We Often Judge...

 

Michelangelo

We often judge types similar to ourselves, 

as their weaknesses reflect back on us. 

~C

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You Will Never...

You will never do anything in this world 

without courage. 

It is the greatest quality of the mind 

next to honor.

~Aristotle

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When Mervyn Wrote...

 

Allison Spencer

When Merrvyn wrote to us or spoke, 

especially in his later years, 

he spoke from his own experience and being. 

These words of his above he lived them, 

he understood. 

It’s really beautiful, 

it was "Living Words". 

When 'the nameless' draws near - 

that is when we 'abandon the system' 

to enjoy the fruitful joys of Mystic life, 

when we return to a lower level 

then we re-engage with the system - 

the foundation that supports our inner spiritual embodiment 

of that which is nameless.

~M

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I Was Listening...

 

I was listening to Eckart Tolle today 

and he was doing the sensing the body exercise. 

And he said God is as close to you 

as inside your body. 

And this presence is who we truly are. 

We don’t have to do anything (in a way), 

it is our very essence. 

I loved that reminder from him today. 

It’s already Here. 

It always has been. 

I love to be reminded of this.

~S

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Years Ago...

 

Years ago at a retreat in Mexico

 we had an exercise of playing soul songs. 

We were asked to choose a song 

with or without lyrics in advance of the workshop 

and bring a recording. 

At the event many cds were in a box 

and they chosen at random. 

The person whose soul song was chosen 

sat in the middle of the circle 

while their song was played 

and we sat around in a circle with them in presence.

It was a very powerful exercise of presence together. 

Years later I still remember several student choices. 

I wonder if now they would be the same or different? 

Has evolution changed the choice of song? 

It would be something 

we could do at zoom meetings sometimes. 

People could bring along their soul song 

and we could put them in speaker view 

and share in presence with them 

their current soul song. 

If it has changed from years ago, 

they could tell us if they wanted, 

what it was 

and the difference between now and then. 

For those with a new song, 

we could revisit this exercise every couple of years.

~M

 

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Nothing You Love...

 

Anne Barberi

“Nothing you love is lost. Not really. 

Things, people—

they always go away, sooner or later. 

You can’t hold them, 

any more than you can hold moonlight. 

But if they’ve touched you, 

if they’re inside you, then they’re still yours. 

The only things you ever really have 

are the ones you hold inside your heart.” 

~ Bruce Coville

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Every Time You Are Tempted...

 

Evelyn De Morgan

"Every time you are tempted to react

in the same old way, 

ask if you want to be a prisoner of time

or a pioneer of the future."

~Deepak Chopra

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I Like The Story...

 

I liked the story when I was a child: 

The Prince and the Pauper. 

This story resonated. 

The two switched places - 

the pauper and prince 

looked alike and switched places. 

Each enjoying the benefits that the other had, 

the 'luxury' to live under those types of laws. 

This story has a power to educate us 

on the different states we can move between - 

move between worlds whenever we want.

~M

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I Was Thinking...

 

 I was thinking of how much effort is made 

to get to the I’s quiet center 

so that I can begin the alchemical process. 

Or perhaps part of this process 

is getting to this state. 

But then I see how quickly I leave this state. 

If I could stay longer or live in self- remembering, 

think of all the incredible transformations 

that could happen. 

Alchemy I think has it's own momentum. 

If we could live in self- remembering - 

truly everything would change.

~J

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Let's Say The Name...

 

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Let's say the name of Allah all the time. 

Let's see what my Lord does. 

Let's travel the Way always.

Let's see what my Lord does.

Just when you least expect it, 

suddenly the veil is lifted. 

The remedy arrives in time. 

Let's see what my Lord does.

What did Yunus do? 

What did he do? 

He found a straight Path, 

held the hand of a guide. 

Let's see what my Lord does.

~Yunus Emre

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Sometimes I Feel...

 

Gustav Klimt

Sometimes I feel the heaviness of the “I’s”. 

They can hang in a space, 

like heavy bubbles around our heads 

lurking in the atmosphere in a disharmonic way. 

In this work 

we really do become sensitive 

to the overload of “I’’s. 

In presence the atmosphere clears 

and somewhat as it is in paintings - 

the heavily dissonance of thoughts 

can be replaced by the Divinity of Gold paint. 

In meetings and in being intentional around others, 

I really do feel this, 

a sense of one’s atmosphere refining, 

lifting becoming more golden 

and that is a beautiful realisation 

and creates a nature of divinity 

no matter where I happen to be. 

Because it comes from the power of the soul 

desiring to truly BE the “Royal invisibility in the space”

~C

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