When the world feels like an emotional roller coaster, steady yourself with simple rituals. Do the dishes. Fold the laundry. Water the plants. Drink a glass of water. Simplicity attracts wisdom…
Tag: life
Being one…
The philosopher Descartes believed that he had found the most fundamental truth when he made his famous statement: “I think, therefore I am.” He had, in fact, given expression to the most basic error: to equate thinking with Being and identity with with thinking. The compulsive thinker, which means almost everyone, lives in a state of apparent separateness, in an insanely complex world of continues problems and conflict, a world that reflects the ever-increasing fragmentation of the mind.
Enlightenment is a state of wholeness, of being “at one” and therefore at peace. At one with life in its manifested aspect, the world, as well as with your deepest self and life unmanifested – at one with Being. Enlightenment is not only the end of suffering and of continuous conflict within and without, but also the end of the dreadful enslavement to incessant thinking. What an incredible liberation this is!
~ Eckhart Tolle
bloom like a flower…
The most precious gift we can offer others is our presence. When our mindfulness embraces those we love, they will bloom like flowers…
~ Thich Nhat Hanh
subtle, hidden, unspoken…
We need to look at the subtle, the hidden, and the unspoken…
~ Malcolm Gladwell
open heart.. rediscover…
A person’s life purpose is nothing more than to rediscover, through the detours of art or love or passionate work, those one or two images in the presence of which his heart first opened…
~ Albert Camus
law of love…
A Master is one who has learnt the truth through experience; he has learnt to put into practice the law which governs all life, the law of Love. Love is the fulfilling of the law… There is only one way to receive Love into human life, and that is to give Love forth…
~ White Eagle
The Great Spirit…
A wee child toddling in a wonder world, I prefer to their dogma my excursions into the natural gardens where the voice of the Great Spirit is heard in the twittering of birds, the rippling of mighty waters, and the sweet breathing of flowers.
Here, in a fleeting quiet, I am awakened by the fluttering robe of the Great Spirit. To my innermost consciousness the phenomenal universe is a royal mantle, vibrating with His divine breath. Caught in its flowing fringes are the spangles and oscillating brilliants of sun, moon, and stars…
~ Zitkala-Sa
