Posted in Attitudes, Going Inwards on Sep 8th, 2011
The journey of awakening is never an easy one. It comes with a lot of pain, massive emotional turmoil which some refer to as the dark night as part of the process. And I can understand why some people shudder at the journey because it is so daunting. For those who hear of it, they […]
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Posted in Attitudes, Going Inwards, Ideas, Poems on Aug 11th, 2011
Some people say ‘I will wait for you’ Nice to be heard Only to the fools The wise would know There is no such thing As waiting only means I’ve stopped living for you For the one who hears An innocent imposition Suddenly bestow on him A commitment not willing to be kept What burden […]
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If it can be refined further, why stop? If there is a little bit more, why not? Not that now is not its best, since it is always at its best But if it can be perfected some more why not clean it up anyway? To give up means not given up before. To forgive […]
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Posted in Going Inwards, Quotes on Jul 24th, 2011
There are two types of storytellers in this world. One who tells his own story for himself, and one who tells his own story for others. The storyteller who tells his story for himself is so that others can see him, so that he can see himself. The storyteller who tells his story for others is so that others can […]
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Posted in Attitudes, Going Inwards, Poems on Jul 24th, 2011
Expression not expressed becomes Suppression. Suppression further suppressed becomes Repression. Repression not addressed becomes Depression. Depression with added ajbetness becomes Oppression. Oppression not forgiven becomes Death – as in, the living dead. Are you one of them?
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Posted in Attitudes, Ideas on Jul 20th, 2011
There are only two feelings Love and fear There are only two languages Love and fear There are only two activities Love and fear Two motives Two procedures Two frameworks Two results Love or fear Love or fear ~ Rumi ~
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Posted in Going Inwards, Ideas on Jul 20th, 2011
Pain in separation is really just something misunderstood. The ancient thoughts carried forward up till today of ‘I am in pain’ either because of I am leaving him/her, he/she is leaving me, or we are leaving each other is always targeted at a person out there or myself. As I looked deeper into the abyss […]
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Posted in Attitudes, Going Inwards on Jul 17th, 2011
Respect went up a notch for a beloved friend recently. His honesty about his current reality which was a past fear arising once again. Although at the back of the mind already knowing that it is unreal, my reminder did not alter his groundedness. He told me, “G, I cannot lie to myself. Even I […]
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Posted in Attitudes, Going Inwards, Poems on Jul 4th, 2011
Isn’t it madness that I have to do something for you or you have to do something for me in order for you to love me or for me to love you. As if if there is nothing done from or for either one of us suddenly Love has gone out of the door *poof* […]
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“So learn from Me now, friend, as I briefly profile the qualities that make the loving yogi one with Me, Brahman, the Godhead. There is no higher achievement in life. “Cultivate a pure intellect. Free your mind and heart of delusion. Be self-restrained. Give up the ego. Subdue your senses through steady will. Abandon the […]
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