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The Nobel Mother of Prince Philip
Brigitte and I happened to see a documentary last night (in German on Austrian national television) about the life of Prince Philip’s mother. Wow! And we think we have difficulties sometimes! A very spiritually oriented person, obviously a deep seeker, she went through hell (not just personal, but also, dealing with others, like bandaging soldiers with missing body parts on war’s frontlines as Princess of Greece and Denmark) but was able to maintain her benevolent, selfless attitude.
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Prince Philip’s life was chockfull of drama and controversy with his three sisters being married to Nazis.
However, the one person in his family who was known far and wide for her noble services was his mother, Princess Alice of Battenberg.
Despite links to the Nazis, Princess Alice was honoured for rescuing the lives of Jews during the Holocaust, before she turned into a nun.
The life lived by Queen Victoria’s great-granddaughter was filled with spirituality and struggles as she was born congenitally deaf but could speak clearly.
The family was exiled from Greece and had to settle in Paris where Alice found solace in religion and was said to have started hearing voices that she claimed were divine messages.
Alice was diagnosed with schizophrenia and had her womb irradiated with x-rays to thwart her supposed sexual desires, upon the advice of Sigmund Freud.
She was then admitted to a Swiss sanatorium against her wishes when her son was nine years old. She stayed there for two years and after her release, remained homeless, seeking refuge in a number of German inns.
It wasn’t until her daughter Cécilie passed away in a plane crash in 1937 that she met Philip again, then 16 years old.
She eventually found a home in Athens, Greece and was known to have given shelter to a Jewish family during World War II at the top floor of her house.
She was honoured by the Holocaust center Yad Vashem in Israel, which in 1993 bestowed her with the title of Righteous Among the Nations.
She sold last of her jewels to establish her own religious order, the Christian Sisterhood of Martha and Mary after which she formed a convent and an orphanage in Athens.
She spent her last years in Buckingham Palace with her son after she was forced to leave Greece in 1967 following a military coup.
Before she passed away in 1969, she had inked a heartfelt note for Philip, her youngest child, that read: “Dearest Philip, Be brave, and remember I will never leave you, and you will always find me when you need me most. All my devoted love, your old Mama.”

Posted in 2021, benevolence, children, courage, endearing, forgiveness, friendship, fulfillment, grace, gratitude, Greece, happiness, hope, humanity, inspiration, life, light, love, mother, people, spirituality, timelessness
Tagged Prince Philip, Princess Alice, Princess of Greece and Denmark
“Happy Easter 2021!”💐




Posted in 2021, 21st century trend, art, benevolence, Brigitte Saugstad, creativity, Easter, forgiveness, freedom, friendship, Ganesha, grace, gratitude, Hanuman, happiness, heart, holiday, hope, humanity, innocence, inspiration, joy, life, light, love, peace, smile, talent, togetherness, well-being
Tagged Brigitte Saugstad, ceramic art, Easter, forgiveness, Ganesha, GoldenGaneshArt, joy, life
“But what should we do about it all?”
Celebrating the 98th Birthday of my spiritual Mother today
https://shrimataji.org

There are two main reasons for the present Chaos,
in which all corruptions are being exposed:
For all good people to turn to their
Spirit for ultimate fulfillment;
And for already balanced, sensitive and dynamic persons to develop their
power of Witnessing.
Simple.
Keep your mind clear and your
heart brimming with love.
Posted in 21st century trend, alert mental silence, benevolence, collective consciousness, don't panic, dynamic inner silence, enlightenment, forgiveness, freedom, innocence, inspiration, joy, Kundalini, life, light, love, meditation, nature, peace, reality, Sahaja Yoga Meditation, Shri Mataji, spirituality, storm, synchronicity, thoughtless awareness, timelessness, togetherness, well-being, yoga means 'UNION'
Tagged 21st century trend, alert mental silence, collective consciousness, dynamic inner silence, joy, synchronicity, thoughtless awareness, universal love
fresh out of the kiln!
Posted in 21st century trend, art, Austria, Brigitte Saugstad, creativity, fun, Ganesha, Hanuman, happiness, inspiration, life, light, smile, talent
Tagged Brigitte Saugstad, Ganesha, GoldenGaneshArt, Hanuman, mouse
208 years, Husarentempel in the Vienna Woods (from 1813)
the Austrian Saugstads out and about exploring our neighbourhood again! 🦌🏔🔭🌞
Posted in 2021, 21st century trend, Austria, Brigitte Saugstad, Ed Saugstad, freedom, fun, happiness, hope, inspiration, life, light, nature, smile, timelessness, well-being
Tagged Austria, explore, freedom, Husarentempel, Napolean, nature, Saugstad, Vienna Woods, Wienerwald
“Happy Valentine’s Day!💗”
Posted in 2021, 21st century trend, Austria, Brigitte Saugstad, creativity, friendship, fun, Ganesha, happiness, hope, humanity, inspiration, joy, life, light, love, peace, smile, talent, togetherness, Valentine!
