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Nondual Highlights Issue #2187 Wednesday, June 29, 2005
Men
and women are beautiful masks. Behind them all is the same Divine
Power who rises up gently through the six subtle centers of this
human body, giving each person a unique flavor and intensity,
unveiling through each living being a unique degree of Divine
Manifestation.
- Ramakrishna Paramahamsa, from Great Swan:
Meetings with Ramakrishna, by Lex Hixon,
Shambala, 1992, posted to AlongTheWay
Let my soul smile through my heart and my heart smile through my
eyes, that I may scatter rich smiles in sad hearts.
- Paramahansa Yogananda
You and I are not We, but One
- Meher Baba
There are many stories of difficulty. Be aware that they are
stories to avoid the absolute ease of being. Nothing can be
easier than being nothing.
- Gangaji
There is a secret behind what appears. It reveals itself in the
most unexpected moments. The undeniable sense in the stillness of
a summer's night that a star is looking back at you. A glimpse of
something profoundly captivating in the space between two
thoughts. An inexplicable occurrence of perfect peace in the
depths of excruciating pain.
Always, it takes you by surprise. The usual ways of knowing
cannot catch it. Like a bird winging across the sky it leaves no
tracks in memory. Yet it is unmistakably here, unmistakably real,
more real than anything that can be known.And once glimpsed, even
for an instant, there arises in the depths of the soul a hunger
for it, a love affair with it that will not be satisfied by
anything in this world.
It has been called a sacred hunger, the quest for truth, the
longing for God, the search for fulfillment. It is an impossible
love affair that takes everything.
- Amber Terrell
Your path lies before you. In each moment it is revealed. There
is nowhere to go. There is nothing to do. Sit still and be
patient; the secret freedom of your heart's true longing will
unravel by itself.
- Jon Bernie