God comes when the ego goes. When you are
nowhere, He alone is everywhere. He takes the
position of your personality. You vanish, and He
comes in, not before that.
- Swami Krishnananda
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Facets of Spirituality
Complied by S. Bhagyalakshmi
Motilal Banarsidass, Delhi, 1986
Grace...
Grace is something that cannot be earned, it can only be given.. Grace is the forgiveness of all of the sins of separation called ego.. It is the Realization that You are above all division called sin.. sins are the actions of ego caused by ignorance of Real Self.. therefore, these sins are erased by Grace (Love) and Divine Consciousness is Realized..Divine Consciousness contains nothing known as sin and therefore sin cannot enter Reality.. Unconditional Love is the state of non-sin and is known as God.. This is why Jesus forgave His killers while on the cross.. Grace is Pure Unconditional Love........... namaste, thomas
Ram Tzu knows you...
Ram Tzu knows you.
All of your
Dirty little secrets
Are tattooed on your forehead
For him to read.
You cling so tenaciously
To your history
Sensing correctly that to let go
Would set you adrift in a present
In which you cannot survive.
Here and now is the great evaporator
Poof! you're gone.
Surprising isn't it?
All that time you thought you were
You really weren¹t.
Poof! back again so soon?
Guess the illusion wasn't finished
With you after all.
If you learned anything
You'll know it doesn¹t
Make any difference.
Ram Tzu certainly doesn't care.
- Ram Tzu
All of your
Dirty little secrets
Are tattooed on your forehead
For him to read.
You cling so tenaciously
To your history
Sensing correctly that to let go
Would set you adrift in a present
In which you cannot survive.
Here and now is the great evaporator
Poof! you're gone.
Surprising isn't it?
All that time you thought you were
You really weren¹t.
Poof! back again so soon?
Guess the illusion wasn't finished
With you after all.
If you learned anything
You'll know it doesn¹t
Make any difference.
Ram Tzu certainly doesn't care.
- Ram Tzu
The Short Path...
What is the key to the Short Path? It is threefold. First, stop searching for the Overself since it follows you wherever you go. Second, believe in its Presence, with and within you. Third, keep on trying to understand its truth until you can abandon further thoughts about it. You cannot acquire what is already here. So drop the ego's false idea and affirm the real one. ...... Paul Brunton
Self...
The greatest help or service you can do to the
world is the imparting of knowledge of the Self.
Spiritual help is the highest help you can render
to mankind. The root cause of human sufferings
is ignorance. If you can remove this ignorance in
man, then only can he be eternally happy. That
sage who tries to remove the ignorance is the
highest benefactor in the world.
- Swami Sivananda
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Karma Yoga
Swami Sivananda
Published by the Divine Life
Trust Society, India, 1985
world is the imparting of knowledge of the Self.
Spiritual help is the highest help you can render
to mankind. The root cause of human sufferings
is ignorance. If you can remove this ignorance in
man, then only can he be eternally happy. That
sage who tries to remove the ignorance is the
highest benefactor in the world.
- Swami Sivananda
` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` `
Karma Yoga
Swami Sivananda
Published by the Divine Life
Trust Society, India, 1985
Truth...
The Truth is found by examination. If we believe something without complete
examination, then our name is fool.. Believing something as Truth without self
examination is called religion and worship of leadership.. I find it strange
that people will have an opinion without examining everything that forms that
opinion.. most opinions are formed from the ego and how the ego is affected from
that information received from others.. this is why politicians always tell you
the good news and great change that they will give you upon election.. most of
your opinions are given to you by others, especially the media, controlled by
the elite................ namaste, thomas
examination, then our name is fool.. Believing something as Truth without self
examination is called religion and worship of leadership.. I find it strange
that people will have an opinion without examining everything that forms that
opinion.. most opinions are formed from the ego and how the ego is affected from
that information received from others.. this is why politicians always tell you
the good news and great change that they will give you upon election.. most of
your opinions are given to you by others, especially the media, controlled by
the elite................ namaste, thomas
Why?...
Why do I speak about subjects that frighten others into silence?.. It is to
awaken you to the present and the future.. It is to warn you about this dream
and the Awakening into Consciousness that will be forced upon us by exterior
events.. Although this world is an illusion and the illusion will change as
Consciousness changes, we can prepare ourselves in the most important manner..
This preparation does not mean the storage of food and water.. This preparation
means the forgiveness of all that the ego feels slighted by.. non-forgiveness
will leave an attachment or karma to face, once again, all that the ego feels
attached to.. the long lasting reincarnations that keep you trapped within this
dream.. Unconditional Love is the only escape from this prison of
ego............. namaste, thomas
awaken you to the present and the future.. It is to warn you about this dream
and the Awakening into Consciousness that will be forced upon us by exterior
events.. Although this world is an illusion and the illusion will change as
Consciousness changes, we can prepare ourselves in the most important manner..
This preparation does not mean the storage of food and water.. This preparation
means the forgiveness of all that the ego feels slighted by.. non-forgiveness
will leave an attachment or karma to face, once again, all that the ego feels
attached to.. the long lasting reincarnations that keep you trapped within this
dream.. Unconditional Love is the only escape from this prison of
ego............. namaste, thomas
Walt Whitman...
Trippers and askers surround me (from Song of Myself)
By Walt Whitman
(1819 - 1892)
Trippers and askers surround me,
People I meet, the effect upon me of my early life or the ward and city I live
in, or the nation,
The latest dates, discoveries, inventions, societies, authors old and new,
My dinner, dress, associates, looks, compliments, dues,
The real or fancied indifference of some man or woman I love,
The sickness of one of my folks or of myself, or ill-doing or loss or lack of
money, or depressions or exaltations,
Battles, the horrors of fratricidal war, the fever of doubtful news, the fitful
events;
These come to me days and nights and go from me again,
But they are not the Me myself.
Apart from the pulling and hauling stands what I am,
Stands amused, complacent, compassionating, idle, unitary,
Looks down, is erect, or bends an arm on an impalpable certain rest,
Looking with side-curved head curious what will come next,
Both in and out of the game and watching and wondering at it.
Backward I see in my own days where I sweated through fog with linguists and
contenders,
I have no mockings or arguments, I witness and wait.
-- from Song of Myself, by Walt Whitman
By Walt Whitman
(1819 - 1892)
Trippers and askers surround me,
People I meet, the effect upon me of my early life or the ward and city I live
in, or the nation,
The latest dates, discoveries, inventions, societies, authors old and new,
My dinner, dress, associates, looks, compliments, dues,
The real or fancied indifference of some man or woman I love,
The sickness of one of my folks or of myself, or ill-doing or loss or lack of
money, or depressions or exaltations,
Battles, the horrors of fratricidal war, the fever of doubtful news, the fitful
events;
These come to me days and nights and go from me again,
But they are not the Me myself.
Apart from the pulling and hauling stands what I am,
Stands amused, complacent, compassionating, idle, unitary,
Looks down, is erect, or bends an arm on an impalpable certain rest,
Looking with side-curved head curious what will come next,
Both in and out of the game and watching and wondering at it.
Backward I see in my own days where I sweated through fog with linguists and
contenders,
I have no mockings or arguments, I witness and wait.
-- from Song of Myself, by Walt Whitman
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