Tagged Brigitte Saugstad, creativity, friendship, Ganesha, GoldenGaneshArt, happiness, hope, love, Valentine's Day
Behold! Oh, Ancient Castle in our backyard ⚔️
(my pre-birthday hike)
(we ended up walking down the mountain in the night!!!)
Posted in 2021, Austria, birthday, dreams, endearing, family, freedom, friendship, fulfillment, fun, life, nature, smile, togetherness
Tagged adventure, Araburg, Austria, freedom, nature, Wienerwald
inner-silence, freedom
We all seem to be climbing a great mountain, some slower, some quicker. Up here near the summit we discover that we are free from the bindings of our egos, conditionings and physical bodies — that we exist permanently above and beyond these limitations. In Rhonda Byrne’s new book, The Greatest Secret, I was happy to hear that deep experiences I’ve been having for almost forty years, through the teachings of Shri Mataji and the practice of Sahaja Yoga meditation, are becoming mainstream. This isn’t because of mass media, but because human beings are asking the right questions and feeling reality within themselves.
But I find that this new book, although it beautifully describes thoughtless-awareness and natural detachment from internal and external complications, is missing much of the detail that so many of us have experienced through daily, actual meditation. Among the most prominent phenomena is the amazing ‘cool breeze’ that flows in our central nervous systems when human beings attain joyful equilibrium. Also missing are the details of the workings of our subtle-systems of energy centers and channels, and the benevolent Kundalini energy in our spines.
Of course, the highest priority is the deep, silent meditation itself, a natural, essential state that should be achieved by all. But The Greatest Secret is only a glimpse through the window of enlightenment.
Just sayin’.
https://wemeditate.co
Posted in 2021, 21st century trend, alert mental silence, benevolence, books, collective consciousness, enlightenment, freedom, fulfillment, grace, gratitude, happiness, health, hope, humanity, inspiration, joy, Kundalini, life, light, love, meditation, mental silence, peace, reality, Sahaja Yoga Meditation, Shri Mataji, silence, smile, spirituality, thoughtless awareness, well-being, wisdom, yoga
Tagged harmony, inner freedom, inner peace, inner silence, joy, kundalini, meditation
new scientific evidence – benefits of Sahaja Yoga meditation
Meditation and Neuroscience
Mental Silence benefits your brain.
• Meditators showed around 7% more grey matter, the largest published difference between healthy groups.
• As grey matter decreases with age and with most mental illnesses, this difference throughout the brain is associated with a younger and healthier brain.
• The grey matter difference was more marked in areas related to the control of attention and emotions.
An investigation on the influence of mental silence in the human brain has just been published in the magazine Plos One. The article is entitled: “Larger whole brain grey matter associated with long-term Sahaja Yoga Meditation: a detailed area by area comparison”. The original text is available at the following link:https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0237552
It is said that, for more than forty thousand years, human beings have a language that allows us to communicate with precision, that language is reproduced within our brain as thoughts without interruption. When negative thoughts are repeated in vicious cycles, our mental health can be affected with issues such as stress, anxiety or depression.
Today there is plenty of scientific literature that shows that being with the attention in the present moment, in the here and now, is beneficial for our psyche and our general health. Unfortunately, thoughts take us out of the present moment and to stop the thoughts for a long time is not easy, especially when we are not doing tasks that demands much attention.
Yoga includes many different techniques, among which meditation (Dhayana in classical yoga) plays a leading role. The first yoga treatise, “The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali”, mentions that “yoga is the suppression of the modifications of the mind.” In ancient yoga a higher state of consciousness has been described, called “Nirvichara Samadhi”, which can be translated as “mental silence” or “thoughtless awareness”. In this state, the mind is calm, with a feeling of inner bliss, and with the attention focused on the present moment. Sahaja Yoga Meditation puts into practice the goals of classical Yoga to achieve the state of Nirvichara or mental silence.
Researchers led by Professor Sergio Elías Hernández from the University of La Laguna in Tenerife (ULL), in collaboration with scientists from King’s College London University, Jaume I University of Castellón and Sermas of Madrid, have been exploring for more than ten years the benefits of the state of mental silence on the human brain.
