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I kept hoping to get esoteric teachings from Maharaji, but when I asked, “How can I become enlightened?” he said things like, “Love everybody, serve everybody, and remember God,” or “Feed people.” When I asked, “How can I know God?” Maharaji said, “The best form to worship God is in all forms. God is in everything.” These simple teachings,...
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“The wild geese do not intend to cast their reflection and the water has no mind to receive their image.” That was the first message I got from the first fortune cookie I opened when I returned from India. That seems like a fitting contract for these writings, and perhaps the full implications of that...
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Zen Master Bernie Glassman was a world-renowned pioneer in the American Zen Movement. A spiritual leader, published author, accomplished academic and successful businessman with a PhD in Applied Mathematics, he founded the Zen Peacemakers and subsequently spent decades teaching Zen and working in Socially Engaged Buddhism, later concentrating on nurturing the Zen Peacemaker Order and developing...
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In the course of my own journey, I have seen a clear sequence relating to my desires. This sequence has run for over 30 years… If nothing else, I’ve learned patience and to stop counting how soon I’d get enlightened. I used to expect it would be any day. Then I thought it would be any...
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Just play with the silence for a moment. Instead of using it as expectancy, waiting for something to happen, flip it just slightly and just be in it. Are you really here or are you just waiting for the next thing? It’s interesting to see where we are in relation to times; whether we’re always...
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