I agree with the Dalai Lama’s claim that “the essential message of all religions is very much the same.” – He calls it compassion.
Yes, Love your enemy and there is no enemy. Unconditional Love. It's what is needed.
Jesus did not come to die on the cross. He came to Live and he died because he said he was "yod heh", that He was One with Abwun.
The Nazorean came to remind us of 2 things. Love your Neighbor as yourself. Love "Abwun" with all your heart, mind and soul.
Something to read–> "Everything is God" - http://bit.ly/d2YznV
There is “one truth” behind the “many faiths,” and that core truth, he argues, is compassion. – Dalai Lama (True)
Thursday, May 27, 2010
My Favorite Henry Miller Quotes... How much Joy !
Heaven is Now:
One's destination is never a place but rather a new way of looking at things. - Henry Miller
The one thing we can never get enough of is love. And the one thing we never give enough is love. - Henry Miller
The moment one gives close attention to any thing, even a blade of grass it becomes a mysterious,awesome, indescribably magnificent world in itself. - Henry Miller
The aim of life is to live, and to live means to be aware, joyously, drunkenly, serenely, divinely aware. - Henry Miller
If there is to be any peace it will come through being, not having. - Henry Miller
If men cease to believe that they will one day become gods then they will surely become worms. - Henry Miller
I have no money, no resources, no hopes. I am the happiest man alive. - Henry Miller
Honest criticism means nothing: what one wants is unrestrained passion, fire for fire. - Henry Miller
Every moment is a golden one for him who has the vision to recognize it as such. - Henry Miller
Plots and character don't make life. Life is here and now, .... Henry Miller
Fiction and invention are of the very fabric of life. - Henry Miller
The only way in which anyone can lead us is to restore to us the belief in our own guidance. - Henry Miller
Man has demonstrated that he is master of everything except his own nature. - Henry Miller
Instead of asking 'How much damage will the work in question bring about?' why not ask 'How much good? How much joy?' - Henry Miller
In the beginning was the Word. Man acts it out. He is the act, not the actor. - Henry Miller
In expanding the field of knowledge we but increase the horizon of ignorance. - Henry Miller
Imagination is the voice of daring. If there is anything Godlike about God it is that. He dared to imagine everything. - Henry Miller
One's destination is never a place but rather a new way of looking at things. - Henry Miller
The one thing we can never get enough of is love. And the one thing we never give enough is love. - Henry Miller
The moment one gives close attention to any thing, even a blade of grass it becomes a mysterious,awesome, indescribably magnificent world in itself. - Henry Miller
The aim of life is to live, and to live means to be aware, joyously, drunkenly, serenely, divinely aware. - Henry Miller
If there is to be any peace it will come through being, not having. - Henry Miller
If men cease to believe that they will one day become gods then they will surely become worms. - Henry Miller
I have no money, no resources, no hopes. I am the happiest man alive. - Henry Miller
Honest criticism means nothing: what one wants is unrestrained passion, fire for fire. - Henry Miller
Every moment is a golden one for him who has the vision to recognize it as such. - Henry Miller
Plots and character don't make life. Life is here and now, .... Henry Miller
Fiction and invention are of the very fabric of life. - Henry Miller
The only way in which anyone can lead us is to restore to us the belief in our own guidance. - Henry Miller
Man has demonstrated that he is master of everything except his own nature. - Henry Miller
Instead of asking 'How much damage will the work in question bring about?' why not ask 'How much good? How much joy?' - Henry Miller
In the beginning was the Word. Man acts it out. He is the act, not the actor. - Henry Miller
In expanding the field of knowledge we but increase the horizon of ignorance. - Henry Miller
Imagination is the voice of daring. If there is anything Godlike about God it is that. He dared to imagine everything. - Henry Miller
Saturday, May 8, 2010
The Perennial Philosophy - Aldous Huxley
PHILOSOPHIA PERENNIS - the phrase was coined by Leibniz; but the thing - the metaphysic that recognizes a divine Reality substantial to the world of things and lives and minds; the psychology that finds in the soul something similar to, or even identical with, divine Reality; the ethic that places man's final end in the knowledge of the immanent and transcendent Ground of all being - the thing is immemorial and universal. - Introduction to The Perennial Philosophy by Aldous Huxley
The Perennial Philosophy is primarily concerned with the One, divine Reality substantial to the manifold world of things and lives and minds. But the nature of this one Reality is such that it cannot be directly and immediately apprehended except by those who have chosen to fulfil certain conditions, making themselves loving, pure in heart, and poor in spirit. Why should this be so ? We do not know. - Aldous Huxley
Do not ask whether the Principle is in this or that; it is in all beings - Chuang-Tzu
One Nature, perfect and pervading, circulates in all natures - Yung-chia Ta-shih
Behold but One in all things; it is the second that leads you astray. - Kabir
When the Ten Thousand things are viewed in their oneness, we return to the Origin and remain where we have always been. - Sen T'sen
Goodness needeth not to enter into the soul, for it is there already, only it is unperceived - Theologia Germanica
The Beloved is all in all; the lover merely veils Him; The Beloved is all that lives... Rumi
The Perennial Philosophy - Aldous Huxley
Friday, May 7, 2010
Living Buddha, Living Christ by Thich Nhat Hanh
What I'm reading this weekend.
Found this on the book shelf. Forgot I had it.
"True understanding comes from true practice. Understanding and love are values that transcend all dogma." — Thich Nhat Hanh (Living Buddha, Living Christ)
"Because you are alive, everything is possible."
— Thich Nhat Hanh (Living Buddha, Living Christ)
"As Buddhists or Christians... understanding is the most important component for transformation. If we talk to each other there is a possibility that we can understand the other person better. When we understand another person, we understand ourselves better. - Thich Nhat Hanh (Living Buddha, Living Christ)
Living Buddha, Living Christ - Thich Nhat Hanh