Be Your Self

"Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind." - Dr. Seuss

Love Yourself And Love Others

"I have found the paradox, that if you love until it hurts, there can be no more hurt, only more love."
-Mother Teresa
                                               

Betsy Grant's New CD Release Announcement!

Live Radio Interview With Betsy Grant

If you are in the South Bay, Monterey Bay, or Santa Cruz areas in CA on May 11 at 1:30pm, tune into KKUP 91.5 FM radio to hear a live interview with Betsy Grant on the show "Jewels and Binoculars".   She will talk about her new CD "Mirror Of Soul".

THE NEW CD "MIRROR OF SOUL" IS AVAILABLE!

Listen to tracks from Betsy Grant's new CD "Mirror Of Soul", it's now available for purchase!   http://www.betsygrantmusic.com

The Paintings Of Deirdre Shanny With Music By Betsy Grant

The Artwork Of Sandy Swan With Music By Betsy Grant

The Photographs Of Ed King With Music By Betsy Grant

The Photographs Of northadventure.de With Music By Betsy Grant

Tracks From Betsy's Upcoming CD - Soon To Be Released!

The Paintings Of Richard Robinson With Music by Betsy Grant

Never Before Released Material from Betsy Grant

"A Friendly Place" from Betsy's CD The Listening Heart

"Nature's Bounty" from Betsy's CD The Listening Heart

"Remember" Track #4 from Betsy's CD Love Heals All

"A Heart Is Sacred" Track #6 from Betsy Grant's CD The Listening Heart

"Meeting With The Master" Track #7 From The Listening Heart CD by Betsy Grant

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Workshops Online For Artists

Click on the post title to view this link to workshops online for artists

"Necessities" Track #5 from Betsy Grant's CD The Listening Heart (check out the music videos on my blog The Learning Heart too!)

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More Music By Betsy Grant

The Piano Music of Betsy Grant

Another View of Piano Music From Betsy Grant

A CREATIVE VIDEO WITH MUSIC BY BETSY GRANT Click on the following link to view:

art is a process: wing dress update: ready for love: back in may 2007 i had gone to see a nine inch nails show it was so impacting i felt compelled to do something myself yes, that was the...

Buy Betsy's Music

http://www.tarniusmusic.com/BetsyGrant

http://www.amazon.com

http://cdbaby.com/cd/betsygrant

Quote For A LIfetime

"If the only prayer you said in your whole life was, "thank you," that would suffice" - Meister Eckhart

Happy New Year!

One of My Favorite Comedy Moments

Listen To Betsy's Music

Listen to samples of Betsy's performance of her compositions:

http://youtu.be/4KebBDZLSyc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVEqJN74OWU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_8gtLweQPc http://youtu.be/T8rzCYShfe0

Values Before Education

Education without values, as useful as it is, seems rather to make man a more clever devil.
C. S. Lewis

See Through The Disguise

This enjoyable blog by a fellow blogger has a great little video posted on it. Here's the link: http://dustyducktales.blogspot.com/

Evaluating Our Decisions

"Sometimes it's the smallest decisions that can change your life forever." - Keri Russell

Wonderful Sand Animation To The Music Of Vivaldi's 4 Seasons "Autumn":

About My Music

(click on the post title to link to my website and hear my music)

Appreciate What You Have

"For everything you have missed, you have gained something else, and for everything you gain, you lose something else." - Ralph Waldo Emerson

Attention, Purpose, and Consciousness

Everything we do has a purpose - unconscious or conscious. We are Soul, divine beings. The way we view life has a profound affect on how we experience it. If we strive constantly to tune into the very highest part of our self (the divine), our experience is from that standpoint. If we are concerned and occupied constantly with material and emotional comfort, are attention is riveted to that aspect (the temporary passing show) and we begin to feel identified with that aspect of living rather than seeing the body, emotions, and mind as a house for Soul (the divine aspect). Am I caring for the well-being of my body so that I can be of greater service to life? Are my actions designed to give me the opportunity to give more light and love to others? Or I am simply and purely concerned completely and totally with self and it's physical, mental, and emotional comfort?

