<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8010924808624915901</id><updated>2012-02-16T20:04:41.293-07:00</updated><category term='buddhism'/><category term='attachment'/><category term='rebirth'/><category term='earth'/><category term='sakti'/><category term='sarojini'/><category term='guru swami g'/><category term='grace'/><category term='duality'/><category term='sage'/><category term='clean water'/><category term='forgiveness'/><category term='self realization'/><category term='satguru'/><category term='easter'/><category term='advaita'/><category term='truth'/><category term='wealth'/><category term='emotion'/><category 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term='islam'/><category term='enlightenment'/><category term='guide'/><category term='acceptance'/><category term='batgap'/><category term='bodhi tree'/><category term='liberation'/><category term='guru'/><category term='kundalini'/><category term='free will'/><category term='ego death'/><category term='eft'/><category term='good friday'/><category term='god consciousness'/><category term='ego'/><category term='sage sarojini'/><category term='spirituality'/><category term='compassion'/><category term='illusion'/><category term='awareness'/><category term='awakening'/><category term='diksha'/><category term='oneness'/><category term='god'/><category term='religion'/><category term='identifications'/><category term='struggles'/><category term='guidance'/><category term='reiki'/><category term='health'/><title type='text'>Silent Stillness</title><subtitle type='html'>Be Still and Know</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://silentstillness.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8010924808624915901/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://silentstillness.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Sarojini</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04419253061720433164</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_iT-2ZBHfqbI/TGSTC2L51oI/AAAAAAAAAHU/gbpnDy8D3Sc/S220/sarojini.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>47</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8010924808624915901.post-848654149906846345</id><published>2011-10-24T01:43:00.232-07:00</published><updated>2011-10-24T15:22:39.079-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sarojini'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='liberation'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='non duality'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='awakening'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='guru'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='guru swami g'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ego death'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='advaita'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sage sarojini'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='spirituality'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='neo advaita'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='enlightenment'/><title type='text'>Conscience: The Faceless Bugger</title><summary type='text'>I've had a hell of a time lately as my normally quiet and unassuming conscience became a persistent annoyance.  A few months ago it began behaving like a five year old following me around incessantly, while repeatedly poking me, as I tried my damnedest to ignore it.  Then, when all patience was lost and my irritation was at its peak, I finally turned around and yelled: "What do you want!?"  This </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://silentstillness.blogspot.com/feeds/848654149906846345/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://silentstillness.blogspot.com/2011/10/life-ignore-at-your-own-risk.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8010924808624915901/posts/default/848654149906846345'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8010924808624915901/posts/default/848654149906846345'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://silentstillness.blogspot.com/2011/10/life-ignore-at-your-own-risk.html' title='Conscience: The Faceless Bugger'/><author><name>Sarojini</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04419253061720433164</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_iT-2ZBHfqbI/TGSTC2L51oI/AAAAAAAAAHU/gbpnDy8D3Sc/S220/sarojini.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8010924808624915901.post-1434024625449339136</id><published>2011-10-17T18:18:00.002-07:00</published><updated>2011-10-17T19:24:33.967-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='liberation'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='spiritual ego'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ego'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='compassion'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='non duality'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='awakening'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='buddhism'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ego death'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='advaita'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='spirituality'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='neo advaita'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='enlightenment'/><title type='text'>Fake It Til You Make It: Appropriate responses for all spiritual and non-spiritual individuals</title><summary type='text'>Listed below are several key phrases which can be used to achieve your desired spiritual status, influence the amount of seekers that follow or admire you, or even to shake people up simply because you still have no idea what any of this silly spiritual babbling is all about.
KEY: a) "advanced seeker" status (aka: wise) or Teacher status (aka: Awake / Enlightened)b) "new seeker" status (aka: </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://silentstillness.blogspot.com/feeds/1434024625449339136/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://silentstillness.blogspot.com/2011/10/fake-it-til-you-make-it-appropriate.html#comment-form' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8010924808624915901/posts/default/1434024625449339136'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8010924808624915901/posts/default/1434024625449339136'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://silentstillness.blogspot.com/2011/10/fake-it-til-you-make-it-appropriate.html' title='Fake It Til You Make It: Appropriate responses for all spiritual and non-spiritual individuals'/><author><name>Sarojini</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04419253061720433164</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_iT-2ZBHfqbI/TGSTC2L51oI/AAAAAAAAAHU/gbpnDy8D3Sc/S220/sarojini.jpg'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8010924808624915901.post-6696191437509700740</id><published>2011-09-27T00:39:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-09-27T08:48:34.208-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sarojini'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='liberation'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='awakening'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='buddha'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='dark night of the soul'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sage sarojini'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='neo advaita'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='enlightenment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='apocalypse'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='rebirth'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='surrender'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='buddhism'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='advaita'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ego death'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='guru swami g'/><title type='text'>Apocalypse: The Last Days on the Inner Journey</title><summary type='text'>




"Words have no power to impress the mind without the exquisite horror of their reality." 

