Posts Tagged "self"

Think on these things….

“What you are is much more important than what you should be.“ “The problem of the individual is also the world’s problem, they are not two separate and distinct processes” “You are the repository of all humanity.  You are the world, and the world is you.  And, if there is a radical transformation in the structure of an individual’s psyche, it will...

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Which is Worth More?

You’re not Alone…One Mind one Heart by Linaji Which is worth more, a crowd of thousands, or your own genuine solitude? Freedom, or the power over an entire nation? A little while alone in your room will prove more valuable than anything else that could ever be given to you. —Jallal al-Din...

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A Kahuna’s prayer

Take all that I say, And toss away Without a thought All that does not Strike within you A recognition. For you do not learn Wisdom and love You only encounter Catalysts to remember it. For it is all Within yourself. Thank You -Nick Polizzi Host of Remedy: Ancient Medicine For Modern Illness & Founder of The Sacred...

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I am no one in existence…

From my insufficiency to my perfection, and from my deviation to my equilibrium From my sublimity to my beauty, and from my splendor to my majesty From my scattering to my gathering, and from my rejection to my communion From my baseness to my preciousness, and from my stones to my pearls From my rising to my setting, and from my days to my nights From my luminosity to my darkness, and from my...

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Le Guru

Question: How is one to decide upon a proper Guru? What is the swarupa [nature or real form] of a Guru? Ramana Maharshi: He is the proper Guru to whom your mind is attuned. If you ask, `How to decide who is the Guru and what is his swarupa?’, he should be endowed with tranquility, patience, forgiveness and other virtues; he should be capable of attracting others even with his eyes just as a...

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For a Dancer

Keep fire burning in your eye Pay attention to the open sky You never know what will be coming down I don’t remember losing track of you You were always dancing in and out of view I must have thought you’d always be around Always keeping things real by playing the clown Now you’re nowhere to be found I don’t know what happens when people die Can’t seem to grasp it as...

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Birds Don’t Brag About Flying

Birds don’t brag about flying the way we do. They don’t write books about it and then give workshops, they don’t take on disciples and spoil their own air time. Who could dance and achieve liftoff with a bunch of whackos tugging on...

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The Grand Adventure

“The privilege of a lifetime is becoming yourself.” –Joseph Campbell– Think of the Art of Living Well as a Grand Adventure.  Become the Heroine or Hero of your own life by giving yourself permission to set out on the adventure of living a better life.  Allow yourself to go beyond your previous limits to become who you actually can be at your optimum. Accept the Quest to...

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Renunciation

There will always be voices that promise you greatness and glory: They call out from the worldly marketplace; They call out from the spiritual marketplace; They call out from the fill-your-holes-marketplace; They call out from the bigger-better-more marketplace. Do not buy their false promises, or purchase their ephemeral wares; What fulfills for a moment is not worth the price of your...

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The Journey

You must not ever stop being whimsical. And you must not, ever, give anyone else the responsibility for your life –Mary Oliver One day you finally knew what you had to do and began, though the voices around you kept shouting their bad advice though the whole house began to tremble and you felt that old tug at your ankles. “Mend my life!” each voice cried. but you didn’t...

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