Positivity

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Magic - The Love Divine

Words are such a powerful medium they stretch the horizons of imagination.

Fear contracts the known and expands the unknown into a void. Space loses meaning as the 'fear' emotion fills this void. It distinguishes known from unknown and creates such a force within to ensure control so as to bring about a certain predictability to circumstances. The unknown is feared greater still and this void is replaced with belief where predictability and comfort is at its best and this 'state' is christened Heaven.

Working backwards the predictability is pushed into rituals and religion is framed to work the mind into accepting patterns and shunning anything that hints towards unpredictability.

Words. ...words ...those magical sounds that is filled with choicest meanings so as to let the mind unravel the frontiers of imagination to include the void with a presence. A presence christened - 'Love'.

Love is as usual a misunderstood word. Love given is much more meaningful than love received. Love given is duty for the unknown can be included only with Love.

Fear can be replaced only with Love and Love calls for empathy, an embrace of acceptance as is. This calls for understanding which forces one to observe and listen to this void, this source of fear.

Words. ..magical sounds of power. They can control, let go or simply clear the air by bringing a sense of acceptance and adaptivity. Maybe that is why we seek pride from our mother tongue for it gives us comfort ensures predictability yet we limit ourselves within this framework of culture surrounding language.

What is more than language is Love for it is a deeper Truth not merely sounds.

Yet words reveal Love. ..rather Love expresses itself through one medium called the word. Maybe that is why every religion celebrate the spoken word.

Love expresses itself not only through words but also the other mediums like sight, touch, satisfying hunger, sleep etc.

But these words are magical as they enable our unknown into the known space; by allowing us to include that which is not yet even 'seen' ;understood; or yet controlled. Love gives that freedom to let go and just be, that the unknown is simply treated as known and worked with- only when necessary. Imaginative, yet acceptable, for fear - creates pangs of emotion for control and establishment of predictability; that Love circumvents and 'let be'; as though by throwing a lair of magical veil over the unknown and treat it as though Divine; purposeful even yet Unknown.

Magic. ..These words. ..

They spread Love; for suddenly every thought is free, accepted, un-judged and even worthy of exploration. The sudden inclusion of the unknown into the Divine brings about a certain sanctity to study and to know. Love becomes the ability to Live and Life itself is suddenly Divine.

Control is thrown out and predictability becomes an excuse to avoid fear.

Words extend every single progressing moment into exploration of the Unknown as the Divine. Divinity take shape as situations places people things. Every single entity merges into an expression of the Divine as we embrace this Unknown and replace the 'fear void' into the 'Love Divine'

Magic

It has been sometime since I've written the flow of thoughts. I have been recently prodded by Dr.P and Dumbledore (J.K.Rowling) with the touch of Divinity from my Gurus Swami Dayananda Saraswati and Swami Paramaarthaananda Saraswati 

i am I

While the search continues
In events and expectations
Strengthening beliefs and weakening a few
The search for that entity
Is most feverish when
The result is one between
Life and Death

It is not always
That Death looms
The organism wilts
And the desires die midway
But then life goes on
For some more time
With Death not hurrying  beside
Yet holding on the slippage if time 

Come what may in my search
For that One Truth in my greed 
Power control and wealth
Sought in the name of God
Are poured upon volumes
As the world's history
My search though had knocked upon
Wise ones with beards and a few without
Yet life points only in one direction
Which I've failed to look at all along

While breath that falls up and down
And the body seems to dance 
The mind for that moment stays
Within the skin of who I claim I am
That burst of life that expands as I inhale
That shot of energy that pours out after 

That which I sought plays the dance 
On that which I thought I am
That a truth of existence constantly
Buzzes in who I imagine I am
For those few moments my mind vanishes into smoke 
While i merge into that Infinite I
That lives this eternity

That which i sought is me

Children playing in the mind

Children make the world an exciting place to be ... logic and repetition is replaced with exotic sounds, random limb movements and facial expressions so vivid that for those moments time seems to stand still as past  and future merge into the here and now

And then the brain chugs for a few seconds filling in the train as choo choo, birds tweet tweet, cars honk honk ..so on

Until the fear of instability cranks the engine into a statistical nightmare of supposedly useful information and led screens blinks with messages

Reality... it seems is divided into moments of the present and desires for a future of peace and tranquility, wealth and power. The powers of imagination vs sheer innocence

Snap....

Way of the Boddhisattva

May I be a guard for those who are protectorless,
A guide for those who journey on the road;
For those who wish to go across the water,
May I be a boat, a raft, a bridge.

May I be an isle for those who yearn for landfall,
And a lamp for those who long for light;
For those who need a resting place, a bed,
For all who need a servant, may I be a slave.

