GoOD Mornings with CurlyNikki: The Rosary

That which sees the waves of unknowing and the waves of knowing, the waves of doubt, and the waves of clarity, is beyond both.
That, you are. 
 Like kneeling over a disturbed lake,
trying to see your reflection through the waves,
you can see something,
you can see a distortion,
but as the waves calm down,
as the lake goes still again,
there you are.
When the mind is still,
like it is right now,
more aware of silence than anything else,
there you are
(t)here, God is.

I love you,
Nik
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"When you feel pulled into two different directions,
surrender into the not knowing. 
It's okay to not know what direction to go in
when you feel this conflict.
It's your heart teling you to release control, 
to make space and allow spirit to lead you through."
-@JessicaDelmar_ via IG

"I entered into unknowing and remained there, knowing nothing.
This place transcends all thought. I had no idea where I was, but when I found myself there (without knowing where there was) I suddenly understood sublime things, ineffable things."
-St John of the Cross     

"This is what you are to do: lift your heart up to the Lord, with a gentle stirring of love desiring him for his own sake and not for his gifts. Center all your attention and desire on him and let this be the sole concern of your mind and heart. Do all in your power to forget everything else, keeping your thoughts and desires free from involvement with any of God's creatures or their affairs whether in general or particular. Perhaps this will seem like an irresponsible attitude, but I tell you, let them all be; pay no attention to them.
...
And so diligently persevere until you feel the joy in it. For in the beginning it is usual to feel nothing but a kind of darkness about your mind, or as it were, a cloud of unknowing. You will seem to know nothing and to feel nothing except a naked intent toward God in the depths of your being. Try as you might, this darkness and this cloud will remain between you and your God. You will feel frustrated, for your mind will be unable to grasp him, and your heart will not relish the delight of his love. But learn to be at home in this darkness. Return to it as often as you can, letting your spirit cry out to him who you love. For if, in this life, you hope to feel and see God as he is in himself it must be within this darkness and this cloud. But if you strive to fix your love on him forgetting all else, which is the work of contemplation I have urged you to begin, I am confident that God in his goodness will bring you to a deep experience of himself."
-Excerpt from 'The Cloud of Unknowing'

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God isn't revealed in the words,
you feel Him in     the       s p a c  e      between them.
Then you grab hold of that wordless feeling, the 'I Am",
and you keep feeling It throughout the words,
throughout all the noise of the world,
feeling the Kingdom while experiencing the world.
That's inner freedom.
The only freedom.
And then It appears to become evident as your outer freedom.

I Love you,
Nik
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Today's Quotes:    
 
When you talk to me, I listen to the space between the words,
to you, the words are real, 
to me, the space is real. 
The space is Consciousness, 
while the words are just a mark on Consciousness."
-Robert Adams

"Living in the favorable conditions and unfavorable conditions is a part of living, but smiling in all those is the Art of Living. "
-Ravi Shankar

"There's a great space in which this moment takes place. There's a great silence that is listening to the thoughts."
-Adyashanti 

"All unhappy states are only this Consciousness forgetting itself. They are imaginary as states, but real as Consciousness."
-Rupert Spira 

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Watch your thoughts and watch yourself watching the thoughts.
Watch your mantra, and watch yourself watching the mantra.
Your mantra cleans up the inside,
and because in the Kingdom there is no inside or outside,
it cleans up what appears to be the outside for you, too.
It cleans up your relationships,
it cleans up your career,
it cleans up how you relate to your children,
it cleans up how you relate to your Self.
But it all begins with how you relate to your thoughts in this moment.
Assume responsibility for your practice, for your life,
until you realize that the responsibility is God's.
And that you do what you can, until Grace kicks in.
Until the Holy Spirit flows in,
and the blocks are cleared,
and the path is open,
and your success is established.