The study was carried out at the ULL MRI scanner, where the researchers recorded the brain anatomy of 23 meditator volunteers, experts in Sahaja Yoga meditation, and 23 non-meditating volunteers. Both groups were made up of healthy volunteers and both groups did not differ in age, educational level, ethnicity, proportion of men and women, etc.
To better understand this study, we must mention that the brain tissue is classified, according to its appearance, into three types: grey matter, made up of neuronal bodies and interconnections, (dark grey in resonance images); the white matter, formed by nerve fibers or long connections between distant areas, (light grey in the resonance images), and the cerebrospinal fluid or watery substance that fills the interior voids and serves as protection and transport of chemical substances.
The study of brain anatomy showed that meditators had, on average, 7% more grey matter in the whole brain. This type of comparison of the grey matter of the brain has been made in recent years among other groups in: athletes, musicians, taxi drivers, Buddhists, mindfulness meditators, etc. In these cases, the analyses showed that the group studied had local differences, greater grey matter, in brain areas associated with their specific practice, but the difference was never in the whole brain as it is the case with mental silence. The difference of 7% larger grey matter is especially significant if one takes into account that our brain loses between 0.15% and 0.3% of grey matter per year and small differences in grey matter can mark whether or not we keep intact our cognitive functions. It should be also noted that diseases, typical of the elderly, such as Alzheimer’s, senile dementia or Parkinson’s are also associated with loss of grey matter.
An advance of this study was published in the same journal Plos One in 2016, but the available methodology did not allow a detailed study to be made to see how the grey matter differences were distributed in the different areas of the brain. Given the uniqueness of the group differences observed throughout the whole brain, the researchers had to develop a specific statistical method (ad- hoc) to be able to evaluate these differences, area by area. Of all the brain areas, the grey matter difference was significantly larger in meditators in the right temporal lobe, an area associated with emotions, and in both frontal lobes, areas associated with cognitive and emotional self-control functions.

Study authors: Sergio Elías Hernándeza*, Roberto Dortab, José Sueroc, Alfonso Barros-Loscertalesd, José Luis González-Morae, Katya Rubiaf
a: Departamento de Ingeniería Industrial, Universidad de La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain.
b: Departamento de Matemáticas, Estadística e Investigación Operativa, Universidad de La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain.
c: Centro de Salud Jazmín, Sermas, Madrid, Spain.
d: Departamento de Psycología, Universitat Jaume I, Castellón, Spain.
e: Departamento de Fisiología, Universidad de La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain
f: Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King’s College, Londres, UK.
*Author for more information: Email: sehdez@ull.edu.es
SAHAJA YOGA MEDITATION: https://wemeditate.co
“Happiness and Good Fortune, 2021!”
Posted in 2021, 21st century trend, benevolence, Brigitte Saugstad, creativity, dreams, Ed Saugstad, freedom, friendship, fulfillment, fun, Ganesha, Hanuman, happiness, hope, humanity, inspiration, joy, life, light, love, smile, the new Roaring Twenties, thoughtless awareness, timelessness, togetherness, well-being, wonder
Tagged 2021, fun, Ganesha, Hanuman, hope, humanity, inspiration, joy, life
“Merry 2020 Lockdown Christmas!”
Posted in 2021, 21st century trend, Brigitte Saugstad, children, Christmas, creativity, endearing, enlightenment, friendship, fun, Ganesha, gratitude, Hanuman, happiness, holiday, hope, inspiration, life, light, mouse, smile, togetherness
Tagged Brigitte Saugstad, ceramic art, Christmas 2020, Ganesha, Hanuman
outer lockdown, inner freedom
Posted in 2021, 21st century trend, collective consciousness, enlightenment, freedom, friendship, fulfillment, happiness, health, hope, humanity, inspiration, Kundalini, life, light, meditation, peace, self-isolation, smile, thoughtless awareness, togetherness, well-being, yoga
Tagged 2021, 21st century trend, freedom, happiness, lockdown, meditation, togetherness
“Happy Diwali…
Posted in 2020, 21st century trend, art, benevolence, Brigitte Saugstad, creativity, Diwali, endearing, enlightenment, fun, Ganesha, gratitude, Happy Diwali!, hope, humanity, India, innocence, inspiration, joy, life, light, smile, talent
Tagged Brigitte Saugstad, Ganesha, Happy Diwali!, joy, life, light
HANUMAN the Great!
