http://www.awakin.org/ Audio Recordings of Spiritual Readings Liz Raphael Helgesen Awakin passages are a weekly selection of insightful passages from various wisdom traditions. It all started with couple folks getting together on 'Wednesdays' in the Silicon Valley. Awakin passages are a weekly selection of insightful passages from various wisdom traditions. It all started with couple folks getting together on 'Wednesdays' in the Silicon Valley. CharityFocus.org tow@charityfocus.org tow@charityfocus.org eng inspiration, wisdom, spiritual, service Tue, 21 May 2013 04:22:37 -0700 For several weeks strange sounds had drifted over the mountains from the neighboring valley. There was much talk in the village about what these noises could be, but no one could make sense of them. Even the village elders had never heard anything li ... For several weeks strange sounds had drifted over the mountains from the neighboring valley. There was much talk in the village about what these noises could be, but no one could make sense of them. Even the village elders had never heard anything li ... http://www.awakin.org/read/view.php?tid=962 Mon, 20 May 2013 00:00:00 -0700 The gentlest thing in the world is an open mind. Since it doesn&#39;t believe what it thinks, it is flexible, porous, without opposition, without defense. Nothing has power over it. Nothing can resist it. Even the hardest thing in the world &mdash; a ... The gentlest thing in the world is an open mind. Since it doesn&#39;t believe what it thinks, it is flexible, porous, without opposition, without defense. Nothing has power over it. Nothing can resist it. Even the hardest thing in the world &mdash; a ... http://www.awakin.org/read/view.php?tid=956 Mon, 13 May 2013 00:00:00 -0700 Phaedrus wrote a letter from India about a pilgrimage to holy Mount Kailas, the source of the Ganges and the abode of Shiva, high in the Himalayas, in the company of a holy man and his adherents.<br /> <br /> He never reached the mountain. After th ... Phaedrus wrote a letter from India about a pilgrimage to holy Mount Kailas, the source of the Ganges and the abode of Shiva, high in the Himalayas, in the company of a holy man and his adherents.<br /> <br /> He never reached the mountain. After th ... http://www.awakin.org/read/view.php?tid=959 Mon, 06 May 2013 00:00:00 -0700 Walking, ideally, is a state in which the mind, the body, and the world are aligned, as though they were three characters finally in conversation together, three notes suddenly making a chord. Walking allows us to be in our bodies and in the world wi ... Walking, ideally, is a state in which the mind, the body, and the world are aligned, as though they were three characters finally in conversation together, three notes suddenly making a chord. Walking allows us to be in our bodies and in the world wi ... http://www.awakin.org/read/view.php?tid=950 Mon, 29 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0700 <p> Speed in work has compensations. Speed gets noticed. Speed is praised by others. Speed is self-important. Speed absolves us. Speed means we don&#39;t really belong to any particular thing or person we are visiting and thus appears to elevate us ... <p> Speed in work has compensations. Speed gets noticed. Speed is praised by others. Speed is self-important. Speed absolves us. Speed means we don&#39;t really belong to any particular thing or person we are visiting and thus appears to elevate us ... http://www.awakin.org/read/view.php?tid=938 Mon, 22 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0700 <p>Our everyday life is our spiritual life. If we have awareness to be able to use our everyday life as practice, then our lives have meaning. Otherwise, the days go by&mdash;impermanence, as we know&mdash;moment to moment to moment, day after day, y ... <p>Our everyday life is our spiritual life. If we have awareness to be able to use our everyday life as practice, then our lives have meaning. Otherwise, the days go by&mdash;impermanence, as we know&mdash;moment to moment to moment, day after day, y ... http://www.awakin.org/read/view.php?tid=936 Mon, 15 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0700 <p>The only power for the mystic is the power of love.<br /> <br /> Every kind of power lies in this one thing which we call by the simple name: love. Charity, generosity, kindness, affection, endurance, tolerance, and patience--all these words are ... <p>The only power for the mystic is the power of love.<br /> <br /> Every kind of power lies in this one thing which we call by the simple name: love. Charity, generosity, kindness, affection, endurance, tolerance, and patience--all these words are ... http://www.awakin.org/read/view.php?tid=933 Mon, 08 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0700