anywhere anytime.
For example, if you’re reading
as you are now, you can begin
by just becoming aware
of reading these words.
Start then to become aware
of your own breathing, and
of your body sitting in the chair.
Next, become aware of
the various sounds you
can hear around you.
Look around and perceive
the light and colours of
the things you can see.
Practice regularly to
be aware of all around you.
the temptationto modify the meaning;corrupt the contentor falsify truthdisappears,and enlightenmentfloods the heart.
that gives meaningto a wide range of experiences.Such art may be thought ofas the incarnation ofthe genius of rhythmmanifesting the living spiritof things with a clearer beautyand intense power.Poetry is a record of experience.The poet sets out to communicatesomething that transcendsfact or opinion.An obscure intuitionis expressed by a combinationof words and structures.
„A man should flee his senses,turn his powers inwardand sink into an oblivionof all things and himself…Withdraw from the unrestof external activitiesthen flee away and hidefrom the trumoil ofinward thoughts,for they but create discord’(Meister Eckhart, Sermons and Treatises, Vol.1, Sermon 1, translated and edited by M. O’C. Walshe, P.7) .
inference, andthe magicalperception of Yogisapprehend suchthings also asare not presentat the time ofapprehension.
of awareness is alwaysaccompanied by ourperception coming fullyinto the present moment.It is a bit like switchingon a light in a darkened room.All of a sudden, the worldaround us comesinto view and clarity.
Man is sustained by a deep mystery.It is of silence, of incomprehensibilityof God’s will and God’s love.The mystic feels thathe is personally calledto live in more intimatecommunication with the mystery.
