The Wise Woman's Stone

A wise woman who was travelling in the mountains found a precious stone in a stream. The next day she met another traveller who was hungry, and the wise woman opened her bag to share her food. The hungry traveller saw the precious stone and asked the woman to give it to him. She did so without hesitation. The traveller left, rejoicing in his good fortune. He knew the stone was worth enough to give him security for a lifetime. But a few days later he came back to return the stone to the wise woman.

"I've been thinking," he said, "I know how valuable the stone is, but I give it back in the hope that you can give me something even more precious. Give me what you have within you that enabled you to give me the stone."

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. . . from a Centred Self . . .

Present Moment
Portal to The Great Integrity;
Divine Eternal Being
Within me.
Deeper than
Myself's Horizontal actuality,
Profound depth
Descending Vertically,
Direct line to
Heaven's Principality
From which
Life unfolds infallibly,
In The Moment
Providing Abundantly.

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Torn Asunder

Distant houses vanish into this misty morn
Trill song of the Blackbird is beautifully born
Hum of motorway traffic Trundles along
Crow joining in with it's Raucous song
Leaf, unnoticed, flutters gently asunder,
From life's Branch it is Torn.

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Ch, Ch, Ch . . Changes!

Would Time really Change me

If I could Trace Time,

What am I meant to be,

Surely what I am is just fine?

I've always been this

Eternal Bliss

Underneath Living's infernal 

Ability to Miss . . 

. . Reality!

YES

That's

. . . me . . .

The

Reality

of 

Nothingness

. . . unfolding . . .

As

What

Is.

Did you miss me?

I'm you in disguise

As another 

Man,

Woman,

Child

. . . look beyond . . .

Time

And what does 

One

Find?

One

Finds

The Eternal Moment

Sublime!

1.The Eternal Moment 2.Time 3.Conditioning 4.Separation 5.Conflict . . . 

***

"Time may change me, but I can't trace time", the lyrics of the David Bowie song Changes . . .

. . these lyrics just came to me and I found myself writing the above poem: C'est la vie!

The Person, the Personality, is the Mask of Pretence!

Q. Who, or what, am I?  

A. I, the reader, am that which comes first . . .

. . and that isn't the chicken or the egg! Only in the realisation of this one Eternal Moment can one move beyond the polarities of the past and future, neither of which exist In Reality, because reality is timeless! The reader of these words is that reality, that timelessness . . This Eternal Moment.

. . . and that's the end of Conditioning, the end of Separation and the end of Conflict as a way of life . . .

One Found

Looking

Back 

Could One find

Whatever it was

That lay behind?

Searching the horizon

of this life

Could One find

Any more strife?

No!

Hm, then peering 

Within

One found

Nothing . . 

. . . or . . .

. . was One mistaken . . 

Could this

be

Everything,

Unfolding

Like an Answer to questions

Unasked,

Or a Solution

That simply

Is?

This Ain't 

No 

Cryptic Test,

Simply

Being

Is The Best,

For

It is the 

Answer

and

Solution,

It is 

Nothing 

Unfolding 

as 

Everything.

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(For Autumn)

1Yogi2Many Is Now on Facebook . . .

Whereas I only blog about once a month, I'm on facebook everyday .  . so I've decided to make 1Yogi2Many a facebook activity . .

I'll still post my monthly something on here, but on facebook there'll be daily posts about all aspects of life and living in the man made world, a seriously twisted mix of the real and surreal!

It's already up and running, here's a taster:

OK, I've been involved in Yoga since I was thirteen . . which evolved into Meditation and Self-Knowledge etc. over the years.

There comes a point where one realizes that there is NO label fitting for who or what one 'is'.

At this point the realisation is that one 'is' . . simply 'is' . . what is!
Also, one simply realizes that one truly Knows Nothing . .

. . which is why I say, "I know Nothing". And I do, I know 'Nothing' intimately, for it is ones very essence: It is what one 'is'. But no label fits perfectly ha, ha :-)

That may sound strange, weird even bizarre, but it is nonetheless the truth of One, or Oneness!

Many thanks go to Surjit Singh for posting the image above on facebook, 

you may have noticed that I've adopted it, 

well it says it all really! 

