Being here, the soul of God, the world, ecstasy, gratitude, and the flame

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"Here" is where one is sent, evidently,

to wonder where they are.

Life happens. Let it.

Yea, it is neither the wick's nor the wax's fault, it is not even the fault of the flame ¼but the flame goes out.

You need only fall where the ground is most level, and stay there until you are forcefully carried away. You have been here a thousand times before- nothing to do but stick it out.

Nothing to do but simply be, and not be.

Even with the soul of god inside of you, you are still just a beast with the soul of god inside of you. You have no mind, only need. And yet that is why you instinctively turn towards the plenitude of miraculousness which is your birthright. 

We must take the world out of context, take ourselves out of context, and take everything out of context. What lives within context dies within context, what lives without context is no longer, so to speak, 'life', so from what will it ever die?

When you do not know who you are, that is when you will be yourself most completely.

Ecstasy in all things.

Look not backward with regret, but only forward with determination.

Gratitude creates the gift.

All is privilege; gratitude is understanding.

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These selected fragments are excerpted from unpublished writings by Jack Haas; selections from the notebooks 1990-2005.