In truth we are not separate from each other or from the world, from the whole earth, the sun or moon or billions of stars, not separate from the entire universe. Listening silently in quiet wonderment, without knowing anything, there is just one mysteriously palpitating aliveness…
~ Toni Packer
Green was the silence, wet was the light,
the month of June trembled like a butterfly…~ Pablo Neruda
The universe and I came into being together; I and everything therein are One…
~ Chuang Tzu
At a certain point, you say to the woods, to the sea, to the mountains, the world, Now I am ready. Now I will stop and be wholly attentive. You empty yourself and wait, listening…
~ Annie Dillard
Time softens when I listen; the wind in the trees, set in action long ago when the universe began, has something to say. Not explaining a moment allows it to blossom…
~ John Tarrant
