Humidity on Spiritual Sunday

 Jamál (Beauty), 1 Kamál (Perfection), 173 BE - Sunday, July 31, 2016 AD about 10:52 AM Pacific Daylight Time

It's a beautiful and humid Sunday here in Las Vegas. The temperature is approximately 93 degrees with 27% humidity. I took a walk earlier when the temperature wasn't so high. There was a little wind so it felt good walking in the cool wind. I've decided to change my morning walk into a walking meditation starting in August.  I haven't been doing a walking meditation, however, I think it would help me refocus when I come back in the house. I've got so much  to do it August that I can't afford to let my mind winder the way it's been doing. 

Beautiful Sunday 

Temperature and humidity rising 

Sometimes the sun cast shadows across 

Sunrise Avenue 

I just turned the air conditioner on, so it feels a little better in the house. Going outside after 7:00 AM is difficult because of the heat and the humidity. This means I'll have to get up early so that I can walk with the temper isn't so sweltering. Wishing everyone a Happy and Spiritual Sunday.

Tuesday Meditation: Meditation on Inspiration

Fiḍál (Grace), 15 Kalimát (Words), 173 BE - Tuesday, July 26, 2016 AD about 5:47 PM Pacific Daylight Time 

What  is inspiration? The dictionary give an uninspiring definition for inspiration. One of the online dictionaries say it has to do with mental stimulation which results in creating a painting or a poem. That is a beautiful scientific answer, but it doesn't satisfy the soul. It doesn't satisfy  the   poet in me. I could meditate all day on the subject and come up with an answer that only inspires me, but I don't  know if it  would be inspiring to someone else. Maybe each poet, artist, or novelist has to find his or her own inspiring definition of inspiration. 

God's word inspires 

The individual to take 

Personal responsibility 

I find inspiration in God's word  for many of my poems and stories. I suspect that's where most of my inspiration comes from because I can write easier when I pray, read the sacred scriptures, and meditate. Thinking about the scientific definition of inspiration you could say that reading the scriptures stimulates my mind to write poetry and stories. I think that inspiration goes deeper than my brain or mind. I think the scriptures stimulate my soul which inturn stimulates my mind. 

Sunday Poem: Say a Prayer

Jamál (Beauty), 13 Kalimát (Words), 173 BE - Sunday, July 24, 2016 AD about 11:37 AM Pacific Time 

Say a prayer for America, 

Say a prayer for the world, 

Ask for peace among humanity 

We are all the children of God. 

Sometimes we ignore God's will, 

Sometimes we responds with hate, 

But we are all God's children 

And God loves us in spite of our disobedience. 

Midweek Reflections on writing.

‘Idál (Justice), 9 Kalimát (Words), 173 BE - Wednesday, July 20, 2016 AD about 4:36 PM Pacific Daylight Time 

It's Wednesday, I've finished one poem and on story. I have two stories and two poem to finish. I also have to decide which blog I'm going to stop posting to. I think I will continue to post to this blog and let the writing blog flounder for a while. I enjoy writing, but I have to finish cleaning off my computer desk which means I'll have to give  up something for a while. I will attempt to post every-other-day to this blog, while continuing to work on the stories. 

Sometimes I have trouble coming up with themes or subjects for an entry. In addition, if I don't get a post composed in the morning it usually doesn't get done. I'm remaining in the house for the next two or three days. I have to go  to Smith's on Saturday or Sunday to pick up a prescription. I talked to the pharmacist this morning and told her I would pick it up no later than Sunday. I don't need to worry about that prescription for the rest of this week. I just don't feel like going out in the triple digit temperatures. 

Tuesday Thoughts: Contemplating Words and Spirituality

Fiḍál (Grace), 1 Kalimát (Words), 173 BE - Tuesday, July 12, 2016 AD about 2:29 PM Pacific Daylight Time 

Thinking in pictures 

I contemplate the words that 

Create a poem 

In the month of Words, I think about writing a prose poem about spirituality. I contemplate the meaning of spirituality in the context of my soul. I think about the sacred scriptures revealed throughout the millennia of humanity spiritual evolution. I wonder if there was a time in the spiritual history of the species when humanity had difficulty accepting the existence of a single divine creative force. 

