True resilience requires a flexibility that allows adaptation to any adverse condition, while still remaining true to the core. You can maintain your integrity and influence any situation without giving opposing forces anything to resist. Remain constant. Releasing your expectations of others, cast off the resentments and restrictions of judging them, by forgiving them and accepting them as they are. See them as they are, and not what they they can do for you. In this way you can relate with challenging or unfavorable circumstances, allowing them to change without making things worse. This is liberation in adversity.
Today: Be modest… from the I Ching
Be modest, even when correcting the errors of your fellow travelers. Temper extremes, shift excess to empty. Shed personal ambition, shake off the desires and fears of the conscious, visible world around you. Quiet the ego, dwell in the moment.
I’ll only say this once
I’ll only say this once.
I see a lot of anger being expressed over Bernie’s endorsement of Hillary. I feel the Bern. I am very grateful for his coming out to change the trajectory of the conversation: about justice and injustice, about the takeover of government (here and globally) by the one percent, about the planet’s reaction to humanity’s ignorant indifference to energy and chemical pollution, about the expression of hatred toward the mental projection of others who appear different or practice living in diverse ways, about the oppression of regular people by depriving them of education, a living wage, and the right to vote, about the mistaken assignment of the term populist to an unapologetic hater and plutocrat, and about the way forward toward reversing some of these atrocities. That is truly the Guru’s work. Albert Einstein: The Negro Question (1946)
ALBERT EINSTEIN: THE NEGRO QUESTION (1946)
I am writing as one who has lived among you in America only a little more than ten years. And I am writing seriously and warningly. Many readers may ask:
“What right has he to speak about things which concern us alone, and which no newcomer should touch?”
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When you surrender your mind to your soul…
“When you will surrender your mind to your soul, then the soul will make God surrender to you. Don’t react in doubt, guilt, or insecurity. This is a truth.” Yogi Bhajan
(via Ram Anand)
Will you die like a little worm…
“Will you die like a little worm, burrowed in the earth, where no one, not even a grandchild, will remember you and have thanks? That is a choice. That is why you encounter the mind. That is why you rise in the twilight to become a huge light!” Yogi Bhajan
(via Ram Anand)
The applied mind seeks out the positive mind’s solutions…
“The Applied Mind seeks out the Positive Mind’s solutions, but limits them to what is directly applicable to your goal. In this way it is strong, extremely simple, and achieves results quickly. It also prevents overloading that can occur if the Positive Mind spins off on its own freely.
When you open your eyes…
“When you open your eyes, don’t open them to see how to be rich. Open your eyes to be able to make people rich. Don’t open your eyes to become wise or to gather knowledge. Open your eyes to make other people wise. Become vast and remember that you are a part of this entire cosmos. It’s a cosmos that should be served by you and the legacy of your wisdom, love, affection, sweetness, kindness and your compassion and caring. Train your mind to relate to your totality and to act without fear.” Yogi Bhajan
(via Ram Anand)
sadhana
“The greatest thing you can do is rise in the early morning and do a sadhana – a practice to energize the body and refine your mind. Most of us rebel and go crazy rather than get up early. There are two special time zones, when you have to enrich your mind: one in the morning, from 4am to 8am, and one in the evening, from 4pm to 8pm. These are natural moments that have a tide of energy within you and without. The sun and Earth have a special relationship and angle at those times that affect your mind and your energy.” Yogi Bhajan
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You have fashions and faculties in your mind…
You have fashions and faculties in your mind. You fashion is how you decide to look, act, and be; how you want to project your self into the world. You can be a person of spirit, a person of great mental intellect, a person of brute force, a healer, or a leader. Your faculties are the functions, aspects and projections that give you the abilities.” Yogi Bhajan(via Ram Anand)
Meditation: LA031 19780423 – Ad Nad Kriya – Gupt Gian Shakti the Secret Power of the Knowledge
Yogi Bhajan Los Angeles April 23, 1978
Sit in easy pose with a straight spine.
Hands: Interlock the fingers with the right index finger on top of the left index finger and the thumbs joined and stretched back so that they point straight up. Hold the hand position in front of the chest between the solar plexus and the heart. The heels of the hands are joined.
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When you want to be successful and very convincing…
“When you want to be successful and very convincing, just feel truth in your heart. Be sure. Be confident. Feel the truth in your heart, then speak that truth from the heart. Don’t try to run it around or manipulate it with your brain or head.” Yogi Bhajan
via Ram Anand
Meditation: NM0365-20001024-On Communication II
Yogi Bhajan – On Communication II – Effective Communication October 24th, 2000 – Espanola, NM, USA #NM0365
Meditation – Eliminate Inner Conflict.
Sit straight in a cross-legged position. Interlock the fingers in Venus Lock (with the thumbs interlocked and the hands forming a cupped position) in front of the solar plexus. Eyes are closed. Chant, listen and understand the mantra Humee Hum Brahm Hum by Nirinjan Kaur.
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Talk from your heart…
“Talk from your heart. Master the art of committed language, and use your mind to project to the Infinity of every facet of your life.” Yogi Bhajan
via Ram Anand
Infinity in our projection…
“Your common observations and expressions are not realities, and Infinity itself cannot be spoken. This is the normal situation. And there are so many Infinities in our experience. God is Infinity. Love is Infinity. Commitment is Infinity. In every facet of our life we have the potential for the Infinity of our projection. Projecting with Infinity in our speech is the base of our committed language.” –Yogi Bhajan
via Ram Anand
Passages from the Bible – Isaiah 10
The Reverend William Barber II has been working with Sister Simone and others, preaching to rehabilitate spiritual consciousness in America, which has been compromised by materialistic interests and co-opted by politics. See his sermon on Isaiah 10 at the DNC July 28, 2016:
Rev William Barber II
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Isaiah 10