The Struggle to get out of one's mind

. The struggle to get out of the mind is such a paradox and our identification with it the cause of so much of our suffering.... To listen can be a key. We can pray to ourselves, and then by listening, hear our own answer. The outer man begins to yearn for the guidance and assurance of the inner man, but still tries to use the mind to solve the problems of the mind. To give up on our mind (as being us, or the end-all, be-all) and begin to listen to the void is the jumping off the cliff. We may find the inner man is us. The problems of the outer man will still have to be dealt with, but they will be seen for what they are. Our depressions, ups and downs, etc. are just the waxing and waning of the mind dimension as seen by the particular body/mind we identify with.

What a View

Today was beautiful
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This is the view from a house I am doing at present.One of the best I have seen of Seattle and Lake Washingtons floating bridge.

Back to Rainy Day Sundays
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This Space is Timeless

Nice End of the Week
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Space and Time are measurable

As the Divine, apart from space, is in all space, so also, apart from time, is it in all time. For nothing which is proper to nature can be predicated of the Divine, and space and time are proper to nature. Space in nature is measurable, and so is time. This is measured by days, weeks, months, years, and centuries; days are measured by hours; weeks and months by days; years by the four seasons; and centuries by years. Nature derives this measurement from the apparent revolution and annual motion of the sun of the world. But in the spiritual world it is different. The progressions of life in that world appear in like manner to be in time, for those there live with one another as men in the world live with one another; and this is not possible without the appearance of time. But time there is not divided into periods as in the world, for their sun is constantly in the east and is never moved away; for it is the Lord's Divine Love that appears to them as a sun. Wherefore they have no days, weeks, months, years, centuries, but in place of these there are states of life, by which a distinction is made which cannot be called, however, a distinction into periods, but into states. Consequently, the angels do not know what time is, and when it is mentioned they perceive in place of it state; and when state determines time, time is only an appearance. For joyfulness of state makes time seem short, and joylessness of state makes time seem long; from which it is evident that time in the spiritual world is nothing but quality of state.

I think Im having a flashback
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Changes

There are indeed changes happening in your world which have greater ramifications. The weather is a sign of these changes. Mankind is being made aware of these changes through the pattern of your weather. The earth herself is being altered and man's conception of his home planet is about to change. There is naught to fear. All change is for a wider purpose. Be prepared to change self as these changes happen around you. All is in accord with Divine Law. The seasons are only one sign of the great shift which is to occur. Be prepared to accept whatever comes in each new day. The time for taking anything for granted is over. Each new moment has a different thing to offer you. Be prepared to accept each change as it occurs. There is nothing frightening or fearful in this - it is just different from what you may have anticipated in times past. You must realise that you cannot live in your past any more.

Only by going within and accepting what is in your now time will you find peace. Past and future will no longer have the hold over you that they once did. Live in the moment and be joy-filled. There is naught to fear. Be happy .
http://www.gla.ac.uk/~gbza22/ench13.html

The Believing mind

Excerpt from Inscribed on the Believing Mind:

The Great Way is not difficult for those who have no
preferences.
When love and hate are both absent everything becomes clear
and undisguised.
Make the smallest distinction, however, and heaven and earth
are set infinitely apart.
If you wish to see the truth then hold no opinions for or
against anything.
To set up what you like against what you dislike is the
disease of the mind.
When the deep meaning of things is not understood the mind's
essential peace is disturbed to no avail.
The Way is perfect like vast space when nothing is lacking
and nothing is in excess.
Indeed, it is due to our choosing to accept or reject that
we do not see the true nature of things.
Live neither in the entanglements of outer things nor in
inner feelings of emptiness.
Be serene in the oneness of things and such erroneous views
will disappear by themselves.

Wanna Ride?

dream machine
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Jessie James builds some bad bikes.Wish I could own 1 someday!

I am

I AM




I am not bliss.
Become bliss and see its limits.
Eternity is of time.
I AM.
Whatever you are, you also are not.
I AM.
The path is in the Light, which looks like death.
Become beautiful, powerful, all attributes,
And despair.
The heart of everything is Silence
Calling you to founder on shoals
And to sink, stripped of your command.
You are more and less than you can imagine.
Be pulled into that uncrossable canyon.

