inspiration

INSPIRATION

ne must seek the shortest way and the fastest means to get back

home - to turn the spark within into a blaze, to be merged in and to

identify with tha

t greater f

ire which ignited the spark" Nityananda

Spiritual practice, when done from the heart, does not become old,

repetitive, or hollow - it only becomes deeper - so deep that words

are too

shallow to try to convey the richness. Seung Sahn

The Truth is t

be realized here in this life. It is vain to expect

that

things will change and improve after. The change or

improvement

cannot come from outside of yourself. …The world

you reach after the

body is shed is determined by the level of

consciousness reached while

in the body. Kularnava Tantra

Spiritual practice, when done from the heart, does not become

old, repetitive, or hollow - it only becomes deeper - so deep

that words are too shallow to try to convey the richness.

Seung Sahn

"Meditation is not just a practice. Meditation is a natural state. It's an actual channel

in our consciousness, a bandwidth of tranquility, energy and joy that reveals itself when

we learn to pay attention. Once you discover how to tune yourself to the meditation

bandwidth, it will empower your life from within."

Sally Kempton

Love and serve all humanity.

Assist everyone.

Be happy, be courteous

Be a dynamo of irrepressible joy.

Recognize God and goodness in

every face.

here is no saint without a past

and no

sinner without a future.

Praise everyone.

If you cannot praise someone,

let them out of your life.

Be original, be inventive.

Be courageous.

Take courage again and again.

Do not imitate; be strong, be upright.

Do not lean on the crutches of others.

Think with your own head. Be yourself.

All perfection and every divine virtue

are hidden within you.

Reveal them to the world.

Wisdom, too, is already within you.

Let it shine forth.

Let the Lord's grace set you free.

Let your life be that of the rose;

in silence, it speaks the language of fragrance.

Babaji of Herakhan, Himalayas

"You have been telling the people that this is the Eleventh Hour.

Now you

must

back and tell

e people that this is The Hour!

There are things to be considered: Where are you living? What are

you

doing?

What are your

relationships? Are you in right relation?

Where is

your water?

Know your garden.

It is time to speak

your truth. Create you

r community. Be good to

each

other.

And do not look

outside yourself for the leader.

Know, the river has its destination. The elders say we must let go of

the

shore,

push off into the

middle of the river, keep our eyes open,

and our

heads above

water. See who is there with you

and celebrate.

At this time in history, we are to take nothing personally. Least of

all,

ourselves. For the moment

that we do, our spiritual growth and

journey

comes

to a halt.

The time for the lone wolf is over. Gather yourselves!

Banish the word struggle from your attitude and your vocabulary.

All that

do now must be

done in a sacred manner and in

celebration.

We are the ones we've been waiting for!"

Anonymous Hopi elder

Remember, the body does not last for ever. Age prowls like a

leopard, diseases strike like an enemy. It is a wonder how

people

can be so complacent and unmindful when everywhere there is

thunder of crash. Time flies without your knowing. Prosperity is

like a dream, youth like a blossom, life-span momentary like

lightning. Even a hundred years is too little, for half the life is

spent in sleep and the other half is made infructuous by infancy,

disease, misery, age and what not.

Deluded by ignorance (avidya),

looks not at what

is seen

, grasps

not what

is heard

, follows not what

is read. He fails to see that

with every moment that passes

this

body decays. The Wolf of Time

rushes upon him when he is still prattling of my children, my wife,

my wealth, my relations. Death swallows him when he is still

thinking of what is done, what is yet to be done and what is half-

done.

Therefore do today what is required to be ready tomorrow, do in

the forenoon what is meant for the afternoon. Death waits not to

see what is done or not done.

Kularnava Tantra

Seek in the heart the source of evil and expunge it. It lives

fruitfully

in the heart of the devoted disciple as well as in the

heart of the man

of desire. Only the strong can kill it out. The

weak must wait for its

growth, its fruition, its death. And it is a

plant that lives and

increases throughout the ages. It flowers when

the man has

accumulated unto himself innumerable existences. He

who will enter

upon the path of power must tear this thing out of

his heart.

Seek it not by any one road.

All steps are necessary to make up the ladder

and seek it by making the profound obeisance of the soul to the

dim

star that burns within. Steadily, as you watch and worship, its

light

will grow stronger. Then you may know you have found the

beginning

of the way. And when you have found the end its light

will suddenly

become the infinite light.

Look for the flower to bloom in the silence that follows the storm:

not till then.

It shall grow, it will shoot up, it will make branches and leaves and

form buds, while the storm continues, while the battle lasts. But

not

till the whole personality of the man is dissolved and melted --

not until

it is held by the divine fragment which has created it, as a

mere

subject for grave experiment and experience -- not until the

whole

nature has yielded and become subject unto its higher self,

can the

bloom open. Then will come a calm such as comes in a

tropical country

after the heavy rain, when Nature works so

swiftly that one may see

her action. Such a calm will come to the

harassed spirit. And in the

deep silence the mysterious event will

occur which will prove that the

way has been found. Call it by what

name you will, it is a voice that

speaks where there is none to speak

-- it is a messenger that comes, a

messenger without form or

substance; or it is the flower of the soul

that has opened. It

cannot be described by any metaphor. But it can

be felt after,

looked for, and desired, even amid the raging of the

storm. The

silence may last a moment of time or it may last a thousand

years.

But it will end. Yet you will carry its strength with you. Again

and

again the battle must be fought and won. It is only for an interval

that Nature can be still.

Light on the Path

El Morya transcribed

MbMabel Collins

Go within to the deepest recesses of your heart and ask your I

Presence how you can be the greatest force of Light, right

here

and right now. How can you personally add to the Light of the

world? What can you do to bring more love, joy, abundance and

peace into your own life and the lives of those who are in your

sphere of influence? You will be amazed at the answers you

receive. This is your moment. Now is the time. Patricia Diane

Cota-Robles