NOTHING SEPARATE

The flower cannot be by herself alone.  The flower has to inter-be with the sunshine, the cloud and everything in the cosmos.  If we understand being in terms of inter-being, then we are much closer to the truth.  Inter-being is not being and it is not non-being. Inter-being means at the same time being empty of a separate identity; empty of a separate self.
                              
                                                                                                         ~Thich Nhat Hanh~

WHO SEARCHES?

"The search for Truth is the hardest thing I have ever done.
There is nothing I can do", you say.
Actually...no.  There is nothing 'you' can do...
You are a ghost!
An apparition appearing inside your own SELF.
          ~Mooji~

ALL THAT REMAINS

Kill me, my faithful friends...
for in my being killed is my life.
Love is that you remain standing
in front of your Beloved,
when you are stripped of all your attributes;
Then His attributes become your qualities.
Between me and You, there is only me.
Take away the me, so only You remain
          ~Mansoor Al Hallaj~

IDENTIFICATION

"If the ' I ' is identified with the body and person then it becomes the person's
responsibility to take care of the bodily life.  But if the ' I '' becomes identified
as consciousness then it is the universe's responsibility to take care of the
body and the body's life and it will do a better job than your mind can do.
Then you'll see this world is not your enemy.  It will provide for you."
          Mooji

"WE DON'T DESERVE RESOLUTION"

"As human beings, not only do we seek resolution
but we also feel that we deserve resolution.
However, not only do we not deserve resolution,
we suffer from resolution.
We don't deserve resolution; we deserve something better than that.
We deserve our birthright, which is the middle way;
an open state of mind that can relax with paradox and ambiguity.
To the degree that we've been avoiding uncertainty,
we're naturally going to have withdrawal symptoms--
withdrawal from always thinking that there's a problem
and that someone, somewhere needs to fix it".
                                                                   Pema Chodron

NOTHING TO REALIZE - (and WHO gives up?)

"There is no such thing as realizing the self.  How is one to realize or make real what is real?  People all realize, or regard as real what is unreal, and all they have to do is give that up."

                    Ramana Maharshi

BLOW IT ALL UP!

"Do you really want to erase all your deluded beliefs, memories, stories, tendencies and identities one by one, or would you prefer to find the factory where they are produced, and blow the whole thing up?

I say this because right now, I don't have time for all this tiny pruning.  You hold on to your little nail clipper, but I am giving you a great chainsaw to bring down this old tree of suffering.

The chainsaw is self-inquiry.
This is your good fortune.

Mooji