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Nondual Highlights Issue #2585, Friday, September 15, 2006
It seems that during one of Mrs. Gandhi's difficult periods as
Prime Minister, she decided to consult the Shankaraycharya, for
whom she had great respect. She invited the journalist friend to
accompany her on the trip to the ashram, and they flew to a
nearby airport in a private jet from New Delhi. Mrs. Gandhi went
in for her audience with the holy man while the journalist waited
outside. After about an hour or so, she emerged from the room,
and she and the journalist boarded the plane. She seemed to the
journalist to be unusually quiet and serene. He ventured to ask,
'How did it go in there?' Mrs. Gandhi replied, 'It was wonderful.
I put forth all my questions, and he answered every one of them,
but neither of us spoke a word.'
- Catherine Ingram
i am such a chatter-box at times, have to give an opinion 'bout
what anyone says, i agree or don't agree, some comment that lets
all know dg exists, she's there, in that body with a tongue that
can spiel off nonsense.. Wonder what would happen if i shut it up
a bit today, made true "listening," prime response to
all conversation.. would that not be true loving?
Last night, Sue saw a woman who works at the monastery sitting on
a stool with slumped shoulders and spontaneously took the woman
in her arms, with no words. The woman nestled on Sue's chest, and
they stayed like that for minutes, then gently separated and
smiled at each other. The woman then reached for Sue and put her
head back on Sue's chest, and whispered, "I need this."
Don't we all need to just be held sometimes with no talk? Maybe
that would be a fine practice today - to cut the chatter and just
love everyone we meet.
like i love you,
dharma grandmother, posted to DailyDharma
Meditation and self-discipline
are not all that's needed, nor even
a deep longing to go through
the door of freedom.
You may dissolve in contemplation,
as salt does in water,
but there's something more
that must happen.
- Lalla, from Naked Song, version by Coleman Barks, posted
to AlongTheWay
O You who proclaim yourselves
the Yogis of knowledge
Who search after knowledge
in books .
. You do not know
Your Own Hearts.
There ...
You should search
after the Light of 'knowledge'
Knowing the unique 'Being'
Who 'is'
Knowledge
There is nothing else than this Truth.
- Sivavakkiyar, posted to Mystic_Spirit
When love is associated with thoughts, it becomes truth; when
love is introduced into your activities, your actions become
righteous; when your feelings are saturated with love, your heart
is filled with supreme peace; and when you allow love to guide
your understanding and reasoning, then your intelligence becomes
saturated with a deep respect and caring for all life, and you
manifest the quality of nonviolence. Therefore, love is truth,
love is right action, love is peace, love is nonviolence. For all
these noble human qualities love is the undercurrent. If your
thoughts are not filled with love, there will be no truth. If
there is no love in your actions, righteousness will not be
present. If you do not feel love in your heart, there will be no
peace. And if you do not base your understanding on love,
nonviolence will not establish itself in your intellect. .
- Sai Baba
'I am' itself is God.
The seeking itself is God.
In seeking you discover that you are neither
the body nor the mind, and the love of the self
in you is for the self in all. The two are one.
The consciousness in you and the consciousness in me,
apparently two, really one,
seek unity and that is love.
- Nisargadatta