Seeker's Blog – November 2009 Archive (8)

The transfer of intelligent sacred energy - Divine Grace - which causes the heart to flower, heals relationships, quiets the constant chatter of the mind, opens the door to higher states of awareness and initiates a process of permanent awakening into Oneness where there is no longer a sense of separation and personal suffering. All that remains is causeless love, joy and peace in the present moment.…

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No mind, no form, I only exist;

Now ceased all will and thought;

The final end of Nature's dance,

I am it whom I have sought.



A realm of Bliss bare, ultimate;

Beyond both knower and known;

A rest immense I enjoy at last;

I face the One alone.



I have crossed the secret ways of life,

I have become the Goal.

The Truth immutable is revealed;

I am the way, the… Continue

The struggle in a human being is always that he thinks freedom means getting somewhere. But wherever you go, you will not be free. Spiritually, there has always been talk of surrender.



But the moment logical, educated minds hear the word surrender, they will build forts around themselves.



In spirituality when the word surrender is used, it means you surrender that which is false. It is just that the very way you have existed up to now, is just a falsehood. What you refer… Continue

"A human being is a part of a whole, called by us universe, a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings as something separated from the rest... a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of… Continue

A drop of water does not separate to be a part of the ocean, but rather dissolves its partiality. Until it surrenders, it is relatively powerless in comparison to the sea. The separate self is the time-based mind's attempt to separate and it will prove to be futile. Only separation is unattainable. Self-realization is an ease, since it is already complete.



Desire inherently contains its opposite, which is fear. Dual in nature, they depend upon one another. So while we are creating… Continue

Surrender is out of love, dependency is out of fear. Dependency is a relationship in which you are hankering for something, desiring something; there is a motive. You are ready to become dependent -- that's what you are willing to pay for something. Surrender has no desire in it. It is sheer joy, it is trust, it is unmotivated.



It is like falling in love. In fact it is exactly falling in love -- a love that knows no bounds, a love that is totally different from what you ordinarily… Continue

Gratitude

Is at once

Beautiful

And

Fruitful.

~ Sri Chnmoy



Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend. Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow.

~ Melody… Continue

Delight is our source,
Delight is our course
And
Delight is the all-illumining,
All-fulfilling force
In us,
With us
And
For us.
~Sri Chinmoy