The Limitation

The mind that sees the limitation
is the limitation.

The Buddha

All I Have

I want to understand this river
but all I have is a bucket.

Michael Markham

Wisdom and Foolishness

Wisdom and foolishness are practically the same.
Both are indifferent to the opinions of the world.

Joseph Campbell

You Will Always Have Bliss

If you follow your bliss,
you will always have your bliss,
money or not.
If you follow money,
you may lose it
and you'll have nothing.

Joseph Campbell

No Reality

There is no such thing
as reality.

U.G. Krishnamurti

One Mind Phasing

The total number of minds in the universe is one. In fact,

consciousness is a singularity phasing within all beings.

Erwin Schrodinger

Nothing Like It

There's nothing like psychology to ruin
what people experience in the moment.

Scott Miller

The Son Wishes

The son wishes to remember
what the father wishes to forget.

Yiddish Proverb

Cultural Rewards

Our culture rewards adaptive children.
Our culture does not reward functional adults.
It's actually afraid of them.

Terence Real

Two Wings

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

Abdu'l-Baha

Who Am I?

The question "who am I?"

is not really meant to get an answer.
The question "who am I?"

is meant to dissolve the questioner.

Ramana Maharshi

Including Everything and I Am

A lot of people try to counteract the "I am not good enough" with "I am good enough." In other words, they take the opposite and try to invest it. That still keeps the world at the level of polarities. The art is to go behind the polarities. So the act is to go not to the world of "I am good" to counteract "I am bad" or "I am lovable" as opposed to "I am unlovable." But to go behind it to "I am." I am. I am. And I am includes the fact that I do crappy things and I do beautiful things and I am. That includes everything and I am.

Ram Dass

Horrible Beauty of Suffering

Once you see the way it is,
you won't really wish to change it.
It's just the horrible beauty of suffering.

Ram Dass

Simply Love

Everyone discusses my art
and pretends to understand,
as if it were necessary to understand,
when it is simply necessary to love.

Claude Monet

Imagination is Everything

Imagination is everything
and everything is imagined.

Byron Katie

Slow is Fast

Slow is smooth.
Smooth is fast.

U.S. Navy Seals

Prejudice vs. Wisdom

It's in the mechanics of inheritance
to make prejudice available to you.
And it's in the mechanics of prejudice
to not make wisdom available to you.

Stephen Jenkinson