BlogHide Resteemsuniversalroots (27)in beauty • 7 years agosteemCreated with Sketch.You are Beautiful!All the beauty that is seen in the world, is really the beauty within ones self, that is seeing! Universal Rootsuniversalroots (27)in silence • 7 years agosteemCreated with Sketch.You are the World!Your world is the interpretation of your thoughts, its relevance is only relative. 💎 To know what actually IS one must go beyond the mind, where no interpretation is possible. 💎 This is where…universalroots (27)in meditation • 7 years agosteemCreated with Sketch.Perfection in Stillness!Just as the stillness of water reflects a perfect mirror image - when you abide in stillness you perceive a perfect reflection of the world! -Universal Rootsuniversalroots (27)in truth • 7 years agosteemCreated with Sketch.Does Truth Speak?Universal Roots: Text conversation with a friend today. ⏰ John: Does truth speak for some and not others? ⏰ Universal Roots: It is always speaking. ⏰ Life is truth. ⏰ But it can't be heard…universalroots (27)in love • 7 years agosteemCreated with Sketch.Love is Never a Slave to Time!Love is never a slave to time, the “action“ itself is where “love“ resides. In that space you are in the timeless dimension, living in pure creativity, spontaneity, happiness, and absolute…universalroots (27)in love • 7 years agosteemCreated with Sketch.Belief is the Root of Division!The urge to posses anything comes from a deep sense of loneliness. 🙏 Each one tries to fill this void in different ways, whether by drugs, alcohol, pleasures, beliefs, and all forms of escape -…universalroots (27)in life • 7 years agosteemCreated with Sketch.You See The World As You Are!Universal Roots: Look at those minnows, so carefree and full of joy. Ben: How do you know that they are carefree and full of joy, they could just be swimming away from a predator. Universal…universalroots (27)in love • 7 years agosteemCreated with Sketch.The Ground of LoveThe ground on which you stand is love. This love is not bound by time or space. It is your very Being. In silence all is heard. Hearing is in time, silence is timeless. Rest in…universalroots (27)in zen • 7 years agosteemCreated with Sketch.Got Anger?A student came before the master Bankei and asked to be helped in getting rid of his violent temper. Show me this temper, said Bankei. It sounds very fascinating. I haven't got it right now…universalroots (27)in meditation • 7 years agosteemCreated with Sketch.Golden Leaves!Today Universal Roots shares from his journal. 🍃 Meditation is love, for love has no desires, no wants, hopes, or needs - love is complete, just as meditation. 🍃 Silence is complete and whole…universalroots (27)in love • 7 years agosteemCreated with Sketch.What is Love?Love is the Law of God. 💛 You live that you may learn to love. 💛 You love that you may learn to live. 💛 No other lesson is required of Man. 💛 And what is it to love but for the lover to…universalroots (27)in zen • 7 years agosteemCreated with Sketch.A Zen ParableTwo monks, Tanzan and Ekido, were walking down a cliff heading towards the sandy beach. They came on a lovely girl who was afraid to cross because of the cliffs edge. Come on, girl, said…universalroots (27)in happiness • 7 years agosteemCreated with Sketch.How do I find Happiness?Monika: How do I find happiness? Universal Roots: Who said that happiness must be found? Can happiness be ever found - has anyone ever found happiness in an object? We think that happiness…universalroots (27)in spiritual • 7 years agosteemCreated with Sketch.Appreciate Differences!"When you go out into the woods and you look at trees, you see all these different trees. And some of them are bent, and some of them are straight, and some of them are evergreens, and some of…universalroots (27)in spirituality • 7 years agosteemCreated with Sketch.Does Free Choice Imply Freedom?Do we have free choice? Does choice imply ones freedom? As long as you see yourself as separate from life itself than there will always be a sense of free choice. But that very choice will…universalroots (27)in dance • 7 years agosteemCreated with Sketch.Life is a Dance!Life is a dance. As long as the dancer thinks herself to be separate from the dance, spontaneous living - not a chance. Never worry about the outcome nor the perfection of the dance, for when…universalroots (27)in meditation • 7 years agosteemCreated with Sketch.Meditation Without the Meditator!Thought can never understand meditation. For meditation is not a means to an end - to bring order to a disorderly mind. It is only when the mind is orderly, without conflict, that one can have…universalroots (27)in funny • 7 years agosteemCreated with Sketch.Spiritual Humor" It is only when you see a mosquito landing on your testicles that you come to realize that there can be value in solving problems without using violence." Lao Tzuuniversalroots (27)in life • 7 years agosteemCreated with Sketch.Stop Chasing Rainbows!As a kid I would often ask mom to take me near rainbows so I could find the pot of gold. Mom gently whispered. You will never find the pot of gold at the end of rainbows becuase you 'are' the…universalroots (27)in nature • 7 years agosteemCreated with Sketch.Be Like Nature!Seasons come and go but nature is never striving for a future happening - it always embraces each moment. Be like nature, embrace what is, and surely every moment will reveal it's beauty…