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“There ain’t no answer. There ain’t going to be any answer. There never has been an answer.     That’s the answer.”

– Gertrude Stein

A Definition of Soul

A Definition of Soul

To me, the soul is the functional interface between the unlimited and undifferentiated Spirit and the local time/space-bound personality....

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Nowhere to Hide

Nowhere to Hide

Help me stay awake to every moment of this day the events I like and those I don't - equally welcomed in my sight, or at least not pushed...

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Shadow…

Shadow…

The shadow has three functions: (1) It won't let you step over or leave a part of yourself. You'll make a fool of yourself. (2) It keeps...

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The Happiest Man

The Happiest Man

The oldest man in the world? The happiest man alive? A yoga genius? Who is Swami Sivananda? He was born in 1896 and has lived through...

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Repeat experiences

Repeat experiences

A Warrior of the Light notices that certain moments repeat themselves. He often finds himself faced with the same problems and situations...

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Easy

Easy

I sit until my mind slips into silence, and in that eclipse of thought, a drop of nectar forms. I pierce the perfect surface of this drop...

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To Build a Swing

To Build a Swing

You carry All the ingredients To turn your life into a nightmare Don't mix them! You have all the genius To build a swing in your backyard...

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The Same Suntan

The Same Suntan

Burn Every address for God. Any Beloved Who has just one color of hair, On gender,one race, the same suntan all the time, On rule book,...

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CHANGING YOUR MIND

CHANGING YOUR MIND

"Those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything." - George Bernard Shaw "The man who never alters his opinion is like standing...

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Truth

Truth

I maintain that truth is a pathless land, and you cannot approach it by any path whatsoever, by any religion, by any sect. That is my...

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Something is happening

Something is happening

Humanity has been sleeping-and still sleeps-lulled within the narrowly confining joys of its little closed loves. In the depths of the...

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Surrendering to Love

Surrendering to Love

“Love is what we are born with. Fear is what we learn. The spiritual journey is the unlearning of fear and prejudices and the acceptance...

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A Pretty Song

A Pretty Song

From the complications of loving you I think there is no end or return. No answer, no coming out of it. Which is the only way to love,...

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Allow

Allow

“Now, everybody, get this: You don't have to fight. You can allow. Allow, allow, allow. And then the transformation comes so rapidly that...

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Look Within

Look Within

"The Spiritual Seeker is wise to look within and affirm that which they know is good and true, thus creating a state of readiness for...

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GO WITH WHAT FLOW?

GO WITH WHAT FLOW?

When they say "Go with the flow," what "flow" are they talking about? Do they mean the flow of your early childhood conditioning? The flow...

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Joy/Sorrow/Joy/Sorrow

Joy/Sorrow/Joy/Sorrow

Then a woman said' "Speak to us of Joy and Sorrow". And he answered: Your Joy is your sorrow unmasked. And the selfsame well from which...

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Transactions with Beauty

Transactions with Beauty

Lovers find secret places inside this violent world where they make transactions with beauty. Reason says, Nonsense. I have walked and...

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