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Date Posted: 18:36:09 02/05/03 Wed
In reply to:
Cherie
's message, "For Cassandra" on 15:16:06 02/05/03 Wed
Cherie, thank you for sharing this. I am deeply touched by what I am reading on this website.
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Here are some quotes that especially struck me:
"Most people live in their personalities – it is like living from the body, from the house forgetting the one who dwells inside. Once in a while – whilst watching a beautiful sunset, perceiving the light in a child's eyes or during an enchanted evening with a lover – one might glimpse a harmony, one may glimpse the house dweller."
"Here, spirituality is not an addition to one's life like a moving experience in the half hour one sets aside to meditate – it is a way to live, a way to be that is in loving connection with the soul."
"...only when a seeker experiences this self for himself, does the preciousness of the teaching really come through."
"Unless one knows that the State of Presence needs to be deliberately cultivated, the mechanical mind keeps pulling one back into collective consciousness or amnesia."
"Those with common sense may be further confused because they know that their humanness: their personal, time-bound self, coexists with their eternal identity. While they may merge with that which is beyond them, the unique, individual experiencer of the inner states remains. Most
established spiritual traditions tell us that after Enlightenment there is no ME, no one relative, flawed or human. The standard image of an enlightened person is of a kind of superman with no human desires, no human attachments and no human ego. This image is unrealistic and
unattainable and so many remain perpetual seekers instead of finders. Unless one has the courage and the insight to challenge the spiritual status quo, the mechanical mind may be left doubting what the soul doubtlessly knows."
"To seekers who ask the question: ‘Am I That?’ Aziz gives a surprising answer: ‘You are not and you will never be and you are not even yourself yet, but you can become your Real Me and you can become one with God. Do not be fooled, thinking that you are the Ultimate Reality while you are living in the sorrow of ignorance. If you wish to find your way back home you must be honest with yourself and ready to go beyond slogans; it is here that you enter the Spiritual Path."
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It seems to me that there is so much that we don't know, so much more possible than we have experienced. I can't classify myself as a 'seeker' anymore, but I do know that Who I am desires to go further, know more, be more and love more.
Lovingly, Cassandra
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