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The Bhagavad Gita; “Those who realize true wisdom, rapt within this clear awareness, see me as the universe’s origin, imperishable.
All their words and all their actions issue from the depths of worship; held in my embrace, they know me as a woman knows her lover.
Creatures rise, creatures vanish; I alone am real, Arjuna, looking out, amused, from deep within the eyes of every creature.
I am the object of all knowledge, father of the world, its mother, source of all things, of impure and pure, of holiness and horror.
I am the goal, the root, the witness, home and refuge, dearest friend, creation and annihilation, everlasting seed and treasure.
I am the radiance of the sun, I open or withhold the rainclouds, I am immortality and death, am being and non-being.
I am the Self, Arjuna, seated in the heart of every creature. I am the origin, the middle, and the end that all must come to.
Those who worship me sincerely with their minds and bodies, giving up their whole lives in devotion, find in me their heart’s fulfillment.
Even those who do not know me, if their actions are straightforward, just, and loving, venerate me with the truest kind of worship.
All your thoughts, all your actions, all your fears and disappointments, offer them to me, clear-hearted; know them all as passing visions.
Thus you free yourself from bondage, from both good and evil karma; through your non-attachment, you embody me, in utter freedom.
I am justice: clear, impartial, favoring no one, hating no one. But in those who have cured themselves of selfishness, I shine with brilliance.
Even murderers and rapists, tyrants, the most cruel fanatics, ultimately know redemption through my love, if they surrender
to my harsh but healing graces. Passing through excruciating transformations, they find freedom and their hearts find peace within them.
I am always with all beings; I abandon no one. And however great your inner darkness, you are never separate from me.
Let your thoughts flow past you, calmly; keep me near, at every moment; trust me with your life, because I am you, more than you yourself are.”
John 17:22-24: "I have given to them the glory and honor which You have given Me, that they may be one, just as We are one; I in them and You in Me, that they may be perfected and completed into one, so that the world may know [without any doubt] that You sent Me, and [that You] have loved them, just as You have loved Me. Father, I desire that they also, whom You have given to Me [as Your gift to Me], may be with Me where I am, so that they may see My glory which You have given Me, because You loved Me before the foundation of the world."
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Dante; “This mountain of release is such that the ascent’s most painful at the start, below; the more you rise, the milder it will be. And when the slope feels gentle to the point that climbing up sheer rock is effortless as though you were gliding downstream in a boat, then you will have arrived where this path ends.”
Longchenpa - The Practice of Dzogchen: Longchen Rabjam's Writings on the Great Perfection - selections from the Counsel for Liberation; "Have good thoughts to all equally, inwardly and outwardly. Bringing others to Dharma with harmonious conduct and pleasing speech, Renounce anger, quarreling, and harsh words. Try to be as agreeable to others as you can.
Do not answer harshness with harshness. Always be open-minded and less anxious. Don't hurt others. Instead, help them as much as you can. Keep your mind pure without any deception or pretentiousness.
Don't forget the kindness of good people. Maintain long-lasting friendships and be easy to be with. Check the worth of all activities [before doing them]. Minimize expectations in people, whether they are important or not. Don't be arrogant when you are prosperous. Don't disturb the minds of others. Relinquish the pain of jealousy. Don't be competitive with others. Abandon anger, attachment, and fighting.
Don't be contemptuous of others. Rather, be calm and disciplined. Don't be too disheartened when you are poor or in decline. Examine your past deeds, and don't blame others. Don't fall into evil. Maintain modesty and a sense of humility. Stand on your own feet and rely on virtuous deeds."
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"Everything tends towards disorder." - The Second Law of Thermodynamics
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Remember, if you don’t sin, then Jesus died for nothing.
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#28370946 - 06/23/23 05:53 AM (7 months, 2 days ago) |
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"The Moving Finger writes;and, having writ, Moves on; nor all thy Piety nor Wit Shall lure it back to cancel half a Line, Nor all thy Tears wash out a Word of it."
Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
"With the Tablet He created the Pen to write His commandments. The Pen is as long as the distance between Heaven and Earth. It has a thinking head and a personality, and as soon as it had come into existance, God ordered it: 'Write!' The Pen asked: 'What shall I write, my Lord?' God said: 'Destiny.' Since that moment, the Pen has been busy writing on the Tablet all the deeds of men."
Swahili mythology, from a collection by Jan Knappert
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Victor Frankl; "We must never forget that we may also find meaning in life even when confronted with a hopeless situation, when facing a fate that cannot be changed. For what then matters is to bear witness to the uniquely human potential at its best, which is to transform a personal tragedy into a triumph, to turn one’s predicament into a human achievement. When we are no longer able to change a situation—just think of an incurable disease such as inoperable cancer—we are challenged to change ourselves."
Lama Thubten Yeshe - The Bliss of Inner Fire: Heart Practice of the Six Yogas of Naropa - PART ONE - The Six Yogas of Naropa - 1. Tantra and Inner Fire; "Look at Milarepa. I doubt that you have created more negative karma than he did; he killed many people when he was young. But because of his inner strength, he was also able to develop perfect renunciation, perfect bodhicitta, perfect right view, perfect Six Yogas of Naropa. He said good-bye to samsara. Milarepa is a good example for us. Look around in the world. Sometimes those who are successful at samsara, who create strong negativity, can also be successful at liberation. On the other hand, those who don’t have success at samsara can’t be successful at liberation either."
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Unknown; "You cannot force someone to comprehend a message that they are not ready to receive. Still, you must never underestimate the power of planting a seed."
Alan Watts - Swimming Headless; "Now, the best kind of heart is absence of heart. In English, the word “heartless” has a very bad connotation, as does the word “mindless.” A heartless person is an inconsiderate, unfeeling person. A mindless person is an idiot. But a person who has mushin, or no mind or no heart in Chinese, is a very high order of person. It means that his psychic center doesn’t get in its own way. It operates as if it wasn’t there. Zhuang Zhou says that the highest form of man uses his xīn like a mirror: it grasps nothing, it refuses nothing, it receives but does not keep. And the poem says when the geese fly over the water and they are reflected in the water, that the geese do not intend to cast their reflection and the water has no mind to retain their image. So the whole thing is, you see, to operate in the world as if you were absent."
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Cowell and Rouse - The Jataka - Vol. VI - p. 110; "He who has eyes can see the sickening sight; Why does not Brahmi set his creatures right? If his wide power no limits can restrain, Why is his hand so rarely spread to bless? Why are his creatures all condemned to pain? Why does he not to all give happiness? Why do fraud, lies and ignorance prevail? Why triumphs falsehood—truth and justice fail?"
Nisargadatta Maharaj - The Wisdom-Teachings of; "Know what you are before knowing anything else. Have the firm conviction that you are pure Consciousness. This should be done spontaneously; there is no other way. True religion is the religion of the Self. It lies in searching for one’s true nature and stabilizing oneself there. Only the religion of one’s true nature will last to the end."
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Hildegard of Bingen - Song to the Creator; "You, all-accomplishing Word of the Father, are the light of primordial daybreak over the spheres. You, the foreknowing mind of divinity, foresaw all your works as you willed them, your prescience hidden in the heart of your power, your power like a wheel around the world, whose circling never began and never slides to an end."
Aeschylus; "The truth Has to be melted out of our stubborn lives By suffering. Nothing speaks the truth, Nothing tells us how things really are, Nothing forces us to know What we do not want to know Except pain. And this is how the gods declare their love."
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Confucius; "‘May I ask,’ said Yen Hui, ‘in what consists the fasting of the heart?’ ‘Cultivate unity,’ replied Confucius. ‘You do your hearing, not with your ears, but with your mind; not with your mind, but with your very soul, But let the hearing stop with the ears. Let the working of the mind stop with itself. Then the soul will be a negative existence, passively responsive to externals. In such a negative existence, only Tao can abide. And that negative state is the fasting of the heart.’ ‘Then,’ said Yen Hui, ‘the reason I could not get the use of this method is my own individuality. If I could get the use of it, my individuality would have gone. Is this what you mean by the negative state?’ ‘Exactly so,’ replied the Master."
