I Will Tell You One Thing...

"I will tell you one thing that will make you rich for life.

There are two struggles:

an Inner- world struggle and an Outer-world struggle...

you must make an intentional contact between these two worlds;

then you can crystallize data from the Third World,

the World of the Soul."

~G.I. Gurdjieff

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When I am Present ...

When I am present there are no identifications. 

I observe an “i” and let it go. 

Dividing attention is such a powerful practice. 

To maintain focus on my breath, 

a piece of music, the touch of my fingers on the keyboard, 

all at once, well then there is no room for incessant thoughts, 

no space for them to take root. 

And then I am in the realm of the soul 

where true thought can blossom.

Then understanding has the possibility of developing.

~J

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I Have Been Feeling ...

I have been feeling even when I was a very little girl

this desire to help those in need. 

To bring harmony. 

When I do something in my essence, 

like teach a yoga class, or write a poem, 

or support a mission that I believe in; 

it feeds my soul with inSpiration (spirit), 

aliveness, and joy.

It is truly a gift what we have been given. 

And the conscious beings before us 

left us a trail through their essence.

The world needs it. 

We need it. 

To be infused with the nectar of our and His divine light. 

It gives us purpose. 

We want to get out of bed

and be present to the miracle of divinity

and how it wants to serve through us. 

We get fed through our essence

and how we add to the celestial pot.

~S

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With the Work...

Vidmantas Goldberg

With the Work, 

we little by little accustom ourselves

to the brilliance of the soul, 

first in ourselves, and then in others, in all of nature. 

Or perhaps it is the other way around. 

We delight in those who have "washed the gums" from our eyes, 

so we can see the harmony of creation all around us, 

feel it's connections, live its essence...

And then we "live the questions" 

until we finally begin to see our true place in it all, 

our True Personality and Essence. 

Perhaps it is some of both.

The biggest step for me, though, 

has been giving myself permission

over and over to really learn to SEE, 

and more importantly 

to freely BE who I realize I have been all along. 

What a gift.

~J


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Listen...

“Listen: this world is the lunatic's sphere,
Don't always agree it's real,

Even with my feet upon it
And the postman knowing my door

My address is somewhere else.” 

~Hafiz

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