Gaia Community: iam's Blog

And then we return. . .

http://iambennu.gaia.com — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 19:13:53 GMT

Sowboni my friends,

I feel like I have come out of the end of along funnel and found myself back where I began. Iam back in my home, and fatlike somehow I have come back both purest part of me. It feels glorious!

I have been spending a lot of time in the yard. I feel like an archeologist unearthing my own life like bits of pottery from a lost civilization. I am the "Indiana Jones" of my own Temple.

I have missed you all dearly and hope your Journey has brought you as much life, loss, learning, peace, loneliness and friendship as it has for me.

Tags: home, love, full circle, rebirth

The Story of Stuff

http://iambennu.gaia.com — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 16:17:49 GMT

This is another great flash presentation I love. It sturs the thought.

Story of Stuff

The Sory of Stuff

Tags: consumption, stuff, retail, recycle, reclaim, New Way

Imagining the Tenth Dimension

http://iambennu.gaia.com — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 15:27:20 GMT

I love this piece and finally found it again. Enjoy

Tags: Dimensional space, time, birth, death, origami, Ten

Message from the next first family

http://iambennu.gaia.com — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 19:35:26 GMT

First Family

This message is for you and yours this holiday season

Tags: Obama, Holiday, message

LED Lighting

http://iambennu.gaia.com — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 08:01:14 GMT

Hello innovators,

I thought to share with you the info that found on LED lighting and where it can be purchased. Here are the sites.

http://www.environmentallights.com/

http://www.ledlightingfactory.com/Low-Profile-LED-Under-Counter-Lighting.htm

http://www.creells.com/

I hope it give you some bright ideas

Tags: Lighting, Innovators, innovation, green, LED

Is there anything for which you would give up your life?

http://iambennu.gaia.com — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 08:46:59 GMT

My "Life" has been already given up to my existence as a part of the universe. There is no part of living that can keep me from acquiescing my corporeal form to be absorbed by the universal whole to which each of us ultimately are.

I know that oneness as love and love at any moment may ask me to give it all up, and it I would only have to feel the flow of its intent to do so willingly and with joy. I love my living on this plane but enjoy it moment by moment and project it forward only in the myriad of possibilities and not a hard form reality.

For love and oneness all is given, as it was never mine to begin with. That is the illusion

Tags: QaR, sacrifice, life, living, values, beliefs

How do you prepare for the unknown?

http://iambennu.gaia.com — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 07:53:14 GMT

I have lived and experienced the oneness of the universe to cease most of the uncetainty as it relateds to what the oneness has manifested for the journey. As long as I am clear.

I have lived past my negative karma that the oneness manifest what I desire at the very core of my being. Not my conciencouse but my inner most desire. If I can make sure that is clear throught ritual or repititon, then what I need for my journey is manifest and I have lived the experience enough to know it with all of my beiing.

Tags: QaR, uncertainty, unknown, coping

With a ritual chant the emoting is done!

http://iambennu.gaia.com — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 05:31:55 GMT

Bobby Mcferrin improvisation with Richard Bona

These are two of my musical heros doing that soul thing that they do best. Life is improvistation to the rhythms of the universe.

Tags: improvisation, Bbby McFerrin, Richard Bona, music, chant, song, life

Someday We All Be Free - Come take the ride with me

http://iambennu.gaia.com — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 04:50:42 GMT

Take6 - Someday We'll All Be Free (featuring Lalah Hathaway

Take the ride with me if you have ever been in love. It can be a short but meaningful journey. Teaching you more about you and me.

Just a short ride. Just a moment in time.

"Someday is now"

iam

Tags: ride, journey, love, free, some day

Cathartic Emoting - That was then this is now

http://iambennu.gaia.com — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 04:41:20 GMT

LALAH HATHAWAY - THAT WAS THEN *NEW* 2008

With the passing of the Hurricane, all things have been done. I new "rebirth" as I continue my journey, but I would like to take a moment to get out and let go. to emote and release my feelings as a relationship ends and a new life begins. It has been a long time: seven years of connection and sharing to be dealt with but I know and trust that all is well. No doubt. Just a moment to express before I take another step.

