Sunday 12 July 2020

The Highest Service

      "Reminding others of the enormity of their own Great Nature is the highest service one can offer another." a Zen Master in Kyoto 

     “Hold attention as a resonant field, pay attention to the patterns. The price of admission is your narrative self, which is grounded in time.” Cynthia Bourgeault


     “To go beyond the ordinary mind is to go deeper than thought. In Buddhism ignorance is often defined as the belief that you are the conditioned mind.
     We have a mind, just as we have a body, but each is a manifestation of consciousness. What moves thoughts through the mind is precisely what moves the clouds across the sky. All are a part of the same continuum of creation unfolding. Mind and body float on the surface of the enormity of Being.
     To go beyond the mind is to ever so irrationally and ever so reasonably go beyond our conditioning to the place, the logos, where unconditional love arises spontaneously.  
     You have to be more than rational to accept and dwell in the mystery. You have to love the truth in all its wild and subtle and indescribable forms.
     We need to listen with the heart as we turn gently toward the mystery."
       Stephen Levine. “Turning Toward the Mystery. A Seeker’s Journey.” HarperSanFrancisco, 2002. 



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