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Comment on why you don’t really want to awaken by miriam louisa

miriam louisa — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 00:29:14 +0000

Thanks for your interesting comment Willie R. What an extraordinary request for a “very young child” to make – I wonder where the idea of the “Divine” came from?

There’s an intriguing mix of surrender and expectation in your words. They don’t tend to be good bedfellows in my experience – or yours, by the sound of it!

Perhaps the only “benefit” in suffering is the eventual realization that there is nothing to be benefited thereby. Nor is there any benefit to be gained from an easy ride. In either event, “natural intelligence” (aka Awareness etc) is unaffected.

With love ~ ml

Comment on why you don’t really want to awaken by Willie R.

Willie R. — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 02:04:46 +0000

When I was a very young child, I had the effrontery to petition the Divine and request that I be given a difficult life. In retrospect, I can honestly say that the Divine has never failed me. Particularly grueling is my breathless suspense as I witness my own children’s lives unraveling – or is it just that things don’t appear to be going the way that I would want them to? Not my will, but thine be done…..of course.

Is my suffering of benefit? Nope!

Comment on why you don’t really want to awaken by miriam louisa

miriam louisa — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 21:18:27 +0000

Bowing to your wild wideawake wisdom dear Pema Mags.
~ ml

Comment on why you don’t really want to awaken by miriam louisa

miriam louisa — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 21:15:51 +0000

Thank you for this wise comment John.
“It is a fall we are not meant to survive.” Yes indeed.
And yet – some(no)thing scribbles as ml, some(no)thing scribbles as John…
Wondrous!
~ ml

Comment on why you don’t really want to awaken by miriam louisa

miriam louisa — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 21:09:13 +0000

I love that – “scorching light” – yes, grace is fierce!
Joining you in your prayer dear Katherine. There’s no end to this.
~ ml

Comment on why you don’t really want to awaken by Pema Mags Deane

Pema Mags Deane — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 17:16:50 +0000

Beautiful post Miriam Louisa. The radical truth is spoken so rarely.

Comment on why you don’t really want to awaken by John Ptacek

John Ptacek — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 13:15:50 +0000

Thank you for narrating your experience so beautifully, Miriam. Some spiritual paths
elevate us to higher levels of knowledge. Nonduality drops us down the elevator shaft. It is a fall we are not meant to survive.

Comment on why you don’t really want to awaken by sharanam

sharanam — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 13:03:58 +0000

Love the combination of all these pointers, and particularly appreciate she-who-scribbles’s words. May such grace continue to pour its scorching light on us. Thank you Miriam Louisa.

Comment on why you don’t really want to awaken by miriam louisa

miriam louisa — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 04:55:05 +0000

A gem! Thanks for sharing, dear ashok z.
In love of truth and life
~ ml

Comment on why you don’t really want to awaken by ashok z

ashok z — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 04:30:16 +0000

One of my favourite quotes ever…

Questioner: Is there any danger in pursuing the path of Yoga at all cost?

Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj: Is a match-stick dangerous when the house is on fire? The search for reality is the most dangerous of all undertakings for it will destroy the world in which you live. But if your motive is love of truth and life, you need not be afraid.

All love.