Jeremiah 31:33-34: “I have put my truth in your innermost mind, and I have written it in your heart. No longer does a man need to teach his brother about God. For all of you know Me, from the most ignorant to the most learned, from the poorest to the most powerful.”
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Jalāl al-Dīn Muḥammad Rūmī; "I died a mineral and became a plant, I died a plant and rose an animal, I died an animal and I was man. Why should I fear? When was I less by dying? Yet once more I shall die as man, to soar With the blessed angels; but even from angelhood I must pass on. All except God perishes. When I have sacrificed my angel soul, I shall become that which no mind ever conceived. O, let me not exist! for Non-existence proclaims, “To him we shall return.”"
The Adi Mantra; "I bow to the Creative Wisdom, I bow to the Divine Teacher within."
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Christopher D. Wallis - Tantra Illuminated: The Philosophy, History, and Practice of a Timeless Tradition - The Philosophy of Nondual Śaiva Tantra - THEODICY; "Consciousness, we learn, is innately autonomous by nature. Since it is the first principle, it is subject to no limitations; rather, any and all limitations are produced by it as the framework in which it moves. It is free to exist in any mode, which is why no one else has the power to determine your inner state. Naturally, when Consciousness embodies itself as a universe, that universe will also display the same nature of openness to any and every possibility: a wide-open playing field. What mechanism could there be to impede the expression of contracted forms of consciousness while simultaneously allowing the expression of expanded forms? In fact, it is crucial that all forms of consciousness have the power of self-expression, because that is the primary mode through which consciousness learns about itself. If the consequences of ignorance were not permitted to arise, how would it mature into wisdom?"
Wu Hsin - Behind the Mind; "All thinking is imaginary because the person talking to you is imaginary. There is no self talking to yourself; in fact, there also is no “yourself”. Stay a time in silence. Do not accept these words; look for yourself for “yourself”."
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#28379654 - 06/29/23 11:53 PM (6 months, 26 days ago) |
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"The giant in front of you is never bigger than the God inside of you." - Christine Caine.
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Ojibway prayer; "Grandfather, Look at our brokenness. We know that in all creation Only the human family Has strayed from the Sacred Way. We know that we are the ones Who are divided And we are the ones Who must come together To walk in the Sacred Way. Grandfather, Sacred one, Teach us love, compassion, and honor. That we may heal the earth And heal each other."
Self-Arising Primordial Awareness tantra (rigpa rang shar) - selections from; "Previously, before me, there were neither buddhas nor ordinary beings. How, then, could there be a path or accomplishment? There is not a single thing that does not come from me. I am supreme emptiness. The five elements develop from me; I am the great master of the elements. I am the ancestor of all buddhas. Previously, before me, there was not even the name "buddha." I am the perfection of skillful means. Since I have no characteristics, my mind does not vacillate. I am the tomb of all buddhas; they are buried in me, the unchanging burial ground. I am the dwelling place of all ordinary beings; their habitual patterns manifest as bodies. I am inalienable sublime knowing. Outer, inner, and secret are perfect in me. I am the embodiment of the vajra heart essence. Buddhas are born from me. I am the ultimate meaning of unborn awareness. I am free of being a phenomenon with substance. Since I have no characteristics, I raise beings from the grave. Since innate responsiveness arises from me, I am beyond any talk of emptiness. Since what is to be illuminated comes from me, I illuminate the darkness. . . . Within the essence of ultimate truth, there is no buddha or ordinary being. Since awareness cannot be reified, Given that it does not dwell in emptiness, it abides in its own state of supreme bliss. The majestic ruler of all buddhas, is understood to be one's own awareness. This monarch, naturally manifest awareness, is present in everyone, but no one realizes it."
