Moment to moment we are so engrossed in the daily happenings, doings, sayings, thinking, relating, relationships, activities, chores, tasks, duties, responsibilities....the list is endless...all revolving around this mind based personality life.

Pluck moments of silence as much as possible to enter the soul life - bigger, vaster, purer, magnificent....more expansive than the mind....by not thinking, just be-ing and melting into the Being-ness of Life Itself.

Let go of emotions of right, feeling good.
Of wrong, feeling bad.
For both are ok; they have their place.
I am not touched by either
I AM


Just a reminder

Raysofsunshine flood into my sacred heart.
flower of dew, suriakaanti, flower of Surya, Sun God
homage to thee, life giver and sustainer of All.

dreamrider am I !!!
I ride the stars....I ride my destiny....I pave my path
through endless dreams real and surreal.

adventureroflife am I !!!
creating experiences over which I triumph, I master.
Rise, I do over my slain self, over and over.

Asaphoenix rising, fiery red, golden...
From my ashes, born anew, emboldened,
single pointed upon the goal.

anew life begins everyday....
a new journey into the unknown....
I pledge myself to my Soul....

To my Self I swear allegiance - inwards and outwards.
To my goals I harken...of my inner and outer life.


Personal

Something to remember

People come into your life for a reason, a season or a lifetime. When you know which one it is, you will know what to do for that person.When someone is in your life for a REASON, it is usually to meet a need you have expressed.They have come to assist you through a difficulty, to provide you with guidance and support, to aid you physically, emotionally or spiritually. They may seem like a godsend and they are.

They are there for the reason you need them to be. Then, without any wrongdoing on your part or at an inconvenient time, this person will say or do something to bring the relationship to an end. Sometimes they die. Sometimes they walk away. Sometimes they act up and force you to take a stand. What we must realize is that our need has been met, our desire fulfilled, their work is done. The prayer you sent up has been answered and now it is time to move on

Some people come into your life for a SEASON, because your turn has come to share, grow or learn. They bring you an experience of peace or make you laugh.They may teach you something you have never done. They usually give you an unbelievable amount of joy.Believe it, it is real. But only for a season.

LIFETIME relationships teach you lifetime lessons, things you must build upon in order to have a solid emotional foundation. Your job is to accept the lesson, love the person and put what you have learned to use in all other relationships and areas of your life. It is said that love is blind but friendship is clairvoyant.

Thank you for being a part of my life, whether you were a reason, a season or a lifetime.

A saying I came across that resonates well with me...

"There are none so blind as those who will not see, nor none so deaf as those who will not hear."

from the Wings website....

....What is different this time than in times past regarding the ascension process, is that more light is being held now from within. So even though we may experience solar flares, solstices, and eclipses, they do not affect us nearly as much as they did in times past. And know as well, that the more light we hold and the more we evolve, the less we will be affected by these monumental celestial events. The denser the energy within a form, the more it is traumatized and challenged, as there is more to be released and aligned.
Because we are holding so much more light and higher vibrating energy now, we must also know that we are, as always, the ultimate creators. In this way, waiting for something to get better or to save us via arriving from an outside celestial event, and giving away our power to something outside of us, without doing our internal aligning, will never work. It is much better, if possible, to feel OK no matter what is occurring around us, or to at least know that no matter how things unfold, or rather how the process manifests, it will be OK with us. Being in the moment with no agenda, even though I frequently report to you what the agenda is, is always a good thing. The planned outcome or agenda is always there, but the path to the outcome is always open to choice and a variety of differing manifestations.....

......Karen.........

Switzerland

Waiting for the train that leaves for JungFrauJoch for a touch of snow.

Zurich - upon landing and taking a drive and walk here I noted how hot it was.

At one of the way stations going up to Schilthorn - a wonderful cable car ride.

In Zurich itself; as we were driving out - trams.

At Schilthorn....

A look at Lucern from the road...

A view from the cable car looking down....

An Emmental Valley home...they have little carved figures decorating their homes...

