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Paramhansa Yogananda: Realizing the Christ Consciousness within You

Thu, 17 Dec 2009 00:35:10 -0800

Merry Christmas
Do not think of Christ as a helpless little baby,
for although He was the tiny baby Jesus,
within His consciousness was omnipresent God.

Otherwise, how could He, when only a young boy,
talk in a manner that startled even the wise men?
While He had a little boy brain, behind it
and manifesting through it was the Almighty spirit of God.
The universal spirit of Christ Consciousness was with Him from the beginning.

That is the real reason why we celebrate His birthday,
in order to remind ourselves of the divine qualities of Jesus
and to awaken ourselves to a realization of the enlightening,
loving Christ Presence in our own consciousness.

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Thu, 17 Dec 2009 00:34:45 -0800

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Shanpa Kargyu Golden Dharmas

Thu, 17 Dec 2009 00:34:13 -0800

"The Song of the Deathless Vajra of Mind"

This is the essence of (the doctrine of) deathlessness,
by which Buddhahood is attained without meditation,
By the force of spiritual experience of these precepts,
(which consummate) Sutra and Tantra.

In this way this body, the product of karmic evolution,
Naturally emerges as the body of primordial awareness.

The evolved body becomes the embodiment of the deity;
Pristine, no attachment to it--one meditates thus.
It is inseparable from mind,
And, for mind, substantial reality cannot be established:
Then, where does one find there something that dies?

So-called "death" is merely an idea:
Ideas and concepts, the phenomena of samsara
and nirvana can not be established as real.
The object and the cause of transmigration
dissolve naturally at the very point of their origin.

The consciousness in which absolute meaning is found,
Is deathless, unlimited; it is the supreme fruit.
Remembering this, Buddhahood is revealed:
This, the vital heart of the dakini, must be held to like life itself. "

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Thu, 17 Dec 2009 00:32:49 -0800

Wishing you all a Happy Holiday Season!

Since last Christmas;
No matter what, a silent stream of joy;
has been continuously flowing beneath fields of thoughts.
Silent rivers of divine joy cannot be seen with eyes,
but dig deeply through layers of consciousness,
you will discover them there.
Paramahansa Yogananda

"Your task is not to seek for love,
but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it."
-Rumi

Peace on Earth, good will toward men.
KJV Bible, Luke Chapter 2 verses 7-14
7 And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn.
8 And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night.
9 And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid.
10 And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people.
11 For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord.
12 And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger.
13 And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying,
14 Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.

Happy, Happy, Christmas to all!
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Thu, 17 Dec 2009 00:31:35 -0800

Merry Christmas!

A Rosemont Fellowship

Thu, 17 Dec 2009 00:29:56 -0800

A Rosemont Way

If one ignites a flame in a cave,
darkened for eons of time,
the darkness flees.

Recognizing this eternal truth,
every moment, abandon conflict;
it's causes and support.

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Many links are embedded in my blog; all photo's are page linked.
Everything here is intended to encourage "the way of your heart".
Embracing our inner personal mystic way, love flowers in universal fellowship; spiritual community.
The deeply curious please visit My Tag Cloud &
and my weblogs Rosemont Way & Rosemont Fellowship

Awaken
Ever attentive to the Radiant Heart of Goodness
From which spring my Guide, Teaching, & Fellowship;
I find one essence awakening before me, all around & within
Now I see love illuminating all, always.
Luminous love is radiant everywhere, for all to know & to be.
This is my healing prayer.

Open to the wonders all around and within us;
gazing upon the mysteries in the sky,
we face a mystic presence,
centered everywhere, circumferenced nowhere.
Thus embracing our own universal journey of ageless wisdom we awaken.

When hearts align that's quite enough,
to lend support & sincere best wishes,
for divine guidance all your days.
True as every heart beat!
- Bhima Noel

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Snow Lion Publications

Thu, 17 Dec 2009 00:28:32 -0800

Great book from my current reading list.

