17

Beautifully written….very inspiring.

I like the idea of “becoming our truth” and the “seeds” manifesting their promise. I think your final paragraph says so much…knowing that dreams manifest, practicing acceptance and speaking of one's truth.

Thanks for sharing this…

17

Very beautiful words, my love
truth is always accompanied by its own intrinsic beauty

My love
we spoke of this last night as well
It's an intriguing, if not important question!
For how many millions, billions
are searching for love?
Isn't EVERYONE searching for love?

So the question
how do we find our perfect soulmate
is perhaps one of the most relevant of all our questions

Though many spiritual seekers aspire to be yogi's and yogini's dwelling in cave retreat
how many of us can actually do this?
….only a sliver of the population
In reality, most beings seek for happiness in relationships
and, in particuliar
in intimate relationships

So, the search for a “soulmate”
is perhaps one of the most relevant questions
….even for spirituality!

For this search for intimacy
is really a disguise
for our search for great bliss

Love brings living beings together
It is a union of hearts
It is integrating
It teaches us
how to dissolve into oneness
into that
which is perceived to be
on the outside
….and isn't this dissolving of separate realities
at the heart of all spiritual practices?

So while many would never consider themselves to be
spiritual practitioners perse
in reality, their search for love
is the highest spiritual practice of all!

…but just as in a more conventional spiritual practice
it must be done with awareness
otherwise
it can lead in the opposite direction!

When we kiss our lover
we dissolve into bliss
but that kiss
can lead in 2 diametrically opposite directions!
In one, there is oneness
in the other, there is separation!

In other words
this bliss can move us forward in our journey of awarness
or
it can also lead backwards (or at least keep us at the same place)

If our bliss leads to more letting go of our lover, more actual “falling” into love, more appreciation of this present moment then we journey towards oneness
On the other hand
if our bliss leads us to attachment to our lover, wanting to possess him or her, “freezing” our attachment, not wanting to share…then we journey away from oneness. We are then objectifying our lover, and solidfying duality in the strongest terms possible.

What can drive one person to kill another? What can enrage like nothing else can? What can put us in such despair that we want to bring harm to ourselves and to others?….Isn't it the attachment that arises out of misunderstanding this great bliss? Isn't the rejection of a lover the greatest insult and hurt possible to our ego? We need only watch the nightly news or look at domestic violence, homocide, suicide and drug addiction statistics to see the havoc such misunderstanding wreeks!

So
we sentient beings
are always somewhere on this continuum of awareness
and it manifests more strongly
in our intimate relationships
than any other part of our life

For this reason
unless our intimate relations
are brought onto our own spiritual path
unless awareness is made into an explicit and primary aspiration in our life
along with compassion
we can easily fall into the misunderstandings
which lead to the greatest suffering of all

And as you say, Anna
that truth is within us
and this truth is none other than the Buddha-nature
that Shakyamuni Buddha pointed out so many eons ago
it is always the seed upon which
the genuine nature of our loving kindness can fully manifest

Not having confidence in the love within us
we go off on a search for it on the outside of us
thereby creating duality
and beginning the endless cycle of samsara

Ignorance is the beginning
of the 12 links of interdependent origination
that leads to all the states of suffering
that arise within us

The dharmakaya appears to us
in myriad forms
we only suffer
because that arises out of US
What causes you to suffer
may not cause me to suffer
and from this
it is clear that suffering
has no independent existence
but is a mind state
that comes out of our own minds

We are in the center of the mandala
and dakas and dakinis circle us every moment
When we don't recognize this
we create samsara (and nirvana)

When we do recognize
then we are simply in the mandala
and all beings are enlightened

We can only be harmed
and harm others
if both we and they
are solidified into existence

How do we find our soul mate?
Well,
our soul mates are everywhere!
…but when you don't have the awareness
then they are not soulmates!
The more one opens to ones own innate wisdom and love
the more love can flow into us
When we are the obstructors of our own flow of love
how can we allow love to flow in?

There are beings who are highly realized
those beings may not have any need for an intimate relationship
as they see all beings as buddhas
and have intimate relations with all
These are the great yogi's and yogini's
who
in their earlier incarnation
may have taken husband or wife
at a time when they needed it
These beings you will probably not attract
because their actual experience
is intimate love of all beings
and they cannot see one being as “better” than another
but experience the buddha-nature in all
Can you imagine Shakyamuni Buddha dating?

The only practical chance then
is to love an imperfect being
a being with some degreee of obscurations
Someone who has removed a lot of their obscurations
will allow love to flow through them
and not fundamentally attach
You will attract such a being
if you allow love to flow into you
If you cannot receive love because you are obstructing it's flow
then that being, seeing this effort
will naturally seek elsewhere
and if you obstruct your own capacity to give love
that other being will also be starved
and the end result
is to naturally seek elsewhere

Love is like a wellspring within each of us
We need to have our “pipes” cleaned and unclogged
If our pipes are clogged
then love cannot flow into us or out of us
and the flow ceases
We cannot receive the love arising out of the wellspring of others
Nor can we transmit love out of our own wellspring

So
in short
in love
we must be good plumbers!

E Ma Ho!

17, part 2

Oops…forgot to add one more thing….wow…this is long….even for me!…oh well, it all arose spontaneously!….