I Love you,
Nik

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“Christ may make His home in your hearts”
-Ephesians 3:17

"If you clear the cobwebs of material sense from the darkest corners of your mind, you will be preparing a place for the inflow of the Holy Spirit. As that Divine Presence then establishes Itself as the Primal Force in your soul and consciousness, It will go before you to lighten all burdens of the human condition that have been restricting your progress on the path to mystical illumination. 
So, take every opportunity to retire often to the inner sanctum of your being, where this cleansing process can occur and then, allow this hallowed Presence to work Its magic in your ongoing life unfoldment."
-Don Mardak

"Watch your thoughts and watch yourself watching the thoughts. The state of freedom from all thoughts will happen suddenly and by the Bliss of It, you shall recognize It."
-Nisargadatta Maharaj 

"Stuck with another day, how should we pass it?
If anything worked for you before--
I'd give that
preference."
-Mira via Daniel Ladinsky's, 'Love Poems from God'

"A house is made of brick and stone, but a Home is made of Love alone."
-Rumi 

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This is your life on Love.
Where every thorn becomes a rose,
and every thought becomes Go(o)d.
You think about God all day the way you used to think about your problems all day.
You feel Go(o)d all day no matter what comes, by intending, "I'm feeling Go(o)d anyway".
And you smile.
And the world smiles. 
Because God is.

I Love you,
Nik
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"You have to meet God in this life. Don't let this life go by and miss discovering the Supreme One."
-Mooji 

"It is an insult to your Self to be born, live, and die without knowing the answer to the mystery of why you were sent here as a human being in the first place. To forget God is to miss the whole point of existence. Learn to feel God, and to enjoy Him."
-Yogananda 

"All objective experience- thoughts, images, feelings, sensations and perceptions- appears and disappears, but knowing or being aware remains present throughout all changing experience, just as a screen remains present throughout all movies."
-Rupert Spira

"If I pick a rose without you, 
it becomes a thorn in my hand. 
If I am the thorn, 
 I become a rose in your hand."
-Rumi 

"Don't worry about whether you are making progress or not... just keep your attention on the Self twenty-four hours a day.  Meditation is not something that should be done in a particular position at a particular time, It is an awareness and an attitude that must persist throughout the day."
-Annamalai Swami 

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How do you put down imaginary baggage?
You just know there isn't any.
And your shoulders come down,
and you sigh a breath of relief.
You sigh your way into a deeper relaxation.
Into a deeper trust.

I Love you,
Nik
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"You don't need to carry everything you have been through, some of it is meant to be left behind."
-@mindfullyevie via IG 

"The past can hurt you no longer. You have learned from it, and now it's time to let it go. Today is a new day, enter it with an open heart full of Love and Gratitude."
-IG @saintsmxculturea

"Focus on the step in front of you, not the entire staircase."
-@iuliastration

"Let your mind be like a beautiful flower that may be offered to the Lord in worship."
-Ananadamayi Ma

"For your faith to be a rock solid, your heart needs to be as soft as a feather."
-Shams Tabrizi

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The moment you step onto God's escalator, going up,
like at the airport,
you loosen your grip on your baggage,
you relax a bit,
you can rest.
Even though at times it feels like you're taking two steps forward and one step back,
doubting,
believing,
doubting,
believing,
you're still rising.
You're still going up.
Everything is happening, the good and the bad, while you're continuing the inevitable ascent,
back to the Home you never left.

I Love you,
Nik
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"You are closer to your victory than you are to where you came from. Keep going."
-@PursuitofHoliness via IG

"Focus on the step in front of you. Not the entire staircase."
- @iliastration via IG

"Not by might, not by power, but by My Spirit." When we have learned not to resist evil, not to fight it, and not to try to get God to fight it for us, we will not have to labor for our good: we will receive it by Grace.  Our very acknowledgment of the unreal and illusory nature of the discords of this world is the spiritual power."
-Joel Goldsmith

"Certainly  you will have doubts. There will be questioning and faith will return again. That is how faith is established."
-Sarada Devi

In deep Love your mind becomes free of thoughts."
-Ravi Shankar

"Body of all. Mind of all. Spirit of all. May we meditate on the radiance of the inner light. May that Self illuminate our thoughts. Peace Peace Peace."
-Gayatri Mantra translation from Shakara

The sanskrit that I chant internally--

Om Bhur Bhuvaḥ Swaḥ
Tat-savitur Vareñyaṃ
Bhargo Devasya Dheemahi
Dhiyo Yonaḥ Prachodayāt
Om Shanti Shanti Shanti

A cool video about the power of it-- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78aOzoOWzSA

“Mantras have powers to endow one with remarkable abilities. The Gayatri mantra gives the devotees spiritual as well as material benefits.
- Ramana Maharshi 

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As you learn to let go of thinking even as the thinking is happening,
shifting the attention out of the mind,
and down into the silence of the Heart, 
the looking becomes Loving. 
And in that Loving vision,
everything is perfect. 
That's God's vision,
the original vision for your life.