Be True To Yourself

Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

Self Observation - An Instrument For Awakening

"Self-observation brings man to the realization of the necessity of self-change. And in observing himself a man notices that self-observation itself brings about certain changes in his inner processes. He begins to understand that self-observation is an instrument of self-change, a means of awakening. " - George Gurdjieff

Purity Of Expression

One of the most important things in an artist's work is the need to protect his/her purity of expression, and not allow promoters, or society's expectations, or the lure of money to taint what the artist truly wants to express. This isn't always easy, and requires a considerable degree of self-honesty. However, the experience of freedom and joy that comes with a pure expression of the artist's love is well worth the sacrifices made, and benefits the viewer/listeners in a more substantial way.

Making Time For Gratitude

With the tempo of life as it is today, it is sometimes difficult to find time for a sincerely spiritual activity. Making time for recognition of the Source of all the blessings in our life becomes increasingly difficult - and simultaneously more important. The world pulls at us from every direction, leaving us spiritually destitute if we're not careful. An easy exercise to counteract the distractions from our attention to Spirit is simply to be very grateful for every thing in our life - to say nothing of the gift of life itself. That we have existence is, in itself no small miracle, if we stop to consider the complexity of even a single human being - spiritually, mentally, emotionally, and physically.

A Post About Meaning

click on the following to view: http://sivers.org/meaning

Our System Of Economics & Happiness

An interesting (short) video on the Economics of Happiness : http://youtu.be/t5Xjr0gqJK0

A Love Story

Following is a wonderful example of what it means to put your heart into an act of love. Click on the following: http://spiritclips.com/page/stories/read?story=400#.Tj8SsHfkqEw.google

ART NOTES: ANGEL OF THE MUSIC ARTS

I was inspired to post this lovely work of art on my blog. It seemed to belong there. Click on the following: ART NOTES: ANGEL OF THE MUSIC ARTS

oceanoazul.sonhos: esta noite tive um sonho...

This is a wonderful poem by a fellow blogger - originally in Portuguese - that is still beautiful when translated to English oceanoazul.sonhos: esta noite tive um sonho...: "Sonhei que me tinha encontrado com Deus, num jardim florido, com leve perfume a rosas silvestres, onde pombas brancas voavam em paz. No..."

Liberation

Here is a wonderful poem by a fellow blogger. Click on the following link: silver glimmer dust: Liberation: "We are the divine among the divine Lion cubs separated from the sheep Refusing to succumb to the bleating Somehow buying into the manifol..."

On Trying To Be Perfect

Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offering.
There is a crack in everything,
That's how the light gets in.
~Leonard Cohen

There's Room For Failure

Click on the following link to see: http://inspirationalvideos.net/2008/08/life-risk/

A Moment Of Humor

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6oHBG3ABUJU&feature=youtu.be

Wisdom Of Will Rogers

Will Rogers, who died in a 1935 plane crash with his best friend, Wylie Post, was probably the greatest political sage this country ever has known.

Enjoy the following:

1. Never slap a man who's chewing tobacco.

2. Never kick a cow chip on a hot day.

3.. There are two theories to arguing with a woman . . Neither works.

4. Never miss a good chance to shut up.

5. Always drink upstream from the herd.

6. If you find yourself in a hole, stop digging.

7. The quickest way to double your money is to fold it and put it back into your pocket.

8. There are three kinds of men: The ones that learn by reading. The few who learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence and find out for themselves.

9. Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment.

10. If you're riding' ahead of the herd, take a look back every now and then to make sure it's still there.

11. Lettin' the cat outta the bag is a whole lot easier'n puttin' it back.

12. After eating an entire bull, a mountain lion felt so good he started roaring. He kept it up until a hunter came along and shot him. The moral: When you're full of bull, keep your mouth shut.

Seeing Through The Eyes Of Soul

"Shakespeare says a poet's function is to reach to heaven for ideas and bring them down to earth. It is true that thought does not originate with man, but in heaven. Where did Beethoven go to find his Fifth Symphony? Did Jesus originate the Sermon on the Mount? When great poetry and great music inspire you, what is conceived, gestated, and born of that? You can choose between noble and ignoble. You understand poetry and music. Love them, and let them flow into your consciousness. So you see that we are all linked to the sun, moon, and stars. We can lift our consciousness to higher planes and see from above, as if from the masthead of a ship, the past, present, and future, all in a moment, through the eyes of Soul." - from"The Spiritual Laws Of Life" by Harold Klemp