Thoughts are Things

Many of our thoughts bear the edible fruit of wisdom and revelation, whereas some only bloom for the sake of delight. Others still, destroy all life through sheer self indulgence. The thoughtforms of social imagery and popular culture, all eventually suffer the fate of weeds along the wayside. What is considered unquestionable today, is soon cut down by the modern fascination for what is “new” and “different”. This is a fact that reflects the boredom inherent in materialism. Today’s attitudes will ultimately be ignored by the fickle judgments of history, or like weeds, be pulled up stem and all to provide growth for revolution. Only that which is of nature and the Truth it contains, will last for all time.

It is an ancient saying that “thoughts are things”, for they do indeed stream forth like living entities, to find haven in social habitats around the world. Ideas are lasting forces, and not only because they become known, recorded or memorized. They have lasting power in themselves, as thoughtforms, due to the fact that they are propelled and empowered by Intent. From a single idea, the whole of this world society in which we live may be changed forever. We may indeed move mountains with the stroke of a pen, and the flash of a neural chain.
http://www.eoni.com/~visionquest/library/worldenlightenment1.html

The cosmic evoloutionary purpose

By engaging the Cosmic Evolutionary Purpose together, (so as to improve ourselves and each other at will) the course of history will be transformed for the better. In doing this we become active participants in Creation, not just creative persons. In such an undertaking, individual persons could be likened to atoms and communities to molecules, whereby the first cells, (cities) of a new human culture would find their highest expression. When our community is dedicated to the Cosmic Purpose, it then takes on much the same role as DNA does in the creation of new, fresh life for our kind, one which could replicate itself worldwide in a relatively short period of time. This truly revolutionary basis for living together could sweep real vision and wisdom into the stagnant pools of modern society. But to crystallize this ideal basis for community requires a great deal of intelligence, based upon knowledge of how the universe really is, not necessarily how we imagine or want it to be. To begin, we can use the principles of nature as a basic template. Then, through self realization of the consciousness we are, truly See how we can interact with each other as SOULS in a higher, superior way. This will be a way of interaction and understanding, that is far beyond what has ever before been known in the history of mankind. Let us keep ever in mind that there exists cosmic purposes far higher than those currently employed by mainstream society. It is to these we must strive, so as to create something truly great together. Through such a basic vision of ideal community as a starting point, this crystallization can then evolve further into a highly profound social movement the world over.
http://www.eoni.com/~visionquest/library/universalideal.html

I'M THANKFULL

After eating my fill of thanksgiving pot roast,I feel thankfull for small things..Like getting my children back after 9 years of trying..I'm thankfull for every day I get to spend with them on this planet..I'm thankfull for becoming a grampa this year.I'm thankfull for every day I can get up and go to work still!..I'm thankfull for every step I take without the aid of a cane or crutches..I'm thankfull the thiefs left my guitars and computers and I can still relax with them..I'm thankfull for the 3 "a"'s and 1 "C" my daughter got on her report card.I'm thankfull this internet has allowed me to find people from my past and say hello to them ..I'm thankfull for all my friends online who care about me..I'm thankfull for beautiful sunsets..

True Love

My child it is your own lack of self love. You feel unworthy of the great love of the Creator and you reject the gifts your Creator is offering you. You have as much right to the love of the Creator as any other creature upon your planet, or any other. Trust in all that is happening. Know it is for good purpose. Nothing is for no reason. All things will be understood in the long term. The waiting and testing period is from whence your strength comes. This is indeed the time of greatest learning.

Find joy in each circumstance. Laugh and be happy despite your troubles. They will melt in the face of laughter. All things are healing. When you lift your vibrations to a heightened state through joy and laughter, you will no longer feel the pain. It will seem irrelevant. Love the being that is you. It has served you well. Take courage, be strong, and be of good cheer. Your heart will be fulfilled and all things will come to you. Lift up your eyes to the light. Love all beings and be happy. Our advice to you today is to love and be happy. We love you greatly.

Just One More

Just One More

Just one more thought
To get through the night
Just one more word
So I might get it right
Just one more turn
Before it gets old
Just one more tear
So you won’t seem so cold
It shall be untold

Just one more pause
To let the time heal
Just one more look
So I know you were real
Just one more touch
Before it turns grey
Just one more kiss
And I’ll go on my way
But we tried it but one before
Can we try just one more

©1994 Astral Plane

Where the thinking path is exhausted
and the roots of life cease,
there the self becomes tranquil
and the time of life's fulfillment arrives.

Bassui

Nothing comes from Nothing

We are all made up of energy. That energy is from Source, or ultimate Intelligence. There had to be a Creator to create that energy. Nothing comes from nothing. Energy is created from mind, from thought. There has to be the thought first before physical matter comes into existence. Spirit is that energy. It is spirit that creates physical matter. We are not a physical body with a spirit. We are spiritual beings, and we created our physical bodies exactly as they are, through, and by, our very thoughts. The physical body is only important in that it is our vehicle to carry us through this life, in order to fulfill the purpose we came to accomplish.

Death of the physical body does not stop us learning the lessons we came to learn. Life is an ongoing adventure, each time continuing on through the cycles in an ever- expanding spiral. If only we could realise that we create our own circumstances in order to learn and to grow.

The Total amount of Happiness

The total amount of happiness
that exists in the world has come from
wanting to make others happy.

