December 2009
2 posts
Convo
She speaks again:
“Lover, what you call vanity
is nothing but My blissful form
in Your embrace.
My way of saying
‘Omigod!’ so don’t
let go now my Dear.”
There she goes again
saying nothing but
the exact words
I would say
if I were not
mute.
rdhnrswr
Beloved Guru,
would like to have more to write
but this wonder is stealing my words.
This poet is not adequate to say
what possesses him right now.
However one speaks
it would not be true.
One can only indicate
maybe even abbreviate
take out all the vowels
and let it shine.
November 2009
48 posts
Striking the Heart of the Essence
ogmin:
Before his death, Garab Dorje imparted his last testament to Manjushrimitra. These three precepts, known as the Three Words that Strike to the Heart of the Essential Point or Tsig Sum Nèdek (Tibetan: tshig gSum gNad brDeg) summarize the whole of the Dzogchen teachings:
One is introduced directly to one’s true nature or “Direct introduction.”
One attains certainty about this natural...
RT @lux1008: It is called Grace, but is only the Sun rays filling the cave of the heart as soon as the rock at its entrance has been removed
She is all the fathoming, and thus She is unfathomable.
No such thing as “music” that is not in the moment of listening.
Outer space and inner space are a single spaciousness without boundary.
Manifestation (Shakti) flows or twists and turns, but Self has no problem one way or other.
Meditation is what happens by itself. That’s the whole point of meditating. To learn that it is nothing special and not different to this.
“Self” and “awareness” in the same sentence are redundant. Self is nothing but awareness.
Awareness is not an object. Not even a “subject” except as pure subjectivity. Whatever is, is my Self. All of this is this awareness.
I AM is guru, is god, is buddha. There is none other.
I AM is before, during, and after every division and every thought.
Thought is consciousness. Thoughts are consciousness packaged in sound bytes.
I AM is You. You are That.
I am neither the subject nor the object of devotion. I am the essence of devotion.
Don’t just send and receive tweets. Be the Tweeting.
I am the same as You. Differences are just spice and texture and circumstance.
In the foreground it is the “seeker” looking for something. In the background and peripheral vision it is just the seeing itself that sees.
RT @lux1008: “God does not want meditations and austerities. Through love alone canst thou reach the Abode of Bliss. ” - Lalla
vakya
from cowherd to Pasupati
his arising is the radiant Durga
on the snows of Himavat the third eye
wanders, Ganga follows
to the Kailash of my open Heart
self realization
Q: Hi Clara, is there a definite sign when I find the place to rest in? Is it not describable? Any hints, cheat sheet, point
Clara Llum: To find it is extremely easy. It's your sense or feel of being. Your direct, nonconceptual awareness of being. The very awareness you use now.
Once identified, which IS EASY, just overlooked or ignored until now, next is to REMAIN in that awareness at every moment.
Q: u mean this quiet sound of silence where I go at will, not overlooked just taken for granted as ear ringing, only maya takes me out.
Clara Llum: Not physical sound or physical silence. Just the natural awareness of yourself, which is unqualified, nameless, formless: pure being.
'aware of being aware' - or - 'being aware of being' - both are identical and the same 'experience' - it is the ground of all experiences
Q: am afraid mind can't find nameless formless, obviously. what to use? still keep drifting to the peaceful corner within
Clara Llum: if I ask you "do you exist?", do you use the mind to respond me? or you know that you are right away, directly? no, you have not needed mind.
Therefore, to answer "yes, I am" you have looked directly into being, not into conceptual mind. - go back to that place from where you answered
RT @lux1008: Ancient and Modern Ascetics in Kashmir http://tinyurl.com/yd5ap9t
Awareness-at-rest and Awareness-at-play are an undivided Self.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Svatantrya Free Will in Kashmir Shaivism.
Atman is that infinite space in which Brahman is aware of Brahman, the space itself being Brahman.
Sometimes it’s nice to know that weird shit only visits occasionally but doesn’t live here anymore.
"Dear Clara"
Dear Clara, These last three months! Such a trip! For almost twenty years I struggled to “get” it. Krishnamurti, Buddhism, Taoism, Vedanta. I read books and pondered “I am” until blue in the face. I was not “getting” anything at all. But I kept on grasping in hope that something would “happen.” I guess many of us go through this. We want to “get” it and for something to “happen.” The...
“Be the Silence. Don’t struggle to become something. Struggle means resistance...”
– Bhaktananda Acharya
Theotokos
Rejoice, container of the Uncontainable God:
Rejoice, door of solemn mystery!
Rejoice, report doubtful to unbelievers:
Rejoice, undoubted boast of the faithful!
