ya devi sarva bhutesu visnu mayeti sabdita
namastasyai/namastasyai/namastasyai namoh namaha

To the Divine Goddess in all existence who is addressed as the Perceivable Form of the Consciousness That Pervades All, we bow to Her; we bow to Her; we bow to Her, continually we bow, we bow.

out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing, there is a field, i'll meet you there.
when the soul lays down in that grass, the world is too full to talk about.
ideas, language, even the phrase, each other, doesn't make any sense.

By day i praised you, and never knew it
By night i stayed with you and never knew it
I always thought that I was me...
but no, I was you and never knew it
-Rumi

(from, "The Prophet")
Then said Almitra, Speak to us of Love.
And he raised his head and looked upon the people, and there fell a stillness upon them. And with a great voice he said:
When love beckons to you, follow him, though his ways are hard and steep.
And when his wings enfold you yield to him,
Though the sword hidden among his pinions may wound you.
And when he speaks to you believe in him,
Though his voice may shatter your dreams as the north wind lays waste the garden.
For even as love crowns youso shall he crucify you. Even as he is for your growth so is he for your pruning.
Even as he ascends to your height and caresses your tenderest branches that quiver in the sun,
So shall he descend to your roots and shake them in their clinging to the earth.
Like sheaves of corn he gathers you unto himself.
He threshes you to make you naked.
He sifts you to free you from your husks.
He grinds you to whiteness.
He kneads you until you are pliant;
And then he assigns you to his sacred fire, that you may become sacred bread for God's sacred feast.
All these things shall love do unto you that you may know the secrets of your heart, and in that knowledge become a fragment of Life's heart.
But if in your fear you would seek only love's peace and love's pleasure,
Then it is better for you that you cover your nakedness and pass out of love's threshing floor,
Into the seasonless world where you shall laugh, but not all of your laughter, and weep, but not all of your tears.
Love gives naught but itself and takes naught but from itself.
Love possesses not nor would it be possessed;
For love is sufficient unto love.
When you love you should not say, "God is in my heart," but rather, " I am in the heart of God."
And think not you can direct the course of love, for love, if it finds you worthy, directs your course.
Love has no other desire but to fulfill itself.
But if you love and must needs have desires, let these be your desires:
To melt and be like a running brook that sings its melody to the night.
To know the pain of too much tenderness.
To be wounded by your own understanding of love;
And to bleed willingly and joyfully.
To wake at dawn with a winged heart and give thanks for another day of loving;
To rest at the noon hour and meditate love's ecstasy;
To return home at eventide with gratitude;
And then to sleep with a prayer for the beloved in your heart and a song of praise upon your lips.

This latest testament is the one we represent
as vessels to essence we access in the present
as temples of being receiving beyond believing
the teaching reaching beyond the minds understanding
thru chanting, yoga, meditation, and negation
archaic revival of many ancients of ways
we can taste of a place that we've always embraced
in the face of eternity beyond time and space
you've never dreamed of a place so real
empty awake alight conscious and clear
it's now here beyond fear as the witness the seer
bearing witness to the do-er
you or me or he or we
the seeming reality of causal duality
valid, hey, but blown away in the face of samadhi
and we embody this essence... highest frequency resonance
here's the new testament we spent so long to get
this one is written where it can't be translated
updated and highly rated by those who participated
universal law for all who can reach it
not only the brahmins the popes and the preachers
to the seekers and the mystics... go beyond the ligistics
dogmatic linguistics, and standard statistics
and witness this business of being and is-ness
within the limitless bliss beyond our defenses
unfog the lenses of the mind and the senses
climb out of boxes and jump over fences
can i get a witness? undivided consensus?
the latest testament is written,devoid of all division,
destined to deliver us from the prison to the prism
the latest testament is Here.

"This world is like flower. Each nation is a petal. If one petal is infested, does it not affect all the other petals? Does not the disease destroy the life and beauty of the flower? Is it not the duty of each one of us to protect and preserve the beauty and fragrance of this one world flower from being destroyed? This world of ours is a big, wonderful flower with many petals. Only when this is understood and becomes deeply ingrained in us, will there be any real peace and unity. The tug of war between nations is like a tug of war between the petals of a flower. Competition between the petals will only result in all the petals withering away. The entire flower will be destroyed. Division will only dissipate our energy and vitality; real power is to be found in UNITY, not division." -Worlds of Amma from U.N. conference.

There is a great deal of poetry and fine sentiment in a cup of tea...
-Ralph Waldo Emerson