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Allspirit

http://allspirit.co.uk/blog

An eclectic site for spiritual unfoldment, meditation and reflection. Poetry, quotations, excerpts and insights. From Advaita to Zen, something for everyone.

Added on: Sep 30th, 2008
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English

Author: gill eardley
Listed in: Spirituality Living Well
Tags: Spirituality Mysticism Buddhism eclectic sufism nonduality

Recent Posts

Forget yourself

Posted on Thursday November 26th, 2009 at 03:22 in life

Develop interest in life as you see it; in people, things, literature, music–the world is so rich, simply throbbing with rich treasures, beautiful souls and interesting people. Forget yourself. ~ Henry Miller ...
Profound and tranquil

Posted on Friday November 20th, 2009 at 11:58 in Enlightenment, Buddhism, contemplation

Profound and tranquil, free from complexity, Uncompounded luminous clarity, Beyond the mind of conceptual ideas; This is the depth of the mind of the buddhas. In this, there is not a thing to be removed, Nor anything that needs to be added. It is mer...
cutting through your own melodrama

Posted on Thursday November 19th, 2009 at 02:18 in life, death, awakening, ram dass

Being conscious is cutting through your own melodrama and being right here. Exist in no mind, be empty, here now, and trust that as a situation arises, out of you will come what is necessary to deal with that situation including the use of your intel...
mellow wine of union

Posted on Wednesday November 18th, 2009 at 12:32 in Enlightenment, Heart, Mysticism, sufism, rumi

The tart and hearty grapes, destined to ripen, will at last become one in heart by the breath of the masters of heart. They will grow steadily to grapehood, shedding duality and malice and strife. till in maturity, they rend their skins, and become t...
The sky is filled with stars and the sun… – Tagore

Posted on Tuesday November 17th, 2009 at 03:30 in life, poetry, awareness, Mysticism, rabindranath tagore

The sky is filled with stars and the sun… The sky is filled with stars and the sun, this earth with life vibrant. Amongst it all I too have received a home, and out of this wonder my song is born. In the rhythm of ebb and tide of eternal time, ...
true task of spiritual life

Posted on Monday November 16th, 2009 at 14:46 in Spirituality, freedom, suffering, jack kornfield

The true task of spiritual life is not found in faraway places or unusual states of consciousness. It is here in the present. It asks of us a welcoming spirit to greet all that life presents to us with a wise, respectful, and kindly heart. We can b...