Our Nature

“Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures.”– Henry Ward Beecher

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Eyes

“The eye with which you see God is the same eye  with which God sees you”
Meister Eckhart

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Non-Dual

This is the first draft of a post of a few days ago, (“Wei Wu Wei“). Thought I would post it as well for context and contrast.
truth is non dual
only seeing is itself truth
all else is bondage
non volitional living
the see-er and the thing seen
is the dualism
“The seeing of Truth cannot be dualistic (a ‘thing’ seen). [...]

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Infinite Love….

Infinite love is who we really are and who we refuse to be.
This refusal is our most essential tension.
And what about the geology of hope?
David Deida

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Rumi.

I can always count on mr Rumi to come up with the most esoteric, pithy little statements that take one to another level altogether.
“Let the waters settle
you will see stars and moon
mirrored in your Being.”
Rumi

Here’s another favorite of mine…Lao Tzu
Emptiness here is the same as Emptiness there.
The space behind your mind is the same as [...]

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Conspiracy of Cordiality….

What we call “church”
is too often a gathering of strangers who see the church as yet another “helping institution” to gratify further their individual desires. One of the reasons [...]

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On Writing

“We transition from the clean page to the dizzying rush of word upon word to the saying said and the calm point that comes after the spirit has manifested itself in language. The paper holds the words; they are secure and steady there. We become steady as well. For the time being, mystery has unveiled [...]

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Women Who Run With The Wolves

(This wonderful passage was given to me by a dear friend who perhaps herself also runs with the wolves)
By way of this metaphor of innocent sleep, the fisherman trusts the life/Death/Life nature enough to rest and to revivify in her presence. He is entering into a transition that will take him to a deeper understanding, [...]

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ee cummings

sonnets

i like my body when it is with your
body.  It is so quite new a thing.
Muscles better and nerves more.
i like your body.  i like what it does,
i like its hows.  i like to feel the spine
of your body and its bones, and the trembling
-firm-smooth ness and which i will
again and again and again
kiss,  [...]

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A Walk….

A Walk

My eyes already touch the sunny hill,
going far ahead of the road I have begun.
So we are grasped by what we cannot grasp;
it has its inner light, even from a distance—-
and changes us, even if we do not reach it,
into something else, which, hardly sensing it, we already are;
a gesture waves us on, answering [...]

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Hear Me Calling….

 
On the night when you cross the street
from your shop and your house
to the cemetery,
you’ll hear me calling you from inside
the open grave, and you’ll realize
how we’ve always been together.
I am the clear consciousness-core
of your being, the same in
ecstasy as in self-hating fatigue.
That night, when you escape the fear of snakebite
and all irritation with the [...]

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Guilt….

 Guilt….
“When guilt rears its ugly head confront it, discuss it and let it go. The past is over. It is time to ask what can we do right, not what did we do wrong. Forgive yourself and move on.”
–Bernie S. Siegel
“I have made it a rule of my life never to regret and never to [...]

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The Great River….

We have been telling the people that this is the Eleventh Hour.
Now you must go back and tell the people that this is The Hour.
And there are things to be considered. Where are you living? What are
you doing? What are your relationships? Are you in the right relation?
Where is your water? Know your garden.
It is [...]

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How to Teach….

The Ancient Masters
didn’t try to educate the people,
but kindly taught them to not-know.
When they think that they know the answers,
people are difficult to guide.
When they know that they don’t know,
people can find their own way.
The Tao Te Ching, 65
Stephen Mitchell

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The boat I travel in is called Surrender….

The boat I travel in is called Surrender.
My two oars are instant forgiveness and gratitude
— complete gratitude for the gift of life.
I am thankful for the experience of this life,
for the opportunity to dance.
I get angry, I get mad,
but as soon as I remind myself
to put my oars in the water,
I forgive.
I serve.
I do the [...]

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Good Day….

Have a good day
Unless you have other plans!

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Alvin Toffler….

“The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn.”
– Alvin Toffler

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Onion, fruit of grace….

Onion, fruit of grace,
you swell in the garden
hidden as the heart of God,
but you are not about religion.
Onion, frying into all those Os,
you are a perfect poet,
and you are not about that.
Onion, I love you,
you sleek, auburn beauty,
you break my heart though
I know you don’t mean
to make me cry.
Peeling your paper skin,
I cry. Chopping [...]

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Happy?….

“Why aren’t you happy?
It’s because ninety-nine percent
of everything you do,
and think,
and say,
is for yourself
and there isn’t one.”
– Wu Wei Wu
Quotes SpiritQuotes Spirit

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your irresistible glance….

With your irresistible glance,
you captured my heart and soul.
Having robbed me of those,
take away my name and accomplishments too.
If any trace of me remains in this world,
please, don’t delay — take that too.
‘Ayn al-Qudat Hamadani in Love’s Alchemy: Poems from the Sufi Tradition translated from the Persian by David and Sabrineh Fideler

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