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#28380095 - 06/30/23 11:49 AM (6 months, 25 days ago) |
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Oren Lyons - chief of the Onondaga - informed the United Nations in 1977; "All life is equal, we forget and we consider ourselves superior, but we are after all a mere part of the Creation .... We must continue to understand where we are .... We stand between the mountain and the ant ... as part and parcel of the Creation. It is our responsibility, since we have been given the minds to take care of these things."
Dogen; "What has been called “the sutras” is the whole Universe in the ten directions itself; there is no time or place that is not the sutras. They use . . . the words and letters of the heavens above and the human world; they use the words and letters of the world of animals and the world of angry demons; they use the words and letters of the hundred weeds and the ten thousand trees."
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Abdu’l-Baha - The Promulgation of Universal Peace - p. 373; "The second teaching of Baha’u’llah is the principle of the oneness of the world of humanity. God is one; His servants are, likewise, one. God has created all; He is kind to all. Inasmuch as He is such a tender Father to all, why should His children disagree? Why should they war and fight? Like the Heavenly Father we must live in love and unity. Man is the temple of God, the image and likeness of the Lord. Surely if one should destroy the temple of God, he will incur the displeasure of the Creator. For this reason, we must live together in amity and love. Baha’u’llah has addressed the world of humanity, saying, “Verily, ye are the fruits of one tree and the leaves of one branch.” This signifies that the entire world of humanity is one tree. The various nations and peoples are the branches of that tree. Individual members of mankind are represented by the twigs and blossoms. Why should these parts of the same tree manifest strife and discord toward each other?"
Byron Katie - Loving What Is: Four Questions That Can Change Your Life; "As long as you think that the cause of your problem is “out there” —as long as you think that anyone or anything is responsible for your suffering— the situation is hopeless. It means that you are forever in the role of victim, that you’re suffering in paradise."
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Shabistari; "“I” and “you” are but the lattices, In the niches of a lamp Through which the One Light shines. “I” and “you” are the veil Between heaven and earth; Lift this veil and you will see No longer the bonds of sects and creeds."
Thich Nhat Hanh - Reconciliation: Healing the Inner Child - Four - Learning from Suffering; "There’s a tendency in us to run away from suffering. There’s a natural tendency in us to seek pleasure and to avoid suffering. We have to instruct our mind that suffering can sometimes be very helpful. We can even speak of “the goodness of suffering.” Thanks to the suffering, we begin to understand. And because we understand, we can accept, we can love. Without understanding and love there cannot be any happiness. So suffering has to do with happiness. We should not be afraid of suffering. We should be able to hold our suffering and look deeply into it, hold it tenderly and learn from it. We need to know that we can learn from suffering. The goodness of suffering is something real. Without suffering there cannot be happiness. Without mud there cannot be any lotus flowers. So if you know how to suffer, suffering is okay. And the moment you have that attitude, you don’t suffer much anymore. And out of suffering, a lotus flower of happiness can open."
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Robert Frager and James Fadiman - Essential Sufism - Introduction; "According to an old Sufi story, one day some of the children of Israel went up to Moses and said, “You talk to God. Please tell him that we want to invite him to dinner.” Moses became extremely angry. He said that God does not eat or come to dinner. But the next time Moses went up to Mt. Sinai, God said to him, “Why didn’t you inform me of my dinner invitation from my servants?” Moses said, “But my Lord, You don’t eat. You don’t answer foolish invitations like this.” God replied, “Keep what you know between you and Me. Tell them that I will come in answer to their invitation.” So Moses came down from Mt. Sinai and announced that God was coming to dinner after all. Of course, they all, including Moses, prepared an incredible feast. While they were busy cooking the finest dishes and preparing everything, an old man unexpectedly showed up. He was poor and hungry, and he asked for something to eat. The busy cooks said, “No, no, we are waiting for God. When God comes, we will all eat. Why don’t you make yourself useful and help fetch water from the well?” They gave nothing to this poor man. Time passed, but God did not appear. Moses became terribly embarrassed and did not know what to tell everyone. The next day Moses went up on Mt. Sinai and said, “God, what are you doing to me? I’m trying to convince everybody that you exist. You said you would come to our feast, and then you never showed up. Nobody is going to believe me anymore!” God replied, “But I did come. If you had fed my poor servant, you would have fed me.” God said, “I, who cannot be fit into all the universes, fit into the heart of my believing servant.” When you serve one of God’s servants, you serve God. Not only the prophets, but also the saints can be called God’s servants. The general principle is that when you serve the created, you serve the Creator."