The total amount of suffering
that exists in the world has come from
wanting to make yourself happy.

What need is there for many words?

The children of the world
work for their own sake;
the Enlightened Ones do their labour
for the sake of others.

Come and see the difference.
buddhanet

The first thought is the best thought

The first thought is the best thought.
It is the second thought that taints it.

The first thought is like the camera
that snaps an objective picture of the landscape.
The second thought is
the photographer's unnecessary commentary
on the beauty or ugliness of the picture taken.

The landscape, your experiences,
are just as they are,
neither beautiful nor ugly.
It is our judgement based on attachment and aversion
that spoils every picture we see

My mind

Words do not "transmit" it, but negatively they can show the way.

"What do you want to define as friendship?" It is the state previously illustrated in detail. It is the "transmission" of Zen. It is when each is "open" with the other. It is an approach of the One Self in each. It is a way to realization. It demands a certain discrimination & a certain culture. A trigger-happy "hood," a sadist, a chawbacon, a "fishwife," an autocratic boss, a proud intellectual, the Pope, --- all these can easily have a "mystic experience" or "cosmic consciousness" (even though they might call it "only subjective"), but not so easily the "awakening" experience which Jesus said is denied to them and reserved for simple people.

However, the attention one gets, needs to be far more individualized & personal because this is not "learning," it is partly a transmission through friendship or love.

My mind "contains" yours actually....

Obedience to the Nature of Things

Arrived at this degree of understanding, a snare awaits us. We run the risk of believing that we must refuse to give our attention to life....

We must proceed otherwise. At moments when outer and inner circumstances lend themselves to it we reflect upon the understanding of our spontaneous liberation, we think with force, and in the most concrete manner possible, of the unlimited prodigy which is in process of elaboration for us and which will some day resolve all our fears, all our covetousness. In such moments we seed and re-seed the field of our faith; we awaken little by little in ourselves this faith which was sleeping, and the hope and the love which accompany it. Then we turn back to living as usual. Because we have thought correctly for a moment a portion of our attention remains attached to this plane of thought, although this plane penetrates the depths of our being and is lost to sight.... In the measure in which this second subterranean attention develops we will perceive a less compelling interest in the world of phenomena; our fears and our covetousness will lose their keenness. We will be able to learn how to be discreet, non-active, towards our inner world and we will thus become able to realize this counsel of Zen: 'Let go, leave things as they may be...' Be obedient to the nature of things and you are in accord with the Way.

From Chapter 13, Obedience to the Nature of Things, in The Supreme Doctrine: Psychological Studies in ZEN Thought, by Hubert Benoit,

Look without turning

Tread lightly upon this world,
for that is closer to the truth.
Our greatest works teeter on the edge of nothingness
from the moment of conception.
Explore within rather than build without,
stalking your prey silently.
It is there behind you --
look without turning your eyes --
within and behind.

Shawn Nevins

A CENTRAL REALITY

1] The existence of a Central Reality from which everything comes to which everything goes. This Central Reality is known by many names, Brahman, Shiva, Rama, Krishna, Jesus, and Allah---

2] All religion gives a call to transform or transcends through this Reality. This is known by various names, Moksha, Nirvana, salvation, birth in spirit and so on. All these religious systems are the product of the experience of the individuals who transcended the Central Reality.

3] All these philosophies tells us that this Central Reality can only be known by faith. It is beyond our mind and its grasp.

One must note two points here

1] Depending on the path one takes and how close one transcends the Central Reality, there are some qualitative differences in perception of the Central Reality. But the one who transcended the Central Reality stands out by his actions and is a source of force to lead more to the center. He is a source of order to humanity. Religion is not their creation. He turns out to be a messenger or Guru

2] The multitude of religion and sects is the product of the followers. Who were influenced by the teaching to form groups, but never once transcended the Central Reality. The difference between the first and the second is enormous. The former could be compared to one who lives in light, the other who lives in darkness. The knowledge source of the latter is the description given by the person residing in light. Most of us fall into the second category. We get trapped in the vortex of description created out of parts. It all amounts to one intelligent blind leading the other. Like a child whose desire for sweets is exploited to make him do things, most of the religious leaders handle human inherent desire to see light and kingdom of God, as a tool for their existence. They form a barrier between individuals and their realization of God. Unlike ancient Guru’s who lead their people to liberation and bring his unity with the whole, modern guru’s tend to form force of their own. Thus religion has become a tool for destruction in modern world.
http://www.geocities.com/grand_unification/realization.htm

Our true nature

Some modern psychologists have come to believe that we exist only in the mind, which must of course place all phenomena, material or abstract, as being mental phenomena. They must then take the next step, and admit that they are -- body and environment, and their individual mind as well -- a mental phenomena over which they have no control. Unless the dreamer would pretend to be consciously creating his dream. And of course, if we are all mental phenomena, we are extremely vain in legislating human conduct for our fellow-man.

We take another step and say that if we are nothing but mental phenomena, then there is no self, and consequently no immortality. And if neither of these hopes exists, then why should we confuse ourselves further with any study of the subject?

Of course the answer is that, as regards the self, our only true essence must be Real instead of illusory. This true Self is not the individual dream character that flits across the stage. It can find its real life only in the Light that is its source, absolutely.