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MY NEWS FOR JUNE 7, 1999
A MAN ASKED ONE OF OUR KIND: “WHY DO YOU CALL THE ‘PLACE’ THAT YOU
TURN TO INSIDE YOURSELF, ‘THE BELOVED’?”, AND THE KNOWLEDGEABLE ONE
SAID: “I HAVE NO REPLY TO THAT:
NOR WOULD I EVEN IF I CALLED IT BY SOME OTHER NAME,
EN FACT, TO MYSELF I DO NOT CALL IT BY ANY NAME,
FOR IT IS NOT REALLY A THING OF ANY SORT, BUT RATHER AN EXPERIENCE,
AND AN EXPERIENCE THAT IS ONLY POSSIBLE IN THE ABSENCE OF WORDS & NAMES,
THIS BEING SO, STILL, IF I AM TO MENTION THE MATTER TO ANOTHER
I MUST CALL IT BY SOME NAME, AND ALTHOUGH,’THE BELOVED’ IS NOT ITS NAME, IT YET — STRANGELY — HAS ASPECTS- TO RECOMMEND IT.
JUST AS IN A PHYSICAL LOVE AFFAIR:
ONLY THE LOVERS INVOLVED KNOW AND ACCEPT THE TASTE OF. THEIR LOVE
WITH NO EXPLANATIONS NECESSARY,
WORDS IN THIS REGARD ARE FAR TOO RIGID & LACKING IN SUBTLETY & AFFECTION:
TRYING TO DESCRIBE THE BELOVED IS LIKE STARCHING COTTON CANDY.”
– BEING WITH THE BELOVED MAKES YOU CALM & DELIBERATE:
– BEING WITH THE BELOVED ERASES ALL ANGER AND ANXIETY:
– BEING WITH THE BELOVED EVAPORATES ALL QUESTIONS: – BEING WITH THE BELOVED CLEARS ONE’S MIND, AND
– BEING WITH THE BELOVED TURNS ALL CONCERNS INTO “PRIVATE SMILES”,
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WHERE THERE ARE TWO — THERE IS CONFLICT,
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SUBJECT: INTIMACY: BETWEEN YOU & THE BELOVED, NO WORDS ARE NECESSARY,
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A KING TOLD HIS SON TO NEVER LOOK FOR A CERTAIN THING CLAIMED BY SOME TO BE A TREASURE, BUT WHICH WOULD BRING HIM UNNECESSARY HARDSHIPS, AND HAD HE NOT HEARD ABOUT IT HE WOULD NEVER HAVE THOUGHT ABOUT A TREASURE.
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SUBJECT; PRIVACY; WHEN WITH THE BELOVED, YOU NEED NO ONE ELSE,
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A BATTLE INVOLVES AT LEAST TWO:
EN THE MYSTERIOUS LOVE AFFAIR THERE IS ONLY ONE,
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THE FRUSTRATION PARTICULAR TO OUR KIND COMES FROM LOOKING TO THINKING TO FIND THE WAY TO END THE FRUSTRATION MANIFESTED IN OUR THOUGHTS,
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DON’T TALK TO THE BELOVED — YOU’LL LOSE HER,
ONCE YOU’RE FAMILIAR WITH THIS LOVE AFFAIR
YOU’LL REALIZE THAT THERE’S NOTHING YOU REALLY WANT TO SAY TO HER,
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ONE WHO KNEW ONCE SAID: “THE EXPERIENTIAL — NOT THEORETICAL SECRET
LIES BEHIND SUCH WORDS AS ‘LOVE, WHOLE, ONE, & ALLAH,
BUT THE SECRET WITHIN THE SECRET IS IN YOU REALIZING FOR YOURSELF
WHAT THEY REPRESENT BEYOND ALL SENTIMENTAL OR RELIGIOUS NOTIONS THEREOF.”
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SPECULATION REGARDING THE LOCATION OF THE BELOVED HIDES HER FROM YOU,
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A MAN OPINES: “I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT WE WOULD :BE EN OUR PRESENT TROUBLING POSITION HAD WE NEVER STARTED CALLING WHAT GOES ON EN OUR HEAD — ‘I’.”
