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Ananda
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 Posted - Mar 20 2011 : 1:32:30 PM
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This being human is a guest house.
Every morning a new arrival.
A joy, a depression, a meanness,
some momentary awareness comes
as an unexpected visitor.
Welcome and entertain them all!
Even if they are a crowd of sorrows,
who violently sweep your house
empty of its furniture,
still, treat each guest honorably.
He may be clearing you out
for some new delight.
The dark thought, the shame, the malice.
meet them at the door laughing and invite them in.
Be grateful for whatever comes.
because each has been sent
as a guide from beyond.
-- Jelaluddin Rumi,
translation by Coleman Barks |
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Delara
Lebanon
305 Posts |
Posted - Mar 20 2011 : 3:04:48 PM
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Thank you |
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vijikr
United Arab Emirates
413 Posts |
Posted - Mar 20 2011 : 3:28:43 PM
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Ananda
3115 Posts |
Posted - Mar 20 2011 : 3:45:26 PM
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Ananda
3115 Posts |
Posted - Mar 20 2011 : 4:01:28 PM
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| For those who are involved in Samyama and relational Advaita this is what those who teach the direct approach like Jean Klein and Francis Lucille call "welcoming." |
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amoux
United Kingdom
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Posted - Mar 20 2011 : 4:26:24 PM
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| Love Rumi - and the Coleman Barks translations are excellent. Thanks, Ananda |
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Ananda
3115 Posts |
Posted - Mar 20 2011 : 5:24:15 PM
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| You're most welcome dear Amoux |
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maheswari
Lebanon
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Posted - Mar 21 2011 : 03:42:25 AM
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i remembered this quote by Swami Krishnanada (Jnana Yoga)
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"a little attention is to be paid to every thought that comes to the mind. Manana is only this much. If a thought comes, adore it, worship it. "My dear child, what do you want? Why has this thought come to me?" Give it what it wants. It will go; it will not cry afterwards. But if you tell the thought, "You idiot, go. I don't want you," then it will come back yelling with greater force. So no thought should be brushed aside as unwanted, because it is your child, it has come through your brain and you are throwing it away. It has arisen because it has a necessity - it won't come unnecessarily. That necessity should be understood by you by a careful psychoanalytical attention paid to it. All thoughts are your thoughts - you must understand. They are not somebody's. So, you cannot reject them unless you reject your own self partly, which cannot be done. |
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maheswari
Lebanon
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Posted - Mar 21 2011 : 03:44:12 AM
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| i had this strange heart opening few days ago....crying so strong than laughing even more.......... |
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Ananda
3115 Posts |
Posted - Mar 21 2011 : 09:43:05 AM
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Ananda
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Posted - Mar 25 2011 : 03:39:14 AM
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Just laughing my heart out... This poem is so True, it's all about this just welcome everything with a laughter Lolzzzzzz
LOVI LOVE LOVE
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maheswari
Lebanon
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Posted - Mar 25 2011 : 11:42:28 AM
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| welcome welcome welcome welcome.....hehehehehehe |
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Ananda
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Posted - Mar 25 2011 : 12:09:19 PM
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The Guest House
