Awakening To The New Me

دیگران را ببخش، نه به خاطر اینکه لایق بخششند، به خاطر اینکه تو لایق آرامشی

Sat, 25 May 2013 20:45:17 -0400

Forgive others, not because they deserve forgiveness, but because you deserve peace.

universeobserver: Open Your Heart by *JaniceDuke

Sat, 25 May 2013 20:36:51 -0400

universeobserver:

Open Your Heart by *JaniceDuke

goldowl: fortunatis: Solitude op @weheartit.com -...

Sat, 25 May 2013 16:53:34 -0400

goldowl:

fortunatis:

Solitude op @weheartit.com - http://whrt.it/XO3tnM

i miss paris so much :(

"Just as every drop of the ocean carries the taste of the ocean, so does every moment carry the taste..."

Sat, 25 May 2013 11:29:33 -0400

“Just as every drop of the ocean carries the taste of the ocean, so does every moment carry the taste of eternity. Definitions and descriptions have their place as useful incentives for further search, but you must go beyond them into what is undefinable and indescribable.”

- Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj (via lazyyogi)

"She lives the poetry she cannot write"

Sat, 25 May 2013 08:14:59 -0400

““She lives the poetry she cannot write””

- Oscar Wilde (via italiacaramia)

thegodmolecule: here is a tribe in Africa where the birth date...

Fri, 24 May 2013 23:26:52 -0400

thegodmolecule:

here is a tribe in Africa where the birth date of a child is counted not from when they were born, nor from when they are conceived but from the day that the child was a thought in its mother’s mind. And when a woman decides that she will have a child, she goes off and sits under a tree, by herself, and she listens until she can hear the song of the child that wants to come. And after she’s heard the song of this child, she comes back to the man who will be the child’s father, and teaches it to him. And then, when they make love to physically conceive the child, some of that time they sing the song of the child, as a way to invite it.

And then, when the mother is pregnant, the mother teaches that child’s song to the midwives and the old women of the village, so that when the child is born, the old women and the people around her sing the child’s song to welcome it. And then, as the child grows up, the other villagers are taught the child’s song. If the child falls, or hurts its knee, someone picks it up and sings its song to it. Or perhaps the child does something wonderful, or goes through the rites of puberty, then as a way of honoring this person, the people of the village sing his or her song.

In the African tribe there is one other occasion upon which the villagers sing to the child. If at any time during his or her life, the person commits a crime or aberrant social act, the individual is called to the center of the village and the people in the community form a circle around them. Then they sing their song to them.

The tribe recognizes that the correction for antisocial behavior is not punishment; it is love and the remembrance of identity. When you recognize your own song, you have no desire or need to do anything that would hurt another.

And it goes this way through their life. In marriage, the songs are sung, together. And finally, when this child is lying in bed, ready to die, all the villagers know his or her song, and they sing—for the last time—the song to that person.

You may not have grown up in an African tribe that sings your song to you at crucial life transitions, but life is always reminding you when you are in tune with yourself and when you are not. When you feel good, what you are doing matches your song, and when you feel awful, it doesn’t. In the end, we shall all recognize our song and sing it well. You may feel a little warbly at the moment, but so have all the great singers. Just keep singing and you’ll find your way home.

hiscinnamongirl: Before I die I want to… on We Heart It....

Fri, 24 May 2013 22:28:29 -0400

hiscinnamongirl:

Before I die I want to… on We Heart It. http://weheartit.com/entry/34326533/via/fuckit_1Disawesome

stashofcoffee: .5920 by hildagrahnat on Flickr. Because I work...

Fri, 24 May 2013 22:15:30 -0400

stashofcoffee:

.5920 by hildagrahnat on Flickr.

Because I work for La Colombe….

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Symptoms of inner peace:

Fri, 24 May 2013 10:58:08 -0400

A tendency to think and act spontaneously rather than on fears based on past experiences

An unmistakable ability to enjoy each moment

A loss of interest in judging other people

A loss of interest in interpreting the actions of other

A loss of interest in conflict

A loss of the ability to worry

Frequent, overwhelming episodes of appreciation

Contented feelings of connectedness with others and nature

An increasing tendency to let things happen rather than make them happen

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Thu, 23 May 2013 23:28:12 -0400

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"Your visions will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Who looks outside,..."

Thu, 23 May 2013 18:14:58 -0400

“Your visions will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.”

- Carl Jung (via lazyyogi)

alwaysinsearchoflight: Knights Templar HistoryMedieval Knights...

Thu, 23 May 2013 13:22:05 -0400

alwaysinsearchoflight:

Knights Templar History

Medieval Knights Templar History

In 1119 the Poor Fellow-soldiers of Christ and the Temple of Solomon, known by the more popular name of the Knights Templar, were formed in Jerusalem, shortly after the First Crusade ended with the capture of that city. Sources from those times gave this initial date as 1118 or 1119 or 1120 due to use of different calendars and records, with the middle date now being generally accepted.The celebrated purpose of the Knights Templar was to protect the Christian pilgrims now streaming into the Holy Land, because the Islamic Saracens who had held the land in prior years were still roaming the countryside and preying on the pilgrims.

