Inspiration

from another world

by Markus 'giles' Koehorst on Aug.20, 2011, under inspiration

Original source: August 16, 2011 Anchorage (Alaska) Daily News (reposted without editing)

SHRINE: Suel Jones admires his Buddha that has become a coffee house shrine

A couple years ago a former BP machinist named Suel Jones fell in love with a 700-pound white marble Buddha statue carved by a roadside sculptor in the Marble Mountains outside Da Nang, Vietnam.

“I just looked at it, I really can’t tell you why, maybe the face, maybe the texture,” he said. “I said, ‘I just want that one over there.’ ”

Seeing the statue jogged loose a memory from his time as a young Marine .... continue reading 'from another world'

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Devotion

by Markus 'giles' Koehorst on Jul.15, 2011, under inspiration

“Devotion is the simplest form of awareness. It is most natural. There is nothing more thorough, nothing more innocent, nothing more divine. Purity of the heart means feeling every act, every thought, every perception as the grace of Mother Divine, the Glory of God.” - Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

There is said to be a continous cycle of four yugas, or ‘ages’. The age we currently live in is called Kali Yuga, where morality is at its lowest and suffering at its highest.

I find this thought strangely comforting. It certainly explains a lot.

Here is a beautiful description of Kali Yuga from the Vedic scripture called Srimad Bhagavatam (12.3.24-44): .... continue reading 'Kali Yuga'

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