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WHEN YOU TALK TO YOURSELF INSTEAD OF JUST BASKING IN THE DELIGHT OF HER PRESENCE, YOU INSULT THE BELOVED:
WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT ANYTHING BUT HER, YOU TREAT HER WITH CONTEMPT.
WHY WOULD YOU EVER LET YOUR ATTENTION BE DRAWN TO ANYTHING BUT THE BELOVED WHEN IT IS SHE WHO IS THE MEANS TO YOUR SUCCESS?!
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AT THE BEGINNING OF A CERTAIN RACE, YOU RUN SO AS TO FINISH: THEN LATER, YOUR RUNNING KEEPS YOU FROM FINISHING.
YOUR DISTASTE FOR PARIS DRIVES YOU TOWARD ISTANBUL, THEN YOUR DRIVE TOWARD ISTANBUL LOCKS YOU INTO PARIS,
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TO BE A FRIEND OF THE BELOVED YOU MUST BE A FOE OF HABITUAL, PATTERNED THINKING.
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WHERE TWO OR MORE MEET, EVEN IF THE PURPOSE BE TO PURSUE AWAKENING — SLEEP WILL OCCUR,
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BEING WITH THE BELOVED SHARPENS YOUR EYE SIGHT.
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A MAN WHO HAD FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS BEEN TRYING TO WALK THAT
MYSTERIOUS ROAD, ASKED ANOTHER HE MET THERE, APPARENTLY WITH GREATER
EXPERIENCE: “WHY DO SOME I PASS ON THIS JOURNEY SEEM SECRETIVE, COLD
& SELF-CENTERED, WHILE OTHERS SEEM OPEN, AND CARING?”, AND THE MORE
TRAVELED ONE REPLIED: “A MAN WITH THE NATURAL-BORN TEMPERAMENT OF A WARRIOR
DOES NOT READILY GIVE HIMSELF TO WEAVING:
IT IS EXCEPTIONAL FOR A STUBBORN & RECLUSIVE MAN TO BECOME
AN ACTIVE, CHARITABLE MEMBER OF A COMMON COMMUNITY,
THOUGH •HE WHO WOULD FIND THE BELOVED MUST DO SO, AND BY SO DOING,
HE UNLOCKS A LOCK WITHIN A LOCK: HE DISCOVERS SOMETHING HE DID NOT SEE
BEFORE, ON HIS OWN EYEBALL• & HE RELEASES A WARMTH BURIED IN A COLD STARE.
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ALTHOUGH IT BE TRICKY FOR A WARRIOR TO EVER TASTE THE TEMPERAMENT OF A WEAVER, (OR A WEAVER OF A WARRIOR), HE MUST DO SO TO BECOME AN ENLIGHTENED WARRIOR:
THAT MY FRIEND, IS THE WAY TO THE SECRET PRIZE WITHIN THE
UNEXPECTED GEFT.
WHAT I AM DESCRIBING TO YOU IS THE DISSOLVING OF THE CONFLICT-OF-TWO INTO THE LIBERATING-MYSTERY-OF-THE-ONE,”
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THE BELOVED DOES NOT LIKE DISTRACTIONS AND OUTSIDE INTERFERENCES: YOU CANNOT STARE OR LOOK DIRECTLY AT THE BELOVED:
ONE IS NEVER EN A RUSH WHEN WITH THE BELOVED:
BEING WITH THE BELOVED STRIPS YOU OF ALL CRITICAL SENSIBILITIES: WITH THE BELOVED THERE ARE NO ARGUMENTS….NOT EVEN DEBATES:
BEING WITH THE BELOVED TAKES ALL OF THE TENSION OUT OF LIFE:
ANALYZATION OF THE BELOVED DRIVES HER AWAY,
AND A MAN PLEADS WITH ONE WHO KNOWS: “BUT HOW WILL I RECOGNIZE THE BELOVED IF I SEE HER?” — “SHE’LL BE DRIVING A PONTIAC.”, HE REPLIED.
