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“When I occasionally quote the words of Jesus or the Buddha, from A Course in Miracles or from other teachings, I do so not in order to compare, but to draw your attention to the fact that in essence there is and always has been only one spiritual teaching, although it comes in many forms. Some of these forms, such as the ancient religions, have become so overlaid with extraneous matter that their spiritual essence has become almost completely obscured by it. To a large extent, therefore, their deeper meaning is no longer recognized and their transformative power lost. When I quote from the ancient religions or other teachings, it is to reveal their deeper meaning and thereby restore their transformative power -- particularly for those readers who are followers of these religions or teachings. I say to them: there is no need to go elsewhere for the truth. Let me show you how to go more deeply into what you already have.”
— Eckhart Tolle
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I am grateful for what I am and have. My Thanksgiving is perpetual. ~Henry David Thoreu
"If you feel pain, you're alive. But if you feel the pain of others, you're human"
~Leo Tolstoy~
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JeroenLuminous beings are we, not this crude matterNetherlandsVeteran
“Awakening is a shift in consciousness in which thinking and awareness separate. For most people it is not an event but a process they undergo.”
— Eckhart Tolle
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JeroenLuminous beings are we, not this crude matterNetherlandsVeteran
“The return movement in a person's life, the weakening or dissolution of form, whether through old age, illness, disability, loss, or some kind of personal tragedy, carries great potential for spiritual awakening – the disidentification of consciousness from form. Since there is very little spiritual truth in our contemporary culture, not many people recognize this as an opportunity, and so when it happens to them or to someone close to them, they think there is something dreadfully wrong, something that should not be happening.”
— Eckhart Tolle
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JeroenLuminous beings are we, not this crude matterNetherlandsVeteran
“Last year, I had a life-changing experience at 90 years old. I went to space, after decades of playing an iconic science-fiction character who was exploring the universe. I thought I would experience a deep connection with the immensity around us, a deep call for endless exploration.
"I was absolutely wrong. The strongest feeling, that dominated everything else by far, was the deepest grief that I had ever experienced.
"I understood, in the clearest possible way, that we were living on a tiny oasis of life, surrounded by an immensity of death. I didn’t see infinite possibilities of worlds to explore, of adventures to have, or living creatures to connect with. I saw the deepest darkness I could have ever imagined, contrasting so starkly with the welcoming warmth of our nurturing home planet.
"This was an immensely powerful awakening for me. It filled me with sadness. I realized that we had spent decades, if not centuries, being obsessed with looking away, with looking outside. I did my share in popularizing the idea that space was the final frontier. But I had to get to space to understand that Earth is and will stay our only home. And that we have been ravaging it, relentlessly, making it uninhabitable."
— William Shatner, actor
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"Flight or Invisibility, it is THE question. Do you throw caution to the wind and fly off to save the day? Or do you take the more calculated approach and learn the whole picture before you act? Put simply, what type of hero are you?" ~ Excerpt from Heroes S3Ep19
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JeroenLuminous beings are we, not this crude matterNetherlandsVeteran
This article in Variety contains a larger excerpt of the William Shatner story above.
JeroenLuminous beings are we, not this crude matterNetherlandsVeteran
“Thinking serves to sustain you, keep you alive and achieve a goal. But on the moment that goal has been achieved, it is no longer intended for anything. A bird that wants to fly at the top of the tree uses its wings. When he is above, he does not continue to fly, but sits down, folds his wings and relaxes. Well, thoughts are like wings: they lead you to the goal but when that is achieved: 'Ah, yes now I see it', then wings become redundant and then there are no more thoughts.”
— Wolter Keers
"Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable."
~Pres. John F. Kennedy~
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JeroenLuminous beings are we, not this crude matterNetherlandsVeteran
“If people ask you what to do, what practices to adopt, which way of life to follow, answer: ‘Do nothing, just be. In being all happens naturally.’”
— Nisargadatta Maharaj
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JeroenLuminous beings are we, not this crude matterNetherlandsVeteran
“Your very search for safety and joy keeps you away from them. Stop searching, cease losing. The disease is simple and the remedy equally simple. It is your mind only that makes you insecure and unhappy. Anticipation makes you insecure, memory — unhappy. Stop misusing your mind and all will be well with you.”
— Nisargadatta Maharaj
Some people are wise. Some are otherwise. ~Tobias Smollett~
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JeroenLuminous beings are we, not this crude matterNetherlandsVeteran
“I am now 74 years old. And yet I feel that I am an infant. I feel clearly that in spite of all the changes I am a child. My Guru told me: that child, which is you even now, is your real self. Go back to that state of pure being, where the ‘I am’ is still in its purity before it got contaminated with ‘this I am’ or ‘that I am’. Your burden is of false self-identifications — abandon them all. My Guru told me — ‘Trust me. I tell you; you are divine. Take it as the absolute truth. Your joy is divine, your
suffering is divine too. All comes from God. Remember it always. You are God, your will alone is done’.”
— Nisargadatta Maharaj
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JeroenLuminous beings are we, not this crude matterNetherlandsVeteran
“There is nothing to practise. To know yourself, be yourself. To be yourself, stop imagining yourself to be this or that. Just be. Let your true nature emerge. Don’t disturb your mind with seeking.”
