“Cherry Blossom Heaven”
“Rumi led them down a narrow pathway that looked to be the sunlit entrance to heaven. The ground was completely covered by brilliant white snowdrops. Interspersed with their white blooms were delicately green stems. The sunlight streaming down on this natural carpet of flowers caused it to gently undulate, to ever-so-slightly pulse, and to quiver […]
Continue reading“Sufi Wisdom”
“Rumi scanned the faces of all his guests. He smiled in an utterly childlike, innocent manner. “It is unimportant for us to put all these labels, these words, on things. The labels are, after all, the problem in the first place. We separate ourselves from God’s Being by constantly attaching words to what we ought […]
Continue reading“In Ancient Turkey”
“Dev opened his eyes and was surprised to find himself on the top of a plateau covered with rich steppes. Gently undulating lowlands stretched out below him. On the horizon rose jagged-faced and sharp-pinnacled mountains. Off to the left, a huge jade green lake spread out its calm waters. In the distance he could hear […]
Continue reading“The Great Stage”
“Invisibly, the sun had now set. The sun makes the utter difference between an apparently living and a seemingly dead nature. As he plays on the water, a thousand transcendental thoughts pass through my mind. Each mirror glint on the sea reflects the Consciousness that put it there. As he reflects on the ephemerals of […]
Continue reading“Gyatso’s Teachings”
“‘Mahamudra is the natural state of mind: effortless, pure awareness.” He slowly moved his hand through the air, indicating the calmness of nature surrounding them. “No matter what you do, no matter what situation you are in, whether walking, sitting, eating or lying down, always suspend your attention within the nature of nondual awareness. Samsara, […]
Continue reading“Vairochana”
“Then, for all five of the friends, the energies stopped racing and the emotions ceased to be felt. A golden bubble appeared in their mind’s eye. A white lotus blossom bloomed within the bubble. An ochre pillow formed above the flower. And then, atop the pillow, a body came into focus. It was the living […]
Continue reading“Soul Fatigue”
When the body is fatigued after exercise, it loses its fine coordination: a tired hand drops a glass, overused legs trip as they try to walk. The physical machine is no longer capable of grace and precision. In the same way, the soul that is weighed down by stress, worn down by the pressure of […]
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