Sufi Tale: The Dead Man

balaghalargeA man, who was supposed to be dead, was being carried by his friends to the cemetery. When they were about to bury him, the dead man suddenly came to life and began to pound on the lid of the coffin. The lid was raised.

The man sat up. “What are you doing?”- he said to the assembled crowd. “I am not dead!”

His words were met with silent disbelief. Finally one of the mourners said: “Friend, both the doctors and the priests have certified you as dead. So dead you are. How could be the experts wrong?

And he was duly buried.

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The Kybalion: A Study of the Hermetic Philosophy (e-Book)

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“The Principles of Truth are Seven; he who knows these, understandingly, possesses the Magic Key before whose touch all the Doors of the Temple fly open.”–The Kybalion.

The Kybalion: Hermetic Philosophy is a 1908 book claiming to be the essence of the teachings of Hermes Trismegistus, published anonymously under the pseudonym of “the Three Initiates”. In this book we learn that everything flows according to seven principles:

Principle of Mentalism: “All is Mind

Principle of Correspondence: There is always a correspondence between the laws of phenomena of the various “planes” of being and life. ”As above, so below; as below, so above

Principle of Vibration: This principle explains that the differences between different manifestations of Matter, Energy, Mind, and even Spirit, are the result of only different “vibrations”. Sigue leyendo

Finding the Way

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When you find the way
Others will find you
Passing by on the road
They will be drawn to your door
The way that cannot be heard
will be reflected in your voice
The way that cannot be seen
Will be reflected in your eyes

Lao Tzu

Collection of Uplifting Aphorisms – Bringing Heaven Down to Earth

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If you want to see the brave, look at those who can forgive.
If you want to see the heroic, look at those who can love in return for hatred.

The Bhagavad Gita

Wisdom is knowing we are all one
Love is what it feels like
And compassion is what it acts like

Ethan Walker

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Leaves of Grass, by Walt Whitman

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This an excerpt of Leaves of Grass, by Walt Whitman. It is a beautiful tribute to life. We should start by acknowledging that life is perfect as it is. Only then can we become aware of its beauty, our beauty, and the sense of Wholeness that surrounds it. Sigue leyendo

Zen Stories – Searching for the Truth

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Overcoming Anger

A Zen student said to his teacher, “Master, I have an ungovernable temper. Help me get rid of it.”

“You have something very strange,” said the teacher. “Show it to me.”

“Right now I cannot show it to you.”

“Why not?”

“It arises suddenly.”

“Then it cannot be your own true nature,” said the teacher, “if it were, you would be able to show it to me at any time. Why are you allowing something that is not yours to trouble your life?”

Thereafter whenever the student felt his temper rising he remembered his teacher’s words and checked his anger. In time, he developed a calm and placid temperament. Sigue leyendo

5 Transformational and Spiritual Aphorisms

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In the following transformational and spiritual aphorisms sages, thinkers, luminaries, and awakened individuals put into words thought-patterns that resonate with the truth of a more objective Reality than that which is constructed by the cultures in which we grow up in and are influenced by. Looking around us, we can see that there is a lack of true leadership (or very little authentic leadership, in more realistic terms) within the forefront of societies and cultures we all find ourselves in. When there is a lack of true motivational and inspirational leadership, we have to look to those profound visionaries and awakened individuals of times past to gather growth-encouraging insights that will help us in our self-growth and enlightenment.

When the future looks bleak and the motivation to excel and advance seems pointless, we can look up to those who have lived and are still alive, who possess that inner wisdom which they had realized through their own personal experiences of an enlightened state of awareness. The transformational and spiritual aphorisms that such guiding lights to humanity express to us can raise our level of hope once more to the domain of energy that makes us more proactive. Reignited excitement and passion can drive us closer to the successes we imagined and dreamed would come true. We are all capable of incredible feats. Sigue leyendo

The “I Am” Presence and the Human Creativity

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It is a pleasure to surf through a wide range of professional websites and amateur blogs, and find out that there is agreement regarding one of the most important questions aimed at trascending the old paradigms: we are starting to realize that we are creators. What we have is not the result of sheer chance; it is the outcome of a chain of actions that resulted in a series of actions.

Although the creativity has been often associated (almost exclusively) with artistic professions, today it is obvious that this capacity is inherent to all human beings in every aspect of their lives. It is surprising that still today we can find people that define themselves as “non-creative”. But, what’s all this about being creative? According to the dictionary, “creative” is someone “capable of creating something”. In other words, those who create hatred are also creative. Or those who create peace and well-being. Whatever we may think of, it is the result of a creative action.

Every time we get angry, that’s what we are creating. Then, of course, we can blame others or assume the responsibility of our creations. It is very important not to blame ourselves, because we know that guilt derives in punishment. Responsibility and guilt are very different creations. Sigue leyendo

The Mindfulness of Balance

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Sadness gives depth. Happiness gives height. Sadness gives roots. Happiness gives branches. Happiness is like a tree going into the sky, and sadness is like the roots going down into the womb of the earth. Both are needed, and the higher a tree goes, the deeper it goes, simultaneously. The bigger the tree, the bigger will be its roots. In fact, it is always in proportion. That’s its balance.

Osho Rajneesh

When The Waters Were Changed (Sufi Tale)

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Once upon a time Khidr, the teacher of Moses, called upon mankind with a warning. At a certain date, he said, all the water in the world which had not been specially hoarded, would disappear. It would then be renewed, with different water, which would drive men mad.

Only one man listened to the meaning of this advice. He collected water and went to a secure place where he stored it, and waited for the water to change its character.

On the appointed date the streams stopped running, the wells went dry, and the man who had listened, seeing this happening, went to his retreat and drank his preserved water. Sigue leyendo