~ Edgar Allan Poe



I am frozen in disbelief as I watch a blazing fire consume my home.  Staring in horror, my stomach sinks as I realize that all of my things inside are being extinguished along with it.  The fire is so intense and monstrous that it's quite apparent every last item, important or not,</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://silentstillness.blogspot.com/feeds/6696191437509700740/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://silentstillness.blogspot.com/2011/09/apocolypse-last-days.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8010924808624915901/posts/default/6696191437509700740'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8010924808624915901/posts/default/6696191437509700740'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://silentstillness.blogspot.com/2011/09/apocolypse-last-days.html' title='Apocalypse: The Last Days on the Inner Journey'/><author><name>Sarojini</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04419253061720433164</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_iT-2ZBHfqbI/TGSTC2L51oI/AAAAAAAAAHU/gbpnDy8D3Sc/S220/sarojini.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8010924808624915901.post-3898272035314032799</id><published>2011-05-31T13:26:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2011-05-31T13:27:32.521-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sarojini'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='realization'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='spiritual ego'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='awakening'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='dark night of the soul'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sage sarojini'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='neo advaita'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='spirituality'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='enlightenment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='oneness'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='non duality'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='surrender'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='advaita'/><title type='text'>Taboo: The political correctness of Spirituality</title><summary type='text'>I am often amused at the comments, articles, books and teachings that condemn [attack] those brave [non]souls that [un]proudly declare themselves 'Awake' or 'Enlightened'.  The premise behind these teachings [attacks] follows the concept that:
a) there is no "one" in whom 'Awakening' or 'Enlightenment' happens to, andb) everyone is always, already 'Awake' or 'Enlightened'.
Forgive my hearty laugh</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://silentstillness.blogspot.com/feeds/3898272035314032799/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://silentstillness.blogspot.com/2011/05/taboo-political-correctness-of.html#comment-form' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8010924808624915901/posts/default/3898272035314032799'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8010924808624915901/posts/default/3898272035314032799'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://silentstillness.blogspot.com/2011/05/taboo-political-correctness-of.html' title='Taboo: The political correctness of Spirituality'/><author><name>Sarojini</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04419253061720433164</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_iT-2ZBHfqbI/TGSTC2L51oI/AAAAAAAAAHU/gbpnDy8D3Sc/S220/sarojini.jpg'/></author><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8010924808624915901.post-6112705210150207707</id><published>2011-05-17T12:24:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-05-17T12:24:12.425-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sarojini'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='choices'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='enlgihtenment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='awakening'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='free will'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sage sarojini'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='neo advaita'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='non duality'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='surrender'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='guru'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='god&apos;s will'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='advaita'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='awareness'/><title type='text'>The inexistence of free will and other ramblings of a mad woman</title><summary type='text'>I've noticed lately, or perhaps for a long time (I just can't say for sure), that I do a lot of things that don't make much sense.  Said another way: I do and say a lot of things, which as I watch myself quietly, I can't say I had any conscious plan or purpose to do or say.  For example: this article.  I knew I'd write something, but I am absolutely clueless as to what words are going to appear </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://silentstillness.blogspot.com/feeds/6112705210150207707/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://silentstillness.blogspot.com/2011/05/inexistence-of-free-will-and-other.html#comment-form' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8010924808624915901/posts/default/6112705210150207707'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8010924808624915901/posts/default/6112705210150207707'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://silentstillness.blogspot.com/2011/05/inexistence-of-free-will-and-other.html' title='The inexistence of free will and other ramblings of a mad woman'/><author><name>Sarojini</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04419253061720433164</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_iT-2ZBHfqbI/TGSTC2L51oI/AAAAAAAAAHU/gbpnDy8D3Sc/S220/sarojini.jpg'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8010924808624915901.post-6316492750268597094</id><published>2011-05-06T13:13:00.004-07:00</published><updated>2011-05-06T13:17:35.826-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sarojini'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='realization'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='awakening'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sage sarojini'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='neo advaita'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='spirituality'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='enlightenment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='non duality'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='surrender'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='self realization'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='buddhism'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='guru'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='advaita'/><title type='text'>The impassable crack in the Path</title><summary type='text'>It's a feeling similar to that of the anticipation and wonder that comes the night before a big event.  One that leaves you almost too anxious to go about your daily routine, while simultaneously preoccupying you with last minute affairs in preparation for the event.  The body seems alive with a steady stream of subtle, but powerful electricity; demanding attention, yet flowing so smoothly that </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://silentstillness.blogspot.com/feeds/6316492750268597094/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://silentstillness.blogspot.com/2011/05/impassable-crack-in-path.html#comment-form' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8010924808624915901/posts/default/6316492750268597094'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8010924808624915901/posts/default/6316492750268597094'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://silentstillness.blogspot.com/2011/05/impassable-crack-in-path.html' title='The impassable crack in the Path'/><author><name>Sarojini</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04419253061720433164</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_iT-2ZBHfqbI/TGSTC2L51oI/AAAAAAAAAHU/gbpnDy8D3Sc/S220/sarojini.jpg'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8010924808624915901.post-8436995308049628751</id><published>2011-05-03T01:50:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2011-05-03T08:48:21.566-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='forgiveness'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='peace'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='religion'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='christianity'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='neo advaita'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='spirituality'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='islam'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='osama bin laden'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='compassion'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='hinduism'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='non duality'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='buddhism'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='advaita'/><title type='text'>'If we don't end war, war will end us.'</title><summary type='text'>"If we don't end war, war will end us." ~ H.G. Wells 
Turning off the TV after watching Americans celebrate the death of Al-Qaeda’s spiritual leader Osama Bin Laden, I quietly went to check on my sleeping children.  I stood gazing at their peaceful faces as a deep sadness enveloped me.  I silently mourned for their playful innocence and childlike joy which one day soon I will be forced to reveal </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://silentstillness.blogspot.com/feeds/8436995308049628751/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://silentstillness.blogspot.com/2011/05/if-we-dont-end-war-war-will-end-us_03.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8010924808624915901/posts/default/8436995308049628751'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8010924808624915901/posts/default/8436995308049628751'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://silentstillness.blogspot.com/2011/05/if-we-dont-end-war-war-will-end-us_03.html' title='&apos;If we don&apos;t end war, war will end us.&apos;'/><author><name>Sarojini</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04419253061720433164</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_iT-2ZBHfqbI/TGSTC2L51oI/AAAAAAAAAHU/gbpnDy8D3Sc/S220/sarojini.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-t1gyTd5gHnA/Tb-9oaIBuJI/AAAAAAAAAIo/dqc6NWmq6EA/s72-c/hands.bmp' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8010924808624915901.post-3456781127618828383</id><published>2011-04-03T18:20:00.002-07:00</published><updated>2011-04-03T18:22:08.501-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='realization'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='non duality'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='surrender'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='self realization'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='grace'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='awakening'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='guru'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='buddhism'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ego death'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='advaita'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='dark night of the soul'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='enlightenment'/><title type='text'>The dark days of the Spiritual Journey</title><summary type='text'>It's been a difficult few months.  However, this difficulty is at a level that I never knew existed before, as it was previously unknown to me.  You see, all is quite fine on the surface.  Life happens; everyday matters are taken care of and all flows with no issues.  Yet, there is a gaping darkness deep within.  This darkness isn't negative in any way, but much like a cave deep within a mountain</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://silentstillness.blogspot.com/feeds/3456781127618828383/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://silentstillness.blogspot.com/2011/04/dark-days-of-spiritual-journey.html#comment-form' title='7 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8010924808624915901/posts/default/3456781127618828383'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8010924808624915901/posts/default/3456781127618828383'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://silentstillness.blogspot.com/2011/04/dark-days-of-spiritual-journey.html' title='The dark days of the Spiritual Journey'/><author><name>Sarojini</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04419253061720433164</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_iT-2ZBHfqbI/TGSTC2L51oI/AAAAAAAAAHU/gbpnDy8D3Sc/S220/sarojini.jpg'/></author><thr:total>7</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8010924808624915901.post-3759182085354629986</id><published>2011-03-31T23:44:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2011-03-31T23:46:42.736-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='silent stillness'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sage sarojini'/><title type='text'>I'm still here</title><summary type='text'>Well, if that title doesn't have a double meaning, I just don't know what would.  Thank you to all the loyal readers that continually come to check for new articles and read past ones.  I've not forgotten about the Blog ... merely forgotten what I was supposed to be writing about. Soooo, I'll dig deep and see what springs forth to share with you lovely people in the next few days.  Hold on to yer</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://silentstillness.blogspot.com/feeds/3759182085354629986/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://silentstillness.blogspot.com/2011/03/im-still-here.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8010924808624915901/posts/default/3759182085354629986'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8010924808624915901/posts/default/3759182085354629986'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://silentstillness.blogspot.com/2011/03/im-still-here.html' title='I&apos;m still here'/><author><name>Sarojini</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04419253061720433164</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_iT-2ZBHfqbI/TGSTC2L51oI/AAAAAAAAAHU/gbpnDy8D3Sc/S220/sarojini.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-l8xyKxgv3UA/TZV0OM6G7zI/AAAAAAAAAIg/Mxbc7dkOuDs/s72-c/cowboy.bmp' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8010924808624915901.post-5639246623459464911</id><published>2011-02-03T18:16:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-02-03T18:16:30.002-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sarojini'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='realization'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='awakening'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sage sarojini'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='nirvikalpa samadhi'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='enlightenment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='non duality'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='surrender'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='self realization'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='guru'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='nirvana'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='advaita'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='guru swami g'/><title type='text'>Journal Entry: I do nothing</title><summary type='text'>The heart is aching in a way too difficult to describe and too deeply to define.  It's an ache clung to by a story which is now unable to turn its gaze from facing its own unreality; pushed by a Love which Knows Its Own Unfathomable Strength.  It's an unrelenting battle; though, it rages far above my understanding and I am only able feel its force in a depth beyond deep.  More and more, its an </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://silentstillness.blogspot.com/feeds/5639246623459464911/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://silentstillness.blogspot.com/2011/02/journal-entry-i-do-nothing.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8010924808624915901/posts/default/5639246623459464911'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8010924808624915901/posts/default/5639246623459464911'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://silentstillness.blogspot.com/2011/02/journal-entry-i-do-nothing.html' title='Journal Entry: I do nothing'/><author><name>Sarojini</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04419253061720433164</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_iT-2ZBHfqbI/TGSTC2L51oI/AAAAAAAAAHU/gbpnDy8D3Sc/S220/sarojini.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8010924808624915901.post-6659805718975955266</id><published>2011-01-31T16:41:00.003-07:00</published><updated>2011-01-31T17:01:41.866-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sarojini'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='realization'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='spiritual ego'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='awakening'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sage sarojini'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='nirvikalpa samadhi'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='enlightenment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ego'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='surrender'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='guru'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='nirvana'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ego death'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='guru swami g'/><title type='text'>Journal Entry: I don't know what I don't know</title><summary type='text'>I don't know.  I really don't know.  I don't even know what I don't know.  I also don't know if there is anything I know, because I am not even sure what knowing is or isn't.  Or if, in fact, there is a way to actually know or not know.  I don't know; I just don't know.  And I don't know what 'I don't know' means, because I don't even know that.  Yet, it's not even a quandary; this 'unknowingness</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://silentstillness.blogspot.com/feeds/6659805718975955266/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://silentstillness.blogspot.com/2011/01/journal-entry-i-dont-know-what-i-dont.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8010924808624915901/posts/default/6659805718975955266'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8010924808624915901/posts/default/6659805718975955266'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://silentstillness.blogspot.com/2011/01/journal-entry-i-dont-know-what-i-dont.html' title='Journal Entry: I don&apos;t know what I don&apos;t know'/><author><name>Sarojini</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04419253061720433164</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_iT-2ZBHfqbI/TGSTC2L51oI/AAAAAAAAAHU/gbpnDy8D3Sc/S220/sarojini.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8010924808624915901.post-1512375394258610140</id><published>2011-01-16T13:32:00.004-07:00</published><updated>2011-01-16T13:36:11.827-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sarojini'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='liberation'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='awakening'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sage sarojini'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='nirvikalpa samadhi'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='enlightenment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ego'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='non duality'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='surrender'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='guru'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='nirvana'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ramana maharshi'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='advaita'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ego death'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='guru swami g'/><title type='text'>Journal Entry: Not this, not that</title><summary type='text'>Wake, dream, sleep; all the same and all equally unreal.  From here to there and from one place to another is, too, an illusion created and sustained by mind.  The I, This Brilliance of Isness, has no mind.  The I, This Radiance of What Is, has no body.  The I, This All and Nothing, the only True Reality.  The I, This, all that Is cannot even be said to be "I", for there is Truly no "other".
</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://silentstillness.blogspot.com/feeds/1512375394258610140/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://silentstillness.blogspot.com/2011/01/journal-entry-not-this-not-that.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8010924808624915901/posts/default/1512375394258610140'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8010924808624915901/posts/default/1512375394258610140'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://silentstillness.blogspot.com/2011/01/journal-entry-not-this-not-that.html' title='Journal Entry: Not this, not that'/><author><name>Sarojini</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04419253061720433164</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_iT-2ZBHfqbI/TGSTC2L51oI/AAAAAAAAAHU/gbpnDy8D3Sc/S220/sarojini.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8010924808624915901.post-3709873537717615096</id><published>2011-01-14T12:48:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2011-01-14T12:50:19.235-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sage'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='bodhi tree'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='suffering'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='buddha'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='attachment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sage sarojini'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ego'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='non duality'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='surrender'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='guru'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='advaita'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ego death'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='guru swami g'/><title type='text'>Journal Entry: "D-Day"</title><summary type='text'>Uneventful dream last night which was full of normalcy; played out like a regular waking day.  Kids, husband, pets, house, routines, vistors.  The usual suspects; the usual stories of waking life appearing in the dream world.  Woke from the dream into the same reality, yet it was waking reality.  Went about the routines that were present in sleep, but now present in wakefullness.  
Suddenly, was </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://silentstillness.blogspot.com/feeds/3709873537717615096/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://silentstillness.blogspot.com/2011/01/journal-entry-d-day.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8010924808624915901/posts/default/3709873537717615096'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8010924808624915901/posts/default/3709873537717615096'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://silentstillness.blogspot.com/2011/01/journal-entry-d-day.html' title='Journal Entry: &quot;D-Day&quot;'/><author><name>Sarojini</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04419253061720433164</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_iT-2ZBHfqbI/TGSTC2L51oI/AAAAAAAAAHU/gbpnDy8D3Sc/S220/sarojini.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8010924808624915901.post-2753770283538887069</id><published>2011-01-11T12:29:00.002-07:00</published><updated>2011-01-11T12:36:20.626-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='liberation'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='non duality'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='surrender'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='awakening'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='nirvana'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='guru swami g'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ego death'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='nirvikalpa samadhi'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='enlightenment'/><title type='text'>Journal Entry: from effort to effortless</title><summary type='text'>It seems as if it was just yesterday that the taste of True Liberation was had, yet this recollecting is seen to simply be a memory; another moment in time that ultimately has no validity.  Liberation is real, but the story of it is entirely unreal.  The story telling mind attempts to assert validity again and again, yet it rises and dissolves completely into thin air, leaving no trace that it </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://silentstillness.blogspot.com/feeds/2753770283538887069/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://silentstillness.blogspot.com/2011/01/journal-entry-from-effort-to-effortless.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8010924808624915901/posts/default/2753770283538887069'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8010924808624915901/posts/default/2753770283538887069'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://silentstillness.blogspot.com/2011/01/journal-entry-from-effort-to-effortless.html' title='Journal Entry: from effort to effortless'/><author><name>Sarojini</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04419253061720433164</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_iT-2ZBHfqbI/TGSTC2L51oI/AAAAAAAAAHU/gbpnDy8D3Sc/S220/sarojini.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_iT-2ZBHfqbI/TSyvliN8cJI/AAAAAAAAAIM/oXhsXpx2ERY/s72-c/pick+up+your+cross.bmp' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8010924808624915901.post-4728865174217596107</id><published>2010-12-31T14:20:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-12-31T14:20:49.048-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='realization'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='liberation'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='spiritual ego'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='batgap'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='surrender'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='buddha'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='awakening'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='nirvana'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='guru'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='guru swami g'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ego death'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sage sarojini'/><title type='text'>New Interview at BATGAP</title><summary type='text'>New interview with Sarojini at 'Buddha at the Gas Pump' with Rick Archer.  This details the process of moving from Oneness (active mind and spiritual ego) to Full Liberation (dead / still mind and ego death).

