Stumble into Treasure

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Where you stumble, there your treasure lies.

Joseph Campbell

Thank God for what you have

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Before you ask God for what you want,
first thank God for what you have.

Talmud, B'rachot 30b

Pain, Joy & Sorrow

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"The bringers of joy
are the children of sorrow."

The heart sleeps until it is awakened to life by a blow;

it is as a rock, and the hidden fire flashes out when struck by another rock.

Bowl of Saki, June 27, by Hazrat Inayat Khan

Commentary by Pir-o-Murshid Inayat Khan:
The sorrow of the lover is continual, in the presence and in the absence of the beloved: in the presence for fear of the absence, and in absence in longing for the presence. According to the mystical view the pain of love is the dynamite that breaks up the heart, even if it be as hard as a rock. When this hardness that covers the light within is broken through, the streams of all bliss come forth as springs from the mountains.

   from  http://wahiduddin.net/mv2/V/V_22.htm


It is the thoughts that spring from the depths of the heart which become inspirations and revelations, and these come from the hearts of awakened souls, called by the Sufis, Sahib-i Dil. The bringers of joy are the children of sorrow. Every blow we get in life pierces the heart and awakens our feelings to sympathize with others, and every swing of comfort lulls us to sleep, and we become unaware of all. This proves the truth of these words, 'Blessed are they that mourn.'

   from  http://wahiduddin.net/mv2/V/V_28.htm

Journeys & Secret Destinations

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All journeys have secret destinations

of which the traveler is unaware.

Martin Buber

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Our Real Journey

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It may be that when we no longer know which way to go

we have come to our real journey. 

The mind that is not baffled is not employed.

The impeded stream is the one that sings.

Wendell Berry
Collected Poems

thank you Robin!

Waking From A Dream

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A lifetime may not be long enough to attune ourselves
fully to the harmony of the universe.
But just to become aware that we can resonate with it --
that alone can be like waking up from a dream.

David Steindl-Rast

Choose Your Own Path

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Camino de Santiago & the Franciscan Brothers

You will recognize your own path when you come upon it,

because you will suddenly have

all the energy and imagination

you will ever need.

Jerry Gillies ♥

Jerry Gillies Interview | Money Momentum, Magic and Manifestation

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Pay no mind to the fools comments

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Pay no mind to the fools' comments. Donkeys can't help braying. 

From Byron, on Amazon's comment board.

Ecstasy & Despair

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The coin that pays for ecstasy is always stamped despair.
One cannot love empathically until one wanders there.

Jane Krainin
Dictated right before she died of ALS

What you Really Love

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Let yourself be silently drawn 

by the strange pull of what you really love. 

It will not lead you astray.

Rumi

Jelaluddin Rumi  lived during the 13th century. He was a theologian with his own divinity school. At age 37, through a relationship with a dervish monk, Shams, Rumi began to transform his being, and in the process, to write some of the most beautiful mystical poetry ever written.  

http://www.phoenixcentre.com/articles/archive/20000703.htm

Equality and The Vision of God

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Nobody appears inferior to us

when our heart is kindled with kindness

and our eyes are open to the

Vision of God.

Bowl of Saki, June 7, by Hazrat Inayat Khan

people will never forget how you made them feel.

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I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.

Maya Angelou

Success

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Success is not final, Failure is not fatal:

it is the Courage to Continue that Counts.

Winston Churchill

Music

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"There's no such thing as a wrong note," said jazz pianist Art Tatum. "It all depends on how you resolve it." Jazz trumpeter Miles Davis had a similar philosophy. "It's not the note you play that's the wrong note," he said. "It's the note you play afterwards that makes it right or wrong."

Pisces week of May 15, 2012: I think that's an excellent understanding for you to keep in mind during the coming weeks, Pisces. Be wary of coming to premature conclusions about alleged mistakes. Wait to hear the entire song and see the bigger picture.
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    I've always said "there's no wrong notes in music" and it's impossible to make a mistake when you play music, it's just how you incorporate the note in what follows. When my finger slips, it ends up taking me in a different direction. It's often quite a good thing.
    
    All music makes a melody. Every single note fits with the others.  That's what I believe and my experience, running in that Silver Stream.
    
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secret destinations

All journeys have secret destinations

of which the traveler is unaware.

Martin Buber

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Prayer

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Prayer does not change God,
but changes those who pray.
 

Søren Kierkegaard

Osho: Friendship, Love, Maturity

“One thing: you have to walk, and create the way by your walking; you will not find a ready-made path. It is not so cheap, to reach to the ultimate realization of truth. You will have to create the path by walking yourself; the path is not ready-made, lying there and waiting for you. It is just like the sky: the birds fly, but they don't leave any footprints. You cannot follow them; there are no footprints left behind.”
― Osho

 

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“Friendship is the purest love. It is the highest form of Love where nothing is asked for, no condition, where one simply enjoys giving.”

 Osho. author of Courage

“Falling in love you remain a child; rising in love you mature. By and by love becomes not a relationship, it becomes a state of your being. Not that you are in love - now you are love.”
― Osho

“You feel good, you feel bad, and these feelings are bubbling from your own unconsciousness, from your own past. Nobody is responsible except you. Nobody can make you angry, and nobody can make you happy.”
― Osho

“The less people know, the more stubbornly they know it.”
― Osho

 

 

“Creativity is the greatest rebellion in existence.”
― Osho, Creativity: Unleashing the Forces Within 

“With me, illusions are bound to be shattered. I am here to shatter all illusions. Yes, it will irritate you, it will annoy you - that's my way of functioning and working. I will sabotage you from your very roots! Unless you are totally destroyed as a mind, there is no hope for you.”
― Osho 

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“I love this world because it is imperfect. It is imperfect, and that's why it is growing; if it was perfect it would have been dead. Growth is possible only if there is imperfection. I would like you to remember again and again, I am imperfect, the whole universe is imperfect, and to love this imperfection, to rejoice in this imperfection is my whole message.”
― Osho

 

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Chandra Mohan Jain, called Osho in only the last year of his life, was born on December 11, 1931 and died on January 19, 1990.

Osho was born in the home of his maternal grandparents, in Kuchwada, located in the Madhya Pradesh state in India. He lived with his grandparents until he was seven years old. He was spoiled by his grandmother – he did not have to go to school or do anything that he did not want to do.

His family were members of the Taran Panth sect of Jainism (a religion that calls for a path of non-violence towards all living beings, and relies on self-effort in progressing the soul on the spiritual ladder to divine consciousness.)... more

Sacred Ground

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"Where ever a dancer stands is sacred ground." - Martha Graham

Hope, O My Soul, Hope

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Hope, O My Soul, Hope.

You know neither the day nor the hour.

Watch carefully, for everything passes quickly,

even though your impatience
turns a very short time into a long one.

St. Teresa of Avila

The Way of Perfection

the endless immensity of the sea

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If you want to build a ship, 

don't drum up people to collect wood

and don't assign them tasks and work,

but rather teach them to long for

the endless immensity of the sea.

Antoine de Saint-Exupery 

French Pilot, Writer and Author of 'The Little Prince', 1900-1944