Posts Tagged "fear"
Touch Your Heart
When you begin to touch your heart or let your heart be touched, you begin to discover that it is bottomless, that it doesn’t have any resolution, that this heart is huge, vast and limitless. You begin to discover how much warmth and gentleness is there, as well as so much space. Your world seems less solid, more roomy and spacious. The burden lightens. In the beginning it feels like...
Read MoreNow is the Time
Now is the time to know That all that you do is sacred Now, why not consider A lasting truce with yourself and God. Now is the time to understand That all your ideas of right and wrong Were just a child’s training wheels To be laid aside When you can finally live With veracity And love. Hafiz is a divine envoy Whom the Beloved Has written a holy message upon My dear, please tell me, Why...
Read MoreApprehension
I believe God wants you to know… “…that the mere apprehension of a coming evil has put many into a situation of the utmost danger.” F.L. Lucan said that, and it is right. There is no faster way to bring about misfortune than to think it is coming. Thought is a powerful force, and it is a creative tool that many people give little energy to — or abandon in the face of...
Read MoreYour Mother and My Mother
Fear is the cheapest room in the house. I would like to see you living In better conditions, For your mother and my mother Were friends. I know the Innkeeper In this part of the universe. Get some rest tonight, Come to my verse again tomorrow. We’ll go speak to the Friend together. I should not make any promises right now, But I know if you Pray Somewhere in this world Something good will...
Read MoreA Thomas Merton Primer
“Finally I am coming to the conclusion that my highest ambition is to be what I already am. That I will never fulfill my obligation to surpass myself unless I first accept myself. and if I accept myself fully, in the right way, I will have already have surpassed myself.” “The beginning of love is the will to let those we love be perfectly themselves, the resolution not to...
Read MoreWho are you really putting into darkness?
“What you deny the Divine in, you put in darkness. What you put in darkness, who you put in darkness, claims you in that darkness. And you justify these things. You are proud of your slander. In your courage to denounce another, you deny the Divine within them. And that is the claim of the shadow, pretending to be the light. What you bless, blesses you back. What you deny the Divine in, you...
Read MoreShadow…
The shadow has three functions: (1) It won’t let you step over or leave a part of yourself. You’ll make a fool of yourself. (2) It keeps us connected to our juice, particularly sexuality and aggression, the two parts of ourselves that we have the most problems with, and the greatest problems expressing. (3) Our shadow gives us compassion for others. Healing ourselves and helping...
Read MoreSome words on fear…..
So the next time you encounter fear, consider yourself lucky. This is where the courage comes in. Usually we think that brave people have no fear. The truth is that they are intimate with fear. When I was first married, my husband said I was one of the bravest people he knew. When I asked him why, he said because I was a complete coward but went ahead and did things anyhow.” ~ Pema Chodron...
Read MoreTo be liberated
I am convinced that the deepest desire within each of us is to be liberated from the controlling influences of our own psychic madness or patterns of fear. All other things—the disdain of ordinary life, the need to control others rather than be controlled, the craving for material goods as a means of security and protection against the winds of chaos—are external props that serve as...
Read MoreHonest Exposure
The end of seeking and honest, clear, fearless communication go hand in hand. In fact, I would say it’s impossible to write a book about deep acceptance and the end of seeking without including a large section on honest speaking and listening. Whenever you’re being emotionally dishonest with someone, whenever you’re hiding how you really feel in the moment, whenever you’re...
Read MoreDaily Reminder
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