Jeff Foster

 

“Awakening brings with it two stunning realizations: That there is nothing and nobody to blame for unhappiness, ever… No parent, no boss, no event, no ‘mistake’, no bodily ‘problem’, no government, no authority figure, no substance, no presence or absence of that which is wanted or unwanted… And true joy and contentment are without cause, and never dependent on circumstances. There is no excuse for misery, and no excuse required for joy. This kind of radical freedom and responsibility (or lack of it) can be dizzying and even terrifying at first, and bring with it profound existential uncertainty. “Nobody to blame anymore? Nothing external can make me happy? Then what’s it all about? Why do I bother? Who the hell am I?” But stick with the uncertainty, Friends… Allow the ground beneath you to open up. Be here. Breathe. Remember that only the false can die. Free fall into wonder. Taste the delight in life, naked.”

Challenges BY UNKNOWN AUTHOR

 

Know that Challenges, trials and tribulations are a part of life, especially in this age of Kali Yuga. Scriptures are filled with devotees who underwent one challenge after the other; but did not give up chanting his holy name, or their faith/trust in the Lord didn’t shake. That is in itself a form of gratitude. So remember that Disappointments draw us near God enabling us to trust him in greater degree. You are supposed to know that it’s just a phase...just a single phase.

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The ankh symbol meaning:

 

Maryflor

 Sometimes, we think so much about the reflections that life can bring that we end up forgetting to live it. Instead of looking for complex explanations in everything, why not just take the time to feel? Life will be lighter and happier that way.

Sri Ramana Maharshi ~ Day by Day 29-05-46

 

Ashṭāvakra

 

“You do not consist of the elements - earth, water, fire, air or even ether. To be liberated, know yourself as consisting of consciousness, the witness of these.”

Zhuangzi and Ashtavakra

Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj ~ "I Am That"

 

Ramana Maharshi

 “The world is a dream, but the dreamer is real. Realize the dreamer and be free."

Swami Vivekananda

 "Arise, awake, and stop not till the goal is reached—the goal of knowing thy infinite nature."

Carl Jung, On the Psychological Aspects of the Mother Archetype

“The great mother is uroboric: terrible and devouring, beneficent and creative; she is a helper, but also alluring and destructive; a maddening enchantress, yet, a bringer of wisdom; she is both bestial and divine; voluptuous harlot and inviolable virgin, immemorially old, and eternally young.”

Elizabeth U. Harding, Kali: The Black Goddess of Dakshineswar

 

“After Ma Kali has been officially put to bed, the priest in charge of locking up purifies the inner shrine by sprinkling Ganges water all around. He waves incense in front of Kali’s bed and bows down to her, his head touching the marble floor. Then he closes and locks the inner and outer doors to the Kali Temple.”

Paramahansa Yogananda, Solving the Mystery of Life

 So, find Him. You will never be happy until you do. That is the keynote of life. He is calling you. Each one of you who is sympathetic with that thought has responded to the wisdom-call of God within you; and that is why you are herE in this temple today.

e in this temple today.

Rumi

Brother stand the pain; Escape the poison of your impulses. The sky will bow to your beauty, if you do. Learn to light the candle. Rise with the sun. Turn away from the cave of your sleeping. That way a thorn expands to a rose. A particular glows with the universal~~~Rumi

Here it is that we approach that attitude of the self, that point of view, which is loosely and generally called mystical. Here, instead of those broad blind alleys which philosophy showed us, a certain type of mind has always discerned three straight and narrow ways going out towards the Absolute. In religion, in pain, and in beauty—and not only in these, but in many other apparently useless peculiarities of the empirical world and of the perceiving consciousness—these persons insist that they recognize at least the fringe of the real. —Evelyn Underhill

Mysticallion the Author

There is only Presence and Its projections.

These are not-two.

There is only Consciousness and Its content.

These are not-two.

There is only Awareness and Its display.

These are not-two.

This is the fundamental structure of Reality.

It can be immediately apprehended and directly experienced. Because you, too, are Reality.

This process of examination, elimination and evolution is called Mysticism. It comes in many different forms, but it is universal to humanity. Because it is the most precious, precise, powerful and important undertaking a human being can pursue.

THE NOBLEST PRAYER...

 

Katty Ananda Bhagavan

Don't be deluted by the outer diversity, learn to ignore all that upsets you, all that disturbs your inner peace, give it no attention. Don't be overwhelmed by the outside, for beneath the surface, beyond all that the earthly eyes see, there is the same essence in all that exists

"One True Self ~ That Is God"

So stay close to yourself, let the outer world be what it is, don't react, just let it go .. Don't try to change the world ..

"Abide In The Absolute Self"

There is but one goal ~ Abide in God ~

Offer this cup of life to God, for it is His

Be love, kind & gentle towards All that is

~ Abide Eternally In The Heart of God ~

Robert Adams, T163: Silence Is The Ultimate Reality

Where there is noise, there's death. Where there is silence, there's life. True silence doesn't mean just to keep quiet. True silence really means when you go deep, deep within yourself to that place where nothing is happening, where you transcend time and space, and you go into a brand new dimension of nothingness. That's where all the power is. That's your real home. That's where you really belong, in deep silence, where there's no good and bad, no right and wrong, nobody trying to become enlightened or self-realized, no one trying to achieve anything.

