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    August 26

    Faith Faith Faith beyond all else

    I never understood the importance of faith and it really doesn't matter, the object of that faith, as long as it is deep and powerful.With a strong immovable faith you can let go of everthing. Letting go of fear instead of trying to resolve it with thinking. To stay with the sensation of fear requires courage. That courage comes from faith. Jump into the unknown, fly on the wings of death and laugh, eat demons and ride timelessness into the inexpressible mystery that surrounds us all. Just that OK?
    August 18

    Freedom's door

     

    Cita

    Freedom's door

    Everyone wants to be happy
    Everyone wants to be free of pain
    If you really want to find freedom
    All you have to do is to be in the moment.
     
    Being present with all that takes place
    Removes the conflict:
    The voice that says I don't like this
    Or I want to get away from this
    Or I want that.
     
    Being in the present
    Being aware you are here stops the thought process.
     
    Observe closely the sensations of the body
    Observe the sensation of fear, a potent dictator
    In truth nothing but a sensation... a paper dragon
    Make peace with that part of you
    And find fearlessness.
     
    Use thinking when necessary
    Don't let thinking use you.
     
    Freedom has its price
    In the sacrifice of your desires
    In the letting go of your possiveness
    In dropping the concepts and strategies of how you think the world should be
    It is a long and arduous battle,
    Be gentle, be patient, persevere, fight, never give in.
    Freedom is your right.
    Freedom is what you truly are...
     
    All is resolved in the determination of being present
    When the mind carries you off to mind land
    Come back to being.
     
    The moment is all there is
    In the moment you will find the miracle of being
    In the moment unflolds the creation
    The moment is you is God is all is one
     
    No need to believe this
    Do and see
    August 09

    Poem from India 2006

    The Tamarind and the breeze

    Sing songs of the sea

    Undulating waves on the shores of my senses

    Sheltered by the stillness of the full moon

    The dark night of awareness

    Takes me to the lost love of everything

    All through the window of my ashram

     

    Sri Ramanashramam Tiruvannamalai India