The One

There is a must read book
ok once i finished it
i will recommand it to you
with all the due diligence it requires
so great it is

in the meanwhile
a neighboring acquaintance
self invited herself "again"

sometimes
i wonder
is it me or people have no manners?

she self invited herself
and with her own mouth
told me
am i not the most sincere ?

lol what a timing!
yesterday i was thinking about sincere friends
and here one who popped up
out of nowhere
and self inthronised herself as sincere

well
to start with
in "sincere friend"
there are two words

one is friend
a friend is someone you meet and
naturally it clicks
so nature makes you see
that this is a friend

which means
the common interest
is sustained from both parties

therefore
if you want to know who is a real friend
you should be able to pinpoint
your interest at the deepest core
of yourself

as long as this interest is shared
then friendship is shared

after there are different levels of friendship
which is as much temporary as your interests and needs

but when i use the word "friend"
for me is very sacred
because my inner core is sacred
and i base friendship
on the common and conscious sharing
of spirit

and this is a 24h round the clock
interest

the other day
i was looking around in my house
and every single thing
i could relate it, to a choice i made
for the pleasure of the spirit within

this is how you know what you core interest is
you look around wherever you live
and check every single stuff

for who you did it?
for what?
what was the obvious, apparent reason for doing it
and what was the hidden one?

for me there was no hidden one
all the stuff related to my most inner self

so the higher is your goal
the more time to find the matching friendship

in the uk
and in the context of my search of truth 
people had light on their face
but very few knew about the Holy Spirit within
this is why there was a lack of respect towards women
not a conscient lack of respect
but the whole atmospher was imbalanced
so i knew something clicked not

here in france
there is a bud of knowledge
about Holy Spirit
yet it grows not as a  tree
so that it would open up enough
like a light full of glory on people face

there is always something missing
in either group


shining face
full of glory

with an upright character
of someone who knows what it wants
and do what it says
fully in the open

perfection is not to be reached there
perfection lies in being totally responsible of
who we are
and when we do so
then we let ourselves shine

that is my ideal of friendship
and of course
once you find such a friendship
you don't let it  go

because it is you
outside of yourself
so how can you hurt the other?
would be as if you are hurting yourself

and then sincerity
is again that atmospher
that emanates from the person
you just feel at ease and are yourself in the present

you don't have hidden interests
which will pop out once time has elapsed

you will always be your genuine self

so imagine
when i wrote the post yesterday
i was so full of subtility in my mind
and today
that gross person pop out
saying "am i not a sincere friend"?

i wondered if i should have condemned her
on the spot and told her
are you kidding me?
for she is the last person in the world i would trust

or
start laughing
because of the gross manners of hers?
giving herself titles by her own lips?

and popping up like popcorn
when you asked for nothing?

it is then i realised
like in the book i am reading
that such people play on information
they use information
as information is power
like in trading
the first who get it
will make "apparently" well informed decision

so her only interest was
to withdrew information
use speed of information
make informed choices prior to others
to gain a visibility
and be worshipped as such

so it denotes a lack of self love
which means never she will be able
to give sincere love

as we can't give, what we don't have

in itself is ok
if one has the same interest is
perfectly ok to associate with such a person
we need of everything to make a world

and this variety makes the world beautiful.

but if one's consciousness is not developed
enough
to KNOW that it is HOW it works
then one ends up projecting our OWN
values onto the others
and think they are wired as we are
ie BY the SAME core interest/values

and that is when
the best friendship become
the worst enemity

which is sad
because it is the VERY moment
when the mind fall into the trap
of becoming what one dislikes

so one lose the path
"path" is to be genuine to our OWN
value and accept it fully

for rejecting what we like not
is never
and will never be
an atonment or replacement
for what we are wired to love
in ourselves

so is of the utmost importance
to know what we like not
and not associate with it
and YET give it space GRACIOUSLY to LET it develop on its own

