Posts Tagged "self"
Journey Home
Rabindranath Tagore The time that my journey takes is long and the way of it long. I came out on the chariot of the first gleam of light, and pursued my voyage through the wildernesses of worlds leaving my track on many a star and planet. It is the most distant course that comes nearest to thyself, and that training is the most intricate which leads to the utter simplicity of a tune. The traveler...
Read MoreAloneness…
Willing to experience aloneness, I discover connection everywhere; Turning to face my fear, I meet the warrior who lives within; Opening to my loss, I am given unimaginable gifts; Surrendering into emptiness, I find fullness without end. Each condition I flee from pursues me. Each condition I welcome transforms me And becomes itself transformed Into its radiant jewel-like essence. I bow to the...
Read MoreThe Big Bang birthday…..
When you don’t believe in birthdays, the idea of aging turns a little foreign to you. You don’t fall into trauma over your sixteenth birthday or your thirtieth or the big Five-Oh or the deadly Century. You measure your life by what you learn, not by counting how many calendars you’ve seen. If you’re going to have trauma, better it be the shock of discovering the...
Read MoreThe Greatest Gift You Can Give
The greatest gift you can give might be the gift that you yourself were never given. Give that gift. The most valuable service you have to offer your fellow humans may be the service you have always wished were performed for you. Offer that service. An experience that wounded you could move you to help people who’ve been similarly wounded. Heal yourself by healing others. Robert...
Read MoreWill I ever learn it all?
Tell me what you will my blue winged friend Did you hear me from where you drifted on the wind? This autumn wind on a summer day Sure can turn a blue sky grey Oh it’s a lonely day and cold There are secrets you’ve not told And there are parts of me that I have never known And I wonder if you see through the walls inside of me? Feathered friend I wish that you could say Why you sit on...
Read MoreThe Secret
The Creator gathered all of Creation and said, “I want to hide something from the humans until they are ready for it. It is the realization that they create their own reality.” The eagle said, “Give it to me, I will take it to the moon.” The Creator said, “No. One day they will go there and find it.” The salmon said, “I will bury it on the bottom of the...
Read MoreThe Essence of My Practice
My practice moves from edge to edge, exploring the limits of a stretch, the inner realm of energy and breath. Each movement plumbs new depths of self-awareness. Who am I now, and now, and now? Who holds this pose with single-pointed focus, or loses the thread of breath and stops to find the center once again? Have I reached my full expression, or is there another defensive layer I can...
Read MoreBe Like Water…
Water changes shape and even form, but keeps its essence. River changes water and even course, but keeps its essence. Trust the unchanging in changing. Be like water and river. Moving and staying, changing and unchanging Know and soften Soften and change Change and endure Be like water Think like river. —The Tao of...
Read MoreBe as You Are
Nobody doubts that he exists, though he may doubt the existence of God. If he finds out the truth about himself and discovers his own source, this is all that is required. “God dwells in you, as you, and you don’t have to ‘do’ anything to be God-realized or Self-realized, it is already your true and natural state.” Just drop all seeking, turn your attention inward,...
Read MoreI have come to recognize it….
I have come to recognize it: I have remembered myself. And since the day I remembered myself I have been in a strange situation; I feel compassion for you, and deep down I also giggle at you, because you are not really in trouble. You don’t need compassion, you need hammering! You need to be hit hard on the head! Your suffering is bogus. Ecstasy is your very nature. You are...
Read MoreDaily Reminder
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