Saying For Today: We are, truly, dying moment by moment. Dying from the past, into the present.
Welcome to OneLife Ministries, an online, interspiritual-integral ministry of Arem Nahariim-Samadhi and Love Light Fellowship. This site is here to lead you into a heart experience of Divine Presence, Who is Love. We recognize that of the Sacred in each one and celebrate the diversity of expressions of our Oneness in Grace. We are for peace and nonviolence, and equal rights and justice for all. I hope persons of varied wisdom paths will find inspiration here. Welcome!
Arem lives and trains in the tradition of the CosmicChrist and Universal LOVE-Mysticism... Love IS Arem's Religion
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Entering the Inner Sanctuary
Enter this sanctuary time by settling down, becoming quiet, and breathing deeply a few breaths. Remind yourself you are in the Presence of Love. This place you are entering, within, is the inner Temple. Here, you are One with Spirit and all persons, and Nature. You may use a mantra, or prayer phrase, follow the breathing in-and-out, or witness the arising and falling of all around you as the manifestation of universal-Grace. Enjoy these moments of Quiet and come out when you are ready. The following video is provided for those who would like meditative music to accompany your Quiet contemplation:
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A dewdrop, seeing the sun rise, became aware of its surroundings. This dewdrop was proud to be a dewdrop, and content to remain one. The dewdrop looked around and saw many other dewdrops on leaves, and being with many other dewdrops brought it joy.
The wind blew the tree, and shook and tilted the leaf. The dewdrop began to be afraid. Moving closer to the edge of the leaf, the dewdrop struggled to remain clinging to the leaf. With all its might, it sought to be strong, fearing the unknown.
Finally, the dewdrop could hold on no longer. Down it slid, and the dewdrop waited its uncertain fate. As the dewdrop dropped into open space, it saw a refection of itself, as though in a mirror.
The dewdrop saw this mirror get closer and closer, and its reflection larger and larger. Then, “Splash!” into the lake. The dew drop, now part of the whole, thought, “Oh! Why did I ever fear such a death?”
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The word “death” speaks of separation. Yet, separation does not always mean loss. Separation can mean gain, new life, closer togetherness. Like when two lovers merge in organismic ecstasy, the self dissolving in the energy of each other. No more making love to or with – no separation, only Loving.
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As a child, I enjoyed going to the cemeteries. I walked among the gravesites. I found peace and mystery there. Even as a little child, I knew I walked among bones, not persons.
Yet, death can remind us of the many deaths we can die, even in one lifetime. Deaths can include divorce, job or career loss, foreclosure of our home, a dear friend moving far away, the loss of a dream or our health, … Likewise, each stage of life is a death. We are, truly, dying moment by moment. Dying from the past, into the present. And the present is dying into the future – a new present. Dying is integral to life.
Some of us have died several or many times spiritually. We look back and see that our religious faith or spirituality has undergone many transformations. The loss of a religious or spiritual way can be difficult, even when we know we cannot remain with the viewpoint or Path we have had. I see that my religious belief and practice is far different from my upbringing; I could not have imagined the shape it would take. I cannot imagine how it might look 5, 10, or 20 years from now.
Today, therefore, let us think upon the word “death” positively. Like the dewdrop, how might we be clinging to something we need to release? How might we need to see a loss or potential loss as an opening to something better? Can we look at the physical changes of age and see such as a positive transformation, rather than simply loss of youthfulness? These and other questions we can ask about how death can be gain, an introduction to a fuller experience of Life and Love, and Joy.
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The Essence of LOVE-Mysticism is to look "within," to find there the Light of G-D That is in Everyone...
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The Sacred in Me bows to the Sacred in You
*The story of the dewdrop is adapted from Peter Hughes, “The Dew Drop: www.inspirationpeak.com .
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