The Tao
Every being in the universe is an expression of the Tao. It springs into existence, unconscious,perfect,free, takes on a physical body, lets circumstances complete it. That is why every being spontaneously honors the Tao. The Tao gives birth to all beings nourishes them, maintains them, cares for them, comforts them,protects them takes them back to itself, creating without possessing, acting...
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“Irregularity and unpredictability are important features of health. On the other hand, decreased variability and accentuated periodicities are associated with disease. Healthy systems don’t want homeostasis. They want chaos.” —John R. Van Eenwyk, “The Chaotic Dynamic* of Everyday Life,” Quest magazine “One must have chaos within oneself if one is to be a...
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Three things….
Wisdom tells me I am nothing. Love tells me I am everything. Between these two, my life flows. —Nisargadata There are three things that are real: God, human folly, and laughter. The first two are beyond our comprehension, so we must do what we can with the third. —John Fitzgerald Kennedy, quoting from the Ramayana I am not a Christian, not Jew, not Hindu, not Buddhist. I...
Read MoreAll we need is the morning
All we need is the morning. As long as there is sunrise, then there is the possibility that we can face all of our misfortunes, celebrate all our blessings, and live all our endeavors as human beings. Spirituality is something that has become necessary in these troubled times. Yet it is inherently superfluous. We need it to remind ourselves, to bolster ourselves, to integrate ourselves, to...
Read MoreThis thing called fear….
“The first thing to ask ourselves then is what is fear and how does it arise? What do we mean by the word fear itself? I am asking myself what is fear not what am I afraid of. I lead a certain kind of life: I think in a certain pattern; I have certain beliefs and dogmas and I don’t want those patterns of existence to be disturbed because I have my roots in them. I don’t want...
Read MoreA River of YES
In a flowing river, a few rocks have their own beauty. A river without rocks loses sound. A river with rocks is a singing and dancing river. You have to learn to say yes. Yes to the flowing river, yes to your totality as you are and your song and your dance will return to you. In my vision there is not greater word than YES. -Bhagwan Shree...
Read MoreThe Whole Universe on the Tips of Your Eyelashes
Bodhisattva by Linaji Let me take the whole universe and put it on the tips of your eyelashes. Don’t be impatient when you hear this, but slowly and carefully examine it. If you are a good student, you won’t rest until you have realized it. Then you will be a superior person; when you hear that some great Master has appeared in the world to liberate all beings, you’ll...
Read MoreMind is everything; mind is nothing
Mind is everything; mind is nothing. Mind creates time and space, mind contains a billion galaxies, mind lifts a spoon of oatmeal to its mouth at breakfast. Mind is life and death, God and devil, you and I; mind stands the tops of the mountain; mind cries for its mother’s breast. Mind pulls the universe out of a top hat, bows to its own applause, and walks off the stage,...
Read MoreAnd For No Reason…
And For no reason I start skipping like a child. And For no reason I turn into a leaf That is carried so high I kiss the Sun’s mouth And dissolve. And For no reason A thousand birds Choose my head for a conference table, Start passing their Cups of wine And their wild songbooks all around. And For every reason in existence I begin to eternally, To eternally laugh and love! When I turn into...
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