AND
to KNOW what we love
and work for it
so that it grows in best condition

for we are our own master
and this is the rule of the universe

if you don't love yourself
no one else will
for you

not because of bad intention
and so on
but because this is the rule you agreed upon
to exist as a divine spirit in an individual body
in charge of your own self
alone

and the only exception to this rule
is when the other is fully aware of being the spirit
that he will be able to love you as his own self

as spirit is One

and this friend will be
The One :)

Children Innocence

ah kids are the best frequentation in the world!
each time we have guests
i don't know how come
but i end up in the kids area

i just realised it today
with conviction.
prior to that i thought was randomly
or by chance

but no
is always like this
hehehe

so much the better!

this time i had as guests
two girls
and gosh last time
i gave self realisation to their friends
who had very deep and amazing experience
one of them suddenly developped on the spot wisdom
which was pouring out of her lips
incredible
even her mom was taken aback

and this time i just went out
to play with them in the garden
that i forgot to give self realisation
really
it just went out of my mind

at the end of the day
when was time for them to go
their mom just gestured

oh my!
the youngest
broke my heart
she retained her tears
and went out of the garden
and hid to cry

you know?
best is to look at the atmospher
surrounding someone
the atmospher gives you the real tone of the heart
of those who are gathered there

as for she
when i saw her
i felt she was broken hearted

let me just say
she went out of the garden
without any noise
and it is like in her heart
she choked her sadness!

that's it!
she choked it
and retained her tears

i have been told later
is because she had felt my shakti
and she wanted to get self realisation
and her inner self was afraid
that she missed the one in a life time chance for it

this really hit me
i knew something was abnormal
given her age, her behavior was so unlike her
usually she used to throw tantrum!
for she is very young may be 6

so i brought her back in the garden
and promised to come back for her next week
and this time i promised myself
to give her self realisation

to a friend of mine
kids apparently stick in its surrounding like glue
lol
i felt happy at the sight of this :)

because i know
the stronger is the shakti
the more delighted kids feel
because they just feel it

this is also why
when my friend is absent a long time
sometimes i just feel like crying
is because of the spirit and the shakti
that i unconsciously miss

i guess our own shakti is the best scanner
it scans for you the right people to be with
those who emit most innocence, sincerity
and shine most the "very essence" of the spirit


for if they are not around
is just a heartfel cry of missing them

and when you hear them speak
your heart leap in joy within
wonder why ?
hahaha

now i know why
is because of the spirit and shakti within
each other recognise itself in the other

also
unless you travel, you cannot realise
the defect of your own culture
ie the limits and excesses

likewise
when you bath yourself in kiddos surrounding lol
is like your standards are refreshed
like your lenses are cleared
and with the same filter
you just put your attention on the atmospher
around the people
and you know on the spot
what emanates

my own recommandation
for myself
because i keep forgetting that
is to let go
for past is past
and thank the people
who revealed to me what i want no more in my life
and what i want above all

this was already latent
but now is definitely sure

my heartfelt wish
is only to meet sincere people
whose nearness give me the same feeling
than the one given by this new friend of mine
or those children

because i wish to build up what is to be built
with the right people
and only innocent heart like people
emanate such ease

for there is no slyness, nor calculation,
nor play about control and action/reaction
is so new to me
only by coming to paris
i could give an image to those words

prior to that
i had never experienced it first hand
only heard of it

danger is to become what you dislike
and this happens when you let not go
and you forget your true nature

so it suffices not to dislike it
but you should forgive, let go of the past
and thank them for having showed you
what you want no more in your life

and now thank in advance
those whom you want in your life

i only feel comfortable with innocent like people
the atmospher says it all
and that is the sight from the heart
fed by your own shakti
which shows you reality

this is why this friend reminded me
"see this is why jesus said
only if you become children
you will enter the kingdom of God"

so,
if my heart already knows
just by looking at the atmospher
if it feels innocent like atmospher
or not around people

if i know
then why don't i move on?

and take it as an adventure
to meet more people like this brand new friend?

definitely
only those who cherish innocence
can be authentic

plus
it is seen on their face
it is "spoken/testified" by the atmospher 
surrounding them
there is no questioning nor doubt
about it

the heart just see it

so far i think
no more justification is needed

heart knows
eyes see it
and the mind decide to follow innocent like people
and this only.

and the more you wish for something
the more you attract it...

ameen.

