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Do you like to eat melon? – Yes, then help bees!

“Grow, grow, grow
melons!”
buzz the bees
 – Haiku by Issa, 1809 – To receive your daily haiku go HERE 
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The secret of the universe – you’ll kick yourself when the penny drops – I did! (52 Meditations)

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Magic Eye How to See 3D 

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The secret of the universe, your life-secret – also called ‘the geddit factor’ – got it? – you’ll kick yourself when the penny drops!
The secret of life and your way to it can’t be contained in words.
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Great teachers like Zen masters point.  As in this haiku by Basho;
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The clouds come and go,  
providing a rest for all  
the moon viewers
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The word ‘moon’ does convey the magic of the experience of moon-ness – so great masters point to the moon, but don’t label.
No name is sufficient – in fact labels stop us seeing, stop us experiencing full reality.
It’s like
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Pause the video to give yourself longer on each photo.  Don’t worry if the 3d magic eye stuff doesn’t work for you.
It doesn’t mean you haven’t or won’t ‘geddit’ spiritually!  But the 3D Magic Eye photos and videos are good as an analogy.
We stare at what we think is the real world.
But its an illusion.
There’s something deeper – something at least 3 dimensional – and it contains ‘a secret’ – the secret of the universe.
MANTRA:
In-breath:      Relaxing
Out-breath:   I see more deeply
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In-breath:      Trusting my intuition
Out-breath:   I see more deeply
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or
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make the mantra that feels right for you!
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The flash of insight

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A lightning flash:

between the forest trees

I have seen water.

Shiki Masaoka – (1867-1902)

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“All spiritual teachings are about one thing – what it is to be fully and positively human – in the world, with others.

This we do in relation to that Whole – out of which we each are an infinitesimally small, temporary, wave-form.

We live in order to awake to that mysterious Whole, overcome ego and learn to serve better – ‘Awake; De-egotise; Serve’  – That’s it!   But we need to start somewhere.  And simplicity is better than complexity.

We can (re)start right now with Thích Nhất Hạnh Zen Buddhist master’s teaching on mindfulness; ‘Smile: Breathe and Go slowly/consciously’ – try it!  Instant success is built in from the first smile.  Its’ irresistible!

The rest is a matter of cultural clothing & historical accident of birth.  

True religion helps, false religion hinders –  in getting the realizations needed.” – RP

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Share your questions or insights on these or any other issues via ‘comments’

Namaste – Roger

Dr Roger Prentice

PS The secret of life it seems to me is in the haiku above.

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