Posted in 2020, 21st century trend, art, Brigitte Saugstad, creativity, dreams, fun, gadzooks!, Hanuman, heart, inspiration, life, smile, talent
Tagged Brigitte Saugstad, ceramic art, Hanuman
GoldenGaneshArt.com
Posted in 2020, 21st century trend, art, Brigitte Saugstad, creativity, Ganesha, Hanuman, heart, inspiration, joy, life, light, mouse, smile, talent, thoughtless awareness, timelessness
Tagged art, Austria, Brigitte Saugstad, ceramic art, Ganesha, Hanuman, online shopping
5 May 1970 – when the Seed sprouted
Two weeks before May 5, 1982, I learned how to meditate (really meditate, in thoughtless awareness, feeling the benevolent effects of my very own kundalini energy in me). Now Sahaja Yoga is celebrating 50 years of establishing global transformation, from a time when meditation was viewed as an esoteric hobby, to the present when it’s recommended worldwide by health experts for its universal balancing and integrative effects.
How time flies. Today it’s been half-a-century since that crucial sprouting that’s since risen into this majestic tree. Then, for me, it was still a 12-year-old sapling that has gradually lifted me into reality.
It’s so peaceful and fulfilling up here. Thank You, Shri Mataji, and everyone that has dedicated their lives to establishing this essential metamorphosis. 🦋🌳
Posted in 2020, 21st century trend, alert mental silence, benevolence, collective consciousness, enlightenment, freedom, fulfillment, grace, gratitude, happiness, health, hope, humanity, joy, Kundalini, life, meditation, peace, Shri Mataji, silence, smile, spirituality, thoughtless awareness, timelessness, togetherness, well-being, yoga
Tagged fulfillment, joy, peace, Sahaja Yoga meditaion, Sahasrara Day, thoughtless awareness
the true Thanksgiving Day: Earth Day 2020
Thanks Mom (Mom Earth) 🌳💗🌎
Posted in 2020, 21st century trend, collective consciousness, gratitude, hope, humanity, life, love, mother, nature, people, self-isolation, synchronicity, togetherness, well-being
Tagged Earth Day 2020, gratitude, human race, Mother Earth, one world, Thanksgiving
SELF-ISOLATION/RECREATION, DAY 5
Posted in 2020, don't panic, Ed Saugstad, fun, gadzooks!, health, hope, inspiration, life, nature, self-isolation, smile, well-being
Tagged corona, home, hope, self-isolation, wellbeing
interview of an old Canadian pioneer sahaja yogi
MEDITATE TO REGENERATE ☺️
Posted in 2020, 21st century trend, alert mental silence, art, books, Brigitte Saugstad, collective consciousness, creativity, dreams, Ed Saugstad, enlightenment, family, forgiveness, freedom, friendship, fulfillment, fun, Ganesha, grace, gratitude, happiness, health, heart, hope, humanity, India, innocence, inspiration, joy, Kundalini, life, light, love, meditation, Oakee Doakee, peace, reality, Shri Mataji, Sir Ed Word, smile, spirituality, thoughtless awareness, well-being, yoga
Tagged Canada, Ed Saugstad, meditation, Sahaja Yoga meditaion
Christmas Concert Vienna, 2019 — grand finale
😀
Posted in 21st century trend, Christmas, collective consciousness, creativity, fun, happiness, inspiration, joy, life, love, meditation, music, party, smile, talent
Tagged Christmas 2019, concert, Rachelle Jeanty, Rayah, Vienna
my birthday djembe!
😁
Posted in 2020, 21st century trend, creativity, fun, gratitude, inspiration, life, music, party, smile
New Year. New Decade. New Age?
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Dear Friend!
We’re about to enter the decade that history books will remember as the one that ushered in the END OF KALI YUGA, the Age of Darkness.
As we find ourselves moving more and more beyond duality we will soon discover all the precious treasures in ourselves and others.
So, HO-HO-HO! HOLD on to your hat and enjoy the sleigh ride 🛷
HAPPY NEW AGE! 😁 (Optimism is contagious 😉)
Lots of love💗
Edward and Brigitte
🌈🌹
Year 2020 will be the last one of the age of materialism…
✨“The biggest and grandest alignment comes on December 21, 2020 when Jupiter joins Saturn in what’s referred to as the great conjunction. “✨
✨“These grand conjunctions come every 20 years, but this meeting has extra gravitas. It marks the end of a 200-year cycle of unions in earth signs that’s brought the age of materialism, banking, capitalism and corporations.”✨
✨“December 2020 kicks off a new 200-year cycle of unions in air signs. What that will bring isn’t entirely clear yet, but early indications are that thought, philosophy and truth will prevail. This is going to be a big shift.”✨
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Tagged 2020, new age, new Roaring Twenties
human angels and the new Dawn
Here in the twenty-first century, moving amongst us are personages of past renown marked now not by outstanding appearance or popular appreciation, but by the inner treasures they radiate: universal benevolence and the germinating power of enlightenment.
