"OLDER THAN GOD" EARS "... a heart at rest..." 8/6/18 "Your soul knows..."

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...which includes being one of the Greatest Listeners i've ever Known!!!!
  i swar you Listen
 with 
PURE GOD EARS !!!!*
*”OLDER THAN GOD”
* S. Mitchell’s translation of Tao te Ching #4
 “ Older than God”

 PURE "OLDER THAN GOD" EARS
 HAS ALSO COME THIS MORNING
 TO RE-REMIND ANY ASPECT OF “ME” REMAINING
 OF ALL
THAT NEEDS TO BE LIVED-REMEMBERED
FOR THIS CONSCIOUSNESS IN CREATURELY FORM
 ON PLANET EARTH
AND/OR ANY DIMENSION
and
that we DO Know
many such Great Listeners in form
(​on earth and otherwise)
 at this time
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4:47 AM-8/6/18

The Tao is like a well:
used but never used up.
It is like the eternal void:
filled with infinite possibilities. 
It is hidden but always present.
I don’t know who gave birth to it.
It is older than God. 
Tao te Ching #4
Stephen Mitchell Translation
https://ttc.tasuki.org/display:Year:1972,1988,1996,2004/section:4
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Life is a continual series of experiences,
one leading to the other,
​until the soul arrives at its destination.
                        Bowl of Saki, August 5, by Hazrat Inayat Khan ​

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Commentary by Pir-o-Murshid Inayat Khan: 
​
The truth is to be realized from all things,
from religion, from philosophy,
from science, from art,
from industry.
The only difference is that one takes a shorter way
and the other takes a longer way.
One goes round about and the other takes a straight path.
There is no difference in the destination;
the only difference is in the journey,
whether one goes on foot or whether one drives,
whether one is awake or whether one is asleep
and is taken blindly to the destination,
​not knowing the beauties of the way.
   from  https://wahiduddin.net/mv2/VI/VI_21.htm

'I passed away into nothingness -- I vanished; and lo! I was all living.' 
All who have realized the secret of life understand that life is one,
but that it exists in two aspects.
First as immortal, all-pervading and silent;
and secondly as mortal, active, and manifest in variety. 
The soul being of the first aspect becomes deluded, helpless, and captive
by experiencing life in contact with the mind and body, 
which is of the next aspect.

The gratification of the desires of the body
and fancies of the mind do not suffice for the purpose of the soul,
which is undoubtedly to experience its own phenomena
in the seen and the unseen,
though its inclination is to be itself
and not anything else.

When delusion makes it feel that it is helpless, 
mortal and captive, it finds itself out of place.
This is the tragedy of life, 
which keeps the strong and the weak, 
the rich and poor, all dissatisfied, 
constantly looking for something they do not know. 
The Sufi, realizing this,
takes the path of annihilation,
and, by the guidance of a teacher on the path,
finds at the end of this journey
that the destination was he.

As Iqbal says:
'I wandered in the pursuit of my own self;
I was the traveler,
and
I am the destination.'              
   from  https://wahiduddin.net/mv2/I/I_I_1.htm

The individual soul
is a shoot that springs from the all-pervading Spirit,
its goal being its origin;
and every attachment it has on its way is, no doubt,
a detaining on the journey.
The soul is never fully satisfied so long as it has not reached its destination.
The love of the external world is a rehearsal before the performance,
which is the love of God,
​ the Inner Being.

   ~~~ Sangatha II, Tasawwuf, by Hazrat Inayat Khan (unpublished)

   ~~~ Life is a continual series of experiences,
one leading to the other,
until the soul arrives at its destination.

​AFTERNOON

Inner calmness is a way of being that can transform our lives.
Taking one thing at a time as our focus,
letting the imperfections of life be,
fosters a sense of the present,
a contentment with the moment.

As our skill in meditation grows,
​ we can learn the art of letting go
and finding a calm center in the midst
of our changing sense.

As we sit,
extraordinary levels of silence and peace
can open for us.
We can feel as if the whole world
had suddenly stopped moving.
Our body can become light and transparent
​ like a clear spring sky.

The senses and the heart can open
in a sweet and delicate way,
and a powerful contentment can arise.​

We can learn how happiness comes
from a heart at rest
and not from changing outer circumstances.
All of this can be discovered
​ as a power
and
as the fruit
of our
simple
mindfulness practice.
~Jack Kornfield
https://makebelieveboutique.com/2018/08/05/27829/

It is far more creative to work with the idea of mindfulness
rather than with the idea of will.
Too often people try to change their lives by using the will
as a kind of hammer
​ to beat their life into proper shape.

The intellect identifies the goal of the program,
and the will accordingly forces the life into that shape.
This way of approaching the sacredness of one's own presence
is externalist and violent.
It brings you falsely outside yourself
and you can spend years lost in the wildernesses
of your own mechanical, spiritual programs.
You can perish in a famine
of your own making.

If you work with a different rhythm,
you will come easily and naturally home to yourself.
Your soul knows the geography of your destiny.​

Your soul alone has the map of your future,
therefore you can trust this indirect,
oblique side of yourself.
​If you do,
it will take you where you need to go,
but more importantly,
it will teach you
a kindness of rhythm in your journey.
~John O'Donohue
https://makebelieveboutique.com/2018/08/05/27829/