I have...

I have no parents: I make the heavens and earth my parents.
I have no home: I make awareness my home.
I have no life or death: I make the tides of breathing my
and death.
I have no divine power: I make honesty my divine power.
I have no means: I make understanding my means.
I have no magic secrets: I make character my magic secret.
I have no body: I make endurance my body.
I have no eyes: I make the flash of lightning my eyes.
I have no ears: I make sensibility my ears.
I have no limbs: I make promptness my limbs.
I have no strategy: I make 'unshadowed by thought" my
strategy.
I have no designs: I make "seizing opportunity by the forelock" my design.
I have no miracles: I make right-action my miracles.
I have no principles: I make adaptability to all circumstances
my principles.
I have no tactics: I make emptiness and fullness my tactics.
I have no talents: I make ready wit my talent.
I have no friends: I make my mind my friend.
I have no enemy: I make carelessness my enemy.
I have no armor: I make benevolence and righteousness my
armor.
I have no castle: I make immovable-mind my castle.
I have no sword: I make absence of self my sword.

Annonymous Samurai, fourteenth century

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Esoteric vs Exoteric

Esoteric means "within" and refers to the unseen energies and forces available to our spiritual evolution. It is also called the still, small voice within.

Exoteric, by contrast, means "from without"-- often expressed as institutional doctrine and dogma.

*Sancta Sophia

There is a deep wellspring of knowledge/wisdom that is born within each and every one of us. Some of us are older or younger souls having lived many life times in various forms yet presently in human form.

We come into this world being close to the Source of Life but as we  age and are conditioned by our parents, friends and society we generally tend to shut down or suppress that inherent connection with the Oneness of Life.

Deep breath work and meditation are ways to open and re-established our connection to our center within and allow us direct communication with Source.

It is an esoteric journey, and esoteric path within the very core of our soul's heart, our own Self. A peeling away of conditioning so that we may hear the faint call of the small voice within refining our keen hearing so that it is a loud or normal voice that guides our soul to its authentic expression.

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O Nembutsu - Namo Amida Bu

Enjoy the melody while sing through the song.

O! Nembutsu!

(Sung to the melody of “Amazing Grace”)

[Traditional, Lyrics ©2003 by José M. Tirado]

O! Nembutsu!

The Name that calls

Wells up inside of me.

I call that Name

It calls me too,

Namo-Amida-Bu!

Unhindered Light...

Infinite Life...

Amida surrounds me.

This little self, 

This little me,

No greater Love than this.

How warm your Light

Bright´ning my heart,

How warm your Vow 

Of Life!

Your promise filled,

Yes, verily,

And taken just for me!

O Primal Vow

The First Promise,

Whose power takes me home!

To that Pure Land

From which I can

Be wakened and released.

Bright Light of Life

Of Purity,

Light shining on us all:

The young or old,

The rich or poor,

All taken, as we are....

O! Nembutsu!

The Name that calls

Wells up inside of me.

I call that Name

It calls me too,

Namo-Amida-Bu!

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(Sung to the melody of “Amazing Grace”)

[Traditional, Lyrics ©2003 by José M. Tirado]

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New Beginnings

You can look to the stars in search of the answers
Look for God and life on distant planets
Have your faith in the ever after
While each of us holds inside the map to the labyrinth
And heaven's here on earth

We are the spirit the collective conscience
We create the pain and the suffering and the beauty in this world

Heaven's here on earth
In our faith in humankind
In our respect for what is earthly
In our unfaltering belief in peace and love and understanding

I've seen and met angels wearing the disguise
Of ordinary people leading ordinary lives
Filled with love, compassion, forgiveness and sacrifice

Heaven's in our hearts
In our faith in humankind
In our respect for what is earthly
In our unfaltering belief in peace and love and understanding

Look around
Believe in what you see
The kingdom is at hand
The promised land is at your feet
We can and will become what we aspire to be

If Heaven's here on earth
If we have faith in humankind
And respect for what is earthly
And an unfaltering belief that truth is divinity
And heaven's here on earth

I've seen spirits
I've met angels
Touched creations beautiful and wondrous
I've been places where I question all I think I know
But I believe, I believe, I believe this could be heaven
We are born inside the gates with the power to create life
And to take it away
The world is our temple
The world is our church
Heaven's here on earth

If we have faith in human kind
And respect for what is earthly
And an unfaltering belief
In peace and love and understanding
This could be heaven here on earth

*Tracy L. Chapman
Heaven's Here on Earth