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It’s Not A Thing You Do. It’s A Thing You Are

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It's Not A Thing You Do. It's A Thing You Are

If I were to hold just one wish for humanity, it is that we remember our innate capacity to experience each other without condition.

– Nic Askew –

It’s Not A Thing You Do. It’s A Thing You Are

“I think people just want to feel like they’re home like there’s no one they have to be and there’s nowhere else they have to be. Here we are. It’s enough. You belong. There was never any condition to that, ever. You distance yourself and you say, “Well, they’re wrong over there. They should believe what I believe.” When all along, you could wrap your arms around them, everyone, no matter what. And it’s so much easier if you recognize what you are and what you’re part of. Not the ideology you’re a part of but what you actually are, and to do that is so very simple. One has to be still enough for a moment just to catch a glimpse of what you are. There’s nothing to do. It’s not a thing that you do. It’s a thing that you are. It’s just a recognition. And then you can put your arms around everything.” Filmmaker Nic Askew of the Soul Biographies film series shares more in this in-depth interview. { read more }

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Experiment with trying to experience another “without condition,’ today. For inspiration check out the work of Soul Biographies here. { more }

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Don’t Waste A Curse On The Universe

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Don’t Waste A Curse On The Universe

–Ella Wheeler Wilcox

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2501.jpgDon’t look for the flaws as you go through life;
And even when you find them,
It is wise and kind to be somewhat blind
And look for the virtue behind them.
For the cloudiest night has a hint of light
Somewhere in its shadows hiding;
It is better by far to hunt for a star,
Than the spots on the sun abiding.

The current of life runs ever away
To the bosom of God’s great ocean.
Don’t set your force ‘gainst the river’s course
And think to alter its motion.
Don’t waste a curse on the universe–
Remember it lived before you.
Don’t butt at the storm with your puny form,
But bend and let it go o’er you.

The world will never adjust itself
To suit your whims to the letter.
Some things must go wrong your whole life long,
And the sooner you know it the better.
It is folly to fight with the Infinite,
And go under at last in the wrestle;
The wiser man shapes into God’s plan
As water shapes into a vessel.

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