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Steve Marshall @innertalks (22693) • Australia 5 May

The Zen master was walking along a road, when he tripped on a small rock, placed there by someone for some reason, or another. He said to the rock: "Your smallness creates your bigness, and even the big like me can fall...

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Shiva @innertalks My feeling is we may reach a higher plane and not just a higher plain! We need better than the five senses to have a helicopter view - without our helicopter of course. We may not be earthlings then. David Attenborough is still at it trying to...

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Steve Marshall @innertalks (22693) • Australia 7 May

The Zen master was eating a meal of fish, when a student asked him, why are you not a vegetarian, a man of your stage of enlightenment? The Zen master replied simply: "Diet is more of the body than of the soul."...

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Shiva @innertalks How others react to our conversations is beyond our control. We can only control what we say to get to even ground. I had gone to a mobile service provider a while ago. I put forth my request and their response was not initially helpful. With...

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Steve Marshall @innertalks (22693) • Australia 5 May

The Zen master was walking along a road, when he tripped on a small rock, placed there by someone for some reason, or another. He said to the rock: "Your smallness creates your bigness, and even the big like me can fall...

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Shiva @innertalks Lots of things to observe and learn about creation and our role in it. Still we are groping in darkness. We are left to wonder at the whole process that seems to have no end or beginning too. Will we ever know? That is the tantalizing thought...

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Steve Marshall @innertalks (22693) • Australia 5 May

The Zen master was walking along a road, when he tripped on a small rock, placed there by someone for some reason, or another. He said to the rock: "Your smallness creates your bigness, and even the big like me can fall...

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Shiva @innertalks Thanks Steve, belief in reincarnation means we can even be born as other species too. If we come back as a crocodile, pig, or a dog, we have to be one among them. We may never know we were humans earlier. That means we just play our roles...

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Shiva @Shiva49 (27171) • Singapore 18 Oct 23

We always seek an oasis of peace, but it is a futile daily struggle for a few. The headlines sear through our consciences. Innocents, including children, are paying the price for no fault. Wars are like that. Humans are...

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best and worst of times

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Shiva Yes, ultimately the majority will does not run. I think of the quote of Eric Hartmann, a German fighter pilot in WW ll: "War is a place where the young kill one another without knowing or hating each other, because of the decision of old people who know and...

6 May

Steve Marshall @innertalks (22693) • Australia 1 May

The old Zen master walked along the river, looking down at his feet, as he walked, and then a man, walking towards him said, to him. "Why look down, when the whole world should be looking up at God, not down at his...

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Shiva @innertalks Lots happening that can disorient us but at the end of the day the joke is on the common folks who have to lap it up and shrug it off. Maybe, grin and bear it! One is never left at peace - no place to hide with CCTV becoming ubiquitous.

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Steve Marshall @innertalks (22693) • Australia 1 May

The old Zen master walked along the river, looking down at his feet, as he walked, and then a man, walking towards him said, to him. "Why look down, when the whole world should be looking up at God, not down at his...

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Shiva @innertalks We still wonder at the pall of gloom a few can muster and cast over the rest with their devious actions that seem to be taken for granted. Maybe, we need to find oasis of peace within ourselves by maintaining connection to our creator and gently...

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Always smiling @allknowing (145208) • India 29 Apr

Solitaire needs change of hands. No one in the family has interest as they are all scattered all over and their interest is not in owning a property but may be live in spacious flats or leaving the country seeking better...

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Shiva @allknowing I see in Kerala, land and houses empty for years and owners waiting for manna to fall from heaven. They are hoping against hope but the reality is the younger generation is seeking newer pastures outside the state/country all the time.

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Steve Marshall @innertalks (22693) • Australia 21 Apr

"Awakening is not changing who you are, but discarding who you are not." This quote is from the author, Deepak Chopra. John was at a question, and answer, session with his local Rabbi, Rabbi Chekov Rustevvly, and he asked...

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Shiva @innertalks I have come across a few who fool the gullible, who are dime a dozen, with the ability to speak on behalf of God. "A fool and his money are soon parted"

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Steve Marshall @innertalks (22693) • Australia 28 Apr

The old Zen master had lived in the Zen monastery for all of his long life, and his friends were mostly only his fellow monks, and students. There was one other friend, though, who would visit with him, about once every...

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Shiva @innertalks "Curiosity kills the cat", but in this instant the sagacious Zen master lived up to his true stature by leaving the student with a lesson to ponder over. Maybe that should spur his curiosity in the right direction, the spark that ignites, to...

