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Balance
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 Posted - May 10 2008 : 2:49:21 PM
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On laughter and spiritual practice.
“Innocent laughter blesses every cell in our body. Innocent laughter is the medicine we are after. It is a direct communication from the vibrational. It rolls through our emotional body in such a way that the mental body has no capacity to conceptualize the experience. It therefore short-circuits ‘thinking’ and rumbles directly into the cellular structure of our physical being. Innocent laughter is ‘inner sent’ laughter. It is the voice of God in this world.”
“People ask me what my ‘spiritual practice’ is? It is this: Firstly, paying attention to how I am feeling in each moment without trying to change how I am feeling. Secondly, and simultaneously, paying attention to the nature of the world around me in any given moment without any attempt to change what I perceive unfolding. When I honor these two intents a third experience arises. I will not tell you about this. This unspoken resonance is the magical consequence of this simple two-fold practice. If I tell you about the consequences you will focus on that and not the practice. You will enter destination-consciousness and not journey-consciousness. This two-fold practice is all-encompassing and so are the consequences. So, the practice I share here is not ‘a doing’; it is a ‘not-doing’, an undoing.”
Please visit Sri Barbie Bungo's blog and bring some treasures back to share http://sribarbiebungo.blogspot.com/...archive.html |
Edited by - Balance on May 10 2008 3:20:37 PM |
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Balance
USA
967 Posts |
Posted - May 11 2008 : 1:22:05 PM
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Here is Sri Barbie Bungo's most recent entry:
"When seeing is feeling with our eyes. When hearing is feeling with our ears. When smelling is feeling with our nose. When touching is feeling with our skin. When tasting is feeling with our mouth. When loving is feeling with our heart. When being is feeling without condition. Then we know what it is to 'feel alive'. We real eyes feeling is the heart of our human path."
http://sribarbiebungo.blogspot.com/...archive.html |
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Balance
USA
967 Posts |
Posted - May 11 2008 : 7:50:46 PM
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On the Dharma of intimacy.
"Entering intimacy is not about 'the other person'; it is about 'an experience' we wish to manifest and explore. Intimacy is 'an experience', not 'a person'. When we are still obsessed with our self; we obsess about 'the other person' - because they are still reflecting our obsessions about our self. However, when we truly become responsible for 'our experience', and are able to focus responsibly on this, then we too can focus on manifesting 'an experience' like intimacy in the Presence of another."
"To be hurt by an encounter with another is evidence we entered this encounter needing and wanting something. Entering an encounter with another in this manner is not intimacy, or even the groundwork for intimacy; it is a disguised attempt to find another parent."
"Intimacy is only about giving. And, it is not about 'giving someone a book' or 'an opinion' so they see things our way; it is about giving someone our unconditional attention. We may benefit greatly by contemplating the meaning of the word 'unconditional'. Until we are unconditional with our self, how can we be this way with another?"
"Only when we are so at peace being with our self that we do not desire a relationship with another, are we truly ready to enter the experience of intimacy."
"If we think intimacy is something that is going to rescue us from our inability to feel peace when we are alone, we have missed the point. But, initially, this is what we all tend to do. It is the peace we real eyes when alone that we are to offer to another. This offering is the seed of experiencing authentic intimacy ."
"If we seek to manifest the experience of intimacy, here is the secret key: Do not do anything; be something. Only when our drama is not attractive to us will we unravel this Dharma."
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brushjw
USA
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Posted - May 11 2008 : 8:22:33 PM
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Balance, thanks so much for sharing this blog!
On a moving through the heart
"Take a closer look at those who enter the vibrational without integrating the heart and you will real eyes the consequences of such an approach. Those who do so cannot integrate their "spiritual" experiences with the ordinary day-to-day world and have to have special places of seclusion to practice their art. Why? Take a look at the teachers of these paths and observe the unintegrated states that invariably seep through - like strange sexual behaviors with disciples or with matters of money. In almost every way - from their dress, to their behavior, to their location, they separate themselves from the rest of humanity. They have to, because what they do and the way they do it is not integrated - it is forced through suppression, sedation, and control - through inflexible rules that ignore the voice of the heart within each new moment. On the outside what they do and say appears "spiritual", but on the inside they are festering with unresolved emotional discomfort. If we do not go through the heart, sooner or later the heart will have its way with us in a manner that betrays our highest "spiritual" standards. Do not be fooled by projected piety and spiritual appearances. Most so-called "spiritual paths" run from the heart. They have to confine themselves to the shelter of outer monasteries because the inner is unintegrated and therefore vulnerable. Those of the heart, who approach the vibrational by integrating the condition of the heart, know how to be fully in the world but not washed away by it. They do not need retreats to advance. They advance within the midst of every given moment."
http://sribarbiebungo.blogspot.com/...archive.html |
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brushjw
USA
191 Posts |
Posted - May 13 2008 : 7:37:25 PM
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On perceiving the blessing.
"When we make a choice to grow emotionally we enter an experience in which we seldom get what we need or want. Yet, we always receive what we require. Only in seeing the difference between the two do we enter the peace and gratitude enabling us to greet everything that unfolds as a blessing. Entering this level of experience requires receiving. Blessings are always given but seldom received. Blessings are not about fulfilling our needs and wants. A blessing is when the universe gets in our face and knocks us off balance when we are asking to 'live happily ever after'. When we can receive such a blessing we are ready to real eyes what peace is and to experience authentic gratitude. It is easy to be grateful when our desires are fulfilled. It is brave to be grateful when we are given opportunities to grow up."
http://sribarbiebungo.blogspot.com/...archive.html |
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brushjw
USA
191 Posts |
Posted - May 22 2008 : 8:33:06 PM
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"Intimacy is only about giving. And, it is not about 'giving someone a book' or 'an opinion' so they see things our way; it is about giving someone our unconditional attention. We may benefit greatly by contemplating the meaning of the word 'unconditional'. Until we are unconditional with our self, how can we be this way with another?"
http://sribarbiebungo.blogspot.com/...archive.html |
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