January 2010
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“Here’s the open secret: There is no beginning of time, only a beginning of...”
– Twitlonger via Phil Burton
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Aum Namaḥ Śhivāya
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oceanofmind:
A Hindu Śaivite view
The meaning of the Namaḥ Śivāya mantra was explained by Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami:
Namaḥ Śivāya is the most holy name of God Śiva, recorded at the very center of the Vedas and elaborated in the Śaiva Agamas.
Na is the Lord’s concealing grace, Ma is the world, Śi stands for Śiva, Va is His revealing grace, Ya is the soul. The five elements,...
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WatchTibetan Sand Mandala - Timelapse - 8 fps on Flickr - Photo Sharing!
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“All authority of any kind, especially in the field of thought and understanding,...”
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Devi and Shakta →
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“Woman is the creator of the universe,
the universe is her form;
woman is the...”
– <(••)> Shakti Sangama Tantra
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“No type of yoga is better than that which isn’t afraid of immersion in reality....”
– <(••)>, Tantrism
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Other Nonduality Blogs →
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The Penny That Blots Out the Sun →
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“Know that He is never in anything, nor is anything in Him. He is neither inside...”
– Ibn Arabi (via pbburton)
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“Barring your name and form, there exists in you, as well as in all beings, a...”
– Shirdi Saibaba
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Q. How does one know "I am That I am"?
Bhaktananda: Simple. Whatever happens is "My will."
Q. How does one know stillness?
Bhaktananda: An object cannot be still. "Object" is movement. Know you are not an object, but the all-pervading consciousness. What is everywhere never moves anywhere.
Q. What is God?
Bhaktananda: God is infinite Love manifest as devotion. Unconditional acceptance of Life as it is is God.
Q. What is meant by "non-doing"?
Bhaktananda: If you believe you are identical to a physical body, then you are being told that a body has no existence except as a node in a vast interplay of energies. A node does not initiate or "do" anything on its own, but merely transmits. When you know you are not a body, you know your Self as creator-preserver-destroyer.
Q. Shiva?
Bhaktananda: I am Shiva. You are Shiva and all is That One Shiva. I am called "destroyer" because I dissolve the unreal by virtue of My Self-existence alone. Even My play in manifesting in this form is my nature to "forget" or dissolve what never existed outside of Me. Tat Tvam Asi ~ You are That. The past is unreal and You are all that ever is right now.
Q. Vishnu?
Bhaktananda: I cherish and give life to all that I love. I hold it and preserve it forever. And it is all only Me. How can I not love Myself?
Q. Brahma?
Bhaktananda: Creation is manifest in the nature of appearance -- instantaneous and not premeditated. What is seen only exists in the seeing and nowhere else.
Q. But you are a mere human being.
Bhaktananda: There is no "mere" anything. The most insignificant leaf on the most forgotten tree is God Most High. A leaf manifests the energies of sunlight and earth and water and air in its little self. Go prostrate yourself before that One!
Q. Wow.
Bhaktananda: Yes Wow. What you see is what you are. What you think you see is what you think you are. You are God. Trust me.
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“For, once Kundalini flashes upward through the channels, once it floods the...”
– Kundalini Splendor
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Buddhist Beliefs: Amida Butsu →
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“Buddhism of the Heart,” by Jeff Wilson →
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