http://batgap.com/051-sarojini-part-2/</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://silentstillness.blogspot.com/feeds/4728865174217596107/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://silentstillness.blogspot.com/2010/12/new-interview-at-batgap.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8010924808624915901/posts/default/4728865174217596107'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8010924808624915901/posts/default/4728865174217596107'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://silentstillness.blogspot.com/2010/12/new-interview-at-batgap.html' title='New Interview at BATGAP'/><author><name>Sarojini</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04419253061720433164</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_iT-2ZBHfqbI/TGSTC2L51oI/AAAAAAAAAHU/gbpnDy8D3Sc/S220/sarojini.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8010924808624915901.post-7160647441428486103</id><published>2010-12-14T15:08:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-12-14T15:08:51.964-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='realization'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='non duality'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='surrender'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='grace'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='awakening'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='guru'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='soul'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ego death'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='advaita'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='neo advaita'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='enlightenment'/><title type='text'>O' Death, how compassionate your embrace!</title><summary type='text'>I felt a stirring; a pull from somwhere I could not locate and by something I could not understand.  The Heart seemed to open and pour out; coloring over everything that was seen, heard, tasted, touched or known with a quiet, yet unmistakeable call of Grace.  More existed; depth had not been tasted.  I was merely wading in shallow waters.  I still had one foot on the beach.  I had been distracted</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://silentstillness.blogspot.com/feeds/7160647441428486103/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://silentstillness.blogspot.com/2010/12/o-death-how-compassionate-your-embrace.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8010924808624915901/posts/default/7160647441428486103'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8010924808624915901/posts/default/7160647441428486103'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://silentstillness.blogspot.com/2010/12/o-death-how-compassionate-your-embrace.html' title='O&apos; Death, how compassionate your embrace!'/><author><name>Sarojini</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04419253061720433164</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_iT-2ZBHfqbI/TGSTC2L51oI/AAAAAAAAAHU/gbpnDy8D3Sc/S220/sarojini.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8010924808624915901.post-4528558327550618594</id><published>2010-12-08T14:04:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2010-12-08T14:05:28.111-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='thoughts'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='emotion'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='realization'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='liberation'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='peace'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='surrender'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='awakening'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='acceptance'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='enlightenment'/><title type='text'>I was standing at the intersection of thought and emotion, trying to cross the street</title><summary type='text'>"I have NEVER been able to get across. Each time I try I am run over so badly.  I desperately run back out of the street and far away from the corner sidewalk and tremble. Or, I get almost across and a bumper--of one or the other--snag my pant leg and drags me down the street for what feels like forever.  