;-)

1Yogi2Many is now on facebook, you can join him here: https://www.facebook.com/pages/1Yogi2Many/198612643533869

It would be great to have you join us.

1Guru2Many

Transcend!

Did You hear

About

The

Yogi

Who 

Refused pain-killers 

During the root canal 

Because

He wanted to . .

 Transcend Dental Medication?

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Ok, it's a golden oldie, but I simply couldn't resist ;-)

Really?

"In 

Reality

There 

is

No Such Thing 

as

a 

Theory!" 

1Yogi2Many.

Non Dual or Duel?

I'm 

A 

Non-Duelist . . .

. . . and 

You're

A 

Dead
Duelist!

1Non-Duelist-But2-Is-a-dead-Duelist!

OK, that was just a bit of fun, a play on words and pretty meaningless unless you're into the whole Dual and Nondual subject, but . . .

. . there's a point not being made, believe it or not ;-)

Nondualism 101.

How

 Many 

Nondualists 

Does it take 

to

Change

 a 

Lightbulb?

 I 

know, 

That you know, 

There can be 

only 

One

Answer!

1NondualYogi2Many?

Being is?

Being
is

Consciousness 

Itself

. . . and . . .

Consciousness 

is 

the most 

Powerful and Creative 

Energy 

in 

Existence. 

Consciousness 

is
The Energy Behind Creation, 

and it is 

Consciousness 

Which creates your life

. . . but . . .

It does so based 

on 

Your perception of life

. . . yes . . . 

You

Quite Literally

Create
Your own 

Life

According to

The Clarity

of

Your Perception

of

Life

. . . how you see life,

is how it must be . . .

. . . however . . .

Consciousness 

is, 

Regardless of what 

Thoughts and/or Emotional feelings 

You may have,

Consciousness 

Simply

is.

If 

You were able to 

Still
All Personal Thoughts 

and 

Emotional Feelings 

what 

Would remain?

The answer is 

Consciousness/Being.

. . . consciousness is simply 

being

before, during and after

your sense of
 existing . . . 

Being

is

Completely

Non-problematic,

it

. . . Always . . .

Works for Good . . .

. . . for

The Good

of

Life . . .

. . . not your

personal good . . .

. . . there is 

no 

personal

Good or Bad . . .

. . . that
is 

The Illusion!

When

The Person

is no more, 

what 

remains?

The 

Impersonal

remains!

And 

that is

Consciousness

or

Being

. . . but don't get
hung up on labels . . .

Take

Away

all 

labels

and . . .

. . . what remains . . .

?

Wall2WallYogi's?

Undercurrent

Shhhh

Silence Please.

Sit and Meditate,

If you must,

But know that

Silence is 

Not the 

Goal.

The goal of Sitting

Is Not to attain Silence;

That is to mistake it.

There is no goal.

Just sit in silence

And

Be 

The
Silence.

Then

Let it Go.

Do

Not

Become Attached

To

Silence.

Who, or What, 

Becomes Attached?

Silence

Is

The

Undercurrent

Of

All Life.

Everything Else

Is

But A Mental

Projection.

Mental Projections

Are Not

Real.

Silence

Is

Real.

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Meditation: The Highway To Enlightenment?

Oh, ye'll take the Low road

And I'll take the High road

And I'll be Enlightened afore ye?

Maybe Not!

Meditation:

Is it 

The High Way To 

Enlightenment?

Meditation

Can

Open The Can of Worms,

But 

Then The Can of Worms

Wriggles!

Just 

Beyond

The Can of Worms

lies

Silence,

Stillness,

The Simple Joy

of
Beingness.

Does It?

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Hey, it's OK, I'm not really asking you to answer the question on here,
but, well, if you insist . . .

;-)

Oh God!

The 

Argument for 

God.

The 

Argument

Against

God.

The

Argument?

Only

Ignorance

Argues!

What 

Remains

When there 

Is

No One 

Left

To

Argue

?

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Meditation Is?

Meditate

Why don't you?

Meditate

To achieve that goal?

Meditate 

For Relaxation?

Meditate

To relieve Stress?

. . . or . . .

Meditate

Into Silence,

The Stillness

Of
Simply Being?

. . . ah . . .

