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Searching for the Grail

There is such rich symbolism in the myth of Parsifal. It beckons to enquire further into the subject. You will remember, Parsifal is a story of a “fool’s journey” – and it takes someone with the innocence of a humble … Continue reading

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All we need to know…

To be full of things is to be empty of God To be empty of things is to be full of God Meister Eckhart (b 1260, d 1328)

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Means of Life (10)

There comes a time you leave it to the master… I happened to come across a lecture from Carolyne Myss today and she is putting it all together, much better and much more profoundly than I can ever dream of … Continue reading

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Peaceful Warrior quote

“Nearly all of humanity shares this: If you don’t get what you want, you suffer. Then even when you get exactly what you want, you still suffer, because you can’t hold on to it forever.”

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Form is Emptiness; Emptiness is Form

The phrase “form is emptiness; emptiness is form” is perhaps the most celebrated paradox associated with Buddhist philosophy. It is the supreme mantra. The expression originates from the Prajna Paramita Hridaya Sutra, commonly known as the Heart Sutra, which contains … Continue reading

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Means of Life (9)

“Means of Life” is an inter-disciplinary approach to explore how everything is related  and to pin-point the differences between what we need and what we want. Hunger We are in the middle of an enormous global food crisis – the … Continue reading

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Songs of Unknowingness

Come down among us, be one of us lovers, So that we may open up to you the gate to the garden of love. Come reside in our own house like a shadow, for we are neighbors to the Sun … Continue reading

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Single point mind

Over the weekend I went to a seminar on the subject of “one point mind meditation”. Even tough this is a beginner’s technique, it is humbling to follow the instructions accurately and see how difficult it actually is, doing it … Continue reading

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Heaven and Earth Do Intelligent Work

Surely there is a window from heart to heart: they are not separate or far from each other. Though two earthenware lamps are not joined, their light mingles. No lover seeks union without the beloved also seeking, but the love … Continue reading

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The all seeing eye

The eye with which I see God is the same with which God sees me. My eye and God’s eye is one eye, and one sight, and one knowledge, and one love. – – Meister Eckhart, Sermon V    

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