“‘Hey, you pot of shit, why do you have so much pride? Why are you so egotistical about this body?’ That is how my Baba used to speak. OF course, I use a more polite term: I call this body a factory of shit.” —
exceprt “I Have Become Alive” by Swami Muktananda. The great saint is explaining how his Guru (Baba) used to talk to people. There are 9 orifices in our body, all of them produce waste of some sort. All this is to rid yourself of the ego. Anytime you have the “I” ownership of your body, remember this quote and visual.
Thanks Swami Muktananda!
Monastery Window by Travis Dove Mount Athos, Greece (via travelhighlights)
When I was a kid, my dad found out that a family friend had lost his job, and the family had no money for groceries.
He went to the supermarket and bought a whole cart full of groceries with his own money, delivered it to them, and told them that donations from our church had paid for everything.
(Batman by Fernando Lucas) via lectorconstante
Orange. White. Black. Blue. Through and Through. (photo via welovesurfing)
germfree asked: Did you like The Secret in Their Eyes?
OMG. LOVED IT. LOVED IT. LOVED IT.
The process of personal growth isn’t always easy. We must face our own ugliness and the ugliness that lies within those in our lives. We often must become painfully aware of the unworkability of a pattern before we’re willing to give it up. It often seems, in fact, that our lives get worse rather than better when we begin to work deeply on ourselves and let go of the unhealthy attachments in our lives but this isn’t so.
The pain is really just the fear, weakness, blindness and ignorance we’ve been clinging to leaving the body and mind.
And once it’s gone, we are strong.
(via ancora-imparo)
Simply AMAZING. Gurudev had the same message for us last week.
“I can’t look at the past. It’s out of my jurisdiction. I declare myself incompetent.” — El Secreto en Sus Ojos (The Secret in Their Eyes)