Kabir - His song within you

The shadows of evening grow deep
while love comes in to soothe every mind and body.
Look out toward the last glow of sunlight
and look in to an endless sky.
Drink the nectar from the petals of your heart
and let wave upon wave sweep through your body.
What glory in that ocean!
Listen!
The sound of conches!
The sound of bells!
Kabir says, "0 brother, listen!
The Lord of all plays His song within you!"

Adi Shankaracharya - I am Shiva! I am Shiva!

I AM neither the mind, the intellect, nor the silent voice within; Neither the eyes, the ears, the nose, nor the mouth. I am not water, fire, earth, nor ether I am Consciousness and Bliss. I am Shiva! I am Shiva! I am not the life-force nor the vital airs; Not the seven components nor the five sheaths. I am not the tongue, hands, feet, nor organ of procreation I am Consciousness and Bliss. I am Shiva! I am Shiva! Neither attachment nor aversion can touch me; Neither greed, delusion, pride, nor jealousy are mine at all. I am not duty, nor wealth, nor happiness I am Consciousness and Bliss. I am Shiva! I am Shiva! I am not virtue nor vice; not pain nor pleasure; I am neither temple nor holy word; not sacred fire nor the Vedas I am Consciousness and Bliss. I am Shiva! I am Shiva! I have neither death, nor doubt, nor class distinction; Neither father nor mother, nor any birth at all. I am not the brother, the friend, the Master, nor the disciple I am Consciousness and Bliss. I am Shiva! I am Shiva! I am not detachment nor salvation, nor anything reached by the senses; I am beyond all thought and form. I am everywhere, and nowhere at all I am Consciousness and Bliss. I am Shiva! I am Shiva!
Shankara's life

Rumi ♡ - Free of "we" and "I"

O Thou Soul who art free of "we" and "I,"
0 Thou who art the subtle Essence of the souls of men and women,
When a man or woman unites with Thee, 

Thou art that One; 

when their individuality is obliterated, 

Thou alone art.

Thou didst contrive this "I" and this "we" 

only so that Thou mightest play the game of worship with Thyself,
So that all "Is" and "Thous" 

should become one Soul, 

immersed at last in the one Beloved.

Alan Watts - Hypnotized by the illusion of time

We are living in a culture entirely hypnotized by the illusion of time, in which the so-called present moment is felt as nothing but an infinitesimal hairline between an all-powerfully causative past and an absorbingly important future. We have no present. Our consciousness is almost completely preoccupied with memory and expectation. We do not realize that there never was, is, nor will be any other experience than present experience. We are therefore out of touch with reality. We confuse the world as talked about, described, and measured with the world which actually is. We are sick with a fascination for the useful tools of names and numbers, of symbols, signs, conceptions and ideas.

Jeff Foster - Love is stronger than death

Where does a loved one 'go' when they die?

Where does a wave 'go' when it crashes onto the shore?

Nowhere. No place.

The wave was never separate from the vastness of the ocean in the first place, so it cannot 'return' there. Water cannot leave water, nor return.

Nothing happens at all, from the perspective of our true nature.

Death is simply the deepest relaxation into unborn, undying presence.

Your loved one did not 'go' anywhere, friend. They simply rested even more deeply in their own nature, which is your nature, which is presence. Not two. Never two.

They are now where they always were - in your heart of hearts. And they can never leave. 

You will carry them.

Love is stronger than death.

 

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