KALI, WEATHER VANE, AEROPLANE, TREE

Kali Durge Namo Namah!

I've said it a million times and I'll say it again:
I'm not able to sit up for more than a few minutes, so I'm forced to stare at the sky when I'm blessed with the chance to sit outside. (Look closely:  there is an airplane in the above photo!)

Find the grace amidst the hard lessons of life.
Find the jewel in the mud.

This is one of the lessons Mahavidya Kali teaches.

Life can be brutal at times, but there is ALWAYS grace. Always.

Jai Ma Kalika!



Love.

Bhakti

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For more info on the glorious incarnations of Shakti, including Durga and her Mahavidyas, check out my beloved friend and mentor Sally Kempton's book AWAKENING SHAKTI.

www.sallykempton.com (Cut and paste into your browser.)


©2015 D.L. Brophy

LAWYER, LITTLE B, & MY SKYLIGHT POV

Not being able to sit up at the party, I lied down on the floor and stared up at the sky through the skylight as my beloved friends and family celebrated Little B's birthday!


Today was gloriously beautiful (it's after midnight, so technically it was yesterday).

My cousin Sean flew in from Phoenix, Az, with his wife Clau and their two year old daughter Little B. We had a family and friends reunion to celebrate Little B's second birthday. She is an angel. I could be in the throws of overwhelming, unrelenting pain from my spinal cord injury, and Sean will text me a photo of  Little B; without fail her smile lifts my spirits. She is so full of joy. That's a beautiful thing.

Sean is also my lawyer. He helped me deal with protecting my blog's trademarked name after I discovered someone begging for material items and asking for $750 "donations" for energy work using the same name on his blog. I'd like to reiterate that I have never charged anyone for the energy work I do (I have studied nine years, and continue to study, under the tutelage of Grandmaster Dr.Kam Yuen, Shaolin Temple).

Sean is a brilliant lawyer. He is currently helping me win my appeal re: Medicare. My hearing is in two weeks. 
After nine years, Medicare has decided to deny my Lidoderm Patches. They help numb the third degree burns going from my spinal cord down my left arm. They cost $13,500/year.

Last night Dr. Yuen told me not to worry about money. Check this out: Today I caught up with my old friend/former roommate "D" from Brooklyn. We lived together (with Sean) while I was working on my college thesis. We haven't seen each other in 20 years. D tells me in no uncertain terms that if Medicare denies my meds, he will pay to set up my Special Needs Trust. What compassion!

I have such gracious friends. I'm so blessed. Such grace.

My friend Serrana (my beloved friend and guitar prodigy Jason Becker's nurse) has agreed to set up crowd funding if need be.
My friend, Vernon (lead guitarist of Living Colour) has offered to help get the word out via his fan base, etc.

I truly do have wonderful friends. It's a beautiful thing: we are all kind and have always offered to share our wisdom with others freely: whether it be music theory, mysticism, energy work, etc. We give. That's seva. Lots of people talk. We practice what we preach: do the work and forget about the fruits of your labor (this was taught by both Krishna in the Mahabharata's Bhagavad Gita, and Jesus in John and Thomas.) 

Let's be honest, the glory is in the doing and the giving.

And the Maya spins her web of drama...and we all play our parts.

I might be stuck in a body riddled with dis-ease, but my Heart is open a mile wide, and I am grateful for every breath.

Thank you.

Love.

Namo Namah!

Bhakti

LIVE TODAY!

Life is short.
Live today.

~ Bhakti Brophy


As a person with four incurable spinal diseases, living on borrowed time (10 years now), I cannot stress the importance of grabbing life by the reins and forging ahead.

Let no one drag you down.
Let no one crush your spirit.

And if you should fall asunder,
Get back back up
And claim the glory that is
And always has been yours.

The Self within shines as bright as the sun
Whether or not you can see,
Sense, or acknowledge her existence.

The Self is innate
All powerful
Omniscient
And infinitely glorious...

And you are That.

Namo Namah!

