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#3578 - Monday, June 29, 2009 -
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He who has found authentic peace within
himself is in a position to assist others who are still seekers,
but he who has not yet transcended mere theories and erudite
studies about peace can only give them some more thoughts to add
to the burden they already carry.
— Notebooks of Paul Brunton
posted to Wisdom-l by Tim Smith
Mind of Gold
Imagine you’re a treasure hunter. One day you discover a chunk of metal in the ground. You dig a hole, pull out the metal, take it home, and start to clean it. At first, one corner of the nugget reveals itself, bright and shining. Gradually, as you wash away the accumulated dirt and mud, the whole chunk is revealed as gold. So let me ask: Which is more valuable—the chunk of gold buried in mud, or the one you cleaned? Actually, the value is equal. Any difference between the dirty nugget and the clean is superficial.
The same can be said of natural mind. The neuronal gossip that keeps you from seeing your mind in its fullness doesn’t really change the fundamental nature of your mind. Thoughts like “I’m ugly,” “I’m stupid,” or “I’m boring” are nothing more than a kind of biological mud, temporarily obscuring the brilliant qualities of Buddha nature, or natural mind.
–Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche, from The Joy of Living
The seeker said to himself, "If I'd
known
the real meaning of this being with God,
how should I have gone searching for Him?
But that knowledge depended on this journeying:
that knowing can't be gained by thinking, no
matter how precise."
- Rumi
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Version by Camille and Kabir Helminski
"Rumi: Jewels of Remembrance"
Threshold Books, 1996
posted to Along The Way
Keep walking, though there's no place to
get to.
Don't try to see through the distances.
That's not for human beings. Move within,
but don't move the way fear makes you move.
- Rumi
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Version by Coleman Barks
"Unseen Rain"
Threshold Books, 1986 posted to Along The Way
The School of Truth
Hafiz
O fool, do something, so you won't just stand there looking dumb.
If you are not traveling and on the road, how can you call
yourself a guide?
In the School of Truth, one sits at the feet of the Master of
Love.
So listen, son, so that one day you may be an old father, too!
All this eating and sleeping has made you ignorant and fat;
By denying yourself food and sleep, you may still have a chance.
Know this: If God should shine His lovelight on your heart,
I promise you'll shine brighter than a dozen suns.
And I say: wash the tarnished copper of your life from your
hands;
To be Love's alchemist, you should be working with gold.
Don't sit there thinking; go out and immerse yourself in God's
sea.
Having only one hair wet with water will not
put knowledge in that head.
For those who see only God, their vision
Is pure, and not a doubt remains.
Even if our world is turned upside down and blown over by the
wind,
If you are doubtless, you won't lose a thing.
O Hafiz, if it is union with the Beloved that you seek,
Be the dust at the Wise One's door, and speak!
From: 'Drunk on the Wine of the Beloved'
Thomas Rain Crowe
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gill
http://allspirit.co.uk
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