Comments for Silent Musings http://www.silentmusings.com Inquiries into the Truth about life, love, spiritual cultivation, and whatever else Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:51:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 Comment on Communicating Truth by Mike http://www.silentmusings.com/2009/12/communicating-truth/#comment-113 Mike Thu, 04 Feb 2010 02:41:57 +0000 http://www.silentmusings.com/?p=797#comment-113 Paradoxically, the pursuit of truth somehow brings us into it, but also clouds us as well. You are correct that only through direct experience can truth shine clearly, and to find oneself there requires both fidelity and grace. When all efforts to find it are exhausted, somehow truth finds its way to us, nearly always unexpectedly. And yet also when it does happen to appear, we can see that it was never away from us. Love, Mike Paradoxically, the pursuit of truth somehow brings us into it, but also clouds us as well. You are correct that only through direct experience can truth shine clearly, and to find oneself there requires both fidelity and grace. When all efforts to find it are exhausted, somehow truth finds its way to us, nearly always unexpectedly. And yet also when it does happen to appear, we can see that it was never away from us.

Love,
Mike

]]> Comment on Communicating Truth by Stacy http://www.silentmusings.com/2009/12/communicating-truth/#comment-112 Stacy Thu, 04 Feb 2010 01:33:22 +0000 http://www.silentmusings.com/?p=797#comment-112 Dear Mike, Another lovely post, and one that I've been earnestly thinking about. is it the pursuit of truth that brings us into it, or is pursuit part of what clouds us, even distracts us, encumbering us with the trappings and fruitless endeavors in the name of spirituality? To exist purely in the moment and drop the pursuit is to really become the conduit for truth to pour through you, to light your being with it's grace. However, it's fleeting, at least for me, to reside there. Direct experience is what needs to build, at least for me, so that truth is not only understood intellectually but lived fully through my own particular form, the pattern of person that I have the blessing of driving around here in this particular spin around the wheel. So I am ardently concentrate on awakening from the delusions and fully embracing the whole, pulsing truth, so I can stop the endless turning and returning. Thanks for helping me to elucidate these thoughts, with your inspiring musings. Love, Stacy Dear Mike,

Another lovely post, and one that I’ve been earnestly thinking about. is it the pursuit of truth that brings us into it, or is pursuit part of what clouds us, even distracts us, encumbering us with the trappings and fruitless endeavors in the name of spirituality?

To exist purely in the moment and drop the pursuit is to really become the conduit for truth to pour through you, to light your being with it’s grace. However, it’s fleeting, at least for me, to reside there.

Direct experience is what needs to build, at least for me, so that truth is not only understood intellectually but lived fully through my own particular form, the pattern of person that I have the blessing of driving around here in this particular spin around the wheel. So I am ardently concentrate on awakening from the delusions and fully embracing the whole, pulsing truth, so I can stop the endless turning and returning.

Thanks for helping me to elucidate these thoughts, with your inspiring musings.
Love,
Stacy

]]> Comment on What Is Letting Go? by sinrevelar http://www.silentmusings.com/2009/07/what-is-letting-go/#comment-111 sinrevelar Thu, 28 Jan 2010 23:15:34 +0000 http://www.silentmusings.com/?p=647#comment-111 Totally agree with Raquel. Words are awfully limiting: what means to someone, means different to another; yet there's a point in every writing done. Letting go is a huge deal I face every time I fight with myself, and it's also a huge piece of advice: I've noticed it in about 5 different movies (drama, tragedy, children movies...) in which the main character, in order to achieve his goal, must let go, just let go. In the end I've come to realize that letting go is more than just "abandon" or "let go" any pursue of ours to the Divine Will; but also, to forget about oneself, to let go of oneself. Totally agree with Raquel. Words are awfully limiting: what means to someone, means different to another; yet there’s a point in every writing done. Letting go is a huge deal I face every time I fight with myself, and it’s also a huge piece of advice: I’ve noticed it in about 5 different movies (drama, tragedy, children movies…) in which the main character, in order to achieve his goal, must let go, just let go. In the end I’ve come to realize that letting go is more than just “abandon” or “let go” any pursue of ours to the Divine Will; but also, to forget about oneself, to let go of oneself.

