Tuesday, August 12, 2014
Flower of the Day: 08/12/14
“The main sadhana,
spiritual practice, is anchoring one’s awareness into the present
moment. This is the principal teaching. But if you carry pain in your
system, then it’s not as easy to practice this sadhana, because this pain means that you are bound to your past.”
Sri Prem Baba
Via Daily Dharma
The Antidote is Right Here | August 12, 2014
Liberation does not come when you
conquer your ego, silence it, or through repression and denial get it to
behave 'properly.' Liberation comes when we release our attachment to
the habitual conditioned nature and structure of our temporary egos.
- Jun Po Denis Kelly Roshi, “Liberation”
Monday, August 11, 2014
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No One Special to Be | August 11, 2014
When we bring awareness to our
cherished self-images, such as our need to be special, they begin to
lose their power over us. No longer puffing ourselves up or trying to
stand out means we’re coming closer to living like a white bird in the
snow. That is, we no longer feel the inner compulsion to see ourselves
or be seen in a particular way—there is no ulterior agenda.
- Ezra Bayda, “No One Special to Be”
Flower of the Day: 08/11/14
“Just
like sight, hearing, smell, taste and touch, self-observation is a
sense that we have, but it is stunted. It is necessary to work towards
developing this sense by observing everything that passes through the
mind without judging, classifying or labeling. You must renew yourself
at every instance: make yourself completely present every moment. In
this way, your consciousness will slowly expand.”
Sri Prem Baba
Sunday, August 10, 2014
Via Daily Dharma
Sitting with Anger | August 10, 2014
Like a forest fire, anger tends to burn
up its own support. If we jump down into the middle of such a fire, we
will have little chance of putting it out, but if we create a clearing
around the edges, the fire can burn itself out. This is the role of
meditation: creating a clearing around the margins of anger.
- Mark Epstein, “I’ve Been Meditating for Ten Years, and I’m Still Angry. What’s the Matter with Me?”
Flower of the Day: 08/10/14
“I
have encouraged you to face life's challenges as opportunities for
growth. Regardless of the challenge, there is always something to learn.
The more a negative situation repeats itself, the greater is the lesson
that it has to offer, and the greater is your inability to deal with
what must be learned.”
Sri Prem Baba
Saturday, August 9, 2014
Via Daily Dharma
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Return to Nirvana | August 9, 2014
Nirvana is a reaching-point, a goal. But nirvana is also the home to which we are returning. We use the words 'original state of mind' to denote both our home and our destination.
- Sokei-an, “Return to Your Original State”
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Flower of the Day: 08/09/14
“Love can be more deadly than death itself. Pure love is a great threat because it is born from the truth, and the truth represents the end of deceit.”
Sri Prem Baba
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Friday, August 8, 2014
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Challenge How We Cling | August 8, 2014
When Buddhism says, 'It's an illusion,
it's empty,' I think back to when Ignatius said, 'Your self—that's your
problem. You have to conquer self, kill the self.' It's that tradition,
both in Christianity and in Buddhism, in which we are challenged to let
go of what is so comfortable and what we cling to as who we are, if
we're going to open ourselves to reality and truth.
-Jerry Brown, “Politics and Prayer”
Flower of the Day: 08/08/14
“A
lot of light is arriving on this planet, but our bodies are not yet
fully attuned to these new frequencies of light. So it is possible that
you may enter situations that are a result of this dissonance, but that
still serve to move the energy that is stuck in your system. When this
happens, be careful not to frighten yourself because that opens a hole
that you can be swallowed by. In this case, you enter a spiritual
emergency, which some may call an existential crisis, madness, or
panic.”
Sri Prem Baba
Thursday, August 7, 2014
Flower of the Day: 08/07/14
“Surrender
is only possible if there is trust, and trust is a blossoming. One can
remain cowering at the edge of the abyss of love for months, years, or
many lives, too afraid to jump. One may be hearing love’s call asking
one to jump, but it’s not possible to determine when one will be ready
for this to happen.”
Sri Prem Baba
Via Daily Dharma
The Long Road to Sitting Still | August 7, 2014
The Buddha, perhaps, taking the Middle
Way and always reminding us that even our destination is unfixed and
perhaps illusory, is every walker’s special friend. Those who journey
with him know that they may not come to knowledge so much as a deepened
sense of their own ignorance.
- Pico Iyer, “The Long Road to Sitting Still”
Wednesday, August 6, 2014
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The Natural Order of Things | August 6, 2014
While we live, we are able to live.
When it's time to die, we are able to die. This is the natural order of
things, and to the extent that we align ourselves with this, we
experience peace even in the midst of distress.
- Meikyo Robert Rosenbaum, "Breathless"
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