Bhakti

Overcoming Obstacles: The Glory Of The Sky (Jai Bhakti™ Blog)

'Was having a rough day today, so mom set me up outside in my reclining chair.It's difficult to be down when surrounded by this beauty. I stared up at the sky for awhile, then meditated. Medicare has denied me access to the medication that makes living with third degree burns going down the INSIDE of my left arm remotely bearable (the medication is roughly $13,000/year. Needless to say, I cannot afford that.). I'm still not sleeping well at night due to the pain and stress, but thank God for this glorious day! It's difficult to be down when surrounded by this beauty.

The sky has always been my refuge. One of the
silver linings of not being able to sit up is that when I'm able to get outside (which is not often, but I'm grateful for the times I do get outside in my recliner or wheelchair) I have to stare at the sky. So many colors and moods...

Don't forget to look up once in awhile!

Enjoy your day.

Namo Namah
Bhakti

JAI BHAKTI™ BLOG: Silver Linings Amidst Disability

Dear Ones,

"'Tis almost the season
to recline outside
And commune with the sky!"

I love when words flow through me, like the above poem. AUM.

Once you have experienced and lived from the hub of ALL creation, you see definitively that there's always a silver lining, no matter the level of chaos you are experiencing in the objectified field of awareness.

Chaos, too, is a manifestation of the One: Pure Consciousness.
Everything is a manifestation of the One.

This is what Subramuniyaswami refers to as DANCING SHIVA, and Baba Muktananda (as well as Vedic and Sufi mystics before him) called The Play of Consciousness.

Being 100% physically disabled and not able to sit up, one of my silver linings is becoming One with the sky (not that we have ever been parted!).

Find the One.

Discover WHO YOU ARE...your Truth...and meditate. Contemplate this Truth.

(Fifteen years ago, while on personal retreat at the now famous Omega Institute, a fellow devotee/bhakta recommended I read the back cover of TALKS WITH RAMANA MAHARSHI. I suggest you do the same. Read everything Ramana wrote...and watch the layers of your small self peel away.)

Find forms of remembrance because, friends, there are many levels of "enlightenment", and when maya tests your will, chances are you will need to remember what you have forgotten. (My quote, "I forgot to remember" sums up the dark night of the soul quite well. There is the dark night that lasts awhile, different for every seeker, and then, as has been my experience, we fall back into that place from time to time on our journey towards freedom from the cycle of birth and death.)

Twenty seven glorious years since I became
immersed in the glorious, cognitive pursuit of who, what, when, where, and why (jnana yoga);
glorious is an apt word, to be sure.

For me,  ever since childhood, the epiphanies  and experiences always came first, and then the pursuit of meaning, relativity...etc.
The journey through the fields of maya have been challenging, but as my beloved Guru said to me eleven years ago: "Sadhana is sweet, like a flower." Life may kick me down often and a lot...but indeed, my sadhana is sweet. So much grace.

How can I look out at this sky and not believe that everything is in perfect order--even while immersed in legal battle with Medicare to get my spinal meds paid for? (Thank you to my lawyer, from Maricopa, AZ, who is helping me pro bono. You see...right there: grace! More on that later.)


Eternal Blessings to you, as my very own Self.

Namo Namah
Bhakti




JAI BHAKTI ™ BLOG
CELEBRATING OUR TENTH YEAR ANNIVERSARY!

BHAKTI BROPHY QUOTE No. 9: MAYA

"Maya doesn't stand a chance when faced with the Truth."

~ Bhakti Brophy


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All Rights Reserved

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY, DEAR ONES!

May the peace of the Heart

Shower blessings upon you

As we blanket the world

With our Divine Love.


Om Shánti!




So much Love,
Bhakti




©2014 DL Bhakti Brophy
All Rights reserved

JAI BHAKTI™ JAIBHAKTI™ ...BHAKTI BROPHY's COMMON LAW INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS

NOTICE:

DEAR ONES,
SOMEONE ELSE IS PROMOTING HIS BLOG UNDER THE NAME JAI BHAKTI™, WHICH IS THE COMMON LAW TRADEMARK OF THIS BLOG.  HE IS ALSO PUBLISHING THE SAME MATERIAL/SUBJECT MATTER AS ME ON HIS FACEBOOK PAGE AND TWITTER PAGE, CLAIMING TO BE A SPIRITUAL TEACHER, MUSICIAN, ENERGY WORKER. 

