Muffins, Heartland and Presence

Good Day Good People. i have a bit of a mix for you today.

Vegan Chocolate Chip Muffins

No recipe this time (but here is one from a couple of days ago) because today i just quickly made up a batch of muffins as i was feeling peckish. They only took me ten minutes to prepare and 20 minutes to bake.

i didn't have (or look for) a recipe so i just threw some ingredients in a bowl, mixed them together with a spoon and popped them in the oven.

They baked and rose very nicely but could definitely have been a bit sweeter, although Mum said she liked hers (but she may not have remembered eating it half an hour previously!).

The muffins were quite nice, especially with a glass of coconut milk to wash them down.

Over the next few days i (and Mum) will probably eat the rest with some #vegan coconut yoghurt sweetened with maple syrup.

Next time, probably in a few days, i'll make another batch and add extra stevia (no sugar in my cakes) for more sweetness, weigh the ingredients and take pictures as i go.

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Heartland

About 3 years ago i began to watch a Netflix series called Heartland. It's about a family living at a ranch (named Heartland) near Hudson in Canada.

The main character Amy is a horse whisperer.

A horse whisperer is essentially someone who has a very intuitive connection with horses, and can be trusted in the careful training of horses, even those traumatized in the past by whatever means. Horse whisperers are very intimate horse trainers. Source

In the first season Amy becomes quite famous following an incident which got in the press and she was dubbed The Miracle Girl.

There are often both sad and heart warming moments in most if not all of the episodes. Tears come to my eyes usually every time i watch an episode.

i'm now watching the latest season and am up to Episode 8 (of 15) in Season 16.

i really like #Heartland a lot and highly recommend it. Watching Heartland has been a #healing experience for me.

Will you watch Heartland too?
"Just Do It, You'll thank me!"
Quote from #MarkusRothkranz in this very helpful & somewhat amusing seven minute video:
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Just Do It, You'll thank me!

Heartland is full of the ups and downs of family life which of course include the often challenging relationships between parents and thier children, especially between fathers and sons.

Yesterday i went to visit my son. We've certainly had some challenging times over the years and were estranged for several years due to me not being a very good father. i think i am now though, mostly because nearly twenty years ago i began to wake up from this #DreamOfLife after discovering spirituality, quitting my job and business and began travelling the world and taking many #SelfImprovement courses and trainings on the way.

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I also visited my daughter and her family yesterday. Two of my grandsons wanted me to play Cheat (a card game) with them and produced a pack of golden cards.

It was fun. i won the game, but i cheated!

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Presence

What is Presence?
Presence, from what i have come to think/feel, is being mindful, being aware of and keeping attention in the present moment, here and now, as opposed to drifting off into thoughts of the (apparent) past or future.

Being in the present moment, being mindful, helps to set the conditions which are more conducive for the Presence of Holy Spirit to come.

" ... the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. ... ” (Galatians 5:22-23).

"To me, the expressions “Holy Spirit” and “Mindfulness” both point to the same thing—something that is very concrete, that is available [to] us in the here and the now, and not just an idea, a notion."
Excerpt from a dharma Talk given by Thich Nhat Hanh on July 20, 1998 in Plum Village, France.
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One of the many #mindfulness trainings i have completed over the years is The Presence Process Procedure (PPP).

i'm currently doing it for approximately the tenth time and am on week 2 (of 10). It is meticulously instructed in the book called The Presence Process. The author Michael Brown refers to it as an Emotional Integration journey.

I cannot recommend this book highly enough. Each time i read it and follow the procedure, i am reminded of what a phenomenal peice of work this is, indeed it is a Gift to Humanity.

i feel much gratitude for #ThePresenceProcess coming into my life. i have recommended it to many people over the last ten years and quite often receive messages of gratitude from those who had the courage to read and complete the PPP. Here is one:

How about you, will you do read The Presence Process and do the PPP?
Just Do It, You'll thank me!

Peace and Love
Atma


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muffins looks delicious, hope the taste also sweat,I like it very much❤️😍
Have a great day you too

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i didn't have (or look for) a recipe so i just threw some ingredients in a bowl, mixed them together with a spoon and popped them in the oven.

And they came out so great🥰🥰

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Yummy @atma.love I'd love to see that other muffin recipe, I'll be on the lookout, maybe if you add some dates and raisins, they'll be scrumptious.

I'll try to find the series you recommend, I don't know it, but I know I'll like it, I love animals.

I didn't know you had kids, that's great, I hope you can share a lot with them. My daughter is five years old who was forced to migrate from here, so I have been 5 years without seeing her, that makes me very sad. There is nothing more important than family. It is a blessing to be able to share with children and grandchildren.

Thanks for this beautiful post. A hug.

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Wow, your content are awesome @atma.love i can't believe you made my day already Thanks so much.

Ohh gosh
You can't imaging how incredible these are until you've made them really, it's better than in a bakery.

Yeah heartland is a movie I can recommend though I never finished the series but seems lyndy's inherited her mother's gift of being able to soothe out of control houses.it so cute and amazing.

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Th muffin did look rather nice. Can't ever go wrong with chocolate chips in my opinion!.. that being said, I'm not sure I could personally stomach drinking cocunut milk (though I do love it in cooking, eg. in curries - though that's usually the cream, but you get the idea). Well and of course on the note of cocunut, I do love it on marshmallows (for which I have quite the sweet tooth haha). Now I feel like a muffin.. will have to settle for my nice hot chocolate which is currently sitting next to me :)