Feb 15 2019
Ellen Grace O’Brian – Maya
Maya
by Ellen Grace O’Brian
Buddha points to the earth
Zen master points to the moon
Arjuna points to the target
Mary points to her child
Jesus points to the heart
Rumi points to Shams
We all look
until we see
— from The Moon Reminded Me, by Ellen Grace O’Brian
/ Image by hapal /
I’m not quite sure why, but reading this poem this morning makes me want to laugh.
Everyone is pointing in all directions, yet they all somehow point at the same spot.
We all look until we see.
Recommended Books: Ellen Grace O’Brian
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| The Moon Reminded Me | Living for the Sake of Your Soul | A Single Blade of Grass: Finding the Sacred in Everyday Life | Living The Eternal Way: Spiritual Meaning and Practice for Daily Life | |
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Ellen Grace O’Brian
US (Contemporary) |
Yogacharya Ellen Grace O’Brian teaches the riches of Indian philosophy in a fully accessible and inspiring way for newcomers and longtime practitioners alike. She is a poet, teacher, writer, and spiritual director of Center for Spritual Enlightenment — a Kriya Yoga Meditation Center with headquarters in San Jose, California, USA. She teaches nationally and internationally and is the recipient of the 2015 Mahatma Gandhi Award for the Promotion of Religious Pluralism. Her published works include Living the Eternal Way: Siritual Meaning and Practice in Daily Life and Living for the Sake of the Soul, as well as three volumes of poetry.
I was thinking something similar just the other night – i,e, – the idea that “we all look until we see” only not in those words exactly… It occurred to me that it doesn’t matter what “vehicle” we use to get there, what “belief”, what “religion” what “form” of “spirituality.” It all will drop away once we truly “see.” 🙂
Liberation
All religions believe that the
Supreme Soul is Incorporeal
Above birth, death and suffering
All knowledge full and Bliss full
Almighty being of light
In every human body there is a
soul or a self which has ability to
experience and relate to others
self has a goal or a purpose to
attain perfection and liberation
from all sufferings and to
attain ever-lasting happiness
Soul has an aura which has
its influence on matter the body but
the soul and matter are separate and
not convertible into one another
Soul takes another body after
it leaves one body or it does not
reincarnate but it continues to exit
to get reward or punishments
Basic moral law of action is that
sooner or later one reaps as one sow
The cause of suffering is
violation of moral or other laws
One can learn the truth about the
self the world and the Creator and
can remember his true identity and
use this ability in a right way to do
actions that don’t result in bondage.