Sunday, May 10, 2009

a Rilke quote...

Read this quote on a blog that I have been following- it brings tears and a deep recognition of the failure to love that has been such a part of my life experience.

Think, dear Sir, of the world you carry inside you and call this thinking whatever you want to: a remembering of your own childhood or a yearning towards a future of you own- only be attentive to what is arising in you, and place that above everything you perceive around you. What is happening in your innermost self is worthy of your entire love; somehow you must find a way to work at it, and not lose too much time or too much courage in clarifying your attitude towards people.

Ken Mcleod teaches that what we experience is life.  The sensations, feelings, and thoughts that arise and pass away in our field of experience make up what we call life.  There is nothing else. Rilke phrases it as "what is happening in your innermost self" and claims that it "is worthy of my entire love".   For as long as I can remember, I have judged my experience and left


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