May I be the wishing jewel, the vase of plenty,
A word of power, and the supreme remedy.
May I be the trees of miracles,
And for every being, the abundant cow.

Like the great earth and the other elements,
Enduring as the sky itself endures,
For the boundless multitude of living beings,
May I be the ground and vessel of their life.

Thus, for every single thing that lives,
In number like the boundless reaches of the sky,
May I be their sustenance and nourishment
Until they pass beyond the bounds of suffering.

~ Shantideva

Words are magical

You are the essential Truth that you seek. You are the goal. Tat Twam Asi

There are no steps in the way. For our understanding we imagine steps. There is only unfolding.

Granthis are knots in understanding. As these knots are removed clarity in thought emerges.

....

You can only go with flow

Its def comforting to imagine that you could have a plan but truth is even a dogs behaviour or the ruffle of leaves speak volumes to the heart in search of Truth

Blessed Mind

Long have I cursed my mind
The tumultuous flow of thoughts
The deep longings for objects
The thirsts for fulfilling lusts calls
The hatred bred in misunderstandings
The sorrow of imagined loss

Some ignoramus pointed at the mind
And I the fool followed

I... I ... naan ...moi....

The seeker that itself is the sought
...

Clarity. .. what a fool I've been

The mind is a tool
A beautiful device of joy
An infinite treasure trove of thoughts
A keeper of life's longings
A lover of treasured moments
A book of life's learnings
A magical wand for living in joy

What a great gift of life
The thing which I thought was my curse
Is the greatest blessing of my existence

I can differentiate myself from everything else
And still belong to the world of things
I can divinize the moment and the place
Else I can see the Divinity in All

All and All and All in me
I am but Truth in All that is to see
Oh. . If not for this blessed mind

I offer thanks to All that is I know
And that I think I don't
And to what that I can't imagine now
For All my thanks I offer to me
The one in All and The All in One

Oh lovely mind
All in Thee I see in me
For Thee art All and All is Me

I am. ..

Om Tat Sat...

Profound and Subtle

The ancient masters were profound and subtle.
Their wisdom was unfathomable.
There is no way to describe it;
All we can describe is their appearance.
They were careful
As someone crossing an iced-over stream.
Alert as a warrior in enemy territory.
Courteous as a guest.
Fluid as melting ice.
Shapable as a block of wood.
Receptive as a valley.
Clear as a glass of water.
Do you have the patience to wait
Till your mud settles and the water is clear?
Can you remain unmoving
Till the right action arises by itself?
The master doesn’t seek fulfillment.
Not seeking, not expecting,
She is present, and can welcome all things.
~ Lao Tsu

Truth and illusion

I would like to imagine myself within this force field covered by layer over layer of powerful energy that I could control. That would be possible to achieve feats that I wouldn't have been able to do for several lifetimes. Do those amazing things that would leave the future in awe. The power to control that which I create. That would put me in a position so great the there would be none other than me so powerful

Quite childish actually. ....

Thoughts that defined me as special as separate from everything else known. Until you realize there is that opposite word. . The Unknown

That word is associated with fear

The more these thoughts wander the more there is one certainty. The I that I so passionately use is just a collection of my thoughts. My thoughts as memory and my imagined future. While the body that I so cling to as who I am is just an energy field I associate my thoughts to be centered on this field. Why I even use this right in doing this exercise of jotting down these thoughts. ...

It is only more and more apparent that this visible world is one single field of waves or energy or whatever we classify them as. ...

While this given body allows this imagination to function elsewhere I am a tree or an insect or building why even a black hole or the gravity in the black hole.

Am I crazy. .. no. ....I just am an extension of nature itself not separate from it. ... not an entity nor an integer in a statistic

But why this. ..

This is an illusion of light. ..a cosmic play of the One as the many. .... just fun

I pray to That I am. ....
May there be peace
May there be peace
May there be peace

I Am. ...

Lazy thinking bastards

For our security we've built cities societies and religions and now we leave our security and are more concerned about the dreams we've built. People seem to want trees but won't plant them. Want flowers and fruits but not trees for they spoil their house. Someone told us. .. take away those plants they breed the mosquitoes. ... what the. ..?

No snakes no elephants no tigers they are best left in the cage.

No work too cause the govt should give me free

What are we coming to?

