I am passing this on to you because it definitely works and we
could all use a little more calmness in our lives. By following simple
advice heard on the Oprah show, you too can find inner peace.

Dr. Oz proclaimed, ‘The way to achieve inner peace is to finish
all the things you have started and have never finished.’

So, I looked around my house to see all the things I started and
hadn’t finished, and before leaving the house this morning, I finished
off a bottle of White Zinfandel, a bottle of Tequila, a package of
Oreos, the remainder of my old Prozac prescription, the rest of the
cheesecake, some Doritos, and a box of chocolates. You have no idea how
freaking good I feel right now.

Pass this on if you know anyone you think might be in need of
inner peace….

Experiencing these higher states though–no matter which path–is critical to weakening the grip of the personal self and is why I created these meditations–as kind of a shortcut to interrupt the personal self and help expose it for what it is…an illusion.

Thanks for your comments.

Well, apparently they do now. You may just be the first “system buster”.

Well done !

I appreciate your postings here, but have to disagree with you that the only way to really experience emptiness/ samadhi is through hard work in deep meditation. That used to be the only reliable way to experience it. Now, people can be easily guided, in one or two sessions to a very real, authentic experience of this peak state that used to take many years to achieve.

Seems like the when ever there is an idea of division of one into 2 one is dealing with fundamental division, like metaphysical division. So I totally agree with you that the recognition of 2 basic states is possible. I would like to elaborate from my own perspective and hopefully add to the discussion.

A division of one into two implies that there is an original whole. THis could be called the Tao. This is a state that cannot be experienced because it transcends experience. (SAT)

On the level of experience (which is the 2 divided elements within the one) there is the basic division of subject and object.

THis is where your ideas appear-the emptiness is the experience of the subject with no object to experience. This is hard because it is like a coin with only one side. A paradox. The only way to really experience this state is hard work in deep meditation. It is Samadhi. (CHIT) (Father)

The experience of gentleness is the subject (you) experiencing bliss. Bliss is the most basic and continuous experience in the universe. I would add though that all experiences such as happiness, energetic motion, emotion, anger, sadness are all manifstations of the same material that bliss or gentleness is made of. (Ananda) (Mother)

This is the basis of the Hindu belief that our true nature is SAT-CHIT-ANANDA.

Speaking of –don’t worry ’bout me. The new area has a gym! Should take a month or two for my hyper metabolism to kick in again; then I’ll be a bit like our *other* brother.

Feel that when we tread the path of the heart, sight is with different eyes.. Therefore the gifts which we are graced with lie within us all. In some slumbering, in others fully awakened and acting under their command as tools to help those who come for guidance. For it is only possible to see within another that which is also within ourselves. Such a one only guide, inspire and nudge us to follow our own inner light to listen to the divine sound within. The role of the messenger of love; the path we are destined for in this life.
From these beings are flowing currents of love and consciousness so strong that by their mere presence or sitting near them the mind is inclined to get under control and stilled to some extent. The teaching of these ones are imparted in a unspoken language, the language of the soul. The soul is a particle of God and His great mystery. It speaks without tongue or throat. In such a one God has hidden a sun.. (probably why they seem to glow The rays of the sun shine on everyone. Every being has and is a divine capacity we only need remember this…
This mornings quote in my diary had my thoughts turned to your post, “I lift you and you lift me and we both ascend together” ..

Tao’n On My Luck

A Penny For My Thoughts

(in the voice of Billy Mays) . . . BUT WAIT, THAT’S NOT ALL – ORDER NOW AND YOU’LL RECEIVE A SECOND BLESSING AT NO COST (plus additional shipping and handling)

Sorry Wayne, I don’t do serious well

You wrote: “The gist of the post (from various sources) is that you just do what feels like you are supposed to–not with reason (you simply don’t know why), but with that internal guidance system which is so much louder after you wake up than it was before (because there is less personal desire/noise blocking it).” That’s it; that’s been my experience, as well. And as soon as we get that this is how it goes, letting go increases, and the overall dynamic takes on a life of its own …. and the general awesomeness increases many-fold. As Adyashanti says: “Just Let Go”.

I know it’s not easy to stay in the present moment, but with ~mindfulness~ it can be done.

Very beautiful picture. I always wonder… sunrise or sunset ?

As for courage, don’t think that “confessing to the world” isn’t something you can’t do yourself. Any fear you feel about opening up about your life is just the personal self trying to protect itself. It’s a wonderful practice and tremendously freeing to “open up” and weaken the ego (obviously don’t reveal identity theft info).