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Yevgeniy The Invitation by Oriah

It doesn’t interest me what you do for a living. I want to know what you ache for and if you dare to dream of meeting your heart’s longing. It doesn’t interest me how old you are. I want to know if you will risk looking like a fool for love for your dream for the adventure of being alive. It doesn’t interest me what planets are squaring your moon... I want to know if you have touched the centre of your own sorrow if you have been opened by life’s betrayals or have become shrivelled and closed… Continue

Added by Yevgeniy on November 19, 2009 at 4:19pm — No Comments

Yevgeniy From Dom Sylvester Houédard : Therefore I pray to God to make me free of God, - now that, perhaps, …

From Dom Sylvester Houédard : Therefore I pray to God to make me free of God, - now that, perhaps, is one of the most famous sayings of Eckhart and possibly the one which has been most misunderstood, but it is exactly what Ibn 'Arabi and the whole of Christian tradition says: that the highest knowledge of God is to know that He is unknowable and to know that He is unknowable is still positive theology. It is no good knowing that God is unknowable, you have to stop knowing. To have a concept of… Continue

Added by Yevgeniy on October 29, 2009 at 3:24pm — No Comments

Yevgeniy TED talk on education...

http://www.ted.com/talks/view/id/66 Continue

Added by Yevgeniy on October 27, 2009 at 2:54pm — No Comments

Yevgeniy The Crocodile Story

I just read Kathryn Hulme's Gurdjieff recollection - "The Undiscovered Country: A Spiritual Adventure" where she tells about her life and search and among other things, describes the last meeting with Gurdjieff in 1949. She said that after having a little bit too much to drink she had started telling a story about a 4-year old who crossed the Atlantic all by herself... I accidentally found the actual voice recording of her telling that story and Gurdjieff's reaction on the Web - i did not even… Continue

Added by Yevgeniy on October 26, 2009 at 4:00pm — 2 Comments

Lily Random thoughts inspired by "Deeper Man"

This nerdy and ignorant comment is inspired by page 13 of Bennett’s “Deeper Man” regarding this notion that in the physical world, or the world of function, “we are dealing with how things behave, not with what they are.” I am trying to convince myself that this is, in fact, true. Building block of life are elementary particles associated with either matter or force. OK, let's start with matter, how is it defined? Matter is usually defined in terms of mass and volume and something about radiati… Continue

Added by Lily on October 8, 2009 at 5:08pm — 1 Comment

Yevgeniy Shivapuri Baba

Shivapuri Baba, also known as Swami Govindanath Bharati, was a Hindu saint who reportedly lived from 1826 to 1963, making him 137 years old at the time of his death. According to the biography written by John G. Bennett, Long Pilgrimage - The Life and Teaching of the Shivapuri Baba, Shivapuri Baba was bo… Continue

Added by Yevgeniy on September 10, 2009 at 12:46pm — 7 Comments

Lily Article in New York Times :)

http://happydays.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/19/self-meditating/?em. I Continue

Added by Lily on August 21, 2009 at 1:10pm — No Comments

Yevgeniy Weekend Intensive 16th-19th July, 2009

Dear Friends, This is a reminder notice about the upcoming weekend intensive at Claymont during July 16 – 19, 2009. The theme for the weekend is "Presence and Prayer". In this three-day weekend devoted to spiritual inner work, we will delve into the two great streams of practice: presence and prayer. Beyond all the methods, what is the essence of presence? Beyond all the forms, what is the essence of prayer? Exploring these questions experientially, working with the inner energies involved, we… Continue

Added by Yevgeniy on June 11, 2009 at 4:39pm — No Comments

Yevgeniy Another quote that touched me

"I am already given to the power that rules my fate. And I cling to nothing, so I will have nothing to defend. I have no thoughts, so I will see. I fear nothing, so I will remember myself. Detached and at ease, I will dart past the Eagle to be free.” Carlos Castaneda Continue

Added by Yevgeniy on April 14, 2009 at 1:19pm — No Comments

Yevgeniy My quote of today:

The Work says that as long as we enjoy chiefly negative emotions we are cut off from all contact with Higher Centres. I assure you that at a certain stage of the Work even a moment's indlulgence of negative emotion towards others will cause you to lose force and even destroy for the time being everything that you aimed at in the Work - sense... As was said once, to become thoroughly negative is like an explosion in a delicate chemical laobratory through which everything that is being made, being… Continue

Added by Yevgeniy on April 10, 2009 at 4:53pm — No Comments

Cathrynn struggling rather

struggling lately - I was starting - well, I still am, to feel optimistic about my future life after the difficulties of the last years - but have been almost brought to a standstill after a really bad fall over a pothole and kerb!! - which, after an equally heavy fall last year, has aggravated an injury from an accident 25 years ago. To cap it all, I cut my foot so can barely walk or move at all just now. That is taking a while to heal and I am all bound up! I am thinking that nothing happens… Continue

Added by Cathrynn on March 27, 2009 at 6:53pm — 1 Comment

Cathrynn entering another stage in my life...

