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Low and Behold….
Around our cottage in Orkney there are fields filled with cattle, sheep, wheat, grass pasture, or wild growth. The ocean, with cliffs rising from it, is within walking distance. Spotted around are farm compounds. No stores. Virtually no people for us to see or hear. The main landmark, high on the ridge two miles away, is Marwick Head. Entertainment is …
If you are happy….
If you are happy, is your small self miserable?
Communicative….
Communicative Closed off Babbler Reserved
Vacations….
Vacations are designed to help us. We say we need a break, we need a rest, we need to get away. Vacations can help us with detachment. When we go away or just stop our normal work or activity we are forced hopefully to disentangle from that very activity. We get to see how involved we were, which may not …
Vacations can help….
Vacations can help us practice nonattachment. There is never a time when we should take a vacation from our boring in and resting in the Heart.
Homeless….
Homeless At home Free …
What is the best….
What is the best gift we can give the Guru for Guru Purnima? Practice his teachings.
What Does the Guru Do?….
The Śiva Sūtras say the Guru is the means (Sūtra II.6). For me, my Guru, Swami Muktananda, Baba, has been and is the means. In all the years I knew, studied and worked closely with Baba, he never let me down. He was and is always guiding me to the state of union with God. If the Guru is the …
Lamenting….
Lamenting Shining Deeply understanding Insensitive