Identifying...

 

Rene Magritte

"Identifying or "identification" is a curious state 

in which man passes more than half of his life. 

He identifies with everything: 

with what he says, what he feels, what he believes, 

what he does not believe, what he wishes, 

what he does not wish, what attracts him, 

what repels him. Everything absorbs him, 

and he cannot separate himself from the idea, 

the feeling, or the object that absorbed him. 

This means that in the state of identification 

man is incapable of looking impartially 

on the object of his identification. 

It is difficult to find the smallest thing 

with which man is unable to "identify". 

At the same time, 

in a state of identification 

man has less control over his mechanical reaction 

than at any other time. 

Such manifestations as lying, imagination, 

the expression of negative emotions, 

and constant talking need identification. 

They cannot exist without identification. 

If man could get rid of identification, 

he could get rid of many useless and foolish manifestations."

~P.D. Ouspensky

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The Tempest

The Tempest - John William Waterhouse, 1916

O! I have suffered. With those that I saw suffer! 

- Miranda- William Shakespeare

Do not pray for strength 

Pray to be pierced 

Pray to be opened 

And willingly offer your pain 

In exchange for the birth of your Soul. 

No quarter must be given.

Mervyn Brady

"When we suffer, it is as though we are on a stormy ship at sea. 

In an ordinary state of mind, it is hell, the waves are relentless. 

Men are thrown overboard, the ship threatens to sink. 

Hopelessness sets in. Feelings of doom. 

No one can help. We withdraw into tears of sadness, 

wanting to be left alone in a pool of pity.

Surrender and yield to the natural flow of your life. 

Stop resisting.

Your pain arrives like a dark cloud, resting as a 

heavy weight on your chest. Take a moment. 

Breathe in the crisp air of suffering. Let it fill your lungs. 

Allow it to infuse every cell of your body. 

The philosopher knows he or she cannot do much against nature. 

This is the Tempest, the dark night of your soul."

(...)

"You begin to realize that you are here and present. 

Feelings of hope awaken within...Like the weather, 

life in the creature world is ever changing. One day soon, 

the clouds will dissipate; rays of sunlight begin to peer through. 

Eventually the storm quiets, silence sets in. The calm after the storm.

Tears of joy fill your eyes. Your heart fills with love of 

God and mankind. You have nothing left, yet you 

have everything. You are blessed to be alive. 

With radiance from your heart and soul you desire 

to share your joy with others."

~Lauren - excepts from a hand written note

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There Is A Phase...

 

There is a phase 

when one has to go away from external knowledge, 

and find everything in oneself. 

~ Rodney Collin, Theory of Conscious Harmony

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