]]> Comment on Inner Revolution? More Like … Long Road Towards Nothing by sinrevelar http://www.silentmusings.com/2009/06/inner-revolution-more-like-long-road-towards-nothing/#comment-110 sinrevelar Thu, 28 Jan 2010 22:43:26 +0000 http://www.silentmusings.com/?p=590#comment-110 it's a great commitment. Awakening is a huge responsibility, yet it's extremely rewarding. it’s a great commitment. Awakening is a huge responsibility, yet it’s extremely rewarding.

]]> Comment on No Results - Guaranteed! by Mike http://www.silentmusings.com/2009/07/no-results-guaranteed/#comment-109 Mike Fri, 08 Jan 2010 18:21:02 +0000 http://www.silentmusings.com/?p=682#comment-109 Haha, I suppose everyone is suffering in this economy. Maybe if they paid me $25K, I would consider it. Haha, I suppose everyone is suffering in this economy. Maybe if they paid me $25K, I would consider it.

]]> Comment on No Results - Guaranteed! by Andrew http://www.silentmusings.com/2009/07/no-results-guaranteed/#comment-108 Andrew Fri, 08 Jan 2010 18:18:05 +0000 http://www.silentmusings.com/?p=682#comment-108 "Big mind" seem to have slashed a lot of their "donations" from $50,000 to $25,000 Feel any more tempted? 8-) “Big mind” seem to have slashed a lot of their “donations” from $50,000 to $25,000

Feel any more tempted?

8-)

]]> Comment on If We Could Hear God’s Thoughts … by Mike http://www.silentmusings.com/2009/10/if-we-could-hear-gods-thoughts/#comment-107 Mike Thu, 10 Dec 2009 16:26:08 +0000 http://www.silentmusings.com/?p=779#comment-107 Yes, feel free. Blessings. -M. Yes, feel free. Blessings. -M.

]]> Comment on If We Could Hear God’s Thoughts … by 2Da1 http://www.silentmusings.com/2009/10/if-we-could-hear-gods-thoughts/#comment-106 2Da1 Tue, 08 Dec 2009 23:04:24 +0000 http://www.silentmusings.com/?p=779#comment-106 Hey Mike Can I steal this one? Post it on my blog? Pleaeaease? ;) Kind regards, 2Da1 Hey Mike

Can I steal this one? Post it on my blog?

Pleaeaease? ;)

Kind regards,
2Da1

]]> Comment on If We Could Hear God’s Thoughts … by 2Da1 http://www.silentmusings.com/2009/10/if-we-could-hear-gods-thoughts/#comment-105 2Da1 Tue, 08 Dec 2009 23:02:52 +0000 http://www.silentmusings.com/?p=779#comment-105 Haha. Great one! What would God drink by the way? Spirit? LOL. Peace and blessings, 2Da1 Haha. Great one!

What would God drink by the way? Spirit? LOL.

Peace and blessings,
2Da1

]]> Comment on If We Could Hear God’s Thoughts … by Laura Hegfield http://www.silentmusings.com/2009/10/if-we-could-hear-gods-thoughts/#comment-104 Laura Hegfield Tue, 08 Dec 2009 21:02:37 +0000 http://www.silentmusings.com/?p=779#comment-104 bingo...again. I plan to stop by more often...just added a link to your site on mine. bingo…again. I plan to stop by more often…just added a link to your site on mine.

]]> Comment on Want to Be in the Present Moment? Congratulations, You’re Already There! by Laura Hegfield http://www.silentmusings.com/2009/09/want-to-be-in-the-present-moment-congratulations-youre-already-there/#comment-103 Laura Hegfield Tue, 08 Dec 2009 20:56:36 +0000 http://www.silentmusings.com/?p=725#comment-103 yup. it is so simple...and we are so often intrigued by complexities (that seems to be the nature of human beings and our busy brains)...that we miss the fact that WE ARE HERE...RIGHT NOW! gentle steps...so glad I stopped by. laura yup. it is so simple…and we are so often intrigued by complexities (that seems to be the nature of human beings and our busy brains)…that we miss the fact that WE ARE HERE…RIGHT NOW!

gentle steps…so glad I stopped by.
laura

]]> Comment on Want to Be in the Present Moment? Congratulations, You’re Already There! by Mike http://www.silentmusings.com/2009/09/want-to-be-in-the-present-moment-congratulations-youre-already-there/#comment-102 Mike Wed, 16 Sep 2009 04:52:42 +0000 http://www.silentmusings.com/?p=725#comment-102 Like the old saying goes, "it's not always easy to get to simple." Like the old saying goes, “it’s not always easy to get to simple.”

