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My Eye.

“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, ‘Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous?’ Actually, who are you not to be?”  ~ Marianne Williamson; American spiritual teacher and author.

 

The Fire and The Waters

There is a magic well up in the heavens,
Waters of life which carry your image.
There is fire over the waters which burns eternally,
And its flames carry the truth of the waters.
There is a source of life in the soul of man,
And the passion for freedom burns over it.
Man blindly poisons the waters of life
And treads over his own soul.
He blatantly denies life and buries the fire,
He chains himself and ignores the passion.

I am here to see far beyond worldly perception,
The life essence which the heart in fire knows.
I am here to understand more than minds tell,
The freedom essence is the truth in my soul buried.
But where is the rationale of the ordinary man…??
Is it buried under the mud of his ignorant footsteps…??
The fire which fuels his muddy footsteps still burns,
The waters still carry his image of sheer divinity.
My heart cries because true love has vanished,
My heart cries because self-knowledge has gone.

                                                                                        ~ Asa.

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“It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.” ~ William Shakespeare.
 
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Over the mud of the past me and the trail of hazy vision
I rode the midnight train with doubt and indecision,
Where she stood as a mirage in the pantheon of My Eye,
Where she tempted my ignorance disguised as noble ally.
 
The stars and the moon were glowing but I was blind,
Time was the illusion of my impatience blooming in mind;
Man cannot see the vast forest when he sees the lonely tree,
Thought of aging is the obsession which cannot let you be.
 
My path was marked by my fears and frustrations,
As mankind hates itself and poisons all nations.
I saw it with My Eye as the night fell heavy on my soul,
The anger which distanced me from the universal whole.
 
As I made way through the station I saw destiny again,
As morning light woke me I saw the enslaving chain;
Then I contemplated myself as I awoke from the illusion,
The self-reflection fell upon the blind mob in confusion.
 
What is man if not his own master…??
What is destiny if not his creation…??
The darkness and light must be harmony inside.
The awakening in me lies in the visions of My Eye.
 
~ Asa.
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As the flower and the bee and the sunlight…

“The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion.”  ~ Albert Camus; French philosopher, author, and journalist.

“The whole secret of existence is to have no fear.  Never fear what will become of you, depend on no one.  Only the moment you reject all help are you freed.”  ~ Swami Vivekananda.


To be an individual is to be mentally free to be absolutely curious and investigate life’s deepest meanings on your own, not collectively but as a divine and unique individual with thoughts and insights of his own, always elevating and opening doors of discovery into Creation itself.

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Nature does not seek or rely on others for its own development, to find its purpose for existing; and so, flowers and the bee and sunlight do their work individually without expecting anything from the other (the ego seeks and expects, but the heart does not), and thus they are individuals who love for the sake of expressing themselves, and that makes each one of them free and unique.  Learn from Nature then.

 

To become aware is not in the intellect, how much information you have, or how interesting, deep and sharp your thinking is; but to become aware is to have an intimate and profound connection to your inner self, to your pure heart, to Infinite Intelligence, where you can see beyond the world of form and understand deeper constructs or meanings to better your own human existence.

Wisdom then becomes one with the path, and the flower and the bee and the sunlight one with you as you work in the world and express yourself by pure heart and not by mere thought.


So, the path becomes the constant realization in the journey of the awakened one; and thus, the awakened one becomes more and more awakened in every step he takes, because now he knows the meaning of his own existence in the world–such meaning which expands and grows even deeper and much more significant as he becomes more awakened through the time of his journey here on earth.

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Life is a magical journey to awaken yourself as a divine individual, not a destination where you remain asleep and follow the masses wherever they go.
 

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Being wise and happy.

“Be happy with what you have and are, be generous with both, and you won’t have to hunt for happiness.”  ~ William E. Gladstone; British statesman and prime minister.

“Be content with what you have; rejoice in the way things are.  When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you.”  ~ Lao Tzu.


Being happy is a state of mind, and whichever thing is a state of mind is under your control, you choose it, whether you know it or not, whether you are conscious of it or not.

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And your mind is extremely powerful because it has been endowed with higher processes of existence, namely the condition called ‘attention.’ Happiness then can be found within yourself by the masterful use of your attention; so, if you focus on directing your attention to the positives in your life, however meager they might be for you, then soon you will clear your mind from negatives and experience a constant feel of happiness spreading throughout your whole body, even in the midst of chaos and economic challenges.

