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Witnessing Ourselves

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Witnessing Ourselves

When we do something altruistic,pure and out of sheer selflesness,we witness the joy and goodness that arise from Within….we feel peaceful,content,enriched and empowered.We start to develop the love affair and feel sincerely good with ourselves and truly see that Love is indeed inherently alive,not dependent on anyone or anything outside of ourselves.

When we revel endlessly in selfish motivations, we feel weakened,tired,wasted and drained.It is due to the fact that we need to chase one pleasure after another(we become dependent upon external sources).No matter how much ‘temporary happiness’we enjoy,we we cannot feel satisfied,content and comforted!This in turn becomes addictive and obsessive and leads to various afflictive dysfunctions(passive/active violence, aggression,depression, cold-heartedness,bitterness,hatred, ill-wills)).We can see that when we get what pleases us, we feel elated and ‘nicey-nicey’.Then see/witness what happens when things don’t go the way we want it to be?

Simply become aware of every circumstance and discern the wisdom to facilitate the necessary change.

Author of To Resurrect the True Self

The Light Within

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The Light Within

The Light that we need to brighten the space that is dark and gloomy around us,in the world is to be found Within.That Brilliance is buried deep underneath the debris and rubble of anger, hatred, fear,selfishness,jealousy, greed,ignorance,foolish/fleeting desires that we have allowed to stagnate in our being.How are we to see the True path without the Light of Love,Wisdom and Joy.

How are we to see that Light Within,when we enjoy noticing and revelling in the darkness without .

Why not make the effort and spend the energy excavating away the blocked path to find the Light and expose that Brilliance to make the world(our surroundings) a little brighter!

Author of To Resurrect the True Self

What could We do Today

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What will we do today?

What is our spiritual agenda for the day apart from having a little fun, and carrying out duties,work,chores and other mundane activities.

Could it be the practice of being kind in the face of un-kindness?

Could it be making an assertive effort in spending a few minutes time alone to self-reflect,to listen to the heart,to touch the heart,to rest the body and mind?

Could it be allowing the self to be Present/Aware of intentions,thoughts,actions,reactions,speech/words.

Could it be feeling of gratitude to someone to a stranger,an enemy, to life itself, for a celebrated joyous occasion?Perhaps offering a good deed in thankfulness not only to whomever that made you feel good but reaching out to be of help to others to witness that True Self of charity coming from within.

Could it be that the creative heart wants to be opened up to,not only in giving,but in being not afraid to receive goodness/kindness from others?

Worldly distractions provide a platform to forget the True Self.

Spiritual endeavours,open remembrance of our True self to the Universal connectedness with all of Creation through what we know as Unconditional Love!

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Making Ourselves a Channel of Peace

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Make me a Channel of Peace!

Where there is hatred let me bring your love

Where there is injury, your pardon Lord

And where there is doubt true faith in You

Make me a channel of your peace

Where there is despair in life let me bring hope

Where there is darkness only light

And where there’s sadness ever joy

Oh, Master grant that I may never seek

So much to be consoled as to console

To be understood as to understand

To be loved as to love with all my soul

Make me a channel of your peace

It is in pardoning that we are pardoned

It is in giving to all men that we receive

And in dying that we are born to eternal life

In a time of tremendous violence,suffering,confusion,greed,depravity,self- centred pursuits and strife,serious questioning of the meaning of Life can be found in these profound words of the beautiful man Saint Francis of Assisi in his peace prayer above.

This man whom I intensely revere.This man who taught me the meaning of peacefulness, compassion,humility and forgiveness.This man who left every riches of the world to find his True Self!Each time I read this peace prayer, tears flow as it touches the depth of my being.

What do we truly need in life, what do we need to declutter from our lives and what do we hold valueble in order to be that Light unto ourselves and others?

THE SELF IS HUNGRY FOR LOVE AND HAPPINESS. THE WORLD HUNGERS FOR LOVE AND PEACE!

What are we doing,what can we do,what will we do,where do we begin?Surely,with ourselves first!

How to begin?

By dying to what is false and untrue,to what is damaging for spiritual prosperity.By watching ourselves,observing the mind and its intentions and not be caught in the stories it creates!By not identifying with conceptions it conjures,being mindful of the speech and how we affect people with rude,crude and disrespectful, argumentative words/conversations.We can start to notice our actions and reactions and how people react/interact with us.In everything we do, we apply the wisdom of being aware.When we are aware, we can change what we deem unfavourable for peaceful and kindly living conditions.

