We Are Whole and Complete ~*~Release and Let Go

Mapping A New Reality

( by Siobhan Mac Mahon 2017)

When all the old paths

have been concreted over,

the way forgotten,

when words shape-shift

beneath your feet,

spelling another reality,

when you don't know

what to pray for anymore, 

let alone to whom- then

you must abandon

the broken compasses,

burn the man-made maps

and head for home-

follow the knowing

in your bones, the aching

of your heart,

the song-line of your body.

~*~

The sage Dattatreya, when speaking to his student Parasurama of the teachings of the Goddess said, 

"Association with the wise leads to Self inquiry. Inquiry is not simply asking questions like 

'Who am I?', 

'What is the cause of the universe?', 

'Why am I suffering?' 

and waiting or praying for an answer. 

 It is a process of discrimination, comparing the ego with the Self, accepting the knowledge that you are whole and complete and allowing it to percolate into every aspect of your being until the mind is transformed and your true feelings and actions harmonize with the Truth."

 "...People under the spell of ignorance think of themselves as limited; inadequate, incomplete beings. Because this is merely an ill-considered opinion and not a fact, they suffer. The more they cling to this notion the more disturbed they become, until everything they do reinforces this belief. A change of habits, devotional practice, meditation, or intellectually asking, 'Who am I?' will not remove this fundamental error. 

  But changing the platform from which you view yourself as adequate, whole and complete will cause your thought and feeling life to gradually shift and eventually synchronize with your real nature."

(an excerpt from The Mystery Beyond the Trinity)

~*~

Three Poems by Lalla Ded 

(She was recognized as a Saint in Kashmir, in the 14th century)

***

When the mirror of my consciousness became clear,

I saw that my family and others I

love are the same as me. 

The "you" and "I" thought

does not occur. 

The entire world is God.

***

Three things about grinding grain:

Once you start the mill turning,  

it easily keeps its momentum. 

Only the hub knows

the secret of milling. 

When fine flour appears by the millstone,

grist will find its own way

into the mill yard.

***

Enlightenment absorbs this universe of qualities.

When that merging occurs, there is nothing but God. This is the only doctrine.

There is no word for it, no mind

to understand it with, no categories

of transcendence or non-transcendence,

no vow of silence, no mystical attitude 

There is no Shiva and no Shakti 

in enlightenment, and if there is something that remains, that whatever-it-is 

is the only teaching.

~*~

May we all find our way out of the Mind, and into the Heart, and allow the Truth of our Being to shine.

Be the Light

Be the Love

Be Yourself

Shri Hari Aum

~*~