"Where does Niguma live?" Khyungpo Naljor asked.

They answered, "If one's perception is pure, one can see her anywhere, whereas if one's perception is not pure, she simply cannot be found; for she dwells on the pure stages and has achieved the holy rainbow body. However, when the dakinis gather to make tantric feasts in the great cemetery of the Sosaling Forest, she sometimes physically appears."

Merely on hearing Niguma's name tears came to Khyungpo Naljor's eyes and every hair on his body trembled with excitement. He left immediately for the Sosaling Cemetery, reciting the Namo Buddhaya mantra of Mahakala as he went.

One of my favorite authors & western Buddhist,
Glenn Mullin will be at Krotona in Ojai in February.

A tantric painting of Chakrasamvara
in yab-yum with his consort Vajravarahi.

"In the tradition of the Highest Yoga Tantras
to which the Chakrasamvara Tantra belongs,
such paintings serve as visualization tools
for the transformative meditative practices,
in which the Tantric practitioner realizes
his or her own identity as the fully enlightened Buddha.
The painting succinctly encapsulates the Tantric Buddhist process
of the female (yogini) system practice class of the Chakrasamvara Tantra.

Naropa's View of Essential Nature:
This mind that knows emptiness
Is itself the awakened mind, bodhicitta.
The Buddha potential is just this.
The sugata essence is just this.

Because of tasting what is,
It is also the great bliss.
The understanding of secret mantra is just this.
Means and knowledge is just this.

This self-knowing, while one is still defiled,
Does not depend on other things,
So self-existing wakefulness is just this.
Being aware, it is cognizance.

A natural knowing that is free of thought.
This self-knowing cannot possibly form thoughts.
Without conceptualizing 'a mind,'
Since it is not something to be conceived,
This original wakefulness, cognizant yet thought-free,
Is like the wisdom of the Tathagata.

Therefore, it is taught, "Realize that luminous mind
Is the mind of original wakefulness,
And don't seek an enlightenment separate from that."

Dakini fire

Imagine, a dakini told me,
my words are meaningless.
She speaks a burning truth.

That which means everything to me, is nothing.
No more real than a dream; as real as that.
Aching pain; but a dream, as real as that.
Killing me; thank god but a dream, as real as that.

Nothing left, is anything real.
Burning it up, Dakini will kill you,
And you will love her in spite of it.

BNW

Keith Dowman / Garuda

Thu, 17 Dec 2009 00:24:40 -0800

The Garuda

'All thoughts vanish into emptiness
like the imprint of a bird in the sky'
Dzogchen is 'The Great Perfection',
the apogee of Tibetan Tantric Buddhist meditation accomplishment.
It is the Buddha's enlightenment in rainbow light.
It is the school of Buddhism with greatest affinity
to the sanity of twenty-first century mystical aspiration.

A sign of Dzogchen is the Garuda, a mythical bird.
One of the great masters of Dzogchen in this century,
Kyapje Dunjom Rimpoche, expressed the vision of Dzogchen something like this:

'The first thing is Dzogchen vision which sees what really is -- the nature of mind itself.
This is the natural state of being, where the mind makes no distinctions and judgments.
This state of awareness is called rigpa.
Rigpa is naked awareness of the wholistic here and now.
On the Dzogchen page the nature of Dzogchen is described by various adepts through the ages.

Eye of the Storm;
is a translation of Vairotsana's five original transmissions,
the five seminal tantras of the Mind Series of Dzogchen Precepts

Keith Dowman / Cuckoos Song

Six Vajra verses

Bliss Song

Everything we see & feel arises from one light.
Appearing as a rainbow; why separate from it by naming?

Looking in a mirror; is there then really two;
Or one essence, a harmony of presence & voice?

Why struggle in this dream of loneliness?
Awaken a love song where sorrow fades away.

Bhima Noel

My Dzogchen tag

HOMAGE TO THE SUPREME MOTHER,
THE FAR-REACHING PERFECTION OF SUBLIME KNOWING!

