Agape Inner Visions Magazine

We are all astronauts on a little spaceship called Earth. ~R. Buckminster FullerWhen I came across the above quote from Buckminster Fuller, who coined the phrase ‘spaceship earth’ in the mid 1960’s, it changed my perspective of how I look at myself and who we are as people. Up to this point I looked at people and objects as independent of each other, independent of our mind and independent of other phenomena. The universe appeared to consist of discreet things that have an existe ......

You were always there. I am just glad I noticed.~RumiAfter sunset in the spring, when the air cools off at night, I like to sit in front of an outside fire place and marvel at the dance of flames, listen to the crackles of logs, watch smoke rising and enjoy the blanket of warmth the fire wraps around my body.However, none of these things we call flames, crackles, smoke or heat are the fire itself. In fact, we do not see the fire, we do not hear the fire and we cannot touch the fire. What we see ......

Nonbeing can never be; being can never not be.Both these statements are obvious to those who have seen the truth.~The Bhagavad Gita In an era of fake news, mind boggling fact spinning and daily overdose of opinions in any subject or field, it can be hard for many of us to see the truth. Where is it? Where do we look? In our daily lives, with all of the things mentioned above happening simultaneously, we are dealing with information only; and information is not knowledge, nor wisdom. We live in a ......

If you knew the secret of life, you too would choose no other companion but love.— RumiWe live in a universe of duality. Up down, left right, good bad and so on. Hence it is our choice whether we want to learn through fear or whether we want to learn through love. The universe is non-judgmental and always responds to the energy that is behind our beliefs. Energy flows where our attention goes and because of this truth we have the super-power to let the experience of our experience change! ......

Between God and Me there is no 'Between'. ~ Meister Eckhart (c. 1260-1327) In 1927, the German physicist Werner Heisenberg, postulated the uncertainty principle. It says, that the momentum and position of a particle cannot both be precisely determined at the same time. We can either know where a particle is located, or we can know at what speed it is traveling. However, there is a certainty in me, that I know where I am, and that I know where I am heading. There is a certainty in me. A cer ......

Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world.~Harriett TubmanHave you ever watched a convincingly crafted movie scene in a movie theater? The experience of the story might imprint itself on our consciousness in such a way that it feels real. Suddenly we are part of the unfoldment on the screen; we even might feel we know the characters. In moments of cruelty, scenes of des ......

Meditation is about keeping the mind clear; thinking deeply about reality.~Dalai Lama via TwitterTurn on the news, step into a packed subway or drive in traffic and one can get easily hooked into negativity and fear. At the same time, we know not to believe in fear, yet might ask ourselves how to best accomplish this.A great way to work through negativity and fear is meditation. When we go into mediation, we allow ourselves to move from a place of doing to a place of being. In other words, we ar ......

You are not a drop in the ocean. You are the entire ocean in a drop.~ Jalaluddin RumiSocio-political tensions, dangerous weather, the resurfacing of nuclear fears and head turning posts on Twitter or Facebook find their way in to casual conversations and common thinking every day. With all that going on it is liberating to drop the fantasy of there being a more perfect world, some other place, somewhere, and instead accept that we need to engage with the world as it is. Even with all the th ......

Remember, the entrance door to the sanctuary is inside you.~ Jalaluddin RumiDo you remember? Do you remember that you came to this planet, to this time and space, voluntarily? Do you remember, that you picked your parents, your life’s story and the talents you would bring to this dimension? Do you remember the excitement you felt when you started on this journey of your human experience?You could not wait to make your gifts known. You could not wait to spread your wings and show your fellow so ......

Teaching something to a fellow programmer doesn't take it away from you. I'm happy to share what I can, because I'm in it for the love of programming. ~ John Carmack, CTO OculusAccording to ancient wisdom what causes suffering in life is a general pattern of how we relate to others. Many of our negative emotions come from outward projections. For example, the bigger house, the faster car, the better paid job and not from our inner values. When we focus on experience, relationship and knowl ......