A Sunrise approaches that will reveal all the sublime glory of life — not on any media display, but in the hearts of human beings.
Look within. That precious hour is upon us.
~Edward Saugstad
“We are indeed larvae, eating our way through Earth’s resources in a mindless, caterpillar fashion, but I believe that the imago is already beginning to stir within. When the ‘climate’ is right, it will break out not as some sort of super computer but as an organic being [collective consciousness] that will embody all of the Supernature and look back on technology as a childhood toy.”
~Lyall Watson
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Tagged angels, collective consciousness, enlightened collectivity, enlightenment, inner freedom, Supernature
rising like a phoenix from childhood trauma: The King’s Speech
Unlike the highly acclaimed new Joker movie, The King’s Speech depicts the struggle from childhood trauma up into the noble realms of bravery, compassion and liberation. (With 12 Oscar nominations, it is among the most nominated films of all time.) Decadent Gotham City and megalomanic Nazi Germany rise up darkly as universal threats to the shattered child, as does the wanton destruction of our biosphere and essential moral integrity today.
As a victim of deep childhood trauma that has taken decades for me to transcend, I find it tremendously compelling and inspiring. How many of us can indeed be born again like a phoenix from the ashes of our past?
Posted in courage, film, freedom, friendship, gratitude, happiness, health, hope, inspiration, life, light, well-being
Tagged bravery, childhood trauma, freedom, inspiration, liberation, The King's Speech
the magnetic North Pole is moving to Mount Kailash!
Posted in 21st century trend, life, Mount Kailash, smile, wonder
Tagged Kailash, north pole
our open house/studio!
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drop by for a visit!
Posted in 2019, alert mental silence, art, Brigitte Saugstad, creativity, fulfillment, Ganesha, happiness, inspiration, life, peace, smile, talent
Tagged art, Brigitte Saugstad, ceramic art, Ganesha, Hanuman
surviving the storm!
August 11, 2019 in Ed Saugstad, happiness, ice cream!, life, storm
Tagged happiness, ice cream!, life, storm
an Austrian-Italian wedding!
NON-
STOP
FUN!
Posted in 2019, 21st century trend, don't panic, dreams, freedom, friendship, fulfillment, fun, gadzooks!, gratitude, happiness, holiday, inspiration, joy, life, light, love, music, nature, party, people, smile, togetherness, well-being
Tagged Austria, fun, happiness, Italy, joy, life, Spitz Villa, togetherness, Traun Lake, wedding
homestead upgrades
New photovoltaic sun energy system:
https://www.facebook.com/edward.saugstad/media_set?set=a.10156583248401545&type=3
and, new larch steps to the creek:
https://www.facebook.com/edward.saugstad/media_set?set=a.10156583277136545&type=3
(Going up fast – looks like it’ll get above 2000 watts electricity production this morning! ⚡️Ω)
Posted in 2019, 21st century trend, creativity, Ed Saugstad, fun, gadzooks!, inspiration, life, nature, smile, technology, well-being
Tagged Ed Saugstad, home improvement, homestead upgrades, Vienna Woods
Sir Ed Word Designs Amazon t-shirts
In case you ever wondered if it would be possible to enjoy Brigitte Saugstad‘s beautiful statues wherever you go:
Now you can!
If you live in the USA or Europe, just visit one of the three following Amazon addresses that go to:
Sir Ed Word Designs
Pick your size and colour, and order away 😃
(new designs will be uploaded often!)
