Om

I wrote this for another site but I also thought I'd post it here. I may do that somewhat frequently for a while.

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"Aphorisms maybe? Not really I guess.
Influences: Swami Vivekananda, Black Elk, etc."


Strength comes from within. The source of strength, indeed the source of all life, is within, it is nowhere without.

The conscious mind is but a tip of the iceberg. The unconscious more easily displays one's connection to the world, to the universe, to the source.

What is balance but the transcending of dualities? of weak/strong, of small/great, of microcosm/macrocosm, of individual/universe, of creation/God? Perfect balance is the transcendence of all these dualities, and it is infinite.

The unconscious mind is beneath our conscious thoughts, but it is not separate. It is beyond our senses, but it is also the key to self-realization.

Before we were born, we were unborn, and after we die, we will again regain our unborn nature. But our nature is between unborn and born, and between being and non-being, and we never were born, nor will ever cease to exist.

The unconscious is that much more closer to the unborn, to our unity with the universe.

The substratum of all the universe, all life, all worlds, is the source. That source is Infinite Being, the only Being in the universe, it is also within the heart of every living being.

The material universe, is a myriad dream. The relative is but a dream in relation to the absolute. Upon awakening, one knows one was never bound, and never suffered.

The ineffable peace and bliss that mystics of all religions, times, cultures, and places, and even perhaps of all worlds, is that which surrounds us at all times. The ineffable peace is impossible to grasp, but sometimes possible to know. It says "All is mine. Be happy, and do not worry. This was a dream, and you were never bound. None were bound, none were ever injured. For, the true nature of all is Mine."

Whatever we wish for, we may receive. Be it harmony and growth, or be it strife and suffering, we create our reality.

Transcendence means that we are the creator of our reality, we are the author of our life, the creator of our universe. Our life is but a short sentence on a piece of paper, and we are holding the pen. To then look about, and see where we are, be it a simple room, but infinite; we realize we are surrounded by the infinite.

The whole universe is but a dream. It exists only in the sense that it thinks it exists. As soon as the universe wakes up, there is no more universe. There is only One. The Witness, the Atman. The Atman is within all, all living beings in the dream. All are only One, all are Atman. There is nothing to give, nothing to receive. Nothing which desires, or suffers.

Why do I say this? Why would I say the universe doesn't exist? Because the Atman is real. The Atman is infinite. An enlightened being sees only the One, sees only the Atman. Doing so, he, or she, may become transcendental, and begin to be awakened. By focusing on the One, the Blessed One, the Pure, and Perfect One, he, or she, eventually realizes the unity within the multiplicity, and realizes that God alone is real.

Marley wrote, "Live for yourself, you live in vain, live for others, you will live again." We are parts of the universe. If we strengthen others, we strengthen ourselves. If we seek power ourselves, we do nothing at all. Love alone is life.