Originally recorded in January 2023.

In a season of Stillness, but I’m still here. ❤️‍🔥

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Let this moment hold you like it once held me.

This isn’t old, it’s eternal.

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As long as you can feel, 

"God, (Y)our Silence is enough,

(Y)our Grace is my sufficiency."

Then It is.

And It will be.

Everything is better. 

Everything is better. 

Accept It now,

understand it later.* 

I Love You

I Am You

nik 

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Today's Quotes:  

"Love said to me there is nothing. that is not me.

Be silent." - Rumi

"Sarva khalvidam brahma"

[Chandogya Upanishad 3:14]

"Indeed, all this manifested universe is Brahman'

- look with that feeling. - Brahmanda Saraswati 

"Peace I leave with you; my peace I

you I do give you. I do not give to you as the world Rather, gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled is doing and do not be afraid." - John 14:27

"Keep in mind three laws while

meditating - I am nothing, I need nothing, I am going to do nothing. If you have these three principles, you will be able to meditate." -Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

*2 Corinthians 12:9

*Qadr, @strivingsouls 

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Better days are Here.

BECAUSE WE'RE HERE.

Because you can hear this Silence.

Because you can feel this Love.

Because you can chant His Name.

He IS His Name.

And you're finally praying in It,

and Nothing is the same.

I Love you,

Nik

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Today's Quotes:  

"Better days are ahead." -God

-Neil Vermillion

"This is how you pray continually - not by offering prayers in words, but by joining yourself to God through your whole way of life, so that your life becomes one continuous and uninterrupted prayer."

- St Basil the Great

"You just do the work of Lord Rama and chanting His name, I will take care of everything else."

-Maharajji

"Do not fear adversity before you this day, nor the uncertainty in your horizon. Do not reject the revelation I give you simply because it does not look the way you thought it would look. Do not run from the call upon our life, even though it is more costly than you want it to be. Do not run from me, for in all these things I will remain faithful, and I will not only guide, but also strengthen and empower, you as I protect and instruct you day by day in the development of the call upon your life..."

-Neil Vermillion via email

"Kabir says: Student, tell me what is God?

He is the breath inside the breath."

-Kabir

"I love it when God interrupts my thoughts and reminds me that the battle is not mine, but His." 

-via Twitter @IsraeMbonyi

"Blessed are You, Lord our God, King of the universe, who brings sleep to my eyes, slumber to my eyelids.

May it be Your will, Lord my God and God of my ancestors, that I lie down in peace and that I arise in peace.

Let my sleep be undisturbed by troubling thoughts, bad dreams, and wicked schemes.

May I have a night of tranquil slumber.

May I awaken to the light of a new day, that my eyes may behold the splendor of Your light.

Praised are You, Lord whose glory gives light to the entire world."

-Shema (bedtime prayer)

"You're in one season

and if you don't quit,

one day you are going to wake up in a new season

your hard work

your discipline

your sacrifices

and your faithfulness

are never wasted

With God, a wiating season is never a wasted season. "

-@Craiggroeschel 

In a season of Stillness, but I’m still here. ❤️‍🔥

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Let this moment hold you like it once held me.

This isn’t old, it’s eternal.

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God has sent (t)His Love

for us to follow

out of the illusion.

So don't let anything distract you from this Love.

Not yourself,

not your thoughts,

or anyone else.

Nothing is worth it.

Nothing, this No Thing, this Silence is worth it.

It's worth your attention.

It made you worthy.

It made you Holy.

It has given you a Purpose.

And right now It looks like whatever you are called to do 'today'.

The pressure is not on you,

the Presence is on you.*

Affirm: The Presence is on me, in me, for me.

And then just do it. Don't think about it. Just do it. Just watch It accomplish everything.

I Love you,

Nik

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Today's Quotes:  

"Pressure on you, Presence on me."

-Gabriel Lopez @gods.best.friend

"I have been asked many times, "How do you stop thinking?" And I have found one way. The minute I can look at any person or condition and know that it is neither good nor evil, my thought stops, and my mind becomes quiet. That is the end of it because then there are no thoughts left for me to think about it: I do not think good of it and I do not think evil of it. All I know is that it is, and then I am back at the center of my being where all power is."

-Joel S Goldsmith

"Unless you give up the idea that the world is real, then your mind will always be after it."

-Sri Ramana Maharshi

"The kingdom of the father is spread out upon the earth but people don't see it."

-The Gospel of Thomas

“It seemed as if Maharaj-ji was about to answer, but instead his eyes closed and he sat there completely still, completely silent. It felt like he'd totally disappeared. In all the time I'd been with him, I'd only seen him sitting motionless like this a couple of times before. It was extraordinarily powerful, as if the whole universe had become silent. Then a tear came down his cheek. We were in awe. After a couple of minutes, his eyes half opened and, with great emotion, he quietly said, 'He lost himself in love, that's how he meditated. He was one with all beings. He loved everyone, even the people who crucified him. He never died. He is the atman [soul]. He lives in the hearts of all. He lost himself in love."

