When you awaken

I wasn’t looking, and yet I found this … to me this has meaning !

Written by Ram Daas

When you awaken
You are no longer a Buddhist or a Hindu or a Christian or a Jew or a Moslem. 
You are love, you are truth.
And love and truth have no form.
They flow into forms.
But the word is never the same as that which the word connotes.
The word “God” is not God,
the word “Mother” is not Mother,
the word “Self” is not Self,
the word “moment” is not the moment.
All of these words are empty.
We’re playing at the level of intellect,
feeding that thing in us that keeps wanting to understand.
And here we are, all the words we’ve said are gone.

Where did they go?
Do you remember them all?
Empty, empty.
If you heard them, you are at this moment empty.
You’re ready for the next word.
And the word will go through you.
You don’t have to know anything: that’s what’s so funny about it.
You get so simple.
You’re empty.
You know nothing.
You simply are wisdom-
not becoming anything,
just being everything.

by

Ram Daas

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If …

IF you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too;
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or being lied about, don’t deal in lies,
Or being hated, don’t give way to hating,
And yet don’t look too good, nor talk too wise:

If you can dream – and not make dreams your master;
If you can think – and not make thoughts your aim;
If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster
And treat those two impostors just the same;
If you can bear to hear the truth you’ve spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken,
And stoop and build ’em up with worn-out tools:

If you can make one heap of all your winnings
And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,
And lose, and start again at your beginnings
And never breathe a word about your loss;
If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
To serve your turn long after they are gone,
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
Except the Will which says to them: ‘Hold on!’

If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,
‘ Or walk with Kings – nor lose the common touch,
if neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you,
If all men count with you, but none too much;
If you can fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds’ worth of distance run,
Yours is the Earth and everything that’s in it,
And – which is more – you’ll be a Man, my son!

Written by: Rudyard Kipling (1865–1936)

A brief biography here http://www.kipling.org.uk/kip_fra.htm

I found this at the Kipling Society http://www.kipling.org.uk/

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Thoughts for all

Desiderata

Go placidly amid the noise and haste,
and remember what peace there may be in silence.
As far as possible without surrender
be on good terms with all persons.
Speak your truth quietly and clearly;
and listen to others,
even the dull and the ignorant;
they too have their story.
Avoid loud and aggressive persons,
they are vexations to the spirit.
If you compare yourself with others,
you may become vain and bitter;
for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself.
Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans.
Keep interested in your own career, however humble;
it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time.
Exercise caution in your business affairs;
for the world is full of trickery.
But let this not blind you to what virtue there is;
many persons strive for high ideals;
and everywhere life is full of heroism.
Be yourself.
Especially, do not feign affection.
Neither be cynical about love;
for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment
it is as perennial as the grass.
Take kindly the counsel of the years,
gracefully surrendering the things of youth.
Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune.
But do not distress yourself with dark imaginings.
Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness.
Beyond a wholesome discipline,
be gentle with yourself.
You are a child of the universe,
no less than the trees and the stars;
you have a right to be here.
And whether or not it is clear to you,
no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should.
Therefore be at peace with God,
whatever you conceive Him to be,
and whatever your labors and aspirations,
in the noisy confusion of life keep peace with your soul.
With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams,
it is still a beautiful world.
Be cheerful.
Strive to be happy.

Max Ehrmann, (Sept 1872 – Sept 1945). Copyright 1927.

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Symptoms of Inner Peace

I have started a new job – with a J Curve you couldn’t believe and the hours
merge into days – so when someone said – “remember yesterday morning” – seriously though, I don’t remember it as a morning – rather it is just a haze.. its even worse when someone asks what day it is…. no idea.

This can’t go on – so now it is time to discipline my working and break time,
including meditation, sleeping, reading –good food and exercise.

THE SYMPTOMS OF INNER PEACE

by Saskia Davis

Be on the lookout for symptoms of inner peace. The hearts of a great many
have already been exposed to inner peace and it is possible that people
everywhere could come down with it in epidemic proportions. This could pose
a serious threat to what has, up to now, been a fairly stable condition of
conflict in the world.

        Some signs and symptoms of inner peace:

                    * A tendency to think and act spontaneously rather than
                       on fears based on past experiences.
                    * An unmistakable ability to enjoy each moment.
                    * A loss of interest in judging other people.
                    * A loss of interest in judging self.
                    * A loss of interest in interpreting the actions of others.
                    * A loss of interest in conflict.
                    * A loss of the ability to worry. (This is a very serious symptom.)
                    * Frequent, overwhelming episodes of appreciation.
                    * Contented feelings of connectedness with others and nature.
                    * Frequent attacks of smiling.
                    * An increasing tendency to let things happen rather than make
                      them  happen.
                    * An increased susceptibility to the love extended by others as well 

                      as an uncontrollable urge to extend it.

 

 

WARNING:
If you have some or all of the above symptoms, please be advised that your
condition of inner peace may be so far advanced as to not be curable. If you
are exposed to anyone exhibiting any of these symptoms, remain exposed only
at your own risk.

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