Jennifer Bardsley Art

Miracle

2006-11-13T22:40:00.000-08:00

There are two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle. –Albert Einstein

New Day

2006-11-13T10:45:00.000-08:00

"Initiation and awakening move the soul toward new pastures of experience: places we didn’t dare visit, situations we shied away from, inner stirrings we thought we should suppress. The ability to rise above everyday restrictions of old routines and move upward toward the spacious imaginative mountaintop of new possibilities becomes the new theme in life. This is the time to break free. Be responsible and do no harm, while simultaneously meeting the void of the unknown with an open heart and wing."

- Isha Lerner

Faith

2006-10-30T09:27:00.000-08:00

As swimmers dare to lie face to the sky and water bearns them, as hawks rest upon air and air sustains them, so would I learn to attain freefall, and float into Creator Spirit’s deep embrace, knowing no effort earns that all-surrounding grace. --Denise Levertov

Open Heart

2006-10-28T10:46:00.000-07:00

"Fill my heart with love, that my every tear drop may become a star. "

-Harat Inayat Khan

Rest like a giant tree..

2006-10-26T22:43:00.000-07:00

Praise and blame, gain and loss, pleasure and sorrow, come and go like the wind.

To be happy,

rest like a giant tree in the midst of them all.

- Buddha

Relax

2006-10-26T14:04:00.000-07:00

"To go in the dark with a light is to know the light. To know the dark, go dark.Go without sight, and find that the dark , too, blooms and sings,and is traveled by dark feet and dark wings."

-Wendell Berry

Synchronicity

2006-10-26T13:51:00.000-07:00

"The same stream of life that runs through the world

runs through my veins night and day in rhythmic measure.

It is the same life that shoots in joy through the dust of the earth

into numberless waves of flowers."

-Tagore

New Path

2006-10-15T10:57:00.000-07:00

It is time to slow down, open the door and meet your destiny. Immerse yourself in nature. Look into the mystery of life with new eyes. Something magical is afoot. Identify your own journey and fly straight into the ecstasy of self-realization and rebirth.

To Give...

2006-10-15T10:47:00.000-07:00

"By giving away food we get more strength. By bestowing clothing on others we gain more beauty. By donating abodes of purity and truth, we acquire great treasures."
- Budha

Beauty of Nature

2006-10-11T11:33:00.000-07:00

"Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience"
-Ralph Waldo Emerson

"I believe a leaf of grass is no less than the journey - work of the stars"
-Walt Whitman

Bliss

2006-10-11T11:23:00.000-07:00

"Today my heart glows with divine love. I shall walk this path of bliss."

"O happy soul: whose body has risen from the Earth which you wander and tread on during your sojourn in this world. Made to be the very mirror of Divinity, you have been crowned with divine imagination and intelligence."
- Hildegard of Bingen

Complete

2006-10-11T11:20:00.001-07:00

"The valley spirit never dies. Call it the mystery, the woman. The mystery, the door of the woman, is the root of earth and heaven. Forever this endues, forever. And all its uses are easy."
-Tao Te Ching

2006-10-11T11:06:00.000-07:00

"Dare to be the raptuous beauty that lives in your heart"

Patience

2006-10-11T10:29:00.000-07:00

"A new moon teaches gradualness and deliberation. How one gives birth to oneself slowly. Patience with small details makes perfect large work, like the Universe."
- Rumi

Know thy self

2006-09-26T11:05:00.000-07:00

"The task is to define oneself, for oneself, in a manner that enables a relationship to oneself. In so doing, one becomes who truly is."

- Dr. Allen W. Anderson

There are no more maps, no more creeds, no more philosophies.
From here on in, the directions come straight from the Divine.
The cirricumlum is being revealed.
Millisecond by millisecond --invisibly, intuitively, spontaneously, lovingly.
As one of Thomas Merton's monks has it, "Go into your cell and your cell will teach you everything there is to know."
Your cell....
Yourself.

- Akshara Noor

Infinite potential

2006-08-30T11:07:00.000-07:00

"Run with the wolves, fake it till you make it"

"When you allow old habits to die a natural death, you make room for the possibility of a new life. Let go of outdated thoughts of lack and fear, for those hold you back from new opportunities. Life is too short to not take risks, trust you intuition and follow you bliss. When you walk the path within, you cultivate your highest potential."

- J. Bardsley

If you can imagine it, you can create it.
If you dream it, you can become it."