A park in Zurich - you can see three of us here....Anusha, me and our guide, Claudine...

Swans swimming in a lake in Zurich.

Another spectacular view of

A take from the train taking us to Jungfraujoch....

Photos taken in Switzerland in 2007

In the darkness; before the dawn
is the darkest hour - you know this.
Yet this darkest hour could be
but a second, a month, or years long.
Keep the virgil o dearest one!
Waver not brave pilgrim of Truth
Know your light
shines bright
and holds many through
the midnight hour.
Fall but rise and rise yet again
bruised and tattered by life's
trials and tribulation.
Know that it is the way
the game is played.
So be a willing player
know the moves ...
BE in Presence
whether you fall or rise
And you will have achieved.
But more so
aided many more.

- Personal

:)


Some people are not willing to try anything because they have already formed an opinion about it. Their food, pastimes, interests are narrow and limited. To these people I say, "Try once and then decide. Guess what? You may just like it."

"Life is an acquired taste."

To Be Free
Freedom Begins as a State of Mind ….
By Danielle of Global Psychics

This year's Canada Day and Independence Day celebrations inspired me to question what it is we were all celebrating. The word freedom exploded in my head with every firecracker that popped in the neighbourhood. I am a proud Canadian with a great respect and appreciation for our neighbours to the south…. America , The Land Of The Free, is like a big brother to us. We share most of the North American continent, and also many of the same values – among them our Freedoms… freedom of speech, freedom of choice, freedom of religion and culture - the freedom to be who we want to be… Yet I can't help but feel that we have deluded ourselves in our belief that we are free.
Interesting how serendipity operates… just as I was finishing this article, I received a note from an old friend, Hugh, a Canadian businessman, now in Islamabad . This paragraph caught my attention:
“One thing I miss is freedom. I cannot get into a car and drive, I have to be driven everywhere, for security reasons. So I am either at the office or in the guest house where I live. I get to talk to the people at the office, but so far don't have many contacts outside. Tomorrow, Sunday, I will get the guest house driver to take me shopping for fruits.
In fact, I feel that most of us on planet Earth are living in shackles… enslaved by our struggle to “get ahead”, tied to our need for material things, caught up in our desire for success or for love, locked up in fear, protecting ourselves, our families, our stuff… the situation in Islamabad – and in many cities around the globe is a physical manifestation of the fears, the limits and boundaries that each of us carries within us. The trouble is that our shackles are invisible – our chains are in our minds, created by our beliefs, tightened by our fears. What we believe about ourselves and our world establishes some clear boundaries, beyond which we must not venture….. Changing our minds is very much like crossing a border to another country…upturning our beliefs lands us in a foreign land, which sets off a whole lot of different reactions and emotions. I, like my friend Hugh, am always excited to be exploring in a new world. I am fascinated and inspired by new cultures, news tastes, sounds and smells… but for many others, such adventures are fearful, they much prefer to stick to what they know, limited by what they believe to be “tried and true”, safe and secure. The good news is that we are all free to stay or to go, to limit ourselves, or not, and we are free to choose where we go, when and with whom. Or are we? My friend Hugh is clearly not free to go where he wants. In order to achieve his goals, he must co-operate with the rules, and for his own safety, he must be sensitive to the security issues. Again, a powerful analogy for the way we all function in life. Each of us participates in some way in a family, a community, a country. Society shapes our attitudes and beliefs… our families and communities define what behaviour is acceptable and what is not… and the conditioning to the “rules” begins while we're still in the womb, with the expectations and beliefs that are set for a child before the babe is even in Mom's arms…. Before we are ever born, our families and communities begin shaping our world, and limiting our freedom, defining where we will go, when, with whom and even why. I believe that to claim our freedom, we must be willing to expand our internal boundaries, to question, challenge what we have believed about ourselves and the world. Change your mind, and you can change your world…free yourself… allow yourself to shift perspectives, to take a different point of view… Notice those limiting beliefs, then deliberately begin to expand your horizons. Take a different route to work, try a new recipe, listen to a different genre of music, experiment with some new ethnic restaurants, try a new market, a new hobby, a new book, connect with some new people… and let go of your ideas about what is weird, ugly, or stupid. Open your mind and you will open to new opportunities, for love, for money, for wisdom, knowledge and growth, or just for some good fun and happy memories.

