We have two lives,
and the second begins
when we realize
we only have one.
and the second begins
when we realize
we only have one.
Confucius
Monday, November 17, 2025
Friday, November 14, 2025
In the Presence of Truth
I'm one of the strange people that absolutely delights
and enjoys being with people as they're dying.
In fact, it is such incredible grace for me that
in the morning when I know I'm going to be
with such a person, I get absolutely thrilled
in my body and in my being, because I know
I'm going to have an opportunity to be
in the presence of truth.
and enjoys being with people as they're dying.
In fact, it is such incredible grace for me that
in the morning when I know I'm going to be
with such a person, I get absolutely thrilled
in my body and in my being, because I know
I'm going to have an opportunity to be
in the presence of truth.
Ram Dass
The Art of Life
The art of life is more like navigation than warfare,
for what is important is to understand the winds,
the tides, the currents, the seasons, and
the principles of growth and decay, so that
one's actions may use them and not fight them.
for what is important is to understand the winds,
the tides, the currents, the seasons, and
the principles of growth and decay, so that
one's actions may use them and not fight them.
Alan Watts
Quest for the Grail Alone
In the church, there are leaders who tell
the followers what to think and how to worship.
The priests hear confessions, celebrate the Mass,
and assure the faithful that salvation is theirs.
But the adventurer must always quest
for the Grail alone.
the followers what to think and how to worship.
The priests hear confessions, celebrate the Mass,
and assure the faithful that salvation is theirs.
But the adventurer must always quest
for the Grail alone.
Joseph Campbell
The Aimless, Empty Life
To the Taoist mentality, the aimless,
empty life does not suggest anything depressing.
On the contrary, it suggests the freedom of clouds
and mountain streams, wandering nowhere,
of flowers in impenetrable canyons, beauty
for no one to see, and of the ocean surf
forever washing the sand, to no end.
empty life does not suggest anything depressing.
On the contrary, it suggests the freedom of clouds
and mountain streams, wandering nowhere,
of flowers in impenetrable canyons, beauty
for no one to see, and of the ocean surf
forever washing the sand, to no end.
Alan Watts
Make Peace with Death
The appreciation of death and the spiritual journey
after death is the prerequisite for living life joyfully now.
Death does not have to be treated as an enemy for you
to delight in life. Keeping death present in your conscious-
ness as one of the great mysteries and as the moment
of incredible transformation umbues this moment
with added richness and energy that otherwise is
used up in denial. I encourage you to make peace
with death, to see it as the culminating adventure
of this adventure called life. It is not an error.
It is not a failure. It is taking off a tight shoe
that you have worn well. The way that is understood
in the morning, one can gladly die in the evening.
after death is the prerequisite for living life joyfully now.
Death does not have to be treated as an enemy for you
to delight in life. Keeping death present in your conscious-
ness as one of the great mysteries and as the moment
of incredible transformation umbues this moment
with added richness and energy that otherwise is
used up in denial. I encourage you to make peace
with death, to see it as the culminating adventure
of this adventure called life. It is not an error.
It is not a failure. It is taking off a tight shoe
that you have worn well. The way that is understood
in the morning, one can gladly die in the evening.
Ram Dass
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