From The Daily OM-
February 2, 2012
The Soundless Center
Silence
of the Heart
'It takes a sensitive ear to tune in to the silence of the heart, but it is there in each one of
us.
We spend a lot of time attempting to put the feelings in our hearts into words, to communicate to others our
passions, our emotions, and our love. Often we are so busy trying to translate our heart's roar into language that we miss
the most profound experience the heart has to offer, which is silence. Every poem arises from this silence and returns to
it. When all the songs have been sung, the soliloquies delivered, the emotions expressed, silence is what remains. As each
wave of feeling rises and falls back into the silence, we have an opportunity to connect with the vast, open, powerfully healing
wisdom at the soundless center of our hearts.
Our hearts may seem noisy and tumultuous so much of the time that
we do not even associate them with silence. It takes a sensitive ear to tune in to the silence of the heart, but it is there
in each one of us, so close and so large that we do not even notice it. We can begin to become aware of it in the same way
we become aware of the negative space in a still life, the background of a photograph, or the open sky that contains the sun,
clouds, moon, and stars. We are accustomed to tuning in to objects and sounds that are one-pointed, solid, and three-dimensional.
Seeing and hearing the apparently empty space that contains these sounds and objects takes a little practice.
We
can bring our awareness into our hearts by simply breathing into the general area of our heart. The first thing we may notice
is feelings like joy or sadness and physical sensations like tightness or tenderness. We acknowledge these as we continue
to breathe and focus, listening attentively. We surround these feelings and sensations with breath and recognize that they
are contained and held in an immeasurable substance like water or air, intangible, ineffable, but utterly real. This is the
silence of the heart, and the more we listen for it, return to it, and accept it, the more we bathe and purify ourselves in
the soundless center of our being.'
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Wednesday January 18/12
January 17, 2012
(Quoted From The Daily Om)
Where the Soul Is? Finding the Place You Belong
There will likely
be times in your life when your soul evolves more quickly than your circumstances. There will likely be times in your life
when your soul evolves more quickly than your circumstances. Your subconscious mind may be ready to move forward long before
you recognize that you are destined to embrace a new way of life. Your soul intuitively understands that changing habitats
can be a vital part of the growth process and that there may be one part of you that is eager to move to another home, another
state, or another plane of existence.
But the ties that bind you to your current mode of being can make moving
into this next stage of your life more challenging than it has to be. If you find it difficult to move on, consider that
just as people in your life may come and go, your role in others lives may also be temporary. And many of the conditions
that at first seemed favorable served you for a short time. When you are ready to match your situation to your soul, you
will find that you feel a new sense of harmony and increasingly connected to the ebb and flow of the universe.
Moving on can
be defined in numerous ways. Your forward momentum may take you from your current locale to a place you instinctively know
will be more nurturing, comfortable, and spiritually enriching. Once you arrive, your misgivings will vanish, and you will
know that you have found a sanctuary. Similarly, subtle changes in your values, goals, or emotional needs can motivate you
to distance yourself from one group of people in order to reassociate yourself with individuals that are better able to support
you. For example, this could mean moving away from your birth family in order to find your energetic or spiritual family.
The route you
need to travel may not always be clear; you may feel inspired to change yet be unsure as to why or how. Clarity may come
in the form of a question if you are willing to seriously ask yourself where your soul is trying to take you. In a way,
moving from one point to another when you feel strongly driven to do so is a way of bringing your spiritual and earthly energies
together. It is a two-step process that involves not only letting go but also reconnecting. You will know you have found
your destination, physical or otherwise, when you feel in your heart that you have been reborn into a life that is just the
right shape, size, and composition.
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Monday, January 16/12
Martin Luther
King Jr. Day
Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and
conscientious stupidity.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
(Therefore...)
The function of education is to
teach one to think intensively and to think critically. Intelligence plus character - that is the goal of true education.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
