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I think it is better to read the book by Swami Sivananda on Kundalini. The link provided by honorable Bhatta at the end of his post as source will bring the entire book online. Swami... More »
David : In any case, you've said that “light is not in time … It doesn't evolve.” So … how do you square this with your post-metaphysical ideas ? My current ideas, including analogies I... More »
72nd Verse When people lack a sense of awe, there will be disaster. When people do not fear worldly power, a greater power will arrive. Do not limit the view of yourself. Do not despise... More »
David: “Because it's not 100% objective; certain things are open to interpretation.” Dawid: Do you even know what you're talking about when you say this? Yes, I do. The Prasangikas apparently say that every object... More »
Bruce, very interesting points and questions! Nicely done. Bruce : The myth of the given and the philosophy of the subject are related but not identical. Well, that's interesting. What is the difference between the... More »
I was quite amazed to see an image in this YouTube that matched something that came to me when I was doing Julie Zippers Chap II in Leo inner child meditation yesterday. We were to... More »
Leigh-Anne, I like this a lot, but don't know if I can comment meaningfully on it. Partly because it's poetry (I love the seamlessness and seeming effortlessness of your poetry) but mostly, I think, because... More »
I am delighted with the co-creation which is how poetry seems to me Not fully satisfied with So the consciousness that once roamed the land As Buddha, Christ, and other anointed ones Departed after sowing... More »
Gracious One
That is such a huge question!!! So many things are easy for me and than sometimes they are also so hard! Sometimes I can draw you in a few minutes sometimes I forget how to... More »
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I believe we can change the world if we all give a little....save a little...bit I even believe a penny can change the world...
LKiebzak
I never get bored. I have lots of things to do ... all the time. I always have a good book to read ... and I read every day. I am an artist and I... More »
Alluvja
I just learned today that it's Leonard's Cohen 75 th Birthday. Now that falls together with international Peace day and I thought it calls for a celebration! image source I know she... More »
Meenakshi
This morning, I am in joyful awareness of oneness I am in joyful awareness of the layers and dimensions of oneness as I live a human life on earth, surrounded by sentient and insentient beings... More »
Hugh
Wednesday 12 August 2009 \Success/ "Bless the Lord, O my soul. O Lord my God, thou art very great; thou art clothed with honour and majesty. Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment:... More »
RLtruthseeker-artist
(warning, this contains the ending to the movie, The Fountain) The Spirit of the Fountain dies not. It is called the Mysterious Feminine. The Doorway of the Mysterious Feminine is called Heaven-and-Earth. Lingering like gossamer, it has only... More »
"Mudge"
I have learned to be patient in my responses. Swift in anger- ? What is the measure of how we agree or disagree? Will I let my emotion dictate my actions? Honey draws more flies... More »
ntexas99
Nope . Not at all. Just insatiably interested. <grin> For me, curiosity is one of those character traits that have to be nurtured, and allowed to bloom. As a child I was taught to be... More »
KreaShine!
Children, family, and dear friends. And of course that little whisper in my ear. :) My friends Michael and Linnie Grove and their grandchildren in England, helped co-create this image with me, here in America. The vesica... More »
The search has no end: the knowledge of God has no end. He can not be known. He can only be known by that which proceeds from Him, as effects of His names, not His ipseity*. This is why the following order was given even to the Prophet, although he possessed the knowledge of the First and the Last: "Say, 'Lord, increase me in knowledge!'" (Koran 20:114). And he does not stop saying this, in every state, every station, every degree; in this world, in the intermediate world and in the beyond. *ipseity: The quality of God as a wholly independent being who is complete in Himself. The term gives emphasis to the paradox that God, without any need to do so, creates and draws creatures to Him through love and knowledge. (Definition courtesy G. Thursby)
From the collection of Lincoln's papers in the Library of America series, Vol II, pp. 520-521. The year that is drawing towards its close, has been filled with the blessings of fruitful fields and healthful skies. To these bounties, which are so constantly enjoyed that we are prone to forget the source from which they come, others have been added, which are of so extraordinary a nature, that they cannot fail to penetrate and soften even the heart which is habitually insensible to the ever watchful providence of Almighty God. In the midst of a civil war of unequaled magnitude and severity, which has sometimes seemed to foreign States to invite and to provoke their aggression, peace has been preserved with all nations, order has been maintained, the laws have been respected and obeyed, and harmony has prevailed everywhere except in the theatre of military conflict; while that theatre has been greatly contracted by