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“God respects me when I work
But he loves me when I sing.”
— Rabindranath Tagore
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JeroenLuminous beings are we, not this crude matterNetherlandsVeteran
“In India, bhajan (the singing of holy songs) has been until recent times practically the only social function in the villages. Evenings the men gather, squatting or sitting on the ground in a circle with their chillums (pipes) and a harmonium, a set of tabla (drums), perhaps a serangi or violin (stringed instruments) and cymbals… and they take turns singing the stories of the holy beings such as Krishna and Ram. Night after night they participate in this simple pastime, keeping themselves close to the Spirit.
It is often startling to a Westerner to realize that it is not the beauty of the voice but the purity of the spirit of the singer that is revered by these people. It was only when music was profaned that it became a vehicle for gratification of the senses. Prior to that it was a method of communion with the Spirit.”
— Ram Dass, Be Here Now
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“There are no impediments to meditation. The very thought of such obstacles is the greatest impediment.”
"Tears are prayers too, they travel to Allah when you can't find the words"
~Rumi~
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JeroenLuminous beings are we, not this crude matterNetherlandsVeteran
“We live in a kind of dark age, craftily lit with synthetic light, so that no one can tell how dark it has really gotten.”
— Martin Prechtel
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JeroenLuminous beings are we, not this crude matterNetherlandsVeteran
“The ego is only a bit of consciousness that floats on an ocean of dark things. The dark things are the inner things.”
— C. G. Jung
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JeroenLuminous beings are we, not this crude matterNetherlandsVeteran
“Sell your cleverness and buy bewilderment.”
— Rumi
What is the Path?
A self-sacrificing way,
But also a warrior’s way, and not
For brittle, easily-broken, glass-bottle people.
The soul is tested here by sheer terror,
As a sieve sifts and separates
Genuine from fake.
And this road is full of footprints!
Companions have come before.
They are your ladder.
Use them!
Without them you won’t have the spirit-quickness
You need. Even a dumb donkey
Crossing a desert becomes nimble-footed
With others of its kind.
Stay with a caravan. By yourself,
You’ll get a hundred times more tired,
And fall behind
This quote speaks to me right now. (Since I've painfully burned something down in my life, that I hope clears the way for better Moon sightings)
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edited May 30
“Without roses, what is the point of wheat?”
— Osho
He was discussing Gandhi’s uprooting of the roses in the pots in his commune to grow a few stalks of wheat, and bringing in the saying ‘man does not live by bread alone’, but rather than saying man needs God in reply, he tells about beauty, perfume, colour…
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JeroenLuminous beings are we, not this crude matterNetherlandsVeteran
“The real world is beyond the mind's ken; we see it through the net of our desires, divided into pleasure and pain, right and wrong, inner and outer. To see the universe as it is, you must step beyond the net. It is not hard to do so, for the net is full of holes.”
— Nisargadatta
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JeroenLuminous beings are we, not this crude matterNetherlandsVeteran
“But Anugraho, questions will go on coming. In the mind, questions arise just as new leaves come out of trees. One question disappears, another question comes up. Mind is a factory for producing questions.
If no question arises, then the question will be: "What is happening? No question is arising, something must be wrong." You have to be aware that mind is the question. What form it takes is immaterial.”
— Osho
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JeroenLuminous beings are we, not this crude matterNetherlandsVeteran
“One should live totally, intensely, joyously and just like an open book, available for anybody to read it. Of course you will not make a name in the history books. But what is the point in making a name in the history books?
Live, rather than think of being remembered. You will be dead.”
— Osho
Just for now.
I will be singing with the Dawn Chorus. I will be voting for the Greens. I will be meditating with the Buddhas. I will be typing from LibreOffice.
For the future.
Dancing with robots. Synchronising with Alien AI. Creating Darker matter.
Being a portal through 11 or more dimensions.
Join me?
Completely broken? Piece of meat? X-X? Welcome.
You may be:
They. Other. Incomplete. Welcome.
Did I make sense? Does anything?
Onward and upward, sideways and inward...
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JeroenLuminous beings are we, not this crude matterNetherlandsVeteran
“I have no teachings, only a tremendous fire in my heart.”
— Osho
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JeroenLuminous beings are we, not this crude matterNetherlandsVeteran
edited June 16
“Everything we call real is made up of things that cannot be regarded as real.
If quantum mechanics hasn’t profoundly shocked you, it’s because you haven’t understood it yet.”
— Niels Bohr
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JeroenLuminous beings are we, not this crude matterNetherlandsVeteran
“You spent all your time being so serious, while it’s not about that. It’s about living life to the full, experiencing what it’s like to be an separate entity.”
— Andy Petrov
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JeroenLuminous beings are we, not this crude matterNetherlandsVeteran
“Meditation is a knack which can be discovered.”
