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Archive for June, 2009

“To know ones Self is to know God” santidevi

Where will you find God?  Where will you experience the Divine?  Where will you make your pilgrimage?  Which holy site will bring you peace and liberation?
All that you seek lies within. The great Indian mystic and yogi Vivekananda said, “Knowing God is the aim and goal of all human life.” To know ones Self is [...]

June 30th, 2009
Topic: Self Realization Tags: , , , ,

Awakening Truth

 
   
The difference between fiction and truth is that fiction makes sense. Truth is never what you expect it to be. It is not conceptually derived.
 
One of my teachers wisely cautioned me not to judge where the truth comes from. Anyone can awaken you. The teacher can appear at anytime in any guise. Most likely [...]

June 25th, 2009
Topic: truth Tags: , , , , ,

Worry

Worry
At any moment you can shift your state of being. At any moment you can let go and be free and feel joy and come alive
The thing you can do is to be present. If you are being present you are missing nothing.
When your mind is distracted by worry, there is an absence…the absence is [...]

June 11th, 2009
Topic: emotions Tags: , , , ,

Questions

May I ask you a question?  I’ve noticed the visuals I’m getting are becoming more frequent and meaningful…are we in a big transition period and do you have any suggestions as to what I can do to understand more clearly where we are headed? 
Knowing I’ll hear from you soon…
Blessings    
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June 10th, 2009
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The Grace of Shivarudra Balayogi

Shri Shivarudra Balayogi enters the Buddha room at Samadhi Yoga Center.  He is clad in a bright pink dhoti.  He performs aarti for his beloved Guru Shri Shivabalayogi Maharaj.  This vedic ritual honors the Divine, the highest love of God.  The silver platter is moved in a circular motion.  The candles burn brightly as songs [...]

June 7th, 2009
Topic: guru's Tags: , , ,

The Presence that never sleeps.

I lie in bed.  I listen to the sound of waves crashing melodically from my industrial metal night stand. They are produced from a machine designed to bring the natural world into a room without windows. The primordial Buddha sits motionless.  His beloved consort gazes up at him in ecstatic bliss. Entwined they are but [...]

June 4th, 2009
Topic: journal Tags: , , , , ,

Emotions are byproducts of the “thinking” mind.

 
Thoughts create your emotional experience.  Whatever you think produces a physiological as well as an emotional response.  Thought creates form. Whatever you think you become. Thoughts and emotions are not powerful in and of themselves but  become so when you invest them with identification.  You cannot have a single thought or emotion that does not [...]

June 1st, 2009
Topic: emotions Tags: , , ,