Odilia Carmen Chirica

A man who had studied at many metaphysical schools came to Nasrudin. In order to show that he could be accepted for discipleship, he described in detail where he had been and what he had studied. “I hope that you will accept me, or at least tell me your ideas,” he said, “because I have spent so much of my time studying at these schools.” “Alas,” said Nasrudin, “you have studied the teachers and their teachings. What should have happened is that the teachers and the teachings should have studied you. Then we would have had something worthwhile.” —from " The Pleasantries of the Incredible Mulla Nasrudin" by Idries Shah Surface message The man believes knowledge comes from collecting teachings, schools, and ideas. Nasrudin says the opposite. Real learning happens when the teaching transforms you — not when you accumulate it. He studied teachings. He did not allow teachings to study him. Deeper meaning — “Which Way Round?” The title itself is the key. It asks: Do you examine tru...

The Last and the First Key The last key (for the knower) and the first key (for the seeker) is Embodiment . Not more seeking, not more refining of vision — but living what is already known with the whole being. The gate we stand before does not open by thought or by word, but by the weight of presence carried into each act, each step, each breath. It is the shift from seeing to being . From holding the flame to being the flame itself . That is embodiment — the silent authority of Truth expressed through us. From Embodiment to Trust The key to embodiment is Trust — absolute, lived trust. Trust that Truth is not elsewhere, not ahead, not conditional — but already here, breathing us. Trust that we don’t need to control, adjust, or protect — only to let ourselves fall fully into what is. Trust that nothing real can be lost in that surrender. Embodiment is not an effort but a release, and the key that turns it is trust. From Trust to Innocence The key to trust is Innocence. Not naïveté, b...

🜂 Built Upon the Rock “Everyone therefore who hears these words of mine and does them is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house, but it did not fall, because it had been founded on the rock. And everyone who hears these words of mine and does not do them will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand. And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell — and great was its fall.” (Matthew 7 : 24-27 ESV) In that passage, “these words of mine” refer to the entire teaching Jesus has just delivered in the Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5 – 7). It is his complete code for what he calls the Kingdom of Heaven — a life rooted in truth, mercy, and integrity rather than appearances . The essence of those words The Beatitudes – blessing the poor in spirit, the meek, the merciful, the pure in heart, the peacemakers. Inner purity over ...