Mahatma Gandhi

1. Be the change you wish to see in the world

2. What you think, you become

3. Where there is love, there is life

4. Learn as if you’ll live forever

5. Your health is your true wealth

6. Have a sense of humor

7. Your life is your message

8. Action expresses priorities

9. Our greatness is being able to remake ourselves

10. Find yourself in the service of others

I WISH YOU ENOUGH

1 A Peaceful Warrior / by vivek / 20 hours ago

I WISH YOU ENOUGH

Recently, I overheard a mother and daughter in
their last moments together at the airport as the
daughter's departure had been announced.
Standing near the security gate, they hugged and
the mother said:
"I love you and I wish you enough."
The daughter replied, "Mom, our life together has
been more than enough. Your love is all I ever
needed. I wish you enough, too, Mom." They kissed
and the daughter left.
The mother walked over to the window where I sat.
Standing there, I could see she wanted and needed
to cry.
I tried not to intrude on her privacy but she
welcomed me in by asking, "Did you ever say
good-bye to someone knowing it would be
forever?" "Yes, I have," I replied. "Forgive me for
asking but why is this a forever good-bye?"
"I am old and she lives so far away. I have
challenges ahead and the reality is the next trip
back will be for my funeral," she said.
When you were saying good-bye, I heard you say,
"I wish you enough." May I ask what that means?"
She began to smile. "That's a wish that has been
handed down from other generations. My parents
used to say it to everyone." She paused a moment
and looked up as if trying to remember it in detail
and she smiled even more.
"When we said 'I wish you enough' we were
wanting the other person to have a life filled with
just enough good things to sustain them". Then
turning toward me, she shared the following,
reciting it from memory,
"I wish you enough sun to keep your attitude
bright.
I wish you enough rain to appreciate the sun more.
I wish you enough happiness to keep your spirit
alive.
I wish you enough pain so that the smallest joys in
life appear much bigger.
I wish you enough gain to satisfy your wanting.
I wish you enough loss to appreciate all that you
possess.
I wish you enough hellos to get you through the
final good-bye."
She then began to cry and walked away.
They say it takes a minute to find a special person.
An hour to appreciate them. A day to love them.
And an entire life to forget them.

The author of this piece is Bob Perks.
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The Best You've Got

First Sip / by CLAUDIA / 3 days ago

People are often unreasonable,
illogical, and self-centered;
forgive them anyway.
If you are kind, people may accuse you
of selfish, ulterior motives;
be kind anyway.
If you are successful, you will win some
false friends and some true enemies.
Succeed anyway.
If you are honest and frank,
people may cheat you;
be honest and frank anyway.
What you spend years building,
someone could destroy overnight;
build anyway.
If you find serenity and happiness,
others may be jealous;
be happy anyway.
The good you do today,
people will often forget tomorrow;
do good anyway.
If you give the world the best you have,
it may never be enough;
give the world the best you’ve got anyway.
~ Karl Menninger
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We are so small

We cannot begin to see the realms beyond periphery
These ghosts and odd anomalies that whisper of reality

But modern man is so adept at skimming past the ocean's depths
From shoal to shore but still convinced

We can't feel the spinning underneath
This globe rotates and no one perceives
We're so small but man always believes
We are the center, measure of all things

If this is where we lie, some place between the matter and the mystified
And only foolish minds would attempt to fit the universe inside

Maybe all our lives are founded in the moments that escape our eyes
And prudent hearts will find that there is beauty in the mysteries of life

We are so small

- Sean Derr from an fb comment

God

10 SEC READING the writer and God http://feedly.com/e/BVj3xcoI

During his whole life, the Greek author Nikos Kazantzakis (Zorba, The Last Temptation of Christ) was an absolutely coherent man.
Although he touched on religious themes in many of his books – such as an excellent biography of Saint Francis of Assisi – he always considered himself a confirmed atheist.
Well, this confirmed atheist wrote one of the most beautiful definitions of God that I have ever come across:

“We gaze with perplexity at the highest part of the spiral of force that governs the Universe.
“And we call it God.
“We could give it any other name: Abyss, Mystery, Absolute Darkness, Total Light, Matter, Spirit, Supreme Hope, Supreme Despair, Silence.
“But we call it God, because only this name – for some mysterious reason – is capable of making our heart tremble with vigor.

“And let there be no doubt that this trembling is absolutely indispensable for us to be in contact with the basic emotions of the human being”.

God am I?

There is no God
Outside
That ain't within

There can be no two entities
No two powers that is Almighty

There can be no forgiveness
If forgiveness isn't forged within

What are you going to take child
What is yours to leave behind

You need not know this Truth
For you are That

It isn't yours to leave behind this world
For the body isn't Truth

Forgive for there is no they
Live for only You exist as they

Live for you are life
There is but peace everywhere

Om Shanthi Shanthi Shanthihi
Om Tat Sat
I am. ...

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