Firstly, in matters of the heart, never, ever, ever speak your mind. Your mind gets it wrong one hundred percent of the time. Secondly, all matters are matters of the heart. Shh…
Bozebits
There are no levels of spirituality. You cannot rise above others without separating yourself from them, which contradicts the very essence of oneness, spirituality purports to encompass. The master who points to anyone and claims that they are not as far along in the spiritual journey as themselves or others is broken. If WE are all one, then no one rises above the whole. No one! Love all and judge not; that’s how it works.
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The only thing hard about humans is ego. Ego is the shell you form to protect yourself from the onslaught of other egos, and all egos, even the collective ego, are in protective mode. Love and expressions of love are the only way to soften both your own and the ego of others. Show and express love often! Smile, nod, and be kind. Ego always has to mellow in such interactions.
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What you think, believe, or claim to know requires an ego to defend it. What YOU are outside of ego clings to nothing, which subdues an ego ready to fight. Know YOU; that is YOU, who has no description and is undefinable. YOU will not be found on a battlefield driven by egoic strategies but only on the pristine meadow of peace, solitude, and warm, gentle breezes. You’ll know it when you let go of what you know.
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The voice you hear and pay attention to is your voice. That is the voice of ego ‘sorting things out” according to its rules and judgments. It is the most erroneous voice you know, and it creates the false narrative of what is. The voice you don’t hear never judges, complains, makes stuff up about what happens, or seeks to be right. It embraces life in quiet and thrills in each moment it participates in the grand mystery of human experience. It is the voice that never condemns another and shows only kindness to all “forms.” If you listen, you will hear it, but never if you are thinking. Shhh; mystery is afoot!
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There is no finding truth. It’s never lost. What’s lost is what you think truth is. Solution? Be present without thoughts.
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Do you know what greed is? “Dear God, Universe, Great Giver of all that is, karma, etc.; I want.” Yes, greed is, “I want.” Don’t confuse your noble intentions with reality, and think that because you describe another version of something you believe is better, that greed is not the base of it. “I want” ties you to an imaginary reality, and the “good” you imagine is better than “what is” is judgment. YOU not only “have” it all, YOU are ALL. Don’t allow yourself to be divided by mind-based trivialities, e.g., what “I want.”
Look beyond your thoughts by silencing them. Peace and plenty, mystery and wondrousness beyond anything you could possibly want, lie within that silence!
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It has been said, “We’re all bad in someone’s story.” I’ll add, “Perhaps even in our own.” The solution to “badness” is to transform your story into no story and let others be the tellers of whatever they want. What they tell is not “what you are,” and what you speak is interpretive, e.g., embellished, jaded, and maybe even untrue. You cannot “tell” a lie if you are busy living a life, as living quietly in the moment is free of interpretation. That is a life that cannot be shaped by stories you or others tell. So, go live; quietly!
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There is a Zen saying: “Only out of the mud can the Lotus grow.” All of the things you consider messed up in the world are the mud from which you, the most beautiful of all flowers, emerge, and the “mud” is never, not there, just as YOU have never not been! The world is perfect, as are YOU. Worry not and judge not the mud from which all life takes form. Sow seeds of goodness, gratitude, and kindness so that your life, regardless of its murkiness and mystery, flowers with beauty.
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Be cool with those who seem hot and throw their fire at you. If you heat up because of them, you only add to the fire, and worst of all, you fall under their control. In other words, don’t confuse action with reaction. Your flames are as hot as anyone else’s, and if they are lit by fire that is thrown at you, your ego is running and ruining your life. Be like the gentle stream into which a burning branch falls and whose flames are absorbed in the waters of your heart. Let them drift with you into coolness and a loving flow that emanates from depths no fire can ignite. Again and again, “Be Cool!”