]]> Comment on Want to Be in the Present Moment? Congratulations, You’re Already There! by Ruth http://www.silentmusings.com/2009/09/want-to-be-in-the-present-moment-congratulations-youre-already-there/#comment-101 Ruth Wed, 16 Sep 2009 02:19:56 +0000 http://www.silentmusings.com/?p=725#comment-101 Isn't it amazing how we complexify everything? (I'm not sure complexify is actually a word, but it feels more accurate than complicate.) So simple. You can't now be here now because now is all there is. Nothing exists outside of Consciousness. You've never experienced anything outside of Consciousness. Even an out of body experience is not outside of Consciousness. Yet we refer to past and future. And we refer to you and me. So yes, brilliant, simple and true. Isn’t it amazing how we complexify everything? (I’m not sure complexify is actually a word, but it feels more accurate than complicate.)

So simple. You can’t now be here now because now is all there is.

Nothing exists outside of Consciousness. You’ve never experienced anything outside of Consciousness. Even an out of body experience is not outside of Consciousness.

Yet we refer to past and future. And we refer to you and me.

So yes, brilliant, simple and true.

]]> Comment on No Results - Guaranteed! by Mike http://www.silentmusings.com/2009/07/no-results-guaranteed/#comment-100 Mike Tue, 15 Sep 2009 14:26:57 +0000 http://www.silentmusings.com/?p=682#comment-100 Actually, it's anti-alchemy, because no matter what value you attempt to add, it disappears :) Actually, it’s anti-alchemy, because no matter what value you attempt to add, it disappears :)

]]> Comment on No Results - Guaranteed! by 2Da1 http://www.silentmusings.com/2009/07/no-results-guaranteed/#comment-99 2Da1 Tue, 15 Sep 2009 13:51:33 +0000 http://www.silentmusings.com/?p=682#comment-99 Your No Results™ package as it is, seems absolutely worthless to me. Thus, if I'd accept it for what it is, and if I could add ANY value to it, I'd multiply its worth by Infinity. I'd make Value out of No-value. Now wouldn't that be a real sweet deal? Seems impossible though. That would be true Alchemy, right? :D Thanks for da laugh Mike. Peace and blessings to you. 2Da1 Your No Results™ package as it is, seems absolutely worthless to me.

Thus, if I’d accept it for what it is, and if I could add ANY value to it, I’d multiply its worth by Infinity. I’d make Value out of No-value.

Now wouldn’t that be a real sweet deal?

Seems impossible though. That would be true Alchemy, right?

:D

Thanks for da laugh Mike. Peace and blessings to you.

2Da1

]]> Comment on Chasing Our Dreams by Mike http://www.silentmusings.com/2009/06/chasing-our-dreams/#comment-98 Mike Sat, 01 Aug 2009 21:21:26 +0000 http://www.silentmusings.com/?p=628#comment-98 Larry, Thank you for your generosity and encouragement. Larry,

Thank you for your generosity and encouragement.

]]> Comment on Chasing Our Dreams by goombah http://www.silentmusings.com/2009/06/chasing-our-dreams/#comment-97 goombah Sat, 01 Aug 2009 15:51:04 +0000 http://www.silentmusings.com/?p=628#comment-97 I am blown away by your wisdom and your ability to articulae it. Thank you, goombah (larry Kelleher) I am blown away by your wisdom and your ability to articulae it.
Thank you,
goombah (larry Kelleher)

]]> Comment on No Results - Guaranteed! by Mike http://www.silentmusings.com/2009/07/no-results-guaranteed/#comment-96 Mike Sat, 25 Jul 2009 19:08:52 +0000 http://www.silentmusings.com/?p=682#comment-96 I guess you can't have everything. I guess you can’t have everything.

]]> Comment on No Results - Guaranteed! by Linda http://www.silentmusings.com/2009/07/no-results-guaranteed/#comment-95 Linda Sat, 25 Jul 2009 10:08:18 +0000 http://www.silentmusings.com/?p=682#comment-95 Shame it doesn't have a money back guarantee. Shame it doesn’t have a money back guarantee.