This is a good and simple practice, which brings humility and happiness in your daily living, I have adopted and that I suggest to you:  Remind yourself that there are people in the world that do not have even what you have, the basic necessities of the human being as food and shelter; they struggle for these things and suffer mental and physical pains you will never have to suffer.  So, no matter your troubles, you are blessed.

Analyze your life and awaken yourself to this greater realization; train your ego to acknowledge this, and know to focus your attention on being constantly grateful of what you do have.

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The world, with its greed for more, wants and desires that never end, buy more of this and that, immature competitions and jealousies, does not have this wisdom.  You must develop this wisdom and raise yourself above the pitiful and asleep world.

 

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Keep it sacred.

“The smarter you get, the less you speak.”  ~ Unknown.

“Stop telling your big dreams to small-minded people.” ~ Hakim Sagan; American spiritual teacher, philosopher, and author.

Our passions, our heartfelt motivations, our very important desires to develop ourselves further or to develop something new in our lives, are energies that we must nurture and treat with reverence and faith; because if we do not honor them and make them sacred to us, if we waste our energies telling anybody our innermost plans, is like spilling water outside the glass or spilling flower seeds on cement.  We are going to lose passion and interest while wasting energy telling people whatever is in our hearts and whatever we are developing.

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The human being tends to get excited over ideas and passions and treat them as amusement for anyone, but this only depletes your energies and soon you lose focus and interest on following through with it.

The more awakened or conscious of your own state of development you become, the more vision and understanding of self-love and of how to attain goals you become; so, you begin understanding your priorities and to only share you innermost thoughts, feelings, and heartfelt passions with a select group of people.

This is not selfish but the center of knowledge of self, wisdom itself; for to know about life and your growth is to understand that everything you think about, you say and do are energies, and that you must not waste these energies by sharing with people who do not care and who will not support your advancement and inner and outer growth.

Stop the loud voice of your ego from making you tell everything you carry inside, everything concerning your development, inner and outer; because happiness and all success is something you cultivate, it is something individual and not collective.

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So have faith, patience, honor and cultivate wisdom in this, keep the important things to yourself.

 

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Truly loving.

“Because one believes in oneself, one doesn’t try to convince others.  Because one is content with oneself, one doesn’t need others’ approval.  Because one accepts oneself, the whole world accepts him or her.”  ~ Lao-Tzu.

“Your problem is you are too busy holding on to your unworthiness.” ~ Ram Dass.


It is attachment to someone or to the idea of a relationship the one thing who distances you from self-love, and it clouds your rationale because it fills your mind with desire and obsession.

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When this happens you only see and feel what your ego designs, and so you start believing you are being guided by your heart when you are being fooled by your own selfish ego.

If another does not accept you how you are, if they force you to change, if they are always arguing and complaining about the way you are, then it means there is no love from their part; and you must love yourself enough to end the relationship.  Because happiness is not something you should struggle for, or beg for, and specially you must understand that happiness is self-love.  And how can you have self-love if you allow yourself to be forced to change and be controlled by someone who says he/she loves you…??

Life is not meant to be hell, unhappy, chained to struggle and suffering; but life is meant for you be yourself and surround yourself with people who really understand you and support your happiness. Thus, life is meant for you to elevate yourself in self-love and wisdom.


Communicate how you feel deep inside to others, let him/her know your innermost thoughts and feelings, and if there is no change in how you are being treated, then you will know that there exists no real love in the relationship.
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You must then do whatever is better for your own development, focus on your inner peace and embrace a strong self-love.  This is key to be happy and grow as a human being.

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Moving forwards…

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“The weak can never forgive.  Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.”  ~ Mahatma Gandhi.

“We must develop and maintain the capacity to forgive.  He who is devoid of the power to forgive is devoid of the power to love.  There is some good in the worst of us and some evil in the best of us.  When we discover this, we are less prone to hate others.”  ~ Martin Luther King, Jr.; American Baptist minister, spokesperson and leader in the Civil Rights Movement.