I run back away from the corner for a long time after that happens. I lick my wounds.
On </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://silentstillness.blogspot.com/feeds/4528558327550618594/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://silentstillness.blogspot.com/2010/12/i-was-standing-at-intersection-of.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8010924808624915901/posts/default/4528558327550618594'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8010924808624915901/posts/default/4528558327550618594'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://silentstillness.blogspot.com/2010/12/i-was-standing-at-intersection-of.html' title='I was standing at the intersection of thought and emotion, trying to cross the street'/><author><name>Sarojini</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04419253061720433164</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_iT-2ZBHfqbI/TGSTC2L51oI/AAAAAAAAAHU/gbpnDy8D3Sc/S220/sarojini.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_iT-2ZBHfqbI/TP_yvP8xkWI/AAAAAAAAAIE/bfFNR9Wdjts/s72-c/crossroads.bmp' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8010924808624915901.post-9022204603666630195</id><published>2010-12-07T12:02:00.003-07:00</published><updated>2011-06-16T09:42:18.630-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='liberation'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='attachments'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='non duality'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='suffering'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='identifications'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='grace'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='awakening'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='advaita'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='neo advaita'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='meditation'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='enlightenment'/><title type='text'>Reflections upon oft forgotten Teachings</title><summary type='text'>While in school, we are often directed to reflect upon beginning teachings to ensure we haven’t drifted too far away from the foundation which supports our expanding wisdom.  Though we may believe we have already learned these initial lessons, our teachers recognize that we may have forgotten the basis of the deeper understandings that we are now coming upon.   This consideration is equally </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://silentstillness.blogspot.com/feeds/9022204603666630195/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://silentstillness.blogspot.com/2010/12/reflections-upon-oft-forgotten.html#comment-form' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8010924808624915901/posts/default/9022204603666630195'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8010924808624915901/posts/default/9022204603666630195'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://silentstillness.blogspot.com/2010/12/reflections-upon-oft-forgotten.html' title='Reflections upon oft forgotten Teachings'/><author><name>Sarojini</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04419253061720433164</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_iT-2ZBHfqbI/TGSTC2L51oI/AAAAAAAAAHU/gbpnDy8D3Sc/S220/sarojini.jpg'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8010924808624915901.post-2360740331145876160</id><published>2010-12-04T15:05:00.002-07:00</published><updated>2010-12-04T16:36:28.609-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='realization'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='liberation'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='non duality'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='awakening'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='guru'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='advaita'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='neo advaita'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='enlightenment'/><title type='text'>Please ... stop hiding</title><summary type='text'>I am greatly saddened by the teachings and folklore which fill the halls of spirituality with tales of unrealistic transcendence which is not only false, but wholly unattainable and completely unsustainable.   In the past when I was emotionally, mentally or physically burdened I would retreat to a soft, warm bed with the hopes of drifting into a deep sleep.  In this state of unconsciousness, my </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://silentstillness.blogspot.com/feeds/2360740331145876160/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://silentstillness.blogspot.com/2010/12/please-stop-hiding.html#comment-form' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8010924808624915901/posts/default/2360740331145876160'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8010924808624915901/posts/default/2360740331145876160'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://silentstillness.blogspot.com/2010/12/please-stop-hiding.html' title='Please ... stop hiding'/><author><name>Sarojini</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04419253061720433164</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_iT-2ZBHfqbI/TGSTC2L51oI/AAAAAAAAAHU/gbpnDy8D3Sc/S220/sarojini.jpg'/></author><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8010924808624915901.post-2243777293784527351</id><published>2010-11-20T16:35:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2010-11-20T22:07:35.791-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='liberation'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='realization'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='god'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='awakening'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='repentance'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='neo advaita'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='enlightenment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='salvation'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='non duality'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='buddhism'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='soul'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='advaita'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ego death'/><title type='text'>The Beauty of Aloneness</title><summary type='text'>Have you ever quietly whispered wishes to a butterfly; dreaming that it’s fluttering dance would silently fly away and magically deliver your heart's yearnings to the hand which cradles the world?  Or dreamt a hopeful dream sent to the stars, imagining they are closer to that divine creator of life and the ultimate reliever of your deepest pangs?  How often you have sought blessings and appealed </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://silentstillness.blogspot.com/feeds/2243777293784527351/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://silentstillness.blogspot.com/2010/11/beauty-of-aloneness.html#comment-form' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8010924808624915901/posts/default/2243777293784527351'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8010924808624915901/posts/default/2243777293784527351'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://silentstillness.blogspot.com/2010/11/beauty-of-aloneness.html' title='The Beauty of Aloneness'/><author><name>Sarojini</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04419253061720433164</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_iT-2ZBHfqbI/TGSTC2L51oI/AAAAAAAAAHU/gbpnDy8D3Sc/S220/sarojini.jpg'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8010924808624915901.post-5583024533767181841</id><published>2010-11-02T14:35:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-11-02T14:35:27.754-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sarojini'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='africa'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='clean water'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='charity'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='charity:water'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sage sarojini'/><title type='text'>Sarojini's 'Charity:Water' Campaign</title><summary type='text'>Friends, 
Please join me in helping to raise $1,000 for 'Charity:Water'; a project to drill fresh water wells in villages throughout Africa.  All donations are tax deductable and 100% of the donations are used for the building of these wells. Thank you for your heartfelt support.


Click on the link below to donate to Sarojini's 'Charity:Water' Campaign:
Sarojini's Water Charity Campaign

