Peak Experiences

Blanketed by an azure sky, orange-yellow rays of the setting sun can, at special times, gift us with a moment of such considerable beauty, we find ourselves momentarily stunned, with  frozen gaze. The splendor of the moment so dazzles us, our compulsively chattering minds give pause, so as not to mentally whisk us away to a place other than the here-end-now. Bathed in luminescence, a door seems to open to another reality, always present, yet rarely witnessed.


Abraham Maslow called these "peak experiences," since they represent the high moments of life where we joyfully find ourselves catapulted beyond the confines of the mundane and ordinary. Might just as well have called them "peak" experiences. During these expansive occasions, we sneak glimpse of eternal realm of Being itself. If only foe a brief moment in time, we come home to our True Self.


"Ah," one might sigh, "so grand... if only I could stay here. But how do I take up permanent residence?"

Foreword to the Eckhart Tolle's "The Power of Now. A Guide To Spiritual Enlightenment" by Russ DiCarlo
Author, Towards A New World View: Conversations at the Leading Edge,
Erie, Pennsylvania USA
January, 1998

Obstacles

If he wants to work on himself, he must destroy his peace. To have them both is in no way possible. A man must make a choice. But when chosing the result is very often deceit, that is to say, a man tries to deceive himself. In words he choses work but in reality he does not want to lose his peace.

Such submission is the most difficult thing there can be for a man who things that he is capable of deciding anything. - Ouspensky

Who know Higher Life

The eternal world or external life is not a valley of suffering for those who enjoy it, but only for those who know of higher life. The animal enjoys animal life; the intellect the intellectual realm; but he who has entered into regeneration recognizes his terrestrial existence as a burden and prison. With this recognition he takes upon himself the cross of Christ. – Jacob Boehme

The Whole Earth is Covered

If you wear shoeleather, the whole earth is covered with leather - Hari Dass Baba

Limits

Every man takes the limits
of his own field of vision
for limits of the world.

Arthur Schopenhauer "Studies in Pessimism"

Power of Love

Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage. - Lao Tzu

Essence

Distance is the Essence of the Beauty -
Simone Veil