I invite you in, and you are most welcome to join me here, on these pages, as I aim to inspire.

You know, when I was little, we're talking five, six years old, I was asked what I wanted to be when I grew up. I told them I wanted to be old and wise.

I have since revised this statement. The old part had to go quite a few years ago, and the wise part... well... it's sort of bottomless, now isn't it?

Today, my aspiration is to live an inspired life. I figured, if you live an inspired life, you can't go wrong.

Be well, know grace, and hold peace in your hearts,

maia

1. Maia's Musings
2. I goota feeling
3. Branford Location for Inspirational Movie Night
4. Wise Words
5. Randeane Tetu Meditation and Concert
6. Meditation Inspiration
7. This Month's Quote
8. Contact Information

At church the other day, the topic was love; what it is, and isn't, how we show it, and not. It occurred to me that love has to do with feeling connected, doesn't it?

As questions came up as to what might be the opposite of love, and as we struggled with this, the thought came to me that Love is who we are, and that the opposite would depend on the degree to which we feel disconnected from ourselves.

What we love we connect with, and the deeper we connect the deeper we love, for the deeper we love, the more we know ourselves.

So when you encounter a sorrow, or a misfortune, or people who... just drive you nuts, bringing yourself to a place of feeling connected will always bring a sense of relief.

It may come about by acknowledging that seed within another which is you, or it may be a matter of going out into nature and feeling your connection with the Earth, or perhaps finding yourself connecting with your past by sitting in a familiar and nurturing place.

Now here's a thought; what if we focused on connecting instead of focusing on loving? Isn't it true that sometimes when we aspire to love someone we end up loving with our minds rather than our hearts? However, when we connect we automatically engage the heart.

What if we got love all wrong? What if it's not something we do, but something we are? And what if, by feeling connected, we recognize this... what if love is nothing more, and nothing less, than a recognition? ...hm...

Whenever my faith in our ability to unite and work together comes in question, I watch Oprah's visit to Chicago.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byRls3IjBVQ&NR=1

http://www.oprah.com/entertainment/Oprahs-Kickoff-Party-Flash-Mob-Dance

An Inspirational movie will be shown August 21 at:

Avant Garde - Salon, Spa, Holistic Center
328 East Main Steet, in Branford, CT.
203.481.8443

7:00pm to 9:30pm

$7 Donation.

This month's movie will be: "Everyday Grace" with Marianne Williamson.

For more information about this movie, please visit:
http://www.soulfulliving.com/everyday_grace.htm

There will be time for discussion after the movie with complimentary refreshments.

As space is limited please reserve a space by either contacting me, Maia, at 203.543.5670, or by calling the Avant Garde Holistic Center, 203.481.8443. Please ask for Ron.

Next month's movie will be "The Shift" with Dr. Wayne Dyer.
For more information, please visit:
http://www.dyermovie.com/

It will be showing Saturday, September 21.

Cententment

Dear ones,

Contentment is a good concept to sit with. Mull it over in your head and see how you feel about it. Are contented people unintelligent, or perhaps very intelligent? Have they found a truth, or are they too lazy to look? To be content, does this mean to have no drive, no inner flame? Is contentment boring, or do you perhaps think of it as an unattainable dream?

How you feel about Contentment says a lot about how comfortable you are in being intimate with You.

Living life in a constant state of contentment is not something we would suggest you’d aspire to. However we would suggest you make its acquaintance, and visit on a regular basis. Find pockets of contentment in your daily lives, find moments of just being, and being fine with what is. You will not be fine with what is all the time. The majority of you did not come here to sit on a Lilly pad. Most of you came here to live life with all its ups and downs.

All the same, like a vitamin pill, we suggest you take a dose of Contentment at least three times a day.

Please join Randeane Tetu as she leads guided meditations and sound healing concerts at Avant Garde in Branford.

With her voice and her quartz crystal bowls, you'll be led beyond everyday concerns into a space of tranquility, where the voice of the higher self may be heard

Sound Healing Concert
Sunday, August 1 - 7:00 pm Social, 7:30 pm Concert

Guided Meditation - "Divine Purpose"
Sunday, September 12 - 7:00 pm Social, 7:30 pm Meditation

Each event is $15/person.

Avant Garde - Salon, Spa, Holistic Center
328 East Main Street, in Branford, CT

Please Register with Ron Smith at Avant Garde for one of these special events: 203.481.8443

Meeting in spirit from wherever we are.

Sunday, August 14, 8:00am to 8:30am.

This month's focus is from a passage from Eckhart Tolles' book -
Oneness With All Life:

Acknowledging the good that is already in your life is the foundation for all abundance.

This excerpt is from Neale Donald Walsch's book - The New Revelations - A Conversation with God.

"I have a wonderful story to tell, it's about this boy who keeps sneaking off into the woods for a moment or two every day. His father becomes concerned. What could the boy be doing out there every single day? One day the father asks the boy, "Why are you spending so much time in those woods? And the boy replies, "To be closer to God."

"Well," says the father, relieved, "you don't have to go into the woods to do that. God is everywhere. God is no different in the forest than out here in the rest of the world."

"Yes, father," smiles the boy, "but in the woods, I am different.""

Maia Lynd

PO Box 377

Middlefield, CT 06455


203.543.5670

celebrateyourlight@yahoo.com
www.celebrateyourlight.com

Conducting Workshops and Private Practice:

The Shoreline Center for Wholistic Health
Guilford, CT
www.shorelinewholistic.com

Susans's Fine Salon & Gathering
East Haddam, CT
www.susansfinesalon.com

Avant Garde - Salon, Spa and Holistic Center
Branford, CT
www.avantgardect.com