Joy/s of October

"When you do things from your soul, a river moves through you.g Freshness and a deep joy are the signs."  ~ Rumi ~

If you have already shared your "Joy of the Week/Month"  – Thank YOU!

If not, may be it is time to SHARE Y/OUR JOY? :)

So here's the IDEA. To share what brought you joy, inspired you or made you feel grateful this month. I suggest sharing 3 things, but you can choose only one or many more if you want to. The format is open as well, but here's what I propose. 

Here's the PROCESS:

1. ENJOY an email with the  "Joy of the Month" ideas, inspiration & gratitude
2. CREATE YOUR blog entry "Joy of the Month" & TAG it with "joy of the month"
3. SHARE your blog entry at the JOY SOULutions pod (best with permalink)

Simple! As a result you will enjoy sharing your gratitude & ENJOYING FORWARD too.

And here's the suggested FORMAT:

1. A Zaadzster (or one-to-be :) that surprised you, moved or inspired you (link to the profile)
2. An inspirational quote, poem, story, book, movie, song, image, art piece, anything
3. An event or happening of any type – zaangha, seminar, aha moment,...

And the Joys and Inspirations of October for me are:

Zaadzster - Nicola Karesh aka http://inducingconsciousness.zaadz.com/ Nicola is a wonderful Avatar Master/Wizard, proud wife and mother of two lucky home-schooled children, an amazing friend, a talented poet and creator and beautiful person and soul. She has been on a spiritual path for many years and feels like she has "stopped chasing the carrot" and is committed to creating an Enlightened Planetary Civilization®.

Her energy and creativity are boundless and her courage to make bold decisions with utter reponsibility and consideration for all involved is admirable. Her deep caring and compassion and her support in words and actions of all things beautiful and worthy are also one of a kind. Even though she chose to discontinue her lovely Avatar pod, you probably already met her and enjoyed her lovely presence, wit and genuineness in the zaadz digiverse. If not, I invite you to greet and befriend her for she is a joy to behold.

Quote- "Be the joy you want to see." from wonderful Elena, Violetflame.

Books by Zaadzsters –

"Integral Spirituality: a Startling new role for Religion in the Modern and PostModern World" by Ken Wilber

Also two amazing modern sages and wonderful authors of ”The Milk is White” - Ian Gardner and ”The Sea of Milk” - Christopher Chad Cobb aka C^3. I heartily recommend BOTH of them. Just read and share your amazement…

Poem – "God Became Our Hearts" - a wonderful story for children of all ages by David Lazaroff, founder of holistic.com.

Also enjoy a unique visual poem by Al Magnus created with his fascinating images & dreams

Art piece – the amazingly beautiful "Sweet Synergy" of the unmatched Josephine Wall - "Gently cradled in her feathery wing, the goddess links her energy with the male and female of humankind, creating a labyrinth, which represents the many twists and turns of life. Spiralling downward, a staircase leads to the entrance of another world, where romance and tranquillity eternally dance. When minds are joined in this fashion, a perfect synergy is created, leading to spiritual growth and vital transformation."

Visionary Art - I invite you to a journey through visionary poetry and art with amazing creations by Oriah Mountain Dreamer, Alex Grey, Josephine Wall, Jean-Luc Bozzoli, Gangaji and more... Also enjoy a short slide show with some of these visionary artists.

Song – Cool Way To Do by Ocean, our very talented vocalist-songwriter, prolific artist, vegan activist and inspiring zaadzster who likes to surf, travel, veganize, rescue other animals, some of our own species and save the world. Listen to more song clips from Ocean's CD Mermaid Music.

CD  –  Inner Voice's "Vero Beach" from the Alive in You Concert Series

Listen to their wonderful "Your Dreams" song on their web site . 

Inner Voice is a vocal harmony group whose harmonies are wings that carry the essence of their message and music to the hearts of all who listen. Inner Voice is aslo a unique musical experience of five guys based out of Miami, Florida. When asked how they got together they simultaneously reply," We each had the courage to follow our Inner Voice", and that is exactly what they did. Their music is an uplifting combination of vocal harmonies, ethnic percussion, magical guitars, Rumi-esque poems, self-realization and a sprinkling of the entire spectrum of human emotions."

