Profound and tranquil, free from complexity,
Uncompounded luminous clarity,
Beyond the mind of conceptual ideas;
This is the depth of the mind of the buddhas.
In this, there is not a thing to be removed,
Nor anything that needs to be added.
It is merely the immaculate,
Looking naturally at itself.
~Nyoshul Khen Rinpoche
The tart and hearty grapes, destined to ripen,
will at last become one in heart
by the breath of the masters of heart.
They will grow steadily to grapehood,
shedding duality and malice and strife.
till in maturity, they rend their skins,
and become the mellow wine of union.
-Rumi, M, 11, 3723-25
From: ‘The Knowing Heart – A Sufi Path of Transformation’
by [...]
There is no way to ask the question that a nondual sophist
cannot twist into anything s/he wants. As Harsha reminded us,
even Mr Clinton has enough nondual lingo to say, “It depends
what the meaning of ‘is’ is.”
This is not the department of straight answers. That’s down the
hall. You will have to take these answers for whatever [...]
From: ‘When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times’
by Pema Chodron
“We think that if we just meditated enough or jogged enough
or ate perfect food, everything would be perfect. But from
the point of view of someone who is awake, that’s death.
Seeking security or perfection, rejoicing in feeling confirmed
and whole, self-contained and comfortable, [...]
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Five days of an exciting [...]
From: Everyday Zen
by Charlotte Joko Beck
When we find our life unpleasant or unfulfilling, we try to escape the unpleasantness by various subtle escape mechanisms. In such attempts we are dealing with our lives as if there’s me and then there’s life outside me. As long as we approach our lives in this way we will [...]
From:
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Why Do You…?, by Art Ticknor
Richard Rose organized a winter intensive in 1979-80, and in one of
the sessions he posed some rhetorical questions for consideration,
which I made notes of. One set of questions was the following:
* Why do you study, or why do you work?
* Why do you pursue whatever you’re pursuing so actively?
* To [...]
Allow The Heart To Be Fed With Love
Rumi
Though you may be a rock or marble you will be a jewel when you
reach the man of heart.
Plant the love of the Beloved in your spirit; do not give your heart
to anyone save those whose hearts are full of love.
Don’t go into the place of despair: there [...]
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