Guest guest Posted June 14, 2004 Report Share Posted June 14, 2004 The love that any two beings share is the loveof Self for Self. Keep away all notions and intentionsand you are meeting all beings in this love. This isSelf meeting Self. All attraction is for the Self only,though appearances are deceiving.- Papaji "Sometimes the only way you can feel good about yourself is by making someone else look bad. And I'm tired of making other people feel good about themselves!" ~ Homer Simpson Human beings actually have no moreindependence or autonomy in living theirlives than do the characters in a dream.Neither do they have anything to do with thecreation of the dream or anything in it. Theyare simply being lived along with everythingelse in this living dream of the manifesteduniverse. The entire dream is unreal. Onlythe dreamer is real, and that is Consciousnessitself.- Ramesh S. Balsekar "I've always wondered if there was a god. And now I know there is -- and it's me." ~ Homer Simpson Learn to live without self-concern. Forthis you must know your own true being(swarupa) as indomitable, fearless, evervictorious. Once you know with absolutecertainty that nothing can trouble you butyour own imagination, you come to disregardyour desires and fears, concepts and ideasand live by truth alone.- Nisargadatta Maharaj "You can't keep blaming yourself. Just blame yourself once, and move on." ~ Homer Simpson There are those sleeping who are awake,and others awake who are sound asleep.Some of those bathing in sacred poolswill never get clean.And there are othersdoing household choreswho are free of any action.- Lalla Milhouse: Remember the time he ate my goldfish? And you lied and said I never had goldfish. Then why did I have the bowl Bart? Why did I have the bowl? ~ Milhouse While the mind is centered in the body andconsciousness is centered in the mind,awareness is unattached and unshaken. Itis lucid, silent, peaceful, alert and unafraid,without desire and fear. Meditate on it asyour true being and try to be it in your dailylife, and you shall realize it in its fullness.Mind is interested in what happens, whileawareness is interested in the mind itself.The child is after the toy, but the motherwatches the child, not the toy.- Nisargadatta Maharaj Homer: You know, my kids think you're the greatest. And thanks to your gloomy music, they've finally stopped dreaming of a future I can't possibly provide. Homer: Kids, you tried your best and you failed miserably. The lesson is, never try. Thirty spokes share the wheel's hub;It is the center hole that makes it useful.Shape clay into a vessel;It is the space within that makes it useful.Cut doors and windows for a room;It is the holes which make it useful.Therefore profit comes from what it there;Usefulness from what is not there.- Lao-tzu "Bart, with $10,000, we'd be millionaires! We could buy all kinds of useful things like...love!" ~ Homer Simpson True Love is to give all you have with nothought of receiving anything in exchange.- Papaji "Unfortunately, son, we Simpsons sometimes have to bend the rules a little in order to hold our own." ~ Homer Simpson Seekers continue to practice all kinds ofself-torture without realizing that such'spiritual practice' is a reinforcement ofthe very ego that prevents them from theirnatural, free state.- Ramesh S. Balsekar "Dear Lord: The gods have been good to me. For the first time in my life, everything is absolutely perfect just the way it is. So here's the deal: You freeze everything the way it is, and I won't ask for anything more. If that is OK, please give me absolutely no sign. OK, deal. In gratitude, I present you this offering of cookies and milk. If you want me to eat them for you, give me no sign. Thy will be done." ~ Homer simpson Intellect is what brings about the sense offear, because it is the intellect that rejectschange and wants security.- Ramesh S. Balsekar "I'm in a place where I don't know where I am!" ~ Homer Simpson O God, reveal to the soul that place wherespeech has no letters, so that the pure soulmight go headlong towards the expanse ofnonexistence out of which we are fed.- Rumi "Don't let Krusty's death get you down, boy. People die all the time, just like that. Why, you could wake up dead tomorrow! Well, good night. ~ Homer Simpson People often ask how the mind is controlled.I say to them, 'Show me the mind and thenyou will know what to do.' The fact is thatthe mind is only a bundle of thoughts. How canyou extinguish it by the thought of doing soor by a desire? Your thoughts and desires arepart and parcel of the mind. The mind is simplyfattened by new thoughts rising up. Thereforeit is foolish to attempt to kill the mind bymeans of the mind. The only way of doing it isto find its source and hold on to it. The mindwill then fade away of its own accord.