]]> Comment on The End of Seeking by Mike http://www.silentmusings.com/2009/07/the-end-of-seeking/#comment-94 Mike Wed, 15 Jul 2009 15:41:02 +0000 http://www.silentmusings.com/?p=662#comment-94 Hi Raquel, I enjoy Joseph Campbell as well. A great scholar and mystic at the same time, which you don't find too often. I also found a great freedom in the statement. Can release one from the need to accomplish any particular feat, or demonstrate any particular "signs" of progress. M. Hi Raquel,

I enjoy Joseph Campbell as well. A great scholar and mystic at the same time, which you don’t find too often. I also found a great freedom in the statement. Can release one from the need to accomplish any particular feat, or demonstrate any particular “signs” of progress.

M.

]]> Comment on The End of Seeking by Raquel http://www.silentmusings.com/2009/07/the-end-of-seeking/#comment-93 Raquel Wed, 15 Jul 2009 15:02:31 +0000 http://www.silentmusings.com/?p=662#comment-93 "It was also a pathless path, in the sense that it can never be repeated, nor should it be. Each journey is unique, and yet ultimately ends up back at the beginning. Back to this." I am reading Joseph Campbell's works this summer so this especially reverberates in me... Congratulations! “It was also a pathless path, in the sense that it can never be repeated, nor should it be. Each journey is unique, and yet ultimately ends up back at the beginning. Back to this.”

I am reading Joseph Campbell’s works this summer so this especially reverberates in me…

Congratulations!

]]> Comment on What Is Letting Go? by Mike http://www.silentmusings.com/2009/07/what-is-letting-go/#comment-92 Mike Mon, 06 Jul 2009 13:34:14 +0000 http://www.silentmusings.com/?p=647#comment-92 Hi Raquel, I couldn't agree more. This one was very challenging to write for me, and even after I finished it, I almost deleted it, because it doesn't really say exactly what I feel. However, I figured, what the heck, just let it go, and see what happens. Sometimes the process of writing can alleviate the need to say more. Hi Raquel,

I couldn’t agree more. This one was very challenging to write for me, and even after I finished it, I almost deleted it, because it doesn’t really say exactly what I feel. However, I figured, what the heck, just let it go, and see what happens. Sometimes the process of writing can alleviate the need to say more.

]]> Comment on What Is Letting Go? by Raquel http://www.silentmusings.com/2009/07/what-is-letting-go/#comment-91 Raquel Mon, 06 Jul 2009 13:28:22 +0000 http://www.silentmusings.com/?p=647#comment-91 Sometimes, the problem is letting go of the words. Language is so limiting at times, and trying to describe the indescribable is impossible. Possibly what the Buddha was considering when he declared, "This cannot be taught". I have gotten hung up on descriptions without even realizing that they had become my obstructions. As Joseph Campbell said, "Yahweh gets in the way of God". Just a new realization for me that I find relates. :) Sometimes, the problem is letting go of the words.

Language is so limiting at times, and trying to describe the indescribable is impossible. Possibly what the Buddha was considering when he declared, “This cannot be taught”.

I have gotten hung up on descriptions without even realizing that they had become my obstructions. As Joseph Campbell said, “Yahweh gets in the way of God”.

Just a new realization for me that I find relates. :)

]]> Comment on Inner Revolution? More Like … Long Road Towards Nothing by Mike http://www.silentmusings.com/2009/06/inner-revolution-more-like-long-road-towards-nothing/#comment-90 Mike Sun, 21 Jun 2009 06:52:48 +0000 http://www.silentmusings.com/?p=590#comment-90 What else can we do, right? Thanks for stopping by. Love, M. What else can we do, right? Thanks for stopping by. Love, M.

]]> Comment on Inner Revolution? More Like … Long Road Towards Nothing by Ruth http://www.silentmusings.com/2009/06/inner-revolution-more-like-long-road-towards-nothing/#comment-89 Ruth Sun, 21 Jun 2009 00:17:30 +0000 http://www.silentmusings.com/?p=590#comment-89 Mike, Absolutely stunning post. A big Amen from my corner. I'm reminded of something Gurdjieff said, along the lines of, "The worst place a person can be is stuck between 2 stools." If memory serves, he was talking about that in-between place, where you know too much to remain happily asleep, but are not consistent enough to maintain a state of presence. I guess we just keep on going. Thanks for this. Mike,

Absolutely stunning post. A big Amen from my corner.

I’m reminded of something Gurdjieff said, along the lines of, “The worst place a person can be is stuck between 2 stools.” If memory serves, he was talking about that in-between place, where you know too much to remain happily asleep, but are not consistent enough to maintain a state of presence.

I guess we just keep on going.

Thanks for this.

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