jesus

jesus the man was born in nazareth

at a certain age he became christed
his life was changed

god was ever present to him

not totally in the beginning
but gradually
things began to change

his perspective on things changed
he became aware he was a divine being

it took over him and he became
christed

spiritual evolution

spiritual evolution is the name of the game.

christ consciousness is where it is at.

i had a thought yesterday
why bother with all this
contemplation -
if it's meant for union with
God -  i'm going to have that
when i'm dead
so why bother now
why bother now

i just shrugged
can't help myself

just do it
gently
non forceful
it happens
that's it
it's inevitable
hmmmm

":The Coptic monks of the desert knew only a single word and a
single struggle for designating both the mind and the heart.
We tend to separate the mind from the heart.  We like to fill
the mind; yet, we forget the heart.  Or else, we fill the heart
with information that should fill the mind.  Nevertheless, the
two work differently; the mind learns; the heart knows.  The
mind is educated; the heart believes.  The mind is intellectual,
speculative; it reads and speaks.  The heart is intuitive,
mystical; it grows in silence.  The two should be together; and
they should be brought together in the presence of love."

Amma Syncletica said:  "There are many who live
in the mountains and behave as if they were in the
town:  they are wasting their time.  It is possible to
be a solitary in one's mind while living in a crowd;
and it is possible for those who are a solitaries to
live in the crowd of their own thoughts."

today is day one of the
hermitage i want to see
if it works