MY BLOG, JAI BHAKTI™ IS CELEBRATING ITS TENTH YEAR IN PUBLICATION. (MINE IS NOT THE ONLY NAME THEY HAVE CO-OPTED, AT LEAST ON TWITTER.)

I DON'T APPRECIATE THE NAME OF MY BLOG BEING USED TO BEG FOR MATERIAL ITEMS AND COPIOUS AMOUNTS OF "DONATIONS" ESPECIALLY SINCE I HAVE ALWAYS HERETOFORE OFFERED MY SERVICES FOR FREE TO EVERYONE WHO ASKS.

THEIR ENERGY SHOULD MAKE IT CLEAR ENOUGH TO MY READERS THAT THEY ARE IN NO WAY AFFILIATED WITH ME NOR THIS BLOG, NOR MY LIFE'S WORK.

THE PURPOSE OF THIS NOTICE IS TO STATE THAT THIS MAN, "JAI BHAKTI" "(a.k.a "JAI BHAKTI DEV DAS", a.k.a. "JAI AMUN BHAKTI", a.k.a. JOHN APT--ACCORDING TO COMMENT LEFT ON THIS NOTICE) IS IN NO WAY AFFILIATED WITH, NOR ENDORSED BY, JAI BHAKTI™ BLOG, WHICH IS IN OUR TENTH YEAR OF PUBLICATION.


This evening, my lawyer asked me to make a formal statement to my students, friends, and followers, that someone else is using Jai Bhakti™ (Jaibhakti™) to promote his spiritual writings/photographs/blog. This name is my trademark under the COMMON LAW RIGHTS law. So please be aware that my rights are being infringed upon, and if you see the JAI BHAKTI (Jaibhakti) or #jaibhakti hash tag on Twitter used in the context to promote spiritual writings, photos, energy work, music, etc., you may not be reading my work, but that of another. If you see this name promoting a blog, make sure you see the name Bhakti Brophy on the post before assuming it's my work. THIS GOES FOR ALL SOCIAL MEDIA OUTLETS.

I do NOT condone the begging of material objects, nor copious amounts of donations he and his wife ask for their services. That is why this statement had been made public.

I have also secured OFFICIAL_JAIBHAKTI™ under my COMMON LAW RIGHTS. If you see that name, it is relation to this blog and the life work of DL. Bhakti Brophy.


"Holding the space of grace while in the company of those who are bound is the greatest gift you can give to the world."

-- My beautiful friend Anne said that to me in 2006. It is the truth. And it's what must be done until the bound have the eye to see.

Thank you so much for your continued support with regard to this matter, Dear Ones!

So much Love,
Bhakti
c/o Jaibhakti.blogspot.com

DL. BHAKTI BROPHY HAS BEEN STUDYING, PRACTICING, AND TEACHING EASTERN PHILOSOPHY FOR 28 YEARS; STUDYING ONE-ON-ONE FOR YEARS WITH MEDITATION MASTER SALLY KEMPTON (a.k.a. Swamiji Durgananda); UNDER THE TUTELAGE OF SWAMI CHIDVISANANDA;  PRACTICING ENERGY WORK* UNDER THE TUTELAGE OF GRANDMASTER KAM YUEN (SHAOLIN TEMPLE) FOR EIGHT YEARS; AND CONTINUES TO TEACH MUSIC THEORY* AFTER 39 YEARS OF STUDY (check out the CHORD! guitar app on GOOGLE PLAY and in the APP STORE).

*ALL SERVICES OFFERED AS SEVA.

Quote #10

Where are you grace?
Come out an play!


The above quote is an excerpt from one of my poems.
To read the entire poem click here or visit www.bhaktilovepoems.blogger.com 

Have a fabulous day!
Love,
Bhakti