Just being. Pure being. Not being this, or that, or something else, just being. Not even being your self, for there is really no self to become. I won't even say that you are the self already, because in reality there is no self at all. Those are more words to try to explain what God is, what pure awareness is, what absolute reality is. We call this the self. But what are these words to you? What do they mean to you? They're even in your way. You have to get to the point where you stop using so many words.

The Line of Vedic Civilization

This is an extempore Composition (the Atma-Shatakam) that brought out the Advaita Vedanta philosophy – the essence of which is that "Nirvana" is complete equanimity, peace, tranquility, freedom and joy. "Atma" is the True Self.

PAPAJI

 

 Aphorisms of Saints

“Once the core of Spirituality is realised, one can easily face any calamity in life.”

-Her Holiness Anjali Gadgil

As one realises all the perspectives and cause and effect behind events, one is able to accept the situations in life. Understanding about destiny, the law of karma, and spiritual distress are some of the aspects which undermine the core of spirituality which help one face any situation in life calmly.

Rudolf Steiner. GA 105. Stuttgart. 1908

 

Harmony of the Spheres

We can perceive that solar power that descends on the bodies of plants when they grow from the earth with all their roots and leaves, with their final flower, which is washed by the astral body, and in which the spiritual forces of the Sun act; you can perceive them as the spiritual music of the spheres, but this music, of course, can be heard by the spiritual ears.

Spiritual sounds mysteriously penetrate the flower of the plant.

This is the secret of plant life.

... In the seed, the spirit remains hidden, mysterious, but when the seed develops into a plant, then this conditioned and well-fed sound creates the shape of the plant. Looking at our plant kingdom, clairvoyant consciousness sees in the flowers a carpet of the earth's surface, a reflection of solar sounds; therefore, he correctly told Goethe: “The sun sounds in an ancient way.” - So we see how the Universe and the Earth, an immovable star and a planet are spiritually connected.

Ashtavakra Gita 11.6

 

Khalil Gibran

 The appearance of things changes according to the emotions; and thus we see magic and beauty in them, while the magic and beauty are really in ourselves.

Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche

 “Like writing on water, thoughts and feelings vanish if not held onto.” The natural state is not opposed to thoughts—it is simply untouched by them. To not grasp is to allow the river of mind to flow without dam or defense. Nothing needs to be erased. Only the hand that holds must release.

Swami Vivekananda

''The more we grow in love and virtue and holiness, the more we see love and virtue and holiness outside. All condemnation of others really condemns ourselves. Adjust the microcosm (which is in your power to do) and the macrocosm will adjust itself for you. It is like the hydrostatic paradox, one drop of water can balance the universe. We cannot see outside what we are not inside.''

Sat-chit-ananda

Sat-chit-ananda is a Sanskrit term that describes the nature of reality as it is conceptualized in Hindu and yogic philosophy. Some consider sat-chit-ananda to be the same as God or Brahman (Absolute Reality). Others use it as a term to describe the experience of realizing the unity and wholeness of all existence. It is said that sat-chit-ananda is the source of all consciousness and all perfection. To experience sat-chit-ananda is to achieve the ultimate goal of the spiritual journey in Hinduism or yoga.

Swami Sarvapriyananda

 "Non-duality means there's no 'other' to unite with; you are already the whole."

Ralph Waldo Emerson

 "What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us."

Your acts of kindness are iridescent wings of divine love, which linger and continue to uplift others long after your sharing.

Rumi

Image: “Prince Subuddhi in the Forest of Illusion” by Amardas Bhatti (1830).

Osho

 "Love has no purpose.

Beauty has no purpose.

Blissfulness has no purpose. Things which are in the category of purpose are mundane...."

OSHO

 

Wu Hsin

“The mirage of an egg cannot be shattered by any mallet. Likewise, the mirage of a separate self cannot be shattered by any individual. The individual is, itself, the mirage.”

"Embrace conflict, reject authority" ~ William Blake

 

Paramahamsa Yogananda

 "Through the portals of silence, the healing sun of wisdom and peace will shine upon you."

Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche - The Heart Treasure of the Enlightened Ones

 "The world and beings change direction every moment like stalks of wheat swaying to and fro in the wind, and what was true this morning is untrue by this evening.

Untimely rain, snow, hail, heat, and cold upset the natural course of the seasons.

Seeing all this, we must understand that there is no point in being excessively glad when something good happens to us, as it may well turn into its opposite at any time; and we must also understand that there is no point in being too depressed by bad circumstances, as our difficulties are minute compared to those endured by countless beings in the lower realms."

NOW...

 

Ashtavakra Gita

 “Shining is your essential nature, and you are nothing other than that.”