"The love of truth
lies at the root of much humor."
Robertson Davies
~ ~ “My
existence does not depend on the fact that I am thinking; it
depends on the fact that, whether I know it or not, I am being
thought… by a mind much greater than the consciousness which
I ordinarily identify with myself.”
Aldous Huxley (1894-1963)
'Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Other Essays' [1956],
"The Education of an Amphibian" ~ ~ “In the case of a grown man who has
made incontestable progress it is disgraceful to go hunting after
gems of wisdom, and prop himself up with a minute number of the
best-known sayings, and be dependent on his memory as well; it is
time he was standing on his own feet.
He should be delivering himself of such sayings, not memorizing
them. It is disgraceful that a man who is old or in sight
of old age should have a wisdom deriving solely from his
notebook.
"Zeno said this." And what have you said?
"Cleanthes said that." What have you said?
How much longer are you going to serve under others'
orders? Assume authority yourself and utter something that
may be handed down to posterity. Produce something from
your own resources.”
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (c. 4 BC-65 AD)
Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium, Letter XXXIII
posted to
AlphaWorld by Sandra
Originality
does not consist in saying what no
one has ever said
before, but in saying exactly what you think
yourself.
James Stephens (1882-1950)
posted to NondualNow by Vicki Woodyard
If you want hot
tea, you put the kettle on the stove.
There's no way around it.
All the advaita talk in the world, and all the speculations
about what is true or isn't true, won't give you hot tea
if you don't put the kettle on the stove (or the cup in
the microwave, as the case may be). :-)
Recognize the vanity of human pronouncements about the
"way things really are," what is so, what isn't so in
any
ultimate sense.
Here, in the world, people are confused, manipulating each other,
fighting wars, pursuing their greeds and needs at the expense
of others, including the so-called spiritual folks with their
manipulations to provide images of truth.
Pronouncements about the way things are are so much hot air.
Live your life fully, one day at a time.
Be open to what is, as is.
Don't deceive yourself or others.
Whether there is or isn't some ultimate truth doesn't matter.
That there is no ultimate separation of anything doesn't need to
be stated, and in fact can't truly be stated.
It can't be conferred, expressed, embodied, or worshipped.
It simply is to be lived, openly, as this is, now, moving through
the world and its conflicts like a knife through butter,
nonavoidantly yet not attached,
not proferring any spiritual absolutes nor
solutions.
Open eyes.
Honesty.
Naked.
Dan.
posted by
Dan Berkow
The Pope has left
his body and the world (indeed the world not only the
catholic world) has lost a father and great soul.
During his last days he reminded me a lot of our Ramana Bhagawan.
The
courage he showed. The will to give Dharshan to devotees even
though
his body was failing. Before his illness he was a very good
looking man
with a beautiful voice (just like our Ramana Bhagawan). But not
only in
death also in life there were some similarities. The Pope spoke 5
languages, he had known hardships, he was a loving and kind
person, he
was funny, witty with a quick tongue and had a heart for the poor
and
downtrodden, he was not above to share food with a poor african
family
or join in a dance or song. He was of sterling character. He
believed
that the sign of a holy person and what should be aspired for by
believers is total dependance on God. He abhorred fanaticism of
any
kind. He encouraged people to uphold their own traditons. He said
that
there was a reason that God gave many religions to the world and
that
all should be equally respected. He had eight meetings with the
Dalai
Lama. He met with members of all major religions. He invited
their
leaders to Assisi in Italy and prayed with them. He always had an
open
ear, and he never tired. He forgave the man who tried to kill him
and
even visited him in jail. He worked relentlessly from dust to
dawn. He
was instrumental to the fall of the Berlin wall. He was deeply
spiritual, and this divine Bhakti shone through his eyes and on
his
beautiful face. Children and animals were naturally attracted to
him.
He loved to be out in nature and especially in the mountains.
Sometimes
he slipped out of the Vatican and drove to the closest mountain
where
he would ski for a couple of hours much to the delight of
people,who
were very surprised to recognize the Pope in the man with the
black
ski-suit, before he had to rush back to Rome again.
May he rest in peace.
Om Arunachala Shiva
Christina
P.S. When a person is one with God there is no way to hide it. It
is
noticed by all who have the eyes to see because the Self shines
on
their faces and through their eyes. Such a person can be the
Pope, an
Indian lawyer, a french lady, a tamil school boy or a russian
teacher.
That is unimportant. Their bodies have become mere instruments.
posted to HarshaSatsangh
by Christina
Dear Friends in Ramana,
Catholic Church rituals, portrayed as dualistic, are actually all
non-dual teachings of Christ, the
Vajra Siddhi Guru.
Yesterday (Saturday), during the day of watching the progress of
the Pope onCNN/BBC, I heard a
Cardinal say that "Christ will open the Gates of Heaven to
receive the Pope."
Upon hearing of the populous that had assembled outside his
residence, the Pope strained word by
word to tell the Cardinals to tell them, " I went looking
for you, and now you have come to see me.
Thank you."
Watching, as many, the last hours of the Pope, waiting for the
news on his health, I turned off the
TV finally at 1 am (Bangkok time Sunday), and went to sleep.
I'm often struck by the Middle Ages story told to the people in
Europe, when they asked about the
light of the stars in the night sky, that at night-time God
covered the Earth with a shroud, a
veil, behind which was the Infinite Glory of the Father, and that
the stars pinpricks in the shroud
through which the Living Light of the Father shines, but also
that this pinprick shines in each of
us in our hearts. And then we come to, "The pure in heart
shall see God ("I AM")."
I was dreaming that I was looking over the dark expanse of the
planet, when suddenly off in the
distance there appeared a hole in the night sky, and rays of
Light streamed forth down to the
Earth, swirling around an area in th distance.
As I watched, wave of energy (life force) pervaded the planet,
like one feels during an electric
storm, and my whole body filled with light, flowing through the
top of my head like a beam or
pillar.
Abruptly, I woke up, and sat up feeling the flow of radiance.
After a while I turned on CNN. A few
minutes later, Breaking News, The Pope had passed on at 9:37 Rome
time from his temporal life on
Earth to Eternal Life in the Father.
Shortly after, my daughter, Saifa, also woke up. I told her that
the Pope had left the Earth to be
back home to be with his Heavenly Father.
I sent off some text messages, and waited for President Bush to
speak about the passing, then went
back to sleep, until 5 am. The Radiance continued, like an
electric storm that continues unabated
through the night sky.
We often hear about this phenomenon, where people experience
being transfixed by Radiance, when the
Soul of a Saint departs.
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