Tags: Cathartic, emoting, love, relationship, rebirth, moving forward, trusting

Lalah Hathaway - Breath

http://iambennu.gaia.com — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 04:21:03 GMT

Lalah Hathaway - Breathe

Tags: Music, Breath

Ode to the watchtower

http://iambennu.gaia.com — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 08:04:06 GMT

When your life was low,
you had nowhere to go.
People turned their backs on you,
and everybody said that you were through.

I took you in, made you strong again
put you back together.
Out of all the dreams you left along the way,
you left me shining.

Now you're doing well
from stories I hear tell.
You own the world again.
Everyone's your friend.

Although I never hear from you,
still it's nice to know
you used to love me so,
when your life was low.

I took you in. I made you strong again.
I put you back together.
Out of all the dreams you left along the way,
you left me shining

Now you're doing well
from stories I hear tell.
You own the world again.
Everyone's your friend.

Although I never hear from you,
still it's nice to know
you used to love me so,
when your life was low.

But always remember my friend,
the world will change again.
And you may have to come back
through everywhere you've been.

Tags: Friends, goodbyes, karma, moments, connection

A beautiful day in the Marigny

http://iambennu.gaia.com — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 19:34:03 GMT

It is just the loveliest of days here in New Orleans.

The day is a warm one but with a formidable breeze. The air is caressing the body and bring out a light glistening sweat. it makes you feel hugged and loved.

So I send some love to you

Tags: warm, new orleans, day

Once again

http://iambennu.gaia.com — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 19:41:27 GMT

How lovely are the heavens

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How beautiful the skies

Clouds are tangible pastures and ghost of solemn mountains

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I move quietly by. Trying not to be a tourist but an internal part of this majestic conflagration

tuffs of lambs wool hair on tapestry.

I yawn and pop my ears then dive

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Taking in the air, making it my breath, then giving it back

wind roaring like a lion in my ears

What rapture is this.I am sorry not to think of this sooner

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Can one live in flight?

One could rest on a cloud and wash in a thunderstorm

Live on Sunlight.

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It could happen

once Again

Tags: clouds, sky, flying 'true nature

A Love Story

http://iambennu.gaia.com — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 16:34:49 GMT

My Dog Has a Crush on My Ram

A love story.By Jon Katz

I cleared my throat and adopted my most paternal voice. "Lenore," I said, "This isn't going to work.

"You're so young. You know nothing of love or the ways of older men. He is far more experienced, a father several times over. You'll both be ostracized. It's a mistake.

"He has different habits and needs. You come from your own tradition, with its own expectations. I'm not sure you're compatible. He's not just unlike you: He's a completely different species."

Tags: Love, Animals

Feeling Perfect Moments

http://iambennu.gaia.com — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 05:31:50 GMT

I hope this finds you flowing. This is the day you can manifest all that you need. Not wants, but needs. Not the needs of your body or your mlnd but thee needs of your journey and thus the needs of your deepest soul.

This moment can be that monent

Tags: moment, flow, deepest self

Back at Flora's

http://iambennu.gaia.com — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 22:02:02 GMT

the Marigny triangle here in New Orleans is such a Village. It is a lovely Urban Wonderland and Caribbean paradise. Since I have beer back here and before even, I have beer waiting to fall in love with this city as 30 many do. I think Injury L did.

I have always known people and had friend that just love this city and would never be Right anywhere else. I have never had that feeling until now. I am glad to feel it. Glad to be able to embrace this faintly city as it has embraced me.

Loving the Big Easy

Tags: New Orleans, home, Love, embrace

How do you respond to being alone?

http://iambennu.gaia.com — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 15:48:58 GMT

I enjoy time without human being around me, but I am never alone. Oneness means being connected to all things and I cannot recall a moment of being alone. If not the earth, plants, animals, then it is the air, sun, or stars that keep me company.

I also realized that even though I may seem physically apart my soul is connected constantly to those that I love. I am psychically on-line and can send and receive information all the time when I am in flow. Whenever I am still beyond the reach of man's noise then coming to oneness is that much easier and connection stronger.