— Osho
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JeroenLuminous beings are we, not this crude matterNetherlandsVeteran
“Planning for the future happens in the now. You cannot live at any time other than in the here and now.”
— Osho
"The Buddha did not force anything on anybody; he merely encouraged awakening, this sense of wake up! pay attention! notice! observe! The teachings of the Buddha are meant for that. They are for investigating reality in the present."
~ Ajahn Sumedho, p311, “Don’t Take Your Life Personally”
Comments
“God respects me when I work
But he loves me when I sing.”
— Rabindranath Tagore
“In India, bhajan (the singing of holy songs) has been until recent times practically the only social function in the villages. Evenings the men gather, squatting or sitting on the ground in a circle with their chillums (pipes) and a harmonium, a set of tabla (drums), perhaps a serangi or violin (stringed instruments) and cymbals… and they take turns singing the stories of the holy beings such as Krishna and Ram. Night after night they participate in this simple pastime, keeping themselves close to the Spirit.
It is often startling to a Westerner to realize that it is not the beauty of the voice but the purity of the spirit of the singer that is revered by these people. It was only when music was profaned that it became a vehicle for gratification of the senses. Prior to that it was a method of communion with the Spirit.”
— Ram Dass, Be Here Now
“There are no impediments to meditation. The very thought of such obstacles is the greatest impediment.”
— Ramana Maharshi
"Tears are prayers too, they travel to Allah when you can't find the words"
~Rumi~
“We live in a kind of dark age, craftily lit with synthetic light, so that no one can tell how dark it has really gotten.”
— Martin Prechtel
“The ego is only a bit of consciousness that floats on an ocean of dark things. The dark things are the inner things.”
— C. G. Jung
“Sell your cleverness and buy bewilderment.”
— Rumi
What is the Path?
A self-sacrificing way,
But also a warrior’s way, and not
For brittle, easily-broken, glass-bottle people.
The soul is tested here by sheer terror,
As a sieve sifts and separates
Genuine from fake.
And this road is full of footprints!
Companions have come before.
They are your ladder.
Use them!
Without them you won’t have the spirit-quickness
You need. Even a dumb donkey
Crossing a desert becomes nimble-footed
With others of its kind.
Stay with a caravan. By yourself,
You’ll get a hundred times more tired,
And fall behind
This quote speaks to me right now. (Since I've painfully burned something down in my life, that I hope clears the way for better Moon sightings)
“Without roses, what is the point of wheat?”
— Osho
He was discussing Gandhi’s uprooting of the roses in the pots in his commune to grow a few stalks of wheat, and bringing in the saying ‘man does not live by bread alone’, but rather than saying man needs God in reply, he tells about beauty, perfume, colour…
“The real world is beyond the mind's ken; we see it through the net of our desires, divided into pleasure and pain, right and wrong, inner and outer. To see the universe as it is, you must step beyond the net. It is not hard to do so, for the net is full of holes.”
— Nisargadatta
“But Anugraho, questions will go on coming. In the mind, questions arise just as new leaves come out of trees. One question disappears, another question comes up. Mind is a factory for producing questions.
If no question arises, then the question will be: "What is happening? No question is arising, something must be wrong."
You have to be aware that mind is the question. What form it takes is immaterial.”
— Osho
“One should live totally, intensely, joyously and just like an open book, available for anybody to read it. Of course you will not make a name in the history books. But what is the point in making a name in the history books?
Live, rather than think of being remembered. You will be dead.”
— Osho
"The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change."
~Carl Rogers~
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Dear Free Friends,
Just for now.
I will be singing with the Dawn Chorus. I will be voting for the Greens. I will be meditating with the Buddhas. I will be typing from LibreOffice.
For the future.
Dancing with robots. Synchronising with Alien AI. Creating Darker matter.
Being a portal through 11 or more dimensions.
Join me?
Completely broken? Piece of meat? X-X? Welcome.
You may be:
They. Other. Incomplete. Welcome.
Did I make sense? Does anything?
Onward and upward, sideways and inward...
“I have no teachings, only a tremendous fire in my heart.”
— Osho
“Everything we call real is made up of things that cannot be regarded as real.
If quantum mechanics hasn’t profoundly shocked you, it’s because you haven’t understood it yet.”
— Niels Bohr
“You spent all your time being so serious, while it’s not about that. It’s about living life to the full, experiencing what it’s like to be an separate entity.”
— Andy Petrov
“Meditation is a knack which can be discovered.”
— Osho
“Planning for the future happens in the now. You cannot live at any time other than in the here and now.”
— Osho
"The Buddha did not force anything on anybody; he merely encouraged awakening, this sense of wake up! pay attention! notice! observe! The teachings of the Buddha are meant for that. They are for investigating reality in the present."
~ Ajahn Sumedho, p311, “Don’t Take Your Life Personally”