Self-love is the beginning of every great and inspirational thought, of every great and inspirational feeling, of every great and inspirational deed; so, if a human being cannot love himself beyond his mundane thoughts and superficial appearance, then he will not be able to experience true happiness and truly love others.

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But he will confuse pleasure with true love and thus he will suffer and fail many times in his life, while making the same mistakes over and over again until, and if ever, he learns to develop self-love.

Forgiveness is one of the greatest acts regarding self-love, because it is all about truly freeing your own mind, loving yourself; and once you let go of the hurt from past memories, then your mind is free to embrace self-love and to move on, while you are not tied anymore to hate and anger and you can heal yourself.


Even something as terrible as rape can be forgiven, not forgotten, obviously; but, nevertheless, you can remove the anger and hatred from your mind which is destroying your abilities to move on and be happy, thus you self-love.

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I am not saying forgiving the stupidities of people is easy, not even close to that; but I am saying that it is worth it, because it is all about your healthy development and the embrace of greater strengths.

Whatever happened in your life a minute or ten years ago is in the past, and now in your memory; and because it is a memory, you may never forget it, but because it is in fact this memory in thought-form, you can make peace with it.  And so with daily practice, patiently, focused on your own development, you can let go, you can help yourself.
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The easiest, most selfish and lazy thing the human being does is to follow his own ego blindly, like a brute with no brains at all; so, to remain attached to anger and hatred, to choose to follow stupid memories and let these thoughts consume you, is to deny the divine opportunities, the inner strength, life has given you to move on and raise above your own flawed mind, thus stupidity and stubbornness, thus a very selfish and pitiful state of mind.  This is of the weak mind, thus also of the weak individual as a whole who cannot even rule over his own mind.
To forgive then is of the strong mind, because to forgive is to see beyond your own lazy ego and reach deep within you for the strength to move on and be happy.  This takes guts and a very tamed mind.  This takes some greater mastery over yourself.
Are you the weak one or the strong one then…??  Are you an inferior human being or a superior one…??

 

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That heavenly glory…

“Seeing the bigger picture opens your eyes to what is the truth.” ~ Wadada Leo Smith; American trumpeter and composer.

“If you spend your life over-analyzing every encounter you will always see the tree, but never the forest.” ~ Shannon L. Alder; American blogger, philosopher, and inspirational author.


The true beauty and great value of this life is in the mystery, is in knowing that no matter how enlightened and intelligent you are you can never know and understand everything; so, you get to always experience new things, always elevate your mind more and more, have deeper insights, develop more wisdom.


Of course, most people do not see life as rich and valuable as I just described it to you, because they focus on the details of what they go through instead of the whole picture, they tend to analyze to death every little thing, and this, of course, brings fear, confusion, daunting doubt which stops you from continuing forwards, and sometimes it also brings paranoia and terrible darkness to the already affected mind.

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If you focus on the finger pointing to The Moon, you will miss the magical journey which is seeing all the beauty in between the finger and The Moon, all the wonderful creations of Nature, all the heavenly glory which brings happiness and understanding to your expanding mind.
When you have a problem, a challenge in your life, you probably tend to focus and analyze all the aspects of your life which will be affected now, you also tend to regret what you did and think about what you should have done better. “What’s going to happen now…??”  “I cannot afford losing this or that!”  “There is no way out!   “This will bury me and destroy my future opportunities!”  “I can’t move on with my life; it is too late now…??”  etc. etc.

When your mind is overwhelmed like this, you are right, there is no way out, because you are willingly polluting yourself, willingly cutting yourself from clarity and love, peace and strength to create other routes; thus, you are focusing on the finger and missing all the heavenly glory of opportunities and clarity between the finger and The Moon.
Learn to see beyond the obstacles put in front of you by your own ego.  Learn wisdom, quiet your mind, flow with life and the challenges like fresh water flows in the river, be one with your life, be true to yourself.

Do this daily and you shall master your own life.
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On your terms.

“Happiness is not in the mere possession of money; it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort.”  ~ Franklin D. Roosevelt; American statesman, political leader, and President of The United States.

“Money can buy you a fine dog, but only love can make him wag his tail.”  ~ Kinky Friedman; American singer, songwriter, novelist, humorist, politician, and magazine columnist.


