PEACE LOVE YOGA: Defenseless & Complete

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"All Inquiry is meant for one purpose; to take you experientially into the unknown as efficiently as possible. Once you get there, simply be still because inquiry has delivered you to its destination. The rest is up to Grace. Do not hold onto any knowledge that comes your way. Even the greatest revelations much not be clung to, or you will end up with a head full of memories and a heart empty of substance. The truth is ever new, existing only in the now. The highest truth is beyond knowledge and experience. It is beyond time and space, and beyond beingness, consciousness, and oneness. Just remember that all direct path techniques are meant simply to undermine, to cut away, the one who is performing them. No matter what spiritual path you've walked or what teachings you've followed, they must lead you back to no path and no teaching. A true teaching is like a blazing fire that consumes the itself. The teaching must not only consume you, but consume itself as well. All must be burned to ash, and then the ash must be burned. The, and only then, is the Ultimate realized. True Enlightenment destroys enlightenment. As long as you can refer back to yourself and say, 'I'm enlightened', you not. Enlightenment is authentic only when there is no one left to be enlightened. Even to say 'I am nobody', is one too many. There's a point when you intuitively realize that to be Free you have to give up your attachment to Freedom. You have to quit asking yourself: Is it still there? Am I okay? You have to decide to never look over your shoulder again to see if you're free or if others know you're free. You just have to let yourself burn there - no matter what. This isn't something I can help you with. I can tell you what you need to do, but you have to do it. In the beginning, teachers can help a lot. But the deeper you go, all they can do is point, and clarify, and tell you what you need to do. Only you can take this step. Nobody can push you in to this place."

- Adyashanti

No Expectations

A spirit that lives in this world

and does not wear the shirt of love,

such an existence is a deep disgrace.

Be foolishly in love,

because love is all there is.

There is no way into presence

except through a love exchange.

If someone asks, But what is love?

answer, Dissolving the will.

True freedom comes to those

who have escaped the questions

of freewill and fate.

Love is an emperor.

The two worlds play across him.

He barely notices their tumbling game.

Love and lover live in eternity.

Other desires are substitutes

for that way of being.

How long do you lay embracing a corpse?

Love rather the soul, which cannot be held.

Anything born in spring dies in the fall,

but love is not seasonal.

With wine pressed from grapes,

expect a hangover.

But this love path has no expectations.

You are uneasy riding the body?

Dismount. Travel lighter.

Wings will be given.

Be clear like a mirror

reflecting nothing.

Be clean of pictures and the worry

that comes with images.

Gaze into what is not ashamed

or afraid of any truth.

Contain all human faces in your own

without any judgement of them.

Be pure emptiness.

What is inside that? you ask.

Silence is all I can say.

Lovers have some secrets

that they keep.

(Rumi)

22.4.08

Give up to grace,
The ocean takes care of each wave
Till it gets to shore.
You need more help than you know.

~Rumi

What is true power? One of my favorite books, Power vs. Force, by Dr. David Hawkins, delves into the topic extensively. Its a fascinating read. I highly recommend it.

Going along the premise of the book, something I heard in the last several days resonated with me... When owning one's power there is an element of being defenseless...but in the same breath, feeling totally complete. Being defenseless doesn't mean you just let people roll over you. However, because you feel so complete and connected to who you are, there is no need to defend yourself or identify with things that have nothing to do with the one's essence. That's true power my friends! It reminds me of Gandhi's plight. Because of his complete alignment, and trust of his own power, and universal truth, he was able to change a nation on the foundation of nonviolence. Now that's true power. It takes a massive amount of trust and inner strength to adopt this way of living. Its simple, yet challenging. This is something I've been chewing on the last several days.

I logged onto the Ekhart Tolle webcast yesterday...and I'm starting to read A New Earth for the third time. There is just so much to soak in...Anyway, one of the topics discussed was tuning into the meaning of enlightened living. And, in his interpretation...which goes along with being defenseless and complete...is practicing non-resistance, detachment, and non-judgment. Again, simple concepts, but challenging to implement. I guess that's why he calls it practice.

Speaking of practice...I had a bit of a shock when my alarm clock went off this morning. However, I was able to get my mind out of the mix, and get moving, getting an early start. I've been plugging away at 3rd Series. Ha! I actually got a little hang-time in Eka pada bakasana today. Its been coming along better than expected...just gotta remember to keep having fun with the process...

Hope everyone has a wonderful Earth Day. I plan on celebrating by spending some quality time outside. xoxox.

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