#A.H. Almaas

[crosstheveil]

If you remember times when you were in love, you'll recall that the other person seemed all loving, shining, wonderful. Right? Then after a few months, you wonder where the loving, shining wonderfulness disappeared to. You think it must be that he stopped loving you. But no, those qualities were an illusion to start with. It was a projection of your own essence. This doesn't mean your partner doesn't have essence of his own, but that wasn't what you were seeing. You were projecting your essence onto him. That was what you were really in love with!

— A. H. Almaas

#love #a.h. almaas #quote

[dimensional-tourist]

Inner realization is a process of shedding, of losing what one takes oneself to be, to ultimately become what one is, without need for any external support, not even one’s mind. This description is not metaphorical; one actually experiences the disappearance of great realms of one’s identity. As one goes deeper and deeper, one realizes that one is shedding concepts that one had taken to be absolute truths.

A.H. Almaas

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[jahanbakhsh]

"True will is actually nothing but complete surrender to what is experienced in this moment [...] True will does not involve surrender to another person, but to yourself, to life, to your experience, to the truth of now."

"The moment we say "no" to our experience, we are using false will [...] So when true will is operating, it enhances our awareness of what is there."

"In this culture we usually think of will as masculine, a hard masculinity. But ultimately, the will is feminine. The true relationship of the will to essence is a receptivity to the truth, an attunement with reality" One of the symbols of true will is a crescent moon, which is receptive. The crescent moon with the star in the center represents the receptivity to oneself, to your true self. So the receptivity is to the truth of oneself. (Almaas in Diamond Heart, Book II: Will) "A straight line teaches us to develop our will-power, but the will must always be subject to intelligence and inspired by the heart. Those who are driven by will-power alone are constantly at war with others and with themselves, and the effect is disastrous. At the same time, however, the will is always the motivating power behind our acts; there is nothing more worse than to be lacking in will-power. We need to have a strong will, therefore; we need to be capable of advancing in a straight line, and at the same time we must be able to use a wavy line- that is, to move forward with intellectual discernment and kindness of heart." (Omraam in Cosmic Balance: A straight line and a curved line)

Linking A.H. Almaas to Omraam on will on masculinity and femineity.

#a.h. almaas #omraam #Omraam Mikhael Aivanhov #diamond heart

[dandanjean]

Les facettes de l'unité

La plupart d’entre nous croient que la réalisation spirituelle consiste à devenir plus heureux, plus libres, plus nobles, tout en conservant l’essentiel des contours et des catégories de notre manière habituelle de faire l’expérience de la réalité. Derrière cette attitude il y a une conviction répandue que le « travail de développement personnel », y compris le travail psychologique, peut…

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#A.H. Almaas #Ennéagramme #Expérience #psychologie #sacré #spiritualité #unité

[camillevanneerart]

hameed - graphite | 20 x 12

#almaas #hameed #mysticism #a.h. almaas #art #portrait #sketchbook #graphite

[susieporta]

A.H. Almaas

[i-will-talk-fish]

To study the aliveness of the soul we cannot help but study her dynamism; to study her dynamism we have to explore her impressionability; to investigate her impressionability we begin easily to see it intimately connected to her capacity of imagination; our exploration goes on in this flowing stream.

—A.H. Almaas from “The Inner Journey Home”

[art-pop-ups]

An excerpt from the book “The Inner Journey Home. Soul’s Realization of the Unity of Reality” by A.H. Almaas. My current read.

I highly recommend this book to anyone interested in comparative religion, psychology, philosophy and overall spirituality.

#books #literature #mysticism #mystical traditions #ancient knowledge #esoteric knowledge #philosophy #psychology #comparative religion #religious studies #quotes #selfrealization #the soul #the mind #spiritualjourney #spiritualpath #spirituality #human nature #reality #consciousness #phenomenology of being #wisdom #enlightenedconsciousness #enlightment #sufism #buddhism #platonism

[subconsciousmysteries]

“This is why spiritual teachers rarely get involved with social reform. They aren’t against it, but they recognize that it will not solve the world’s problems since those problems are based on cognitive distortions.”

— Facets of Unity, The Enneagram of Holy Ideas (A.H. Almaas)

#Enneagram #typology #enneagram #spirituality #facets of unity #enneagram of holy ideas #Reading the first part #gonna get to each individual type soon #quotes

[meditation-practices]

Words of Wisdom for December 22, 2023

Dear Friends: “Wisdom doesn’t mean spiritual knowledge. Wisdom doesn’t mean words of wisdom. Wisdom means spiritual experience that is being expressed in one’s actions and living. A wise person is a person who knows how to live in the world and behave and act according to the knowledge that they actually have realized.” – A.H. Almaas Read More Mini Mindfulness Breaks Click here to offer what…

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#Words of Wisdom

[anttiblogs]

"When you are in touch with and embodying the truth, compassion happens automatically and naturally."

-A.H Almaas

#diamond approach #spirituality #consciousness

[crosstheveil]

The fundamental thing that happened and the greatest calamity is not that there was no love or support. The greater calamity which was caused by that first calamity is that you lost the connection to your Essence. That is much more important than whether your mother or father loved you or not.

Your conflicts, all the difficult things, the problematic situations in your life are not chance or haphazard. They are actually yours. They are specifically yours, designed specifically for you by a part of you that loves you more than anything else. The part of you that loves you more than anything else has created roadblocks to lead you to yourself. You are not going to go in the right direction unless there is something pricking you in the side, you, “Look here! This way!” That part of you loves you so much that it doesn’t want you to lose the chance. It will go to extreme measures to wake you up, it will make you suffer greatly if you don’t listen. What else can it do? That is its purpose.

— A.H. Almaas

#trauma #guidance #ah almaas #quote

[baileye]

The author and spiritual teacher, A.H. Almaas has commented, “Only when compassion is present, will people allow themselves to see the truth”. I think Kendrick is probing us to ask ourselves; “are we letting people in our lives see their truth?” and, “are we being allowed to see our own truth?”

[jahanbakhsh]

I have given two examples that are intimately connected. The first example has to do with independence, with being yourself, and brings up the issue of identity - the personal aspect of Essence. The other example has to do with relationships and usually brings up a conflict between being a separate self and the experience of merging, which often makes you feel as if you are losing your identity.

Source: A.H. Almaas, Diamond Heart Book I, Chapter 1.

#a.h. almaas #diamond heart

[dimensional-tourist]

The shift of perspective from conventional reality to fundamental reality is a huge, quantum jump from one universe to another. No wonder this Work is difficult! When we see just how difficult, we understand more why we need to be patient and compassionate with ourselves.

A.H. Almaas

#A.H. Almaas

[mysticallion]

“Love, compassion, kindness, and generosity change their function from being motivations for practice to becoming expressions of realization.”

~A.H. Almaas

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