Shawn Nevins

California Dreaming

my road home
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My grandfathers' ashes are scattered here.Its near Idyllwild,Calif.I was there 2 weeks ago and took this shot along with others.Its my home.Where I want my ashes scattered with my grandfathers.I got to hug my family,and see the next generations children.I miss them all.

Looking out my Back Window

God is in this picture
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God Is

There are many who claim they do not believe in God. Yet there is a very real force out there, and within us, which causes all things to grow. Without this force all things would disintegrate, but because there is this force, all things are transformed or transmuted into something else. Ice becomes water, then turns into steam when heated to a certain temperature. All things become something else when they change form, either a gas or an ether. There is nothing that does not become some other form. Even our bodies become the dust of the earth when they disintigrate, which in turn enriches the soil and thereby helps things to grow. Nothing can come from nothing. God IS.

Everything exists first as a thought in the Mind of God. EVERYTHING is God. There is nothing that exists that is not God-Source. How can any deny their own existence? Every person is living proof that God exists. How else could they, themselves be? We are all living examples of the creation of our own God Source. Our own thoughts created us. We are part of ALL-THAT-IS. Each being is a microcosm within the macrocosm, the miniaturization of the whole universe. We all have the potential to become everything. There is no limit to what man can do when he takes on the responsibility of his own God-Source.

Particle man
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The Ultimate Weakness

The ultimate weakness of violence is that it is a
descending spiral, begetting the very thing it
seeks to destroy. Instead of diminishing evil, it
multiplies it. Through violence you may murder
a liar, but you cannot murder the lie, nor
establish the truth. Through violence you may murder the hater, but you do not murder the hate.
In fact violence merely increases hate. So it
goes. Returning violence for violence multiplies violence, adding deeper darkness to a night
already devoid of stars. Darkness cannot drive
out darkness; only light can do that. Hate
cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
--Martin Luther King

My self Image has Improved

My truck
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Self Image

If we look at life from a truly spiritual perspective, we tend to see everything has a purpose, and become less attached to the 'things' which feed our ego. Attachment to these 'things' cause us to have desires which pull us closer to the physical, instead of the spiritual bodies we really are. Our ego is afraid of losing itself to the oneness. It continually dissects and slices everything into sections to be labelled and separated into categories. It fills us with temporary pleasure and reminds us of the pleasure or pain we experienced last time. Both pleasure and pain are illusions of the mind. Socrates debated this point to some of the greatest minds in Greek history. Deepak Chopra, in his book The Way of the Wizard, states:

"Self image separates; labelling things. It uses an image of a past experience to judge something. It will say I like this because it gave me pleasure before, therefore it will give me pleasure again. Pleasure is temporary..."

By allowing ourselves free will, we allow the "little ego" to have its way. Our Greater Self knows that this is not the way. Within us are both the "little ego" and the Greater Self. We have to allow both these parts of ourselves to exist side by side in peace. The only way we can do this, is to let the Greater Self lead the smaller self, or ego. In other words, let our ego become the servant instead of the master. www.gla.ac.uk/~gbza22/ench5.html

Man the buds are big here!

Its always this green here
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island girl
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Back to nature

The modern world desperately needs a social revolution, and of a kind unknown to recent decades. Revolution in this case, does not necessarily imply an armed revolt or other aggressive measures. What it probably means is a quiet, nearly unnoticeable shift back to natural ways, a spiritual coup whose sheer strength of love and clarity overwhelm old world methods with a minimum of friction. In a variety of ways, a spiritual revolution has been attempted many times in recent history, yet a primary ingredient for lasting success in changing the human condition was missing. In our efforts to improve the inner state of our species we have relied too heavily on our own conceptions of spirituality, just when the need to simply listen to nature for spiritual advice was the greatest. Within nature the voice of God speaks to us through forest, stream and ocean. Our distant ancestors listened, but we seem to have forgotten how to receive natural wisdom. It is our needful task to re-learn this sacred ability.
http://www.eoni.com/~visionquest/chapter5.html