It appears to me you have found the "Truth".
The truth is, seeking the
ultimate truths is impossible.
Uncover a new truth and two new questions
appear
ad infinitum. To me, "truth hunting" is entertainment.
The real Truth exists in your experience, in a present
moment based on
instinct; facts will never equate to
"truth" ever. I have no "facts" to
back this up but I do
have my experiences.
Friday, May 23, 2014
Fr The Avalon Forum
No Coming and No Going
NO COMING AND NO GOING Just before Ninakawa
passed away, Zen-master
Ikkyu visited him. “Shall I lead
you on?” Ikkyu asked. Ninakawa replied:
“I came here
alone and I go alone. What help could you be to me?”
Ikkyu
answered: “If you think you really come and go,
that is your delusion.
Let me show you the path on which
there is no coming and no going.” With
these words,
Ikkyu had revealed the path so clearly that Ninakawa
smiled and passed away.
Thursday, May 22, 2014
Uplift or drain?
Different people at different times inspire you, sponge on you
support you or drain you. So it is natural to want to be with
them sometimes, to shun them at other times. We aren't islands.
Relationships are the learning ground for souls. So diplomacy
is called for here. To be neutral whether they are up and therefore
uplifting OR down, sponging and draining you. As we give so
we receive. Ask yourself, "What are they mirroring back to me?"
No waste of time. I also feel it
shows you something
about yourself, if you are willing to look in the
mirror, and be true with and about yourself as well.
~ Sherl Randolph
Wednesday, May 21, 2014
Sunday, May 18, 2014
Saturday, May 17, 2014
Friday, May 16, 2014
Life is
Life is
what you make of it
years spent in spiritual pursuit
then !
a complete turnaround
to a material life
makes me question
my authenticity
am i the same person?
what is my value system?
can i take myself seriously anymore?
How do I explain myself?
I sub-stand both; I transcend both
I am neither better in one or the other
The ego pursues this; then that; then yet another
Through it all I AM
I am neither spiritual Nor material
I am neither
For both are but opposing sides of polarity.
Desire and a lack of desire is the same
the positive and negative pole of a polarity
Both are the higher arcs of the pendulum's swing.
I AM the point of rest
I AM the balance between the two poles
Neither negatively nor positively polarized.
I Am neither the materialist nor the spiritualist
I persist through it all.
I AM - unchanged, unchanging
Not something to be achieved
but to be realized
in its purity
In the moment.
Be still and I will BE
No matter what mask is used in the outer expression
No matter where I travel; what I read; whom I listen to
I am nearer to me than my breath
closer to me than my thoughts
beyond the mind that describes
That which is indescribable.
THAT EVER IS
IN ITS INFINITUDE
Let go of idle searching
Rein in your mind; let it not roam
over the vast pastures of Creation
And when you are ready to really let go
Then as this world closes;
Beingness opens.
It will be temporary so long as you
persist in this paradigm which is
akin to a mirror reflecting Me but
as a mirror broken a zillion pieces
reflecting Me a zillion fold
fractals of ALL THAT I AM.
In a continuum of positive to negative.
What beauty! but what a camouflage!
On this you are broken as you strive
and search and pray to find ME
You see me in all things yet will not
reach me for these are but reflections of ME
To find me is to get past that mirror that
deludes, deceives - the MIND.
And melt into YOURSELF
a fractal merging UNTO ITSELF
not a drop but the OCEAN THAT IT IS.
Thursday, May 15, 2014
Shifting Sands
Idly I kick at the soft sand
feeling it trickle between my toes
My thoughts stray to the past
Now seen in a mellow glow
All seemed well then....
All seemed sure.
Now with so much more
In so many ways
Yet there is a longing, a loneliness
That tinges everything
Dulling, numbing... meaningless
Making me question everything
Is it because I have awoken?
To the superficiality of personality life
And know the Soul is all that matters?
Am I missing the lost innocence?
Of youthful nonchalance in the midst
of the weightiness of life
When life was a serious affair!
Striving had meaning
Excelling meant climbing
An invisible ladder of inner growth
Through outer ambition
Leading to a quality life
measured in worth, health, wealth.
Now does it seem too material?
In limbo I am
As I bridge that which is now outgrown
And that which I have yet to grow into.
The time of change is bound by
break-up, chaos and loss of meaning.
Confusion, maladies of mind and soul
A death knoll!
For without desire life is a drag...
