A Return To Vulnerability

The real secret of life

ym — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 13:53:25 +0000

The real secret of life is to understand that the past must be abandoned, that the unknown cannot be avoided, and that nothing can be ultimately fixed. When a man knows this, he really lives for the first time in his life. By holding his breath, he loses it, by letting go he finds it.

Ramesh Balkesar 1989

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Words spoken by the Elders of Oraibi, Arizona Hopi Nation

ym — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 13:51:01 +0000

“You have been telling the people that this is the Eleventh Hour.
Now you must go back and tell the people that this is the Hour.
And there are things to be considered:

Where are you living?
What are you doing?
What are your relationships?
Are you in right relation?
Where is your water?
Know your garden.
It is time to speak your Truth.
Create your community.

Be good to each other.
And do not look outside yourself for the leader.
This could be a good time!
There is a river flowing now very fast.
It is so great and swift that there are those who will be afraid.
They will try to hold on to the shore.
They will feel they are being torn apart, and they will suffer greatly.
Know the river has its destination.
The elders say we must let go of the shore, push off into the middle of the
river, keep our eyes open, and our heads above the water.
See who is in there with you and celebrate.

At this time in history, we are to take nothing personally.
Least of all, ourselves.
For the moment that we do, our spiritual growth and journey comes to a halt.
The time of the lone wolf is over. Gather yourselves!
Banish the word struggle from your attitude and your vocabulary.
All that we do now must be done in a sacred manner and in celebration.
We are the ones we’ve been waiting for.”

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ym — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 13:49:03 +0000

All of those for whom authentic transformation has deeply unseated their souls must, I believe, wrestle with the profound moral obligation to shout from the heart perhaps quietly and gently, with tears of reluctance; perhaps with fierce fire and angry wisdom; perhaps with slow and careful analysis; perhaps by unshakable public examplebut authenticity always and absolutely carries a demand and duty: you must speak out, to the best of your ability, and shake the spiritual tree, and shine your headlights into the eyes of the complacent. You must let that radical realization rumble through your veins and rattle those around you.
-Ken Wilber

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Truth is within ourselves

ym — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 13:46:53 +0000

Truth is within ourselves; it takes no rise
From outward things, whate’re you may believe:
There is an inmost centre in us all
Where the truth abides in fullness; and around
Wall upon wall, the gross flesh hems it in,
This clear perfection which is truth.
A baffling and perverting carnal mesh
Binds it, and makes all error; and to know
Rather consists in opening out a way
Whence the imprisoned splendour may escape,
Than in effecting entry for a light
Supposed to be without.

Robert Browning – Paracelsus

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The Eye of the I

ym — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 08:14:46 +0000

In ordinary states of consciousness, sound prevails over a background of silence and replaces it. In contrast in the Presence, the opposite occurs. Although sound is perceptible, it is in the background. The Silence prevails so that the silence is actually not interrupted or displaced by the sound. Nothing disturbs the stillness or inteferes with its peace. Although movement occurs, it does not disturb the motionless stillness which is beyond, yet inclusive of, motion. Everything appears to move in slow motion because time is absent. There is only a continuous state of Now. There are neither events nor happenings because all starts and stops, all beginnings and endings, occur only in the dualistic consciousness of an observer. In their absence, there is no succession of events to be described or explained.

David R. Hawkins M.D., Ph.D. – The Eye of the I

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Die to Love

ym — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 13:59:22 +0000

This…is pointing to the end of the search. It is not yet another
stepping stone on the path towards an elusive final goal. It does not give
you any advice as to how to live or how to feel good. This message is
ruthless compassion. If you still want to feel good rather than know the
truth, then this…is not for you. I am not trying to help you. If you read
this…I will simply destroy you. And who am I? I am you. I am Life
itself. I am who You are beyond who you think you are or believe yourself
to be.

It is easy to say that you want to discover the Truth, but when you
understand that the Truth is not just the experience of love and peace, you
may not be so sure that you want it any more. Recognising who You really
are will rob you of your deepest held ideas, beliefs, hopes, and dreams. It
will turn your view of yourself and your life upside down. You will either
read this and find it unimaginably liberating, or you will find this extremely
challenging indeed. No one response is right or wrong. It is the way it is.
The message…is very radical, and not everyone is open to that
right now. Perhaps, although you say that you want to discover the truth,
you really enjoy the search far too much to actually find what you are
searching for. What would you do without the spiritual search? What else
could provide such addictive emotional highs and lows? Be honest. If this
is not for you…

Unmani – Die to Love

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With each step

ym — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 13:56:43 +0000

With each step
is the risk of falling.
In falling
is the possibility of loss.
In loss
is the discovery of awareness.
In awareness
is self-knowledge.
In self-knowledge
is the potential of being.
In being
is becoming
In becoming
is movement
In movement
is the risk of falling.
With each step,
a life unfolds
and returns.

Zen Therapy – Robert Milton Anthony

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NO WAY for the spiritually ‘Advanced’

ym — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 13:55:09 +0000

Ram Tzu knows this…

You are caught
In a web of beliefs.
You spin them
From your own abdomen.
They are made from
The substance of your self.

You believe in
Your own power.

You consider yourself
The Source.
Even though
When under duress
You pay lip service
To an all powerful God.

You believe in
The supremacy of technique.

You are convinced that if
You can but manage…

Your mind
Your money
Your time
Your breath
Your energy
Your body
Your faith
Your relationships
Your prayers

You will unlock the door
To happiness, peace and contentment,

Guess again.

NO WAY for the spiritually ‘Advanced’ by Ram Tzu

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Discovery of the Presence of God

ym — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 13:54:09 +0000

Resistance subsides when there is a clear understanding that what is being surrendered is not of
intrinsic value but is instead imagined to be of value solely because of the juice or payoff the ego
extracts from that position.
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David R Hawkins Discovery of the Presence of God

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Non-Directed Awareness.

ym — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 20:13:17 +0000

Reality becomes a living presence when in non-directed awareness we see error for what it is. It then vanishes, revealing truth and presence. We experience this instantaneously. It is in this all-present awareness, free of all willing, free of all choosing, that we see error in its true light. Seen in a flash of lightening, truth becomes a clear-sighted, luminous certainty. Truth is, and is its own proof, its only proof. It shines forth resplendently, eliminating what is false.
(J Klein, I Am p99)

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