“TO DISCOVER THE BELOVED YOU MUST TURN AWAY FROM WHAT YOU HAVE THOUGHT TO BE YOURSELF:
AND WHEN YOU TURN AWAY FROM THAT THINKING SELF, YOU FIND THE BELOVED.
YOUR APPARENT HEAD-SELF & THE BELOVED ARE MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE:
THE REAL & THE UN-REAL CANNOT COEXIST, AND BECAUSE OF THAT MY FRIEND, PEOPLE LIKE US HAVE A CHANCE.
AND YOU ASKED: ‘HOW WILL YOU RECOGNIZE THE BELOVED?” -HOW CAN A MAN FAIL TO RECOGNIZE HIMSELF?!
WHEN YOUR HEART & ATTENTION IS SET STRICTLY ON THE BELOVED, YOU WILL NOT FAIL: SHE CANNOT HIDE FROM YOU,
THE ONLY THING THAT CAN BLOCK YOU IS THE INTERFERENCE OF YOUR OWN WORDS.”
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MEN HAVE BEEN EXECUTED BY KENGS FOR SAYING: “I AM THE TRUTH: I AM GOD.”, BUT WHAT THEY MEANT WAS: “MY GOD, I’M JUST ME, AND NOTHING ELSE. I’M ONE — NOT SEVERAL.”
‘TIS NOT A MATTER OF: “OH, HOW THE ONCE MIGHTY HAVE FALLEN.”, BUT RATHER: “OH, HOW THE ONCE WHOLE HAVE BECOME SPLIT IN TWO, AND SEPARATED FROM THEMSELF.”
BEING ENLIGHTENED IS DISCOVERING THAT YOU AND EVERYONE ELSE ARE
NOTHING BUT WHAT YOU ARE, AND THAT THERE NEITHER IS, NOR NEVER HAS BEEN ANY POSSIBILITY OTHERWISE,
BUT FURTHERMORE: IT IS NOT JUST IN DISCOVERING THE FACT,
BUT IN REACHING A PLACE WHEREBY YOU’RE ABLE TO FULLY ACCEPT IT, WHICH MEANS THAT IT BECOMES A PERMANENT PART OF YOUR UNDERSTANDING.
THE “LAW-OF-THE–MYSTERIOUS-ROAD’! IT ALL DEPENDS ON YOU:
THE AIR IS ALWAYS THERE,
WHETHER YOU BREATH IT OR NOT IS UP TO YOU,
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WHEN YOUR ATTENTION IS SOLELY ON THE BELOVED, YOU’LL NOT TRIP, BUMP INTO THINGS, OR BE FORGETFUL,
AND A MAN SAID TO A MYSTERIOUS PHYSICIAN: “WHEN I AM WITH THE BELOVED
I BELIEVE THAT MY HEART :BEAT SLOWS, MY BLOOD PRESSURE DROPS,
AND MY IMMUNE SYSTEM INTENSIFIES ITS GUARD — AND FOR SURE:
ALL MY INSIDES — BRIGHTEN UP!”,
“THAT’S QUITE POSSIBLE.”, THE DOCTOR THOUGHT EN RESPONSE,
X X X
IF YOU HEAR TALKING, IT’S NOT THE BELOVED,
X X X
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THERE ARE SOME WHO, AFTER HAVING TRAVELED MANY TIMES BACK & FORTH BETWEEN PARIS AND ISTANBUL,
ONE DAY LOOK OUT THE TRAIN WINDOW AND SEE ENITIRELY NEW SCENERY.
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DAY DREAMING IS WHAT THE BRAIN DOES TO FILL UP THE TIME WHEN YOU’RE NOT WITH THE BELOVED,
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“THE-LAND-OF-THINKING” IS WHERE YOU ARE BORN AND GROW UP: THE-LAND-OF-THE-BELOVED IS WHERE THE ENLIGHTENED REACH MATURITY,
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SOME WISE ADVICE ONCE GIVEN TO SOME WOULD-BE “WISE MEN”:
“THAT STAR YOU’VE BEEN FOLLOWING: LOOK OVER THERE JUST BESIDE IT.”
