Meditation is not an goal or achievement. Meditation has no seeking or desire. In meditation we become aware of our desires and goals. If some one is seeking any goal through meditation then it is another game of mind and not worth pursuing it.

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When we are alone on a starlit night, when by chance we see the migrating birds in autumn descending on a grove of junipers to rest and eat; when we see children in a moment when they are really children, when we know love in our own hearts; or when, like the Japanese poet, Basho, we hear an old frog land in a quiet pond with a solitary splash—at such times the awakening, the turning inside out of all values, the “newness”, the emptiness and the purity of vision that make themselves evident, all these provide a glimpse of the cosmic dance.

- Thomas Merton

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“For ages you have come and gone 

courting this delusion. 

For ages you have run from the pain 

and forfeited the ecstasy. 

So come, return to the root of the root 

of your own soul. 

Although you appear in earthly form 

Your essence is pure Consciousness. 

You are the fearless guardian 

of Divine Light. 

So come, return to the root of the root 

of your own soul. 

When you lose all sense of self 

the bonds of a thousand chains will vanish. 

Lose yourself completely, 

Return to the root of the root 

of your own soul. 

You descended from Adam, by the pure Word of God, 

but you turned your sight 

to the empty show of this world. 

Alas, how can you be satisfied with so little? 

So come, return to the root of the root 

of your own soul. 

Why are you so enchanted by this world 

when a mine of gold lies within you? 

Open your eyes and come —- 

Return to the root of the root 

of your own soul. 

You were born from the rays of God’s Majesty 

when the stars were in their perfect place. 

How long will you suffer from the blows 

of a nonexistent hand? 

So come, return to the root of the root 

of your own soul. 

You are a ruby encased in granite. 

How long will you decieve Us with this outer show? 

O friend, We can see the truth in your eyes! 

So come, return to the root of the root 

of your own soul. 

After one moment with that glorious Friend 

you became loving, radiant, and ecstatic. 

Your eyes were sweet and full of fire. 

Come, return to the root of the root 

of your own soul. 

Shams-e Tabriz, the King of the Tavern 

has handed you an eternal cup, 

And God in all His glory is pouring the wine. 

So come! Drink! 

Return to the root of the root 

of your own soul. 

Soul of all souls, life of all life - you are That. 

Seen and unseen, moving and unmoving - you are That. 

The road that leads to the City is endless; 

Go without head and feet 

and you’ll already be there. 

What else could you be? - you are That.” 

- Rumi

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“Knock, And He’ll open the door 

Vanish, And He’ll make you shine like the sun 

Fall, And He’ll raise you to the heavens 

Become nothing, And He’ll turn you into everything.” 

- Rumi

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The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green thing that stands in the way. Some see nature all ridicule and deformity… and some scarce see nature at all. But to the eyes of the man of imagination, nature is imagination itself.

— William Blake

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Be able to be alone. Lose not the advantage of solitude, and the society of thyself.

-Thomas Browne

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The way is not in the sky. The way is in the heart.

- Gautama Buddha

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I Believe… 

That you can keep going long after you think you can’t.

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Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.

- Lao-Tzu