I will find meaning yet
I slowly transform
Into That which I AM
step by step, spiral by spiral I climb
higher, ever higher till
I transcend and reach the
Zenith - whatever that may BE
I will know when I AM there.
Silent Whispers
In the stillness of the fathomless deep
I enter into communion with my soul
Silent whispers; unspoken yet sounds
In my heart in inner awareness
The mind rests from its meanderings
Being-ness enfolds me
In a breathless sigh ...
Wednesday, May 14, 2014
At the start of the new millennium the Dalai Lama issued eighteen
rules for living.
1. Take into account that great love and great achievements involve
great risk.
2. When you lose, don't lose the lesson.
3. Follow the three Rs: 1. Respect for self 2. Respect for others
3. Responsibility for all your actions.
4. Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful
stroke of luck.
5. Learn the rules so you know how to break them properly.
6. Don't let a little dispute injure a great friendship.
7. When you realize you've made a mistake, take immediate steps to
correct it.
8. Spend some time alone every day.
9. Open your arms to change, but don't let go of your values.
10. Remember that silence is sometimes the best answer.
11. Live a good, honourable life. Then when you get older and think back,
you'll be able to enjoy it a second time.
12. A loving atmosphere in your home is the foundation for your life.
13. In disagreements with loved ones, deal only with the current situation.
Don't bring up the past.
14. Share your knowledge. It's a way to achieve immortality.
15. Be gentle with the earth.
16. Once a year, go someplace you've never been before.
17. Remember that the best relationship is one in which your love for each
other exceeds your need for each other.
18. Judge your success by what you had to give up in order to get it.
Tuesday, May 13, 2014
Fr Malaysiakini
Happy Wesak Day!
“We are shaped by our thoughts; we become what we think.
When the mind is pure, joy follows like a shadow that never
leaves.”- Gautama Buddha.
“We are shaped by our thoughts; we become what we think.
When the mind is pure, joy follows like a shadow that never
leaves.”- Gautama Buddha.
Learn to let go ...
An important lesson in life. As R said you can't save anybody;
You can only save yourself. Take heed on this auspicious holy
day of Wesak, as the Lord Buddha makes a special connection
between Shambhala and The Hierarchy and Humanity, The
Buddha's words, "Be a light unto your own feet". By our own
efforts we save ourselves.
Monday, May 12, 2014
Sunday, May 11, 2014
The Law of Karma
Every action has an equal and opposite reaction.
As you give so you get.
Karmic consequences hound us every step of our lives.
Tuesday, May 6, 2014
Monday, May 5, 2014
Sad but true
Sometimes we prefer to stay stuck rather than rock
the boat. In such situations we stagnate. Unless we
can re-invent ourselves it is better to start afresh.
Sunday, May 4, 2014
Random ponderings....
The hummingbird is quite unlike other birds.
It has a short tail and when in flight its body
does look oddly un-birdly. I was wondering
if it did not look more like an insect as I was
watching a documentary about it. And soon
enough the commentator went on to describe
its insect like wing flight patterns. It uses its
wings like an insect in ways other birds don't.
".... its flight is accomplished with the body
structure of a bird but some of the aerodynamic
tricks of an insect..."
Saturday, May 3, 2014
The Power To Change
We have the power within to change our outer lives. It is all
about making sense of our reasons for choosing what is in our
lives. Sometimes we choose to stay for deeply hidden reasons.
For contracts made, taking the higher ground (seemingly at
personal loss but really some deep lesson we need to learn),
learning a virtue, compassion or even discernment of what we
do not want in our lives - so all is but for a moment in cosmic
time. Life is not just about what we want (self-ishly seen) but
what we are here to learn. So we need to work at discerning what
our life is really all about.
Friday, May 2, 2014
Old habits
If we are attuned to our inner self we constantly work on changing
the outer to reflect who and what we are. When we do not work at
this there is this constant feel of going against the very grain of who
we are... feeling bloated, heavy, lethargic, feeling life to be a drag ...
until we take stock and make the hard changes to old habits of being
and work - WORK - at feeling lighter, brighter, perkier...
Honour Oneself
This is not narcissism.
It is realizing OneSelf.
Taking a moment to
re-member Who and What
We truly R ....
Being Oneself
With age comes acceptance of ourselves, our strenghts and
weaknesses. And it is time to stop trying to conform to others'
expectations and to learn to just BE ....
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