of insecurity, that will be a lie.

But I try not to think about it too much,, and have faith that the Universe is the only one that has "control" over this. not me
.I'm not in charge.

I’m getting ready for something else. I'm working very hard on developing what I really love- Holistic Arts.
Started long ago and now seems that the Universe gave me a kick on the lower back and said: MOVE.

So I will. Tears or not. I will- you do the same- Keep moving not matter what - nothing is bad enough for us to lose our hope and our will to live and shine.

Now is time, for all of us to be strong and do our best, our planet need us.

And I'm so lucky, so lucky of having family and friends that are listening to me and are giving me a word of hope, and that, I can't buy it with money. I thank all of you, for your support and love.
a friend told me: it's an ocassion to celebrate!

So I will.

Namaste
Adriana

http://www.mygardenofdreams.com/

Welcome to My Blog

2010-02-25T23:51:00.000-08:00

Hello and Welcome to my blog...

I'm Adriana and I was thinking how I can write some things that are going on in my life and I said A BLOG! This blog's purpose is for two reasons:
The first one to express my self on the things that I'm learning day by day, no matter what subject.

The second one:
Is to link this blog to my website, where honestly I'm so confused about how to post the information for everybody to understand clearly what I'm writting and don't get confused about what I'm offering there.
So for those reasons I started here today so I can write not only my feelings, but also what I'm finding on the way.

So here we go.

Thanks for stopping by...

Namaste
Adriana

http://www.mygardenofdreams.com/

I just met an Earth Angel

2008-12-14T12:24:00.000-08:00

Yesterday I met an Earth Angel.....it was meant to be...

I was at the Physic Fair selling my crystals.... a woman came and asked me about one of them

How much she said?? ............I looked and said 5 dollars....

I couldn't resist admiring the wonderful angel pendant she had on, so I said: What a beautiful angel you have there...she smiled and said...... Thank you...

she said I’ll take your crystal, while I got it to wrap it up for her, she place the 5 dollars on my table...when I gave the crystal to her I felt a deep emotion..... . I kissed the crystal and gave it to her.

She said thank you and left.

Tears started falling from my eyes trough my cheeks...my daughter looked at me and said what's wrong?

I said :.....I Don't know… is a deep emotion and don't know if it is because I might be attached to that crystal?? Can’t be possible I have more of them...

Walking a few minutes later into the room where all the tarot readers and other vendors where, I found that woman again,

I touched my heart and I said to her: I don't know why, but I'm very emotional about that "crystal"

She smiled and said to me....

I KNOW WHY....come with me...so we went away from people and she gave me a hug and said to my ear:

I'm an Earth Angel, I'm covering you right now with my wings, to heal you, things will be better for you on 2009, light a white candle to the Blessed Mother...so I looked at her eyes and we went separate ways.

I came back to my spot where we were selling and my daughter looked at me and said: Do you still crying for that crystal???

No, I said...

I just met an Earth Angel.......

Adriana

12/14/08

If not now, When?

2008-01-22T10:14:00.000-08:00

We are always thinking about the things we want to do, the things we want to have, the relationships we want and or the things that we don't want or have.

Thinking that LATER will be fine to do all we want, maybe tomorrow, maybe next week, maybe next year?

When????

How much time do we really have, to do all what we want or desire?

Do we happen to realize that we don't have anything except this present moment?

The kiss or the hug you want to give. The conversation with that "special" person you have in your life.

It can be anybody that you need to talk to...to tell them: I love you, or to straighten things up. The nice jobs, the nice house, the nice car.....We all want pretty much the same? But are we really paying attention to this present moment?

Do we live our life like this is the last minute?

Of course not.

We have plans, for the "future" whatever future means. Later, tomorrow, next week, next year....

All depends on our age of course.... We need to realize that we have ONLY this present moment, this present minute. That’s it.

Does it...do it now…we don't know about tomorrow, not even the next second in this life?

Does it...do it now... forgive or ask for forgiveness, give a hug, kiss your love ones, and tell them you love them.

We need to cure our awe's now, don't hang on to the past, it is too heavy. Let Go.

Start today with a lighter sensation, no matter what happened before, what it is important is what's going on NOW….AT THIS MINUTE

Get rid of the anger, jealously, apathy, sadness, feelings, feelings and more feelings...

It's enough

We can't get hooked on past We are the masters of this present moment and our own life…. decide today to BE PRESENT. BE HERE NOW.

