Showing posts with label Mind. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Mind. Show all posts
Thursday, August 4, 2011
Friday, June 24, 2011
Daily Saying for June 24th, 2011
Do not misplace the intensity of this moment! The clothes you wear, the flavors in your mouth, the texture and colours of this writing, the smell of the room and the sounds of the outside world all can be experienced at once! There is nothing new inside yourself! Throw it out! Let the intensity overwhelm you! Then and only then are you living. How intense this moment is!
~至道
~至道
Tuesday, June 14, 2011
Altarnator
I was recently asked:
The other day, I was at a ceremony. In this tradition, the leader of the group connects with spirits of the earth and gives out advice and words to people he's barely met. His first set of words were for me. The spirits gave me the name "Altarnator." Not a very earthy or native name. I was surprised! But then he went on to say it was because I pray at many alters. Funny yes, but confusing and I don't know what to think of it. What would you say?
This was my response:
The first reaction is to laugh and say, "Of course!" Here we see the spirits calling you out on something. They don't exactly care whether you pray at many altars or if you pray at one or barely pray at all. They are simply pointing out something you should notice.
One who partakes in many traditions is blessed and capable of so much. However there comes a danger with this. If you spend too much time spreading too thinly all of the prayers, you separate the very things you're trying to connect. It would be like having a different dictionary for words starting with 'A' and one for 'B' words and so on and so on. Sure each one works and you can get things done with them. But they are all so separate when they don't need to be. This isn't saying you should mix the traditions together. Sometimes that brings more problems than solutions. It is saying that YOU should be the same in each ceremony. There shouldn't be a different you in each place. That creates no spiritual growth because each experience is compartmentalized and they keep you from fully grasping what is happening to you. A piece of music only works when you hear all parts at once. That is when there is the most beauty. Then you hear the true music. Don't listen to each instrument separately. Appreciate the harmony of each ceremony by being there as the same you. Then, by doing that, you can remove that you that is the problematic 'Altarnator' and simply be part of the spiritual experience. A prayer itself.
Love and Peace,
Osu,
~至道
The other day, I was at a ceremony. In this tradition, the leader of the group connects with spirits of the earth and gives out advice and words to people he's barely met. His first set of words were for me. The spirits gave me the name "Altarnator." Not a very earthy or native name. I was surprised! But then he went on to say it was because I pray at many alters. Funny yes, but confusing and I don't know what to think of it. What would you say?
This was my response:
The first reaction is to laugh and say, "Of course!" Here we see the spirits calling you out on something. They don't exactly care whether you pray at many altars or if you pray at one or barely pray at all. They are simply pointing out something you should notice.
One who partakes in many traditions is blessed and capable of so much. However there comes a danger with this. If you spend too much time spreading too thinly all of the prayers, you separate the very things you're trying to connect. It would be like having a different dictionary for words starting with 'A' and one for 'B' words and so on and so on. Sure each one works and you can get things done with them. But they are all so separate when they don't need to be. This isn't saying you should mix the traditions together. Sometimes that brings more problems than solutions. It is saying that YOU should be the same in each ceremony. There shouldn't be a different you in each place. That creates no spiritual growth because each experience is compartmentalized and they keep you from fully grasping what is happening to you. A piece of music only works when you hear all parts at once. That is when there is the most beauty. Then you hear the true music. Don't listen to each instrument separately. Appreciate the harmony of each ceremony by being there as the same you. Then, by doing that, you can remove that you that is the problematic 'Altarnator' and simply be part of the spiritual experience. A prayer itself.
Love and Peace,
Osu,
~至道
Friday, June 10, 2011
Daily Saying for June 10th, 2011
Running from fire does not extinguish it. Just a bit of calm water does. Remember this when you're next on fire.
~至道
~至道
Monday, June 6, 2011
Daily Saying for June 6th, 2011
Strength of mind is not dependent on knowledge but on understanding and peace.
~至道
~至道
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