A Minha Vida

Essence - Awareness

The ego, my identity with passing thoughts, feelings, and sensations, wants to be in charge of the process and consequences of gaining essence-awareness.  We want God on our terms.  But the reality is that we cannot do anything to bring this experience to us, nor can we control how it will transform our perspective or what it will require when it comes to the willing heart.  When we consciously stop fighting, consciously stop trying to change or ignore what is, we become available to experiencing what we are.  And in the moment when we move into that great silence and taste the stillness and joy we are, we shake our heads, not knowing to laugh or cry as we see our resistance to what is as the silliest and saddest way to spend our lives, the most futile waste of our precious time together, as the painfully obvious cause of all the suffering in our hearts and the world.

- excerpt from The Call by Oriah Mountain Dreamer

Favourite Cheesecake Recipe

New York Deli Style Cheesecake

Crust

1 Cup of Graham Crackers or Digestive Biscuits

3 Tbsp of Sugar

3 Tbsp of Butter or Margarine, melted

Filling

5 (8 Ounce) Packages of Cream Cheese, softened

1 Cup of Sugar

3 Tbsp of Flour

1 Tbsp of Vanilla

3 Eggs (Medium)

1 Cup of Sour Cream

Serves: 12 people

Time: 1 hour and 40 minutes (20 minutes Prep Time)

Method:

MIX crumbs, 3 Tbls sugar and butter; press onto bottom of 9-inch springform pan.

Bake at 350°F for 10 minutes.

MIX cream cheese, 1 cup sugar, flour and vanilla with electric mixer on medium speed until well blended.

Add eggs, one at a time, mixing on low speed after each addition, just until blended. Do not over mix!

Blend in sour cream.

Pour over crust.

BAKE 1 hour and 5 minutes to 1 hour and 10 minutes or until center is almost set.

Let the cheesecake cool for at least two hours before putting it in the refrigerator.

Run knife or metal spatula around rim of pan to loosen cake; cool before removing rim of pan.

Refrigerate 4 hours or overnight.

P.S. I baked the cheesecake in the picture!