I have come to recognize it….
I have come to recognize it: I have remembered myself. And since the day I remembered myself I have been in a strange situation; I feel compassion for you, and deep down I also giggle at you, because you are not really in trouble. You don’t need compassion, you need hammering! You need to be hit hard on the head! Your suffering is bogus. Ecstasy is your very nature. You are...
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Reading at Koloa and Anara practice May 30, 2011 A woman came to see the great Indian saint, Ramakrishna and said: “I find that I do not love God. The concept does not move me. I cannot find God anywhere.” “Is there nothing in this world that you do love?” And she said, “Yes I do love my nephew.” Ramakrishna said: “There he...
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Reading at Anara practice 2/01/2011 Wisdom wears an indigo jacket. She takes long walks in the purple hills at twilight pausing to meditate at an old temple near the crossroads. She was sick as a young child so she learned to be alone with herself at an early age Wisdom has a quiet mind. She likes to think about the edges where things spill into each other and become their opposites. She knows...
Read MoreForgiveness
Reading at Koloa and Anara practices Forgiveness is a strong woman, tender and earthy and direct. Since her children have left home, she has embarked on an extended walking tour, visiting ruins and old monuments, bathing in rivers and hot springs, traveling through the small towns and large pulsing cities, tracing the current of sorrow under the stories she hears. Sometimes the city authorities...
Read MoreBirds Don’t Brag About Flying
Reading at Waimea Practice 1/08/2011 Birds don’t brag about flying the way we do. They don’t write books about it and then give workshops, they don’t take on disciples and spoil their own air time. Who could dance and achieve liftoff with a bunch of whackos tugging on...
Read MoreThe Path
Reading at Waimea practice 04/13/2009 yogi P and Iris Whatever you become, my child, may it be rooted in grace. Whatever your path through life, May it offer you steepness and rough places, so that you do not become complacent. ‘Nothing is owed to you, but everything is available to you, Even the decision to do nothing and to travel nowhere. It’s up to you to decide Whether to...
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