We are creative in spirit and that is our essence, and so the mere concept and use of money must not drive you, but what must drive you forward in your life is to be free to express yourself and develop yourself in whatever your heartfelt passion is; for money is just a tool and, even though it is needed to buy food and shelter, it is something created by man, and something created by man cannot bring true happiness to anyone’s life.

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To live life on your terms means to free yourself from the chains of society–i.e., from constantly working and thinking about ways to better jobs and more money, from the opinions and beliefs of society, from the judgements and ruling of family and friends, from the habitual traditions of your culture and religion, etc. etc.

 

Your mind has to reach freedom and acceptance.  So stop thinking about money and stressing about work, and remind yourself daily that freedom is the most precious thing; and that freedom is not found in your actions or in the money you can make, but that it is found in your mind and its content.

And to listen to other people’s opinions with the aim to please them, or to expect others to guide you or even respect your direction in life is the opposite of creating your life, of living life on your terms; for it deters you from being yourself, from being unique, and it blocks you from allowing your mind to learn on its own and develop itself. 

See, success is not really a thing you get or a position in society, or achievement through the manipulation or command of others, no matter who those others are, but success is much like happiness–i.e., it is a divine condition you experience within yourself by starting with a free mind that is unique, and so let go of the mental conditioning and set rules of a society or culture.  You bring peace and clarity to your mind by accepting life as it is and then by working towards a goal you have designed yourself; and also, by emptying the same mind from the set beliefs, ideas, expectations, and control of others, then, you master yourself, you create your own destiny.   

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Love brings freedom, money brings worry and frustration.
Deep inside you know this.
So forge yourself!

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Flow with it…

“Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow.”  ~ Melody Beattie; American author of self-help books on codependent relationships.

“Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it.”  ~ George Santayana; Spanish-American philosopher, essayist, poet, and novelist.


There is no more self-destruction and constant suffering of the mind than that of constantly regretting and thinking about past errors and bad experiences, because this is feeding the ego who constantly likes to feel like a victim and hinder any real progress that means moving on and becoming wiser.

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The pain of the past and of the present also is there, in the midst of our experiences, for a noble and inspirational reason; and that reason is to help us evolve and absorb wisdom to move on and become better human beings.  To learn and embrace all self-love.

All fear we have lingering in our minds and that we experience is either made by us a blessing or a curse, and we must embrace it and use it as a blessing to become stronger, thus grateful of past experiences of whatever nature.

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Everything and anything in life, even if your ego cannot understand it now, is a lesson to be learned, it is for our minds to learn acceptance and intelligence in every step we take to move on with our lives.

Life flows just like a body of rich and fresh water, and your ways of thinking, your ways of behaving and interacting in your own life must match this, must flow with life, along life, through life, become one with life (and whatever happens in it); that is, just accept what you cannot change, learn from mistakes and past experiences, do not just rush into things but analyze and stop reacting without truly understanding something.

This acceptance is to nurture ourselves and become one with life itself, because in this acceptance we see and experience pain, fear, and all heartbreak as a lesson; however, in order for us to see and accept this, we must tame our ego and not become victims of its nonsense.


So, learn to be wiser and see beyond all the past experiences and challenges you had; then, be grateful and accept the wisdom in these past experiences.
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Do not add more suffering, but free yourself.

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The Spirit of All Things.

“The destruction of the natural beauty, the ecosystems, and the majesty of mountains affect us in ways we’re not even aware of. Every time a mountain is beheaded, we chop off a little part of our souls.” ~ Gloria Reuben; Canadian producer, singer and actress of film and television.


The Spirit of All Things

The seas weep at the neglect,
The winds howl at the fog,
The busy man dwells in ignorance,
He does not know his spirit is The spirit of All things.

There is the deep beauty of the trees,
Where The Spirit Of All Things lives,
Where man finds true freedom,
Where man meets harmony.

True beauty is the love which eternally shines
Beyond all that man sees and hates.
True beauty is gentle and kind to the spirit–
So why cannot man see the true beauty in the tree…??

The great Spirit of All Things lives everywhere,
And it recognizes the gentleness of true beauty.
Man wears his mask of ugliness and cannot see it,
He treads on beauty and despises himself.

Man walks blind to reality and fears the love of all things;
He fears the truth of beauty for it rattles his ego,
He fears The Spirit of All things because it is him.
There is no heaven in the hell of his sin.

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