The Blessed One, was at Vultures Peak in Rajagriha, at that time, at that moment, the Blessed One spoke; "Ananda! This is the Far-Reaching Perfection of Sublime Knowing in a Single Letter. For the benefit and happiness of all sentient beings, you should retain this! It goes thus: AH

THE FAR-REACHING PERFECTION OF SUBLIME KNOWING IN A SINGLE LETTER,
THE MOTHER OF ALL THOSE GONE TO THUSNESS, IS COMPLETE.

Translated by Erick Sherab Zangpo"

Christ and Krishna

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 14:07:47 -0800

The Lost Years of Jesus:
The Life of Saint Issa
The Wisemen were master's from the east.
And so was Jesus

The yoga science taught by lord Krishna,
And the spirit of Christ-Love preached by Jesus
Are the same universal truth.
And a sure panacea for a world torn apart
By the hatred of unyielding differences.

"Krishna" denotes the same spiritual consciousness as "Christ." King Jadava manifesting the omniscience of God was known as Krishna, even as Jesus was known as Christ.

Oriental Christ by Paramhansa Yogananda
East-West, March-April 1930 Jesus
Christ was an Oriental. Therefore, his teachings were derived from
Oriental environment and heredity. Truth is not a monopoly of the
Orient or the Occident. The sunlight, though pure silver, appears to be
red or blue when looked upon through red or blue glasses; so, also,
does pure, undiluted truth appear to be different when expressed
through Oriental or Occidental civilization. The original simple
teachings of Jesus have undergone many changes, because of divers
translations from language to language, and divers translations of
translations. But all of the Great Ones have expressed Themselves
simply, and I can find very little difference in the message of Jesus
the Christ and the other Great Teachers. Now, I want to tell you
something in the beginning, lest there be any doubt in your minds: What
I received from the Great Oriental Masters, that same have I received
from the teachings of Jesus the Christ! The Great Ones, like
waves, bathe in the Eternal Sea, and become One with It. Disciples make
all the trouble and differences. They begin to create narrowness and
bigotry. The pure Message becomes diluted with ignorance. Humanity
drinks of the polluted waters and then cannot understand why the thirst
remains. Only pure water can quench thirst. The time has come to
separate truth from falsehood, knowledge from ignorance. All truth and
knowledge must be used to combat the black doubts and superstitions
hedging humanity in the prison of unhappiness, that the mighty flood of
Truth may inundate the gathered darkness of the ages, setting the soul
of humanity free. It amuses me when I hear my Western brothers
say "Do you believe in Christ?" I always say "Jesus Christ." And I
picture Him in my mind as He really was--Oriental Christ. Many painters
have tried to give Him blue eyes and light hair, but He was a pure
Oriental. And you of the West have taken from an enslaved nation Jesus
Christ as your Preceptor, and the greatest gift of all, spiritual
freedom, taught by this great Oriental.

Excerpts from The Gita

Bhagavad Gita--Chapter Four
The Yoga of Wisdom

CHRIS BOTTI IN BOSTON | Shape of My Heart Sting &J. Groban

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 09:58:22 -0800

Ashes & Snow

May all your friends
Be Big & Good & Never Forget You!
Photo's from Ashes & Snow

Here we are -
With the only thing truly meaningful in life and death;
The love we feel for one another and those most dear to us.

We suffer for that love, but it's a price worth paying,
Because in the end it's the only thing left with meaning.
Everything else falls away, but our love,
And memories of the love we have shared.

The past is gone, but in our memories
and the future is uncertain.
Whether you believe in heaven or not,
the only thing that truly matters
is the love we have for one another.

I believe in spirit
and that we are more than just the body.
Because the Great Ones who love us say it is so
and they wouldn't lie to those they love.

Love is like an Angel in our heart,
and Angels are the best company we can keep.
Although now we are only human,
in their company we become like Angels.
And when we love they surely touch our hearts.

Bhima Noel

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