| "Everything in the universe is a pitcher
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| | Chit is knowingness. It is complete and
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| brimming with wisdom and beauty."
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| | total awareness.
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| -Rumi, 13th Century Sufi Poet and Mystic
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| | Ananda is bliss. It is utter and
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| Is the universe friendly?
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| | indefinable peace and joy.
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| On the surface this seems an absurd
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| | This is who we are in our essence. And
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| statement.
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| | because we are this at a non-dual level,
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| Looking deeper, your response might be to
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| | we must accept that reality as we know it
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| say no after reviewing all the calamities
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| | is a massive hallucination.
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| of your own life, the often-vicious
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| | On the quantum level of reality,
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| response of governments around the world
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| | particles are merely dancing in and out
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| to perceived threats to their power, the
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| | of existence. Furthermore, they are not
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| narcissistic military and industrial
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| | made of anything. They are non-things.
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| complex that constitutes what we call
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| | So, on a literal level, the entire world
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| civilization, the awkward and
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| | as we know it is as real as the movies we
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| dysfunctional personalities that you have
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| | see projected on a screen, which as we
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| to deal with daily, the devastation of
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| | all know is nothing but a dance of light
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| natural storms, the cruelty of the animal
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| | in various shades.
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| kingdom, and the bloody history of our
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| | On the cosmic level of reality, we are
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| species.
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| | spiritual beings having a human
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| Yet despite chaos, horror, and the
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| | experience. We are literally dreaming the
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| imminent possibility of terror, I hold to
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| | world into being; projecting it from the
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| the belief that the universe is friendly.
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| | thoughts and feelings we have about it.
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| It is friendly because we are not this
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| | Remove your mind from the world and the
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| game of chance that we see all around us.
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| | world itself collapses into nothingness.
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| We are, in fact, not victims of linear
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| | The entire purpose of life is to shed the
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| time.
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| | illusion by awakening our souls to the
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| Our home is in the non-linear dimension.
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| | realization that we are not victims of
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| And we reside there as magnificent
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| | the projection of our minds. We can, in
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| beings. In fact, we are an expression of
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| | fact, begin the spiritual journey at any
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| an invisible and invincible force that we
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| | time to extricate ourselves from the
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| call God. And this God has three
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| | illusions that make us so unhappy.
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| characteristics which are our own.
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| | Somewhere along that journey, the veil of
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| In Sanskrit, the three characteristics
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| | matter will fall. It is then that you
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| are known as "sat-chit-ananda."
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| | will realize that the universe is
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| Sat is beingness. It is pure and absolute
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| | friendly after all.
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| presence.
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