Fear...

Fear is caused...not by the fact of being outwardly or inwardly alone...but by the anticipation of the feeling of being alone. We are afraid...not of the fact...but of the anticipated effect of the fact. The mind foresees and is afraid of what MIGHT be. 
~ Jk

The Guest House

The Guest House

This being human is a guest house.
Every morning a new arrival.

A joy, a depression, a meanness,
some momentary awareness comes
as an unexpected visitor.

Welcome and entertain them all!
Even if they're a crowd of sorrows,
who violently sweep your house
empty of its furniture,
still, treat each guest honorably.
He may be clearing you out
for some new delight.

The dark thought, the shame, the malice,
meet them at the door, laughing,
and invite them in.

Be grateful for whoever comes,
because each has been sent
as a guide from beyond.

- Rumi

Your mind is occupied with itself

As long as the mind thinks in terms of changing through time, of bringing about a revolution in the future, there is no transformation in the present. This is a fact, isn't it?

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Your mind is occupied with itself, and is therefore incapable of being simply aware of the fact. You are operating upon the fact, and not allowing the fact to operate upon your mind. The fact that change within the field of time is no change at all, that there can only be total not partial or gradual freedom - the very truth of this fact will operate on the mind, setting it free.


JK

...

"Ask- Khusbu hu, Bikharne se na rok Paye Koi..,
aur..
Bikhar ta jau to Mujko samete har koi.....!!"


- unknown

On the creative word. 'I' is the source and center of all things

As is your Consciousness, therefore, so is your 'I'. As is your 'I', so is your world.
If it be clear and definite of meaning, your world is clear and definite of meaning; and then your words should never be a maze; nor should your deeds be ever nests of pain.
If it be hazy and uncertain, your world is hazy and uncertain; and then your words are but entanglements; and then your deeds are hatcheries of pain.

If it be constant and enduring, your world is constant and enduring; then are you mightier than Time, and much more spacious than Space.
It it be passing and inconstant, your world is passing and inconstant; and then are you a wisp of smoke breathed upon lightly by the sun.

If it be one, your world is one; and then are you at everlasting peace with all the hosts of heaven and the tenants of the Earth. If it be many, your world is many; and then are you at an unending war with your very self and every creature in God's imcompassable domain.

'I' is the centre of your life whence radiate the things that make the total of your world, and whereunto they converge.
If it be steady, your world is steady; then no powers above and no powers below can sway you right or left.
If it be shifting, your world is shifting and then are you a helpless leaf caught in an angry whirl of wind.

Mirdad

साक्षी हो जाना

जहाँ तुम्हें द्वन्द दिखाई पढ़े वहीँ साक्षी साधना | द्वन्द को तुम सूचना मान लेना की साक्षी साधने की घड़ी आ गयी , जहाँ द्वन्द दिखाई पड़े - प्रेम और घृणा -- तुम चुनना मत, दोनों के साक्षी हो जाना | क्रोध और दया -- तो तुम चुनना मत, दोनों के साक्षी हो जाना | स्त्री और पुरुष -- तो तुम चुनना मत, दोनों के साक्षी हो जाना | सम्मान - अपमान -- चुनना मत, दोनों के साक्षी हो जाना | सुख-दुःख -- साक्षी हो जाना | जहाँ तुम्हें द्वन्द दिखाई पड़े, वहीँ साक्षी हो जाना | अगर ये एक स्वर्ण-सूत्र तुमने पाल लिया, तो वीतराग की दशा बहुत दूर नहीं है | बूँद बूँद घड़ा भर जाता है, ऐसे ही बूँद बूँद इस निर्विकल्पता को साधने से तुम्हारी समाधी का घड़ा भरेगा, एक दिन तुम ऊपर से बहने लगोगे | न केवल तुम समाधिस्थित हो जाओगे, तुम्हारे पास जो आएंगे उन्हें भी समाधी की सुवास मिलेगी, वे भी भर उठेंगे किसी अलोकिक आनंद से |

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