A Real Guru

A real guru,
if there is one,
frees you
from himself.

U.G. Krishnamurti

Your Own Thought Forms

The way in which you perceive the other
is determined by your own thought forms.

Eckhart Tolle

Love is a Vessel

Love is a vessel that contains
both security and adventure,
and commitment offers one of
the great luxuries in life: time.
Marriage is not the end of romance,
it is the beginning.

Esther Perel

No Amount of Anxiety

No amount of anxiety
makes any difference
to anything that is going
to happen.

Alan Watts

Accepting People As They Are

Happiness is a balance between
accepting people as they are
and changing yourself so that
accepting people as they are
is less painful.

Tracy McMillan

No Better Word Than Stupid

I know words, I have the best words.
I have the best, but there is no better word
than stupid.

Donald Trump

No More Neutrality

There is no more neutrality in the world.
You will have to be part of the solution,
or you're going to be part of the problem.

Eldridge Cleaver

Leaving It Alone

As muddy water is best cleared by leaving it alone,

it could be argued that those who sit quietly and

do nothing are making one of the best contributions

to a world in turmoil.

Alan Watts

Waking Up

Waking up to who you are
requires letting go of who
you imagine yourself to be.

Alan Watts

Unfolding of Opportunities

I see my life as an unfolding
set of opportunities to awaken.

Ram Dass

Living Together is an Art

Living together is an art.
It's a patient art,
it's a beautiful art,
it's fascinating.

Pope Francis

Don't Take It Personally

Whatever happens around you,
don't take it personally.
Nothing other people do is
because of you. It is because
of themselves.

Don Miguel Ruiz

People Do Not Get the Message Right

All religion, all philosophy, all wars,
all pograms, and persecutions happen
because people do not get the message right.

Terence McKenna

Happiness From What Is

We cannot let our happiness be
determined by outside circumstances.
We have to live in the moment and
our happiness or feelings need to
come from what is.

Katie Meyler

Change the Internal First

If we try to change the external
without changing the internal first,
the changes will fade, revert,
and the old pattern will repeat.

Penney Pierce

What Works and What Doesn't

Like anyone on a spiritual path, I seek
to live increasingly without fear and
separatist thinking, and more from
an awareness of unity and respect for life
(of course, it’s a grand work in progress!).
To do this, I practice measuring
what I experience in my outer reality
against what I know of how
the internal universal laws function,
to see what has natural harmony
and actually works, and what doesn’t.

Penney Pierce