The grass grows

is an excusenot to facea conflictwithin

then the senseof rejection isall consuming,more painfulthan the pangsof hunger whichassail the bodyas it assails the mind.Outside of thattype of rejection,rejection fromothers pales intoinsignificance.We can use it tobecome self reliant,depending onnobody for anything.It can make usstronger than we are.(Written from thecomments of the great poetess Marie Shine of Listowel, Ireland)

First ofall, a great dealof data must be fedinto the machine.This stored, or recordedinformation is themachine’s’memory.’A problem is posedto the machine.It scans backthrough its memoryuntil it locatesthe only ‘answer’which is consistentwith and meets allthe conditionsof the problem.

consciousness of the emptinessof the world is for a return to God,the ground and the source of all existence.And this return is only possibleby detachment and ‚death‘in the exterior self,so that the inner self,purified and renewed,can fulfill its functionas the image of the divine.

on a tree.At some pointyou do not haveto pull and breakthe branch toget the fruit.Just touch itand it falls inyour hands.Life’s decisionsshould be like that.Let it ripen in you.

with curiosity, enthusiasm,inquisitivenessand a sense of wonderIn the presence of awe,the mind lets go and opens itself.Scientific fundamentalism sees a world,stripped of enchantment and meaning.Religious systems require obedience to doctrine.Social and family systems are often rooted in fear.In truth, awe offers us a powerful expansion of identitya release from limited ideas of ourselves and the…