Give Up the Struggle

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”Be still and know we are as He
Vibrant presence, blissful and free”

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Mistakenly believing
We are this body-mind
We remain in grip of ego’s bind
Until from void, clear truth cleaving

We’re here, we indulge, then pause
Web of thought spirals spawned
That with cloak of love donned
We see soul growth as life’s cause

Pendulum moves left, to go right
Stillness in motion
Sans ego commotion 
Granting us here and now clear sight

Open heart and unclenched fist
Making ourselves porous
Manifests within, a bliss torus 
If we but cease to resist

26-August-2022

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Gershon Wolf

Date: 8/27/2022 11:12:00 PM

Resistance to Bliss -- the body's desire to Kiss.

Victor Buhagiar

Date: 8/26/2022 1:43:00 AM

The entrance into paradise is narrow and difficult. Therefore we must obey even if our efforts are difficult.

Robert Warlov
Date: 8/26/2022 2:06:00 AM

"Abraham BELIEVED God, and it was credited to him as Righteousness." ~ Rom: 4. ALSO: ~ "Be not Conformed to this world but be Transformed by the Renewing Of Your Mind" ALSO: ~ "Perfect Love casts out Fear". ~~~ http://web.mit.edu/jywang/www/cef/Bible/NIV/NIV_Bible/ROM+4.html

Robert Warlov

Date: 8/26/2022 1:25:00 AM

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Robert Warlov
Date: 8/28/2022 4:08:00 AM

Agreed- Outward/Inward as is Material/Spiritual but ____ Transcendence precedes Transformation which precedes Celebration. ~ "Be not conformed to this world but be ________ Transformed by The Renewing Of Your Mind". - The Bible; Rom: 12:2

Unseeking Seeker
Date: 8/27/2022 11:56:00 PM

No, not by negation but celebration, rotating polarity of outward senses, inwards

Robert Warlov
Date: 8/27/2022 2:03:00 AM

It's an interesting parallel; i.e.; finding God by divorce of the senses.

Unseeking Seeker
Date: 8/26/2022 2:53:00 AM

Indeed ~ all that is is God consciousness alone