Short video - The Hugathon on your tube - www.youtube.com/watch
Thanks to Skeye, the Hugging Bandito :)  for sharing this after watching and crying his eyes out in Joy! See why and how youtube is going abuzz with so many hugs…

Short movies - “For all the dreamers, for all the wonderers, for all the adventurers, for all the romantics & for all the lost.” - Enjoy the beautiful short film “Time & Space” by Ben Gibbs (thanks to Violetflame/Elena for the link). Also don't miss Lela's full of joy and cheer video, “A Visitor's Guide to Earth”.

Trailer - "Vision", the first part of the trilogy "Shifting of the Ages" by the creator and  director Revolutionist Steve Copeland.
Learn about the amazing shift, watch the trailer and share.

Wisdom Flash - "Fame" by Consciousone.com
- do not be mislead by the title, the content and message will surprise you...

Movie  – I AM - another beautiful and inspiring film of personal awakening that reminds me of Baraka, Microcosmos, Are We Alone and other great ones… And it has so much more to offer. http://iamawakening.org/

Besides its undeniable artistic impact and personal touch, I AM is also pioneering in content and creation, by aspiring to be a continuous work in progress and one of the first
open source projects in this exciting with possibilities arena. Unique opportunity to CO-CREATE the film. The creators envision that this first hour-long video edition will inspire
thousands of artists in film and music to offer contributions to succeeding versions of the film.Contact them about your contributions and ideas.The film is available to watch free at iamawakening.org and 100% of the profits from the hi-res, hi-fi DVD sales of I AM will be donated to foundations focused on the integral movement and children's well-being.
Can it get better than this?

Web Site  - The Breathing Earth.  It is such a visceral even if virtual experience. Thanks Kevin!

Image –  In honor of Jeff Lohrius aka Bijarts and his amazing 100 Visual Blog paintings while he is taking a break, soon to return to his creative self and us (you can reach or write to him here).

Joke – Insights about "Meditation - You have the right to remain silent." & "Don't just do something, sit there."

Event/s – in & out of zaadz

The Pennies Projects and causes worth supporting initiated by Samme , MsCapriKell's Pennies from Heaven and continued by Lisa and C^3 aka Christopher Chad.

Helping those who are making a difference! -  http://www.aldeayanapay.org/

A young Peruvian man, Yuri who has started a not for profit organization in Cusco to help a community of underpriviledged children with education, nutrition and the basic knowledge how to be self supportive, self sustaining, contributers to their own lives and community one day. What he is doing is truly wonderful and you can see from the photos what a difference he is already making in these childrens' lives.

So if you want to support this worthy cause, post comments on Lisa's blog , the pennies from which will be matched by several other great souls who already made the commitment…

The announcements of the Nobel Prize Winners

Forthcoming: Oct. 9 for Economics, Oct. 12 - for Literature, Oct. 13 for Peace.

Check some interesting facts about the Nobel Laureates ( 33 women & 730 men :)

Who will be the next U.N. secretary general? - stakes, articles, opinions & more... (For NY Times login try using username: roflwaffle and password: wafflerofl :)

You do NOT have to list ALL of these. ANY of them would be just great, Feel free to include images & sounds & embed objects, slide shows & more. Take Joy in the process!

Let's EnJOY Forward!

Darina  J
Joy SOULutions pod

NB: The delay in the Joy's mailing was due to a major system crash I experienced and loss of most of my data and creations. Thanks to all of you for your support during these trying times. And don't forget to back up your important data NOW!

Also, because of the current mail settings I may no longer be able to send you this mailing if you are only on my friend's list, but not part of the Joy SOULutions pod. So without ANY pressure, but for the sake of mere & easier communication, I invite you to be part of the Joy pod who will continue to recieve this & other related emails from me.