Wednesday, June 30, 2021

Yes or No

Let what you say be simply "Yes" or "No;"
anything more than this comes from evil.

Matthew 5:37

Only This Exists

We don't wake up forever. We wake up only now.
People have the wonderful experiences of
spiritual opening, and that's not it. As soon as
they think, "I want this to last forever," 
they've moved into a future and lost the reality.
This is it, right now. It's that simple.
Only this exists.

Byron Katie

Let It Run

If you try to capture running water in a bucket,
you will always be disappointed, for in the bucket
the water does not run. To "have" running water
you must let go of it and let it run.
The same is true of life.

Alan Watts

Wednesday, June 23, 2021

Be It

I've come to the realization that
the only way to find it is to BE it.

Alan Watts

No Center

Since the universe has no center,
you can't be it.

Neil deGrasse Tyson

Exploring Our Hearts

I challenge you to see if you can use the same qualities
that you feel make you a man to go deeper into yourself.
Your strength, your bravery, your toughness: can we
redefine what those mean and use them to explore our hearts?

Justin Baldoni

True Masculine Power

True masculine power happens when courage, integrity,
vulnerability, compassion, awareness, and the capacity
to take strong action are all functioning together.

Robert Augustus Masters

Two Wings

The world of humanity is possessed of two wings:
the male and the female. So long as these two wings
are not equivalent in strength, the bird will not fly.

Abdu'l Baha

More a Man Than Anything

While my dad may not have taught me how to use
my hands, he did teach me how to use my heart,
and to me that makes him more a man than anything.

Justin Baldoni

Thursday, June 3, 2021

Built-in Fear

If we can't eliminate fears, then what do we do with them? Well, we live with them. Like 'em or not. Because low-level or high, some degree of fear comes with the human package. It is built in. It is not going anywhere.

Judy Cohen

The Ultimate Fear

The fear of no-self is the mother
of all fears, the one upon which
all others are based. No fear is
so small or petty that the fear
of no-self isn't at its heart.
All fear is ultimately fear of no-self.

Jed McKenna

Show You Fear

I will show you fear
in a handful of dust.

T.S. Eliot