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The Blessed Choice
The Blessed Choice
The Source of All manifested
Itself as a Human Being,
Resonant with itself, not a
Puppet of the mind.
A Being who hears the Wisdom
Within, and chooses freely to
Be guided by that Core Knowing
Is truly Blessed.
Intention and action arise
As ONE, and "YES!" whispers within
The Heart, "NOW, this is how it shall
Be expressed and done ---
Through these feelings, forms, and methods,
The Source that creates and gives Life
Invites I AM that I AM to
Fulfill its nature!"
-- Hal Isen
A Core Wisdom Quote
(Zen Wisdom on Allowing What IS to BE --H.I.)
The Great Way is not difficult:
Just don't pick and choose.
Cut off all likes or dislikes
And it is clear like space.
Likes and dislikes
Are the mind's disease.
If you miss the deep meaning,
It is useless to still your thoughts.
Outside, don't get tangled in things.
Inside, don't get lost in emptiness.
Be still and become One,
And confusion stops by itself.
Illusions, flowers in the air ---
Why try to grasp them?
Win, lose, right, wrong ---
Put it all down!
In the mind before thinking
No effort is made.
Doubts and worries disappear
And faith is restored.
To abide in this world
Just say "Not two."
"Not two" includes everything,
Excludes nothing.
The Way is beyond all words:
Not past, not future, not present.
-- Tseng Ts'an, Third Patriarch of Zen
(from the Hsin Shin Ming)
From Core Wisdom On-Line Number 101 - Aug. 17, 2009
� 2009 Hal Isen & Associates, Inc.
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