the advancing armies and navies of the Union. Needful diversions of wealth and of strength from the fields of peaceful industry to the national defense, have not arrested the plough, the shuttle, or the ship; the axe had enlarged the borders of our settlements, and the mines, as well of iron and coal as of the precious metals, have yielded even more abundantly than heretofore. Population has steadily increased, notwithstanding the waste that has been made in the camp, the siege and the battlefield; and the country, rejoicing in the consciousness of augmented strength and vigor, is permitted to expect continuance of years with large increase of freedom. No human counsel hath devised nor hath any mortal hand worked out these great things. They are the gracious gifts of the Most High God, who, while dealing with us in anger for our sins, hath nevertheless remembered mercy. It has seemed to me fit and proper that they should be solemnly, reverently and gratefully acknowledged as with one heart and voice by the whole American People. I do therefore invite my fellow citizens in every part of the United States, and also those who are at sea and those who are sojourning in foreign lands, to set apart and observe the last Thursday of November next, as a day of Thanksgiving and Praise to our beneficent Father who dwelleth in the Heavens. And I recommend to them that while offering up the ascriptions justly due to Him for such singular deliverances and blessings, they do also, with humble penitence for our national perverseness and disobedience, commend to his tender care all those who have become widows, orphans, mourners or sufferers in the lamentable civil strife in which we are unavoidably engaged, and fervently implore the interposition of the Almighty Hand to heal the wounds of the nation and to restore it as soon as may be consistent with the Divine purposes to the full enjoyment of peace, harmony, tranquillity and Union.
In union there is strength. "Union gives strength" is the version in The Fables of Aesop, ed. Joseph Jacobs, p. 87 (1964).
I was about to tell him he was wrong to dwell on it, because it really didn't matter. But he cut me off and urged me one last time, drawing himself up to his full height and asking me if I believed in God. I said no. He sat down indignantly. He said it was impossible; all men believed in God, even those who turn their backs on him. That was his belief, and if he were ever to doubt it, his life would become meaningless. 'Do you want my life to be meaningless?' he shouted. As far as I could see, it didn't have anything to do with me, and I told him so. But from across the table he had already thrust the crucifix in my face and was screaming irrationally, 'I am a Christian. I ask Him to forgive you for sins. How can you not believe that He suffered for you?' I was struck by how sincere he seemed, but I had had enough. It was getting hotter and hotter. As always, whenever I want to get rid of someone I'm not really listening to, I made it appear as if I agreed. To my surprise, he acted triumphant. 'You see, you see!' he said. 'You do believe, don't you, and you're going to place your trust in Him, aren't you?' Obviously, I again said no. He fell back in his chair.
I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination. Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.
I discovered early that the hardest thing to overcome is not a physical disability but the mental condition which it induces. The world, I found, has a way of taking a man pretty much at his own rating. If he permits his loss to make him embarrassed and apologetic, he will draw embarrassment from others. But if he gains his own respect, the respect of those around him comes easily.
Fair tresses man's imperial race insnare, And beauty draws us with a single hair.
Fix'd like a plan on his peculiar spot, To draw nutrition, propagate, and rot.
Fix'd like a plant on his peculiar spot, To draw nutrition, propagate, and rot.
The real scientist will realize that TRUTH has many avenues of approach to its many phases, and that spiritual truths are to be sought after even more determinedly than others which have to do with this life and earth only. It must be recognized when they do this that spiritual truths are not found on the drawing board or in test tubes. The pursuit of such prescribes that the things of man are understood by the spirit and perceptions of man while the things of God are made known by the revelations of God. Man in and of himself cannot find them out. Yet they are obtained by search-the search for truth, yes, spiritual truth. The youth in particular must not be deceived by the elementary discoveries that have been made by science in many fields. Rockets, missiles and their great potentiality are amazing to us all, but very minute when compared to the majesty of the universe. The real scientist would probably be the first to acknowledge the minor things that have been done thus far as a result of the discovery of atomic and hydrogen power. The fact that they have been able to draw on materials and sources of things already there is perhaps the best evidence of the greatness of God and the virtual nothingness of man thus far exhibited in his pursuits of knowledge. When we attempt to develop a true philosophy of life, one of the first things to do is to gain a full appreciation and understanding of God.
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