The Soul Sanctuary http://thesoulsanctuary.us a simple, contemplative spiritual blog of Rizal Affif Mon, 10 Oct 2011 01:09:49 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 TheSoulSanctuaryhttp://feedburner.google.comSubscribe with My Yahoo!Subscribe with NewsGatorSubscribe with My AOLSubscribe with BloglinesSubscribe with NetvibesSubscribe with GoogleSubscribe with PageflakesSubscribe with PlusmoSubscribe with The Free DictionarySubscribe with Bitty BrowserSubscribe with NewsAlloySubscribe with Live.comSubscribe with Excite MIXSubscribe with Attensa for OutlookSubscribe with WebwagSubscribe with Podcast ReadySubscribe with FlurrySubscribe with WikioSubscribe with Daily Rotation Contemplating Bliss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheSoulSanctuary/~3/XtEpoVzEE1Q/ http://thesoulsanctuary.us/2011/10/contemplating-bliss/#comments Mon, 10 Oct 2011 01:09:49 +0000 Rizal Affif http://thesoulsanctuary.us/2011/10/contemplating-bliss/ When was the last time you are drowned in deep Bliss?

And why?

Let the Heart guides you; shut your conceptual mind for a while.


]]> http://thesoulsanctuary.us/2011/10/contemplating-bliss/feed/ 1 http://thesoulsanctuary.us/2011/10/contemplating-bliss/ Nothing to Lose http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheSoulSanctuary/~3/0cSbCwnw-G0/ http://thesoulsanctuary.us/2011/10/nothing-to-lose/#comments Fri, 07 Oct 2011 05:18:58 +0000 Rizal Affif http://thesoulsanctuary.us/2011/10/nothing-to-lose/ It is okay to lose something.

We have nothing to begin with anyway…


]]> http://thesoulsanctuary.us/2011/10/nothing-to-lose/feed/ 1 http://thesoulsanctuary.us/2011/10/nothing-to-lose/ Nothing to Fix http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheSoulSanctuary/~3/U0qXbCO0Eqg/ http://thesoulsanctuary.us/2011/09/nothing-to-fix/#comments Sat, 17 Sep 2011 10:42:23 +0000 Rizal Affif http://thesoulsanctuary.us/2011/09/nothing-to-fix/ There is nothing to fix.
What has gone, let it be.
Move on.
Things become anew,
in every moment.


]]> http://thesoulsanctuary.us/2011/09/nothing-to-fix/feed/ 5 http://thesoulsanctuary.us/2011/09/nothing-to-fix/ Spiritual Concepts http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheSoulSanctuary/~3/MRtqV5x3x7w/ http://thesoulsanctuary.us/2011/09/spiritual-concepts/#comments Sun, 11 Sep 2011 00:56:34 +0000 Rizal Affif http://thesoulsanctuary.us/2011/09/spiritual-concepts/ Stop taking refugee in any spiritual concepts, any concepts at all. Stop telling yourself nothing is real, stop trying to divert the mind to positive thoughts.

Don’t be a coward.

Stop making judgment and interpretations. Face your fear, your discomfort, your anxiety. Dive deep into experience, feel them into the bones.

And see past through.


]]> http://thesoulsanctuary.us/2011/09/spiritual-concepts/feed/ 0 http://thesoulsanctuary.us/2011/09/spiritual-concepts/ The Myth Called Nonduality http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheSoulSanctuary/~3/NhqOmKODkYY/ http://thesoulsanctuary.us/2011/09/the-myth-called-nonduality/#comments Sat, 10 Sep 2011 16:04:26 +0000 Rizal Affif http://thesoulsanctuary.us/2011/09/the-myth-called-nonduality/ Nonduality, too, is just a paradigm. A perception, a point of view.

A slice of Reality; not the Ultimate Truth.

True wisdom does not worship nonduality and consider all elses as unreal;
It is to realize that there are ten thousands of faces of Truth.

The Truth itself,
Unknowable as a whole.


]]> http://thesoulsanctuary.us/2011/09/the-myth-called-nonduality/feed/ 0 http://thesoulsanctuary.us/2011/09/the-myth-called-nonduality/ Witnessing Now http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheSoulSanctuary/~3/Qd2rF3-UwxE/ http://thesoulsanctuary.us/2011/09/witnessing-now/#comments Sat, 03 Sep 2011 07:24:19 +0000 Rizal Affif http://thesoulsanctuary.us/2011/09/witnessing-now/ Ah,
the sound of the falling rain,
the smell of the wet soil, filling up the air;

calling for a joyful dance.


]]> http://thesoulsanctuary.us/2011/09/witnessing-now/feed/ 2 http://thesoulsanctuary.us/2011/09/witnessing-now/ Nothing To Ask, Nothing to Lose http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheSoulSanctuary/~3/CyZYumCPnkQ/ http://thesoulsanctuary.us/2011/08/nothing-to-ask-nothing-to-lose/#comments Thu, 25 Aug 2011 03:12:16 +0000 Rizal Affif http://thesoulsanctuary.us/2011/08/nothing-to-ask-nothing-to-lose/ What are we afraid of losing?
For we have nothing from the very beginning.

What are we bragging for not having?
For everything is here, in the moment.


]]> http://thesoulsanctuary.us/2011/08/nothing-to-ask-nothing-to-lose/feed/ 5 http://thesoulsanctuary.us/2011/08/nothing-to-ask-nothing-to-lose/ Midnight Whisper http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheSoulSanctuary/~3/UkIZGiduglY/ http://thesoulsanctuary.us/2011/08/midnight-whisper/#comments Sat, 20 Aug 2011 00:17:14 +0000 Rizal Affif http://thesoulsanctuary.us/2011/08/midnight-whisper/ As the night goes deeper,
the sounds fade into,
silence.
Here I am,
face to face,
with eternal,
Infinity.


]]> http://thesoulsanctuary.us/2011/08/midnight-whisper/feed/ 3 http://thesoulsanctuary.us/2011/08/midnight-whisper/ Only This http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheSoulSanctuary/~3/EC9baKXIEyw/ http://thesoulsanctuary.us/2011/08/only-this/#comments Fri, 12 Aug 2011 23:51:43 +0000 Rizal Affif http://thesoulsanctuary.us/2011/08/only-this/ There is no particular Teacher and Guru to follow.
There is no fixed road to travel.
There is no purpose to achieve.

Face the gaping void,
you are all alone.

Bear with it;
Life keeps unfolding.


]]> http://thesoulsanctuary.us/2011/08/only-this/feed/ 2 http://thesoulsanctuary.us/2011/08/only-this/ Then What? http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheSoulSanctuary/~3/To9lWrJV2NI/ http://thesoulsanctuary.us/2011/08/then-what/#comments Thu, 11 Aug 2011 00:39:25 +0000 Rizal Affif http://thesoulsanctuary.us/2011/08/then-what/ After an adventurous vacation;
then what?

After an amazing dinner;
then what?

After the rain, the thunderstorm, the disaster–
–then what?


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