I contemplate the meaning 

Of Divine unity 

And its relationship to 

Humanity's search for truth. 

It is the month of Words and words is an attribute of God. I think about the beginning of the Universe, of the Cosmos, when God spoke the word BE. God spoke the word BE and brought creation into existence. In the beginning, the Divine Creative Force – the force that we humans call God – brought  the universe we know into existence by speaking a word, by saying BE and primordial atom exploded. Whatever happened after the Divine Essence spoke BE it lead to the universe as we know it or are attempting to know it today. 

I contemplate the human soul 

And realize that I, 

Like the rest of the human species, 

Am a spiritual creature having 

A material, a physical, experience. 

Sunday Contemplations and Speculations on Regrets

Jamal (Beauty), 18 Raḥmat (Mercy), 173 BE - Sunday, July 10, 2016 about 12:15 PM Pacific Daylight Time 

Another week begins with another chance to move forward in my spiritual and writing accomplishments. I haven't did a good job of making every-other-day blog entries to my Poet 999 blogs. I also haven't did a a good job of editing the novel I'm supposed to edit this year or working on the 44 short stories I'm supposed to write. I'm not going to mention or dwell on the reasons, or perhaps I should say excuses, in this entry. If I did that then the entry would exceed 100,000 words, which is too long for a blog entry. 

Since it's a new week, it's a fresh start. A fresh start means I work from where I left off last week without worrying about what I didn't accomplish. Worrying about unaccomplished or unfinished projects is just another form of regrets. Regrets cause a person to focus on what didn't get done rather then what needs doing. I would rather focus on what I need to accomplish rather then what I didn't accomplish. Regrets causes a person to waste time on what wasn't accomplished then what needs accomplishing. 

Leave regrets behind 

Don't look back at yesterday 

Do what needs doing today. 

Monday A Slow Day

Kamal (Perfection), 12Raḥmat (Mercy), 173 BE - Monday, July 4, 2016 about 4:41 PM Pacific Daylight Time 

It's a slow Monday. This morning I went to Walgreens to purchase some items with a Walgreens gift card. I wrote some blog entries and then read some items on writing.com. The only surveys I've completed today were Walgreens customer satisfaction surveys. I have other surveys to do, but I haven't felt like doing them the past couple of days. I will begin the surveys on  Tuesday morning. I know I'm behind because I haven't did surveys since Saturday. 

I need to motivate myself to work on surveys. I think  two days off is enough time to be away from surveys so that I can take a fresh approach. I also have a story to finish. I will focus on  finishing the story and catching up on the surveys this week. 

Saturday Contemplations: Sleepless Nights

Jalal (Glory), 10 Raḥmat (Mercy) 173 BE - Saturday, July 2, 2016 about 3:03 PM Pacific Daylight Time 

To sleep perchance to dream 

Without being woke up by a big bang. 

In my neighborhood the Fourth of July celebration started last night. The celebration will continue until Monday or Tuesday or whenever the neighbors have sit off all their fireworks. I always enjoyed the Independence Day celebrations and I still do. I just don't  enjoy being kept up until all hours of the night by exploding fireworks. All though I suppose it's better then being kept up all night by gunshots, but not by much. 

Fortunately, I can write, read, or pray while all this noise is going on. The problem about being kept up all night is that you schedule the next day is ruined. Not at I have much of a morning schedule anymore. My morning schedule consists of taking medication the first thing of a morning. After I take the medication I continue my other morning routines. Usually part of my morning routine is a walk, but for the  past couple of days that routine has gotten screwed up. 

I will attempt to get back on schedule Sunday morning. I'm not sure if I will or not  because tonight I expect to be kept up half the night with fireworks, Oh, well, that life. If ist isn't one thing it's another. Actually it's usually one damn thing after another. 

Have a Happy 

And safe Fourth of July!