Meditate

With no Goal.

Meditation

Is

Silence, Stillness

The Simplicity of Being.

Now,

Meditation 

Ends

. . . because . . .

Meditation

Is.

"It was nothing?"
For one maybe, but for the other
'Nothing'
became
his
'Everything!'

It's A Mystery!!!
;-)

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“Time's fun when you're having flies.” Kermit The Frog.

It is in 

the 

Standing Still 

of 

Time, 

In which it 

Flies; 

Never 

to be seen 

Again,

. . . for . . .

It 

Never Was, 

Nor 

Will be,

But 

Is.

Shhh, 

I'm in disguise, 

tell no one!

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Seemingly

Seemingly . . .

Stress

Eats away at me

De-generatively.

Seemingly . . .

Thought returns,

Like a homing pigeon,

To the scene of its crime,

Continuously

Time after time.

Seemingly . . .

Feeling overwhelmed

By the Enormity

Of this struggle to

Survive

And the Will

To stay Alive.

Seemingly . . .

Arises the need to

Die;

Emotionally.

To what does one

Cling?

Hope has Nothing to

Bring.

Seemingly . . .

Depressed

Walking through this

Valley of Death

Enveloped by rock

In this Hard place to be.

Holy Shit,

Please don't call this

Reality!?

Seemingly . . .

Wanting to give up

The Ghost,

"Oh what's the use?"

Mothers Jarring Words

Reverberate once more.

Life

Has become just another

Empty Chore.

Hanging in there . . seemingly!

Seemingly . . .

The past 

Haunts me

Constantly;

Life ostensibly in decay.

The future distant

Apparently Grey.

Simply Being,

I no longer

Know,

The Way

To go . .

Seemingly . . .

. . .1SeemingYogi2Many . . .

The Drift of Life

Life's 

Shallow Waters 

Carry 

Me 

Along

Like 

Driftwood Lingering 

Too 

Long,

But 

Moving 

Nonetheless

In 

Directions 

I'm 
Unable

to 

Redress;

Whilst 

The Sun Shines 

for 

One and All, 

Or 

None At All,

And 

Life Unfolds 

As it 

Must.

1DriftingYogi2Many

What is Being?

Ignorance

Is

An Enclosed Space

Where Separation is

Acknowledged.

Being

Is

An Open Space

Where Oneness is

Realised.

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I Want Patience, and I Want It Now!

"What is impatience?

It is simply the selfish desire for things to be different from

how

things are.

Selfish desire is always ignorant of how things are meant to be

in

'The Moment'.

Acceptance of

'What Is'

brings about change as

and

when required.

Life knows exactly what it is doing."

1PatientYogiBear2Few

What is Change?

What

You call change

Is

Simply

The

Unfolding

Of

What Is,

And

What Is

Is
 'Eternal'.

It is this

Eternal Moment.

The

Eternal Moment

Has

No

Beginning

And

No

End

. . . therefore . . .

It

Does

Not

Change

. . . although . . .

It

May

Appear

To!

1ApparentYogi2ManyAppearances

***

Change is the only constant, right?

The paradox here is that change is only an appearance . . it appears that everything is changing externally, but the centre of 'Life's Dynamo' is perfectly Still, it does not move.

When one is centred in the stillness of being, one sees through the surface, one cuts through, transcends and moves beyond the external to discover that change is not the only constant at all. No . .

The Eternal Moment, 

that which is without beginning or end,

is the only constant.

All else is simply

Appearance.

The Enlightenment Paradox

There

Is

No such

Thing

As

Personal 

Enlightenment.

The

Unenlightened

Don't

Know that . .  

. . . and so . . . 

. . they

go in search

of it.

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What Is Fear?

Fear

Is

A 

Little

Dark Room

. . . where . . .

Negatives

Are

Developed.

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Warning: Beware of the little Dark Room of the Mind, linger too long there, and before you know it you'll have developed a film of life that is full of negatives.

Good News: Action dispels negative, deadlocked, energy . . . So, Take Action Now . . face your fears, and observe them all dissipate into oblivion.

 ;-)

'I'

The

Real

'I'

. . . is . . .

No

'I'

At All.

1YogiNo'I'dea