“Freedom! the deep breath!” Freedom! the deep breath! the word heard centuries and centuries beforehand; the soul singing low and passionate to itself: Joy! Joy! Not as in a dream. The earth remains and daily life remains, and the scrubbing of doorsteps, and the house and the care of the house remains; but Joy…
Category: freedom
POEMS: “The Peace Of Wild Things” by Wendell Berry (from a previous post)
I come into the peace of wild things
who do not tax their lives with forethought
of grief. I come into the presence of still water.
POEMS: “Today I Awoke” by Adyashanti
Today I Awoke Today I awoke, finally I see the Self has re-turned to the Self. The Self is none other than the Self. I am deathless. I am endless. I am free. The birds outside sing… The birds outside sing and there am I. The seeing of leaves on the trees, that seeing am…
Spirituality from Daily Word: “Joyful” (Espiritualidad de la Palabra Diaria: “Gozoso”
Joyful I am radiant, joyous, and free. True happiness doesn’t come from anything outside of me. It bubbles up and spills over from a wellspring of gratitude and happiness within. Life may have challenges and situations that are beyond my control, but I will still find reasons to celebrate and choose to be joy-filled. I…
POEMS: “Follow Truth”
Follow Truth The Buddha didn’t know that his choice to be himself would roll through the pages of history like a rogue wave. All he did was sit beneath the bodhi tree, intention fixed on awakening, and when the light flowed in, he offered it back as the fruit of all his practice. We each…
Spirituality from Daily Word: “Freedom” (Espiritualidad de la Palabra Diaria: “Libertad”)
Freedom I work and live free in Spirit. Watching children play, I may feel a flash of envy for their seemingly carefree fun. Being an adult comes with responsibilities and limitations. If I examine life from a perspective of spiritual consciousness, I discover a renewed sense of freedom. The work I do is not…
POEMS: “Enemies” by Wendell Berry
Enemies If you are not to become a monster, you must care what they think. If you care what they think, how will you not hate them, and so become a monster of the opposite kind? From where then is love to come—love for your enemy that is the way of liberty? From forgiveness. Forgiven,…
Poem by Rumi: “Be empty of worrying”
“Be empty of worrying” Be empty of worrying Think of who created thought Why do you stay in prison When the door is so wide open Move outside the tangle of fear thinking Live in silence Flow down and down Into always widening Rings of being. Rumi
POEMS: “Sweet Darkness”
When your eyes are tired
the world is tired also.
When your vision has gone
no part of the world can find you.
POEMS: “Whatever doesn’t serve”
What weight can you
put down right now,
willingly relinquishing
the pointed quills of
guilt or judgment?
What burden of the heart
Spirituality From daily word: “Free” (De la Palabra diaria “Libre”)
Free I express my inner freedom. I am a unique creation, and I celebrate my one-of-a-kind self by letting my individuality shine. There is nothing I need to do to claim this freedom. Simply by being myself, I am liberated to express who I am. As I find my center of inner acceptance, I express…
A WISDOM QUOTE by Tomas Merton on “Humility”
Humility In humility is the greatest freedom. As long as you have to defend the imaginary self that you think is important, you lose your peace of heart. As soon as you compare that shadow with the shadows of other people, you lose all joy, because you have begun to trade in unrealities and there…
