Breaking through illusion

Taking a break, contemplating the nature of life...

There's really NO separation, NO duality...there is only my true Self as manifestation of the One Spirit or God - as is everything and everyone else. That is the one TRUTH, the mystery that never changes no matter what language you use to try and describe it...although I love the way Jesus and Buddha break it down :-)

But I've learned to appreciate my humanity, my ego self. And I'm learning to appreciate the humanity in others. The ideas and concepts in the books I read are really just ways to play with my humanness with more freedom, more joy, more love... and give that away. When they no longer are needed and I can rest in the truth, I set them aside...again and again.

At least until I get completely annoyed by the guy snoring next to me at Barnes & Noble...really?? I guess this is called "compassion practice"...

Peace.

Somaila...

At yesterday's Meetup I met a beautiful Ethiopian woman who was recently a relief worker in Somalia. She described the beauty, compassion, love, resilience she witnessed in the midst of such unimaginable suffering. SHE was surprised and encouraged that many of us deeply care about what is happening there and WE were reminded that, like she said, even a flower can grow through concrete.

It's not my business to understand why things like this happen, that's God's or Source business; my business is to do my best to bring MY light wherever I go and when the world's suffering becomes overwhelming to contemplate I remember... "just when a caterpillar thought the world was ending it turned into a butterfly"...

Peace.