Spiritual Journey

She met me where civilization ends and the path begins.
Her perfect body seduced and lured me far into the wilderness.
Far along the path she turned into a panther and attacked me.
She tore flesh from my left arm.
With the adrenalin rush from fear I reached and seized her throat hard.
She vanished.
And I was left all alone in the wild, injured, to begin my spiritual journey.

A passage from 'Autobiography of a Yogi'

"Years ago, before you were born, I asked my superior officer-your father-to give me a week's leave from my Gorakhpur duties in order to visit my guru in Benares. Your father ridiculed my plan.

"'Are you going to become a religious fanatic?' he inquired.
'Concentrate on your office work if you want to forge ahead.'

"Sadly walking home along a woodland path that day, I met your father in a palanquin. He dismissed his servants and conveyance, and fell into step beside me. Seeking to console me, he pointed out the advantages of striving for worldly success. But I heard him listlessly. My heart was repeating: 'Lahiri Mahasaya! I cannot live without seeing you!'

"Our path took us to the edge of a tranquil field, where the rays of the late afternoon sun were still crowning the tall ripple of the wild grass. We paused in admiration. There in the field, only a few yards from us, the form of my great guru suddenly appeared! 

"'Bhagabati, you are too hard on your employee!' His voice was resonant in our astounded ears. He vanished as mysteriously as he had come.

...

I love the idea that this kind of saint can walk the earth, but why haven't I met one in such a dramatic way? Am I really not ready?  How many years of meditation will it take?

JinpaLight

Do more yoga!

Wisdom

Sometimes I want to cry
Poor me.
It's my job.
It's my finances.
It's my family.
It's my friends.

But what is the common thread?
Is it me?

What good does it do to mope?
But is it any better to beat myself into a fuzzy "happines" stupor by walking around pretending to be positive? Maybe pretending is the wrong word.

Maybe it is really more appropriate to say that I am creating positive energy by actively looking deeper at all things and all situations for the positive and engaging them or choosing to participate in a positive way.

I'll try that on for a day or so.

God

It's all me.

It's all up to me.
Look at this blog.
No followers, but me. No comments. Who would know if my light stops shining tomorrow?

It's only me and me. I'm just here for me right now and that has to be OK.

How can I talk with God?

How can I talk with God?

I pray or meditate daily.
I still can't hear.

I think I am looking
But I still can't see.

Am I looking for the wrong thing?
Something that doesn't exist?

How can I find out?
How can I learn?

How to Meditate

Thich Nhat Hanh

The Miracle of Mindfulness

Alone

Meditation, Visualization, & Community Building (Online)

Just posted this note to Craigslist (Date: 2011-05-02, 2:30PM EDT Reply to: comm-phhqy-2358376233@craigslist.org)

... Seeking others interested in starting an exchange of ideas about how to increase harmony, happiness, and health. If any of the ideas on my blog (http://jinpalight.blogspot.com/) (jinpalight - dot - blogspot - dot com ) seem to resonate with you, please let me know. Maybe we can build a community of strength which helps grow the good we want to see in the area. We can start online and, if it makes sense, explore the benefits of building a physical community.

Jinpa ~

Nirvana Storm

Programmers and animators wanted...

I demand new video games with socially redeeming value, like a game called "NirvanaStorm," in which players negotiate eight levels of Buddhist revelation with a character who resembles the Dalai Lama.

 pg. 186 -- excerpt from "Pronioa," by Rob Breszney (http://www.freewillastrology.com/)

How pronoia works

...

excerpt from "Pronioa," by Rob Breszney (http://www.freewillastrology.com/)  

WaRnINg. If you don't have room for an elephant, don't befriend the elephant trainer.

More from Ram Dass. Be Here Now.

Journal

Be Here Now. Who is your guru?

Osama - Obama

Who is better, Osama or Obama?
How could an "Osama" exist without a "Ghandi?"
How can good exist without evil?
How can light exist without dark?

Is Obama's mother sad today?
Is Osama's mother happy?

Does the Nobel Peace prize really bring peace...?

Others seem to be working toward the solution to this same problem:

http://www.theorderofthegreens.org/?p=795

http://www.biscuet.com/general/do-we-celebrate-the-death-of-osama/

Pronoia. Pg 303

I will never again cast a curse on myself.
I am no longer looking for the perfect partner because I am my own perfect partner.

excerpt from "Pronioa," by Rob Breszney (http://www.freewillastrology.com/) 

Be Where When?

Why am I here?

Why do I stay?
When do I go?
Who is for me?
Who is not?

How do I know?
What do you see?

Can you help me or am I all alone?

Who will hold my hand when I am dying?

Will it matter?

Will it make a difference?

Who is holding it now?

Really?

Am I all alone?