And when you recognize the wellspring within you
you will also recognize it in others
because it is no different than your own
and you will not differentiate between your own
and another beings love
for in reality
there is only one love
and all beings possess it
All beings possess buddha-nature

Beings are like malaa beads
and love is like the string that threads thru them all
it is what gives cohesiveness
to the entire malaa of all sentient beings

All beings, therefore
have the potential of being your soulmate
and if you recognize the source within yourself
you can also see it in others

When you recognize the joy that spontaneously arises in yourself
you will naturally see the same bliss arising
in others who have not blocked it

How?
When you interact with such a person
who has removed their obstructions to the flow of love
and you allow your love to spontaneously arise and flow out of you
and to that other being
and if they are not blocking and obstructing their own flow of love
then they will receive it fully
and it will affect them

In return
it will trigger love to spontaneously arise from their own wellspring
and flow out of them
and into you
and if you are not obstructed,
then you will fully receive it

In this way
your smiles will evoke their smiles
your melting will evoke their melting
in a recursive, infinite loop
that will hopefully last
and only grow stronger and more powerful with time


So
in short
in love
we must be good plumbers!

E ma Ho!

There! :D

Oh yes, Anna, I love you SOOOOOO much!

yes, my love
these poems
here for the benefit
of anyone
who resonates with them

if it resonates
then it must have some value!

Beautiful blog Anna,  thank you for sharing.

this is so interesting…

a while ago i mailed a friend on how the world does bring together like minded souls..  it's on the very fabric design; from the atomic construction to the universe.

I ask you this Gien and my Llove (my Lords Love :-)
say for example you have x amount of love for something…. and y amount of love for another… z for the third…
with time, you will have to decide on sticking with one…. so does this mean that love is just basically an arithmetic quantification?

lets assume that x is your lover, y your family and friends and z your religion

all have a mindblowing value to you, but the choice of one means an automatic breach of; and renonucement from the others….

i went through this sort of dilema just recently, and i think the answer is this :
Love is the only thing that is worth cultivating, it has many forms like the love between:
a child and a parent
a brother and a sister
a couple
a servant and God

if we analyse this… we do come to the conclusion that none of these loves have a void of fullness…
even a love between a couple is tested in times of old age when lust has run out… so does this mean that we are looking for love only because we have chosen a lower plane, the Yogi's and saints; they have renounced lust… is their love (for God) the truly one that matters and that everything else is second, or third, or forth etc best?

For religion speaks of this in the form of reincarnation.

I think Gien you are a wise one : Soul mates are all around us…we will find our soul mate by the amount of love flow from us to him / her and when we truely realise ourselves as Brahm, then we will be protectors of something great….

PS. Sorry if i came out too bold with the Llove acronym… it's just my silly little way of appeciating  my sis in Africa.

:-)

Know dreams manifest
Practice acceptance
Speak your truth….

Beautiful, Anna….
blessings to you and Gien,
CG

thank you Anna and Gien for sharing your beautiful love with all of us … I myself have learned just from the sensations that the two of you share so openly.  I alternately giggle, sigh, weep with compassion, shiver and/or open myself to the endless possibilites of me connecting with my soul-love …

but the desire/manifestation brings suffering

~ This is so true, question.
How does one learn the lesson of Attachment with
not-attachment and still stay anchored here in the
manifest world. Grrrrrr.
Love me some suffering. Grog

Ok.. I'm going unconscious  again.

Thank you Anne and Glen

Namaskar congenial Annajee ,

thank you for this lovely one, wow you write with so much heart that directly hit and thrill from toe to head with being etched into memories, you are always so eloquent and so resonant with your writings. your every writings indeed inspire me widely but always late to acknowledge them just because of my procrastinating habit for which I apologies to you. but annajee it is true I am lazy boy.
but everytime I has to say, you are precious. and very lucid in putting forth your pure thoughts arising out by your pure heart and pure love ( pavitra janmo prem ). dhanyavaad annajee for this wonderful post.

I wish as your pure true love glowing thoroughly to Gaia and lightening its intrinsic purity to every Gaians shall glow around the world and shall bestow its gracenesses upon both of you eternally, May both of you blessed in abiding truest loves and peace !
sending many lights and blessings for ur marriages from India, and have a blessed time with ur divine soul !

absolutely beautiful reflection and truth here.  thank you, I am grateful for your presence and the thoughts and energy that you share here!

“Desire; the great manifester
is but a symptom of an unlearned lesson
the real secret
- is acceptance
(this is not to say 'be passive'
and is a subject in itself!)”

Thank you Anna, wow Nick and I just spoke about desire last night, and the balance of creating your life, but living a desireless life. And here you've said it, acceptance; and being able to get out of your own way, so creation can happen through you, then you are co-creating your life, honoring your soul….

“I think another thing
which brings happiness
- not only in relationships with people but in general
- is to speak one's truth”

And I agree, speaking your truth does bring happiness, or I would also say being your true self is happiness! That's what our Swamiji use to say: “you are the happiness, when you are unhappy, that's the illusion/maya”

“when there's discomfort or pain -
arising in any relationship or situation
- if we do not act on our feelings -
we become victims
caught in a web of deception
created by our 'silence'”

Aaw, you put it so beautifully, it just penetrates my being, its like these words are so familiar to me, and I suppose its because it is the truth, and I remember you telling me once that when you hear the truth, you know it, it just resonates with your soul. I got GOOOSEBUMPs!!!!!!!.  It is a thrilling and energizing experience.

When you let go, these divine words can just flow through you to others.  Only from  experiencing the dark and the light can we gain such wonderful understanding and wisdom. The ability to express your true self to others is a gift, and its a gift that youv'e mastered Anna, thank you for sharing, its truly inspirational.

I really admire you:)

How how can I add anything here, almost a little note just saying “Jeannie was here.” 

But I was led here, I have been following this little trail of bread crumbs of Love that you have left for me, HummingBird.  And this is the third of the bread crumbs.  And I am speechless.  Goosebumps.  I have a deep understanding of goosebumps.  But all these tears.  of Joy?  of recognition?  of being so moved by your words, and all of the others' responses, that I feel I sit in the very same place with all of you.  I feel like I am home.