—for U.K. and Europe:
DANCE AS THOUGH
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07P5ZJZ5K
I CAN DANCE
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07P16KS86
HUG ME
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07P7W7VXM
DANCE WITH ME
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07PG92H2S
DANCE DANCE WHEREVER YOU MAY BE
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07PM8YR9L
I LOVE SUMMERTIME
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07PPK2TQX
I LOVE MY CRAZY FRIENDS
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07PPXZX5W
ALL OF US HIDE A HERO INSIDE
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07PS6VDL2
(gold sitting Ganesha front/back)
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07PR7M2P6
CHILL
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07PNZ2RWK
(red-white large sitting Ganesha)
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07NRVQV4W
(white standing Hanuman)
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07Q47QL8P
(white looking up dancing Ganesha)
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07Q4GF693
—for the U.S.A:
DANCE AS THOUGH
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07P23LKL4
I CAN DANCE
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07P9WBYJ1
HUG ME
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07PB1L9FN
DANCE WITH ME
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07P9DK54T
DANCE DANCE WHEREVER YOU MAY BE
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07PGBPKTL
I LOVE SUMMERTIME
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07PSVF8QM
I LOVE MY CRAZY FRIENDS
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07PPXYH7J
ALL OF US HIDE A HERO INSIDE
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07PR25RL1
(gold sitting Ganesha front/back)
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07PN1521L
CHILL
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07PSF54HK
(red-white large sitting Ganesha)
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07NRVQLG2
(white standing Hanuman)
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07Q6HCGY2
(white looking up dancing Ganesha)
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07Q4FZF6W
—for Germany and Austria
TANZ ALS OB
https://www.amazon.de/dp/B07NX9CPF4
ICH KANN TANZEN
https://www.amazon.de/dp/B07NYBJCHS
UMARME MICH
https://www.amazon.de/dp/B07PSPVJTM
TANZ MIT MIR
https://www.amazon.de/dp/B07PG91SXM
(DANCE DANCE -wordless)
https://www.amazon.de/dp/B07PN78YS1
I LIEBE SOMMER
https://www.amazon.de/dp/B07PSVT25L
I LIEBE MEINE LUSTIGEN FREUNDINNEN
https://www.amazon.de/dp/B07PR2F43N
HELD
https://www.amazon.de/dp/B07PMTMBQG
(gold sitting Ganesha front/back)
https://www.amazon.de/dp/B07PN15SKY
CHILL
https://www.amazon.de/dp/B07PR845BJ
(red-white large sitting Ganesha)
https://www.amazon.de/dp/B07PZFB5BF
(white standing Hanuman)
https://www.amazon.de/dp/B07Q47RQXY
(white looking up dancing Ganesha)
https://www.amazon.de/dp/B07Q8VRCVF
Posted in 2019, 21st century trend, art, Brigitte Saugstad, creativity, fun, Ganesha, Hanuman, inspiration, life, Sir Ed Word Designs, smile, talent
“Happy Easter!”
Behind every single resurrection there smiles the same power: Love
— may all your inner-upgrades be subtle and everlasting!
Prime Minister Atkinson – 2019
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Rowan, do us all an unforgettable favour and run for the office of prime minister of the UK
(and, for God’s sake, win — PLEASE WIN!)
Truth is stranger than fiction!:
“We’re briefly interrupting global corruption for some good will and valuable comedy entertainment 😉“
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Posted in 2019, 21st century trend, don't panic, freedom, fun, gadzooks!, happiness, heart, hope, inspiration, life, smile
Tagged Prime Minister Atkinson 2019, Rowan Atkinson, UK Prime Minister 2019
“Happy Springtime 2019!”
Posted in 2019, 21st century trend, art, Brigitte Saugstad, children, creativity, Ganesha, happiness, hope, Inner Peace Day, innocence, inspiration, joy, life, light, love, meditation, peace, silence, smile, talent, thoughtless awareness, timelessness, togetherness, well-being
Tagged 2019, Brigitte Saugstad, Ganesha, Inner Peace Day, meditation, springtime
winter’s last rain
all things green sprout suddenly after the last winter rain, here on the threshold to Narnia …
Posted in 2019, 21st century trend, fulfillment, gratitude, happiness, health, life, nature, peace, smile, thoughtless awareness, timelessness, well-being
Tagged creek, nature, peace, Vienna Woods
40 Year Challenge
(on my birthday, today)
‘Sir Ed Word’ with his Self-realisation 2019
‘Ed the Head’ with his elf-realisation 1979
(I survived the ‘60s, the ’70s, the ‘80s, the ’90s, the ‘00s and — so far — the 2000-teens!)
Posted in 2019, birthday, Ed Saugstad, fun, gadzooks!, life, random, Sir Ed Word, smile, timelessness
Tagged 1970s, birthday, Ed Saugstad, Sir Ed Word
the Art of Birthdaying!
Posted in 21st century trend, art, birthday, Brigitte Saugstad, creativity, fun, Ganesha, inspiration, life, people, smile, talent
Tagged art, ArtInnsbruck, Brigitte Saugstad, Ganesha
inner-most-child
2019: the year of Inner Peace
“Happy New Year!”
