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Every morning, when we wake up, we have twenty-four brand-new hours to live. What a precious gift! We have the capacity to live in a way that these twenty-four hours will bring peace, joy, and happiness to ourselves and others.

Peace is present right here and now, in ourselves and in everything we do and see. The Question is whether or not we are in touch with it. We don't have to travel far away to enjoy the blue sky. We don't have to leave our city or even our neighborhood to enjoy the eyes of a beautiful child. Even the air we breathe can be a source of joy.

We can smile, breathe, walk, and eat our meals in a way that allows us to be in touch with the abundance of happiness that is available. We are very good at preparing to live, but not very good at living. We know how to sacrifice ten years for a diploma, and we are willing to work very hard to get a job, a car, a house, and so on. But we have difficulty remembering that we are alive at the present moment, the only moment there is for us to be alive.

Every breath we take, every step we make, can be filled with peace, joy, and serenity. We need only to be awake, alive in the present moment. ... Thich Nhat Hanh


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Tuesday, December 06, 2005

Forgive and Be Free


Angry with his teacher's words on loving all things, a man confronted him
with the question: And what if I pulled out a gun and killed you now?

And his teacher smiled, looked deep into his eyes, and replied: I
would die loving you.

Within his words, Muktananda reminds us of the power of practising loving forgivness in each moment.

 Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi talks alot about forgiveness. Deep, genuine heart felt forgiveness. Forgiveness of oneself and forgiveness of others. It is said that unless we 'free' our minds of attached grievances we are too full to fill ourselves with the Divine Love.

I must consider myself fortunate, though it took me many years to discover and investigate this truth within myself (and within this truth also discovered that nothing really needs to be forgiven when our minds are free of accumulation ... when we no longer live in self-image we cannot 'be' hurt). I have not found for myself however that it was a gradual experience. I struggled and then one day the struggle was gone. But for many, past experiences continue to cage them, as they refuse to let go, the illussion appears comforting. But there is no virtue in fight, is there.

posted by I Am This at 11:24 PM

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