The Breath of the All-Merciful

Dzogchen / As it is [1] 

~Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche 

The main image of Dharmadhatu is that of space - the 'space of all things' within which all phenomena manifest, abide and dissolve back into. This is similar to physical space, which is like a container within which the remaining four elements appear, abide and disappear. These four elements do not come out of any other source; they emerge from space itselt. They do not remain anywhere else other than within space; neither do they go anywhere outside of space. 

Love of God, Consciousness of the Real 

~Frithjof Schuon 

Love seems to be the only element capable of uniting the soul to God, for it alone is desire of possession or union—a desire whose sublimation can engender the greatest sacrifices—whereas knowledge, as seen from this point of view, appears on the contrary as a static element having no operative or unitive virtue.

On the Heights of Despair [2]

~Emil Cioran 

Only a few can endure such experiences to the end. There is always a serious danger in repressing something which requires objectification, in locking up explosive energy, because there comes a moment when one cannot restrain such overwhelming power. And then the fall is from too much plenitude. There are experiences and obsessions one cannot live with. 

Emil Cioran
Roemeens-Franse filosoof

Salvation lies in confessing them. The terrifying experience of death, when preserved in consciousness, becomes ruinous. If you talk about death, you save part of your self. But at the same time, something of your real self dies, because objectified meanings lose the actuality they have in consciousness. This is why lyricism represents a dispersion of subjectivity; it is a certain quantity of an individual's spiritual effervescence which cannot be contained and needs constant expression. 

De Mystiek van het Lijden [2]

 © Daniël van Egmond

Het antwoord van Job 

In de Bijbel wordt het verhaal verteld over Job die zeer trouw was aan de Heilige en die in voorspoed en gezondheid leefde. Volgens Satan was Job alleen maar zo vroom omdat het hem zo goed ging. Hij beschouwde zijn geluk als een soort beloning voor zijn trouw. De Heilige meende echter dat Job niet uit berekening trouw was, maar uit liefde. Om dat aan te tonen gaf Hij Satan de vrije hand om Job op de proef te stellen, zolang hij Job maar in leven liet. Vanaf dat moment wordt Job het slachtoffer van het ene na het andere ongeluk. Hij verloor zijn bezittingen, al zijn kinderen stierven en uiteindelijk werd hij zelf overdekt met zweren:

Op zekere dag, toen zijn zonen en zijn
dochters aten en wijn dronken in het huis van
hun broeder, de eerstgeborene, kwam een bode
tot Job en zeide: De runderen waren aan het
ploegen en de ezelinnen dicht er bij aan het
grazen, toen de Sabeeërs een inval deden en ze
roofden; en de knechten sloegen zij met de
scherpte van het zwaard; ik alleen maar ben
ontkomen om het u aan te zeggen.

Spontaneous Creativity [3]

Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche

An Excerpt from Spontaneous Creativity

So how do we access our creative energy when we feel stuck? How can we rekindle inspiration? Even though we are inherently rich with positive qualities at our core, we may fail to recognize our inner resources. So how do we access our creative energy when we feel stuck? How can we rekindle inspiration?

Even though we are inherently rich with positive qualities at our core, we may fail to recognize our inner resources. How do we reconnect with the source? Awareness is the key. That means knowing ourselves intimately. Knowledge of our inner essence is not acquired through formal learning. It is not the accumulation of skill or facts. It consists of recognizing openness and being aware of it in any given moment. The open source of being becomes our refuge—support that is always available to us. 

Expressions of the Real [2]

personal wisdom 

radiating as alive awareness 

do not mingle 

do not grasp 

let the inconceivability 

of oneness shine forth 

supreme nectar has risen 

without defilements 

unbounded living wholeness 

is expressing itself 

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