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Give Up the Struggle

”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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Wolf Avatar
August 27, 2022 at 11:12 PM
Resistance to Bliss -- the body's desire to Kiss.
Buhagiar Avatar
August 26, 2022 at 1:43 AM
The entrance into paradise is narrow and difficult. Therefore we must obey even if our efforts are difficult.
Warlov Avatar
August 26, 2022 at 2:06 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
Warlov Avatar
August 26, 2022 at 1:25 AM
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Warlov Avatar
August 28, 2022 at 4:08 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
Seeker Avatar
August 27, 2022 at 11:56 PM
No, not by negation but celebration, rotating polarity of outward senses, inwards
Warlov Avatar
August 27, 2022 at 2:03 AM
It's an interesting parallel; i.e.; finding God by divorce of the senses.
Seeker Avatar
August 26, 2022 at 2:53 AM
Indeed ~ all that is is God consciousness alone
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