Praxis Wholething

 

we wake up and

find we want the truth.

 

finding out about ourselves

and finding truth are the same thing.

 

in presenting ourselves to others

we put ourselves on the journey

of finding out everything else

 

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                                Please proceed directly to the truth.




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     We open the door to feelings and then start the constant looking at the ones we can see.
     We learn, that all feelings are connected to  each other.
     The feelings we watch are connected to the deeper ones we cannot see at first.




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Inter-weaving and layering, patterns manifest as we proceed directly to the truth.
The patterns we see are connected to the ones we cannot see.
What we call causation, is an act of  recognition. 
A cause is therefore an act of recognising a phase in a pattern.

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end of the day

 

at the end of the day

what really matters?

that we hold affection for someone

and that someone holds affection for us,

that we do it when it’s easy and

especially when it’s difficult.

and if we can’t do it

then we turn our passion

onto why we can’t do it 

until we can.

and everyone knows this,

we just forgot for a while.

 

 

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House Lights

 

If you are in a house in the countryside where there are no city lights and you look outside at night, you cannot see much.  What you see, is illuminated by the lights of the house you are in.  To see more, you might switch off the house lights, and although you can see more once your eyes adjust, it is then dark inside the house.  If you go outside to see more you leave behind the source of light you had inside.

 

 

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We do what we must

Doing what we must is mapped out for us

We are the map.

 

 

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Simplicity, is complexity seen from a long way away

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Our Sky

it struck me just now
with the force of an imploding star
that on this planet
there is not one mediocre human being
that each has a heart the size of a continent washed
with oceans of swelling tidal feelings
whether we see them or not
that each has a playful child inside and
a playful grandparent, no matter how deeply buried
and while I cannot love them all
(especially the nasty ones)
they are my brothers and sisters
their eyes laced with naked pain
and its hidden redemption
under the sky,
our sky.

 

 

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Do all day

Imagine a world where machines make everything we need.
These machines repair and replace themselves.
And if there was no more war and poverty
What would we do all day?


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(Q).   please tell me what to do
(A) .   no, I cannot
(Q).   why not?
(A) .   it wouldn't work
(Q).   are you enlightened?
(A) .   tell me what enlightenment is and I will tell you if I have got it.
(Q).   enlightenment is . . . . knowing everything
(A) .   I don't know everything
(Q).   enlightenment is . . . . freedom from suffering
(A) .   I am not free from suffering
(Q).   enlightenment is . . . . being able to save others from suffering
(A) .   people save themselves from suffering
(Q).   enlightenment is . . . . total wisdom and grace
(A) .   only you can tell me if I am wise and I have no grace to give
(Q).   so what do you have?
(A) .   I know what is true
(Q).   what is truth?
(A) .  it is a direct experience
(Q).   will I get it?
(A) .   that depends how much you want it.
(Q).   how can I know that?
(A) .   by looking
(Q).   why can't you tell me what it is?
(A) .   I can tell you what it is, I already have
(Q).    but I don't feel any different
(A) .    that is because you have not experienced it directly, you heard the words I said - but you  have not felt it.
(Q).   how can I feel it?
(A) .   you must choose a method of looking and apply it constantly till you know
(Q).    that does not sound so hard.
(A) .    have you got anything better to do?   When you have found your own truth, look for it next in the faces of others..

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there is a world of pain
and a world of joy,
what is the connection ?
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The most wonderful things, are in the easiest place to look, yet

seem so difficult to find.  To dig a hole, you use a shovel but

what tools would you use to look inside your own heart and

 mind?  It is best to have a method to help our looking  .  .  .  .  .  .

  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  and Praxis is the best method I know.