There is much coverage of the moon landing forty years ago round the clock, interviewing Buzz Aldrin and taking a trip down memory lane. Our attention is being diverted from the moon shuttle, Endeavour, which lifted off on 15 July 09, two days ago. What of the news about 'bombing' the moon? Ponder on this.




While one person hesitates because he feels inferior, the other is busy making mistakes and becoming superior. - Henry C. Link

Autism and Emotional Support for Parents

Having an autistic child is no ball game. It changes the lives of the whole family. The parents go all out to try and improve the quality of their autistic child's life and become lifelong advocates for their child.

There comes a time when every parent will experience burnout. The emotional lows and depression are a common occurence. When an autistic child becomes self injurious and/or just more difficult to manage the parents are in a precarious position mentally, emotionally and physically.

There is a real need for emotional support for parents and siblings even as their autistic child/sibling goes through his own trials and trauma. Every little support they receive from caring others goes a long way to ameliorate their difficulties.

There is a real need for emotional support for autistic parents in Malaysia.

Think about it...


Thought and the thinker are one, but it is thought that creates the thinker, and without thought there is no thinker.So one has to be aware of the process of conditioning, which is thought; and when there is awareness of that process without choice, when there is no sense of resistance, when there is neither condemnation nor justification of what is observed, then we see that the mind is the centre of conflict.In understanding the mind and the ways of the mind, the conscious as well as the unconscious, through dreams, through every word, through every process of thought and action, the mind becomes extraordinarily quiet; and that tranquillity of the mind is the beginning of wisdom.Wisdom cannot be bought, it cannot be learnt; it comes into being only when the mind is quiet, utterly still—not made still by compulsion, coercion, or discipline. Only when the mind is spontaneously silent is it possible to understand that which is beyond time.


- Krishnamurti

Autism

What is Autism?

Autism is a brain development disorder characterized by impaired social interaction and communication, and by restricted and repetitive behavior. Autism affects many parts of the brain; how this occurs is not understood. The prevalence of ASD is about 6 per 1,000 people, with about four times as many males as females. Parents usually notice signs in the first two years of their child's life. Although early behavioral or cognitive intervention can help children gain self-care, social, and communication skills, there is no known cure.
-http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autism

An autistic child feels trapped in a body that is not responsive to his intentions and which he is unable to manipulate to function in this world. This is a source of much frustration especially since an autistic child cannot communicate his difficulties to the next person or his caregiver. This leads to Self Injurious Behaviour which onsets, if it hasn't already, in the early teenage years when hormonal changes are taking place. This becomes a very challenging time for his parents and his siblings and caregiving becomes a heavy burden on the family.

When the autistic child rebels out of sheer frustration, fury and fear it is so easy to get caught up in it all, what with the extreme stress on all aspects of life that is being experienced. It is easy to take the autistic child's rebelliousness personally and many a therapist and caregiver would brand it as 'manipulation'. While manipulation is one of the ways an autistic child (and any normal child as well) copes with difficulties and to handle the excessive expectations that parents, caregivers and therapists sometimes place on him, it would be too simplistic to put the child's behaviour down to manipulation and control exclusively. It is really very important to be able to not judge at such times. And if one does, then it is time to let a more objective third party take over. It is very important to get help once a certain critical stage is reached in the child's moods and behaviour.

At all times one has to not get so lost in it all that one blames the child for what is happening. The child is desperately wanting help. He does not understand what is happening, why he is behaving the way he is, and when the parent retaliates he feels even more frantic and unloved - there is no rational understanding of cause and effect even if at other times, during 'normal' times, he seems to understand it. So it is imperative to get help.