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The Horse @TheHorse (226239) • Walnut Creek, California 28 Apr

With the stock market being quite volatile right now, I am directing my cash into fixed income funds that yield about 4.25 per cent. I still have some exposure to the stock market, but I am an older fella and want to be able to...

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Shiva @TheHorse On reading your response, I realize my comment was not clear enough. I meant life in totality, we leave with nothing - so let us try leave a smiling corpse for the blessings of life in general.

30 Apr

Steve Marshall @innertalks (22693) • Australia 21 Apr

"Awakening is not changing who you are, but discarding who you are not." This quote is from the author, Deepak Chopra. John was at a question, and answer, session with his local Rabbi, Rabbi Chekov Rustevvly, and he asked...

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Shiva @innertalks Yes, God need not do what we do as a matter of course, kill those we don't like or approve. We do things as if it is God's will but that cannot be farther from the truth. We also pester God with relentless demands based on material greed;...

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Steve Marshall @innertalks (22693) • Australia 21 Apr

"Awakening is not changing who you are, but discarding who you are not." This quote is from the author, Deepak Chopra. John was at a question, and answer, session with his local Rabbi, Rabbi Chekov Rustevvly, and he asked...

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Shiva @innertalks It has happened for humanity in general as well. What we took for granted soon became not acceptable like slavery which did not raise an eyebrow earlier. I hope we will soon have a leap in awareness to put wars behind us and realize that innocents...

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Shiva @Shiva49 (27171) • Singapore 16 Oct

Life goes on as usual, with challenges galore—overcoming them gives us moments of relief. For a few, death is a reality that hangs over them constantly. The rest are left in peace if they think of the world as of now as the...

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Shiva @TheHorse Elections are treated as a luxury in some countries and even as a necessary evil by some who think people can be easily manipulated. India has a "festival of democracy" 24/7. The best actors are the professional politicians and they practice...

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Steve Marshall @innertalks (22693) • Australia 21 Apr

"Awakening is not changing who you are, but discarding who you are not." This quote is from the author, Deepak Chopra. John was at a question, and answer, session with his local Rabbi, Rabbi Chekov Rustevvly, and he asked...

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Shiva @innertalks Intuition happened when I needed it most. I can testify to that and it happened when I was deep in sleep. It was as if the solution came out of the blue. Maybe I tuned to the right frequency more by sincerity of purpose

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Shiva @Shiva49 (27171) • Singapore 16 Oct

Life goes on as usual, with challenges galore—overcoming them gives us moments of relief. For a few, death is a reality that hangs over them constantly. The rest are left in peace if they think of the world as of now as the...

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Shiva @TheHorse A thin line dividing democracy and dictatorship, it seems.

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Judy Evans @JudyEv (352767) • Rockingham, Australia 24 Apr

The photo shows a well on the farm where I grew up. It’s rarely been anything but full for over 100 years. You might be able to make out the stonework lining the well which has stood the test of time really well. Vince’s brother...

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Shiva @JudyEv I quote a news story that shows the solar power potential in Australia. "The Australia-Asia Power Link (AAPL), also known as Sun Cable, is a proposed project to export renewable energy from Australia to Singapore via a 4,300 km undersea power cable,...

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Steve Marshall @innertalks (22693) • Australia 21 Apr

"Awakening is not changing who you are, but discarding who you are not." This quote is from the author, Deepak Chopra. John was at a question, and answer, session with his local Rabbi, Rabbi Chekov Rustevvly, and he asked...

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Shiva @innertalks We come attuned to the right frequency in terms of our conscience though we can switch off or change the frequency at our peril. Though most leaders pretend to be religious their actions belie what they say. It is clear enough from the state...

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Shiva @Shiva49 (27171) • Singapore 16 Oct

Life goes on as usual, with challenges galore—overcoming them gives us moments of relief. For a few, death is a reality that hangs over them constantly. The rest are left in peace if they think of the world as of now as the...

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Shiva @TheHorse We need patience for the storm to blow through without a tremendous upheaval.

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Shiva @Shiva49 (27171) • Singapore 16 Oct

Life goes on as usual, with challenges galore—overcoming them gives us moments of relief. For a few, death is a reality that hangs over them constantly. The rest are left in peace if they think of the world as of now as the...

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Shiva @TheHorse The people, who elect their leaders, wonder why wars win against peace. Most of them want to be left alone from the created issues. And they don't benefit from killing others who are just like them.

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