</summary><link rel='related' href='http://mycharitywater.org/p/campaign?campaign_id=9856' title='Sarojini&apos;s &apos;Charity:Water&apos; Campaign'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://silentstillness.blogspot.com/feeds/5583024533767181841/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://silentstillness.blogspot.com/2010/11/sarojinis-charitywater-campaign.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8010924808624915901/posts/default/5583024533767181841'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8010924808624915901/posts/default/5583024533767181841'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://silentstillness.blogspot.com/2010/11/sarojinis-charitywater-campaign.html' title='Sarojini&apos;s &apos;Charity:Water&apos; Campaign'/><author><name>Sarojini</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04419253061720433164</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_iT-2ZBHfqbI/TGSTC2L51oI/AAAAAAAAAHU/gbpnDy8D3Sc/S220/sarojini.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8010924808624915901.post-4296026205028405743</id><published>2010-10-29T14:14:00.002-07:00</published><updated>2010-10-29T14:31:52.693-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='god'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='compassion'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='non duality'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='god consciousness'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='awakening'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='nirvana'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='dharma'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='buddhism'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='zen'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='advaita'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='neo advaita'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='enlightenment'/><title type='text'>Reality's soft embrace</title><summary type='text'>Its tender kiss is the breath that you breathe.  Its sweet embrace is the blanket of life; enveloping all that is seen. It breathes life into your body; animating and swaddling every thought which arises and every heart beat that drums softly in your chest.Its love pours into every tear that you’ve ever cried and then softly caresses them with your cheek. Your longing is Its longing; your hope is</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://silentstillness.blogspot.com/feeds/4296026205028405743/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://silentstillness.blogspot.com/2010/10/realitys-soft-embrace.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8010924808624915901/posts/default/4296026205028405743'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8010924808624915901/posts/default/4296026205028405743'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://silentstillness.blogspot.com/2010/10/realitys-soft-embrace.html' title='Reality&apos;s soft embrace'/><author><name>Sarojini</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04419253061720433164</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_iT-2ZBHfqbI/TGSTC2L51oI/AAAAAAAAAHU/gbpnDy8D3Sc/S220/sarojini.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_iT-2ZBHfqbI/TMs9FYRKlII/AAAAAAAAAH8/mgss-76sglI/s72-c/White_Dove_In_Flight__976408.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8010924808624915901.post-8805544485663256279</id><published>2010-10-06T17:49:00.003-07:00</published><updated>2010-10-06T18:21:04.627-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='realization'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='awakening'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='buddha'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='tao'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='neo advaita'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='spirituality'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='enlightenment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ego'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='non duality'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='self realization'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='buddhism'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='zen'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='advaita'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ego death'/><title type='text'>The Spiritual Ego: Hiding within Source</title><summary type='text'>Through your Journey you have matured, discovered, dissolved and come upon the 'Silent Ever Present Witness' within. You are consistently immersed in this Presence; you now directly understand the words of the wise men that have come before you. The fingers pointing towards the moon now point directly to what is internally experienced as: 'I AM THAT'. It is a glorious state of connectedness, </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://silentstillness.blogspot.com/feeds/8805544485663256279/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://silentstillness.blogspot.com/2010/10/spiritual-ego-hiding-within-source.html#comment-form' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8010924808624915901/posts/default/8805544485663256279'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8010924808624915901/posts/default/8805544485663256279'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://silentstillness.blogspot.com/2010/10/spiritual-ego-hiding-within-source.html' title='The Spiritual Ego: Hiding within Source'/><author><name>Sarojini</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04419253061720433164</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_iT-2ZBHfqbI/TGSTC2L51oI/AAAAAAAAAHU/gbpnDy8D3Sc/S220/sarojini.jpg'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8010924808624915901.post-8813606507987884924</id><published>2010-10-04T13:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-10-04T13:00:13.245-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='enlgihtenment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='choices'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='realization'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='illusion'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ego'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='non duality'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='reality'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='awakening'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='advaita'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='responsibility'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='neo advaita'/><title type='text'>The games of Neo-Advaita: Responsibilties and Choices</title><summary type='text'>I have witnessed many seekers become trapped by the teachings they have adopted as if they understood the reality behind the wisdom they have heard. Their new concepts are held as a personal truth and many believe this gives them a free pass to behave lazily, live in denial or avoid responsibility for their choices and actions. As an example, a popular concept often assumed is “All is an illusion</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://silentstillness.blogspot.com/feeds/8813606507987884924/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://silentstillness.blogspot.com/2010/10/games-of-neo-advaita-responsibilties.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8010924808624915901/posts/default/8813606507987884924'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8010924808624915901/posts/default/8813606507987884924'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://silentstillness.blogspot.com/2010/10/games-of-neo-advaita-responsibilties.html' title='The games of Neo-Advaita: Responsibilties and Choices'/><author><name>Sarojini</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04419253061720433164</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_iT-2ZBHfqbI/TGSTC2L51oI/AAAAAAAAAHU/gbpnDy8D3Sc/S220/sarojini.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8010924808624915901.post-1499374142001383479</id><published>2010-10-03T17:44:00.004-07:00</published><updated>2010-10-03T17:46:23.251-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='realization'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='peace'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='suffering'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='awakening'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='neo advaita'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='enlightenment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='duality'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='compassion'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ego'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='non duality'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='honesty'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='self realization'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='guru'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='advaita'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ego death'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='integrity'/><title type='text'>What are you truly seeking?</title><summary type='text'>Most of humanity is nowhere near a spiritual search.  And for many of those that have found themselves delving deeper into the mysteries of life or on a path to 'Enlightenment', they are also nowhere near a spiritual search.  The majority of the human beings on this planet simply want to feel comfortable in their own skin, within their own lives, within their own stories and within the world.  </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://silentstillness.blogspot.com/feeds/1499374142001383479/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://silentstillness.blogspot.com/2010/10/what-are-you-truly-seeking.html#comment-form' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8010924808624915901/posts/default/1499374142001383479'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8010924808624915901/posts/default/1499374142001383479'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://silentstillness.blogspot.com/2010/10/what-are-you-truly-seeking.html' title='What are you truly seeking?'/><author><name>Sarojini</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04419253061720433164</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_iT-2ZBHfqbI/TGSTC2L51oI/AAAAAAAAAHU/gbpnDy8D3Sc/S220/sarojini.jpg'/></author><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8010924808624915901.post-6514239347207998372</id><published>2010-09-30T10:15:00.010-07:00</published><updated>2010-09-30T10:37:33.168-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sarojini'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='diksha'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sage'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='realization'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='awakening'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sage sarojini'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='neo advaita'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='enlightenment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='lotus'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='satguru'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ego'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='non duality'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='self realization'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='buddhism'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='guru'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='teacher'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='advaita'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ego death'/><title type='text'>That's my name; don't wear it out!</title><summary type='text'>"He said true things, but called them by wrong names." ~ Elizabeth Barrett Browning 
Since beginning to share about Truth and the Journey, I have received numerous questions, as well some arguments, relating to the diksha name given to me by my Teacher: Sarojini.  Granted, most of the comments or complaints have been directed towards one little word placed in front of that name: Sage.  I have </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://silentstillness.blogspot.com/feeds/6514239347207998372/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://silentstillness.blogspot.com/2010/09/thats-my-name-dont-wear-it-out.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8010924808624915901/posts/default/6514239347207998372'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8010924808624915901/posts/default/6514239347207998372'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://silentstillness.blogspot.com/2010/09/thats-my-name-dont-wear-it-out.html' title='That&apos;s my name; don&apos;t wear it out!'/><author><name>Sarojini</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04419253061720433164</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_iT-2ZBHfqbI/TGSTC2L51oI/AAAAAAAAAHU/gbpnDy8D3Sc/S220/sarojini.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8010924808624915901.post-8516691640336762368</id><published>2010-09-20T20:35:00.009-07:00</published><updated>2010-09-20T23:20:19.807-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='realization'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='god'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='awakening'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='buddha'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='god consciousness'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='neo advaita'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='spirituality'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='enlightenment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ego'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='non duality'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='self realization'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='guru'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='advaita'/><title type='text'>Seriously!? The ancient lost art of 'Serious-less-ness'</title><summary type='text'>"Don't take life too seriously, nobody ever makes it out alive anyway." ~ Van Wilder
