Tantric wisdom

"I tried to find Him on the Christian cross, but He was not there; I
went to the temple of the Hindus and to the old pagodas, but I could
not find a trace of Him anywhere. I searched on the mountains and in
the valleys, but neither in the heights nor in the depths was I able
to find Him. I went to the Kaaba in Mecca, but He was not there
either. I questioned the scholars and philosophers, but He was beyond
their understanding. I then looked into my heart, and it was there
where He dwelled that I saw Him; He was nowhere else to be found."

-Jalaluddin Rumi, poet and mystic (1207-1273)
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"It is only through meditation
That you start becoming a man
You start getting out of the animal kingdom.
Something greater than the animal
Starts happening to you through meditation.
On the one hand it makes you a human being
On the other hand it brings great excellence
In whatsoever you do.
The secret is
That meditation releases awareness in you.
To me awareness is the only virtue
And unawareness the only sin."

~ Osho
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"The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is
the source of all true art and all science. He to whom this emotion is
a stranger, who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe,
is as good as dead: his eyes are closed."

~ Albert Einstein
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"You are alive only in the proportion that you are aware. Awareness
is the difference between death and life. Buddhas have a different
definition. Their definition consists of awareness. They don't say
you are alive because you can breathe, they say you are alive if you
are awake. Wakefulness is the way to life, says Buddha. Become more
wakeful and you will become more alive."

~ Osho
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"It is always difficult to start anything new, because the mind always
tries to postpone. With the old, mind fits perfectly. With the new,
there is a certain uneasiness. But don't postpone.If you feel that
something new is coming, that you would like to do something new, do
it -- because only by doing it will it settle in your being. In fact
only by doing do we know who we are, and doing
reveals your being. By dancing you come to know that you are a
dancer -
- there is no other way to know. If you never dance you will never
come to know that you are a dancer; you will miss that dimension."

~ Osho
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"To thine own-self be true;
And it must follow, as the night the day.
Thou can'st not then be false to any man."

-- Hamlet. Act I. Sc. 3
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PEOPLE ARE OFTEN UNREASONABLE,
IRRATIONAL, AND SELF-CENTERED;
FORGIVE THEM ANYWAY.
IF YOU ARE KIND, PEOPLE MAY ACCUSE
YOU OF SELFISH, ULTERIOR MOTIVES;
BE KIND ANYWAY.
IF YOU ARE SUCCESSFUL, YOU WILL WIN SOME UNFAITHFUL FRIENDS AND SOME
GENUINE ENEMIES;
SUCCEED ANYWAY.
IF YOU ARE HONEST AND SINCERE
PEOPLE MAY DECEIVE YOU;
BE HONEST AND SINCERE ANYWAY.
WHAT YOU SPEND YEARS CREATING
OTHERS COULD DESTROY OVERNIGHT;
CREATE ANYWAY.
IF YOU FIND SERENITY AND HAPPINESS,
SOME MAY BE JEALOUS;
BE HAPPY ANYWAY.
THE GOOD YOU DO TODAY,
WILL BE FORGOTTEN.
DO GOOD ANYWAY.
GIVE THE BEST YOU HAVE,
AND IT MAY NOT BE ENOUGH;
GIVE YOUR BEST ANYWAY.
IN THE FINAL ANALYSIS,
IT IS BETWEEN YOU AND GOD;
IT WAS NEVER BETWEEN YOU AND THEM
ANYWAY.

~ MOTHER THERESA
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If anyone asks you
how the perfect satisfaction
of all our sexual wanting
will look, lift your face
and say,
Like this.

When someone mentions the gracefulness
of the nightsky, climb up on the roof
and dance and say,
Like this.

If anyone wants to know what "spirit" is,
or what "God's fragrance" means,
lean your head toward him or her.
Keep your face there close.
Like this.

When someone quotes the old poetic image
about clouds gradually uncovering the moon,
slowly loosen knot by knot the strings
of your robe.
Like this.

If anyone wonders how Jesus raised the dead,
don't try to explain the miracle.
Kiss me on the lips.
Like this. Like this.

When someone asks what it means
to "die for love," point
here.

If someone asks how tall I am, frown
and measure with your fingers the space
between the creases on your forehead.
This tall.

The soul sometimes leaves the body, the returns.
When someone doesn't believe that,
walk back into my house.
Like this.

When lovers moan,
they're telling our story.
Like this.

I am a sky where spirits live.
Stare into this deepening blue,
while the breeze says a secret.
Like this.

When someone asks what there is to do,
light the candle in his hand.
Like this.

How did Joseph's scent come to Jacob?
Huuuuu.
How did Jacob's sight return?
Huuuu.
A little wind cleans the eyes.
Like this.

When Shams comes back from Tabriz,
he'll put just his head around the edge
of the door to surprise us
Like this.

~ J. Rumi
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"Some day, after we have mastered the winds, the waves, the tides and
gravity, we shall harness...the energies of love. Then, for the
second time in the history of the world, man will have discovered
fire."

~ Pierre Theilhard de Chardin
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"Sexual love is the purest energy of the divine state,
for lovers in their embrace form one angel."

-- Swedenborg
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