Every tradition uses the gardener as an analogy for spiritual work. The garden is a place where everything grows within a prescribed area. We are gardens where everything grows, both beautiful and ugly things. And many times in a garden a beautiful plant begins to be seen as a weed because it has been allowed to grow to the detriment …
Positive thinking….
Positive thinking is not the opposite to perverse thinking. Reflection is the opposite to both perverse and positive thinking.
Secretly competitive….
Secretly competitive Openly competitive Cagey …
Sadhana Is Uncomfortable….
We have been looking at how we repackage things to suit our small selves, and seeing that it is so sad. If we do not restrain our small selves, we only repackage. Repackaging is just another word for twisted love. We are unwilling to love openly and honestly, so we twist and repackage and then present that to the world. …
When you fight God….
When you fight God, at least you are in a relationship with Him.
Obstinate….
Obstinate Receptive Principled Impressionable
Stop Repackaging the Practice….
Be with your experience. This does not mean “in it”. This means “let it happen”. Always did. When I first wrote down the practice Baba taught me in A Spiritual Survival Kit, it was 1992. The truth is the truth and it has not changed. Be with your experience, whatever it is. This is so important. We are not to …
The love….
The love that is the opposite of hate is not Love.
Are You Sharing or Reporting?….
On a plane heading toward Florida. Reporting or sharing? Just a fact. Do you need to know? Not really. What you need to know is there is a person in the seat in front of me that has not stopped talking for over an hour. She is reporting as if it really mattered and anyone would like to listen. The …