— Nisargadatta Maharaj
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JeroenLuminous beings are we, not this crude matterNetherlandsVeteran
“The entire universe is your Guru. You learn from everything, if you are alert and intelligent. Were your mind clear and your heart clean, you would learn from every passerby. It is because you are indolent or restless, that your inner Self manifests as the outer Guru and makes you trust him and obey.”
— Nisargadatta Maharaj
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“When I occasionally quote the words of Jesus or the Buddha, from A Course in Miracles or from other teachings, I do so not in order to compare, but to draw your attention to the fact that in essence there is and always has been only one spiritual teaching, although it comes in many forms. Some of these forms, such as the ancient religions, have become so overlaid with extraneous matter that their spiritual essence has become almost completely obscured by it. To a large extent, therefore, their deeper meaning is no longer recognized and their transformative power lost. When I quote from the ancient religions or other teachings, it is to reveal their deeper meaning and thereby restore their transformative power -- particularly for those readers who are followers of these religions or teachings. I say to them: there is no need to go elsewhere for the truth. Let me show you how to go more deeply into what you already have.”
— Eckhart Tolle
I am grateful for what I am and have. My Thanksgiving is perpetual. ~Henry David Thoreu
"If you feel pain, you're alive. But if you feel the pain of others, you're human"
~Leo Tolstoy~
“Awakening is a shift in consciousness in which thinking and awareness separate. For most people it is not an event but a process they undergo.”
— Eckhart Tolle
“The return movement in a person's life, the weakening or dissolution of form, whether through old age, illness, disability, loss, or some kind of personal tragedy, carries great potential for spiritual awakening – the disidentification of consciousness from form. Since there is very little spiritual truth in our contemporary culture, not many people recognize this as an opportunity, and so when it happens to them or to someone close to them, they think there is something dreadfully wrong, something that should not be happening.”
— Eckhart Tolle
“Last year, I had a life-changing experience at 90 years old. I went to space, after decades of playing an iconic science-fiction character who was exploring the universe. I thought I would experience a deep connection with the immensity around us, a deep call for endless exploration.
"I was absolutely wrong. The strongest feeling, that dominated everything else by far, was the deepest grief that I had ever experienced.
"I understood, in the clearest possible way, that we were living on a tiny oasis of life, surrounded by an immensity of death. I didn’t see infinite possibilities of worlds to explore, of adventures to have, or living creatures to connect with. I saw the deepest darkness I could have ever imagined, contrasting so starkly with the welcoming warmth of our nurturing home planet.
"This was an immensely powerful awakening for me. It filled me with sadness. I realized that we had spent decades, if not centuries, being obsessed with looking away, with looking outside. I did my share in popularizing the idea that space was the final frontier. But I had to get to space to understand that Earth is and will stay our only home. And that we have been ravaging it, relentlessly, making it uninhabitable."
— William Shatner, actor
"Flight or Invisibility, it is THE question. Do you throw caution to the wind and fly off to save the day? Or do you take the more calculated approach and learn the whole picture before you act? Put simply, what type of hero are you?" ~ Excerpt from Heroes S3Ep19
This article in Variety contains a larger excerpt of the William Shatner story above.
https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/william-shatner-space-boldly-go-excerpt-1235395113/amp/
“Thinking serves to sustain you, keep you alive and achieve a goal. But on the moment that goal has been achieved, it is no longer intended for anything. A bird that wants to fly at the top of the tree uses its wings. When he is above, he does not continue to fly, but sits down, folds his wings and relaxes. Well, thoughts are like wings: they lead you to the goal but when that is achieved: 'Ah, yes now I see it', then wings become redundant and then there are no more thoughts.”
— Wolter Keers
"Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable."
~Pres. John F. Kennedy~
“If people ask you what to do, what practices to adopt, which way of life to follow, answer: ‘Do nothing, just be. In being all happens naturally.’”
— Nisargadatta Maharaj
“Your very search for safety and joy keeps you away from them. Stop searching, cease losing. The disease is simple and the remedy equally simple. It is your mind only that makes you insecure and unhappy. Anticipation makes you insecure, memory — unhappy. Stop misusing your mind and all will be well with you.”
— Nisargadatta Maharaj
Some people are wise.
Some are otherwise.
~Tobias Smollett~
“I am now 74 years old. And yet I feel that I am an infant. I feel clearly that in spite of all the changes I am a child. My Guru told me: that child, which is you even now, is your real self. Go back to that state of pure being, where the ‘I am’ is still in its purity before it got contaminated with ‘this I am’ or ‘that I am’. Your burden is of false self-identifications — abandon them all. My Guru told me — ‘Trust me. I tell you; you are divine. Take it as the absolute truth. Your joy is divine, your
suffering is divine too. All comes from God. Remember it always. You are God, your will alone is done’.”
— Nisargadatta Maharaj
“There is nothing to practise. To know yourself, be yourself. To be yourself, stop imagining yourself to be this or that. Just be. Let your true nature emerge. Don’t disturb your mind with seeking.”
— Nisargadatta Maharaj
“The entire universe is your Guru. You learn from everything, if you are alert and intelligent. Were your mind clear and your heart clean, you would learn from every passerby. It is because you are indolent or restless, that your inner Self manifests as the outer Guru and makes you trust him and obey.”
— Nisargadatta Maharaj