Right there in the imperfection
is perfect reality.
is perfect reality.
Shunryu Suzuki
Wednesday, March 17, 2021
The Ass of Humanity
The belief that something is wrong
is the fire under the ass of humanity.
is the fire under the ass of humanity.
Jed McKenna
You Cannot Be Improved
Drop the idea of becoming someone,
because you already are a masterpiece.
God has himself created you,
you cannot be improved.
because you already are a masterpiece.
God has himself created you,
you cannot be improved.
Osho
Being Alive
Suddenly you're ripped into being alive.
And life is pain, and life is suffering,
and life is horror, but my god you're alive
and it's spectacular.
And life is pain, and life is suffering,
and life is horror, but my god you're alive
and it's spectacular.
Joseph Campbell
Let Everything Happen
Let everything happen to you.
Beauty and terror.
Just keep going.
No feeling is final.
Beauty and terror.
Just keep going.
No feeling is final.
Rainer Maria Rilke
You've Made a Discovery
There are two possible outcomes:
If the result confirms the hypothesis,
then you've made a discovery.
If the result is contrary to the hypothesis,
then you've made a discovery.
If the result confirms the hypothesis,
then you've made a discovery.
If the result is contrary to the hypothesis,
then you've made a discovery.
Enrico Fermi
Such Faith in the World
Where the path closed
down and over,
through the scumbled leaves,
fallen branches,
down and over,
through the scumbled leaves,
fallen branches,
through the knotted catbrier,
I kept going. Finally
I could not
save my arms
from thorns; soon
the mosquitos
smelled me, hot
and wounded, and cam
wheeling and whining.
And that's how I came
to the edge of the pond:
black and empty
except for a spindle
of bleached reeds
at the far shore
which, as I looked,
wrinkled suddenly
into three egrets -
in a shower
of white fire!
Even half-asleep they had
such faith in the world
that had made them -
tilting through the water,
unruffled, sure,
by the laws
of their faith not logic,
they opened their wings
softly and stepped
over every dark thing.
Mary Oliver
Between Theory and Practice
In theory, there is no difference
between theory and practice.
In practice, there is.
between theory and practice.
In practice, there is.
Walter J. Savitch
Friendly Facts
The facts are always friendly.
Every bit of evidence one can acquire
leads one that much closer to what is true.
Every bit of evidence one can acquire
leads one that much closer to what is true.
Carl Rogers
Driving for a Solution
Every separate person lives in suffering
and that drives them for a solution.
and that drives them for a solution.
Tony Parsons
Reality Doesn't Go Away
Reality is that which, when
you stop believing in it,
doesn't go away.
you stop believing in it,
doesn't go away.
Philip K. Dick
Listen to Your Heart
Be a witness, not a judge.
Focus on yourself, not on others.
Listen to your heart, not to the crowd.
Focus on yourself, not on others.
Listen to your heart, not to the crowd.
Jalāl al-Dīn Rumi
Foremost a Sheep
In order to be a perfect member
of a flock of sheep, one has to be,
foremost, a sheep.
of a flock of sheep, one has to be,
foremost, a sheep.
Albert Einstein
Tuesday, March 2, 2021
Do Not Get Stuck
The funny thing about enlightenment is that there
is no one to claim it. Enlightenment is very ordinary;
it is nothing special. When you are enlightened
the whole notion of someone who is enlightened
it is nothing special. When you are enlightened
the whole notion of someone who is enlightened
is a big joke. Do not get stuck in enlightenment.
Adyashanti
The Real Life
The search for the unknown is absurd.
How can I search for what I do not know?
Whatever I seek is a thing which I have
already known or experienced. So seeking
is running away from the actual, real life.
This is the real life, THAT is the unreal.
How can I search for what I do not know?
Whatever I seek is a thing which I have
already known or experienced. So seeking
is running away from the actual, real life.
This is the real life, THAT is the unreal.
U.G. Krishnamurti (slightly edited by Judy Cohen)
Effort Will Take You Nowhere
Unless you make tremendous efforts,
you will not be convinced that effort
will take you nowhere.
you will not be convinced that effort
will take you nowhere.
Nisargadatta
In Plain Sight
Reality and completeness are in plain sight.
Absolute completeness surrounds you
wherever you go. We humans have long ago
deceived ourselves into such a confined tangle
of confusion and disarray that we scarcely
even consider, much less experience for ourselves,
the divinity within and all around us.
Absolute completeness surrounds you
wherever you go. We humans have long ago
deceived ourselves into such a confined tangle
of confusion and disarray that we scarcely
even consider, much less experience for ourselves,
the divinity within and all around us.
Adyashanti
You're Free
Aging gives you a new curriculum.
It gives you creative space, because
to the culture, you're becoming irrelevant
and as soon as you become irrelevant,
you're free.
It gives you creative space, because
to the culture, you're becoming irrelevant
and as soon as you become irrelevant,
you're free.
Ram Dass
Not Contented
He who is not contented
with what he has, would
not be contented with what
he would like to have.
with what he has, would
not be contented with what
he would like to have.
Socrates
Like a Lion
The truth is like a lion.
You don't have to defend it.
Let it loose; it will defend itself.
You don't have to defend it.
Let it loose; it will defend itself.
Augustine of Hippo
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