Comments on: The Stripping Away of self

By: Jessica

Jessica — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 04:55:02 +0000

Tim and On Common Ground, I've also heard: Before awakening, chop wood, carry water. After awakening, chop wood, carry water. I love thinking this to myself because it grounds me and keeps me connected to everyone else! Jessicas last blog post..As without, so within?

By: Jessica

Jessica — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 04:52:57 +0000

Wow, I love your honesty about the process you are going through. All the great philosophers have that question at the root of everything they do: Who am I? Well, who am I if I have nothing to cling to? Who am I without my story? Was it all an illusion? And what do I do with all these memories? Great post. Jessicas last blog post..As without, so within?

By: On Common Ground

On Common Ground — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 15:45:33 +0000

LOL. Right, Tim. Or for the contemporaries in the room, I’ve also heard it said,

Before awakening, do the laundry.
After awakening, do the laundry.

=)~

By: Tim @ MiniLifeHacks

Tim @ MiniLifeHacks — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 14:51:28 +0000

Before awakening, harvest rice. After awakening, harvest rice. Tim @ MiniLifeHackss last blog post..How to Eat your Snack Slowly and Make it Last

By: Roldan F. Smith

Roldan F. Smith — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 08:23:08 +0000

oh, and one more thing... "thinking" is not your enemy. but believing that your thoughts really matter is. and yet... they do. (chew on that one for a minute =) Roldan F. Smiths last blog post..Is Your Number Up?

By: Roldan F. Smith

Roldan F. Smith — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 08:12:02 +0000

when you are still trying, you are not there…
when you are still doing, you are not there…
when you are still explaining, you are not there..
when you are still rationalizing, you are not there…
when you are thinking you are beginning, you are not there…
when you are thinking you are ending, you are not there…

Because there is no there.
Only here.
And here to is fleeting even beyond this very moment.

Oh see… now it too is gone and but a memory.

there is no beginning.
there is no ending.
there is no doing.
there is no explaining.
there is no rationalizing.

there is only being.
there is only experiencing.
there is only learning.
there is only growing.
there is only enjoying.
there is only appreciating.

there is only Pure Essence in the experience,
which is nothing of the intellectual.
the intellectual is a conduit for this life experience.
reality is neither real or imagined,
and yet it is both that creates/supports the experience.
that is Life.

The force that feeds that reality/illusion
IS Love.
cliche? maybe, but no less True.
Love truly is all that is.
But the EXPRESSION of Love (Life) is…

Creating,
Experiencing,
Learning,
Expanding,
Enjoying,
Growing,
Loving,
Laughing.

These are nothing you DO.
These are results of the doing.
But do nothing, but love (action).
And the Experience is exactly the same.

The illusion is then the reality and vice versa.
And the two are perfect in every way.

Know it.
Be it.
Share it.
Stop trying so hard.
Move on.

Simple. Perfect. Bliss.

I Am.
As are You Am.

Adoni,
A.llen O.wen

Roldan F. Smiths last blog post..Is Your Number Up?

By: Sumiran

Sumiran — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 03:42:54 +0000

You are experience seems to be the classical example of dissolving ego and state of total surrender.. Kabir says: drop disappeared into ocean (where are u searching drop now) Ekhart Tolles says: the state of presence. Such a soothing message to us! Cheers and congratualtion Sumirans last blog post..Road Map for Spiritual Journey

By: Ariel Bravy

Ariel Bravy — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 15:26:21 +0000

It’s so simple, isn’t it Giovanna?

By: Ariel Bravy

Ariel Bravy — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 15:25:12 +0000

Nicholas, beautiful

By: Ariel Bravy

Ariel Bravy — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 15:24:28 +0000

lol, I feel so naked and vulnerable!