Reading through various spiritual quotes posted on social sites, the spiritual debates that ensue within forums, lengthy discourses on Truth or God, watching a few of the thousands of available satsang vidoes or the endless books written on the subject of Truth, I am often left feeling slightly numb.  After the </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://silentstillness.blogspot.com/feeds/8516691640336762368/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://silentstillness.blogspot.com/2010/09/seriously-ancient-lost-art-of-serious.html#comment-form' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8010924808624915901/posts/default/8516691640336762368'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8010924808624915901/posts/default/8516691640336762368'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://silentstillness.blogspot.com/2010/09/seriously-ancient-lost-art-of-serious.html' title='Seriously!? The ancient lost art of &apos;Serious-less-ness&apos;'/><author><name>Sarojini</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04419253061720433164</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_iT-2ZBHfqbI/TGSTC2L51oI/AAAAAAAAAHU/gbpnDy8D3Sc/S220/sarojini.jpg'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8010924808624915901.post-8741346194990127041</id><published>2010-09-13T16:19:00.014-07:00</published><updated>2010-09-14T00:44:15.380-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='realization'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='virtue'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='awakening'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='buddha'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='religion'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='christianity'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='spirituality'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='neo advaita'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='enlightenment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='hinduism'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='non duality'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='buddhism'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='guru'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='jesus christ'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='teacher'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='advaita'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='earth'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='science'/><title type='text'>Can we survive ourselves?</title><summary type='text'>"I may not agree with what you say, but I will defend to death your right to say it." ~ Voltaire
While the world has made tremendous strides converging in unity, the technological advancements of the age have multiplied the fusing of ideologies, beliefs, opinions and traditions exponentially, leaving little room for mutual or full understanding of the various world views.  This is especially </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://silentstillness.blogspot.com/feeds/8741346194990127041/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://silentstillness.blogspot.com/2010/09/can-we-survive-ourselves.html#comment-form' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8010924808624915901/posts/default/8741346194990127041'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8010924808624915901/posts/default/8741346194990127041'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://silentstillness.blogspot.com/2010/09/can-we-survive-ourselves.html' title='Can we survive ourselves?'/><author><name>Sarojini</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04419253061720433164</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_iT-2ZBHfqbI/TGSTC2L51oI/AAAAAAAAAHU/gbpnDy8D3Sc/S220/sarojini.jpg'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8010924808624915901.post-6309750110595952494</id><published>2010-08-19T18:11:00.005-07:00</published><updated>2010-08-20T12:00:49.273-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='liberation'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='realization'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='seeking'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='awakening'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='buddha'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='guide'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='neo advaita'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='enlightenment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='seeker'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='hinduism'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='non duality'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='buddhism'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='guru'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='searching'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ramana maharshi'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='teacher'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='advaita'/><title type='text'>To the Teachers and Leaders on this Pathless Path</title><summary type='text'>I have to admit that I cringe when I hear someone within the spiritual circles repeat the wisdom of “we are already Enlightened”, as if that statement alone will bring people comfort and understanding. They are correct, of course; but, that doesn’t stop the guy down the street from hitting his kids, the neighbor from blaming the world’s problems on one segregated group or another, the overwhelmed</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://silentstillness.blogspot.com/feeds/6309750110595952494/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://silentstillness.blogspot.com/2010/08/to-teachers-and-leaders-on-this.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8010924808624915901/posts/default/6309750110595952494'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8010924808624915901/posts/default/6309750110595952494'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://silentstillness.blogspot.com/2010/08/to-teachers-and-leaders-on-this.html' title='To the Teachers and Leaders on this Pathless Path'/><author><name>Sarojini</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04419253061720433164</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_iT-2ZBHfqbI/TGSTC2L51oI/AAAAAAAAAHU/gbpnDy8D3Sc/S220/sarojini.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8010924808624915901.post-5640805486835029158</id><published>2010-08-10T14:40:00.008-07:00</published><updated>2010-08-12T23:54:15.707-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='liberation'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='awakening'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='buddha'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='religion'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='neo advaita'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='spirituality'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='enlightenment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='guidance'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='non duality'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='guru'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ramana maharshi'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='advaita'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='teacher'/><title type='text'>What your holy books never told you (or you chose to ignore) about Awakening</title><summary type='text'>Today I would like to take the time to address some things that you may never have heard about which happens upon or after Awakening / Enlightenment / Liberation.  These happenings are usually never mentioned in the holy books, or if they are, they are totally ignored.  This is merely a "check list", of sorts, to refer to when one is rather convinced that the whole world had this Awakening "thing</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://silentstillness.blogspot.com/feeds/5640805486835029158/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://silentstillness.blogspot.com/2010/08/what-your-holy-books-never-told-you-or.html#comment-form' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8010924808624915901/posts/default/5640805486835029158'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8010924808624915901/posts/default/5640805486835029158'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://silentstillness.blogspot.com/2010/08/what-your-holy-books-never-told-you-or.html' title='What your holy books never told you (or you chose to ignore) about Awakening'/><author><name>Sarojini</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04419253061720433164</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_iT-2ZBHfqbI/TGSTC2L51oI/AAAAAAAAAHU/gbpnDy8D3Sc/S220/sarojini.jpg'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8010924808624915901.post-1276138986553216373</id><published>2010-05-18T10:15:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2010-08-12T23:55:09.929-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='realization'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='chakras'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='awakening'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sakti'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='neo advaita'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='enlightenment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='yoga'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='non duality'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='surrender'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='grace'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='guru'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ramana maharshi'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='shakti'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='kundalini'/><title type='text'>Kundalini and Realization: Exchange with Sarojini</title><summary type='text'>Namaste and Great Morning,
F: (Update) More space lately, the knot in the chest takes up less and there is more intimacy.. Seems like the thought/sense "I" is creating this knot/contraction.
Sarojini: The "I" thought is the first thought that arises (whether one is aware of that or not ... this is where the story of "me" follows from).
F: When the mind goes more quiet the knot is more transparent</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://silentstillness.blogspot.com/feeds/1276138986553216373/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://silentstillness.blogspot.com/2010/05/kundalini-and-realization-exchange-with.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8010924808624915901/posts/default/1276138986553216373'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8010924808624915901/posts/default/1276138986553216373'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://silentstillness.blogspot.com/2010/05/kundalini-and-realization-exchange-with.html' title='Kundalini and Realization: Exchange with Sarojini'/><author><name>Sarojini</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04419253061720433164</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_iT-2ZBHfqbI/TGSTC2L51oI/AAAAAAAAAHU/gbpnDy8D3Sc/S220/sarojini.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8010924808624915901.post-639144897760466468</id><published>2010-04-12T17:40:00.002-07:00</published><updated>2010-04-12T17:42:40.932-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='enlgihtenment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='realization'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='god'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='awakening'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='buddha'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='compassion'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ego'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='non duality'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='self realization'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='guru'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ramana maharshi'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ego death'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='love'/><title type='text'>'God is a Comedian playing to an audience too afraid to laugh'</title><summary type='text'>‘Lord, please protect me from your followers.’
Do you remember when you first started the Search, in whatever way that was, and how it seemed sooooo important to tell absolutely anybody who had your attention about Truth or God or Love… even if they weren’t interested in hearing about it? Perhaps even trying to convert the check out girl at McDonalds? “I’ll take a double cheeseburger. And I love </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8010924808624915901/posts/default/639144897760466468'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8010924808624915901/posts/default/639144897760466468'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://silentstillness.blogspot.com/2010/04/god-is-comedian-playing-to-audience-too.html' title='&apos;God is a Comedian playing to an audience too afraid to laugh&apos;'/><author><name>Sarojini</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04419253061720433164</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_iT-2ZBHfqbI/TGSTC2L51oI/AAAAAAAAAHU/gbpnDy8D3Sc/S220/sarojini.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8010924808624915901.post-5874279585402101683</id><published>2010-04-02T17:10:00.010-07:00</published><updated>2010-04-02T19:59:45.794-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='enlgihtenment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='liberation'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='realization'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='awakening'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='buddha'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='christianity'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='good friday'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='easter'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='non duality'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='jesus'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='self realization'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='guru'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='jesus christ'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ramana maharshi'/><title type='text'>Risen</title><summary type='text'>Faceless is not hopelessIt is pureDeath is not an endThere is no beginning
Breathtaking bowsUpon the Ground which called his nameDo not forsake me, FatherAt once he is lostInto Him
Frightened men scour the earthSearching for the ashes of his formLifting the rocksBranchesDebris
Yet he restsNot under themBut within them
Do not trace my footstepsThey are invisibleMy feet never touched the ground
