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Monthly Archives: April 2011
Imitation of Christ : I promise great and eternal things
The world, which promises small and passing things, is served with great eagerness: I promise great and eternal things and the hearts of men grow dull. Who is there that serves and obeys Me in all things with as great … Continue reading
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Tagged christian mysticism, contemplation, devotion, God, prayer, presence, spirituality
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Swami Ramdas and Mataji Krishnabai
Swami Ramdas and Mataji Krishnabai Surrender to God The aim of all religions is to point out the path that leads to perfect freedom, peace, and joy. This blessed state can be realized only by the eradication of the ego-sense … Continue reading
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Swami Ramdas : Perfect Union with God
Yoga is the path by traversing which the individual soul realizes its real nature of immortality, omnipresence, peace, and bliss. The essential condition for the attainment of this supreme goal is the complete absence of the ego-sense. Self-control and self-discipline … Continue reading
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Tagged Bakti yoga, Brahman, Buddhism, contemplation, devotion, God, Hinduism, mystical ecstasy, prayer, self-consciousness
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Empty Cloud : In the pure single-mindedness of my meditation
Empty Cloud A Chinese Zen Master (1840-1960) Long before the time of his death in 1959 at the venerable age of 120 on Mount Yun-ju, Jiangxi Province, Master Xu-yun’s name was known and revered in every Chinese Buddhist temple and … Continue reading
Salim Michael : The Attention and its Importance
A human being’s attention is the most precious treasure he possesses. Its purpose, force, and importance in life may not be very obvious, since through long, habitual, and instinctive use it is generally taken too much for granted. (…) On … Continue reading
Tenzin Palmo : Mindfulness
The Sanskrit word for mindfulness is « Smirti », in Pali it’s « Sati », and in Tibetan « Drenpa » . Significantly, they all mean “to remember”. It’s what the Catholics call “being in a state of recollection”. And it’s extremely difficult. If we can be … Continue reading
Bardo Thodol
Thine own intellect, which is now voidness, yet not to be regarded as of the voidness of nothingness, but as being the intellect itself, unobstructed, shining, thrilling, and blissful, is the very consciousness, the All-good Buddha. Thine own consciousness, not … Continue reading
Gerta Ital : On the way to Satori
‘The path which I travelled and which 1 have described in my narrative was a very hard and stony one. This fact should not discourage anyone else, however, for each individual is different. Nowadays it is no longer necessary for … Continue reading
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Francis Thompson : The Butterfly Effect
“All things by immortal power, Near and Far Hiddenly To each other linked are, That thou canst not stir a flower Without troubling of a star.” In chaos theory, the butterfly effect is the sensitive dependence on initial conditions; where … Continue reading