A copy of Stillness Speaks sits on my bedside table. It’s been that way for many, many years.
Usually, The Power of Now is there alongside it. But during a move several months ago, The Power of Now hasn’t yet made it from box to bedside.
These two books are like bibles to me. I read and re-read them over and over, and have been doing so since 2007.
Today I decided to give you an oracle reading of sorts … (except that I don’t own any oracle cards).
I meditated, opened Stillness Speaks, closed my eyes, randomly picked 4 pages, opened my eyes, and then let them land wherever on the page they chose to land.
These are the quotes the Universe chose for you.
I hope they bring you beauty, calm, and clarity.
1. “Leave Life alone. Let it be.”
2. “Some people become deeply peaceful and almost luminous just before they die, as if something is shining through the dissolving form.
Sometimes it happens that very ill or old people become almost transparent, so to speak, in their last few weeks, months, or even years of their lives. As they look at you, you may see a light shining through their eyes. There is no psychological suffering left. They have surrendered and so the person, the mind-made egoic ‘me,’ has already dissolved. They have ‘died before they died,’ and found deep inner peace that is the realization of the deathless within themselves.”
3. “The Truth is far more all-encompassing than the mind could ever comprehend. No thought can encapsulate the Truth. At best, it can point to it. For example, it can say: ‘All things are intrinsically one.’ That is a pointer, not an explanation. Understanding these words means feeling deep within you the truth to which they point.”
4. “Whenever any kind of deep loss occurs in your life — such as loss of possessions, your home, a close relationship; or loss of your reputation, job, or physical abilities — something inside you dies. You feel diminished in your sense of who you are. There may also be a certain disorientation. ‘Without this … who am I?'”
When a form that you had unconsciously identified with as part of yourself leaves you or dissolves, that can be extremely painful. It leaves a hole, so to speak, in the fabric of your existence.
When this happens, don’t deny or ignore that pain or the sadness you feel. Accept that it is there. Beware of your mind’s tendency to construct a story around that loss in which you are assigned the role of the victim. Fear, anger, resentment, or self-pity are the emotions that go with that role. Then become aware of what lies behind those emotions as well as behind the mind-made story: that hole, that empty space. Can you face and accept that strange sense of emptiness? If you do, you may find that it is no longer a fearful place. You may be surprised to find peace emanating from it.”
with love,
Belinda