I have been caring for my mother and she caring for me these past nearly five years since my husband died. She helped me so much recovering from my husbands passing and in dealing with the business we ran together, which finally had to be given over to someone else. This last year, her health and mine were not good. She was going downhill and very worn and tired - though still so vibrant. She then was unwell for a couple of days, then had a heart attack - one day after being in intensive care, h… Continue

Added by Cathrynn on December 19, 2008 at 7:54pm — No Comments

Yevgeniy Tonight is the Night

Mevlana Jalaluddin Rumi departed from this world in Konya, on December 17, 1273. The evening sky burned red as men and women of various religions pressed through the swelling crowd to touch the green cloth that covered his wooden coffin. The day of Rumi's death has become known as the Shebi Arus, Wedding Night, the occasion when Rumi was finally united with his Beloved, God, in eternal life. This image first appeared in a hadith of the Prophet Muhammad who said that we will approach the Lord as… Continue

Added by Yevgeniy on December 17, 2008 at 3:00pm — 1 Comment

Yevgeniy Google Trends - people looking for God:)

1. Philippines - most hits 2. United States 3. Australia 4. India 5. Canada 6. United Kingdom 7. Sweden 8. Netherlands 9. Brazil 10. Mexico

Line below - number of articles in the media Continue

Added by Yevgeniy on November 18, 2008 at 11:00am — 1 Comment

forrest Entering into the fullness of the love that you are

To all, Your unique energetic configuration informs you of the unfoldment of your Self within form. A complete embrace of all that is delivered to your awareness presents the availability of the true resources of being that are yours and that are expressions of love for every facet of yourself. The invitation to bring forth into illuminated awareness all that is yours, all that has been held or carried into ripeness, and is desiring to reside in the acceptance of the entirety of your beingness… Continue

Added by forrest on October 9, 2008 at 12:00am — 3 Comments

Cathrynn where am I right now?

I feel very lost right now - so many responsibilities and so much to do that is tiring and difficult - to find time for spiritual practice is soooo difficult. I do feel at different times during the day, a tuning in to the infinite, very very temporary - and I know I am on a life's path that is the right one. I just feel that, even as I give myself to this pathway and a lot of the time, enjoy it greatly, appreciate the small things, that I am scattered, not in touch, unable to centre and clear m… Continue

Added by Cathrynn on July 24, 2008 at 8:57pm — 2 Comments

Cathrynn well, I'm going to keep coming in anyway....:)

I want to start a spiritual practice each day...just not sure what ? but I'm going to keep coming in here anyway....:) Continue

Added by Cathrynn on June 5, 2008 at 4:52am — No Comments

Cathrynn rather wondering whether or not to start this? not sure how?

I notice that Vincent is online.......Vincent, are you going to start a blog post? I have to go now, but will be back later.....though I dont know whether you will read this, would be good to have a way to send a quick message to a friend online? Just a thought...bye for now.....................Cathrynn X Continue

Added by Cathrynn on May 29, 2008 at 11:31am — 1 Comment

Cathrynn so glad to find this site...:)....

BUT, people just dont seem to be logging in? would be great if members logged in at least every few days - I have problems with organised religion - though I appreciate organised religion as well. I do read many of the verses from the bible, buddhist themes and things - but feel as if I 'belong' to any religion in particular, it somehow boxes off my spiritual life. Now why is this...:(................Cathrynn X Continue

Added by Cathrynn on May 26, 2008 at 8:50am — 1 Comment

Yevgeniy The Invitation by Oriah

It doesn’t interest me what you do for a living. I want to know what you ache for and if you dare to dream of meeting your heart’s longing. It doesn’t interest me how old you are. I want to know if you will risk looking like a fool for love for your dream for the adventure of being alive. It doesn’t interest me what planets are squaring your moon... I want to know if you have touched the centre of your own sorrow if you have been opened by life’s betrayals or have become shrivelled and closed… Continue

Added by Yevgeniy on November 30, 1999 at 12:00pm — No Comments

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