{"id":8881,"date":"2018-08-25T11:52:30","date_gmt":"2018-08-25T18:52:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cciforum.dreamhosters.com\/?p=8881"},"modified":"2018-08-25T11:52:30","modified_gmt":"2018-08-25T18:52:30","slug":"return-to-light","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cciforum.dreamhosters.com\/?p=8881","title":{"rendered":"RETURN TO LIGHT\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_8882\" style=\"width: 829px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cciforum.dreamhosters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Background-Dots-by-IgorShubin-Pixabay.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8882\" src=\"https:\/\/cciforum.dreamhosters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Background-Dots-by-IgorShubin-Pixabay.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"819\" height=\"545\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8882\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cciforum.dreamhosters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Background-Dots-by-IgorShubin-Pixabay.jpg 819w, https:\/\/cciforum.dreamhosters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Background-Dots-by-IgorShubin-Pixabay-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cciforum.dreamhosters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Background-Dots-by-IgorShubin-Pixabay-768x511.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 819px) 100vw, 819px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-8882\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo courtesy of:  &#8216;Background Dots&#8217; by IgorShubin &#8211; Pixabay<br \/>https:\/\/tinyurl.com\/ybgyggb4<br \/><\/p><\/div>\n<p>I am reminded of the TSK practice called \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcReturn to Light\u00e2\u20ac\u2122, <\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Look within your thoughts\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 Become familiar with darkness; be ready to let yourself sink into it without losing awareness completely. Gradually you will be able to sense fluctuations within the dark: moments that are more luminous, when experience seems lucent and free. The quality is one of shining through, of a delightful aliveness.  To dwell within these moments is to engage a familiarity with light that makes its own path\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<br \/>\n\u00e2\u20ac\u02dc<em>Dynamics of Time and Space\u00e2\u20ac\u2122<\/em>, by Tarthang Tulku, p. 327<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>FIREFLY<br \/>\n      By Ken McKeon<\/p>\n<p>I know nothing,<br \/>\nThat\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s my reason<br \/>\n For still fishing in the muddy rain puddles<br \/>\n  That line my mind on forgotten trails,<br \/>\n     I will never catch anything,<br \/>\n     But I have caught that thought,<br \/>\n      I have held it near to me,<\/p>\n<p>It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a sad realization,<br \/>\n A flickering bulb,<\/p>\n<p>A firefly that dots and shifts around a bit,<br \/>\n  Then vanishes<br \/>\nLike a touch of silence in this noisy world,<br \/>\nI\u00e2\u20ac\u2122d follow that small touch out,<br \/>\nEnter it, hang around,<br \/>\nStay as quiet as I can,<br \/>\nMaybe it will show itself again,<br \/>\nThis quiet nub of light,<\/p>\n<p>Heart of light, fire light, this wisp of a small winged thing,<\/p>\n<p>The open mind that came up with that<br \/>\n   Well might make my heart sing,<\/p>\n<p> So cool, so wonderful,<br \/>\n   The love that silence brings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am reminded of the TSK practice called \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcReturn to Light\u00e2\u20ac\u2122, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Look within your thoughts\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 Become familiar with darkness; be ready to let yourself sink into it without losing awareness completely. 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