I can feel more alone on a bustling street than when I am physically by myself.

Tags: QaR, solitude, aloneness

World Welcomes Obama Win

http://iambennu.gaia.com — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 01:09:53 GMT

Wednesday 04 June 2008

by: Jill Lawless, The Associated Press

In Western Kenya, Barack Obama's grandmother holds up her election placard. Last night, people in Kenya and across the world celebrated Obama's nomination, hoping for a new relationship between the US and the world.
(Photo: Roberto Schmidt / AFP)

London - Excitement about Barack Obama emerged as a global phenomenon Wednesday as commentators and citizens around the world welcomed the news that he had sealed the Democratic presidential nomination.

The excitement was less about Obama's foreign policies - which remain vague on many fronts - than a sense that the candidacy of a black American with relatives in Africa and childhood friends in Asia marks a historic moment.

Michael Cox, a professor of international relations at the London School of Economics, said Obama's win "has sent out a lot of positive signals around the world."

"He has a very appealing persona - elegant, fluent, strings lots of sentences together into paragraphs," Cox said. "But in terms of (his) actual policies towards the Middle East, Iraq, Iran, China, Europe - actually, we don't know."

In Kenya, home to Obama's family on his father's side, the Kenya Times newspaper devoted its front page to Obama's victory, under the headline "Obama makes history."

"I've just watched him on television, and as a family we are very happy. Really, it is something that is a trendsetter," the politician's uncle, Said Obama, told The Associated Press from the port city of Kisumu in western Kenya.

Indonesians were rooting for the man they consider to be a hometown hero. Obama lived in the predominantly Muslim nation from age 6 to 10 with his mother and Indonesian stepfather and was fondly remembered by former teachers and classmates.

"He was an average student, but very active," said Widianto Hendro Cahyono, 48, who was in the same third-grade class as Obama at SDN Menteng elementary school in Jakarta. "He would play ball during recess until he was dripping with sweat.

"I never imagined he would become a great man."

In Mexico City, hairdresser Susan Mendoza's eyes lit up when she learned Obama had clinched the nomination.

"Bush was for the elite. Obama is of the people," she said.

The German government's coordinator on U.S. relations, Karsten Voigt, said many Germans "find (Obama's) mixture of Martin Luther King and John F. Kennedy very attractive."

In an editorial, the Times newspaper of London said Obama's campaign "has rekindled America's faith in its prodigious powers of reinvention - and the world's admiration for America."

Obama opposed the invasion of Iraq and has called for an early troop withdrawal. He also has shown willingness to engage in dialogue with Iran, North Korea and Cuba - nations long isolated by the policies of Bush.

"He seems to be a peace lover," said Ngo Van Hung, a Vietnamese real-estate salesman. "He would have a better understanding of how to treat people of different nationalities and different countries."

A Chinese scholar said that while he did not expect major changes in U.S. foreign policy, an Obama White House would have a very different tone to a Bush one.

"He will bring new energy into America's domestic politics and foreign policies," said Zhu Feng, deputy director at the Center of International and Strategic Studies at Peking University in Beijing. "It's a good choice for the Democrats."

Obama, however, has made himself unpopular in Pakistan by saying the United States should act alone on information about terrorist targets within the country's national borders, leading some to believe he will not be any different from Bush.

"Obama has threatened attacks against us even before becoming the president, and he will be more dangerous compared to Bush," said Ibrar Ahmad, 34, a lecturer at the Government College in Multan.

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Associated Press writers around the world contributed to this report.

Tags: Obama, Politics, World, Joy, Hope, Yes We Can

Solar Power

http://iambennu.gaia.com — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 01:05:05 GMT

Solar Shingles

One of the biggest decisions in rebuilding my home will be the choice of solar power. There are so many new technologies coming out, I almost want to wait. Right now, though, I have been weighing "Panel" vs "Shingles". I love the idea of Solar Shingles but are they as reliable and cost effective.

If any of you have any experience on the matter please let me know. I want to make a good choice for my home and a green future.

iam

Tags: Green, Technologies, Solar, Shingles, Panels, Home, rebuilding, New Oreans