~Painting by Shweta Mitra – May 2010 Copy Of “The Milkmaid” By Raja Ravi Verma. To Love Me Is To Know Me I’m so unseen Until my form is thought To fill a need or two To quench a thirst To serve you now Exactly as instructed To please somehow Until I am Forgotten fresh again...
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Living Unbound: No Arms, No Legs, No Worries
“It’s a lie to think that you’re not good enough! It’s a lie to to think that you’re not worth anything!” ~Nick Vucijic How can a guy like Nick enjoy happily Living Unbound? Because Living Unbound is the natural state of all life, including the liberated awareness that we each and all every actually are,...
Source-Heart-Love
The following article was written by Steve Ficks in response to a posting in the AYP forum asking about the overwhelming nature of Love. It speaks of divine Source, the heart, love and prayer and how enlivening our direct connection with Source through the innermost heart can change the nature of life and spiritual practices...
Quotes on Living Unbound from Contemplative Christianity, Philosophy & Science
Seeing through exterior things, and seeing God in them Thomas Merton ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A blind feeling of one’s own being, stretching unto God The Cloud of Unknowing ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The pure, loving gaze that finds God everywhere Brother Lawrence ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The mind’s loving, unmixed, permanent attention to the things of God Francis de Sales ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Finding God...
Quotes and Parables from Sri Ramakrishna
“Do you know what I see? I see Him as all. Men and other creatures appear to me only as hollow forms, moving their heads and hands and feet, but within is the Lord Himself.” ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ “There are pearls in the deep sea, but one must hazard all to find them. If diving once does...
Inspirational Quotes and Poems by Rumi
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I have lived on the lip of insanity, wanting to know reasons, knocking on a door. It opens. I’ve been knocking from the inside!” ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Keep walking, though there’s no place to get to. Don’t try to see through the distances. That’s not for human beings. Move within, But don’t move the way fear...
Spirituality REALLY Is For All Of Us: Everyday People, Living Unbound
West Virginia is a beautiful, mountainous state in the Appalachian Mountains of the Eastern United States. To say that West Virginia is not internationally-known as a hotbed of leading Living Unbound-related wisdom would be a bit of an understatement. This may be changing soon. Living Unbound is ultimately as simple as Awareness Watching Awareness. Living...
Mahatma Gandhi: Inner Voice of the Prophet
The following post was contributed by Nandhi, a yogi from the South Indian Siddhar tradition. These are inspirational words he is sharing with us, to help us all in enjoying Living Unbound, in reality. Thank you, Nandhi for sharing your beautiful wisdom with us. ***Photos were taken from Mahatma Gandhi’s Sabarmati Ashram by Nandhi. The Inner Voice of the Prophet:...
Choosing Our Thoughts to Create a Positive Life Experience
The following article is written by Andrew Thompson, the founder of Inspirational Works, an organization based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, providing “Events that Inspire, Motivate and Transform Lives”. Inspirational Works has hosted Byron Katie, and is thrilled to be hosting Don Miguel Ruiz (author of The Four Agreements and other books), April 9th-11th, 2010. Andrew has been...
Living Unbound Q&A: Meditation and Depression
A Living Unbound Visitor Asks: “Here is a question: It is suggested in many traditions that if one is experiencing true depression (not just a blue mood, but an actual disorder, where one can’t feel any pleasure), since the meditation will amplify the inward ruminations of the depressed person. I have through personal experience verified...