(meditate to regenerate)
🌹🍀🌹🍀🌹🍀🌹
Like millions of dew drops, each perfectly reflecting the morning sun, may every cell inside me naturally reflect the Heart of God.
I will no longer be divided from Her by my two arbitrary balloons of ego and conditionings.
Her promise to me is healing equilibrium and eternal Union.
Unconditionally do I accept my destiny divine.
Mother …
or here:
http://edsaugstad.com/VIDEO-files/the-cool-breeze-and-forgiveness-from-The-Shack.mp4
Posted in 2019, 21st century trend, alert mental silence, enlightenment, forgiveness, freedom, fulfillment, grace, gratitude, happiness, health, hope, joy, life, light, love, meditation, peace, silence, smile, thoughtless awareness, well-being, yoga means 'UNION'
Tagged 2019, good health, inner peace, world peace
Neil Young, Van Morrison, thoughtless awareness and the cool breeze
Everything we’ve generally accepted about human beings is quickly changing. As soon as we discover that we are much larger and more precious than our familiar shells, all the Game rules change. Our limited perception is expanding out into beautiful reality. This is what it’s all been leading up to.
More about the mysterious, enlightening ‘cool breeze’ appearing in our modern culture, and forgiveness that enables ‘thoughtless awareness’:
or here:
http://edsaugstad.com/VIDEO-files/the-cool-breeze-and-forgiveness-from-The-Shack.mp4
Sarayu = Wind: The name is the feminine derivative of the Sanskrit root सर् sar “to flow”; as a masculine stem, saráyu- means “air, wind”, i.e. “that which is streaming”.
https://www.sciencealert.com/yoga-and-meditation-in-the-us-are-totally-exploding-right-now
“Wishing you and yours a great, memorable Christmas time!”
lots of love, Ed
Posted in 21st century trend, Christmas, creativity, enlightenment, freedom, fulfillment, happiness, hope, inspiration, Kundalini, life, meditation, mental silence, music, peace, people, reality, Shri Mataji, thoughtless awareness, well-being, yoga means 'UNION'
Tagged cool breeze, Ed Saugstad, Eero Heinonen, Matt Malley, Neil Young, Sahaja Yoga meditaion, Shri Mataji, thoughtless awareness, Tim Bruce, Van Morrison
I Left My Heart In the Centre of the World
Have you ever spontaneously flown somewhere, not knowing what to expect but feeling a rare thrill rising in your heart? When my wife first heard that many of our friends were booked to fly to Greece to celebrate Diwali, the Hindu Festival of Light, she took out her smart-phone and booked two seats for us.
I’d never been down to that fabled peninsula in the Mediterranean Sea, but my first impression was similar to that of India, an ancient world that I’ve had the privilege of visiting many times. This initial intuition that began when my wife came home and announced that we would soon be going there, was boosted when we eventually boarded an airliner half full of laughing, singing, childlike Indian women, all of whom had also strongly felt the calling.
My first impressions there were that everything was familiar. It was easy to get around in, like any other Western country. The freeways were almost empty and everyone seemed to drive slowly, which was very relaxing (although it did occur to Brigitte and me that maybe due to the economic hardships the locals are experiencing, not many can afford to speed, or even to drive). Then a massive wall of dark grey-purple cloud rose up and washed the landscape clean with a brief rain. We found it to be a significant welcome for all the pilgrims showing up that weekend, and I was reminded of the ancient demigods who were believed to inhabit this land in prehistory. (Human beings, in particular one or two ‘poets’, long ago wrote perverted interpretations of these titans’ lives on Earth, lowering them to the level of incest and murder, ideas unfortunately still generally accepted today.)
My wife’s favourite thing in life is to wake up early near a beach and go for a long walk and foot-soak there. We were sheltered near the scenic end of a bay, and because it was outside of the busy summer season, there was hardly anyone around. In Greece, even the stray dogs and cats seem at peace as they stretch out beside strangers and give the impression of being completely fulfilled (when actually they’re cleverly making friends to get something to eat!). Every morning our hearts would stretch out to the distant islands and mysterious waters so our souls could consume the vast beauty and deep history around us. We attended colourful Diwali functions, enjoyed ourselves immensely with many new and old friends, and even ascended the ancient inland hills to the Centre of the World, the Navel of Creation! (Weeks later, Brigitte hasn’t lost the inspiring heart-boost that she still rides on daily.)
