PEACE LOVE YOGA: Stockholm

Burnt To Ash

"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

"Life will break you. Nobody can protect you from that, and living alone won't either, for solitude will also break you with its yearning. You have to love. You have to feel. It is the reason you are here on earth. You are here to risk your heart. You are here to be swallowed up. And when it happens that you are broken, or betrayed, or left, or hurt, or death brushes near, let yourself sit by an apple tree and listen to the apples falling all around you in heaps, wasting their sweetness. Tell yourself you tasted as many as you could."

- Louise Erdrich

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)

Stockholm

12.4.09

Stockholm. A jewel of a city, exquisite and culturally vibrant...a must see for those traveling to Europe, or Scandinavia for that matter. I've been nothing but impressed since arriving.

Can cities really be like this?

Stockholm is considered one of the most beautiful capitols in the world, built on 14 islands connected by 57 bridges...elegant buildings, lush greenery, and the proximity to water is what makes Stockholm, Stockholm. A true walking city one can reach many of the world-class museums and attractions on foot...and, if walking isn't your bag, the public transportation system is top of the line.

I'm loving the cobble stone walkways of Gamla Stan...winding streets lined with quaint little shops, cafes, and galleries give the city such a genuine feel to it. A mixture of old and new...balanced perfectly.

Ready to come visit?

5 Insightful Comments:

Tracy said...: i do hope you're loving more than the cobblestone walkways there!!! x; April 12, 2009 at 6:31 PM
peaceloveyoga said...: Hahaha...definitely for sure. I'm in Love on every level. xo. ;); April 12, 2009 at 9:43 PM
Wayne said...: Wow! Beautiful!!!; April 13, 2009 at 4:03 PM
Tiffany said...: LOVE IT, love u miss you too; April 13, 2009 at 7:34 PM
Rhonda said...: Hi Laruga! Rhonda from Ohio...did you take these
photos of Stockholm? They are just stunning. So many of your photos are gorgeous, but these look like they would be postcards.....are you still using that little Canon Powershot you showed me? If so, that is amazing.
Congratulations on all that you've been doing overseas!! it's really fun to read your blog from afar :-); April 23, 2009 at 12:02 PM

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