Help from who, where...? Sourcing for help and support has to take place before a crisis point is reached. A database of doctors, therapists, homes, institutions, drugs has to be researched and compiled for easy access at the time of need. Support and respite has to be pre-determined and checked out in advance.

Sigh!!

Shall glittering stars and beaming moons me to their heavens take?
Age old hills, clear blue skies soothe my life from ails?
O heavenly denizens who dwell above will my life be as carefree?
O awaiting Death! O grim Reaper, will mine be the same old tale?

Shall I write my life story on streamers of snow?
My signature is stamped upon the trail of life
O will my departure be beautiful and with peace be full….?
A befitting end crown my strives, my trials?

Not of much moment in the history of time
Yet forms a unique pattern in the fabric of Life.
My life with its joys and deep sorrows
Is consecrated unto the perfection of the Soul

The Soul takes flight from its cage of old
Regal and benign, like the Phoenix arisen
From its ashes….to soar to new heights
Returns to its source enlightened.

personal. first two verses written at age 21+ years.
last few verses finished at age 51+ years.

Verses on the Faith Mind
by Chien-chih Seng-ts'an
Third Zen Patriarch (606AD)
translated by Richard B. Clarke

The Great Way is not difficult
for those who have no preferences.
When love and hate are both absent
everything becomes clear and undisguised.
Make the smallest distinction, however
and heaven and earth are set infinitely apart.
If you wish to see the truth
then hold no opinions for or against anything.
To set up what you like against what you dislike
is the disease of the mind.
When the deep meaning of things is not understood
the mind's essential peace is disturbed to no avail.

The Way is perfect like vast space
where nothing is lacking and nothing is in excess.
Indeed, it is due to our choosing to accept or reject
that we do not see the true nature of things.
Live neither in the entanglements of outer things,
nor in inner feelings of emptiness.
Be serene in the oneness of things
and such erroneous views will disappear by themselves.
When you try to stop activity to achieve passivity
your very effort fills you with activity.
As long as you remain in one extreme or the other
you will never know Oneness.

Those who do not live in the single Way
fail in both activity and passivity,
assertion and denial.
To deny the reality of things
is to miss their reality;
to assert the emptiness of things
is to miss their reality.
The more you talk and think about it,
the further astray you wander from the truth.
Stop talking and thinking,
and there is nothing you will not be able to know.
To return to the root is to find the meaning,
but to pursue appearances is to miss the source.
At the moment of inner enlightenment
there is a going beyond appearance and emptiness.
The changes that appear to occur in the empty world
we call real only because of our ignorance.
Do not search for the truth;
only cease to cherish opinions.

Do not remain in the dualistic state
avoid such pursuits carefully.
If there is even a trace of this and that,
of right and wrong,
the Mind-essence will be lost in confusion.
Although all dualities come from the One,
do not be attached even to this One.
When the mind exists undisturbed in the Way,
nothing in the world can offend,
and when a thing can no longer offend,
it ceases to exist in the old way.

When no discriminating thoughts arise,
the old mind ceases to exist.
When thought objects vanish,
the thinking-subject vanishes,
as when the mind vanishes, objects vanish.
Things are objects because of the subject (mind);
the mind (subject) is such because of things (object).
Understand the relativity of these two
and the basic reality: the unity of emptiness.
In this Emptiness the two are indistinguishable
and each contains in itself the whole world.
If you do not discriminate between coarse and fine
you will not be tempted to prejudice and opinion.

To live in the Great Way
is neither easy nor difficult,
but those with limited views
and fearful and irresolute:
the faster they hurry, the slower they go,
and clinging (attachment) cannot be limited;
even to be attached to the idea of enlightenment
is to go astray.
Just let things be in their own way
and there will be neither coming nor going.

Obey the nature of things (your own nature),
and you will walk freely and undisturbed.
When thought is in bondage the truth is hidden,
for everything is murky and unclear,
and the burdensome practice of judging
brings annoyance and weariness.
What benefit can be derived
from distinctions and separations?