I Love you,
Nik
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"The path is the destination, and the destination is hidden in the path, as the Creator is hidden in the creation."
-Sadguru

"There's no one in your life who hasn't always loved you. 
They're all just learning how to show it. 
Like you. 
It's simply a matter of applying what you have to what you face..."
-Mike Dooley, The Complete Notes from the Universe 

"Everything is painted with the brush of the Invisible One. Let us follow the hidden signs and find the Painter."
-Rumi 

"Your life becomes a masterpiece when you learn to master Peace."
-Unknown via IG

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Everything, the good and the bad brought you to this moment,
to this level of growth where the Love is now growing new experiences,
new opportunities to bring you closer to God,
new opportunities to help you exercise trust,
the way you trust that mustard seed you plant will grow into a plant?
You have to trust that you're growing into all that you're destined to be.

I Love you,
Nik
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“And He said to them…. “for truly I say to you, if you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move; and nothing will be impossible to you."
-Matthew 17:20

“When you recognize her beauty, the eye applauds, the heart stands in an ovation, and the tongue when she is near is on its best behavior, it speaks more like light. What does light talk about? I asked a plant that once, It said, “I am not sure, but it makes me grow.” 
–Thomas Aquinas, “Love Poems from God”, translated by Daniel Ladinsky

"Ask yourself, "during this silent time in the Presence, did I fear anything or anyone?" Your answer will certainly be, 'No'. This is your true state of Being. Accept no other."
-Allen White 

'The Inner Light is beyond praise and blame; like space it knows no boundaries, yet it is even here, within us, ever retaining its serentiy and fullness.  It is only when you hunt for it that you lose it; you cannot take hold of it, but equally you cannot get rid of it, and while you can do neither, it goes on its own way."
-Yung- Chia Ta-Shih 

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As long as you don't forget that you're actually Love,
that you're the underlying pattern,
the building blocks and the glue of all of creation,
then your foundation is strong, and you can build higher.

It's like you're in the trenches and you're building,
and you can't really see what you're building,
but you just keep trusting,
and you just keep listening for Silence,
and you just keep feeling for Love.
Every time you feel this Love,
every time this Love touches you,
that's another brick.
That's another level.
This Love is building your new Home,
It's building your new life.
Keep going.

I Love you,
Nik

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"Make up your mind. Whom shall you follow?
Will you follow your ego, your emotions and what appears to be real?
Or will you begin to ignore those things and dive into your Self becoming free?
The choice is yours."
-Robert Adams 

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The moment you touch His Peace,
the mind dissolves,
and you're back where the sun never sets.
You're back where there is no suffering.
You're back where there is no 'you',
and none of your problems,
and none of your limitations.
Just the Christ.
And you'll watch the Christ manifest Itself where you appear to be.
It fulfills Itself where you appear to be.
It serves and heals others where you appear to be.
It lives where you appear to be,
right now, It lives.
God lives.
Thank God, 
and smile.

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Nik
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"Imagine if we treated each new dawn, and each new day with the same reverence and joy that we treat each new year."
-Angie Lynn

"Don't you know yet?  It's your light that lights the world."
-Rumi

"However long the night, the dawn will break."
-Rumi 
 
"Unconditioned awareness is just like a light--I don't mean a light you can see, but the light that is seeing."
-Adyashanti 
 
"You give up not meditating. It's called meditation action. There's no way out of it. Meditation means to be constantly extricating yourself from the clinging of mind."
-Ram Dass

"The new day is at hand, the birds are awakening, the air is soft and sweet, and for you also a new day is dawning. You feel that you have lived, have loved, have rejoiced and sorrowed; but I say to you, that which has seemed of such importance was only as the threads of silken web drawing ing you up to Me. Your life shall unfold. You are, as it were, but at the beginning of that which never began. The page lies fresh and white before you even as does the new day. Old things shall rule you no more. Old ways shall tempt you no more. You shall go on and up the sunlit lit path with Me. If at times you seem to be back again and the old familiar ways seem to take possession of you, only turn within and know that the One who dwells on the throne of your heart is after all that which is eternal. As you do your work, as you meet My children on the path, you will be love-filled and understanding, for it shall be the Christ in you who sees and works. All things shall be done with Me and by Me, and all your day shall be made a thing of beauty. Never shall you want, and never shall you lack, for I know not either state. When we function as ONE you cannot experience that which I do not know."
-Eva Bell Werber. Quiet Talks the Master (Kindle Locations 475-483). Kindle Edition. 

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