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Shanti
USA
4854 Posts |
Posted - Dec 08 2012 : 7:22:17 PM
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This is to all my friends (ones I know, ones I don't know yet and the ones I may never know)...._/\_
Someone asked me "do you love yourself?" I thought about it and realized I really don't know what "love" is? Anything that came up, love was beyond that... Over the past few days, every time I said "love you!" to someone ... the question arose... Who is it I love? What is love? Who is the "I" who loves the "you"? The lines below arose spontaneously.... -------------------------------------------------------------------
Surrender to the mysteries of each moment
When I say I love you... How often do I know what it means? Do I really love "you"?
When I say I love you... Who are "you"? Do I really know "you"? or Do I love a story I have of "you"?
When I say I love you... Who is the "I" that loves you? Do I really know who "I" am? or Do I identify myself based on a bundle of conditioning I call "me"?
Do I know what "love" is?
All I know is than "you" and "I" are constantly changing. You and I are only what we are in this moment. We are growing and so is love.
If we ever fall out of love, it's because we are not moving with the now. If we ever fall out of love it's because we are in love with an image of the past.
See me and love me for who I am today And I will see you and love you for who you are today. Then... We are love...
....loving and surrendering to the mysteries of each moment!
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faileforever
USA
190 Posts |
Posted - Dec 08 2012 : 7:44:29 PM
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Wow,beautiful Shanti! Makes me think of the text you sent Geoff and i this morning and if these questions were arising as you sent it![](icon_smile_wink.gif) |
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Shanti
USA
4854 Posts |
Posted - Dec 08 2012 : 7:46:12 PM
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Yes they were... ![](icon_smile_blush.gif) Thank you for being a part of the process... ![](icon_smile_shy.gif)
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faileforever
USA
190 Posts |
Posted - Dec 08 2012 : 7:49:57 PM
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No, thank you and i promise to always see you and love you for who you are today ![](icon_smile_8ball.gif) |
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Shanti
USA
4854 Posts |
Posted - Dec 08 2012 : 8:24:56 PM
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kami
USA
920 Posts |
Posted - Dec 08 2012 : 11:11:08 PM
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Beautiful.
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Bodhi Tree
2972 Posts |
Posted - Dec 09 2012 : 01:45:17 AM
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Mmmmm...delicious. A wonderful structure and ecstatic spiral is spinning within this deeply relational self-inquiry poem. "Moving with the now"...love that. ![](icon_smile_8ball.gif) ![](icon_smile_cool.gif) ![](icon_smile_8ball.gif) |
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k123
118 Posts |
Posted - Dec 09 2012 : 05:39:09 AM
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Beautiful, thank you Shanti ![](icon_smile_8ball.gif) |
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Shanti
USA
4854 Posts |
Posted - Dec 09 2012 : 07:29:19 AM
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Well, all of you helped unravel the mysteries behind these words... whenever you all and many others write to to me, it shows me a part of me I hadn't seen before.![](icon_smile.gif) Thank you for helping me discover the mysteries of each moment!
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Shanti
USA
4854 Posts |
Posted - Dec 09 2012 : 08:10:54 AM
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quote: Originally posted by Bodhi Tree "Moving with the now"...love that. ![](icon_smile_8ball.gif) ![](icon_smile_cool.gif) ![](icon_smile_8ball.gif)
![](icon_smile.gif) You picked on that one line that read slightly off to me as well, but got the essence if what wanted to come out so well that I left it there.![](icon_smile_big.gif) |
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mr_anderson
USA
734 Posts |
Posted - Dec 09 2012 : 10:35:21 AM
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[img]icon_heart.gif[/img] Love this. Caused a sense of awareness expanding out of conditioning for me to read it. [img]icon_heart.gif[/img] |
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Etherfish
USA
3615 Posts |
Posted - Dec 09 2012 : 10:42:57 AM
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The meaning of "I love you" doesn't stand up well to analysis, but it often works anyway, when used as a gift intended to make someone feel good. |
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Parallax
USA
348 Posts |
Posted - Dec 09 2012 : 12:44:19 PM
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maheswari
Lebanon
2516 Posts |
Posted - Dec 09 2012 : 2:08:26 PM
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dearest Shanti i know from your posts that u were never a big fan of advaita ...but do you realize how this spontaneous post is all about relational self enquiry![](icon_smile.gif) another proof that once inner silence is abiding self enquiry will happen by itself![](icon_smile.gif) it is a beautiful post indeed it reminds me of Jiddu Krishnamurti.... in the end it is a play between a mentally conceived image of "I" and "you"...these mental images (identified awareness) are playing the game of love and hate etc.... slowly all these images/conditioning/beliefs/memory) are put aside , allowing the direct experience of THAT/Love/Consciousness/God etc...
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Edited by - maheswari on Dec 09 2012 2:08:45 PM |
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whippoorwill
USA
450 Posts |
Posted - Dec 09 2012 : 2:18:55 PM
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lovely ![](icon_smile_8ball.gif) |
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mattb23
Australia
99 Posts |
Posted - Dec 14 2012 : 07:20:17 AM
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Well, I love you, regardless what that means and who i/you/we are! ;-)
I love you just because.
Thanks for sharing Shanti!
Your words radiate with the Spirit of the Great Surrender i.e. Love...Now.
Blessings,
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Shanti
USA
4854 Posts |
Posted - Dec 14 2012 : 09:32:48 AM
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thank you Matt! Love you too!![](icon_smile_8ball.gif)
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Shanti
USA
4854 Posts |
Posted - Dec 14 2012 : 09:33:26 AM
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Much love and gratitude to All! :')
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Yonatan
Israel
849 Posts |
Posted - Dec 14 2012 : 9:10:44 PM
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Beautiful Shanti!!!
LOVE ![](icon_smile.gif) ![](icon_smile.gif) |
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karl
United Kingdom
1812 Posts |
Posted - Dec 15 2012 : 07:35:25 AM
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Great self inquiry tool. Very cool, instant 'now' . oh have to use a heart and an OM ![](icon_smile_8ball.gif) ![](icon_smile_angry.gif) |
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Rishi
USA
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Posted - Feb 06 2014 : 01:45:18 AM
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Loved it Shanti !
Do I know what "love" is? Love is. |
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Shanti
USA
4854 Posts |
Posted - Feb 06 2014 : 08:42:45 AM
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Anima
484 Posts |
Posted - Feb 06 2014 : 09:02:44 AM
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Shanti
USA
4854 Posts |
Posted - Feb 06 2014 : 09:20:14 AM
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pkj
USA
158 Posts |
Posted - Feb 10 2014 : 12:21:11 PM
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Shanti,
Beautiful.. First and the last sentence sums it well.
"loving and Surrender to the mysteries of each moment"
Very nice
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Shanti
USA
4854 Posts |
Posted - Feb 11 2014 : 08:43:31 AM
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