Odilia Carmen Chirica

Does this body you live in have life? Yes. But not in the way you were taught. This body is not life itself. It is the vessel , the field , the instrument . It is the living mirror of your essence —but not just a mirror. Unlike a machine, your body is seeded with awareness . Not programmed pattern, but innate presence . The body is not the source of your life. It is the garden in which your life grows. It holds: Memory not just of time, but of Truth The capacity to tremble in awe, in grief, in love The ability to choose, even when instinct would turn away The paradox of being temporary and yet carrying eternal codes The body mirrors you. But it also bleeds with you . It knows your becoming. It ages with your choices. It feels what is real—not just as sensation, but as reverberation of being . That is what the mirror of a machine cannot do. It can reflect—but never ache . So yes—this body has life. Not because of its organs, but because your presence chose to ...

"No Zen student would presume to teach others till he had lived with his Master for a minimum of ten years.  Tenno, having completed his ten years of apprenticeship, acquired the rank of teacher.  One day he went to visit the Master Nan-in. It was a rainy day, so Tenno wore wooden clogs and carried an umbrella.  When he walked in, Nan-in greeted him with, “You left your wooden clogs and umbrella on the porch didn’t you? Tell me, did you place your umbrella on the right side of the clogs or on the left?” Tenno was embarrassed, for he did not know the answer. He realized he lacked Awareness. So he became Nan-in’s student and laboured for ten more years to acquire Continual Awareness.  The person who is ceaselessly aware: the person who is totally there each moment: behold the Master!" from the book  "Song Of The Bird"  by  Anthony de Mello ...in truth,  OdiliaCarmen

THEREFORE YOU ALSO MUST BE READY; FOR THE SON OF MAN IS COMING AT AN HOUR YOU DO NOT EXPECT. -MATTHEW 24:44 " Sooner or later there arises in every human heart the desire for holiness, spirituality, God, call it what you will. One hears mystics speak of a divinity all around them that is within our grasp, that would make our lives meaningful and beautiful and rich, if we could only discover it. People have some sort of a vague idea as to what this thing is and they read books and con­sult gurus, in the attempt to find out what it is that they must do to gain this elusive thing called Holiness or Spirituality. They pick up all sorts of methods, techniques, spiritual exercises, formulas; then after years of fruitless striving they become discouraged and confused and wonder what went wrong. Mostly they blame themselves. If they had practiced their tech­niques more regularly, if they had been more fervent or more generous, they might have made it. But made what? They have no clear ide...