words of wisdom

books that came into my awareness at jeff and lori's:

the mastery of love
by don miguel ruiz

"being wise, you always go for the easy way,which is to be yourself,whatever you are.suffering is nothing but resistance to God. the more you resist, the more you suffer. it is simple."

beyond fear
by don miguel ruiz

the mastery of love i found on the bookshelf in the room where i slept. this other one lori mentioned after she became aware of my interest in his books. i had read his other two books, 'the four agreements' and 'the mastery of love' in my early twenties, but had yet to read from this one. this is one great reward for me choosing to stay another night at this place! some of what i read in this book after my evening meditation resonated so strongly with me that i felt a response in my whole being.

some excerpts from what he says about prophecy:

"this is the prophesy for the next humanity. human beings will know who they are. they will communicate with each other. they will love each other. they will stop judging and they will control the dream. they will be happy."

"what we need to do is surrender to our destiny."

i have been thinking a lot about surrender recently... feeling like i need to in order to live in love and serve others.

"the next two hundred years will be a time of growth, with the transformation moving faster and faster. there will then be a period of at least three or four thousand years of peace until a new cycle begins. a dream is biological. it is born, it transforms, and it dies."

"there are three parts to the cyclic pattern of the dream of humanity. in part one, which is the darkest time, reason controls the dream. in the second stage, reason and instinct, or intuition, are mixed. this leads to a fast period of growth and transformation. in the last stage, destruction occurs in order to rebuild the dream.today we are almost at the end of that part of the cycle in which reason and intuition are mixed. intuition is going to rule the next period.intuition is about trusting.it is knowing without thinking, without doubt. this is where we are in the cycle. reason, which controls a false dream, has transformed now to intuition for those who are already changed."

this was published in 1997 by the way.

"your only responsibility in this life is to make yourself happy. we do not need knowledge for that, because everything we require is already here. other people's love can awaken your love, but it is your own love that makes you happy. that love is your own truth. it is your freedom."



the dhammapada
translated by ananda maitreya

thinking of how my mom always says to respect our elders...

"grey hair does not make one an elder,
he is but ripe in age,
and may simply be called a foolish,
doddering old man

to be considered truly an elder
a man must practice truthfulness,
righteousness, harmlessness,
restraint, and self-control,
be free of stain and rich in wisdom."