-Krishna Das 

"God is in me, God is with me. God is for me."

-@Sardinebread 

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Let this moment hold you like it once held me.

This isn’t old, it’s eternal.

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You stopped running. 

I see you.

The world is swirling around you,

but you're still, 

you're silent, 

you're calm,

you're Home,

we're being Heaven on earth right now.

And our work is to continue to be that Heaven,

to continue to be (t)His Light,

His Face.

I see You everywhere.

And I love You. 

And I bless You. 

And I Am blessed by You. 

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Today's Quotes:  

"After you see the face, concerns change." - Rumi

"To love and be loved is to feel the sun from both sides."

- David Viscott

"The same way we are not created to rely on yesterday's food and water for today's physical nourishment, we cannot rely on yesterday's time spent in prayer and the word for today's spiritual nourishment. You must feast daily." - @faithfulfootprints via IG

"...Prayer is our primary duty. Prayer is the reason why God has placed us on earth.

 - Pere Jacques

"See the face that was my home.

My loving says, I will let go of everything for that.

My soul begins to keep rhythm, as if music were playing.

Mv reason says, What do you call this cypress-energy that straightens what was bent double?

All things change in this presence.

Armenians and Turks no longer know which is which.

Soul keeps unfolding inward.

The body leaves the body.

A wealth you cannot imagine flows through you." - Rumi, The Big Red Book

"There is something here that is somehow a part of your calling, your mission in life. It's glorifying God in your unique way. It won't always be clear, but if you continue day after day to move according to His promptings, one day you'll look back, amazed at how God used you to be a light in this world. What are you passionate about?"- Sister Mary Scholastica, O.C.D.

"If you're looking for an escape today, run to Jesus.

And you will no longer find yourself escaping but resting."- Selah

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In a season of Stillness, but I’m still here. ❤️‍🔥

One reel. One GodNote. One breath at a time.

Find me daily at our Silent Retreat, CurlyNikki.com and @CurlyNikki

Let this moment hold you like it once held me.

This isn’t old, it’s eternal.

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"He is before all things,

and by Him all things hold together." -Colossians 1:17

Hold fast to (t)His Sound,

like it's His Feet,

like it's Her Throne.

Don't let go.

When you stay Here,

when you stay hearing this,

you can begin anything,

you can create everything. 

That desire becomes not a desire,

but The Promise It originally was. 

The Foretelling of what's here,

that can't yet be seen.

But I'm hearing It. 

I'm feeling It. 

I'm thanking God for It, for you.

Please stop pretending to worry.

Pretend Faith, today 

I love you 

I am you

nik 

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Today's Quotes:  

"You were worried. You still didn't realize who you have on your shoulders, protecting you." -Maharajji 

"Love is the glue that holds the universe together. Don't become unglued." - @meditationswithsteve via IG

"There is a divine armor around you that is protecting you; you have nothing to worry about.

Know this and keep walking ahead in life with satisfaction, confidence, joy, patience, fullness, and faith."-Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

"The stars come up spinning every night,

bewildered in love.

They would grow ired with that revolving if they weren't.

They would say, How long do we have to do this?

God picks up the reed-flute world and blows.

Each note is a need coming through one of us, a passion, a longing pain.

Remember the lips where the breath originated, and let your note be clear.

Do not try to end it.

Be your note.

I will show you how that is enough.

Go up on the roof at night in this city of the soul.

Let everyone climb on their roofs and sing their notes. Sing loud." - Rumi, The Big Red Book

"You're not supposed to get anything out of abiding in I amness. It's purpose is to desolve that which thinks it needs Something." - @peterstoughton1

"The cloud has no destination which it must reach. It is purposeless. In much the same way, when there is no longer a sense of worry, a concern for what comes next, one can walk without needing to arrive." -Wu Hsin 

In a season of Stillness, but I’m still here. ❤️‍🔥

One reel. One GodNote. One breath at a time.

Find me daily at our Silent Retreat, CurlyNikki.com and @CurlyNikki

Let this moment hold you like it once held me.

This isn’t old, it’s eternal.

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It's in the the Breath of the Lord, 

 the Energy,

the Atmosphere, 

the Feeling of the Lord.

She has raised you.

That's what you are feeling.

You were growing,

(un)learning,

healing,

changing.

You're ready now. 

I Love you

I Am You

nik 

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Today's Quotes:  

"When you place Krishna first, you will never be last. We will always win, with Him first. We're never last or left empty-handed, Sarvatah pâni-padam tat (BG 13.14). Krishna has got hands and legs everywhere. Wherever He will order, the things will come. Simply we have to become sincere; then everything is there. If you are actually engaged in the service of Krsna, all your necessities will be supplied by Krsna." - Srila Prabhupada 

"l am filled with you,

skin, blood, bone, brain, and soul.