In Honor of the Trees

In Honor of the Trees :

The Giving Tree

Once there was a tree....
and she loved a little boy.
And everyday the boy would come
and he would gather her leaves
and make them into crowns
and play king of the forest.
He would climb up her trunk
and swing from her branches
and eat apples.
And they would play hide-and-go-seek.
And when he was tired,
he would sleep in her shade.
And the boy loved the tree....
very much.
And the tree was happy.
But time went by.
And the boy grew older.
And the tree was often alone.
Then one day the boy came to the tree
and the tree said, "Come, Boy, come and
climb up my trunk and swing from my
branches and eat apples and play in my
shade and be happy."
"I am too big to climb and play" said
the boy.
"I want to buy things and have fun.
I want some money?"
"I'm sorry," said the tree, "but I
have no money.
I have only leaves and apples.
Take my apples, Boy, and sell them in
the city. Then you will have money and
you will be happy."
And so the boy climbed up the
tree and gathered her apples
and carried them away.
And the tree was happy.
But the boy stayed away for a long time....
and the tree was sad.
And then one day the boy came back
and the tree shook with joy
and she said, "Come, Boy, climb up my trunk
and swing from my branches and be happy."
"I am too busy to climb trees," said the boy.
"I want a house to keep me warm," he said.
"I want a wife and I want children,
and so I need a house.
Can you give me a house ?"
" I have no house," said the tree.
"The forest is my house,
but you may cut off
my branches and build a
house. Then you will be happy."

And so the boy cut off her branches
and carried them away
to build his house.
And the tree was happy.
But the boy stayed away for a long time.
And when he came back,
the tree was so happy
she could hardly speak.
"Come, Boy," she whispered,
"come and play."
"I am too old and sad to play,"
said the boy.
"I want a boat that will
take me far away from here.
Can you give me a boat?"
"Cut down my trunk
and make a boat," said the tree.
"Then you can sail away...
and be happy."
And so the boy cut down her trunk
and made a boat and sailed away.
And the tree was happy
... but not really.

And after a long time
the boy came back again.
"I am sorry, Boy,"
said the tree," but I have nothing
left to give you -
My apples are gone."
"My teeth are too weak
for apples," said the boy.
"My branches are gone,"
said the tree. " You
cannot swing on them - "
"I am too old to swing
on branches," said the boy.
"My trunk is gone, " said the tree.
"You cannot climb - "
"I am too tired to climb" said the boy.
"I am sorry," sighed the tree.
"I wish that I could give you something....
but I have nothing left.
I am just an old stump.
I am sorry...."
"I don't need very much now," said the boy.
"just a quiet place to sit and rest.
I am very tired."
"Well," said the tree, straightening
herself up as much as she could,
"well, an old stump is good for sitting and resting
Come, Boy, sit down. Sit down and rest."
And the boy did.
And the tree was happy.

© by owner. Added by volunteers for educational purposes and provided at no charge. Dmca

This is probably Silverstein's best loved book and deserves to be read with the illustrations alongside if you can find the actual book

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source : http://allpoetry.com/poem/8538991-The-Giving-Tree-by-Shel-Silverstein

 

 

Shel Silverstein

As Edwin McDowell reported in the New York Times Book Review (8 Nov 1981), Silverstein 'for several years now... has refused interviews and publicity tours, and he even asked his publisher not to give out any biographical information about him.' What is known about Silverstein, however, is that he was born in Chicago (Illinois) in 1932, is divorced and has one daughter. Most of what is known about his views and opinions, aside from what may be interpreted from his works, comes from a Publisher's Weekly (24 Feb 1975) interview with Jean F. Mercier. Silverstein discussed the roots of his career in his childhood with Mercier