"My religion is very simple - my religion is kindness."
-The Dalai Lama-

From Dusk (of Ignorance) until Dawn (of Enlightenment), and suddenly,
we Realize that a Spiritual Realization is not so much of getting
"something" but rather a matter of opening our eyes bigger and clearer to
see this world and ourselves better, with deep bare Honesty and Attention.

   

Awakening Speaks

Awakening speaks to me in accents low :
"My child, look up and learn the Truth I show.
Trust not illusion's vision, ever brief and fleeting;
For only Truth can give thee thy heart's desire".

Awakening speaks to me when sin hold sway,
When passion's fires rise high and help seems far away
"Fear not, for I have conquered passions fierce and raging;
Tread thou the Path I show thee, therein lies peace".

Awakening speaks to me when friends depart;
When loneliness assails my aching heart.
"My child, my feet once wandered lonely in the forest,
But in the hour of darkness I found Truth's light".

Awakening speaks to me in death's dark night,
When closing eyes no more can see earth's light.
"My child," he whispers softly, "brighter light is shining.
Hold fast the Truth I gave thee and thou shalt see".

"Truth is the summit of a mountain, and all religions are paths that wind
to reach it. They will all get to the summit, as long as they go up"
-- Lecomte de Nouy --

"Love is the only thing that grows when shared"
-- Massa Makan Diabat  --

"Happiness is a perfume that you cannot pour on others
without spilling a few drops on yourself"
-- Ralph Waldo Emerson --

"The truths that are different in appearance are like
innumerable leaves that look different and are on the same tree"
-- Gandhi --

"The earth is round; deepen your roots and they will meet"
-- Gandhi --

A Sanskrit Proverb:
Look to this day, for it is life,
For yesterday is already a dream
And tomorrow is only a vision.
But today well lived makes every yesterday
A dream of happiness,
And every tomorrow
A vision of hope !

If the heart is like a garden, then it can grow Compassion or Fear,
Resentment and/or Love. What seeds have you planted there ?

In the past a King asked, "With too many activities, I am unable to
remain single-mindedly in the practice of virtues. I wish to be able to
be virtuous without the degeneration of my activities as king. How can I
do this ?" To which he was answered, "Kings are unable to remain at all
times single-minded with regard to virtues because they have many
activities. They should cultivate this aspiration to Awakening for the
sake of all beings in relation to all ways of behavior. They should be
motivated in whatever they do by this aspiration. If they do this,
everything they do will become a means of Awakening without neglecting the
royal duties". Because this is extremely important, we should learn to
accompany everything we do with the aspiration to Awakening.

This web site designed by Naomi Shifra.  All rights reserved.  4/2000.
Thanks to LadySpirit Peace Warrior for some of the images used here.

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