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WHEN ONE IS WITH THE BELOVED, ONE IS NATURALLY STILL,
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MEN WILL CONTINUE TO SLEEP AFTER NIGHT IS OVER THROUGH THEIR MEANINGLESS ATTEMPTS TO BRING AN END TO NIGHT,
MISGUIDED EFFORTS WILL PRODUCE THE ILLUSION OF CERTAIN PROBLEMS WHICH EXIST ONLY BECAUSE OF THE ILL FOUNDED ATTEMPTS TO SOLVE THEM,
THE BELOVED SEES RIGHT THROUGH ALL OF THIS:
RIGHT THROUGH IT — CLEAR THROUGH IT, ALL OF THE WAY TO THE BOTTOM,
THERE IS NO FOOLING THE BELOVED IN ANY MANNER KNOWN TO MAN.
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IT IS BETTER TO BE THE HUNTED THAN THE HUNTER: ‘TIS BEST OF ALL WHEN YOU EXPERIENCE THEIR MERGER.
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THE DISTINCTION: TRYING TO CHANGE YOUR STATE OF CONSCIOUSNESS
THRU THE USE OF THOUGHT OFTEN SEEMS FRUSTRATING,
BUT DOING SO BY BEING WITH THE BELOVED IS ALWAYS CALMING & RESTFUL..
…,(DUE OF COURSE TO HER DRIVING A PONTIAC:
,..A BIT OF GOOD NATURED HUMOR, BUT I WANT TO NOTE FOR YOU THAT
WHILE THE BELOVED IS ALWAYS OF GOOD HUMOR HERSELF
SHE DOES NOT LAUGH LIKE MORTALS DO,
BUT JUST HER SILENT SMILE IS MORE JOYOUS & REFRESHING
THAN ALL THE WORLD’S GUFFAWS,
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AT THE FIRST SIGN OF SERIOUS CONVERSATION, THE BELOVED DEPARTS: BEING IN A HURRY WILL CAUSE YOU TO LOSE SIGHT OF THE BELOVED, AND: THERE IS A SECRET TO THE BELOVED THAT NONE CAN TALK ABOUT,
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AN “ENLIGHTENED MAN” HAS LOST HIS MIND:
HIS THINKING IS GONE, REPLACED WITH THE PRESENCE OF THE BELOVED,
ONCE YOU DISCOVER THE BELOVED
ALL YOU HAVE TO DO TO BRING HERE BACK AT ANY TIME IS: BE QUIET,
WHILE WE ARE INDEED, THE SEEKER AND THAT, SOUGHT-FOR, IT IS NOT IN THE MIND.
„TO BE THERE WITH THE BELOVED, YOU CANNOT BE THINKING ABOUT “THERE”. WHEN WITH THE BELOVED THERE IS NO NEED TO THINK ABOUT ANYTHING.
JUST NOTE: IF YOU’RE THINKING ABOUT THE BELOVED — SHE’S NOT THERE. (JUST ANOTHER HINT AS TO HOW TO FIND HER.)
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SO OFTEN HAS ONE OF OUR KIND SAID THAT THE SECRET OF SECRETS IS IN THE ONE, (TRANSLATED): WHEN YOU ARE WITH THE BELOVED YOU ARE UNIFIED, YOU ARE ONE BECAUSE YOU & THE BELOVED ARE ONE.
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AS LONG AS YOU
ARE STILL STRUGGLING TO FIND HER,
YOU ARE TWO,
AND THAT WON’T DO,
WHAT MEN CALL “I” IS A PIECE THAT THOUGHTS HAVE BROKEN OFF FROM THE WHOLE: LET YOUR CONSCIOUSNESS BE ONLY WITH THE BELOVED AND YOU WILL AGAIN BE WHOLE,
THE SECRET-SUPREME IS IN THE ONE….IN THE UNITY OF ALL.
(IN CONCLUSION, ALLOW ME.TO AT_LEAST NOTE:
BEING WITH THE BELOVED TAKES A LOAD-D-D OFF YO MIND))