E N E R G E T I C H U N G E R
Energy is everywhere, all the time. We don't need to go out to get it, and we don't need to do anything either. It transcends the worldly dual boundaries of ideas like "inside" and "outside", "here" and "not here", Self and Other.
There is no Within
and there is no Without,
Like there is no Beginning
and no End.
While spending time in nature or with good people helps our material brains to indirectly experience the concept of energy through light, temperature, fresh air, sound and living things, energy is by no means bound to such experiences, nor to places or activities.
It's everywhere, all the time.
So it's up to us to become a lucent channel for the energy that passes through either way.
We can deny or accept its flow, open up or try to shut it out.
But even if the energy is "blocked", it will force a way through.
That can get uncomfortable, if not physically painful.
You are being penetrated.
Your Being, like all Being, is penetrated by - interfused with - a force greater than Ego and greater than what your physical vessel can conceive of. How presumptuous to want to control it...
Let it permeate. Let it sink in, soak it up.
Let it merge with your sense of Self.
Watch Self dissolve in the process.
M A K E W A Y .
Accept that you have little say in where the wave will be taking you.
However, that little bit of pull will determine whether you sink or swim.
D E T E R M I N E T H E
T R A J E C T O R Y .
Energy is everywhere, all the time. We don't need to go out to get it, and we don't need to do anything either. It transcends the worldly dual boundaries of ideas like "inside" and "outside", "here" and "not here", Self and Other.
There is no Within
and there is no Without,
Like there is no Beginning
and no End.
While spending time in nature or with good people helps our material brains to indirectly experience the concept of energy through light, temperature, fresh air, sound and living things, energy is by no means bound to such experiences, nor to places or activities.
It's everywhere, all the time.
So it's up to us to become a lucent channel for the energy that passes through either way.
We can deny or accept its flow, open up or try to shut it out.
But even if the energy is "blocked", it will force a way through.
That can get uncomfortable, if not physically painful.
You are being penetrated.
Your Being, like all Being, is penetrated by - interfused with - a force greater than Ego and greater than what your physical vessel can conceive of. How presumptuous to want to control it...
Let it permeate. Let it sink in, soak it up.
Let it merge with your sense of Self.
Watch Self dissolve in the process.
M A K E W A Y .
Accept that you have little say in where the wave will be taking you.
However, that little bit of pull will determine whether you sink or swim.
D E T E R M I N E T H E
T R A J E C T O R Y .
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Radical Middle Path
High and Low by M. C. Escher
E M B R A C I N G
P E R S P E C T I V I S M
A print of this graphic by M. C. Escher has been on my parents living room wall for as long as I can remember. I recall looking at it long and often when I was small, sitting upside down on the sofa, feet up against the wall, head hanging down from the seat and wondering...
What if the ceiling were where gravity pulled me and I could walk up there?
As I sat there contemplating the picture and imagining an inverted world, our home would suddenly look so foreign and new to me.
T U R N I N G R E A L I T Y
O N I T S H E A D .
When we look at things from a different point of view, reality remains the same, but our experience drastically changes.
That doesn't distort the facts, but the act of consciously shifting perspective points a finger at the nature of our delusions.
While it feels like looking with a new set of eyes, it's really just a different pair of glasses. It's not only refreshing, it can be eye-opening:
The more frequently we get to recognize our delusion by knowingly putting on another set of spectacles, the more likely we gain awareness of the fact that we are usually wearing spectacles...
T A K E T H E M O F F .
I N S T E A D,
U S E Y O U R E Y E S ,
S O Y O U M A Y S E E . . .
O N L Y T O T H E N
U N - S E E
A N D T R U S T .
P E R S P E C T I V I S M
A print of this graphic by M. C. Escher has been on my parents living room wall for as long as I can remember. I recall looking at it long and often when I was small, sitting upside down on the sofa, feet up against the wall, head hanging down from the seat and wondering...
What if the ceiling were where gravity pulled me and I could walk up there?
As I sat there contemplating the picture and imagining an inverted world, our home would suddenly look so foreign and new to me.
T U R N I N G R E A L I T Y
O N I T S H E A D .
When we look at things from a different point of view, reality remains the same, but our experience drastically changes.
That doesn't distort the facts, but the act of consciously shifting perspective points a finger at the nature of our delusions.
While it feels like looking with a new set of eyes, it's really just a different pair of glasses. It's not only refreshing, it can be eye-opening:
The more frequently we get to recognize our delusion by knowingly putting on another set of spectacles, the more likely we gain awareness of the fact that we are usually wearing spectacles...
T A K E T H E M O F F .
I N S T E A D,
U S E Y O U R E Y E S ,
S O Y O U M A Y S E E . . .
O N L Y T O T H E N
U N - S E E
A N D T R U S T .
