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Wisdom from the smiling sage
Question : How does one get rid of fear ? Ramana Maharshi : What is fear ? It is only a thought. If there is anything besides the Self there is reason to fear. Who sees things separate from the … Continue reading
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Tagged Advaita Vedanta, fear, Gurus and Saints, Ramana Maharshi
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Come, sweet death
Franz Schubert left this world when he was only 31 years old. A few months before his death, in the summer of 1828, he composed his final instrumental work, the String Quintett in C Major. At the time … Continue reading
Posted in Classical Music, Music & Movies
Tagged Cello, death, Franz Schubert, longing, Musical composition, pain
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Welcome the unease
What is this fear of awakening all about ? What is so scary about letting go of old beliefs and living one’s full potential? Indeed. Why rather hold on to suffering, to pain and frustration than simply – change? Just … Continue reading
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Tagged awakening, fear, letting go, self-discovery, terror of awakening
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The wisdom of Rumi
Ghazal 2133 wake up, wake up this night is gone wake up abandon abandon even your dear self abandon there is an idiot in our market place selling a precious soul if you doubt my word get up this moment … Continue reading
The wisdom of Rumi
If you want what visible reality can give, you’re an employee. If you want the unseen world, you’re not living your truth. Both wishes are foolish, but you’ll be forgiven for forgetting that what you really want is love’s confusing … Continue reading
Ghosts
Beethoven composed the piano trio in D, Op 70 “Ghost” in 1808, when he was nearly completely deaf and clearly in a mystical mood. The trio is dubbed “the Ghost Sonata” because of its strangely scored and undeniably eerie-sounding slow … Continue reading
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Tagged Arts, August Strindberg, Ghost Sonata, Places and Hauntings
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The wisdom of Rumi
Ghazal 838 if you pass your night and merge it with dawn for the sake of heart what do you think will happen if the entire world is covered with the blossoms you have labored to plant what do you … Continue reading
The wisdom of Rumi
Advice doesn’t help lovers! They’re not the kind of mountain stream you can build a dam across. An intellectual doesn’t know what the drunk is feeling! Don’t try to figure what those lost inside love will do next! Someone in … Continue reading
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Holy Anger
And one day I saw how we are all connected and working together. For a while I have been able to clearly differentiate when someone spoke or acted from higher consciousness as opposed to their reactive patterns of the conditioned … Continue reading
Questions of Life
You always say you never harmed anybody. How can you be so sure ? Questions of Life are a tool for reflection. Let the question be with you and go deep. Make note of the answers.
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The Living Room 