If you wish to move in the One Way
do not dislike even the world of senses and ideas.
Indeed, to accept them fully
is identical with true Enlightenment.
The wise man strives to no goals
but the foolish man fetters himself.
This is one Dharma, not many:
distinctions arise
from the clinging needs of the ignorant.
To seek Mind with the (discriminating) mind
is the greatest of all mistakes.

Rest and unrest derive from illusion;
with enlightenment there is no liking and disliking.
All dualities come from ignorant inference.
They are like dreams of flowers in the air:
foolish to try to grasp them.
Gain and loss, right and wrong:
such thoughts must finally be abolished at once.

If the eye never sleeps,
all dreams will naturally cease.
If the mind makes no discriminations,
the ten thousand things
are as they are, of single essence.
To understand the mystery of this On -essence
is to be release from all entanglements.
When all things are seen equally
the timeless Self-essence is reached.
No comparisons or analogies are possible
in this causeless, relationless state.

Consider movement stationary
and the stationary in motion,
both movement and rest disappear.
When such dualities cease to exist
Oneness itself cannot exist.
To this ultimate finality
no law or description applies.

For the unified mind in accord with the Way
all self-centered straining ceases.
Doubles and irresolution's vanish
and life in true faith is possible.
With a single stroke we are freed from bondage;
nothing clings to us and we hold to nothing.
All is empty , clear, self-illuminating,
with no exertion of the mind's power.
Here thought, feeling, knowledge, and imagination
are of no value.
In this world of Suchness
there is neither self nor other-than-self.

To come directly into harmony with this reality
just simply say when doubt arises, `Not two.'
In this `no two' nothing is separate,
nothing excluded.
No matter when or where,
enlightenment means entering this truth.
And this truth is beyond extension or
diminution in time or space;
in it a single thought is ten thousand years.

Emptiness here, Emptiness there,
but the infinite universe stands
always before your eyes.
Infinitely large and infinitely small;
no difference, for definitions have vanished
and no boundaries are seen.
So too with Being and non-Being.
Don't waste time in doubts and arguments
that have nothing to do with this.

One thing, all things:
move among and intermingle,
without distinction.
To live in this realization
is to be without anxiety about non-perfection.
To live in this faith is the road to non-duality,
Because the non-dual is one with the trusting mind.

Words!
The Way is beyond language,
for in it there is
no yesterday
no tomorrow
no today.



***

The Awakening:

A time comes in your life when you finally get it when in the midst of all your fears and insanity you stop dead in your tracks and somewhere the voice inside your head cries out ENOUGH! fighting and crying or struggling to hold on. And, like a child quieting down after a blind tantrum, your sobs begin to subside, you shudder once or twice, you blink back your tears and through a mantle of wet lashes you begin to look at the world through new eyes. This is your Awakening. You realize it's time to stop hoping and waiting for something to change or for happiness, safety and security to come galloping over the next horizon. You come to terms with the fact that he is not Prince Charming and you are not Cinderella and in the real world there aren't always Fairy Tale endings (or beginnings for that matter) and that any guarantee of "happily ever after" must begin with you and in the process a sense of serenity is born of acceptance. You awaken to the fact you are not perfect and not everyone will always love, appreciate or approve of who or what you are and that's OK. (They are entitled to their own views and opinions.) And you learn the importance of loving and championing yourself and in the process a sense of new found confidence is born of self approval. You stop complaining and blaming other people for the things they did to you (or didn't do for you) and you learn that the only thing you can really count on is the unexpected. You learn people don't always say what they mean or mean what they say and not everyone will always be there for you and that it's not always about you. So, you learn to stand on your own and to take care of yourself and in the process a sense of safety and security is born of self-reliance. You stop judging and pointing fingers and you begin to accept people as they are, and to overlook their shortcomings and human frailties, and in the process a sense of peace and contentment is born of forgiveness. You realize that much of the way you view yourself, and the world around you, is as a result of all the messages and opinions that have been ingrained into your psyche. And you begin to sift through all the things you've been fed about how you should behave, how you should look, and how much you should weigh, what you should wear, and where you should shop, and what you should drive, how and where you should live, and what you should do for a living, who you should sleep with, who you should marry, and what you should expect of a marriage, the importance of having and raising children or what you owe your parents. You learn to open up to new worlds and different points of view. And you begin reassessing and redefining who you are what you really stand for. You learn the difference between wanting and needing and you begin to discard the doctrines and values you've outgrown, or should never have bought into to begin with, and in the process you learn to go with your instincts. You learn it is truly in giving that we receive. And there is power and glory in creating and contributing and you stop maneuvering through life merely as a "consumer" looking for your next fix. You learn principles such as honesty and integrity are not the outdated ideals of a by-gone era but the mortar that holds together the foundation upon which you must build a life. You learn you don't know everything, it’s not your job to save the world and you can't teach a pig to sing. You learn to distinguish between guilt and responsibility and the importance of setting boundaries and learning to say NO. You learn the only cross to bear is the one you choose to carry and that martyrs get burned at the stake. Then you learn about love. Romantic love and familial love. How to love, how much to give in love, when to stop giving and when to walk away. You learn not to project your needs or your feelings onto a relationship. You learn you will not be more beautiful, more intelligent, more lovable or important because of the man or woman on your arm or the child that bears your name. You learn to look at relationships as they really are and not as you would have them be. You stop trying to control people, situations and outcomes. You learn just as people grow and change so it is with love and you learn you don't have the right to demand love on your terms just to make you happy. You learn that alone does not mean lonely And you look in the mirror and come to terms with the fact you will never be a size 5 or a perfect 10 and you stop trying to compete with the image inside your head and agonizing over how you "stack up." You also stop working so hard at putting your feelings aside, smoothing things over and ignoring your needs. You learn feelings of entitlement are perfectly OK and that it is your right to want things and to ask for the things that you want and that sometimes it is necessary to make demands. You come to the realization you deserve to be treated with love, kindness, sensitivity and respect and you won't settle for less. And, you allow only the hands of a lover who cherishes you to glorify you with her or his touch and in the process you internalize the meaning of self-respect. And you learn your body really is your temple. And you begin to care for it and treat it with respect. You begin eating a balanced diet, drinking more water and taking more time to exercise. You learn fatigue diminishes the spirit and can create doubt and fear. So you take more time to rest. And, just as food fuels the body, laughter fuels our soul. So you take more time to laugh and to play. You learn that for the most part, in life you get what you believe you deserve and that much of life truly is a self-fulfilling prophecy. You learn anything worth achieving is worth working for and wishing for something to happen is different from working toward making it happen. More importantly, you learn in order to achieve success you need direction, discipline and perseverance. You also learn no one can do it all alone and that it's OK to risk asking for help. You learn the only thing you must truly fear is the great robber baron of all time FEAR itself. You learn to step right into and through your fears because you know whatever happens you can handle it and to give in to fear is to give away the right to live life on your terms. And you learn to fight for your life and not to squander it living under a cloud of impending doom. You learn life isn't always fair, you don't always get what you think you deserve and sometimes bad things happen to unsuspecting, good people. On these occasions you learn not to personalize things. You learn no one is punishing you or failing to answer your prayers. It's just life happening. And you learn to deal with evil in its most primal state the ego. You learn negative feelings such as anger, envy and resentment must be understood and redirected or they will suffocate the life out of you and poison the universe that surrounds you. You learn to admit when you are wrong and to building bridges instead of walls. You learn to be thankful and to take comfort in many of the simple things we take for granted, things that millions of people upon the earth can only dream about: a full refrigerator, clean running water, a soft warm bed, a long hot shower. Slowly, you begin to take responsibility for yourself by yourself and you to make yourself a promise to never betray yourself and to never ever settle for less than your heart's desire. And you hang a wind chime outside your window so you can listen to the wind. And you make it a point to keep smiling, to keep trusting, and to stay open to every wonderful possibility. Finally, with courage in your heart and with faith by your side you take a stand, you take a deep breath and you begin to design the life you want to live as best as you can.

