The aim of all practices is to hear The Sound,

because even just listening for this ringing Sound,

even if you can't hear It,

what do you hear?

...

...

Not thoughts.

When you just stop and try to see if you can hear the Sound of all sounds.

the Sound that sounds come from,

you're not thinking,

which means you're not afraid.

You're no longer afraid,

and light will shine on the road ahead of you.

You will succeed at what you have chosen to do,

because He chose it for you.

He's doing it through you.

It is done.

It was finished before you started.

It's already here.

HEAR.

I love you,

nik

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"You will succeed in whatever you choose to do, and light will shine on the road ahead of you. If people are in trouble and you say, ‘Help them,’ God will save them.: - Job 22:28-29

"And I assure you that the time is coming, indeed it's here now, when the dead will hear my voice—the voice of the Son of God. And those who listen will live." - John 5:25

"Patanjali declares in the Yoga Sutras that the manifesting symbol for God is Om, nadam, supreme music. According to the Hatha Yoga Pradipika, the Supreme yogic state is achieved when the nadam or cosmic sound can be heard. The aim of all Hatha Yoga practices is to hear this sound. The practices of yoga should result in a sound body and a sound mind. The true meaning of this goes far beyond the usual understanding of physical and mental health. A truly sound body and mind is tuned to the cosmic vibration. In verse 100 of the fourth chapter in the Hatha Yoga Pradipika we find this sutra: "When one hears the nadam, the quintessence of which is the supreme, the mind then becomes one with that supreme object and is dissolved in it. The ability to listen is essential for God-realization." - Shannon Gannon

"You must try to pray so that, in your prayer, you open yourself in such a way that sometime--perhaps not today, but sometime-you are able to hear God say to you,
" love you!" These words, addressed to you by God, are the most important words you will ever hear because, before you hear them, nothing is ever completely right with you, but after you hear them, something will be right in your life at a very deep level." -Ronald Rolheiser

"For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind." -2 Timothy 1:7

When given a gift,

don't look at your hands,

don't look at the gift,

look at the Giver.

Listen to the Giver.

You haven't even tried to do the works that He told you can do--

greater works than He did.

You haven't tried.

You don't think it's possible,

but that is just a thought.

Let the silence show you what's possible.

you can say, 'show me...',

'show me Myself'.

And you'll find Yourself,

as if in the one,

behind the one,

with her hands raised,

Love raised,

status changed,

name changed.

Love changes things.

I Love you,

nik

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Omar and the Old Poet by Rumi (not Imru' al-Qays)

"If even the slightest desire to be free has arisen in you, you should pat yourself on the back, you are very lucky. Billions of lives on this planet don't have this blessing. They do not even live. They exist, die and dissolve. They are not bored. Even if they are bored, they're bored about something very small. A little change can make them very comfortable again. So, blessed
are those who get bored!" -Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

Your belief in 'two' breaks you open,

revealing the One that never becomes.

Thank God,

until you feel what It stirs,

and don't settle.

I Love you,

nik

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"You and I, so fond of the notion of a you and an I, we should live as though we had never heard those pronouns" - Rumi

"When a bud breaks, it becomes a flower, when a heart breaks it becomes Divine. " -Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

"What is meditation? It is to think about one thing only.
Therefore, in meditation try to hold onto one thought, and all the other thoughts will gradually go away.
They may be present for some time but if you resolutely hold onto your single thought, they will not trouble you. Our minds are weak through habit, unable to concentrate. We must make the mind strong so as to keep to one thought.
Q: Is there a time of day which is better for meditation?
M: Yes, meditation in the early morning upon arising is the best time because the mind is then free of thoughts, cares, and worries.
But all these rules regarding hours of meditation etc, are only for beginners. There will come a time when you will say, 'I have given up meditation,' because then you will have realized that the idea implies duality: the person who meditates, and the object of meditation; you will perceive the standpoint of the true Self which does not need to meditate. ...
We must learn to find solitude (mentally) in the midst of society; we should not give up our meditation because we are among people, but carry it on even then. Just do not be ostentatious about it - do it secretly. Do not make an exhibition of the fact that you are meditating." - Ramana Maharshi