Oh what a fool!

Oh what a fool I've been...but aren't we all at sometime? Maybe just admitting that to ourselves sheds enough light to see beyond it.

Simple Harmony

It really is that simple

Life

Life flows it's own sweet way whether we allow it to or not. Only in that allowing can true mastery of the self be gained.

Simple Truth

Truth is much simpler than the mind makes it out to be...ever present when we're open to receiving it.

I Am

I Am, and that's what defines me...nothing or no-one else even comes close.

River of Dreams

Just a Tool

The ego, too, is a vital part of who we are as humans. It should be given space to express... it's a tool on the journey and should be used as such. But one tool doesn't make up the Whole Toolbox.

Always Curious

Never was one for taking the quickest route home...guess I've always liked exploring.

When

Young or Old?

There are moments when my soul just wants to explore...always curious and always childlike. At other moments it feels like I've walked this path so many times in many different guises, feeling it All...ageless.

At some point...we're all fools for love

Letting go

The thing we want the most is the thing we fear the most, and it requires completely letting go.

Inward Eternity

The inward journey brings more understanding of the external world than the external world itself, and is the only route to realizing the Eternal.

Through

Seeing through the illusion can never be understood by the mind or even the senses...the search is futile, it just happens.

Ok

Because,despite appearances, it always is and we always are...Ok

Holding On

Real Acting

Everyone's just acting from a place of hurt...to each it feels real. Story listening is a much greater teacher than any doctrine or theology...life teaches,experience teaches, the pain itself is the greatest teacher. Human understanding is felt at the core and the realization of Oneness can only be experienced in the depth of that feeling...it's All the self.

And so it IS

And so it IS...it always IS

The Dream Will Realise

Trust and Faith

Faith comes easy when things are going 'right' but true Faith is only realized in the face of adversity, embracing the uncertainty and trusting the natural unfolding of life. Realizing that hurt and betrayal are inevitable as part of the human experience but choosing to Trust anyway. The potential for it All lies within each of us and complete acceptance of that allows for a greater understanding of everyone and potential freedom for the Self.

Be the Music!

Most people don't know how to dance to the music because they don't know how to Be the music.

No mistakes!

The things we call mistakes when viewed through the lens of awareness become quite the opposite... God makes no mistakes.

Who's afraid of the dark?

Pain itself IS the catalyst. When looked at it becomes the propeller toward self realization and one's own greatest potential...who knew the dark could contain so much light?
To All who 'hurt' little old me on this exploration thank You... I win in the end. I hope You have the courage to find your source of victory and allow your own pain to liberate You.

The Ultimate Mystery

The ultimate mystery is Oneself. So much cut off so feelings don't arise. We know more about the planets and stars than we know of human nature and the workings of the Soul. We can calculate the orbit of the earth around the sun yet not the orbit of our soul which resides partly here and partly in eternity. Denying anything in the self causes it to wheedle it's way into life in a covert fashion. Acknowledging that it All exists within with complete honesty to oneself leaves no room for denial. Awareness allows it All to exist.

Fully here.

Projecting one's own pain is the curse of the world. Going into it fully is the only way out of it.

One in All...All in One.

The Fool is the one who looks in the mirror and denies his own reflection...It's ALL a reflection. Denying Nothing...just part of the Soul's exploration.

Soulful Living.

Imagination is the soul's vehicle for expression. Stagnancy occurs when the Soul is not free to express...if we don't live with Soul, we don't live at all.

Broken open

We can't discover the pearl if we don't break open the shell.

Self Inquiry

Self Inquiry is the only route to Real Love.

It doesn't get caught in the trap of the emotional love game where the ego plays with itself. It asks Nothing of the other but gives again and again...not in a self sacrificing way because it realizes the more it gives of itself the more it expands. It is never self seeking and so doesn't need to put itself on display or look for mere flowery accolades of false affection. It trusts implicitly because it can never be diminished. Takes nothing personal because it can't be offended. Needs nothing from another because it knows that it's complete so when the dance between two happens it's always One...it simply Is the other so how can it not give to itself? In it's own fulfillment it overflows and touches the other at it's core. It revels in honesty because it knows Truth is always the key. Compassion is it's greatest ally and fear is it's only victim.
It can only be realized by seeing through the confusing illusion of that which it's not.
Love always prevails...Faith in action.

BeBe

What is meant to Be will always Be.

Self honesty

What we say we don't want is, all too often, what we do want...self delusion at it's best.
The mind can never understand the longing of the soul and the soul will never stop trying to express. But maybe in the realization of that clarity is gained as another layer peels away and more and more is revealed.

No Falling back asleep

All the M's

Me... relinquish the identity and Presence is found.

My... relinquish all attachment and Everything is available.

Mine ... relinquish ownership and the World is yours.

Release the mind and the Soul is free...to Love.

Never Say Never

What wasn't conceivable to the mind then is always conceivable Now. Every day is a new beginning.

Moment to moment to moment

Wanting this moment to be different than it Is is probably the most pointless thought of all.This moment Is until the next one comes along...and so it goes.
All in it's own good time...the Universe's not mine.

Truth in not knowing.