Feel free, smile, hug and kiss, look at the stars, take your time to look up and see how beautiful the sky is. Let’s do it now, at this present moment, don’t live it for later, later might never come.

If not now WHEN???

Adriana

01/22/08

The Dance

2008-01-22T06:32:00.000-08:00

I have sent you my invitation, the note inscribed on the palm of my hand by the fire of living.Don’t jump up and shout, “Yes, this is what I want! Let’s do it!”Just stand up quietly and dance with me. Show me how you follow your deepest desires, spiraling down into the ache within the ache, and I will show you how I reach inward and open outward to feel the kiss of the Mystery, sweet lips on my own, every day. Don’t tell me you want to hold the whole world in your heart. Show me how you turn away from making another wrong without abandoning yourself when you are hurt and afraid of being unloved.Tell me a story of who you are,and see who I am in the stories I live.And together we will remember that each of us always has a choice.Don’t tell me how wonderful things will be . . . some day
.Show me you can risk being completely at peace, truly okay with the way things are right now in this moment, and again in the next and the next and the next. . . I have heard enough warrior stories of heroic daring.Tell me how you crumble when you hit the wall, the place you cannot go beyond by the strength of your own will.What carries you to the other side of that wall, to the fragile beauty of your own humanness?And after we have shown each other how we have set and kept the clear, healthy boundaries that help us live side by side with each other, let us risk remembering that we never stop silently loving those we once loved out loud.Take me to the places on the earth that teach you how to dance,the places where you can risk letting the world break your heart. And I will take you to the places where the earth beneath my feet and the stars overhead make my heart whole again and again.Show me how you take care of business without letting business determine who you are.When the children are fed but still the voices within and around us shout that soul’s desires have too high a price,let us remind each other that it is never about the money.Show me how you offer to your people and the world the stories and the songs you want our children’s children to remember.And I will show you how I struggle not to change the world,but to love it. Sit beside me in long moments of shared solitude, knowing both our absolute aloneness and our undeniable belonging. Dance with me in the silence and in the sound of small daily words,holding neither against me at the end of the day.And when the sound of all the declarations of our sincerest intentions has died away on the wind,dance with me in the infinite pause before the next great inhale of the breath that is breathing us all into being, not filling the emptiness from the outside or from within.Don’t say, “Yes!”Just take my hand and dance with me.

from the book " The Dance"

To Botan

2008-01-21T21:09:00.000-08:00

I can see you every morning
Waiting for me to come out
I see you patiently waiting
My beloved Botan

When you see me... you get up
And run till you catch me up
Asking for food dear one
It is impossible to walk…..

You are the sweetest boy I have known
The one that was so alone
In a cage for more than a year
Hoping, that somebody care…

Your freedom came one day
After our Neja left……
She went to the Rainbow Bridge
And left a big empty space…

It was in my heart a hole
Impossible to fill up
The emptiness was so deep
That I saw the bottomless pit

You surprised me dear one
Showing me the way you are
So sweet, so laid back
And you do binkies a lot!

You found the way to get out
And also how to come back
How to ask for a kiss
And also to push my feet

Your presence in our life today
In our house and in our heart
Make us think that there's always place
No matter how many left…..

I'm here my Dear Botan….
I'm here to give you my love
You are safe, you are at home
Some day time will set us apart
But you will be always in my heart…

This is to say thanks to you
For the happiness you brought
To our hearts, and to our home….

Thank you Boti……

Adriana
June 6th, 2007

Swiming with the current

2008-01-21T20:17:00.000-08:00

Surrendering To The Universe

Life can often seem like a battle in which it is necessary to make headway by applying more force in actions and struggling for control. The course each life takes is like a river and many people choose to swim against the current without realizing that, for all their frustrated efforts, they are making no progress. Giving yourself over to the natural flow of events can seem difficult or humbling, but in letting go of the need to always be in control and accepting that the universe is both benevolent and supportive, you will become able to access a peaceful and intuitive part of yourself and will find freedom from anxiety. Surrender can be many things. It may involve simply acknowledging that you possess true control only over your own reactions and that a change in attitude can have a profound effect on your relationship with the world. It can mean that you have given yourself over to a natural flow of actions and events, setting goals without attaching conditions, to walk in step with the universe.
Letting go and trusting that the journey is as important as the outcome will make coping with challenges a less fearful experience, but doing so requires confidence in one's self and the ability to accept that there is no "what should be." When you understand that certain things are out of your control and that whatever path you tread will be the right one, you will have less cause to doubt your own abilities and infinite opportunities to be satisfied with the moment. As the future unfolds itself around you, you will flow with the stream of changes, accepting new directions and detours as they present themselves rather than fighting against the current. With this transformation will come simplicity, peace, and freedom, as you begin to cast aside the unhappiness, frustration, and resentment of strife in favor of a beautiful surrendered existence.

