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Highlights: Issue #2852, Saturday, June 23, 2007, Editor: Mark
Life is a banquet. And the tragedy is that most people are
starving to death. That's what I'm really talking about. There's
a nice story about some people who were on a raft off the coast
of Brazil perishing from thirst. They had no idea that the water
they were floating on was fresh water. The river was coming out
into the sea with such force that it went out for a couple of
miles, so they had fresh water right there where they were. But
they had no idea. In the same way, we're surrounded with joy,
with happiness, with love. Most people have no idea of this
whatsoever. The reason: They're brainwashed. The reason: They're
hypnotized; they're asleep.
- Anthony DeMello, posted to The_Now2
What the caterpillar calls the end of the world,
the master calls a butterfly.
- Richard Bach, posted to The_Now2
As the river surrenders to the Ocean,
surrender yourself to the Self, the Source.
And if you find you are still swimming on
the surface of the Ocean, stop swimming
and you will sink to the Depths of Love.
- Papaji, from The Truth Is, posted to
AlongTheWay
To become whole and world unto ourselves does not mean to go to
the mind and all its stories of lack in an attempt to clean them
up. It 's not a janitorial project. It's not a housecleaning
project, it's a departure. It's saying, "Yes, that's very
nice, sweetheart, chatter on with your bad advice, I'm going to
listen to this inner knowing; this is my new queen." This
queen of the heart. And this queen of the heart wants all of you,
not just a little bit of you, not just five minutes each day - it
wants every bit of you, your whole life. It wants you to be
dissolved in that love in every moment. And it 's only a matter
of time before you know yourself as this love because this is the
truth of what we are and who we are. Our illusions have a shelf
life, but this truth is unchanging, always here and beckoning,
beating its heartbeat to us - boom, boom. We don't have to
improve our self-esteem because the self that would have esteem
is a made-up one, and below that self that would have or would
not have esteem is this simple alive being that we are, already
completely, fully rich and whole.
To stop and simply explore being and the impulses that rise from
it may cause the mind to become impatient: "When are things
going to get going?" The mind doesn't want to slow down - it
thinks our survival is dependent upon not really being here, but
being lost in our overdoing strategies as we head for the
promised land. We are beings of such beauty and love. It
literally blows the mind when you get a glimpse into it. And this
is what the world is asking of you, to live from that essence. To
remember that. To put that on the altar of your day. To give your
precious minutes to that. Because something beautiful wants to
dance you. It's you.
- Jeannie Zandi, posted to adyashantigroup
believe me
i wasn't always like this
lacking common sense
or looking insane
like you
i used to be clever
in my days
never like this
totally enraptured
totally gone
like sharp shooters
i used to be
a hunter of hearts
not like today
with my own heart
drowning in its blood
nonstop asking and
searching for answers
that was then
but now
so deeply enchanted
so deeply enthralled
always pushing
to be ahead and above
since i was not yet hunted down
by this
ever-increasing love
- Rumi, Ghazal (Ode) 1506, translation by Nader Khalili, Rumi,
Fountain of Fire, posted to Sunlight