Regret, Fear, Peace
Regret is the longing to change the past.
Fear is the desire to control the future.
Peace is the surrender to Now.
~ Jeff Foster
Regret, Fear, Peace
surrender
Spiritual Life from Scratch
The following is taken from the book Awakening the Buddha Within – Tibetan Wisdom for the Western World’ by Lama Surya Das. It has become one of my favourite books, and I would strongly recommend you buy a copy. Lama Surya Das is the most highly trained American Lama in the Tibetan tradition and presents a comprehensive book full of wisdom.
Tips and Pointers for Building a Spiritual Life from Scratch
By Lama Surya Das
Pray
Meditate
Be aware/ Stay awake
Bow
Practice yoga
Feel
Chant and sing
Breathe and smile
Relax / Enjoy /Laugh / Play
Create / Envision
Let go / Forgive / Accept
Walk / Exercise / Move
Work / Serve / Contribute
Listen / Learn / Inquire
Consider / Reflect
Cultivate oneself / Enhance competencies
Cultivate contentment
Cultivate flexibility
Cultivate friendship and collaboration
Open up / Expand / Include
Lighten up
Dream
Celebrate and appreciate
Give thanks
Evolve
Love
Share / Give / Receive
Walk softly / Live gently
Expand / Radiate / Dissolve
Simplify
Surrender / Trust
Be born anew
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A Zero-Circle
By Rumi
Be helpless and dumbfounded,
unable to say yes or no.
Then a stretcher will come
from grace to gather us up.
We are too dulleyed to see the beauty.
If we say Yes we can we’ll be lying.
If we say No, we don’t see it,
that No will behead us
and shut tight the window into spirit.
So let us not be sure of anything,
beside ourselves, and only that, so
miraculous beings come running to help.
Crazed, lying in a zero-circle, mute,
we will be saying finally,
with tremendous eloquence, Lead us.
When we’ve totally surrendered to that beauty,
we’ll become a mighty kindness.
From Say I am You
Poetry Interspersed with Stories of Rumi and Shams
Translated by John Moyne and Coleman Barks
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