The Seer

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My mother-in-law, Scotty, would sometimes tell me stories about her childhood in Glasgow, and once she told me of the old lamplighter who was known as “The Leary” from R L Stephenon’s famous poem. Every evening at dusk the old man would move down the street with a long pole that had a tiny flame at the end of it, lighting one lamp after another, bringing light to the whole district. Scotty ended her story with the remark, “… and after a while, Son, the Leary would be completely out of sight way down the street somewhere, but you could always tell which way he’d gone by the light he left behind.”

Pete Sumner

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This cannot be understood. It can only be recognised. Until recognition, there can be a trying to understand or grasping at the words, which are pointing to what is beyond words. Recognition cannot be forced and no particular circumstances are necessary. But there can be a tiring of trying to understand that which can never be understood. Sometimes it can take years before trying to understand is exhausted. Sometimes this only needs to be heard once or sometimes there is recognition ‘out of the blue’ with no apparent connection to anything in the story.

In recognition there is never any connection to anything that has come before this. In recognition, there is no story of past or future. There is no time. Any apparent story is recognised as simply a story. Nothing causes recognition because any apparent cause is simply a story. Recognition is the end of the belief in the story. Recognition is a leap beyond concepts. Beyond belief. Beyond what has always been assumed. It is a leap into the unknown. It is a leap into what has always been known but simply overlooked. I can recognise what is being pointed to in these words, because I am that. This is what I am, beyond any story of ‘me’. This is how I know that which is pointing, and that that is pointing to what l am.

From I am Life Itself by Unmani Liza Hyde????????

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When I walked into the coffee shop,
I saw God sitting at a small table
Sipping espresso and reading a newspaper.
She was about seventy years old.

I couldn’t believe it.
No one else seemed to realize that God was in the room,
Closer than four tables away,
Closer than life itself.

I took a deep breath,
And watched God take another sip of coffee.
I wanted to stand up and shout in a loud voice,
“Listen, people; this is a very special coffee shop!
This is where God chooses to drink coffee
And read the newspaper.
This place is sacred.”
But I remained silent.
No need to scare everybody.

Then, I looked at the sunlight coming through the front window,
And the way it lit up dust motes in the air—
Millions and millions of individual particles
Dancing.

From behind the counter came the tinkling sounds
Of silverware being dumped into a sink.
Small groups of people talked quietly at their tables,
And a cash register rang up a sale.

I suspected that this was the only morning in the history of all time
That it was going to happen just like this.
I thought to myself,
“It’s a lucky thing I came here this morning.”

After a while, I got up my courage and walked over to God’s table.
I said, “Hi, what’s your name?”
God said, “Jane Smith.”
I said, “Really?”
She said, “No, not really.”
We both smiled,
And then I walked out of the coffee shop and into the street.

Some people go to church to find God,
And you can find her there if you know how to look.
But you can also find her at the coffee shop.

by Bob Harwood

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Q) How do I forgive people for the things they have done to me?

A) First you need to begin to see that everyone, including you, is only doing what they can, according to what they are. If a person is filled with anger or resentment, they are likely to do things to others from that stand point. If you are not careful this will result in you judging them for what they have done and you will pick up this stand point. Thus you too become filled with anger and resentment.

Stop the cycle now. See that whatever a person does, they do according to their own limited experience and level of self-knowledge. That does not mean you have to like them or what they have done. Just let go of the judgment in you. If you do this, then there is nothing to forgive, as you just see and understand what is. One day you may do something which another person feels they will need to forgive you for, when you could not help but do what you did.

It is arrogant and egotistical to feel that you will judge another as having wronged and then proceed to decide whether to forgive them or not; while in the meantime holding on to your resentment and blaming them for you feeling like this. Dont forgive anybody for anything. It is not your place. Just see that some (all) people do some things from their own position of hurt (or just lack of self-awareness) and let it go.

Q&As by Nick Roach

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We humans are in some difficulty because we don’t know how to stop thinking. Isn’t that true? How many people can stop thinking and just be here in silence and Presence? And if you cannot stop thinking, then you cannot be present, for all thinking takes you into the mind.

There is nothing wrong with thinking. There is nothing wrong with entering the world of the mind, as long as you know that you are entering a world of illusion, and you know that only the present moment is the truth of life. Then you can play in the world of time, with your thoughts, memories, and imaginings. Enjoy yourself, but be careful! It is easy to get lost there.

If you identify with any of it, or take any of it too seriously, you will separate yourself from the present moment and the truth of life. You will be abandoning God, love, truth, and the present moment for the illusory world of the mind, filled with distorted memories and false promises.

From Journey into Now by Leonard Jacobson

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True words aren’t eloquent; eloquent words aren’t true.
Wise men don’t need to prove their point; men who need to prove their point aren’t wise.

The Master has no possessions.
The more he does for others, the happier he is.
The more he gives to others, the wealthier he is.

The Tao nourishes by not forcing.
By not dominating, the Master leads.

Lao Tzu

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