Staying Awake...

WE NEED TO RECOGNIZE that we carry our spirituality with us at all times. Not just when we have a pang of need, or when difficulties arise. Because just when we're overloaded with the prosaic, that's the time to awaken what is not only near you, in you, but is the actual, real you. Your spirit, your soul.xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx x Maintain the spiritual structure of your world. Overcome the ego, the foolishness of being self-centered. Our spirituality is unconditional. But most of the time we smother it when our emotions attack us, when our faith drops away. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx x Open your consciousness to the sacred. Take comfort in having a continuous experience of enlightenment. x http://www.ellerochelle.blogspot.com/ x

At Play...

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Good Will..2010

HOWEVER MANY HOLY WORDS YOU READ, however many you speak, what good will they do if you do not act upon them?

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BUDDHA

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HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

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Merry Christmas

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Heads or Tails...

ALBERT EINSTEIN: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx What really interests me is whether God had any choice in the creation of the world. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Anger dwells only in the bosom of fools. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://www.ellerochelle.blogspot.com/

Thanksgiving...

HAPPY THANKSGIVING ! x God be in my head, and in my understanding,xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx God be in my eyes and in my looking,x xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx God be in my mouth, and in my speaking, x xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx God be in my heart, and in my thinking,xx xx God be in my end, and at my departing. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Sarum Primer, 16th Century x http://www.ellerochelle.blogspot.com/

Thinking

WE ARE WHAT WE THINK. All that we are arises with our thoughts. With our thoughts, we make the world.

Budddhax

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Theory...

ALBERT EINSTEIN : x The theory says a lot, but it does not bring us any closer to the secret of the Old One. I, at any rate, am convinced that he doesn't throw dice. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Nobody knows the age of the human race, but everybody agrees that is old enough to know better.xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xAnonymousxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://www.ellerochelle.blogspot.com/

Gift

HEALTH IS the greatest gift, contentment the greatest wealth, faithfulness the best relationship.

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Buddha

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Question...

from: TWO GHOSTS/poems xx THE NEXT PLACE xxx Was this the next place for me? x To be delivered by the redeemer, x kneel in a pew on a velvet cushion, x lean my head forward, and come to rest on wood, dare to talk to God x in another way? xx Take a wafer on my tongue x to chew or melt, I know not which, x and then become intoxicated by the holy wine? xx x TWO GHOSTS/ poems xx http://www.amazon.com/ xx http://www.ellerochelle.blogspot.com/ x

Single Candle..

THOUSANDS OF CANDLES can be lit

from a single candle, and the life of the candle

will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases

by being shared.

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BUDDHA

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Love in Bloom

Apollo in Love with Daphne, 1664/ Nicolas Poussin x xxxxxPERHAPS the feelings that we experience when we are in love represent a normal state. Being in love shows a person who he should be. x Anton Chekhov

Awakening

ALL WRONGDOING ARISES because of mind. If mind is transformed, can wrongdoing remain? x BUDDHA

Perspective.

WHEREVER YOU GO FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE,

you're always in the middle of the universe and the circle is always around you. Everyone who walks up to you has entered that sacred space, and it's not an accident. Whatever comes into that space is there to teach you.

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from......Awakening Loving-Kindness/ Pema Chodron

Grace

HE WHO FINDS A THOUGHT that enables him to obtain a slightly deeper glimpse into the eternal secrets of nature has been given great grace. x x Albert Einstein

The Stream

A MYRIAD OF BUBBLES WERE FLOATING ON THE SURFACE

of a stream.

"What are you?" I cried to them as they drifted by.

"I am a bubble, of course", a myriad of bubbles

answered, and there was surprise and indignation

in their voices as they passed by.

But here and there, a lonely bubble answered,

"We are this stream", and there was neither surprise

or indignation in their voices, but just a quiet certitude.

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Wei Wu Wei/ from " Ask the Awakened".

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Rest in peace, Mom. July 18, 2008

Reat in peace, C. July 19, 2008

Freedom!

Paraphrasing Wei Wu Wei : x LET US LIVE GLADLY. We are free to do it. Maybe it is our only freedom, but it is ours and it is a freedom. Can you do it now? Can you not do it? In fact, it is not a "doing", it is being who we are. All else is bondage; it is living by other's way. x July 4th, 2009

The Road

"ENLIGHTENMENT, FOR A WAVE,

is the moment the wave realizes it is water."

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Thich Nhat Hanh

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"THERE ARE TWO MISTAKES

one can make along the road to

the truth..not going all the way,

and not starting.

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Buddha

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A Pearl

"A PEARL IS A BEAUTIFUL THING THAT IS PRODUCED BY AN INJURED LIFE. It is the tear that results from the injury of the oyster. The treasure of our being in this world is also produced by an injured life. If we had not been wounded, if we had not been injured, then we will not produce the pearl." x Stephan Hoeller

I Ching

PI/ HOLDING TOGETHER/ Union

x x x xxxxxxxxxx What is required is that we unite with others, in order that all may compliment and aid one another through holding together. What is required is greatness of spirit, consistency, and strength. x

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xx x x x Relationships are formed and established according to definite inner laws. Common experiences strengthen these ties, and those who come too late to share in these basic experiences must suffer for it if, as a straggler, one finds the door locked. x

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x x Human society holds together through a community of interests that allow each individual to feel a member of the whole. x

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If we cultivate within the purity and strength that are necessary to be at the center of a fellowship, those who are meant for one come of their own accord. x

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