There is no room for trust or lack of trust, nothing in this existence but that existence." - Rumi, The Big Red Book

"Why let daily things bother your Have you forgotten how it is in time?

Your father has never met your mother.

The elaborate orchard garden you live in has not yet been planted.

The work is always inside you......

You are inside meaning, not words.

You are the heart itself, not any language of the heart.

You are the essence within the universe, not the universe.

You are neither absence nor existence.

I am blessed with faith and cursed with forgetfulness.

Clear, but streaked with mud.

Mature, growing older, and still a baby." Rumi, The Big Red Book 

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"Our help is in the name of the Lord..." - Psalm 124:8

Hare Krishna

Hare Krishna

Krishna

Krishna

Hare Hare

Hare Rama

Hare Rama

Rama Rama

Hare Hare" - @clarocruzkpd via IG

"I have many names and faces.

Beyond those names and faces, I am your loving mother always.

I come to you in light and darkness, through joy, and even, my beloved, through loss and tragedy.

I am always your loving mother. I am seeking you.

If you can know this, then great peace and spiritual power shall be yours

and you will help me bring love to this world.

Remember me. I am your loving mother always." - Alana Fairchild

"Your needs are

unreal

and

your efforts

are

meaningless" -Nisargdatta Maharaj

"When you realize you're irritated, half-smile at once.

Inhale and exhale quietly, maintaining the half smile for three breaths." -Thich Nhat Hanh

"Floating in God's ocean of living water you are free to walk on the waves that once tried to cover you." - there is beauty still, @wildflowerpages 

The next time you hear yourself chanting (y)our mantra,

know that you're living in the reality where only that mantra can be,

the only reality where it's being chanted.

The one where you're being of service, 

the one where you're being successful,

the one where you have everything because you have God. 

You are healing, 

and you're healed. 

You were before the wound.

Before the Womb. 

I love you 

I Am You, 

nik 

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Today's Quotes:  

"When you place Krishna first, you will never be last. We will always win, with Him first. We're never last or left empty-handed, Sarvatah pâni-padam tat (BG 13.14). Krishna has got hands and legs everywhere. Wherever He will order, the things will come. Simply we have to become sincere; then everything is there. If you are actually engaged in the service of Krsna, all your necessities will be supplied by Krsna." - Srila Prabhupada 

"l am filled with you,

skin, blood, bone, brain, and soul.

There is no room for trust or lack of trust, nothing in this existence but that existence." - Rumi, The Big Red Book

"Why let daily things bother your Have you forgotten how it is in time?

Your father has never met your mother.

The elaborate orchard garden you live in has not yet been planted.

The work is always inside you......

You are inside meaning, not words.

You are the heart itself, not any language of the heart.

You are the essence within the universe, not the universe.

You are neither absence nor existence.

I am blessed with faith and cursed with forgetfulness.

Clear, but streaked with mud.

Mature, growing older, and still a baby." Rumi, The Big Red Book

In a season of Stillness, but I’m still here. ❤️‍🔥

One reel. One GodNote. One breath at a time.

Find me daily at our Silent Retreat, CurlyNikki.com and @CurlyNikki

Let this moment hold you like it once held me.

This isn’t old, it’s eternal.

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You don't have to say 'no' to that (unwanted reality). 

Just close those eyes and say 'yes' to This. 

And when those eyes open again,

you're still saying 'yes' to This.

You're still hearing This,

feeling This.

And even though you're seeing the world,

God is in your eyes, 

you have God's eyes, now. 

And what do you see?

"Nothing here but God,"

as if in your night dream. 

And because you know it's a dream,

because 'you' stopped,

You're Here. 

That Dream is chasing you, now.

I Love you, 

I am you,

nik 

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Today's Quotes:  

"And suddenly-- the dreams started chasing me". - @Jeanpierresosa via IG 

"I am here again

with that which burns sin, and repentance, guilt, and holding back.

This flame says, Nothing here but God.

Everything, everyone, every moment, this fire says, That." - Rumi 

"The new is already here. The old is just making a lot of noise dying." - Eckhart Tolle

"They asked Her, "Who are you, mysterious veiled one?" And the Light replied, "I am Her, the Light, being the Teacher of all disciples of the heart. I guide along the blessed eternal Way called Love, to this holy path the knowers call complete surrender. There is nothing other than this way, Love. Truly All is One Sun of Love. Truly. All is One Sun. Love." - BlessingsofLight.wordpress.com

“Don't seek, don't search, don't ask, don't knock, don't demand ~ relax.

If you relax it comes, if you relax it is there. If you relax, you start vibrating with it.”

