“Love without courage and wisdom is sentimentality, as with the ordinary church member.Courage without love and wisdom is foolhardiness, as with the ordinary soldier. Wisdom without love and courage is cowardice, as with the ordinary intellectual. But the one who has love, courage, and wisdom moves the world.” ~ Ammon Hennacy, 1893-1970, Peace Activist and […]
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Who Can Teach Us? Who Can We Teach? We do not need to be an Enlightened Being or Great Master to be a teacher for others. We just need to be a minimum of one step ahead of them, on the path or in the area we plan to offer teaching or service. Obviously the
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Three Gems for Contemplation and Inspiration Beliefs Change as we Evolve Everything you believe now, will eventually be replaced with a greater truth or more accurate understanding! Attachment Creates Suffering. Therefore live with non-attachment so as to avoid this unnecessary pain. Do not over-invest into your beliefs, for these too shall pass. While forward growth
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Bringing conscious awareness to the Nature of Love, and our Language about it. On “Love in Action” Love is not always soft, and certainly it is not meek. Love can be fiery. We can speak of love as a force, or of the power of love.Love can envelop and hold safe, keeping the darkness at
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People ask this question often. Along with its companion question: “What is My Purpose?” I have heard it said that a Clear Purpose creates a Sense of Meaning in life. But perhaps it is the other way around. Living meaningfully, creates our Purpose – is our Purpose and Reason for Being. In essence, our Purpose
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When not sitting still “practising” Mindfulness, how mindful are you? Is your awareness present in what your body is doing?Is your awareness present in your task or activity? Are you consciously and mindfully creating your activity?Are you aware of the likely effects of the actions you are taking? Both how your current actions will affect
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How much Love you see in the world is a direct indication of the answer If you feel anything other than Love towards any person, animal or any of nature… you are still caught within the horizontal view of the Materialist! Why? Because you are focusing on the material nature of all these things, are
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We believe that “below” is “as above” – but truly it is not as we think! As sometimes Words are a limited expression of the complexity and depth of our Thoughts; so the Outer World is not a direct, precise reflection of the Inner. “As Above, So Below” is not Literal. Reality changes wildly when
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I learned recently of the importance of focusing on “what I want, and what I love”, rather than “what I don’t”! When you draw attention to issues within society, the jackals of consensus reality all come out, gnashing their teeth and growling at you to conform! It is stressful and overwhelming and not something enjoyable
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“Kindness is invincible, but only when it’s sincere, with no hypocrisy or faking. For what can even the most malicious person do if you keep showing kindness?” ~ Marcus Aurelius 121-180AD, Roman Emperor and Stoic Philosopher
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