I believe I know the only cure, which is to
make one's center of life inside of one's self,
not selfishly or excludingly, but with a kind
of unassailable serenity - to decorate one's
inner house so richly that one is content there,
glad to welcome anyone who wants to come
and stay, but happy all the same when one is
inevitably alone.
Edith Wharton
Wednesday, April 26, 2017
Terrifying State of Being
To take advantage of the opportunities
afforded by solitude, a person must be
able to turn a basically terrifying state
of being into a productive one.
Reed W. Larson
afforded by solitude, a person must be
able to turn a basically terrifying state
of being into a productive one.
Reed W. Larson
Thriving Alone
The common cure for loneliness
is more connections, yet exercising
our solitude is another option.
Time alone is inevitable - but
can we thrive when it occurs?
Michael Harris
is more connections, yet exercising
our solitude is another option.
Time alone is inevitable - but
can we thrive when it occurs?
Michael Harris
Monday, April 24, 2017
Well-adjusted
We all want our children
to be well-adjusted;
unfortunately, there's
nothing to be well-adjusted to.
Terence McKenna
to be well-adjusted;
unfortunately, there's
nothing to be well-adjusted to.
Terence McKenna
You Have Played Enough
Half of life is lost in charming others.
The other half is lost in going through
anxieties caused by others. Leave this
play, you have played enough.
Jalāl al-Dīn Rumi
The other half is lost in going through
anxieties caused by others. Leave this
play, you have played enough.
Jalāl al-Dīn Rumi
Born Ready
We are born ready to do things on our own
as well as connect to others.
Both needs - to be alone and to connect -
are essential.
Ester Buchholz
as well as connect to others.
Both needs - to be alone and to connect -
are essential.
Ester Buchholz
Real Solitude
The capacity to be alone, properly alone,
is one of life's subtlest skills. Real solitude
is a powerful resource we can call upon -
a crucial ingredient for a rich interior life.
It inspires reflection, allows creativity to
flourish, and improves our relationships
with ourselves and, unexpectedly, with others.
Nicholas Carr
is one of life's subtlest skills. Real solitude
is a powerful resource we can call upon -
a crucial ingredient for a rich interior life.
It inspires reflection, allows creativity to
flourish, and improves our relationships
with ourselves and, unexpectedly, with others.
Nicholas Carr
That's Fine
When a bird sings, it doesn't sing
for the advancement of music.
But if somebody stops to listen
and is delighted, that's fine.
Alan Watts
for the advancement of music.
But if somebody stops to listen
and is delighted, that's fine.
Alan Watts
Not Ready
The matrix is a system, Neo. That system is our enemy. But when you're inside, you look around. What do you see? Businessmen, teachers, lawyers, carpenters. The very minds of the people we are trying to save. But until we do, these people are still a part of that system, and that makes them our enemy. You have to understand, most of these people are not ready to be unplugged. And many of them are so inert, so hopelessly dependent on the system that they will fight to protect it.
Morpheus, "The Matrix"
Morpheus, "The Matrix"
How Do You Know
I think in relationships, you create an
environment with your own work on
yourself, which you offer to another
human being to use to grow in the way
they need to grow. You keep working -
you become the soil - moist and soft
and receptive so the person can grow
the way they need to grow, because
how do you know how they should grow?
Ram Dass
environment with your own work on
yourself, which you offer to another
human being to use to grow in the way
they need to grow. You keep working -
you become the soil - moist and soft
and receptive so the person can grow
the way they need to grow, because
how do you know how they should grow?
Ram Dass
Saturday, April 22, 2017
You Become It
The first kind of love we are familiar with
is the biochemical love, the "lets' make love."
The second kind is romantic love,
"Mary loves John and John loves Mary."
The third quality of love is conscious love,
where you have found that place in yourself
and you become it.
Ram Dass
is the biochemical love, the "lets' make love."
The second kind is romantic love,
"Mary loves John and John loves Mary."
The third quality of love is conscious love,
where you have found that place in yourself
and you become it.
Ram Dass
Learned to Rise
There is no greater threat
to the critics and cynics
than those of us who are willing
to fall because we have learned
to rise.
Brene Brown
to the critics and cynics
than those of us who are willing
to fall because we have learned
to rise.
Brene Brown
Seek What They Sought
Don't follow in the footsteps of
the old poets, seek what they sought.
Matsuo Basho
the old poets, seek what they sought.
Matsuo Basho
We Are Surrounded
Physically we are alone, physically.
But in the imagination, we are surrounded
by distant friends and their whisperings are
our science, our mathematics, our religions,
our culture.
Terence McKenna
But in the imagination, we are surrounded
by distant friends and their whisperings are
our science, our mathematics, our religions,
our culture.
Terence McKenna
Sunday, April 16, 2017
Just a Witness
A lot of people pass through the thinking I'm a guru
and take enough trips to understand that no,
I was just a witness. I was just a witness.
Terence McKenna
and take enough trips to understand that no,
I was just a witness. I was just a witness.
Terence McKenna
Being Centered
When you meet a being who is centered, you always know it, you can always feel a kind of calm emanation, it always touches you in the place where you feel calm, but: you can't hustle it, you can't make-believe you're calm when you're not. It never works, everybody knows, you know, it's horrible. You must center, find that place inside yourself, and: whatever your dance is, you're doing from that place, always right in there, right in your hridayum.
Ram Dass
Ram Dass
Side Effect of Change
We have a hard time committing to a change in behavior because we're wired to against the feeling of discomfort, which is a normal side effect of change. However, if we can work with the discomfort for short period of time, then our comfort zones will expand and we'll feel normal again after our growth
Emily Maroutian
Emily Maroutian
Find Each Other
Dios los crea, y
ellos se juntan.
(God creates them, and
they find each other.)
Spanish Saying
ellos se juntan.
(God creates them, and
they find each other.)
Spanish Saying
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