My </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8010924808624915901/posts/default/5874279585402101683'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8010924808624915901/posts/default/5874279585402101683'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://silentstillness.blogspot.com/2010/04/risen_02.html' title='Risen'/><author><name>Sarojini</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04419253061720433164</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_iT-2ZBHfqbI/TGSTC2L51oI/AAAAAAAAAHU/gbpnDy8D3Sc/S220/sarojini.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8010924808624915901.post-37240569997107915</id><published>2010-03-28T13:48:00.002-07:00</published><updated>2010-03-28T14:27:24.751-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='realization'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='awakening'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='buddha'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='religion'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='christianity'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='separation'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='enlightenment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ego'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='non duality'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='jesus'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='self realization'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='buddhism'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='guru'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='teacher'/><title type='text'>'He who has an ear to hear, let him hear'</title><summary type='text'>To those that manipulate the words of the Great Ones whom have tried to Point the Way towards True Life for selfish means, that inflict violence and cruelty upon fellow brethren in the name of God, that wish to impose their beliefs as law onto others while profiting from the suffering of man in the name of religion or spirituality: shame on you. To those that use the masks of holy men to perform </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://silentstillness.blogspot.com/feeds/37240569997107915/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://silentstillness.blogspot.com/2010/03/he-who-has-ear-to-hear-let-him-hear.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8010924808624915901/posts/default/37240569997107915'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8010924808624915901/posts/default/37240569997107915'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://silentstillness.blogspot.com/2010/03/he-who-has-ear-to-hear-let-him-hear.html' title='&apos;He who has an ear to hear, let him hear&apos;'/><author><name>Sarojini</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04419253061720433164</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_iT-2ZBHfqbI/TGSTC2L51oI/AAAAAAAAAHU/gbpnDy8D3Sc/S220/sarojini.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8010924808624915901.post-5325657975407715957</id><published>2010-03-23T01:11:00.005-07:00</published><updated>2010-03-23T07:20:52.597-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='realization'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ego'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='non duality'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='self realization'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='buddha'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='awakening'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='guru'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='religion'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ramana maharshi'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='enlightenment'/><title type='text'>The Truth about 'Manifesting'</title><summary type='text'>‘The truth will set you free, but first it will piss you off.’ – Unknown
I have discovered that most people aren’t looking for the unwavering Truth that cuts straight through the layers of debris that block clear Understanding, but to create a truth that supports their unquestioned beliefs and current mentalities. It is not surprising or even unnatural for the man who is blinded by his attachment</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://silentstillness.blogspot.com/feeds/5325657975407715957/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://silentstillness.blogspot.com/2010/03/truth-about-manifesting.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8010924808624915901/posts/default/5325657975407715957'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8010924808624915901/posts/default/5325657975407715957'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://silentstillness.blogspot.com/2010/03/truth-about-manifesting.html' title='The Truth about &apos;Manifesting&apos;'/><author><name>Sarojini</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04419253061720433164</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_iT-2ZBHfqbI/TGSTC2L51oI/AAAAAAAAAHU/gbpnDy8D3Sc/S220/sarojini.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8010924808624915901.post-520298794465023901</id><published>2010-03-13T14:21:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2010-03-13T14:22:45.492-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='realization'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ego'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='non duality'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='self realization'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='buddha'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='awakening'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='guru'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='searching'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='enlightenment'/><title type='text'>Moon dreams</title><summary type='text'>The moon is made of dreamsThe stars sparkle with wishesThe clouds only wispy imaginingsShowering the world Nourishing the seeds you plant in sleep
How I wish to sing you a lullabyOf the moon’s soothing voiceWhich beckons the stars to shineTempts the clouds to danceAs rains enliven the blossoms of your desires
Yet silence hushes this love songFor fear you would sleep onI do not dare you to dreamI </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://silentstillness.blogspot.com/feeds/520298794465023901/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://silentstillness.blogspot.com/2010/03/moon-dreams.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8010924808624915901/posts/default/520298794465023901'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8010924808624915901/posts/default/520298794465023901'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://silentstillness.blogspot.com/2010/03/moon-dreams.html' title='Moon dreams'/><author><name>Sarojini</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04419253061720433164</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_iT-2ZBHfqbI/TGSTC2L51oI/AAAAAAAAAHU/gbpnDy8D3Sc/S220/sarojini.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8010924808624915901.post-4306120004277398642</id><published>2010-03-04T19:21:00.004-07:00</published><updated>2010-03-23T14:32:55.799-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='eckhart tolle'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='realization'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='counseling'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='peace'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='reality'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='awakening'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='buddha'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='therapy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='eternal now'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='emotion'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='joy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='happiness'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='guidance'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='guru'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ramana maharshi'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='teacher'/><title type='text'>Responsibilities and Manipulations: Exchange with a seeker</title><summary type='text'>Namaste Sarojini,
Namaste,
Sarojini: Before I respond to your questions, I’d like to invite you to join the private online forum. There, more robust discussions about the articles can take place, additional pointers can be given and deeper content will be available for members only. Most of the questions simply can’t be expanded upon in one blog comment reply and, honestly, a lifetime of raveling</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://silentstillness.blogspot.com/feeds/4306120004277398642/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://silentstillness.blogspot.com/2010/03/responsibilities-and-manipulations.html#comment-form' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8010924808624915901/posts/default/4306120004277398642'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8010924808624915901/posts/default/4306120004277398642'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://silentstillness.blogspot.com/2010/03/responsibilities-and-manipulations.html' title='Responsibilities and Manipulations: Exchange with a seeker'/><author><name>Sarojini</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04419253061720433164</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_iT-2ZBHfqbI/TGSTC2L51oI/AAAAAAAAAHU/gbpnDy8D3Sc/S220/sarojini.jpg'/></author><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8010924808624915901.post-1469554525412445550</id><published>2010-02-11T20:00:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2010-02-11T20:03:05.246-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='realization'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='beliefs'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='peace'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='awakening'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='self help'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='therapy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='desires'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='mind'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='wealth'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='happiness'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='compassion'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ego'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='self realization'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='guru'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ramana maharshi'/><title type='text'>The Life of a Desire - Part II ... (Belief in thought)</title><summary type='text'>It was previously described how a solitary thought that is fed with enough mental, emotional or physical energy can become a driving storyline or desire.  The details of the storylines and desires are infinite; meaning, they can cover any conceivable object, action or concept.  However, to break free from negative driving storylines or desires, one needn't overcome them through willpower (as we </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://silentstillness.blogspot.com/feeds/1469554525412445550/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://silentstillness.blogspot.com/2010/02/life-of-desire-part-ii-belief-in.html#comment-form' title='7 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8010924808624915901/posts/default/1469554525412445550'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8010924808624915901/posts/default/1469554525412445550'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://silentstillness.blogspot.com/2010/02/life-of-desire-part-ii-belief-in.html' title='The Life of a Desire - Part II ... (Belief in thought)'/><author><name>Sarojini</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04419253061720433164</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_iT-2ZBHfqbI/TGSTC2L51oI/AAAAAAAAAHU/gbpnDy8D3Sc/S220/sarojini.jpg'/></author><thr:total>7</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8010924808624915901.post-4808885159334682536</id><published>2010-02-09T13:29:00.004-07:00</published><updated>2010-02-09T20:23:42.241-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ideas'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='beliefs'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='suffering'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='desire'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='awakening'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='guru'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ramana maharshi'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='separation'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='struggles'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='enlightenment'/><title type='text'>The Life of a Desire - Part I</title><summary type='text'>I watched a program recently in which several child molesters were candidly interviewed about the crimes they committed.  They provided first hand accounts of how their sexual desires morphed from mental fantasies into physical actions.  Crimes against any person of any age is a terrible thing; what is often overlooked is how these acts are initially born from a passing thought and end in the </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://silentstillness.blogspot.com/feeds/4808885159334682536/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://silentstillness.blogspot.com/2010/02/life-of-desire-part-i.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8010924808624915901/posts/default/4808885159334682536'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8010924808624915901/posts/default/4808885159334682536'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://silentstillness.blogspot.com/2010/02/life-of-desire-part-i.html' title='The Life of a Desire - Part I'/><author><name>Sarojini</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04419253061720433164</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_iT-2ZBHfqbI/TGSTC2L51oI/AAAAAAAAAHU/gbpnDy8D3Sc/S220/sarojini.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8010924808624915901.post-3399533242126042911</id><published>2010-01-29T16:44:00.003-07:00</published><updated>2010-09-22T20:15:56.942-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='realization'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ego'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='compassion'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='humility'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='buddha'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='awakening'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='guru'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='buddhism'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ramana maharshi'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='love'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='spirituality'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='boddhisattva'/><title type='text'>Spiritual Pride</title><summary type='text'>Shortly after a profound experience that 'cracked open the mind', for lack of a better term, and revealed the Witness within (also dubbed: 'The Witness State' or 'Oneness'), I decided to visit some forums frequented by seekers on the Spiritual Path.  There were hundreds of seekers engaging in intellectual debates not only on the Nature of Reality, but on the validity of Teachers, various paths, </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://silentstillness.blogspot.com/feeds/3399533242126042911/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://silentstillness.blogspot.com/2010/01/spiritual-pride.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8010924808624915901/posts/default/3399533242126042911'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8010924808624915901/posts/default/3399533242126042911'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://silentstillness.blogspot.com/2010/01/spiritual-pride.html' title='Spiritual Pride'/><author><name>Sarojini</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04419253061720433164</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_iT-2ZBHfqbI/TGSTC2L51oI/AAAAAAAAAHU/gbpnDy8D3Sc/S220/sarojini.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8010924808624915901.post-8695263909810034686</id><published>2010-01-28T10:04:00.005-07:00</published><updated>2010-01-28T10:16:22.835-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='realization'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='god'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='non duality'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='self realization'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='buddha'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='awakening'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='guru'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ramana maharshi'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='attachment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='enlightenment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='consciousness'/><title type='text'>Attachment and Detachment ~ Exchange with a seeker</title><summary type='text'>Namaste and hot coffee morn,

