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* Inspiration – Lighthouse

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“I am not a library, I am a lighthouse. You have to attune yourself to my vibration. Don’t bother studying me. Just tune in and soon you will discover the vibration of the Self.

To try and study takes a long time. If you tune in, you actually expand a hundred times faster than studying, but it requires a trusting and a letting go —the thing your mind is most afraid of.”*

~ Mooji

The answer is not from the words, it’s the knowing beyond the words. When I tune in to Mooji’s light, it helps me to let go and brings me Home.

Namaste

 

* Mooji (2015-12-03). White Fire: Spiritual insights and teachings of advaita zen master Mooji (Kindle Locations 1549-1552). Mooji Media Publications. Kindle Edition.

Val T Boyko
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42 responses to “* Inspiration – Lighthouse”

  1. Jill Weatherholt Avatar
    Jill Weatherholt

    Beautiful, Val. Lighthouses are my happy place. That’s a gorgeous photo.

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    1. Val Boyko Avatar
      Val Boyko

      So glad they are your happy place Jill!! I find them mesmerizing and haunting. 💛

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  2. socialbridge Avatar
    socialbridge

    Fascinating one, Val, as lighthouses are so individual in terms of both colour and the timing of the lights. So, in ways, they are like books but they are more like people.
    I know this is on a slight tangent but it’s where your post brought me.

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    1. Val Boyko Avatar
      Val Boyko

      So interesting how our mind can open up unexplored paths! Thank you Jean for sharing yours.

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  3. nrhatch Avatar
    nrhatch

    When something we hear resonates with us and we immediately know it is part of our truth/path ~> such a good feeling.

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    1. Val Boyko Avatar
      Val Boyko

      So good – like coming home – to a mug of hot chocolate on a cold damp day like we have just had. Thanks Nancy 💛

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  4. vanbytheriver Avatar
    vanbytheriver

    Sometimes, it is so simple, yet we try too hard. 💘

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    1. Val Boyko Avatar
      Val Boyko

      Simplicity is the answer isn’t it Van. It’s our mind that makes things complex … and then we add our emotions and everything seems to get tied in knots 💛

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  5. Hariod Brawn Avatar
    Hariod Brawn

    Val, it seems Mooji is here talking about something covered in a very wonderful book called The Zen Teaching of Huang Po on the Transmission of Mind, and as translated by the Englishman John Blofeld. It’s only a short work, but is really quite sublime, I think, if you’re at all interested or if you haven’t yet encountered it.

    “If you would only rid yourselves of the concepts of ordinary and Enlightened, you would find that there is no other Buddha than the Buddha in your own Mind. The arising and the elimination of illusion are both illusory. Illusion is not something rooted in Reality; it exists because of your dualistic thinking. If you will only cease to indulge in opposed concepts such as ‘ordinary’ and ‘Enlightened’, illusion will cease of itself.”

    – Huang Po (Died 850 AD)

    H ❤

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    1. Val Boyko Avatar
      Val Boyko

      I haven’t heard of this work Hariod. Will definitely explore further. 💛

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    2. Val Boyko Avatar
      Val Boyko

      Hariod, I am ordering it now on Amazon. What else would you recommend for me to ponder and relish over the holidays?

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      1. Hariod Brawn Avatar
        Hariod Brawn

        I suppose it’s different for all of us, isn’t it Val, but what you’re currently reading – I Am That – along with Blofeld’s Huang Po translation are the two works that stood head and shoulders above the rest, over some 30 years of reading such classic texts. That said, then if you like the Huang Po, then you may also like Blofeld’s translation of Hui Hai, who was a contemporary of Huang Po; that book is called Zen Teaching of Instantaneous Awakening: Being the Teaching of the Zen Master Hui Hai, known as the Great Pearl. Happy shopping! H ❤

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        1. Val Boyko Avatar
          Val Boyko

          Thank you for the suggestion Hariod. Huang Po is on its way.

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  6. smilecalm Avatar
    smilecalm

    eyes closed
    and still seeing
    your light, Val 🙂

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    1. Val Boyko Avatar
      Val Boyko

      Beaming your way David.
      Thank you 💛

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  7. Minuscule Moments Avatar
    Minuscule Moments

    Val I needed this today I am painting a landscape, something I never do. I have attempted it twice and scrapped it twice. Today I am not going to think too much today Im just going be my authentic self and paint what I see. Today I will tune in to the gifts given to me, lose the self doubt and paint. Thanks for the inspiration have a wonderful day.

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    1. Val Boyko Avatar
      Val Boyko

      Thank you Kath. I hope you found the lightness and authentic expression in your strokes today ❤️

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      1. Minuscule Moments Avatar
        Minuscule Moments

        Getting there did not throw it out and getting closer to the finish of it now Thanks Val.

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  8. Healing Grief Avatar
    Healing Grief

    Beautiful Val, tuning in and seeing more clearly 🌟🌟

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    1. Val Boyko Avatar
      Val Boyko

      Beautiful Karen ☺️ thank you 💕

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  9. Ann Koplow Avatar
    Ann Koplow

    ❤

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    1. Val Boyko Avatar
      Val Boyko

      💓

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  10. MK Avatar
    MK

    Thank you again, Val, for this post. It is a bright and clear pointer.

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    1. Val Boyko Avatar
      Val Boyko

      Thank you MK for your kind words and presence 💛

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  12. David Kanigan Avatar
    David Kanigan

    Be the light. Love it.

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    1. Val Boyko Avatar
      Val Boyko

      Me too. Thank you David 🌟

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  13. IreneDesign2011 Avatar
    IreneDesign2011

    Beautiful and true Val 🙂
    I needed this one today.

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    1. Val Boyko Avatar
      Val Boyko

      Thank you Irene. May the light always be there for you 🌟

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      1. IreneDesign2011 Avatar
        IreneDesign2011

        Thank you Val, some days it is more easy to find the light.

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        1. Val Boyko Avatar
          Val Boyko

          Even when we don’t see it, it makes us feel better knowing it is still there. 💕

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          1. IreneDesign2011 Avatar
            IreneDesign2011

            You are right, Val ❤

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  14. my one life. today Avatar
    my one life. today

    This is such a beautiful quote. So relevant to me right now. As you well know. If only the trusting and letting go part weren’t the key to the gate I’d already be in that garden of expansion … 🙂

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  15. my one life. today Avatar
    my one life. today

    PS: I just googled Mooji and got stuck on his video section, stumbling over this one: “Satsang Doesn’t Give You a Key, It Removes the Door”. Given the comment I had just left here it seemed the most fitting one to start with. As it turns out it’s picked me right up from where I stand right now. Thanks for that little but important pointer.

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    1. Val Boyko Avatar
      Val Boyko

      I love your insight and reflection 💛 May the journey of letting go continue. xo

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  16. D. Wallace Peach Avatar
    D. Wallace Peach

    Lovely, Val. Sometimes we overthink and don’t leave space for what we already know 🙂

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    1. Val Boyko Avatar
      Val Boyko

      Thinking too much and trying too hard are tough ones to let go of Diana. Thank you for your presence here 💛

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  17. Tiny Avatar
    Tiny

    Wonderful advice! Sounds easy to do…if not for the mind 🙂

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    1. Val Boyko Avatar
      Val Boyko

      When we really embrace that we are not our thoughts … it becomes a bit easier to tune in to the essence. Dylan knows 😊

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      1. Tiny Avatar
        Tiny

        Yes he does. I’ll need to listen 🙂

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    1. Val Boyko Avatar
      Val Boyko

      Thank you for the share! We are all learners on this path .. and come across new ideas and approaches. This is the way of the enduring life learner 💛

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