Belfast heroine 1940 - looks after baby elephant in her garden. Who was she please? http://bit.ly/16bRe

People know about everything and have nothing (spiritually). http://bit.ly/HL7XY

The Divine play is not frivolous, it is joyful. And the joy does not have that duality. http://bit.ly/HL7XY

cheerfulness should be really bubbling through you. http://bit.ly/HL7XY

Only mad people show off -
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Perhaps you are not aware of the bliss that you have. http://bit.ly/HL7XY

5 steps for the key to life from Isaac the Syrian, 7 century CE: http://bit.ly/buFl

Honor your wife's dreams. http://bit.ly/Dmmah

"First you become completely integrated inside. Morality must be an integral part of your life."http://bit.ly/w6Be

Gordon is a Moron. Great song, but aren't all politicians? http://is.gd/okU6

Four attitudes to guarantee the death of a relationship: http://bit.ly/SQOM5

"Mankind as a whole is meant to rise, not just a few gifted or meritorious individuals."http://bit.ly/9yVjG

Bliss, radiating in us, people should see it. http://bit.ly/HL7XY

Fighting yourself all the time? Then bliss cannot be. http://bit.ly/HL7XY

Bliss destroyers, vanity and ego. http://bit.ly/HL7XY

Bliss, beyond the realm of cause and effect. http://bit.ly/HL7XY

What is the source of bliss, where does it come from? http://bit.ly/HL7XY

Personal Fitness Trainer Westchester, NY, but what about spiritual fitness? http://bit.ly/2KwU0Y

The lack of discretion in the West. The inability to tell spiritual butter from margarine. http://bit.ly/ahSLS

ATTENTION REPLACES MONEY in the Twitter "Attention Economy?" http://bit.ly/16TuDl

Prophecies of the Coming Age of Feminine Spirituality: http://bit.ly/7FePQ http://bit.ly/7FePQ

Jazz at the Apollo, Harlem, March 24th. http://bit.ly/D5yym

Nine ways to make your wife, or husband, happy. http://bit.ly/39Dzb7

Ten Foolproof Ways To Double Your Income. http://bit.ly/d4mPy

It takes wisdom to love with the brain and to know with the heart." http://bit.ly/9yVjG

"I'm hooked… this book reminds me of The Da Vinci Code, but much better written."http://bit.ly/9yVjG

My only answer is “Yes.” My only question is “Why not?” http://bit.ly/aHNw4

It is possible that this unique happening is accessible to many. http://bit.ly/aHNw4

Is there a possibility...the unity of human beings with God Almighty giving a new vision to the apparent diversities? http://bit.ly/aHNw4

What the Great Mother said about the book: The Advent. http://bit.ly/aHNw4

Why do so many followers want to tell me they won a free computer? To create envy, or what?

the best guitar teacher in Manhattan. Rob Sbar.

Great read, unputdownable. Just finished The Legend of Dagad Trikon, a terrific saga. http://bit.ly/9yVjG

Living in illusion, how can I tell? http://bit.ly/35lC4B

How can a tie set you free? http://bit.ly/4cgJV8

You are peace on this earth. http://bit.ly/HL7XY

Count your blessings. Otherwise you cannot create peace. http://bit.ly/HL7XY

Think of the flowers not of the thorns. http://bit.ly/HL7XY

You are in one body. See advice from the Grat Mother re inner peace. http://bit.ly/HL7XY

There's a subtle enmity in your hearts. The more respectful you are to each other, the better it will be. http://bit.ly/HL7XY

Inner peace - who needs it? What's in it for me? See advice from the Great Mother. http://bit.ly/HL7XY

Nine Foolproof Steps to Avoid Wanting Money: http://bit.ly/mH0EC

Genius, aged eight, sees angels in a tree. Dies aged 69 in a garret singing. http://bit.ly/ChxbA

If William Blake had never painted a picture, he’d be a major poet. Had he not written a poem, he would be a major artist. http://is.gd/o32E

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Dig. Bird loves Ray Charles (who doesn't).http://is.gd/mgtf

Pop Music economics.http://is.gd/o1nk

To clear your attention, humble down in your heart:http://ping.fm/Ov6a3

"Before you speak, ask yourself: Is it kind? Is it necessary? Is it true? Does it improve upon the silence?" Sai Baba of Shirdi, c1838 - 1918

"It takes imagination to escape the scaffolding with which reason imprisons our minds." http://ping.fm/xYXCx

"Men have to recognize that which is sacred in women". http://ping.fm/xYXCx

North Americans do not have a developed sense of irony. (The Australian writer and humorist, Kathy Lette, noted that“Americans are suffer from an‘irony deficiency”’.)

