A lion’s roar

A lion’s roar

That all is as you are
That all is you
That you are
You are all
You are as all is
That is something that is

That nothing is as you are
That nothing is you
That you are
You are nothing
You are as nothing is
That is something that is

That this is as you are
That this is you
That you are
You are this
You are as this is
That is something that is

That all you fight against you are
Therefore stop fighting and you are

(In 1973 Ulrico wrote the original version of this poem in German.)

“As God Realizes the Moment” — the beginning of Tonalibus

A lion’s roar on a path with heart

“You may have heard of ‘out-of-the-body experiences,’ full of lights and visions. A true spiritual path demands something more challenging, what could be called an ‘in-the-body experience.’ We must connect to our body, to our feelings, in our life just now, if we are to awaken.”

“Spiritual transformation is a profound process that doesn’t happen by accident. We need a repeated discipline, a genuine training, in order to let go of our old habits of mind and to find and sustain a new way of seeing. To mature on the spiritual path we need to commit ourselves in a systematic way.”

“Great spiritual traditions in every age offer many vehicles for awakening… It is crucial to understand that there are many ways up the mountain — that there is never just one true way… and each of us must choose a practice that feels true to our heart. It is not necessary for you to evaluate the practices chosen by others. Remember, the practices themselves are only vehicles for you to develop awareness, loving-kindness, and compassion on the path toward freedom.”

“The Buddha said, ‘People with opinions just go around bothering one another.'”

“Sri Nisargadatta [said], ‘The mind creates the abyss, and the heart crosses it.’ Many of the great sorrows of the world arise when the mind is disconnected from the heart… The heart allows for the stories and ideas, the fantasies and fears of the mind without believing in them, without having to follow them or having to fulfill them. When we touch beneath all the busyness of thought, we discover a sweet, healing silence, an inherent peacefulness in each of us, a goodness of heart, strength, and wholeness that is our birthright.”

“Kalu Rinpoche [said]: ‘You live in illusion and the appearance of things. There is a reality, but you do not know this. When you understand this, you will see that you are nothing, and being nothing you are everything. This is all.'”

— A Path with Heart, Jack Kornfield, pp. 27, 31, 32-33, 50 and 52

Way sign on a path with heart