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that feeling when the
I N T U I T I O N hits
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I N T U I T I O N hits
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Radical Middle Path
E M B R A C I N G P E R S P E C T I V I S M A print of this graphic by M. C. Escher has been on my parents living room wall for as long as I can remember. I recall looking at it long and often when I was small, sitting upside down on the sofa, feet up…
REAL EYES REALIZE REAL LIES
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"You help me put the pieces together."
"You gave me what I was looking for."
"You're an angel."
"You're different."
"I feel clear, full and rich after speaking to you."
"You shine bright like the sun (or a star)."
"You were sent by the heavens."
People are looking for symbols, for idols, for guidance, some kind of sign or clue. And they can tell when they've found one.
Next time someone says you're not of this world, you might as well believe them.
B E T H E
S Y M B O L
I N C A R N A T E .
"You gave me what I was looking for."
"You're an angel."
"You're different."
"I feel clear, full and rich after speaking to you."
"You shine bright like the sun (or a star)."
"You were sent by the heavens."
People are looking for symbols, for idols, for guidance, some kind of sign or clue. And they can tell when they've found one.
Next time someone says you're not of this world, you might as well believe them.
B E T H E
S Y M B O L
I N C A R N A T E .
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"Only after accepting the irrefutable virtuality of a situation as the truth can it be handled appropriately.
If something falls, we have to accept that it is fallen before we can decide to pick it up again."
— Cerebral types after rapidly descending from the first floor by virtue of tripping down the stairs head-first
If something falls, we have to accept that it is fallen before we can decide to pick it up again."
— Cerebral types after rapidly descending from the first floor by virtue of tripping down the stairs head-first
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Take the next smallest step until the next smallest step is breakthrough, transformation, success.
Make a gradual approach to the edge of sublimity.
Find the tipping point and lean just a bit further.
Make it happen.
Transition standing to walking:
Shift your weight from one foot to the other.
Take the next smallest step, bend one of your knees.
Next smallest step, lift your foot off the ground.
Next smallest step, extend your foot out to the front.
Next smallest step, shift your weight again,
until the next smallest step becomes making the step.
Repeat.
T I L T T O S H I F T .
Suspension increases leading up to the point of maximum resistance until gently, invisibly, you roll over the threshold and fall into dynamic movement.
S H I F T T O A D V A N C E .
Make change effortless.
Make change incremental.
Make a gradual approach to the edge of sublimity.
Find the tipping point and lean just a bit further.
Make it happen.
Transition standing to walking:
Shift your weight from one foot to the other.
Take the next smallest step, bend one of your knees.
Next smallest step, lift your foot off the ground.
Next smallest step, extend your foot out to the front.
Next smallest step, shift your weight again,
until the next smallest step becomes making the step.
Repeat.
T I L T T O S H I F T .
Suspension increases leading up to the point of maximum resistance until gently, invisibly, you roll over the threshold and fall into dynamic movement.
S H I F T T O A D V A N C E .
Make change effortless.
Make change incremental.
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Forwarded from Esoteric Dixie Dharma
The Parable of the Raft
A man is trapped on one side of a fast-flowing river. Where he stands, there is great danger and uncertainty - but on the far side of the river, there is safety. But there is no bridge or ferry for crossing. So the man gathers logs, leaves, twigs, and vines and is able to fashion a raft, sturdy enough to carry him to the other shore. By lying on the raft and using his arms to paddle, he crosses the river to safety.
The Buddha then asks the listeners a question: “What would you think if the man, having crossed over the river, then said to himself, ‘Oh, this raft has served me so well, I should strap it on to my back and carry it over land now?’” The monks replied that it would not be very sensible to cling to the raft in such a way.
The Buddha continues: “What if he lay the raft down gratefully, thinking that this raft has served him well, but is no longer of use and can thus be laid down upon the shore?”
The monks replied that this would be the proper attitude.
The Buddha concluded by saying, “The dharma too is like a raft. It serves the purpose of crossing over, not the purpose of grasping."
A man is trapped on one side of a fast-flowing river. Where he stands, there is great danger and uncertainty - but on the far side of the river, there is safety. But there is no bridge or ferry for crossing. So the man gathers logs, leaves, twigs, and vines and is able to fashion a raft, sturdy enough to carry him to the other shore. By lying on the raft and using his arms to paddle, he crosses the river to safety.
The Buddha then asks the listeners a question: “What would you think if the man, having crossed over the river, then said to himself, ‘Oh, this raft has served me so well, I should strap it on to my back and carry it over land now?’” The monks replied that it would not be very sensible to cling to the raft in such a way.
The Buddha continues: “What if he lay the raft down gratefully, thinking that this raft has served him well, but is no longer of use and can thus be laid down upon the shore?”
The monks replied that this would be the proper attitude.
The Buddha concluded by saying, “The dharma too is like a raft. It serves the purpose of crossing over, not the purpose of grasping."
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