Source Unknown

*

* A New World Is Being Born *
* * * * * *

A World of Love, Harmony, Balance.

A World of Co-operation and Brotherhood.

A World of Peace, Beauty, Purity, Joy,

Truth and Transparency

Wholeness – Holiness

A World of Peaceful Co-Existence

A World of Spiritual Light.

A World of Un-limited-ness

A World of Multi-Dimensional Being

A World of Freedom – of expression,

of creation, of experience, bringing

Truth – Beauty – Purity of Being,

Purpose – Joy – Harmony – Balance - wisdom

E X P A N S I O N

To All Beings On Earth

*

May God protect You

May God protect you
From scary nights, from hasty flights;
From too much food, from a somber mood;
From ringing bells, from self-made hells;
From sickish pains, from dishonest gains;
From excessive needs, from tricky deeds;
From foolish quarrels, from resting on laurels;
From silly fears, from idle tears;
From forgotten lines, And from all bad times.
.
The Irish, p.55 by Fr. Andrew Greeley

"Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter."

- Martin Luther King Jr.

Betwixt Living and Being

Betwixt Living and Being

Bits of confetti, tinsel and glitter
Cling to my hair as I leave…
My steps fall gently,
My breath creates streamers
Upon the night air….
*
I leave behind a part of me
that seeks expression,
that thirsts for recognition
Of itself through life………
I yearn for more than this….
*
What is it that eludes me?
Whither shall I find?
That which submerges me
In love’s dwelling of a different kind
A light shines....but has not form
I cannot see….
*
I know not what I search for
I only know I must
I drift through life’s experiences
Searching for quite something else
Sublime…………
*
I know it is here; in this world
That which I seek is found
But the trodden path
Is not the way…outward nor inward….
A paradox ! opposites canceling each the other….
I need to solve?
*
Yet not in solving is it to be found
A method there is none
A trackless way I tread
Walking across time
Crossing dimensions and space
Yet rooted….unmoving
*
Is it stars I seek…no, no
Into heavens I want to peek? …. no, oh no
a God perhaps? or knowledge that frees?
It is all this and yet (sigh!) much, MUCH more…
Solve the puzzle of life?
heaven knows!!
*
You ask, you receive; it is said
And so it comes to pass
But why then this emptiness
that lingers …through life
As flesh turns to dust
Even as I am alive?
*
I look back, am I missing something here?
Is it the tinsel? the glitter? the glamour?
After all !! is that what I seek?
Is it the very entrails of life and living
that twines and twirls round my feet?
As I soar in search of That something
elusive…….
*
That something! Is it found in the living…
Of the daily life and earning the daily bread ?
Oh no…no…THAT !!… I have had Enough Of
Then why am I here?
Why then am I here?
Why do I feel incomplete?
*
It is the Self we seek… they say
I am the Self! Why am I not complete?
Why then do I still seek?
All comes undone…answers fall through
I turn away…I turn within
What do I see?
Just emptiness….
Of a different kind?
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How do I fathom my Self?
How do I get past my self?
To who I am within. The Centre...the essence
I am a seeker…but a seeker seeks without
I am a seer….but a seer sees outwards
I am a witness…of what? of life?
Of myself!….fine answer
spoken like a true student!
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But I have to cease being a student
And follow my own truth
exquisite words but to what avail?
Where does all this lead?
Still to that great Unknown! Unknowable?
Of which I seek and know not what I seek.
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I linger in the night air
transfixed in space and time.
open both ways….
…to the past …in the living of life comes in the night breeze the sounds of life and laughter, colours, sounds, music, of gladness and fulfillment, satiation of desires, restful sleep
….to the future…still, silent, sublime…comes the ceasation
of all things known, a pregnant silence of
all that I have known and will ever know
all that I have experienced
transcending dimensions, feelings sublime and pure, interwoven
held in perfect balance all in a moment
of Beingness……
yet……..emptyness?
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I SEEK TO BE ALL THINGS
in a perfect blend of WHOLE
The very elixir of CREATION --NOTHING—
and in that nothingness I seek ALL THINGS
I don’t seek to escape life…I want to be ALL LIFE -
separate and distinct; yet not limited, not imprisoned !
The best of both worlds to choose at will
COMPLETE AND WHOLE!
A paradox ! of Truth.
I want to be both sides of the coin and the in-between….
And that which is beyond …….
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Yet these are imaginings…...
What lies beyond? Can I define? Words restrict me?
To the known and experienced? To what avail?
Do desires and imaginings prompt one towards ?
The Unknown urging knowing
The Beyond urging fathoming
Life seeking expression beyond itself, urging becoming
Vaster than the Cosmos, beyond manifestation….?
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I run into the future leaving the past behind
leaving the form as I run unto the formless
leaving behind identities, limiting, ….. into the limitless
running into expansiveness that gathers me unto itself
into the very expression of beauty, joy, purity, perfection, Wholeness
such mundane stuff of everyday being yet beyond all, …...................
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Into an implosion of Self in an explosion of Cosmic fireworks !!!