Daily Om

We Need to Care

2008-01-21T16:10:00.000-08:00

We need to care. Not just about the people we are intimate with, but care about everyone. Everyone is crying out for love, for healing, for a solution to their conflict. We must not react with rage, but with love. Care. Do something that can help the world. Care.We must step out from the barriers of protection we have been living behind, and care. We must start seeing everyone as our family, as our brothers and sister. We must care about what happens to them, and then ask ourselves, what can I do? Your part may be simple, it may be grandiose… Only you have the answer to that. But, we must keep asking ourselves, What can I do, now? And do it, now, in the moment. Not later when we have time, not later when we remember, not later if we get around to it. And keep asking ourselves, what can I do now? There is more at stake here than we may see. . We must seek the healing in every situation, not the revenge, not the defensive position, not the "but I'm right". We must seek balance, we must seek healing, love, peace, harmony, fairness, balance, equality, justice.It can be done. Where there is a will, there is a way. Each one of us is the way. We must all get involved in whatever way we are inspired to. We must start listening to our heart. It will guide us in the right direction. We need to take a pause from letting our head and our ego direct our actions. The heart will lead us to a place where we can all live in peace, joy, and harmony. The heart is the healer, and we all have one. Maybe it's time that we realize that the world is "our home" and that we must take care of it and of its inhabitants. It is time to take a look at the whole "body" of the Earth and strengthen the weak places, the weak ones…. We must make strong all the parts of the world, by sharing our love and our blessings. "No man is an island." We are all connected. The weaknesses are reaching out and affecting the stronger parts -- we must become strong, all together… not one against the other, but as a whole."I'm a lover, not a fighter". That is our choice now. Which path will we walk? The way of the lover, or the fighter? We all have both capabilities… Which is our choice? We can't be both… We must choose, each day in our "inter-reactions" with our family, co-workers, neighbors, and worldwide…

Author Unknown

Remember

2008-01-21T13:52:00.000-08:00

Remember everything you were ever taught? Remember all the things your Parents, Teachers, and Friends told you was true. Remember when you stood in awe of their knowledge and confidence? Remember when you almost dreamed you weren't you, but them?
Take all of that and bless it with all your heart.
Now, blow it from your palm to the Sun and affirm from the day of your very birth, that you are now and always will be, the Light of the World.
Nothing I say, or she says, or he says, or anyone says.....is TRUTH. Truth is not a word, or an idea. It is what you ARE. My way is not your way. My plan is not your plan. My findings are not your findings.
YOU HAVE YOUR OWN ANGELS.
Everything you are doing is perfect for you.
Everything you are thinking is perfect for you.
Everything you are saying is perfect for you.
Everything is perfect. Especially you.

Author Unknown

I am a BEAUTIFUL WOMAN

2008-01-21T10:42:00.000-08:00

I am a BEAUTIFUL WOMAN, with a beauty that doesn't wash off. I earned
it, unearthed it, rescued it like a jewel in the dust, picked it up
and made it shine. For years, I did not see it, though I sensed it was
there. Now it dazzles and thrives.

I am healthy, capable, independent, strong yet still so fragile,
floored by a sigh. My body is that of a creator - angles meeting
curves, hardness drifting into soft.

I am mother, daughter, sister, lover to myself. Embraceable and brave,
I extend my heart.

My body is home, my home a shrine to life, comfortable, warm and rich
with treasures. Mine is the scent of hot spices caught in a breeze,
mine the laughter that wings through the door. I share myself only
with those who honor me as I am and protect myself, my house, and my
time from invaders.

I search for my center in the midst of chaos, practice peace as wild
dogs clamor in my mind. I use power for the greater good, release rage
in neutral settings, with no one innocent in the line of fire.

I am learning how to persist and when to let go, am willing to feel
all emotion stop their depths and exaltations, to wake up in every
nerve and no longer am afraid of my life.
Both my beauty and strength transcend age, time and perhaps even this
lifetime.

Each day I am new, yet more at home in myself. Moment by moment, I
create my world.

~Karen Andes A Women's Book of Strength; An Empowering Guide to Total