The Gospel of Thomas - 83; "Jesus says:
(1) "The images are visible to humanity, but the light within them is hidden in the image.
(2) The light of the Father will reveal itself, but his image is hidden by his light.""
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Plato; “Wist thou not that the sun thou seest is but a reflection of the Sun behind the veil?”
Ramesh Menon - The Complete Mahabharata: Volume 1-12 - Volume 5 - SRIMAD BHAGAVAD GITA - CANTO 26 - Samkhya yoga: The way of Samkhya; "I have told you about samkhya; to the yoga of buddhi now listen; yoke your intellect with this, Partha, the bonds of karma put to sword. In battle, with this, there is no-one killed, no sin to consider; even the least bit of this dharma preserves from great fear. In the resolute soul, the mind is one, joy of the Kurus; many-branched and unending are the thoughts of the irresolute. With these memorised flowery words those of small vision eulogise the panegyrics of the Veda, Partha, saying nothing else exists. Their hearts of desire, swarga their ideal, the rewards of births and rites they seek; frequent, unvarying rituals, to have pleasure and power, they perform. To pleasure and power attached, their thoughts beguiled by these; with devoted mind to attain samadhi they do not strive. With matters of the three gunas the Vedas deal; be without the three gunas, Arjuna: free from duality; always established in sattva, unattached, serene.
As much use as in a well to a deluge of water everywhere: so much in all the Vedas to a Brahmana of enlightenment. You surely have the right to do your karma, not to its fruit, at any time; the fruit of karma should not become your motive, nor be attached to sloth. Steadfast in yoga, do your duty, renouncing attachment, Dhananjaya; success and failure becoming the same: that equanimity is called yoga. Far inferior is ritual to the yoked mind, Dhananjaya; in wisdom seek refuge: pitiful are those driven by gain. Mind yoked, you can be free here of both good and evil; so, to yoga devote yourself; yoga is genius at karma.
Performing karma, mind devoted, but its fruit renouncing, wise men, from the bondage of birth entirely freed, come to the place of no sickness. When beyond this chaos of illusions your mind passes, then you will arrive at indifference to what you have heard and what you will hear. By the srutis confused: when your mind becomes still, unmoving, in samadhi permanently, then you will find yoga.”"
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Tulsi Ram - RIGVEDA Vol. I - 10. Introduction; "It was the state of Zero Absolute, The Hour beyond the hour. No night, no day, no life nor death, No existence, nor no-existence, Darkness beyond the dark. Silence, mother of speech, Void, mother of space and time, THAT One beyond the name, Breathing alone without breath Ever awake. The flow consumed in the point of no dimensions Potential Infinity. This is Vision beyond the vision of mind, the mystery of Rgveda. Between this point of Potential Infinity for creation and the time of cosmic dissolution there is the evolutionary and involuntary interplay of natural forces Agni, Indra, Soma, Pusha, Vaishvanara, Ashvins, Savita, Maruts, Sarasvati, heaven and earth, and the social dynamics of humanity for four billion and three hundred and twenty million years, a drama of infinite variety, ultimately all sucked in into the mysterious Black Hole, and then the breath out, back again. So, says Rgveda, be good, do good, and make the world noble."
Plotinus - The Enneads - VI - Books 6-9; "Those who believe that the world of being is governed by luck or chance and that it depends upon material causes are far removed from the divine and from the notion of the One."
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