Personal.

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Tarry awhile....

As through a window

Espy a world; an image

Still and potent

in its natural allure.

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Many takes on this one scene...

warm sunny afternoons brightening the colours,

lazy and soft hued...

rain drops dripping from chairs, fronds; cleansing, reviving...

pensive evenings still, silent...

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droning insects flitting from stem to shimmering leaf

a zillion rain drops splitting into miniature

fountain sprays on wet tiles

the world folding unto itself

with the withdrawing rays of the setting sun

in slumber to repose, entering deeply the dreamscape.

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enter more deeply into this picture perfect, be a part of it

or withdraw away and see it as from the outside looking in

and see the viewpoint change and differ

according to the vantage point taken.

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isn't this very much like life Love?

What is going on?

Everyone is chasing after something or other in life. Some are chasing after dreams, a great job, knowledge, money, the opposite sex, possessions, spiritual illumination, religious dogma, position and power, status. There are new agers chasing after psychic abilities, there are the more down to earth types chasing after conspiracy theories, trying to dig out the truth about inner earth, ufos, illuminati agendas, out of the ordinary happenings trying to get out of the box they have been ingeniously imprisoned in. There are those trying to think outside the box, get past set paradigms, discover the undiscovered, the potentialities, the sky and the hollow earth is the limit...there are those of us who blink bewildered at all of this. What is really going on?

Why this need to know now? Lifetimes spent in pursuit of this and that and all to what avail? It seems to me that we are scratching the surface of a coin. All of these pursuits keep us occupied and not attending. What is all this diverting our attention from?

Ponder on this........

The Legacy of Hazrat Inayat Khan

"I first believed without any hesitation in the existence of the soul, and then I wondered about the secret of its nature. I persevered and strove in search of the soul, and found at last that I myself was the cover over my soul. I realized that that in me which believed and that in me which wondered, that which persevered in me, and that which found, and that which was found at last, was no other than my soul. I thanked the darkness that brought me to the light, and I valued the veil which prepared for me the vision in which I saw myself reflected, the vision produced in the mirror of my soul. Since then I have seen all souls as my soul, and realized my soul as the soul of all; and what bewilderment it was when I realized that I alone was, if there were anyone; that I am whatever and whoever exists; and that I shall be whoever there will be in the future. And there was no end to my happiness and joy."

SIMPLICITY IS THE KEY

Live simply that others may simply live.

Simply BE

Amidst the hustle and hurry, take time to just be still....and be quiet for a while....still the mind....hear the heart beat....be in Presence.

As many times a day as possible. Live in the moment. In this moment is everything....the seeker, the seeking and the sought....all is One......

Enjoy