and other times we just make faces...it seems to help!
Ollie prefers to find some aromatic and enticing herbal stimulants to ease his nerves
or engage in a good roll on the cement ground.
After shaking off the spell they have on me I usually like to look up...look for light finding its way through the new and old leaves!
Augustus wanted to know what was on our reading agenda this morning! He said that the topic had exhausted itself and that now was a good time to read and reflect! He is bossy sometimes but more adorable he could not be, and he knows it.
We read this together:
"..loss of self-consciousness does not involve a loss of self and certainly not a loss of consciousness, but rather, only a loss of consciousness of self. What slips below the threshold of awareness is the concept of self, the information we use to represent to ourselves who we are. When not preoccupied with our selves, we actually have a chance to expand the concept of who we are. Loss of self-consciousness can lead to self-transcendence, to a feeling that the boundaries of our being have been pushed forward." Mihaly Szikszentmihalyi, in "flow"
"...be thou oblivious of this world below. Be thou wholly absorbed in the emanations of the spirit that nothing in the world of man will distract thee..." Abdul Baha, spiritual teacher
Cat boys could only agree with what they thought was obvious.
"..loss of self-consciousness does not involve a loss of self and certainly not a loss of consciousness, but rather, only a loss of consciousness of self. What slips below the threshold of awareness is the concept of self, the information we use to represent to ourselves who we are. When not preoccupied with our selves, we actually have a chance to expand the concept of who we are. Loss of self-consciousness can lead to self-transcendence, to a feeling that the boundaries of our being have been pushed forward." Mihaly Szikszentmihalyi, in "flow"
"...be thou oblivious of this world below. Be thou wholly absorbed in the emanations of the spirit that nothing in the world of man will distract thee..." Abdul Baha, spiritual teacher
Cat boys could only agree with what they thought was obvious.
That first shot is so precious! xoxo
ReplyDeletesusan- I bet you like to do that too xx
ReplyDeleteI think your boys should teach a seminar on relaxation techniques and coping with stress. They look like they've mastered the topic!
ReplyDeleteAnd I wonder if those herbs are FDA approved?!
Your boys are very emotionally demonstrative in this post. They know all about it! XO's
ReplyDeleteAna- I agree with you..they know how to relax for sure, and the herbs...Ollie defies authority and so he does not fear FDA..happy friday! xx
ReplyDeleteShannonAnn-thank you for the compliment...they went to drama school. Wishing you a happy Weekend! xx
love that first photo.
ReplyDeleteand every photo after the first photo.
and the last photo.
i love everything about this post.
sending kisses to the boys and to you....
xx
How I wish I could be "oblivious of this world below..." and I wish I could be a cat, free to run, climb, contemplate the world from above.
ReplyDeleteI love your cats, and I also like the passages you and your cats read together.
Hugs and thank you for the good wish kisses! I just "caught" one!
ANNA
The boys are up to their adorable antics again, aren't they? Love that belly fur on Ollie!
ReplyDeleteherbal stimulants? hehe. That first photo omg it's so adorable! :D
ReplyDelete"...be thou oblivious of this world below. Be thou wholly absorbed in the emanations of the spirit that nothing in the world of man will distract thee..." Abdul Baha, spiritual teacher
ReplyDeleteThis is powerful. I can understand Augustus and Ollie wanting to be in a "receiving mode" before this reading.
Wishing you a week full of blessings
Sometimes I want to be a cat and roll around on the cement too, that's just between you and me.
ReplyDeletexoxo
Thank you dear friends...cats purred and meowed upon reading your messages. THey sent extra kisses. : )
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