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Never Mind

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When I see the world through my mind, I superimpose "meaning" on everything: categories, labels, comparisons, values. I measure one creature against another. I layer the gray map of my thoughts on the ineffable green earth. But when I dare to behold the mysterious glory of What Is through the Eye of the Heart, this chatter of naming and labeling ceases. My restless mind no longer divides past from presence, inner from outer, the miraculous from the ordinary. The Eye of the Heart is a diamond lens of silence, where double vision ceases. There is no separation, yet each creature radiates sovereign uniqueness. Not one is "like" another. What happens in this clarity where nothing symbolizes, nothing means? All is as it is, beyond confusion, shining with ineluctable suchness. I am simply as I Am, with no noun after the verb "to be." And every creature I meet, even a worm or a pebble, is Thou. What happens? A new earth.  To behold the world as the radian...
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The Eye of the Heart (Video)

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The Vedas tell us, "Yatha drishti, tatha shrishti: as is your mind,  so appears your world." Now is the time to see your world  through the eye of the heart. Meditate on the diamond  at the center of the golden rose in your chest.  (Photo by my dear friend, Kristy Thompson)
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Trickster

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Leave the kingdom of Should and settle in the land of Not Knowing, where the wise have broken their wine cups stumbling, falling in astonished laughter. Where pairs of opposites grow on a single vine and lovers squeeze amrit from thorns. Be done with searching for who you already are. With begging for what you have. With beating your breast like a weary pilgrim who can't seem to find the journey’s end in this footstep. Be done with gurus  who won't whisper in your ear, “enlightenment is a sacred joke.” Friend, don’t be so serious about God. You might miss her scat singing. You might miss the wayless playfulness of extinction. If your teacher isn't a trickster, you’ve been tricked! The truly uncivilized  master of meditation will lead you off-trail into the wilderness of your heart. Painting by Susan Sedon-Boulet
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'Rest In The Heart' (A New Book)

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Our work is to rest in the Heart. This is deep action. Keep the Heart open, like a window. Not that something flows into us, but a rainbow of beauty and power flows out, angels and elemental spirits weaving our beams of un-created light into a New Creation.  Softness of the heart is courage. Reposing in openness is our true nature. What creates and gives birth is not to be anything or anybody, but simply to Be. There is no "timeline" from here to there. The "shift" is not an event in the future, but a shift of awareness into this moment, this body, this breath. Below is one of the pages, a mandala from the book. It is very simple, yet it contains more than meets the "I." The back cover is also below: click the image to enlarge. Here is the link where you can order the book from Rashani's website. Of course it's also on Amazon. https://www.rashani.com/booksandjournals/p/rest-in-the-heart  
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