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Finding Peace in Life

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Finding Peace in Life

Do we truly want inner peace?How do we find inner peace?

We are plagued by incessant restlessness,worries of the mind,agitations,unconscious anger(kept silent or expressed),frustrations,fears,addiction of all sorts(being tired of its wasteful fanaticism) and unsettled resentful feelings,etc.This is the time of true testing when we can do something to help ourselves make an effort to learn from all adversities.This is the time we can learn to melt into the courage and strength of humility.We can then be our own true best friend,to say I need help and guidance to seek peace within myself.

But we say there are so much disturbances within myself and troublesome situations and people around who are aggravating my life!!

It all begins with the awareness of our own true sincere acknowledgements and recognition of all annoyances within the self and external circumstances.We can start to potentiate peace right NOW and it doesn’t matter who,how or what are disturbing us.We stand up tall to focus on PEACE itself.Where we are,where we sit,who we are mingling with,whatever we are doing,we can be aware of our thoughts and feelings and actions and speech.Then we can slowly observe ourselves and apply an effort to make a quiet change when we see the anger rising,the hatred seething,being gripped in uncontrollable tiresome habits, the restlessness looming,the resentments flaring up and the harsh,cynical/critical speech/voice surfacing.When we can allow sincere humble courage and not to be discouraged or be harsh to check ourselves in that moment,we can trigger a mild change.We can keep in constant practice of this simple exercise anywhere with anyone till it gets deeply rooted,till we witness our self-respect,understanding and confidence and heart warming up…compassion commences for ourselves and for others.We can continue to work with those around us by sincere understanding dialogue and actions.It is not easy but not impossible,we have all the gifts and sacred tools within us to warrant peace.

No matter how much we pray for peace or turn to ‘God’ and ask for healing and want an end to any type of misery, suffering and pain,we have to take action for it,to strive positively for it.No one can hand peace, joy, happiness and healing to us on a golden platter as each of us are looking for the same…it must come from within.Naturally,when we say we want peace and don’t do anything for it and remain ‘at war’ within ourselves and unconsciously to others,will we find or be an instrument of peace at all?

Yes,we can pray or chant or meditate or reflect but it has to be together with practical actions,self-assertive awareness and undertaking responsibilities,life can always change for the better no matter what situation we are in or whoever seem to be troubling us.

Just as when we want the freedom to drive a car,we need to find a competent driving instructor to go through a bit of difficulty to be trained to learn to drive first or we might be a danger to our selves and others while being incompetent on the road…or in this case on life’s journey!

Author of To Resurrect the True Self

Seeking for a Spiritual Change

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How can our human afflictions influence the maturity for spiritual growth that benefits oneself and others(humanity).

Unhappiness…propels us to seek Joy

Pain and suffering…make us strive for the comfort of Peace

Ignorance and darkness,…drive us to look for the light of Clarity

Delusion and Disillusionment,…challenge us to find the Truth of Life

Anger and Hatred,…open the path into the power of forgiveness and Eternal Love

Selfish desires…bring us opportunities for kind acts of Charity

Chaos and Confusion,…humble us to implore the wisdom of spiritual Awareness

When we ask with clenched fist,how are we to receive?

When we ask with an open,sincere Heart,we are able to receive as well as Give!———CSH

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From Head into the Heart

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From Head to the Heart

Saint Augustine of Hippo said….”my soul will not rest till it rests in you Lord”

Most of my life I tried to decipher what these words actually meant and what truth it wanted to speak of.

Because of my own quiet perseverance in search for truth and love,I have come to understand its true meaning after going through long struggles with depression, unhappiness and misery most of my adult life.Like St. Augustine, I was yearning for peace of mind and for my heart to experience love in its deepest/fullest capacity.

Meditation,as I have come to practice and experience firsthand is that ‘spiritual transport’ by which all beings inherently can reach the core of the heart and find true purpose of our lives.The purpose of which is to know who we truly are,to be liberated from wasteful,unnecessary suffering and to be a lamp to help others find their way to peace and truth.

Meditation is a sacred passage by which we travel into ourselves watching our minds while we descend into the heart to find Divine Love there already waiting.By this process we come to know who we truly are empirically(direct experience).No one can bring us into ourselves but ourselves! In other words no one or any entity can save us!All true teachers are there to help point and guide,direct us on the path into the self and not away from truth and our own true nature.