The lofty mountains bordering the sea-coast were infested by bold and warlike bands of fugitive Mussulmen, who maintained themselves in various impregnable castles and strongholds, from whence they issued forth upon the high-roads, cut off the communication between Jerusalem and the sea-ports, and revenged themselves for the loss of their habitations and property by the indiscriminate pillage of all travellers.
—Charles G. Addison

In 1129 first Grand Master Hugh de Payens attended the Council of Troyes that was convened by Pope Honorius II in France. There the the officers of the Church formally approved the formation of the Templar Order. Saint Bernard of Clairvaux wrote the famed Rule or “Regula” that governed the actions of the Templars, though it would often be amended in later years.

Section XX ….To all the professed knights, both in winter and summer, we give, if they can be procured, white garments, that those who have cast behind them a dark life may know that they are to commend themselves to their Creator by a pure and white life.
—The Regula

In 1187 the city of Jerusalem fell to Saladin, who took back Temple Mount, the place of Solomon’s Temple. Three years later a new Crusade was launched, bringing Richard the Lionheart of England and Philip II of France to the Holy Land. Richard joined with the Knights Templar and won many battles, but could not retake Jerusalem.

During the famous march of Richard Coeur de Lion from Acre to Ascalon, the Templars generally led the van of the christian army, and the Hospitallers brought up the rear. Saladin, at the head of an immense force, exerted all his energies to oppose their progress, and the march to Jaffa formed a perpetual battle of eleven days.
—Charles G. Addison

In 1291 the last of the Crusaders were driven from the Holy Land. Many great battles were fought, but city after city fell to the Mamluk armies.

The last Templar castles, Tortosa to the north, and the great sea fortress of ‘Atlit to the south, were now isolated, and they too were evacuated on 3 and 14 August. Frm then on the most forward Templar base was the island of Cyprus.
—Malcolm Barber

In 1307 on Friday the 13th of October the Knights Templar were attacked all across France by King Philip IV, and under pressure from Pope Clement V most of the other kings of Europe followed suit. Under severe torture a number of Templars “confessed” to acts of heresy, then swore they had acted under duress and had done nothing wrong — whereupon they were burned at the stake. Large numbers of Templars were never arrested and simply disappeared at this time, along with great amounts of treasure they were said to possess.

The objectives of the dawn raid were clear from Philip’s sealed orders: The directions sent by the king to his officers had been to seize the persons and the goods of the Templars; to interrogate, torture, and obtain confessions from them; to promise pardon to those who confessed; and to menace those who denied.
—Keightley and Lomas

Modern Knights Templar History

In 1737 the lingering mystique of the Knights Templar received a major influx of attention when Chevalier Ramsay produced his famous Oration. He proposed that Freemasonry had evolved from the knights of the Crusades, and then clarified that these men were the Knights Templar. The conferral of Knights Templar degrees quickly gained popularity within Freemasonry.

At the time of the Crusades in Palestine … they agreed upon several ancient signs and symbolic words drawn from the well of religion in order to recognize themselves amongst the heathen and Saracens. These signs and words were only communicated to those who promised solemnly, and even sometimes at the foot of the altar, never to reveal them.
—Chevalier Ramsay

In 1779 the conferral of Knights Templar degrees took on a more formal role in Freemasonry when the Grand Master of Lodge Mother Kilwinning gave a charter for a new lodge in Dublin called the “High Knight Templars of Ireland Lodge.” This then became the Early Grand Encampment of Ireland, and their practices soon spread to Scotland, England and the rest of the world.

The ritual that the Early Grand Encampment of Ireland worked (acted out) became known as the E.G. Rite (for “Early Grand Rite”) and was adopted in Scotland by a group called the Early Grand Mother Encampment of Scotland.
—Robert Lomas

Today the Knights Templar degrees are the highest level of the York Rite within Freemasonry. The earlier levels are Royal Arch Masonry and The Cryptic Rite. Although there can be variations in degree titles in different countries, the highest degree is usually known as the Order of the Temple.

The last order is the one that dubs the Mason a Knight Templar, and most Masons who have been through it will describe the ceremony as one of the most memorable, thought-provoking, and impressive they have ever witnessed. It is truly unique among the degrees of Freemasonry.
—Christopher Hodapp

Source : http://www.masonicsourcebook.com/knights_templar_history.htm

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Thu, 23 May 2013 10:10:26 -0400

"Not until we are lost do we begin to understand ourselves."

Wed, 22 May 2013 23:51:09 -0400

“Not until we are lost do we begin to understand ourselves.”

- Henry David Thoreau (via lazyyogi)

danielnichols12345: Be the observer. Now observe yourself...

Wed, 22 May 2013 23:09:37 -0400

danielnichols12345:

Be the observer. Now observe yourself observing. Cool.

"She whispers, ‘I love you, I thank you, I forgive you, I’m sorry.’"

Wed, 22 May 2013 21:36:48 -0400

“She whispers, ‘I love you, I thank you, I forgive you, I’m sorry.’”

- Unknown

"Fully expressing the love that is inside of you will allow the consciousness that you are creating..."

Wed, 22 May 2013 09:12:39 -0400

“Fully expressing the love that is inside of you will allow the consciousness that you are creating to fully manifest itself.”

- Love Openly

Angels of Light through Douglas McDaniel

www.godspeaklessons.com

(via dcm313)