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Practice Random Acts of Blindness
2007-12-07 15:57:00 I’ve written before about the Inner Critic, the run amok judgmental part of our psyche called the superego. This holiday season give the inner critic a rest. Practice Random Acts of Blindness toward others and yourself. Turn a deaf ear and a blind eye to a situation or two where that pesky critical part wants to start ... More About: Observations
Portals in Time
2007-12-02 16:31:00 Huichol - A Shamanic people from Mexico “In Huichol, the term “nierika” refers to a portal between so-called ordinary and non-ordinary realities. It is a passage way and at the same time a barrier between two worlds. Nierika, a decorated ceremonial disk, is also said to mean mirror as well as the face of the ... More About: Time , Portals
Self Intimacy
2007-11-27 02:50:00 You are intimate with yourself when you?re simply being where you are. ? A.H. Almaas ah almaas, simply being More About: Intimacy
Golden Mean
2007-11-17 17:17:00 Golden Mean - The Golden Spiral is a mystical shape that is an absolute in both abstract mathematics and chaotic nature. It was first discovered by Pythagoras in the 5th century B.C. The spiral is derived via the golden rectangle, a unique rectangle which has the golden ratio. When squared, it leaves a smaller rectangle ... More About: Golden
Perception Pleasure
2007-11-11 17:20:00 If the doors of perceptions were to be cleansed everything would appear to man as it is, infinity. - William Blake The pleasure of living and the pleasure of the orgasm are identical. Extreme orgasm anxiety forms the basis of the general fear of life. - Wilhelm Reich Image by Jeffery Bedrick anxiety, orgasm, wilhelm reich, ... More About: Pleasure , Perception
Remembering Carol
2007-11-08 14:23:00 My friend stopped dreaming today She opened her eyes in the other world A kaleidoscope of tears assaults and soothes my soul Love & Rage, Joy & Sadness, Anguish & UnderstandingA shower of memories – like fairy dust Illuminates our time togetherIn every future moment I will miss you – as I wonderHow is this possible? ... More About: Poetry , Carol , Remembering , Erin
Stillness
2007-11-07 18:28:00 You tell me How to stop When I spread my arms To hold it back The current became the wind Whistling between my legs I came inside to escape It followed me in as infinite stillness Now that I’ve tasted that There’s no escape Beware My friend Stillness Will steal you From yourself No Tags More About: Poetry
9 Pillars of Ego
2007-11-03 01:27:00 The ego-self’s foundation rests on nine pillars. These pillars are cognitive errors on the part of the ego mind. The soul patterned by these errors lives a life of partial cognition, perceiving a veiled reality instead of the abundance of its true nature. The ego’s partial view of reality is basically delusional since it is an ... More About: Observations , Lars , Pillars
Opinion
2007-10-26 20:48:00 A friend does not give his own opinion and experience, and impose it on you. A friend helps you find your own solution. ? A.H. Almaas almaas, opinion More About: Opinion
Phoenix
2007-10-25 01:39:00 phoenix also phenix (fe?niks) noun 1. Mythology. A bird in <<…OLE_Obj…>> Egyptian <egypt.html> mythology that lived in the desert for 500 years and then consumed itself by fire, later to rise renewed from its ashes. 2. A person or thing of unsurpassed excellence or beauty; a paragon. We should think of utopia as a world in ... More About: Phoenix
The Green Man
2007-10-21 16:52:00 There are legends of him (Khidr) in which, like Osiris, he is dismembered and reborn; and prophecies connecting him, like the Green Man, with the end of time. His name means the Green One or Verdant One, he is the voice of inspiration to the aspirant and committed artist. He can come as a white ... More About: The G
Objective Perception
2007-10-16 19:48:00 Objective perception means perceiving reality, all that confronts our awareness, as it is. ? A.H. Almaas almaas, objective perception, reality More About: Perception
Heresy
2007-10-14 18:33:00 Giordano Bruno was burned at the stake in Rome on Easter Sunday, in the year 1600, because he insisted on the infinity of the universe. He believed the stars were not on one sphere but outside the sphere of Jupiter, and that they filled all of space. The reason the church objected to this was ... More About: Heresy , Eres
Lunar Moon
2007-10-12 16:05:00 The Arabic alphabet is based on the phases of the moon 28 letters are formed based on the 28 lunar shapes. The moon made it possible for man to evolve and so exist. The moon made it possible for him to develop mathematics and science. The moon made it possible for him to transcend Earth and conquer ... More About: Moon , Lunar
Complaining
2007-10-11 19:00:00 God! You should hear Me complain! About this lack of sleep You’d never know I’ve just awakened From a fifty-year snooze Every time I try to relax A new tale from beyond Enters my head Going on and on Like a broken record Until I let it out Or, some soft kiss Steals into my heart Setting it on wing This canary’s very nature Is endless sweet song There’s no time to rest The ... More About: Poetry
Precious
2007-10-08 21:32:00 If you travel further Than the tip of your nose You have gone too far To kiss what is Truly Precious No Tags More About: Poetry , Reci
Meaning
2007-10-08 05:27:00 Meaning is not something we can get to with our minds; it is not an answer found in the mind. ? A.H. Almaas meaning, mind
Sacred Geometry
2007-10-03 22:48:00 Ancient geometry rests on no a priori axioms or assumptions. Unlike Euclidean and the more recent geometries, the starting point of ancient geometric thought is not a network of intellectual definitions or abstractions, but instead a meditation upon a metaphysical Unity, followed by an attempt to symbolize visually and to contemplate the pure, formal order ... More About: Geometry , Sacred
Initiation - Beginning
2007-10-02 04:24:00 Initiation is a creative response to the shock of the unknown. Since SHOCK disconnects us, how do we reconnect and where do we begin? One creative way to respond to shock is by reconnecting ourselves to new habits and routines which increase our intelligence and make us happy. During the phase of our disconnection, we ...
