“All you need is already within you, only you must approach your self with reverence and love. Self-condemnation and self distrust are grievous errors. Your constant flight from pain and search for pleasure is a sign of love you bear for your self; all I plead with you is this:  make love of your self perfect. Deny yourself nothing – give your self infinity and eternity and discover that you do not need them; you are beyond.” – Maharaj, from – I AM THAT

4/20/10…my reflections

Perfect self love IS the answer.

Perfection is experienced as the unstoppable flow of love towards all.

Jealousy, anger, distrust, fear, irritation, are only mirrors to see where self love is blocked.

Beware and forgive the mind who distorts and projects onto others an endless not so fun house charade.

Make up no other story than,  “The mind is lost and needs direction.”

Trust and discover that for every distortion, there is an exit.  Be still and earnest; focus on the timeless sense of I AM and be free.

Love…ME

“The name will not change you. At best it will remind you to behave.  It is the emotional involvement, the pattern of likes and dislikes which we call character and temperment, that create the bondage.

Do not be afraid of freedom from desire and fear. It enables you to live a life so different from all you know, so much more intense and interesting, that, truly, by losing all you gain all.

From moment to moment you are renewing it. Once you see that you are dreaming, you shall wake up.  But you do not see, because you want the dream to continue. A day will come when you will long for the ending of the dream, with all your heart and mind, and be willing to pay any price; the price will be dispassion and detachment, the loss of  interest in the dream itself.” – Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

What is…

A longing to wake up.

Sitting by harbor in the sun listening to skinny love by Bon Iver.
Everything is perfect.

I let go of all resistance.
I saw a dog stop and refuse to move.  There was humor, yet compassion.

Keep moving little doggie, ride the waves of fear into their deep trough. Watch and feel as they pick you back up.

Change is the breath of life; our birth and death the inhale, exhale.

One conscious breath is the doorway.  Enter anytime, any place…while you can.

To miss the entrance is both easy and tragic…so close, yet so far.

Happy Valentine’s Day weekend!

Nick and I have been enjoying each other all weekend, hiking, sleeping in, spring cleaning and eating lots of treats!  The sun is finally out and the flowers and grasses are bursting with fragrance and color.  Seven years ago today Nick and I started talking seriously about marriage as we planned our final year before the big cruise.  Mexico was our first destination; a beach wedding was our dream.  It is hard to believe how much has happened over the past 7 years…

We would have never predicted that we’d be right back where we started from 7 years later.  We’ve been together for 17.5 years and weathered many storms.  We set sail 7 years ago in search of a more simple way of life, and thankfully we have found it.  It turns out the wise masters are correct…there is no journey.  Only ceasing to journey is required.  What a relief!

THANK DOG!