What Matters
I've never climbed in the Himalayas but I've read a lot about those who do. And it is there climbers encounter above twenty-five or twenty-six thousand feet a place known as the Death Zone. It is so named because at that altitude there is a variety of conditions that...
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Creativity: The Flow of life
“Creation is something that happens from the inside and flows to the outside.” Creativity is the very process of life, the very process of creation itself. Everything that is happening around us is happening through the process of creativity. Creativity is not just an...
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Exploring Your Inner Space
As a student and volunteer at Inner-Revolution, one of the tasks I work on daily is editing and uploading Avi's video talks to YouTube. I truly enjoy listening to all of them, but once in a while one of them really resonates with me. One of the students asked Avi...
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Getting Rid of Conflicts in your Thinking
“You cannot transcend your thoughts as long as there is a conflict in your thoughts.” You cannot transcend your thoughts as long as there is a conflict in your thoughts. It is conflict that occupies the Self with thoughts, because thoughts try to resolve conflict....
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Don’t Throw Your Life Away
At any moment of your own choosing, you can stop running, then pause and reflect on the life that is already yours. You can very much be alive and still throw your life away if you don’t know what exactly it means to be alive. Life is not just a precious experience...
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Observing what you are not
I am the spark of aliveness that is making this body move--the spark that will never die. Once I began meditating, certain things started making sense--real sense, as in “why didn’t I see this before now?” sense. The basic piece of information I've discovered is that...
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From Religion to Individuality
Christianity is the last big religion Another Christianity, another religion like the way Christianity has happened, is an impossibility, so Christianity is the last big religion. Islam is also there, but Islam is still new. If one of these two religions goes away...
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Detachment: The Practice of Self-Love
First, let's understand what attachment is. Attachment begins with a desire of the mind; the root of all attachments is a desire. When the object of that desire begins to manifest, either in the form of a relationship or in the form of a fulfilled desire, then the...
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How to Add Meditation to Your Day
We make time for things we want to do So, are you ready to start meditating but unsure how to work it into your busy schedule? I’ve been there--corporate job, two kids, husband, daily commute--sometimes insanely long (1-1/2 hours one way) and most of the time we were...
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Beginner’s Guide to Meditation
“Meditation exists within us--we've just got to find it" Meditation is probably the simplest of daily routines we can pick up that can tremendously increase our physical and mental wellbeing. At the most basic level, meditation is a process of consciously watching our...
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Avi’s first book is out! (and other news)
Even though it's winter time in Crab Orchard, we're still very busy getting the Inner-Revolution rolling! The meditation hall foundation and subfloor are complete, and the walls will be started this coming week. It's all being built with volunteer labor and donations,...
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Sit Down and be Quiet
Meditation isn’t anything fancy; it’s just sitting quietly How many times have you heard that in your life? How many times have you told someone else those words? It’s funny how the first 2-3 years of a child’s life we are teaching them to stand up and walk, and to...
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What is Mysticism
“One of the most beautiful qualities of human existence is this sense of mystery” One of the most beautiful qualities of human existence is this sense of mystery, which says there is something out there worth striving towards, something that cannot be grasped by any...
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Body and Meditation
“What you are experiencing is not a body, but a boundary” During meditation today, use your own body as your distraction. That means the space where you will move around during meditation is your own body. So, start with the breath. Just observe the breath. Be in that...
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Watching the Breath–the Ultimate Meditation Anchor
“Not everyone who has a body is an individual.” An individual is an ocean; a vast, unimaginable ocean of life. An individual is aliveness; he is not what you see. A person is simply what he is. You are simply what you are. There is a tremendous difference between the...
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This Moment
Come sit by me child I want to share with you the greatest secret that has ever been shouted from the highest mountain, sung by every bird, whispered by every leaf. Falling on ears deafened with thoughts of wealth, success, fame and fortune, to be enjoyed by what?...
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Liberation of the Individual
“Until an individual comes to a fundamental questioning of who he is, he is simply lost in the collectivity.” Spirituality is not an ideology, it is not a concept, and it is not a manmade dream. Spirituality is an existential longing to know who you are. That is why...
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Seeking Divinity is an individual’s journey
“Not everyone who has a body is an individual.” An individual is an ocean; a vast, unimaginable ocean of life. An individual is aliveness; he is not what you see. A person is simply what he is. You are simply what you are. There is a tremendous difference between the...
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The Raindrop and the Sea
Does a raindrop know the sea? From its source it flees, But where it goes, it not knows. Afraid of what living holds. Doesn’t it know the gay streams, Bathing among golden beams? Did it forget the mighty rivers, To even oceans, an endless giver? Thinking it’s alone,...
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Road Less Travelled
Of all the ways to see, intuition is the best. Of all the skills to learn, effortlessness is the best. Of all the virtues to possess, courage is the best. Of all the ways to be guided by, heart is the best. Of all the things to give, love is the best. Of all the ways...
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Sweet Nectar
After the easy moments, The hard moments grow excited, For their time is near, And they cannot wait to dance and play. But you, my dearest, Should not be worried. You may think that the hard moments are bad, And the easy moments are good, But know that laziness is...
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Forgetting the old
There is a deep connection between meditation and creativity, as meditation creates the zone of silence necessary for creativity to flourish. Meditation is the process of tilling the soil and adding the manure. Creativity is the seed that you plant in the fertile...
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The flow of life
“Creation is something that happens from the inside and flows to the outside.” Creativity is the very process of life. Everything that is happening around us is happening through the process of creativity. Creativity is not just an isolated domain or department of...
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Chusi and her babies
Back in September we noticed a stray squash vine growing, just off the back steps, with several green squashes on it. The fruits really couldn’t be identified as any one specific squash, as it was a volunteer plant, and squash plants interbreed very readily. ...
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