I am not I

I am not I.
I am this one
Walking beside me whom I do not see,
Whom at times I manage to visit,
And at other times I forget.
The one who remains silent when I talk,
The one who forgives, sweet, when I hate,
The one who takes a walk when I am indoors,
The one who will remain standing when I die.

Juana Ramon Jimenez, “I AM NOT I”
translated by Robert Bly

http://www.mindfullivingprograms.com/poetry.php

What
Do Sad people have in
Common?
It seems
They have all built a shrine
To the past
And often go there
And do a strange wail and
Worship.
What is the beginning of
Happiness?
It is to stop being
so religious
Like
That.

Hafiz, "Stop Being So Religious"

The Chance of Humming

A
man
standing on two logs in a river
might do all right floating with the current
while humming in the
now.



Though
if one log is tied to a camel,
who is also heading south along the bank –at the same pace-
all could still be well
with the
world


unless the camel
thinks he forgot something, and
abruptly turns upstream,
then


uh-oh.



Most minds
do not live in the present
and can stick to a reasonable plan; most minds abruptly turn
and undermine the

chance

of

humming.

- J.Rumi

A Stone I died

A stone I died and rose again a plant;
A plant I died and rose an animal;
I died an animal and was born a man.
Why should I fear? What have I lost by death?
- J.Rumi

http://m.facebook.com/notes/what-is-life/let-the-flavour-of-meditation-spread-all-over-your-life/428794042534

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Peace First - World Peace... piece by piece

Peace First - World Peace... piece by piece

true love

where there is no 'l' and 'you'.
when we say I love you, there is still there I and you. a sense of seperation

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two teachings that i could connect

1.there is no enlightened being. There are only enlighntening moments and enlightening experiences. No one at an individual level can be enlightened.
2. I read this quote recently - "Life ultimately comes down to few moments" we will ultimately remember few moments that have changed us.

was the author refering to "those" enlightening moments. if not i do think thats the case.

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