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The Expanding Fragrance
The maturation of awakening is like the process of a tiny bud becoming a flower. Only a flower in full bloom can fulfill its divine destiny by revealing the beauty of its true colors and by releasing the intoxication of its fragrance. The flower is neither trying to give anything nor trying to get anything and yet its beauty and fragrance are freely available. It is simply being itself.
In full embodiment of awakening, that which moves through you as “your life” will be given in service to the awakeness inherent in all things. Just like the flower, you have no choice. You are simply being yourself. There is no division here, no trying to give anything or get anything. It is the heart of you meeting the heart of what is….
Either way, outward or inward, what you do is in service to the truth of reality rather than to the egoic need for self-comfort or self-importance. Initially, it is very likely that the pull is further inward into stillness and solitude. But as time progresses, that which moves through you is likely to draw you back into the world, where you can better serve the illumination of all beings.
~”Embodied Enlightenment”, by Amoda Maa
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“.. Expanding everywhere in perfect silence was the most astonishing fragrance I had ever smelled. I’d never experienced anything close to it — infinitely…