They say that Zeus, king of the demigods, in order to determine the centre of the world, sent two great eagles flying, one from each extreme, east and west. They met in the place that was later named Delphi. A most magical place! I really felt like I was back in India where everything began thousands of years ago, not in young Europe any more. There’s even a natural free-standing stone in the original centre of the sacred grounds, recognizable as the Hindu child-god, Ganesha, emitting amazing vibrations (light and cool).
All two-hundred-and-fifty of us felt light and joyous, many reminded of the old tours of central India that we used to go on in the nineteen-eighties. In contrast to the great subtle significance of this location, Brigitte pointed out that the manmade history was just full of ego. Pompous conquerers would display statues of their officers there to show the gods and all the world how very important they were. Even down in the so-called civilized nation-state of Athens, such a great, benevolent genius (I would go so far as to say divine messenger) like Socrates was killed by men-on-ego. And here we are, thousands of years later, repeating the same patterns in our heads, hearts and actions.
Descending back down to the twenty-first century at the end of the day, I remembered how, as a twelve-year-old child in Canada in 1970, I had suddenly been overwhelmed to write a long Social Studies essay on the Greek gods, accompanied by a hand-drawn wall mural; and in Art class I passionately attempted to carve a plaster-of-Paris bust of Socrates. I didn’t know what overcame me at that time, but now I guess it was personal insight into a higher realm of existence. Forty-eight years later I’ve breathed those essential airs and walked upon the very roots of legend that send the restless mind up into soothing meditation.
If you’ve never been to Greece, go there soon — with an open mind and heart.
Best wishes (pure desires),
Ed
more photos here:
https://www.facebook.com/edward.saugstad/media_set?set=a.10156077110191545&type=3
Posted in 2018, 21st century trend, enlightenment, friendship, fun, Ganesha, Greece, Happy Diwali!, holiday, hope, India, inspiration, joy, life, light, love, meditation, smile, timelessness, wisdom
Tagged gods, Greece, Happy Diwali!, Pallas Athena, Socrates, time travel
what i’ve benefited the most from most of my life …
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(… almost 37 years now)
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endearing
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“I discovered now why I’ve always been so easily moved to tears, witnessing human emotions in songs and movies:
I catch a glimpse of all the diverse human beings,
like beloved children of a common Mother,
and how universally sweet they can sometimes be,
struggling through life’s hardships.”
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awaiting the dawn of music
My existence has been a silent song
awaiting the dawn of music 🦋🎶
Posted in creativity, dreams, enlightenment, freedom, fulfillment, grace, happiness, heart, hope, inspiration, life, light, music, smile, Uncategorized
Tagged enlightenment, hope, music
improv in the ancient Italian valley
Posted in 2018, creativity, Ed Saugstad, fun, holiday, inspiration, life, light, meditation, music, nature, peace, smile, thoughtless awareness, timelessness, well-being
Tagged Cabella, Ed Saugstad, keyboard improv., TEV
Life is a journey
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Long, long ago in Canada, when I, as a small child, was hiding in my bedroom listening to the drunken fights of my parents; or, at fifteen, hurrying terrified through a dark suburban neighbourhood seeking rescue as my first massive dose of LSD ripped through my brain; or, as a young adult, begging for coins on a city street or curled up on the concrete under newspapers, trying to catch glimpses of my unreachable dreams,
I could never have suspected that I would someday be enjoying a good book in the living room of my homestead on the other side of the world, loved and respected and at peace with my soul and the universe.
It all comes from within us, every bountiful drop of life manifesting.
Seek the silence of the present moment whence abundance springs.
Union is the key to the front door.
Life is a journey.
Step out of the pain shadows into the comforting light
And always carry your true home in that beautiful heart of yours.
Victoria:
‘We were reminiscing about Cabella. Our daughter Joy said “For us children, Uncle Eddie was King” and “When I grow up I’m going to follow his tradition of making all the children happy.” Then she told us about the coins you used to bury in the sandpit and how they found enough to buy an ice cream, and other lovely stories and memories.’
Posted in 2018, dreams, Ed Saugstad, freedom, heart, hope, life, light, peace, silence, smile, thoughtless awareness, timelessness, well-being, yoga means 'UNION'
Ed Saugstad TV interview and garden-party
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In which Sir Ed Word appears on local television
… and the Party commences!
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Posted in 2018, art, books, creativity, drugs, Ed Saugstad, enlightenment, friendship, fun, happiness, hope, India, inspiration, life, love, meditation, music, Oakee Doakee, party, Shri Mataji, Sir Ed Word, smile, talent, writing
Tagged Brigitte Saugstad, Ed Saugstad, love, Oakee Doakee, Sir Ed Word