The Cauldron Of Time
Der Kessel der Zeit-von James O'dea
Wir, die wir in einem Körper leben und atmen
sehen die Signatur des Schöpfers als lebendes Gold:
das Gold eines strahlenden Sonnenlichts, das auf die aktiven Flüsse
der Großzügigkeit unserer Herzen leuchtet und glühende Liebe in die Welt gießt,
leuchtet in unseren größten Geschichten
Schönheit signalisierend
den Mut zu feiern, hinauszugehen und mehr zu sein
mehr zu sein als Spiegelungen, sondern lebendige Flammen aus Gold
die als nackte menschliche Gottesfunken in der Existenz brennen.
Aber Gold ist nicht das Ziel, wie manche behaupten
es ist das Tor, durch das wir in das
das neue Leben eintreten, das Erwachen unseres Geistes
in eine Lebendigkeit, die in Welten beheimatet ist, die das physische Auge nicht sehen kann,
die grüne Seelenkraft wächst in lebendigen Bewusstseinskonzentrationen
wo die Wahrnehmung anfängt, mit der Quelle zu verschmelzen
und mit all den unbestechlichen Energien des Ewigen Lebens.
Bis zu diesem Punkt ist alles Energie, energetisiert durch die grünen Wellen des subtilen Mitgefühls des Herzens.
Aber es gibt noch eine Einladung jenseits des Goldes der Inspiration
und dem Grün der Erleuchtung,
eine Einladung, die aus einer samtenen Dunkelheit zu sickern scheint
einem See des Nichts
eine Einladung zu keinem Raum, keiner Zeit,
keiner Bewegung, keinem Gedanken
keiner Errungenschaften, keiner Anerkennungen
keinem Echo der Welt
vorbei, vorbei, alles vorbei
nichts übrig als die leere Quelle der ursprünglichen Glückseligkeit.
Nur diejenigen, die diese dunkle Nacht betreten
können aufblicken und das verborgene Antlitz Gottes sehen
wo Nichts und Alles eins sind.
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Kernfragen zum Nachdenken: Was bedeutet "der leere Brunnen der ursprünglichen Glückseligkeit" für Sie? Können Sie eine persönliche Geschichte aus einer Zeit erzählen, in der Sie die Einladung angenommen haben, über Inspiration und Erleuchtung hinauszugehen? Was hilft Ihnen, sich neu auf die dunkle Nacht auszurichten, in der nichts und alles eins ist?
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James O'dea ist Autor mehrerer Bücher, ehemaliger Präsident von IONS und Washingtoner Direktor von Amnesty International. Weitere Informationen finden Sie in einem kürzlich geführten Gespräch mit James.
James O'dea is an author of several books, former President of IONS and Washington Director of Amnesty International. For more, here's a recent conversation with James.
SEED QUESTIONS FOR REFLECTION: What does 'the empty well of original bliss' mean to you? Can you share a personal story of a time you took the invitation to go beyond inspiration and illumination? What helps you reorient toward the dark night where nothing and everything are one?
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On Feb 8, 2023 Aryae wrote :
I can’t follow you James.
My eyes can’t see where you’re going
And my mind can’t put it all together
As you whirl through green and gold spaces
Like a swarm of whirling dervish lightening bugs
Trailing streamers of of gold inspiration
And green illumination
Through the velvet darkness of
The lake of nothingness.
I can’t follow you James.
So I can only sit here and let it all go.
I can only give up and just sit here.
It’s still and quiet here.
Now I can feel the peace.
Now I can feel the love.
My eyes can’t see where you’re going
And my mind can’t put it all together
As you whirl through green and gold spaces
Like a swarm of whirling dervish lightening bugs
Trailing streamers of of gold inspiration
And green illumination
Through the velvet darkness of
The lake of nothingness.
I can’t follow you James.
So I can only sit here and let it all go.
I can only give up and just sit here.
It’s still and quiet here.
Now I can feel the peace.
Now I can feel the love.
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On Feb 8, 2023 Francis daCosta wrote :
To me, The empty well of original bliss, means Emptiness as in Buddhism. Leonard Cohen wrote "Dance me to the end of Love". For personal experiences, Nature puts me back in touch with visceral reality and then I sometimes "see the Master's hand" (Bob Dylan). For me its boundless neutral Love .
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On Feb 8, 2023 Fatima wrote :
Simply breathtaking, no words would do it justice.
Enlightening, awakening, pure joy.
Thank You
Enlightening, awakening, pure joy.
Thank You
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On Feb 7, 2023 Fran wrote :
First I read this twice. Then I listened twice and wept. I’m still weeping. I watched my husband die a noble death four months ago. He worked very hard, courageously, to leave his body. Within 90 minutes of his passing, his face relaxed into a beautiful smile. I carry the Smile with me now, wherever I go. It was my entry into the One. Deep gratitude to my beloved.
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On Feb 7, 2023 Catherine wrote :
My husband and I live on a few acres that allows us to rescue many animals - dogs, horses, chickens, ducks, roosters and cats. They keep us grounded and become our constant teachers and loving companions. This past week, Tessie one of our 4 dogs, had to be put down due to a spreading cancer. She was 14 and a rescue from the South. Whenever one of out animals dies or is put down, the intense grief I experience opens me to being more in the moment and much more compassionate with all beings, including myself.
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On Feb 4, 2023 David Doane wrote :
For me, 'the empty well of original bliss' is no thing, is what we call God, is outside of time and space, is formless existence, is Pure Being, some of which took form becoming whatever is material in space and time. Not only does something come from nothing or the empty well, everything comes from nothing. For me, I haven't gone beyond inspiration and illumination -- I've responded to both resulting in my awareness and vision expanding. I was presented with the viewpoint that all is one, that all existence is one action, and I seem to have grabbed hold of it, it took root in me, and I cultivate it. That awareness helps me reorient toward seeing that nothing and everything are one, that whatever looks opposite -- such as separate and together, I and the other, inside and outside -- are 'both and', not 'either or', are one. What helps me is being open to and growing in that understanding.
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On Feb 3, 2023 Ted wrote :
Beautiful poetic reading! Indeed beyond the inspired expression manifesting the gold of Love, before the green awakening of clear awareness, has always been that place where they blossom from, the cauldron of time within which they sprout and then play out. Beyond, yet containing all beginnings and endings, all of these transient experiences we know as Life. The infinite bliss that is closer and more intimate than any separate thing can ever be, the unlimited NOW, within which all BE-ing continually IS. And of course knowing that deeply IS clear awareness, and of course the flowing manifestation and expression of NOW is infinite unconditional Love, and here we are!
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On Feb 3, 2023 Jagdish P. Dave wrote :
I love the way James O'Dea expresses the spiritual way of filling the empty well of original or Divine bliss. As Gautam Buddha announces his awakening and attaining the original bliss: Gate, gate, paragate, parasangate, Bodhi swaha: Gone beyond, gone beyond, gone beyonnd the beyond. What an awakening? What a bliss?
When we go beyond what binds us to the material things and what we get attached to , we taste the freedom, unconditional love, and bliss.
I have learned the for Noble Truths of Buddha's teachings. The first noble truth is suffering. The second noble truth is there is a cause of suffering. The third noble truth is that suffering is transitory. It comes and goes. The fourth noble truth is there ia way to end suffering and be liberated. Whenever I have gone through deep emotional suffering I have accepted it with self-compassion and self-work. This way I have gone through darkness and go beyond it to be blessed by the Divine Light. In that light I see the oneness where nothin... [View Full Comment]