We move esoterically(inwardly) from head to heart in the quietude of meditation.It is a love affair with oneself,in self-inquiry…”who am I truly?’”what do I truly want?”

By devoted sitting/walking meditation practice, we gradually become aware and conscious of our humanness,the mind is being observed and tamed.We mature in slow progression of peacefulness(contentment),understanding the true nature of things,preparing to accept all arising of uncertainties.It is not easy to sit in meditation but it becomes possible and effortless once we understand and are willing to endure it for the sake of wisdom,compassionate and joyful attainments to offer and share for ourselves and with others.

Most of my adult life,I thought living was just one big arena for foolish/selfish fun and play,reveling in reckless/restless activities.In the midst of all those reveries,there was always a deep ache and longing for something more,something fulfilling and meaningful that I hungered for.It was something I could not put a finger on but I knew that all these fun and worldly pursuits were not truly what life should be all about totally and aimlessly. I am not against fun,enjoyment and rest/recreation…but only that no one is hurt or harmed or abused and taken advantage of leading to further suffering.Another pitfall of wanting perpetual fun and happiness is that our senses become deeply attached/addicted to its pleasurable tendencies.Happiness hence becomes a suffering trapped in a tiresome,energy draining cycle,repeated over and over unable to be freed from chasing one desire after another(the mind/psyche sustains no peace).If desires are not met,we become agitated and restless which could lead to subtle or vicious aggression and maliciousness.

The world is out there acting as an assistance usually by the subtle and harsh realities of difficulties,chaos,hardships,challenging people/situations,false/empty offering of happiness/glory/beauty and riches which creates opportunities for us to change directions into one of spiritual conversion/transformation thus leading us to introspect and look within ourselves.

A quote from the Gospel of Matthew chapter 7,verse 13-14 illustrating what Jesus had to say about walking through the narrow road which means inwardly into the self and not blindly following ideologies, hearsays,opinions/beliefs of others(world) through the wide gate and broad road with the many distractions that destroy inner peace and truth.

“Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it.”

~~~~~ Jesus ~~~~~

If inclined to,practice spending a few minutes at a time being in quiet presence to rest the body,mind and soul.To have the right intention of understanding why we need to practice.In order to be opened to peace and loving intentions which bring relief,comfort, to nurture and cultivate wisdom and spiritual maturity.

I write not intending for anyone with any particular religious belief but for everyone as we are all human,yearning to know the truth of ourselves but still not ready or prepared to do so.

Author of To Resurrect the True Self

Opening up to Our Conscious state

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Opening up to our Conscious State

How can we grow from purifying our false(negative)state of being to find peace and joy?

How can we truly practice to be courageous in order to live in our True State of Being to share with others?

How do we manifest/witness peace,loving-kindness and joy from within ourselves and outwardly to others?

How to make our lives within our family/friends/circle of people we associate with,our environment and our world,a harmonious place to thrive in?

When there were moments to be angry,abrupt and obnoxious

what did I do or can I choose to do?______

When there were chances to hate,to resent and hold on to bitterness,

what did I do or can I choose to do?______

When there were the opportunity for pride and arrogance to arise,

what did I do or can I choose to do ?______

When there were openness to be selfish,greedy and materialisitic,

what did I do or can I choose to do ?_______

When there were trials and temptations,

what did I do or can I choose to do?_______

When there were times of fear and defending falsehood,

what did I do or can I choose to do?_______

When there were reasons to blame,speak against,spread rumours and be irresponsible,

what did I do or can I choose to do?_______

When I felt Loving, joyful and kind,

what did I do?_____________________________________________

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What seemingly is imperfect,is PERFECT!

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The call to Greatness is the Call to LOVE!And that Love itself is perfect! If each one can be mindful of that love within them and act kindly to each other and cherish the pureness of every life within your self, family, friends and strangers all the same,the world will finally find Peace!With the cultivation of True Love of the heart brings world peace!Seek not for recognition or riches of the world,but rather turn within to be sustained by that ineffable beauty called Love.

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In Love

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When Love becomes the only law we follow in deep understanding,wisdom,and courage,we allow the authencity of life to be lived out.This authencity of living is fearless and balanced in facing adversities,hardships,difficulties as well as happy moments.

Love is all that we are,have and sustained by in the presence of this moment!

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