Meditation – 静生
Sit still and disengage normal activities.
Draw energy from the earth, Admit power from the heavens.
Fertilize the seed within;
Let it sprout into a flower of pure light.
And let brightness open the top of your head:
Divine light will come pouring in.
Your mind is empty,
Light seeps into your whole body.
Sitting cross-legged, with hands clasped, As if trying to embrace the brilliant flood, Your skin turns transparent.
How can a bag of skin hold divine magnitude?
Your last vestiges burn away in a torrent of infinity.
Only after indeterminate time do you return.
Flesh, blood, bone.
Were you gone? Or were you never here in the first place?
Where is the torrent?
It is not gone;
You've only closed to it once more.
Inhale the future, exhale the past. Witness the present. Repeat.
Achievements of the body do not matter to the soul. What we define as success is different from what the soul defines as success.
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Adore idols, altars, shrines, god(s), but don’t forget to adore the divine Self within. #spirituality #wisdom
Once you remove identification with form and name, all that remains is awareness.
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You smell that?
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When the mind is still, the world that we think we know disappears and the world as is it truly is reveals itself.
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True and total freedom is not the ability to do whatever the self wants or doesn’t want. Total freedom transcends wanting and is the ultimate reality. What freedom holds the most value to you? Live accordingly and experience what is truly real and what is not.
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When the mind has left a thought and is restrained from moving towards another thought, it comes to rest in the middle. Then, through that middle state of being, one's true nature blossoms brilliantly.
- Vigyan Bhairava Tantra, verse 62
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Buddha was once asked, "What have you gained from meditation?"
He replied, "Nothing”.
However, Buddha continued, "Let me tell you what I lost: anger, anxiety, depression, insecurity, fear of old age and death."
Enlightenment offers freedom to those that seek it.
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Look into the center of change that is manifesting in your own life. There you will find the heartbeat that permeates all existence, including yourself.
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We do not receive wisdom, we must discover it for ourselves, after a journey through the wilderness which no one else can make for us, which no one can spare us, for our wisdom is the point of view from which we come at last to regard the world. – Marcel Proust
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Love Is Understanding
IN BUDDHISM, it is said that love and compassion are made out of one substance, which is called "understanding." If you understand, you can love. But if understanding is not there, it is impossible for you to accept and love someone. Why did he act that way? Why did he say those things? You should look deeply into these questions, and then you will see the causes of what you are dealing with.
With this understanding, you stop blaming and criticizing. Your compassion is born of your understanding of the situation.
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What happiness is made of.
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The future cannot be tended to without awareness of and care for the present moment.
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"For My Ally Is The Force. And A Powerful Ally It Is. Life Creates It, Makes It Grow. It's Energy Surrounds Us And Binds Us. Luminous Beings Are We, Not This Crude Matter."
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Awareness
Outer eyes
Cannot see themselves.
The inner eye
Is its own reflection.
When we look, we can see many things, but the eyes cannot see themselves without the help of a mirror. We are not used to introspection. Although the followers of Tao say to look within to gain self-awareness, we will be confused if we use the attitudes formed by looking with our eyes.
That is why it is important to make a clear distinction early on. Do not try to understand yourself with the attitudes of physical seeing. Look within using inner vision.
For centuries, people of many different cultures have e-ferred to the "mind's eye," or the "inner eye," or the "third eye." These are all indications that there is a separate way of looking within. In meditation, it is important to discover and introspection. We must go beyond thought, go beyond visualization, go beyond imagination and actually open a part of the mind that most people leave dormant. This inner eye has a location, buried deep in the bran.
When it is opened, it is our way of receiving more subtle experiences than we receive in our physical states. Perhaps looking and seeing are misleading terms, after all. We don't necessarily "see" images through this inner eye: We gain direct awareness that is beyond the image.
With concentration, all the various aspects of the mind can be joined together into one superconscious mode. Sound is the same as sight, taste is the same as smell, touch is the same as thought, and all that we are is identical with the spiritual energy that resides within us. In this high concentration, there is complete union, and we feel the joy of total integration with all our facets. #meditation #mindfulness #sprituality #taoism #buddhism #yoga #wisdom
Next time you look in the mirror, ask yourself, “what was your face before your parents were born?” This will allow you to connect to your true self and see reality beyond concepts of life and death, I, me, us, and them.
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Aim for the 🎯 every time. Focus comes from flow.
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