Pride Is Often Hard...

Pride is often hard to see and to identify

as it is hiding behind something. 

What I noticed is that it hardens my heart, 

when I feel better than somebody else, 

I do not fully embrace them, 

I judge and distance myself from them. 

Perhaps to be 'neutral' towards people I judge 

or feel superior towards is already a step towards neutralizing pride.

~S

Soul Receives from Soul...

Soul receives from soul that knowledge, therefore not by book

    nor from tongue.

If knowledge of mysteries come after emptiness of mind, that is 

    illumination of heart.

~Rumi

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To Be...

"To Be or Not to Be". 

That is the Question.

Be HERE. Now.

It is one thing to be present during a meeting -- 

where the environment is perfect.
The students are lifting one another.
Mervyn reminded us to make efforts while rolling the toilet paper!
Ouspensky reminded us 

to remain in a state of Self Remembering while washing a cup.
Simple acts. 

But the Soul must come to the front

in all of our acts if we are to truly awaken.

~E

I Find I Am In A Place...

Dante Gabriel Rossetti

I find I am in a place at the moment 

of making efforts to stop making efforts.
What I mean is, there is time to step back 

and really see the results of efforts already made...

By letting go and appreciating 

that there have been steps in the right direction....
and that small efforts bring rewards as do large efforts ....
and my super effort is to let go and BE.

To stop and smell the roses.
To BE who I really am 

and not who I strive to be ... 

that is my current effort.

~P

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Idleness and Pride...

Idleness and pride tax with a heavier hand than king and parliaments. 

If we can get rid of the former, we may easily bear the latter.

~Benjamin Franklin

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Our Mind is Capable of Many Things...

Our mind is capable of many things 

including beautiful super efforts. 

What we choose to occupy our mind with is the question.
What we feed it is no different than feeding a computer meta data.
As they say “shit in/shit out
Feed the mind anger 

we produce more anger which produces fear.
Feed the mind greed 

and we produce scarcity which produces want and need
Feed the mind doubt 

and we produce lack of self worth 

which leads to anger and fear
Feed the mind compassion 

and we produce calm and from there we produce happiness.

~J

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Alas, Remembering Ourselves...

Alas, remembering ourselves in stillness 

releases the bonds of our type, center, personality and tapes — 

and then suddenly we are soaring in a state of Love.

If we keep self-remembering, 

feeding ourselves beauty, gratitude and presence — 

the grace of that state can remain with us more and more.

~E

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I Know That There Are Gods...

"I know that there are Gods
or at least something a lot higher than me,
and all my life I have sensed them nearby.
It is to them my Soul speaks
and it is to my Soul that they in turn speak.

From deep within me, and sometimes from behind me...
a light shines.
This light of life, which shines upon things and people,
and makes me aware 
that the creature is nothing but an instrument of that light."
~Mervyn Brady

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The Endurance of Darkness...

"The endurance of darkness is the preparation for great light."

~St. John of the Cross

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As We Are Awakening...

As we are awakening, 

we need constant reminders to Remember our Soul. 

To remember we are not our mechanics.
We are not our reactions. 

We are not our features.
The machine is powerful. 

Super Efforts are like a candlelight vigil, 

making room for a vast stillness -- 

that enables the machine to be less in-charge of the Soul.
When we make these efforts, 

we are not just awakening ourselves. 

Our school. 

We are shifting the collective consciousness.

~E

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Whatever It Is You Do...

Foucault's Pendulum

 Whatever it is you do, 

learn to balance the pendulum

and be kind and loving and Real with yourself. 

Beating ourselves up is not the right triad. 

Self Observation and bringing our Being as best we are able to each moment

will set us back on the path. 

But nonetheless...

we need to Be Here to actually Do it!

~J

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