On Nature

"When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the universe."
~John Muir

 “One touch of nature makes the whole world kin.” ~William Shakespeare

"Everything in nature contains all the power of nature. Everything is made of one hidden stuff." ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

Noticing

From Love's Quiet Revolution by Scott Kiloby:

Notice that you are living in a radiant mystery called life.  And then notice that the words "radiant," "mystery," and "life" do not even come close to truly describing the brilliance and ordinariness of it.  Notice that they are just thoughts pointing to an actuality all around you, and within you. Notice that you are not separate from that actuality.

Notice that life is a symphony of sights, sounds, smells, sensations, thoughts, feelings, states, and experiences.  Notice that the beautiful music of this symphony can only be fully realized when there is no self pretending to be the conductor.

Notice how beautiful and big, and yet how empty, the space around you is when you go outside.  It never ends.  It embraces you.

Notice that this space is who you are.  It is within you.  It is you.  ~ Scott Kiloby

Tangerine Meditation

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"Each time you look at a tangerine, you can see deeply into it. You can see everything in the universe in one tangerine. When you peel it and smell it, it’s wonderful. You can take your time eating a tangerine and be very happy."

~from Peace is Every Step by Thich Nhat Hanh

The Butterfly Dream

“I dreamed I was a butterfly, flitting around in the sky; then I awoke.  Now I wonder: Am I a man who dreamt of being a butterfly, or am I a butterfly dreaming that I am a man?”
~Chuang Tzu

Oneness

“From wherever and whenever this insight is communicated, it has no connection with end-gaining, belief, path or process. It cannot be taught but is continuously shared. It needs not to be argued, proven or embellished, for it stands alone simply as it is.” ~Tony Parsons

Wonder of Being

To live is so startling it leaves little time for anything else.
~Emily Dickinson

Nobody Home

There is no entity, only a continuum - and that continuum is consciousness.

 ~Wei Wu Wei

Unity

"He who experiences the unity of life

sees his own Self in all beings,

and all beings in his own Self,

and looks on everything with an impartial eye."

~Buddha

This Is It And This Is Sufficient

This Is It And This Is Sufficient

These seven words, this is it and this is sufficient, are a simple way to sum up liberation. When Oneness is seen, it is realised not only that this is all there is, but that this is enough. When the veil of separation is not there, making us take the everyday for granted and clamour for something more exciting to happen, then the ordinary becomes transformed into this wonderful play of consciousness.

 Seeing Oneness is the end of searching because when the everyday is seen as a miracle there is no need to search for anything else to spice up life with. This is why, when the sense of being a person has dropped away, there tends to be profound relaxation and an enjoyment of simple things, such as the sound of leaves rustling in the wind, the sight of water rippling on the surface of a lake, or the smell of freshly ground coffee.

~Richard Sylvester

When you make the two one

"Jesus said to them, 'When you make the two one, and when you make the inside like the outside and the outside like the inside...then will you enter the Kingdom." ~Gospel of Thomas

Oneness is...

"Oneness is like the clear blue sky-
everything arises, unfolds, and subsides
within its all-compassionate love....
Everything is an aspect of Oneness.
And our quest to know this comes from Oneness."

~Abhinavagupta