Wat Die Mistici Weet
1.1) Herhalende Reis
Die Gesprek
Elemente Uit Die Gesprek
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In die groeiproses is daar soveel fasette wat ons moet deurwerk, dinge wat ons moet aflê, insigte waartoe ons moet kom, weerstand, verrassings - die reis van 'n leeftyd. Die groot deurbrake kom wanneer ons op die fyn detail en tekstuur begin fokus. Dis 'n proses wat die fynste fasette van ons menswees betrek. "Bekering" is die oorkoepelende beskrywing, wat sonder die fyner detail nie tot verandering en ware insig in God se werkswyse lei nie. As ons net "bekering" sou sê, is die helfte ons nie vertel nie.
Janet Rebhan beskryf dit baie goed.
In this season of growth,
may you have a deep understanding of your true value and worth,
an absolute faith in your unlimited potential,
peace of mind in the midst of uncertainty,
the confidence to let go when you need to,
acceptance to replace your resistance,
gratitude to open your heart,
the strength to meet your challenges,
great love to replace your fear,
forgiveness and compassion for those who offend you,
clear sight to see your best and true path,
hope to dispel obscurity,
the conviction to make your dreams come true,
meaningful and rewarding synchronicities,
dear friends who truly know and love you,
a childlike trust in the benevolence of the universe,
the humility to remain teachable,
the wisdom to fully embrace your life exactly as it is,
the understanding that every soul has its own course to follow,
the discernment to recognize your own unique inner voice of truth,
and the courage to learn to be still.
~ Janet Rebhan
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Awakening is messy
You don’t transcend
into some paradisiacal,
elitist inner garden
It doesn’t perfect you.
You first come into
all the reasons you’ve so wanted
to stay asleep
And there are many
very good reasons.
We awaken to all the reasons
we’ve so wanted
to disassociate from our bodies,
those storehouses of pain and God—
to enter through either door
is to have stripped from you
the illusion of smallness.
Sleeping was relatively painless,
in its numbed way.
To awaken, really,
is to begin to feel.
As we feel through more pain
we feel more compassion.
Awakening is bit by bit
coming out of denial
around all the reasons you’ve needed
to wield
that terrible tool of “othering”—
because so much
was unbearable
inside of our own self.
Awakening is staying
in the fire
of what used to be unbearable
as we burn off judgments
about ourselves.
It is diving into the cracks
in our hearts
rather than mortaring them
It does not look like being
perfectly empowered,
seamlessly composed—
It’s to commit with all your heart
to no longer take out your helplessness
on anyone else.
Awakening has nothing to do
with stern, stoic spirituality
It has nothing to do
with finally being aloof enough
to not be impacted by the gifts
of your beautiful feelings
Awakening doesn’t come
from spiritual mastery defined
as overcoming enough of our shortcomings.
It’s found in doing our fumbling best
to grow into arms strong and loving enough
to hold and hug our aching humanity.
Awakening isn’t only for special people.
We’re all on our way
toward coming out of the sleep cycle
Awakening is the at times compass-less
and often inglorious
inner odyssey
toward the rough ruby of all that is bruised
and true in our hearts
through a tangled history of acquired conditioning
of all that we are not.
Awakening is messy.
Be not fooled:
the myth that awakening
looks anything like spiritual perfectionism
is perhaps the best sleeping pill.
- Chelan Harkin
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Musiek
Is die binnereis maklik, altyd aangenaam? Nee.
Gaan dit van jou vra om te verander en jou soms by die punt bring waar jy die hele proses wil opgee en met die minste moeite tevrede sal wees? Ja.
Maar jou lewe gaan klein wees en jou ware, unieke "stem" gaan nie gehoor word nie.
As jy niks anders wil doen nie, kies om dapper te wees.
Met hope en hope liefdevolle aanmoediging.
George & Matilda
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