Yesterday, in my dog-run in Seton Park, Bronx, Liz, a wise psychologist and owner of a wonderful dog called Charlie, said when asked about this that a sense of the double meaning in words doesn’t arise in children until the age of 8 or later and that, in her view, this non -ndertanding of irony in many Americans might be seen as a sign of arressted deveopment.

I posited that it might be more to do with an absence of cynicism and a much greater openness to possibilites - which is one measure of innocence.

When I came to work here, there was a noticeable willingness to try new things which is not present in much of Europe. When presented with a new idea, Europeans would either categorically say “that would never work” or ” we tried that X years ago and it didn’t work.” Americans would be more likely to scratch their heads and say, “Gee, I don’t know - but let’s give it a try and see.”

My online dictionary defines ‘innocence’ as: the absebce if guilt, or lack of guile or corruption, or purity.

Many Europeans I have spoken to regard ‘innocence’ as a bad or negative thing, something to be gotten rid of as soon as possible, but it isn’t, it’s a very powerful, positive quality.

Look at how innocent young babies are, human or animal, and how the vast majority of people relate positively to them.

Turiya - 4th state

Western science limits itself by considering cognitive functions such as thinking as the highest state of consciousness. However, in eastern philosophy, as well as in western mysticism, the existence of a higher state of consciousness is relatively common knowledge even if it isn’t accessible. This higher state of consciousness transcends thinking and other processes of the logical mind and is called ‘the fourth state of consciousness’: the state of ‘thoughtless awareness’. In thoughtless awareness the dualism of the human mind is transcended and one enters the silence in the gap between the thoughts. The silence of ‘thoughtlessness’ leads to pure perceptive existence as opposed to the usual projective perception of the world, where projections from our logical human mind are thrown into reality and then extracted again. The perception of reality can therefore never be pure, if undertaken from an epistemic mental level. The mind sees the outside world only through the limitations of its own understanding, through the tinted lenses of human categories, laws of logic and interpretation based on past experiences.

These limitations of the human mind make it ultimately impossible for humankind to perceive reality in its pure form. The Kantian ‘thing itself’ cannot be perceived independent from its translation through our mental categories. Reality without mental coloring, without the biased and distorted mental translation can thus only be perceived if we learn to transcend the human mind. And the human mind can only be transcended by mystical experience that allows us to enter this state of absolute silence, where we are aware of our surroundings without ‘coloring’ them with the projection of our thoughts.

In the mystical experience one enters a state of pure existence, pure awareness, pure attention and pure being. As pure being, pure existence, one can experience reality as such, without translator, without thoughts, in absolute silence. This state of mystical transcendence of the mind, of absolute silence and complete serenity, has been called by different names according to the different mystical traditions: Mystical Extasis (Christianity), Gnosis (Gnosticism), Tao (Taoism), Satori (Zen Buddhism), Sahaja Samadhi (Sikh tradition), Nirvana (Buddhist and Hindu traditions) and Yoga (Indian mysticism).

Yoga is the Indian description of this mystical experience of “union” - a joining of our individual consciousness with the all pervading energy of the universal consciousness, of the individual ‘Atma’ with the universal ‘Brahma’. The English word ‘yoke’ and ‘joy’ derive from the Sanskrit word Yukti, reflecting the joyful aspect of this mystical fusion of the individual with the universal consciousness.

This state has a significantly relaxing effect on body and mind. Considering that stress is mostly induced by thinking about past or future events, the meditative state of being in the present, in the ‘here and now’ shows to have an important effect on stress relief. In addition, far beyond stress relief, meditation in this form has been shown to have important therapeutic effects on disease processes and can most certainly play a crucial role in disease prevention.

Dean do smaoineamh féin (literally - do your own thinking. ( den doh s'ween-ov fay'n)

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