The Ground for Existence

Space is not empty. It is full,
as opposed to a vacuum, and
is the ground for the existence
of everything, including ourselves.

David Bohm

Make Them Laugh

If you want to tell people the truth,
make them laugh, otherwise they'll kill you.

Oscar Wilde

Empty Existence

A life filled up with being somebody
is an empty existence.

Wu Hsin

The End of All Drama

When you live in complete acceptance of what is,
that is the end of all drama in your life.

Eckhart Tolle

When You Say Yes

When you say yes to others, make sure
you're not saying no to yourself.

Paulo Coelho

Do Not Stand At My Grave and Weep

Do not stand at my grave and weep.
I am not there. I do not sleep.
I am a thousand winds that blow.
I am the diamond glints on snow.
I am the sunlight on ripened grain.
I am the gentle autumn rain.

When you awaken in the morning's hush

I am the swift uplifting rush

Of quiet birds in circled flight.

I am the soft stars that shine at night.

Do not stand at my grave and cry;

I am not there. I did not die.

Mary Elizabeth Frye

That Is All

Being nothing, you are everything.
That is all.

Kalu Rinpoche

When There's Nothing

When there's nothing,
there's nothing to be afraid of.
You project something onto
nothing and that's what's fearful.

Byron Katie

Seeing the Separate Self Clearly

To see the separate self clearly
is to see its non-existence.

Rupert Spira

Kindness

Be loving. And if you don't feel loving, be kind.
Kindness is simply love in her daily clothes.

Alexandra K. Trenfor

The Best Teachers

The best teachers are those who
show you where to look but
don't tell you what to see.

Alexandra K. Trenfor

Life Has Gone On

If there's no self, then
there's never been one.
If we're nothing, 
we've always been nothing.
And life has gone on.

Judy Cohen

Already Around Your Neck

You wander from room to room
hunting for the diamond necklace
that is already around your neck.

Jalāl al-Dīn Rumi

Whatever You Do

Whatever you do to be free
from the self also is
a self-centered activity.

U.G. Krishnamurti

In the Pocket

I laugh when I think how I once sought paradise
as a realm outside of the world of birth. It is
the laughter of one who, after having painfully
searched for something for a long time,
finds it one morning in the pocket of his coat.

Thich Nhat Hanh

Having Never Gone to Sleep

Try to imagine what it will be like
to go to sleep and never wake up ...
now try to imagine what it was like
to wake up having never gone to sleep.

Alan Watts