Guest guest Posted February 1, 2006 Report Share Posted February 1, 2006 Thank u for the posting On Wed, 01 Feb 2006 Mazie Lane wrote : >--- In > >, "Michael Bowes" < >aumshanti@c >...> wrote: >Mazie, > >By the way, could you tell me the source is for the quote that you posted at the end of this message? > >Thanks. > >michael > >Dear Michael, > >The quotes were taken from my files, and this particular file >holds quotes of Bhagavan which I've copied from a book >I once had called, " >Absolute Consciousness >." > >"In the interior of the heart-cave (there) >shines alone the one absolute as the "I - I", >verily the consciousness - Self." > >"What is called the heart is no other than the absolute." >"Call it by any name, God, Self, the Heart or Seat of Consciousness, >it is all the same." > From another file oracled-up on a happy lark for this post - from "The Gospel of Thomas" - > >22) > >"Jesus saw infants being suckled. >He said to His disciples, " >These infants being suckled are like those who enter the Kingdom." >They said to Him, >Shall we then, as children, enter the Kingdom?" >Jesus said to them, >"When you make the two one, >and when you make the inside like the outside >and the outside like the inside, >and the above like the below, >and when you make the male and the female into a single one, >so that the male not be male nor the female female; >and when you fashion eyes in the place of an eye, >and a hand in place of a hand, >and a foot in place of a foot, >and an image in the place of an image; >then will you enter [the Kingdom]. > > >50) Jesus said, If they say to you: "From where have you originated?" >say to them: "We have come from the Light, where the Light has originated >through itself. It stood and it revealed itself in their image." >If they ask you: "What is the sign of your Father in you?" >Say to them: "It is a movement and a rest." > >67) Jesus said, "Whoever knows the all but fails to know himself >lacks everything." >108) Jesus said, "He who will drink from my mouth will become as I am. >And I myself shall become he, >and the hidden things shall be revealed to him." >~ from "The Gospel of Thomas" - t >ranslated by Thomas O. Lambdin > >And from Bob, a transliteration he did of a much treasured Buddhist classic: > >The Heart Sutra > >"Form is empty. >Emptiness is form. > >The activity of form is not >other than emptiness, >nor is the action of emptiness >other than form. > >It's the same with feeling, >knowing, conception, and >consciousness. > >Dear One, in this way >all dharmas are empty, >without any qualification, >not existing, >not ceasing, >without bondage or >liberation from bondage, >undiminished, >limitless. > >Dear One, in this way, >in emptiness >there is no form, >no feeling, >no knowing, >no conception, >no consciousness. > >There is >no eye, >no ear, >no nose, >no tongue, >no body, >no mind, >no shape, >no sound, >no color, >no flavor, >no feeling, >no space. > >There is no >center of vision, >no center of mind, >no center to reference >interpretation of perception. > >No ignorance, >no transition from ignorance to >the end of ignorance, >no aging and death, >no end of aging and death. > >It's the same for >suffering, >misery >sin, >nivana. > >There is >no path, >no wisdom, >no enlightenment, >no non-enlightenment. > >Dear One, in this way >all buddhas -- >realizing nothing, >anchored in the Heart -- >are clear, >fearless. > >They are not >the one confused, >they are not >the one suffering. > >They are Free. > >There's a saying: > >"Gate gate paragate parasamgate bodhi swaha." > >This is how >the Compassionate One -- >Beloved -- >whispers from the Heart." > >~ Bob O'Hearn > >May this email find you Happy, my Dear Friend Michael. > >As I Am, > > >M >'There Are Hundreds of Ways >to Kneel and Kiss the Ground >Let the Beauty You Love >Be What You Do...' > zie > > > community blog is at >http://.blogspot.com/ >"Love itself is the actual form of God." >Sri Ramana >In "Letters from Sri Ramanasramam" by Suri Nagamma > >Ramana maharshi >Advaita vedanta >Kundalini yoga >Hatha yoga >Philosophy of education >Yoga clothing > > Visit your group " > >" on the web. > > > > > > Your use of is subject to the > Terms of Service >. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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