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excerpt from ‘Self Reliance’ by Ralf Waldo Emerson

These are the voices, which we hear in solitude, but they grow faint and inaudible as we enter into the world. Society everywhere is in conspiracy against the manhood of everyone of its members. Society is a joint stock company, in which the members agree, for the better securing of his bread to each shareholder, to surrender the liberty and the culture of the eater. The virtue in most request is conformity.

Self Reliance is it’s aversion. It loves not realities and creators, but names and customs.

Whoso would be a man, must be a nonconformist. He who would gather immortal palms must not be hindered by the name of goodness, but must explore if it be goodness.

Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind.

Closing comments from KD interview

It’s 3 minutes to 11 at night, it still feels like 30 degrees. I am acutely aware that it’s been a while between posts 😉

I have just finished transcribing the interview that I did with Krishna Das (KD), in December, for the book and it’s an absolute treat to go back through some of the incredible wisdom.

I thought I would share the closing comments from the interview, as I think given the last year, it’s all to easy to beat yourself up with how it might not have reached our expectations for how we think it should have looked.

Hope you enjoy!

” Just remember this, there might be times when you feel that it’s not going to be ok. That’s part of the process too. Going under, coming up, going under coming up. Ultimately what we want to develop is the strength to meet every moment as it comes. Even if we have terrible feelings of despair and anxiety and fear, we try to develop this ability to know that this will pass. I’ll get through this. And through practice I think, gradually as those waves come over us they don’t bury us under water for so long. But sometimes it’s inevitable to go under you know. One shouldn’t think that one has failed, if one has gone under – it’s part of the process of life.

Ramana Maharishi also said that everything that happens to us is written when we are born, everything that is going to happen. ‘The only freedom we have is in the moment. How we meet each moment, how we meet each experience.” All the practices we do, bring us more into the moment, give us more of a sense of confidence in ourselves, and in just being.

And from that deeper place, we can meet all the difficult things that come to us in life and all of the wonderful things that come to us in life, without being totally washed away by them or absorbed in them or lost in them. We can enjoy the beautiful things and we can allow the unhappy things to exist and pass away again.”

Perfect Love

“The media is so keen to portray the concept of perfect love these days – today I would like to pay respect to the millions of examples of imperfect love that are evident everywhere. These are the myriad of small fires that when seen together represent a beautiful, powerful shining light.”

Happiness by KD

It’s easy to sometimes lose sight – thanks KD!

“Nothing is going to make you happy. Happiness is who we are already. Everything we need is inside our own being; inside our own hearts.” KD

William Kamkwamba’s Windmill

A constant search for things inspirational, revealed this incredible story of a Malawian boy’s courage to dream and act in the face of poverty, famine and doubt.

Enjoy!

Thoughts From Within

Woody Harrelson’s poem “Thoughts From Within

Beautiful & thought provoking – enjoy!

Success is a continuous journey

Whatever the endeavor, success requires continual, focus, application and push – here is a great little clip from Richard St John on the Journey – equally applicable to emotional success as to tangible.

Constant focus and re-enforcement are critical.

Mercy & Loving Kindness

I am currently reading a book by Dr Wayne Dyer called Wisdom of the Ages. It’s an incredible collection of 60, of what Dr Dyer feels are some of the most impactful quotes, poems or writings of all time, right back to Patanjali, Lao-tzu, St Francis of Assisi to modern day luminaries such as Rudyard Kipling and Mother Theresa.

The piece that I read recently, and I feel compelled to share here, is a brief piece by Shakespeare from the Merchant of Venice;

The quality of mercy is not strained;
It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven
Upon the place beneath; it is twice blest, –
It blesseth him that gives and him that takes:
‘Tis mightiest in the mightiest, it becomes
The throned monarch better than his crown:
His scepter shows the force of temporal power,
The attribute to awe and majesty,
Wherin doth sit the dread and fear of kings;
But mercy is above this sceptred sway, –
It is enthroned in the hearts of kings,
It is an attribute to God himself;
And earthly power doeth then show likest God’s
When mercy seasons justice.

Dr Dyer urges us to practice mercy with ourselves first. He urges us to be compassionate and non-judgmental with ourselves when we make mistakes, or fail to live upto a presupposed standard.
‘Forgive yourself for being human’.

He goes on to say that if you are not compassionate with yourself, you will find it difficult to practice compassion with others, just as it is difficult to be generous with money, if you have none.

And he also mentions a quote by Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj:

“The sinner and the saint are merely exchanging notes, the saint had sinned, the sinner will be sanctified.”

What these say to me is, if you are good to yourself, others begin to stand a chance. We tend to hurt people only when we are hurting ourselves – it starts with us.

N.

Life at 30,000 feet

Richard Branson’s life at 30,000 feet and incredible interview with TED’s Chris Anderson. Especially inspirational for anyone who found school difficult, great perspective.

What You’ve Got

A beautiful and poignant song by Eddi Reader, reminding us to use and be grateful for ‘What You’ve Got”.

All Love,

N.

WHAT YOU’VE GOT

Chorus:
It’s not what you’re born with
It’s what you choose to bear
It’s not how big your share is
It’s how much you can share
It’s not the fights you dreamed of
It’s those you really fought
It’s not what you’re given
It’s what you do with what you’ve got

You must know someone like him – tall and strong and lean
Body like a greyhound and a mind so dark and keen
His heart just like a laurel grew twisted round itself
Till almost everything he did brought pain to someone else

What’s the use of two good legs if you only run away
What’s the use of the finest voice if you’ve nothing good to say
What good is strength and muscle if you only push and shove
And what’s the use of two good ears if you can’t hear those you love

Between those who use their neighbours and those who use a cane
Between those in constant power and those in constant pain
Between those who run to evil and those who cannot run
Tell me which ones are the cripples and which ones touch the sun

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