- Sri Ramana Maharshi "Relax. What is mind? No matter. What is matter? Never mind!" ~ Homer simpson O Brother, my heart yearns for that true Guru,who fills the cup of true love, and drinks of ithimself, and offers it then to me.He removes the veil from the eyes, and givesthe true Vision of Brahma:He reveals the worlds in Him, and makes meto hear the Unstruck Music:He shows joy and sorrow to be one:He fills all utterance with love.Kabir says: "Verily he has no fear, who hassuch a Guru to lead him to the shelter of safety!"- Kabir "Dear Lord, thank You for this microwave bounty, even though we don't deserve it. I mean... our kids are uncontrollable hellions! Pardon my French... but they act like savages! Did You see them at the picnic? Oh, of course You did... You're everywhere, You're omnivorous. Oh Lord! Why did You spite me with this family?" ~ Homer Simpson Why objectify God? Subjectify That!! Go straightto the Light, immediately jump into It and don't writean article about it on the way. Keep Quiet, entertainno doubt, raise no desire. Remove all objects andremain as That! All pain belongs to objectification.Do not let ego own Freedom, so do not objectify theTruth. Do not call it a gain or an acquisition, simplyidentify with it as you do when you see your face ina mirror. Forget this visitor called mind and justidentify as That! - Papaji "It's like something out of that twilighty show about that zone." Consciousness has produced this play.Consciousness has written the script.Consciousness is plyaing all the characters.And Consciousness is witnessing the play.It's a one man show.- Ramesh S. Balsekar "Dear Baby, Welcome to Dumpsville. Population: You" When the seeds of thought and conceptualizationare burnt to ash by pure Knowledge, there is liberationfrom the dream we call waking.- Ramesh S. Balsekar You know, the one with all the well-meaning rules that don't work in real life -- uh, Christianity. -- Homer Simpson, telling what religion the family belongs to Even if a person hurts you, give him love.The worst punishment is to throw someoneout of your heart. You should love everyoneas God, and love each other. If you cannotlove each other, you cannot achieve your goal.- Neem Karoli Baba Hey, just because I don't care doesn't mean I don't understand! -- Homer Simpson Q: Does my realisation help others?Yes, and it is the best help that you canpossibly render to others. But really there areno others to be helped. For the realised beingsees only the Self, just as the goldsmith seesonly the gold while valuing it in various jewelsmade of gold. When you identify yourself withthe body, name and form are there. But whenyou transcend the body-consciousness, theothers also disappear. The realised one doesnot see the world as different from himself.- Sri Ramana Maharshi Marge, don't discourage the boy! Weaseling out of things is important to learn. It's what separates us from the animals! Except the weasel. -- Homer Simpson One of the signs of God-realization is joy.There is absolutely no hesitancy in such aperson, who is like an ocean in joyouswaves. But deep beneath the surface, thereis profound silence and peace.- Ramakrishna Paramahamsa Maybe, just once, someone will call me "sir" without adding, "you're making a scene." -- Homer Simpson Q: Why is live so full of contradictions?` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` `It serves to break down mental pride.We must realize how poor and powerlesswe are. As long as we delude ourselvesby what we imagine ourselves to be, toknow, to have, to do, we are in a sadplight indeed. Only in complete self-negation there is a chance to discoverour real being.- Nisargadatta Maharaj God has no place within these walls, just as facts have no place within organized religion. -- Superintendent Chalmers Unconscious people read the scriptureslike parrots saying Ram, Ram,in their cages.It's all pretend-knowledge.Read rather, with me, everyliving moment as prophecy.- Lalla Science is like a blabbermouth who ruins a movie by telling you how it ends. There are some things we don't want to know. Important things. -- Ned Flanders LoveAlways, Mazie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 14, 2004 Report Share Posted June 14, 2004 Thank you for sharing this sweet child of light. Do you know that the original thoughts behind the quote below come from the sacred Upanishads. I believe Maitri's husband (Y) taught the exact same thing to his wife thousands of years ago, but in more detail. Is someone familiar with that story? It is a lovely story. Love and blessings "Mazie Lane" <sraddha54 > 2004/06/14 Mon AM 10:48:36 CDT> > Homerisms from the D'Ohtavakra-GitaThe love that any two beings share is the love of Self for Self. Keep away all notions and intentions and you are meeting all beings in this love. This is Self meeting Self. All attraction is for the Self only, though appearances are deceiving. - Papaji Love, serve, and be helpful but without getting disgusted, tired, pessimistic, and exhausted Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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