Rejoice, all-holy chariot of Him Who sitteth upon the Cherubim:
Rejoice, all-glorious temple of Him Who is above the Seraphim!
Rejoice, Thou Who hast united opposites:
Rejoice, Thou Who hast joined virginity and motherhood!
...
11-23 tweets
Wisdom and intelligence are quiet and always know what’s what. The inner “voice” of thought is mostly that of a hysterical lunatic. All distances are dissolved in silence and love. Sentimental people like to think every day is Christmas. Realistic people like me know that every day is Halloween. “Higher Self” brings to mind the zen saying “Don’t put a head...
Mess
This body’s a mess
its energy unbalanced
my voice is broken
sometimes I just want to cry
or laugh the mess away
•
Tried meditating
the lower back is weakened
from driving all day
breath is shallow and nervous
life is constricted — fuck this
•
Advice?
Energy
Resting in awareness is the “aim” of spiritual practice. Awareness is how spiritual traditions designate <That> or the ultimate Brahman-Atman identity. Awareness is the very nature of the practitioner, the seeker. It is difficult to impossible to convey as a concept because words fail to define <it>. What you ordinarily associate with the word “awareness” is...
Mahadeva
I am completely devoid of desire: there is nothing at all I want and even less that I need.
There is nothing “mine” anywhere. This is because all and All is what I am. I am that and That. And totally This and not this. Not this and not something other than This.
I am Totality. To say I am anything is as absurd as saying “I am this thumb” or “I am these...
Homage to Mother Reality, to the One Who contains and manifests the entire universe. She does this without effort or contrivance, and without assistance.
Maha Shakti is One without a second, the womb of all of the derivative deities worshipped by all of the derivative people.
Devi is the Tao, nourishing and illuminating even the Sun and the stars. She is entirely within the atom and...
Beloved
As I lay across the expanse of paradise
You stand and do battle with myriad evils.
You are the Dream and the dreaming
The conflict and the resolution.
Come lie down with me and rest
That deep sleep may invigorate Us.
If that doesn’t happen
We could just make Love
Here and Now.
Your call!
“O Mother, even a dullard becomes a poet who meditates upon thee raimented with...”
– Karpuradistotra, VII
Kalika
I wake up thinking of you
after going to sleep the same way.
My meditation
my mantra
my deity in the flesh.
What will happen here
that has not happened?
It’s just unfolding —
a quiet storm unfolds
through cloud and empty sky.
I’m just a heart that’s not quite
broken or unbroken —
raw and indeterminate
waiting to be exposed.
Dear Kali, you can take it out if you want
do what must be...
Ardhanarishwar
This takes the breath away
turns my color aquamarine.
The descriptions have it wrong.
There are no “halves” at all.
There is entire Woman
and entire Man
as a single Being.
The only trouble is
such a thing is hard to paint
so we settle for
the vaguely seductive image
and splitting the difference
when there is none.
Hidden Light
by Clara Llum
I am Devi I am mystery I have no form All forms are mine I live in all bodies I am woman I am man I am neuter I am child I give life I animate I am unknown And all that can be known World cannot fathom Me No word can describe Me I am Devi I am mystery The principle of Light is My secret essence I am manifest I am unmanifest I illuminate I am hidden I take birth I am birthless I...
All Is She
The cat in the other room practices religion. The cat does his shaman dance. The cat does puja with a gleam in his eye. Then he comes in the bedroom expecting attention and someone to scratch his ears. He is always shedding hair everywhere he can and never seems to lack for more. If it did not grow back that would be a miracle. His spirit is my four-pawed guru today tooth and claw and whisker. But...
Tanka of Devotion
dispelling shadows it clarifies the sunlight - the Name is mantra - it removes impediments aiding energy to flow • all things are woven as Indra’s net of jewels so I walk slowly and lightly touch steering wheels feel a single vibration • sitting I feel the vastness below the body lying behind mind rising feeling all about an unlimited expanse • don’t know how this starts or comes to a conclusion...
Shiva 2 U
Now I understand, Beloved. My life is already beyond as I am aware of This: that You and I are One. You see through these eyes and I through Yours, My Life. All this play of color and feeling and form is simply Myself and that You are as well and I am none other than You, My Love. The very deities aspire to This and wish to be Here in our place. Om Shakti Devi — Jai Jai My Light and Beauty!...
Sui Generis
This is no textbook case of how it’s supposed to be. This is not something seen in a movie show. It will not be repeated or televised marketed or manipulated. Nobody will know who hasn’t tasted what these words convey. Nobody will know who has not seen what She really is. She walks in beauty that She is. She is one without a second. Where She is is the void of ego empty of repetition. Where She is...
