Life is so intelligently organized and self-organizing that it is only the habit of un-awareness that causes us to think and behave as if we could improve on its design, or ignore or resist it! Yet, when we yield to it – the experience of enlightenment – living becomes effortless. We’ve got out ot the way and allowed Life to live us! Magnificently. Joyously. Limitlessly.
Imagine a little wave turning its back on the endless ocean saying: “I’m not doing this anymore. I want to go do my own thing. I don’t want to be part of you. I will go off and be my own unique self.” Well, the ocean continues to be and do what it has […]
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NOTE: In case you’re not familiar with the archetypes and metaphors that Rumi uses, the Seeker is one who is looking for the ultimate in life – truth and liberation. The Beloved is the Ultimate, the Transcendent, God, Infinite Intelligence, the Source, the Field or the Divine. We are all Seekers but that’s not all
Do you sometimes feel overwhelmed when you read or listen to or view something by someone whose work you greatly admire? Do you sometimes find your initial enthusiasm and enjoyment being stealthily overtaken by a mounting sense of gloom or despair or anxiety or insecurity or unworthiness as you compare yourself and your work with
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The Master knows that she is being guided by Infinite Intelligence, by Love. She knows she can trust this completely. The Master knows that all things come to her with ease rather than with effort. She knows that the Power of the Universe is hers to use and direct in whatever way she chooses.
Why do we judge people? Why do we find fault with others? Think about someone that you have judged unfavourably or found fault with recently. Just bring that person to mind and think of the judgements and criticism you have held against them. Now ask yourself: So what if s/he is such and such? What’s
This is as true a moment as there will ever be Sitting here, as I am, in the comfort of my familiar things Gazing into the canopy above of healing green leaves and sturdy wood Celebrating the swells of sky that slip through the foliage and branches Beholding this daily magnificence This is
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At some point today, I want to enjoy reading more about the ‘hidden wholeness‘ visiting Krista Tippet’s website paying a bill I would rather not have to pay being thrilled by a completely new idea and taking a step or two in its direction designing that form that I know I must design even though
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It’s the cumulative effect of many mindless moments that eventually tips us off balance for we are naturally even-keeled, equanimous. If you want to conquer the anxiety of life, live in the moment, live in the breath – Amit Ray We want to believe that it”s the big things that get us undone
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At the end of last year, I invited all of us to make 2015 a Year of Meditation. Since the start of this year, I’ve been posting a daily image of myself in sitting meditation on my facebook page. I do this after I have completed my meditation practice. I do this in the
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Inage by GLady I think it’s quite remarkable that when we think of DISCIPLINE, we think of imposing a firmness on ourselves that is often not aligned with what is natural, true and good within us. On the contrary, it is aligned with what is unnatural but normal and generally not uplifting or energizing;
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