March 2011
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“Be like a medieval knight walking weaponless in a forest of swords. Be like a...”
– Thich Nhat Hanh
February 2011
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“The things that you own end up owning you.”
– Tyler Durden
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A Simple Daily Meditation
If you have never meditated before and want to learn, this is the technique to start with.
Pledge ten minutes a day to sitting in a comfortable position in a comfortable place. Eyes open. Just be present and attend to the sense ‘I am’. Watch and look at your surroundings. Watch your thoughts. Catch and release them. Don’t give any one thought more attention than a moment and...
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“External objects do not exist,
Mind appears as various things,
Such as bodies,...”
– Buddha (via wisdomnectar)
Nondual perspective
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Radiohead’s new tune Little by Little....
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“Directly upon encountering the dharma, we will abandon the law of the world. ~...”
– Our laws need to be enforced by one “authority” or another. They’re a good thing, but they are breakable and they are generally a reflection of cultural norms.
The dharma is immutable, the dharma is science. The dharma is gravity, the gravity of Newton and the gravity of...
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Western Yoga?
Questioner: Am I allowed to smoke in your presence? I know that it is not the custom to smoke before a sage and more so for a woman.
Nisargadatta: By all means, smoke, nobody will mind. We understand.
Q: I feel the need of cooling down.
N: It is very often so with Americans and Europeans. After a stretch of sadhana they become charged with energy and frantically seek an outlet. They organize communities, become teachers of Yoga, marry, write books--anything except keeping quiet and turning their energies within, to find the source of the inexhaustible power and learn the art of keeping it under control.
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“Pray constantly for Grace. If the mind surrenders by not trying to analyze...”
– ~ Sri Shivarudrabalayogi
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“Actually, your mind is connected to the Divine, just like the sun’s rays come...”
– ~ Sri Shivarudrabalayogi
“People are often unreasonable and self-centered. Forgive them anyway.
If you...”
– Mother Teresa (via urmi7)
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“Truth is not a reward for good behaviour, nor a prize for passing some tests. It...”
– ~ Nisargadatta on silence
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“Every moment should be a birthday.”
– ~ Hathanath (taoster) on being reborn every moment, ever present.
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“Trust the teacher. Take my own case. My guru ordered me to attend to the sense...”
– ~ Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj on all you need to become self-realized
Initiation
Questioner: Who gives the ultimate initiation?
Sri Nisargadatta: It is self-given.
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“The world is like a mirror you see? Smile and your friends smile back.”
– Zen saying (via helloyoshi)
Friends could and does mean many more things that what it simply connotes. The world loves nothing more than a happy, selfless smile.
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“Nothing of value can happen to a mind which knows exactly what it wants. For...”
– ~ Quote from Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
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“Slogan 2: Regard all dharmas as dreams.”
– ~ Second slogan of lojong mind-training.
“This slogan challenges our desire to make our world solid and reliable—solid objects, solid self, solid views, solid ideologies, solid opinions, solid relationships, solid everything!
We take ourselves and our world so seriously. Things seem so...
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cosmoasis asked: kam, kham, gam, gham, ngam, cham, chham, jam, jham, nyam, tam and tham
from Wikipedia's entry on the Anahata Chakra.
think i might say this as a mantra for the purification of intent. They match the vrittis of lust, fraud, indecision, repentance, hope, anxiety, longing, impartiality, arrogance, incompetence, discrimination and defiance.
what do you...
from Wikipedia's entry on the Anahata Chakra.
think i might say this as a mantra for the purification of intent. They match the vrittis of lust, fraud, indecision, repentance, hope, anxiety, longing, impartiality, arrogance, incompetence, discrimination and defiance.
what do you...
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Expounding on the Heart! ~ Avoiding Amnesia of the...
It irks me that tumblr lacks a reply button for the occasional comment on a post. I wanted to address the very relevant question: how are you supposed to drop the mind in a world that revolves around the mind?
This question is important. I can give an answer, my answer, but it is better to scream the query into the Grand Canyon and hear the world echo its answer back. Usually at the last moment...
“I came to set the earth on fire, and what do I wish? That it were already...”
– Yeshu, from The Gospel of Luke, chapter 12 (via yeshuyoga)
xeperu asked: Hey there. I checked out your blog. Many inspiring words and confirmations here. Good luck on your journey, friend!
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“Drop the mind and open the heart.”
– A kriya teaching that parallels my study of lojong mind-training. Our minds are powerful and they lead us to amazing places, but to actually be in those places we must let go and experience. The sword of the mind, or analysis and judgement, is of use but not of value. Unconditional joy and...
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“Dream as if you’ll live forever, live as if you’ll die tomorrow.”
– James Dean on youthful life-loving optimism
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dontgetsnarky asked: So is your quest self-driven, or are you becoming a monk?
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