The Way It Is

In order to love it the way it is, we
must first learn to see it the way it is.

Thaddeus Golas

Very Small

What if God is not large,
but very small, perhaps
even size less?

Thaddeus Golas

Conscious All the Time

No matter what happens,
I am conscious all the time.

Thaddeus Golas

Never Moved

Just as a mighty boulder
stirs not with the wind,
so the wise are never moved
either by praise or blame.

The Dhammapada

The Whole Trip

It's only when caterpillarness is done
that one becomes a butterfly.
That again is part of this paradox.
You cannot rip away caterpillarness.
The whole trip occurs in an unfolding
process over which we have no control.

Ram Dass

The Three N's

Nature.
Nurture.
Neuroplasticity.

Sarah McKay

Fluent in Silence

So, if you are too tired to speak,
sit next to me, because I, too,
am fluent in silence.

R. Arnold

What is Real?

What is REAL?" asked the Rabbit one day ...

"Real isn't how you are made, it's a thing that happens to you ... It doesn't happen all at once. You become. It takes a long time, that's why it doesn't happen often to people who break easily, or have sharp edges, or who have to be carefully kept. Generally, by the time you are Real, most of your hair has been rubbed off, and your eyes drop out and you get loose in the joints and very shabby. But these things don't matter at all, because once you are Real you can't be ugly, except to people who don't understand."

Margery Williams, "Velveteen Rabbit"

Occasionally Contradict Yourself

If you don't at least occasionally
contradict yourself, your position
isn't nearly complex enough.

Terence McKenna

Reclaim Your Mind

You want to reclaim your mind,
and get it out of the hands of
the cultural engineers who want
to turn you into a half-baked
moron consuming all the trash
that's being manufactured out
of the bones of a dying world.

Terence McKenna

Any Trip

Any trip you want to take
leads to the same place.

Ram Dass

Not Experience, Bullshit

Everything I say here is a lie --
bullshit, in other words --
because anything that you put
in words is not experience,
is not the experiment.
It's a representation --
a misrepresentation.

John Lilly

Bring Out the Beauty

I have to come to drag you
out of yourself, and take you
in my heart. I have come to
bring out the beauty you never
knew you had and lift you
like a prayer to the sky.

Jalāl al-Dīn Rumi

Ability to Change

Our only security is
our ability to change.

John Lilly

Problem in Communication

The single biggest problem in communication
is the illusion that it has taken place.

George Bernard Shaw

Knowing

He who things he knows, doesn't know.
He who knows that he doesn't know, knows.

Joseph Campbell

Don't Know Enough to Worry

You don't know enough to worry.
That’s God’s truth. Who do you
think you are that you should worry?
It presupposes such a knowledge
of the situation that it is a form of hubris.

Terence McKenna

Worry is Preposterous

Worry is preposterous;
we don't know enough
to worry.

Wei Boyang

Simpler

and the more she
loved herself,
the simpler it
became for her.
and the more
complex it became
for everyone else.

JmStorm

Putting Off

Never put off until tomorrow
what you can put off until
the day after tomorrow.

Dan Metevier

You'll No Longer Expect

The real beloved is that one who is unique,
who is your beginning and your end.
When you find that one, you'll no longer
expect anything else.

Jalāl al-Dīn Rumi

Between the Two

The angel is free because of his knowledge,
the beast because of his ignorance. Between
the two remains the son of man to struggle.

Jalāl al-Dīn Rumi

A Guide from Above

Be grateful for whoever comes,
because each has been sent as
a guide from above.

Jalāl al-Dīn Rumi

Culture is a Game

The shaman is a person who is able to transcend
the dimensional confines of cultural existence.
They know more than the people they serve.
The people they serve are like children within
the game of culture. Only the shaman knows that
culture is a game. Everyone else takes it seriously.
That’s how he can do his magic.

Terence McKenna

No One Knows

No one knows enough
to worry.

Terence McKenna

Liberation

You know that you know nothing.
Find out that knowledge.
That is liberation.

Ramana Maharshi

Only the Mad Are Sane

In a mad world,
only the mad are sane.

Akira Kurasawa

The Wisdom of the Body

Our bodies are incredibly knowing animals
that we've systemically learned to ignore,
shut down, and ultimately poison. Healing is
about letting the wisdom of the body re-emerge.

Monica Cassani