Lover
2007-09-28 16:37:00 With a lover you are a drink, a delightful drink. With a lover you are a happy song. You want to be with a lover not to talk about anything, but to disappear. - A.H. Almaas almaas, lover More About: Lover
Remorse
2007-09-25 21:17:00 Remorse opens the soul In a particular way The soul weeps as His Mercy showers And cleanses her Separation from God is the soul’s Deepest grief God knows and walks beside you At every step One moment of separation Creates an ocean of tears in the soul God knows And is already blessing those tears With His Mercy Before the soul discovers them God knows The sorrow of separation All his ... More About: Poetry , Remorse , Morse
Chemistry
2007-09-24 20:12:00 When you get together with someone, either your wave-forms mesh or they don’t. Or maybe they just neutralize each other. So it’s not just chemistry. The chemistry is just the juicy stuff that happens once the wave-forms have registered each other. - Jose Arguelles One concept corrupts and confuses the others. I am not ... More About: Chemistry , Chemist , Chem
Kosmokrator - The Infinite
2007-09-22 16:25:00 According to Iranian mythology, the dualistic forces of Ahura Mazda and Angra Mainyu were born to a supreme being known as Zurvan, who symbolised infinity. In the Roman cult of the god Mithras, which developed primarily from Iranian sources, the concept of `infinite time’ was symbolized by a lion-headed deity. ... More About: Infinite
The Pearl Beyond Price
2007-09-21 20:49:00 One of my favorite Rumi poems (translated by Coleman Barks ? Like This) Yesterday at dawn, my Friend said, How long will this unconsciousness go on? You fill yourself with the sharp pain of Love, rather than its fulfillment. I said, ?But I can?t get to You! You are the whole dark night, and I am a single candle. My life is upsidedown because ... More About: Price , Pearl , Earl
Love
2007-09-21 00:24:00 Love is an existence, not a reaction, not an activity. It is not a thought, or an emotion. - A.H. Almaas activity, emotions, love, reactivity, thought More About: Love
Slow Speed Light
2007-09-19 16:02:00 2/18/99 - Scientists slow light to a crawl BOSTON (AP) - Scientists have managed to slow down light so much that if it were a car on a highway, it could get a ticket for not getting over to the right-hand lane. The speed of light is normally about 186,000 miles per second, or fast ... More About: Light , Speed , Slow
Primal Mind
2007-09-17 00:39:00 It is vain to do with more what can be done with less. ? William of Occam To the primal mind truth is not inclusive but essential. In folk literature the “truth” is made up of what lies at the bottom of various events of a perpetual now, while to the Western mind the “truth” is ... More About: Mind , Primal , Prim
Light Vision
2007-09-14 04:08:00 If light and vision are associated, .. then all things illuminated by the sun may in some sense be seen by it. The sun in many cultures is called an eye. In Malay, for example, the word for the sun is ‘mata hari’, ‘the eye of the day’. On the great seal ... More About: Light , Vision
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More articles from this author:2007-09-11 07:41:00 Friends before you is a madman listen, not to his words they are lies and he, a greater liehow arrogant his quest these many many years thinking to find himself and something greater far beyond thoughts and wild imaginings he thought it brave and bold to laugh at death and pain and sorrow the human condition while chasing elusiveness he strayed to far beyond listen, not to his words they are lies and he, ... 1, 2, 3, 4 |
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