― Osho

In a season of Stillness, but I’m still here. ❤️‍🔥

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Let this moment hold you like it once held me.

This isn’t old, it’s eternal.

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I Am taking your pain right now.

Your hurts,

I Am carving them out, 

cutting them away,

pruning you. 

Feel what's growing inside of you right now...

Like a New Garden in the winter, 

a smile even though you're misperceiving Me as darkness,

as drought. 

Open your eyes and look at The Field,

"because it is already ripe with the harvest."*

You see The Field as that familiar place. 

The place you closed those eyes on.

And while it appears that nothing has changed, 

you have to feel what The Field has produced (t)here, 

what you can't see with those human eyes,

what I Am seeing for you. 

I Am feeling It with you. 

You must feel Love as you look out at what looks unchanged.

Nothing is the same.

Nothing is the same.

Nothing is the same.

Say that until you hear it differently.

Until you hear it rightly,

This No-Thing is the same 

This Love is the same. 

God is always the same

and knowing this, 

celebrating this,

worshiping this,

nothing is the same. 

nothing was the same.

#AllMe 

I love you

I Am you

nik

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*John 4:35

"THE MAN WHO

TURNED WATER INTO

WINE CAN ALSO

TURN YOUR

SUFFERING INTO JOY."

-@REFRESHED QUOTES

"My heart wants to surrender

My ego wants to plan

My heart wants to be

My ego wants to grow

My heart wants to listen

My ego wants to write" -@wordsonthepath

"Now silence lets the one behind your eyes talk." Rumi, Red Book (Coleman Barks) 

"ONLY ONE SUNRISE A DAY

You will not find another friend like me.

You spend your days in all directions.

No one accepts your money but me.

You are the dry ditch. I am rain.

You are the rubble of a building.

I am the architect.

There is only one sunrise a day.

In your sleep you see many shapes and people.

When you wake, you see nothing.

Close those eyes and open these eyes. Listen within your ear.

Speak without forming words.

Language turns against itself and is likely to cause injury." - Rumi, Red Book (Coleman Barks) 

"I want to be where your bare foot walks, because maybe before you step, you will look at the ground. I want that blessing." - Rumi, Red Book (Coleman Barks) 

In a season of Stillness, but I’m still here. ❤️‍🔥

One reel. One GodNote. One breath at a time.

Find me daily at our Silent Retreat, CurlyNikki.com and @CurlyNikki

Let this moment hold you like it once held me.

This isn’t old, it’s eternal.

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Notice that even with eyes open,

you can still sense the presence of the darkness behind closed eyes.

Even with these words present,

those thoughts present, 

you can always sense this Silence.

When that body is anxious,

you can still sense this Rest, 

this Joy in the background.

His Light is Everywhere.

It's at your office. 

It's in the kitchen. 

It's in the car, 

in traffic, too. 

It's at the store,

at the hospital,

in that waiting room.

Just sit (t)here.

Stand (t)here for a moment.

Eyes closed,

and feel, 'God is here, still.'

'God is greater, still.' 

And you are That, You are!

I Am That, I Am. 

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I love you

I am you

nik 

A WELL-BAKED LOAF

"Forget the world, and so command the wild.

Be alamp, or a lifeboat, or a ladder

Help someone's soul heal

walk out of your house like a shepherd.

Stay in the spirit fire. Let it cook you.

Bea well-baked loaf and lord of the table Come and be served to your brothers.

You have been a source of pain

Now you will be the delight.

You have been an unsafe house.

Now you will be the one who sees into the invisible

I said this, and a voice came to my ear, If you become this, you will be that.

Then silence, and now more silence.

A mouth is not for talking.

A mouth is for tasting this sweetness." - Rumi

"The more we speak of worldly issues the more worldly we become. But the more we hold to silence, inwardly praying, the more God-like we become." - Isha Das

"You need not remain here. The light is everywhere." - Maharajji 

"Let my soul become vulnerable to Your plan" - Sister Beata 

"Give me Grace to see beyond this moment here, to believe that there nothing left to fear, that you alone are high above it all, You, my God, are greater still." - Hillsong Worship 

"May I wake up in that land

One of countless grains of sand

May we wake up in that land Woven in a single strand

Homage to the one whose face is like hundreds of full moons in the sky

Cluster of a thousand stars in space

Clarifies everything and radiates

Make me you, Make you me May we merge inseparably Make me you, Make you me May we merge inseparably

Flood me with your lightening gaze

Mother of virtue, garland blaze With your bliss, you saturate, Words of awareness liberate.

Make me you, Make you me May we merge inseparably Make me you, Make you me May we merge inseparably

Asato Ma Sat Gamaya

Tamaso Ma Jyotir Gamaya

Mrtyor Ma Amrtam Gamaya

"Devotion is the mother."

~ Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche" - @thegettogether