We are infinite possibilities.~ RumiIn the ancient Greek mythology, the titan Atlas, is pictured as a man responsible for bearing the weight of the heavens on his shoulders. In our own lives, it sometimes seems that we feel overburdened, thinking we must uphold the heavens of our own existence all by ourselves. As legend has it Atlas was given his task in retribution for him leading the Titans into battle, against the Olympian Gods for control of the heavens. In our daily lives, we easily s ......

If you want to find God, hang out in the space between your thoughts. ~ Alan CohenOne of the wisdom teachings from the Zen tradition tells us that the “most important thing to remember, is to remember the most important thing.” Yet, what is the most important thing? Breathe! Be still! Just for a moment. You are more than your to-do-list. As human beings, we have the innate ability to go within and to be still. In that stillness, we can listen to that, which is most important for us ......

Keep your face always toward the sunshine - and shadows will fall behind you.~Walt WhitmanThoughts come and go through my head, my heart, my belly. Sometimes they come invited and sometimes they vehemently knock at the door of my mind to be let in just to create havoc. However, that was in the past.Through daily spiritual practice of prayer, mediation and study I learned that it is me who must consciously open the door of my mind to let any thought in. In the same way that I am not going on vaca ......

Awareness means you come with an inner light, you move fully alert. Each step is taken in awareness -- the walking, the coming, the sitting. ~OshoYou are aware! Yes, something in you drew you to read this segment of Inner Visions today. This would not have happened, if you would not be in harmony with the one mind, oneness, that which I call God. Something is expressing itself in, as and through you right now that is reminding itself that you, as a unique expression of the Divine, are ......

It always seems impossible until it's done.~Nelson MandelaAt work I often hear the question of “How are you?” answered with “Good, but real busy”. While this implies that we are continuously running a marathon through life, hardly ever acknowledging ourselves for reaching a milestone, we are also saying that we are only good because we are busy.In addition, and due to societal conditioning, negative thoughts get triggered when the body temple wants nothing more than to rest and simply as ......

Why ever talk of miracles, when you are destined to become Infinite love.- RumiYou are more than what you think! In fact, you are so much more than what you even let yourself dream. The secret is, that it is your divine birthright to effortlessly let miracles happen in, as and through you.We all had moments in our lives where we thought something like: “It is going to take a miracle for this to happen or “It was a miracle that this worked out”. When we use this type of thinking we are hol ......

Enlightenment is when the wave realizes it is the water.~Thich Nhat HanhLooking out over the ocean from the point furthest north on the Hawaiian islands invites to reflect on what is, my relationship with the divine and how that, which is fully present right here and right now, expresses Itself in, as and through life on this earth plane.Knowing that I am on an island in the South Pacific Ocean where there is no landmass visible for more than 2500 miles in the direction I am looking brings forth ......

Take everything you know. Take your whole selves. Be inclusive. Be open. Make history in the infinite ways that your heart takes you.~Megan SmithAre you “in” on inclusivity? When the question came up for me I was quick to say “yes, of course, I am including everyone in my life!” However, when I took a closer look I discovered some boundaries of inclusivity within me. Amongst others there was the maybe on the driver who cut me off, a not so sure on the friend who made snarky comments dire ......

It is a strange and wonderful fact to be here, walking around in a body, to have a whole world within you and a world at your fingertips outside.~ John O'DonohueIt is incredible to notice that we humans manage to forget the miracle of being here.We might catch ourselves thinking: “It will take a miracle for that to happen or “It was a miracle, that this worked that way!” When these thoughts cross our minds then in some way or another we find ourselves in a place where we picture us separa ......

The distinction we have between past, present and future is only a stubbornly persistent illusion.~ Albert EinsteinWe know from Einstein's theory of relativity that time as we know it does not really exist. Imagine yourself on a spaceship traveling at 80% the speed of light, while a friend of yours travels on another spaceship at half that speed. Both your perceptions of time would be different. Your clock would read that less time would have passed than the clock of your friend. In addition eve ......