Now is the Time...

“ Now is the time for the world to know 
that every thought and action is sacred.

  This is the time to compute the impossibility
that there is anything but grace. ”

~Hafiz

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I Have Verified...

I have verified that so much of what is real is unseen, 

but perceived by other senses, 

including very refined perceptions of other dimensions. 

From an emotional standpoint, 

the heart is such a great teacher, 

if only we can still our minds enough to hear it speak. 

That’s why moments of silence are such a profound gateway. 

Because the movements of the heart 

are too subtle sometimes to be glimpsed 

from the context of our busy lives 

unless we are so very present.

~C

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The More One Judges....

George Frederick Watts

The more one judges, 

the less one loves.

~Balzac

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Epictetus and Seneca...

Epictetus and Seneca, 

the former a Roman slave and the latter a Roman emperor, 

both advised to embrace whatever life brought us 

and that by doing this we would invoke the rod of Hermes, 

turning suffering, sickness and even death into gold.

~J

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Love Changes Everything...

BMessina

Love changes everything. 

Love in the present. 

The state of Love. 

We can soar high over the difficulties of life 

if we can use the energy that is activated 

by the state of love to be present 

and not allow the identifications of the mind and body 

to suck it all down into the cellular world.

~M

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Remembering An Angle...

Remembering an angle from the journal on Time 

"if we do not use time then time will use us”. 

It seems when we are ‘in’ time we are identified

but when ‘out’ of time we are present

and in the higher place of consciousness outside time. 

We give our life energy and our ‘lifetime’ 

to this work aim to go to a higher level of consciousness. 

So perhaps to become a spectator of time

we need to be outside of it. 

For this, we ask the assistance of higher forces.

~M

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The Eye ...

The eye with which I see God

is the same eye with which God sees me.

~Meister Eckhart

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Each Time A New Buffer Falls...

Each time a new buffer falls, 

each time we reflect on a new sense of dispassion or calm - 

these are beautiful junctures like the circles. 

We come back to the same place with new eyes. 

This is so hard to explain, 

but SO worth the effort. 

We had the gift of Mervyn, 

who could bring us into his state, 

with a few exquisite words. 

~J

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Presence is a Gift Indeed...

 Presence is a gift indeed, 

and putting it at the top of the list of my priorities was necessary. 

There has been payment of course,

 for taking these actions, but after I did, 

everything began to settle inside me 

and Presence became really intense, 

experiencing moments with Mervyn like many, many years ago. 

Something big is growing inside me, 

and extending to others at meetings

and when I am with other people. 

Very mysterious miracle, being part of this adventure.

~L

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The painting is...

 Spiritual Transit, Remedios Varo

The painting is like a pilgrimage, 

a wondering continually into this center of Love 

away from all Things, 

especially my own I’s, fear and identifications (Other souls too). 

One day I suspect this center will explode into another world 

and all will be new again on another level, 

for now the gift of presence is teaching me to be here 

and accept this creation, myself and others. 

A funneling and continuation of Love 

into the widening circles of life.

~C

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Today...

Today is only one day in all the days that will ever be.

But what will happen in all the other days that ever come 

can depend on what you do today.

~ Ernest Hemingway

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