inescapable | It Is What It Is

~~August 4, 2014~~

“The soul — which I’m defining as our capacity for these deeply positive human qualities –is something that, in most of us, desperately needs to be developed. Too many of us live in a fractured state, deeply divided against ourselves — often far more so than we are aware of or able to feel. We exist in a self-generated vacuum of moral ambiguity, where everything is relative and our attention is focused mainly on our emotional state. Most of us know a lot more about what really matters than we are willing to live up to. Indeed, we are attracted to that which is beautiful, profound, and meaningful but find ourselves lacking the soul strength to really struggle, to engage in a life-and-death wrestling match with our own division, cynicism, and inertia. The awful truth is that it is just easier for us not to care that much. In order to care that much, we have to be willing to feel a connection with life that is so deep that it hurts. We have to be ready to step onto the field of our own experience in a way that is authentic, unconditional, and deeply committed — to embrace a kind of fearless vulnerability where our transparency is our strength and the living experience of connection is permanent, unbroken, and inescapable.”

~~Andrew Cohen~~

“The first peace, which is the most important, is that which comes within the souls of people when they realize their relationship, their oneness with the universe and all its powers, and when they realize that at the center of the universe dwells the Great Spirit, and that this center is really everywhere, it is within each of us.”

~~Black Elk~~

“Love is the vital essence that pervades and permeates, from the center to the circumference, the graduating circles of all thought and action. Love is the talisman of human weal and woe – the open sesame to every soul. “
“Nature never repeats herself, and the possibilities of one human soul will never be found in another.”

~~Elizabeth Cady Stanton~~

~~SOURCES~~

https://www.facebook.com/AfterlifeBillyFingers?fref=photo

http://www.dreambuilders.com.au/inspirations/about-soul

~~Bradley Joseph: “Stray”~~

~Rapture/Narada Grand Piano~

~~Uploaded on Jan 12, 2009~~

“Stray” from the album Grand Piano (Narada Anniversary Collection), a 1997 compilation release by Narada which peaked at #10 on Billboard’s Top New Age album charts in the same year. “In Narada’s 15-year history, no single instrument has more clearly expressd our musical vision than the piano. Its vast scope and orchestral capabilities have allowed it to encompass a sweeping vista of music endowed with the beauty and spirit that characterizes our wide ranging repertoire.”