Love, Growth, Paulo

From my newest blog discovery... the one mentioned right below this one. Some cool things I found on his site.

Let's start with this one.





That's just straight forward... right?

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This is very A New Earth. In reading Tolle and then Deepak, and then surfing Paulo's Blog, it immediately becomes clear that while all three men may be talking about different topics for a different audience, what they say is strikingly similar. Or perhaps 'similar' is the wrong word. They are all referring back to the same idea, same thoughts, same way of living.

It's this reoccurring idea of the ego and how 'who we are' in terms of labels, like "i am human, i am a woman, i am 20" is all related back to the ego. But is that who we really are? Those are words we use to describe ourselves. But to truly be ourselves is to strip ourselves of these 'superficial' (for lack of a better word) labels and to be rid of the ego.

Being presented with this idea in A New Earth, I had a hard time because as much as I understood the idea of stripping myself of the ego, I couldn't help but wonder how you could possibly live ego-less in a world and society where ego is what is going to help you get to the next place.

And then I listened to Genpo Roshi and I felt better. But I'll leave that for the next time.

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I just like this card, even if he did rip off the photo from some site in google. But no matter. I like this one because it correlates to the Deepak Chopra book I'm reading (--> Deepak's Book <--). Deepak argues that love is everywhere. It's not something you go out and find. Love permeates through everything. You have to be open to it. You get as much as you give. Love is. At the same time, I Am. If I Am, and I Am is this present moment, and this present moment is being awakened and if awakening is love then I Am Love. You can't fall in and out of something that you are. I love and am lovable. That's what it comes down to. And finally, for today, something that really goes hand in hand with Deepak.





'surrender.' ahhh yes.

Here's the feature of the day. You have to click on the bottom right corner and do a flipping action with your mouse. woah





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