Seeker: It seems a confusing mess to be sure.

Sarojini: Through conditioned mind, yes this is certainly true.

Seeker: In a recent facebook post you wrote the following (which was in fact a reply to a question I asked a while ago)... "The attachment to thoughts / mental concepts can be said to be the sole obstacle to Realizing the True Self. If this is so, then </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://silentstillness.blogspot.com/feeds/8695263909810034686/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://silentstillness.blogspot.com/2010/01/attachment-and-dettachment-exchange.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8010924808624915901/posts/default/8695263909810034686'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8010924808624915901/posts/default/8695263909810034686'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://silentstillness.blogspot.com/2010/01/attachment-and-dettachment-exchange.html' title='Attachment and Detachment ~ Exchange with a seeker'/><author><name>Sarojini</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04419253061720433164</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_iT-2ZBHfqbI/TGSTC2L51oI/AAAAAAAAAHU/gbpnDy8D3Sc/S220/sarojini.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8010924808624915901.post-3743613251591145835</id><published>2010-01-26T14:02:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2010-01-26T14:03:10.622-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='realization'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='self realization'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='buddha'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='health'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='guru'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ramana maharshi'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='teacher'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='enlightenment'/><title type='text'>Mental and physical suffering - is it real?  Exchange with a seeker (Part II)</title><summary type='text'>Namaste and Wonder Filled Now,

Seeker: Thank you so much for answering my questions I would if that is okay with you, like to ask more of you in the way of clarity.

Sarojini: Thank you for making your questions available to others, as they can certainly aide in Clarity for many.

Seeker: Talking about something as ineffable as this subject, it seems to be at times like searching for the </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://silentstillness.blogspot.com/feeds/3743613251591145835/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://silentstillness.blogspot.com/2010/01/mental-and-physical-suffering-is-it_26.html#comment-form' title='11 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8010924808624915901/posts/default/3743613251591145835'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8010924808624915901/posts/default/3743613251591145835'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://silentstillness.blogspot.com/2010/01/mental-and-physical-suffering-is-it_26.html' title='Mental and physical suffering - is it real?  Exchange with a seeker (Part II)'/><author><name>Sarojini</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04419253061720433164</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_iT-2ZBHfqbI/TGSTC2L51oI/AAAAAAAAAHU/gbpnDy8D3Sc/S220/sarojini.jpg'/></author><thr:total>11</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8010924808624915901.post-1797866281203151285</id><published>2010-01-25T10:03:00.006-07:00</published><updated>2010-01-25T10:09:19.266-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='realization'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='guidance'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='suffering'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='eft'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='self realization'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='buddha'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='awakening'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='truth'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='guru'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ramana maharshi'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='therapy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='reiki'/><title type='text'>Mental and physical suffering - is it real?  Exchange with a seeker ...</title><summary type='text'>Namaste and Welcome,

Seeker: Hi.  I joined the group last week but I have only just got the question right in my head and I hope it sounds okay now its in print. 

Sarojini: OM.

Seeker: I use a technique called EFT or Emotional Freedom Technique it helps many people to drop things like phobias and negative thoughts and eases many physical issues like pain and headaches I also use Reiki in my </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://silentstillness.blogspot.com/feeds/1797866281203151285/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://silentstillness.blogspot.com/2010/01/mental-and-physical-suffering-is-it.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8010924808624915901/posts/default/1797866281203151285'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8010924808624915901/posts/default/1797866281203151285'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://silentstillness.blogspot.com/2010/01/mental-and-physical-suffering-is-it.html' title='Mental and physical suffering - is it real?  Exchange with a seeker ...'/><author><name>Sarojini</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04419253061720433164</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_iT-2ZBHfqbI/TGSTC2L51oI/AAAAAAAAAHU/gbpnDy8D3Sc/S220/sarojini.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8010924808624915901.post-631106508121625599</id><published>2010-01-22T09:00:00.007-07:00</published><updated>2010-01-22T20:25:44.130-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='holy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='realization'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sins'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='non duality'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='surrender'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='self realization'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='buddha'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='guru'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ramana maharshi'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='spirituality'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='saints'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='enlightenment'/><title type='text'>The unholy truth of Truth</title><summary type='text'>'If you are ever searching for a way to feel less than human (let's say like complete scum), pick up almost any book about religious or spiritual saints, saviors, teachers, Jesus or even Buddha. Suddenly your sins, transgressions, mediocre character and even your personality flaws appear larger than life compared to the holy lives, works and faith of these people. You begin to wonder who in the </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://silentstillness.blogspot.com/feeds/631106508121625599/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://silentstillness.blogspot.com/2010/01/unholy-truth-of-truth.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8010924808624915901/posts/default/631106508121625599'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8010924808624915901/posts/default/631106508121625599'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://silentstillness.blogspot.com/2010/01/unholy-truth-of-truth.html' title='The unholy truth of Truth'/><author><name>Sarojini</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04419253061720433164</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_iT-2ZBHfqbI/TGSTC2L51oI/AAAAAAAAAHU/gbpnDy8D3Sc/S220/sarojini.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8010924808624915901.post-9006743891999055679</id><published>2010-01-21T22:04:00.003-07:00</published><updated>2010-01-22T20:26:23.262-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='realization'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='self realization'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='buddha'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='awakening'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='guru'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='religion'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='spirituality'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='enlightenment'/><title type='text'>Eternity</title><summary type='text'>Past memories
are repeat thoughts
held to be real

Future dreams
are projected ideas
of something beyond

But the Eternal Now
carries neither
yet contains both

Sweet beings
your Nature is Eternal
far beyond what you believe
Eternal to be

This past which haunts you
has long since died
in the Silent Stillness of the Real

This future which carries you away
will never be caught
but rests in the </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://silentstillness.blogspot.com/feeds/9006743891999055679/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://silentstillness.blogspot.com/2010/01/eternity.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8010924808624915901/posts/default/9006743891999055679'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8010924808624915901/posts/default/9006743891999055679'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://silentstillness.blogspot.com/2010/01/eternity.html' title='Eternity'/><author><name>Sarojini</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04419253061720433164</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_iT-2ZBHfqbI/TGSTC2L51oI/AAAAAAAAAHU/gbpnDy8D3Sc/S220/sarojini.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8010924808624915901.post-6102184262554289817</id><published>2010-01-20T21:02:00.005-07:00</published><updated>2010-01-22T20:26:49.547-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sage'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='realization'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='god'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='rebirth'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='surrender'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='buddha'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='awakening'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='guru'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ramana maharshi'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='spirituality'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='kundalini'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='enlightenment'/><title type='text'>Paradise reborn</title><summary type='text'>In the darkness of that night
with the chilling winds crashing
and harrowing cries of the wild
the flood gates spilled open
and all manners of demons sprang forth

In the fortress of being I rested
and watched as the wind became still
the cries of the wild fell silent
the flood waters now motionless
holding the reflection of the rising sun

Paradise reborn
</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://silentstillness.blogspot.com/feeds/6102184262554289817/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://silentstillness.blogspot.com/2010/01/paradise-reborn.html#comment-form' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8010924808624915901/posts/default/6102184262554289817'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8010924808624915901/posts/default/6102184262554289817'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://silentstillness.blogspot.com/2010/01/paradise-reborn.html' title='Paradise reborn'/><author><name>Sarojini</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04419253061720433164</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_iT-2ZBHfqbI/TGSTC2L51oI/AAAAAAAAAHU/gbpnDy8D3Sc/S220/sarojini.jpg'/></author><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8010924808624915901.post-526752909440324248</id><published>2009-08-09T13:36:00.002-07:00</published><updated>2010-01-22T20:24:37.450-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sage'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='liberation'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='realization'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='god'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='awakening'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='buddha'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='hope'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='faith'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='spirituality'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='consciousness'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='enlightenment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='guidance'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='surrender'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='guru'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='nirvana'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='soul'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='maharshi'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='teacher'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='shaktipat'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='shakti'/><title type='text'>The Journey</title><summary type='text'>
Once I dreamt of greatness and glory;
Salvation from the wrongs thrust upon me,
Revenge for the wounds inflicted upon me,
Admiration for the resolve that was maintained.

To my knees I fell
As those wrongs were shown in light
And those wounds cut open anew
The resolve shown to be fear

As I lay naked
Bare and afraid
I begged for mercy
"Why do you leave me this way!?"

And Life sweetly answered
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