When we cling to what we think we know we can never be guided to the Truth that resides in the don't know  mind...the only real knowing. The greatest gift we can ever give ourselves is to admit that just maybe we were wrong.

...Thank You to All who show me that :)

When is Enough Enough?

It's Always Enough.

 The Universe makes no mistakes...those are merely human misconceptions.

Justice not punishment.

There's a huge difference between righteousness and justice. Justice helps brings balance to a world where ignorance is sometimes prevalent. Punishing the perpetrator isn't the answer when their actions are born of ignorance but not enforcing justice allows that ignorance to run rampant. It's needed to protect the perpetrators from themselves a s much as the victims.

I Wish You Enough

Maybe the best we can ever wish anyone is just Enough.

Loving What Is and laughing.

Laughing at it all will bring us far closer than any searching. How can I find something I Am?...it's impossible, I may as well try to kiss my own lips.

 That which isn't tangible can never be found...it just Is.

Let it flow...and we grow.

With no meaning attached life just flows...
Up down, right wrong, good and bad...mere mind projections.
Life just Is...waves in motion.

And I wouldn't have it any other way.

Look into your heart

I'm looking

Time to cash in your chips
put your ideas and beliefs on the table.
See who has the bigger hand
you or the Mystery that pervades you.

Time to scrape the mind's shit
off your shoes
undo the laces
that hold your prison together
and dangle your toes into emptiness.

Once you've put everything
on the table
once all of your currency is gone
and your pockets are full of air
all you've got left to gamble with
is yourself.

Go ahead, climb up onto the velvet top
of the highest stakes table.
Place yourself as the bet.
Look God in the eyes
and finally
for once in your life
lose.” 
― Adyashanti

I'm looking but rather than losing I've won.

Turn that key!

Angry at the self deluded stories
the mind weaves.
Holding us hostage
for fear of the Truth...
the only key.
Compassionate, for the senseless pain
we inflict on ourselves
believing those delusions...
mere stories of the mind.

Conflicting emotions arising simultaneously.
Power in both as
the key finally
finds the keyhole
and begins to turn.
Defenses crumble...
Nothing is left...Aaahh Peace!

Expand your mind!

When we keep the shutter on the lens
 the picture can never be taken.
When we keep the blinders on the mind
 the Truth can never be perceived.
When the heart stays closed
Life can't flow
Expansion ceases
Contraction increases
Returning is inevitable.

Home

We're always Home...if we'd only take that one moment to realize it Now. We silly humans spend time and distance looking for something that's always Here and Now.

Living in the Moment

Love's no kryptonite.

All true superheroes know that their nemesis is merely a reflection of themselves. The only difference between the hero and the villain is the hero makes every choice moment to moment with conscious awareness. He realizes the other is within him too but chooses his actions for the greater good of all and so his true power is always revealed and the hero reigns supreme.

No falling...just Being.

How can we fall out of something that we Are? That's just the human condition that we all fall prey to.

 Love knows no exceptions, none and no-one...it's All inclusive.

My Homemade recipe for Success

Mix together
1 cup of listening
1 cup of patience
1 cup of understanding
Blend in 1 cup of laughter and 2 cups of kindness
Sprinkle on some caring and sharing
and unlimited amounts of Love and Compassion
Dish up warmly with a great big hug!

No Problem!

Things just happen to force us to go deeper (no problems), simply Life having it's way. It always has and always will...to resist anything is futile, it just Is.
When our backs against the wall that's when we can see who we truly Are.

Come

Eternal Self

The conflict within the individual psyche is fueled by the self image we try to uphold. Letting go of that image is the only thing that reveals the True Self....an exchange of the transitory for the Eternal.

Comforting paradox

Becoming comfortable with paradox and confusion brings clarity. Now is that a confusing paradox or just comfort with the uncomfortable? Say what?

Flip that switch!

Kids are afraid of the dark, adults are afraid of the light... I've come to like them both :)

The Universe always seeks balance, order is found within chaos...Entropy a natural universal law.

Buddha and the Dark Knight would have been friends...Batman!!

Split paths...Same destination

We each walk a path forged by our steps alone, no two exactly the same...but in the end they all lead to the same place.

Worlds within Worlds

It;s All in the eyes. When viewed through a different lens ( the eyes of another ) the world changes...the possibilities are endless. Our individual perspective creates such a tiny world...the eyes of All create a Universe with endless possibilities.

 I'm right you're right, I'm wrong you're wrong...Who cares? And what does it matter? Only one thing remains when we see through it...Love.

Silly little games

Playing those silly little games
Unaware
 of the tenacious hold
of the mind
that fears it's own demise.

Seeking what it calls "love"
in the other
who's merely reciprocating
for it's own satisfaction.

Fulfillment never attained.
No love contained therein
merely a tango of two egos
until the inevitable clash happens.

The dance of the real
in another realm
Self with Self
Till Truth explodes
in an orgasm of earth shattering Love.

Love that mango!

Trying to get the mind to understand Love is as futile as trying to explain the taste of a mango to someone who's never eaten one.
Soft,wet,juicy,dribbling still don't do it justice - the mango that is. So how can words ever do justice to that which can never be explained?

Love....that mango and everything else!