Yellow

Yellow

There is the heaven we enter
through institutional grace
and there are the yellow finches bathing and singing
in the lowly puddle.


- Mary Oliver, from Evidence: Poems

Listen to Love - "We live in Heaven"

"We live in Heaven but we treat it like Hell" -Lalita
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Saint Isaac of Syria

Saint Isaac of Syria (circa 7th century)
Nestorian monk from Beth Abhe on the Persian Gulf
Bishop of Nineveh (circa 660-680)

BE AT PEACE WITH YOUR OWN SOUL





Be at peace with your own soul
then heaven & earth will be at peace with you.

Enter eagerly into the treasure
house that is within you,

And you will see the things that are in heaven,
for there is but one single entry to them both.

The ladder that leads to the Kingdom
is hidden within your soul...

Dive into yourself and in your soul
and you will discover the stairs
by which to ascend.

The stillness in stillness is not the real stillness.
Only when there is stillness in movement can
the spiritual rhythm appear which pervades
heaven and earth.
-Ts'ai-ken T'an

-p168 quoted by Margot Anand, The Art of Everyday Ecstasy

"0" man, know ye that renunciation is the law of life. Renunciation is the path that leads to friendliness, co‑operation and unity. Renounce selfishness, greed, hatred and egoism. Embrace love, humility, contentment and charity. You will have Rama Rajya or the Kingdom of Heaven here upon earth, right now.
~Swami Sivananda