So, we’re seeing here that the most elementary, most external requirement for growth is the willingness to let go of what you believe should happen, what you believe things should be, what you believe will make you happy. – A.H. Almaas How many ways are there to express ignorance or stubbornness? How often [...]
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Posted in Perceptions on May 28th, 2007 No Comments »
Think of the tremendous labor of all living forms to have finally arrived at you, the ultimate child of the planet. They did their work; now you do yours! Plunge into the work of living as surprise becomes aware of itself. You are the essence of surprise, the heart and core of play. Show yourself [...]
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Posted in Poetry on May 28th, 2007 No Comments »
What is this space we say we need and to our neighbors refuse to cede Our bodies willingly we’ll bleed if our words they fail to heed Seeking love with heart sincere a bloodied child sheds a tear Our cause is just, the course won’t veer such hypocrites, we have [...]
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Posted in Perceptions on May 26th, 2007 No Comments »
“Time is carving you…,let yourself be shaped according to your true nature.” – Master Po This is it, you’ve only got one shot, and it’s already started” – Roger Waters For tribal man space was the uncontrollable mystery. For technological man it is time that occupies the same role. - Marshall McLuhan Time is the [...]
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Posted in Perceptions, Poetry on May 25th, 2007 No Comments »
Meaning is not something we can get to with our minds; it is not an answer found in the mind. – A. H. Almaas All my life I have been seeking Answers, insight, understanding, meaningI have never been able to be here I haven’t been here for a secondMy mind thinks about being here So it’s not, it’s [...]
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The word ‘relevant’ derives from a verb ‘to relevate’, which has dropped out of common usage, whose meaning is ‘to lift’ (as in ‘elevate’). In essence, ‘to relevate’ means ‘to lift into attention’, so that the content thus lifted stands out ‘in relief’. When a content lifted into attention is coherent or fitting with the [...]
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Posted in Perceptions, Poetry on May 22nd, 2007 No Comments »
There is wonder, there is beauty, there is Majesty, but it is all mystery upon mystery. The peace is stupendous, the certainty is absolute and the beauty is dazzling. – A.H. Almaas Twilight the edge of two worlds the dark flame burns bright a well of longing fills the soul [...]
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Posted in Perceptions on May 20th, 2007 No Comments »
Boundless light is not only love, but the dimension of love beyond the human, beyond the individual. It is not for anyone, and not by anyone. It is for everyone… – A.H. Almaas
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Posted in Perceptions on May 20th, 2007 No Comments »
This moment exhibits infinite space, but there is a space also wherein all moments are infinitely exhibited, and the everlasting duration of infinite space is another region and room of joys. Thomas Traherne “If you want to stride into the Infinite, move but within the Finite in all directions.” – Goethe The power of the [...]
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Posted in Poetry on May 18th, 2007 No Comments »
Beneath giant conifersDeep in the old growthThe harsh wind stillsThe earth lives and breathes you as the green rain falls Pine scent, pitch and resinBlend and mingle with richBlack dirt and decayAlpha & Omega as the green rain falls Accepting; allowing; nourishingGentle drizzle; caressing mistAir cleansed and freshenedAmazing awesome space as the green rain falls [...]
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