William- Arthur

"Vision without action is a daydream.
Action without vision is a nightmare".

- Japanese Proverb

"Your vision will become clear only when you look into your heart. Who looks outside, dreams. Who looks inside, awakens".

-Carl Jung

Creative Energy

2006-08-30T11:04:00.000-07:00

"When you are inspired by some great purpose,
some extraordinary project,
all your thoughts break their bond.
Your mind transcends limitations,
your consciousness expands in every direction,
and you find yourself in a new, great, and wonderful world.
Dormant forces, faculties and talents become alive,
and you discover yourself to be a greater person by far than you ever dreamed yourself to be."

- Patanjali

Trust Yourself

2006-08-29T11:19:00.000-07:00

"There is a force within that gives you life - seek that.
In your body there lies a priceless jewel - seek that.
Oh, wondering sufi; if you are in search of the greatest treasure, don't look outside,
look within, and seek that."

-Rumi

"Trust your instinct to the end, though you can see no reason."
-Ralph Waldo Emerson

Conscious Living

2006-08-29T10:01:00.000-07:00

Each day, well-lived, makes yesterday a dream of happiness and each tomorrow a vision of hope.
Look, therefore, to this one day, for it alone is life.

-Sanskrit Poem

Non Judgment

2006-08-29T09:49:00.000-07:00

Learn to let go of the burden of judgments, condemnation and criticism.
Embrace the notion that your judgments are always fundamentally about you and not the other person.
We are constantly creating circumstances and conditions in our lives that will help us to see ourselves more clearly.

-Isha Lerner

Initiation

2006-08-27T05:00:00.000-07:00

"How shall I begin my song in the blue night that is setting?
In the great night my heart will go out;
toward me the darkness comes,
rattling in the great night my heart will go out!"

-Papago Medicine Woman Chant

Love

2006-08-26T12:15:00.000-07:00

One regret, dear world, that I am determined not to have when I am lying on my death bed is that I did not kiss you enough.
-Hafiz

Compassion

2006-08-23T12:25:00.000-07:00

Kind words can be short and easy to speak,
but their echoes are truly endless.

-Mother Teresa

""Always witness people with kind eyes, that gentleness will return to you tenfold."

Letting go of fear

2006-08-23T11:39:00.000-07:00

True

goodness,

This is compassion

Be completely empty of fear

Be completely open to love

Return to the root of peace, and know that you are held with gentleness

There is something that contains everything - Life

To live until you die, is to live long enough -Tao Te Ching

Body Acceptance

2006-08-17T09:11:00.000-07:00

Today I give thanks for my beautiful body. I witness the gorgeous curves that reveal my femininity. My body glows from within, with a light that anchors me to this world. It is filled with a knowing that sweet strength is always flowing from my being. Nobody else in the Universe has a body like mine, with skin luminous and eyes that sparkle. My body holds a mighty capacity for creation of new life, new ideas and new rapture. I love my body and all the brilliance it shines forth to the world.

Strength

2006-08-16T11:18:00.000-07:00

There is a growing strength in women, but it is in the forehead, not the forarm.

-Beverly Sills

Our greatest glory is not ever failing,
but rising up everything we fail.

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

2006-08-16T08:50:00.000-07:00

Intention...

I focus my mind on what I want
I am specific with every detail.
I let go of fear and negative thoughts ( the mind doesn't distinguish between dreams and fears).
I command the Universe to respond to my goals.
I stay clear about my intention.
I write my intention on paper and speak it aloud.
My brain is a goal-driven by nature - therefore ready for this challenge, and willing to take action for success.

Healing

2006-08-15T10:00:00.000-07:00

Healing does not come from anyone else - you must accept guidance from within.

- A Course In Miracles

2006-08-14T11:32:00.000-07:00

Abundance is unfolding...

I open myself to the Abundance flowing from the universe to me effortlessly. All that I need in unfolding under perfect flow. I give thanks that this energy to coming to me now with ease, and I witness all the gifts in my life. I give thanks that all doors are open to me under grace. I am worthy of this abundance that is coming to me with no strings attached. All good things are unfolding all around me with love and joy.

2006-08-14T11:11:00.000-07:00

My decision to be an Artist and develop my own style has been Years of hard work and surrender. I believe that my paintings have their own energy an spirit. In part, I see my art work as a visual affirmation for my life. I have much gratitude to unfold images that are in my heart.

2006-08-12T10:46:00.000-07:00

Jennifer Bardsley