August 2011
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“Aloneness is the ultimate reality. One comes alone, one goes alone; and between...”
– Osho
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The Ego's Need to Feel Superior
There are many subtle but easily overlooked forms of ego that you may observe in other people and, more important, in yourself. Remember: The moment you become aware of the ego in yourself, that emerging awareness is who you are beyond ego, the deeper “I.” The recognition of the false is already the arising of the real. For example, you are about to tell someone the news of...
“It is the enemy who can truly teach us to practice the virtues of compassion and...”
– Dalai Lama (via lucifelle)
Non-Violence (Ahimsa)
The practice of non-violence produces a number of effects:
1. It brings about the accumulation of good karma in this lifetime, as well as in succeeding lifetimes.
2. It brings about non-agitation of the mind so that concentration is possible. It is only with concentration that meditation is possible. It is only with meditation that illumination is possible.
3. It magnetically and...
July 2011
“When you begin to touch your heart or let your heart be touched, you begin to...”
– Pema Chödrön
"Be Grateful to Everyone"
If we were to make a list of people we don’t like—people we find obnoxious, threatening, or worthy of contempt—we would find out a lot about those aspects of ourselves that we can’t face. If we were to come up with one word about each of the trouble-makers in our lives, we would find ourselves with a list of descriptions of our own rejected qualities, which we project...
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“Every time you appreciate something; every time you praise something; every time...”
– Abraham Hicks (via sun-hawk)
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“If you want your children to be intelligent, read them fairy tales. If you want...”
– Albert Einstein
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“God is whispering. God is a whisper. And you are deaf and God cannot shout. He...”
– Osho
“If there is someone with hunger, not just physical but spiritual, do not turn...”
– Judi Dunkelberger
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La Valse - Yann Tiersen
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The Three Modalities of Awakened Doing
There are three ways in which consciousness can flow into what you do and thus through you into this world, three modalities in which you can align your life with the creative power of the universe. Modality means the underlying energy-frequency that flows into what you do and connects your actions with the awakened consciousness that is emerging into this world. What you do will be...
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Acceptance
Whatever you cannot enjoy doing, you can at least accept that this is what you have to do. Acceptance means: For now, this is what this situation, this moment, requires me to so, and so I do it willingly[…] For example, you probably won’t be able to enjoy changing the flat tire on your car at night in the middle of nowhere and in pouring rain, let alone be enthusiastic about it,...
Enjoyment
The peace that comes with surrendered action turns to a sense of aliveness when you actually enjoy what you are doing. Enjoyment is the second modality of awakened doing. On the new earth, the enjoyment will replace wanting as motivating power behind people’s actions. Wanting arises from the ego’s delusion that you are a separate fragment that is disconnected from the power that...
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Enthusiasm
Enthusiasm means there is deep enjoyment in what you do plus the added element of a goal or a vision that you work toward. When you add a goal to the enjoyment of what you do, the energy-field or vibrational frequency changes. A certain degree of what we might call structural tension is now added to enjoyment, and so it turns into enthusiasm. At the height of creative activity fueled by...
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Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun
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“If you are awake enough, aware enough, to be able to observe how you interact...”
– Eckhart Tolle, A New Earth (via elige)
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Nothing ever happened in the past that can prevent...
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Carrying the Past
The inability or rather unwillingness of the human mind to let go of the past is beautifully illustrated in the story of two Zen monks, Tanzan and Ekido, who were walking along a country road that had become extremely muddy after heavy rains. Near a village, they came upon a young woman who was trying to cross the road, but the mud was so deep it would have ruined the silk kimono she was...
“Life does not accommodate you, it shatters you. It is meant to, and it couldn’t...”
– Florida Scott-Maxwell (via nirvikalpa)
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Affirmations for the Saturn Chakra
1. Be invincible, be of steady courage, and have a goal.
2. God-Realization is mankind’s highest duty.
3. I will do that which will not have to be undone.
4. I will do what I can, having full confidence in natural law.
5. I realize that a soul who has never been against the wall is not likely to climb over.
6. If a system causes suffering, re-systematize.
7. Brotherhood is given us;...
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“Silence is the pause in me when I am near to God.”
– Arvo Pärt
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“Whenever you are in a negative state, there is something in you that wants the...”
– Eckhart Tolle, A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life’s Purpose 