Our journey is toward simplicity and
quietness, to a kind of joy that is
beyond time, a journey where we leave
behind all our models of who we are.
Ram Dass
Saturday, July 27, 2019
All I Achieve is His Service
Since the day when I met with my Lord, there
has been no end to the sport of our love. I shut
not my eyes, I close not my ears, I do not mortify
my body; I see with eyes open and smile, and
behold His beauty everywhere: I utter His Name,
and whatever I see, it reminds me of Him;
Whatever I do, it becomes His worship. Wherever
I go I move round Him; all I achieve is His service.
Kabir
has been no end to the sport of our love. I shut
not my eyes, I close not my ears, I do not mortify
my body; I see with eyes open and smile, and
behold His beauty everywhere: I utter His Name,
and whatever I see, it reminds me of Him;
Whatever I do, it becomes His worship. Wherever
I go I move round Him; all I achieve is His service.
Kabir
We Are ...
We are not human beings having a spiritual experience.
We are spiritual beings having a human experience.
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
We are spiritual beings having a human experience.
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
Nothing You Can Do
There's nothing you can do
until you're enlightened.
Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche
(per Ram Dass)
until you're enlightened.
Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche
(per Ram Dass)
Bravery
The ultimate definition of bravery
is not being afraid of who you are.
Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche
is not being afraid of who you are.
Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche
It's Enough
It's extraordinary to start to rest
in the place in your being where
whatever it is, it's enough.
Ram Dass
in the place in your being where
whatever it is, it's enough.
Ram Dass
Truth of Awareness and Suffering
When true awareness takes place, suffering does not exist. Through awareness, suffering is somewhat changed in its perspective. It is not necessarily that you do not suffer, but the haunting quality that fundamentally you are in trouble is removed. It is like removing a splinter. It might hurt, and you might still feel pain, but the basic cause of that pain, the ego, has been removed.
Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche
Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche
Thursday, July 25, 2019
Burn Out
If you think you're somebody doing something,
it's gonna burn out. Simple as that.
Ram Dass
it's gonna burn out. Simple as that.
Ram Dass
Only to Serve Others
I don't want anything.
I exist only to serve others.
Neem Karoli Baba ("Maharaj-ji")
I exist only to serve others.
Neem Karoli Baba ("Maharaj-ji")
The Source of Compassion
It's very easy to lose your center to service,
and to forget that compassion for ourselves
is the source of compassion for all others.
Ram Dass
and to forget that compassion for ourselves
is the source of compassion for all others.
Ram Dass
Becoming Nobody
Once you have become somebody,
then you are ready to start the journey
to becoming nobody.
Ram Dass
then you are ready to start the journey
to becoming nobody.
Ram Dass
What a Master is For
You are only a disciple because your eyes are closed.
The day you open them you will see there is nothing
you can learn from me or anyone. What then is a Master
for? To make you see the uselessness of having one.
Anthony de Mello
The day you open them you will see there is nothing
you can learn from me or anyone. What then is a Master
for? To make you see the uselessness of having one.
Anthony de Mello
No One Else
Nothing is being withheld from you. You are completely
on your own. Everything is available for direct knowing.
No one else has anything you need. No one else can lead
you, pull you, push you, or carry you.
Jed McKenna
on your own. Everything is available for direct knowing.
No one else has anything you need. No one else can lead
you, pull you, push you, or carry you.
Jed McKenna
Before We Are Ready
Most of us primarily have to get our psychological and
life games in order before we are ready for the higher
spiritual practices. Often we want more than we are
ready to have. We take on practices that could bring
you to God, or to enlightenment. But because we are
so caught in psychological stuff, in ego trips, we merely
take them and convert them to things around our ego.
Ram Dass
life games in order before we are ready for the higher
spiritual practices. Often we want more than we are
ready to have. We take on practices that could bring
you to God, or to enlightenment. But because we are
so caught in psychological stuff, in ego trips, we merely
take them and convert them to things around our ego.
Ram Dass
Monday, July 15, 2019
Open to Our Own Death
Until you and I have opened to the imminence
of our own death either personally or culturally,
we are being motivated by a behavior of avoidance
that is distorting the truth that we see.
Ram Dass
of our own death either personally or culturally,
we are being motivated by a behavior of avoidance
that is distorting the truth that we see.
Ram Dass
True Instrument
If you are going to be a true instrument
of the alleviation of suffering in the world,
you have to be able to look at suffering
with open eyes, with all of your stuff,
with your fear, and all of it.
Ram Dass
of the alleviation of suffering in the world,
you have to be able to look at suffering
with open eyes, with all of your stuff,
with your fear, and all of it.
Ram Dass
Comfortable with Not Knowing
Sometimes surrender means giving up
trying to understand and being comfortable
with not knowing.
Eckhart Tolle
trying to understand and being comfortable
with not knowing.
Eckhart Tolle
Thursday, July 11, 2019
You Are the Universe
You are the universe doing what the universe does,
just as light is what the sun does or a wave is what the
ocean does. You could also see this in the opposite way -
the universe is You doing what You do.
Michael Gungor
just as light is what the sun does or a wave is what the
ocean does. You could also see this in the opposite way -
the universe is You doing what You do.
Michael Gungor
You May Never Know
You may never know what results come of your actions,
but if you do nothing there will be no results.
Mahatma Gandhi
but if you do nothing there will be no results.
Mahatma Gandhi
Life Happens
Life is what happens when
you're busy making other plans.
John Lennon ("Beautiful Boy")
you're busy making other plans.
John Lennon ("Beautiful Boy")
Always Take Sides
Always take sides. Neutrality helps
the oppressor, never the victim.
Silence encourages the tormentor,
never the tormented.
Elie Wiesel
the oppressor, never the victim.
Silence encourages the tormentor,
never the tormented.
Elie Wiesel
The Right Friends
Being honest may not get you a lot of friends,
but it will always get you the right ones.
John Lennon
but it will always get you the right ones.
John Lennon
Peace
Peace is not something you wish for; it's
something you make, something you do,
something you are, and something you give away.
John Lennon
something you make, something you do,
something you are, and something you give away.
John Lennon
Saturday, July 6, 2019
A Source of Danger
The literal mind does not understand the ironic mind,
and sees it always as a source of danger.
Christopher Hitchens
and sees it always as a source of danger.
Christopher Hitchens
Being Everything
What is sought remains
hidden from the seeker
by already being everything.
Tony Parsons
hidden from the seeker
by already being everything.
Tony Parsons
Monday, July 1, 2019
Independent Mind
The essence of the independent mind lies
not in what it thinks, but in how it thinks.
Christopher Hitchens
not in what it thinks, but in how it thinks.
Christopher Hitchens
Demand Nothing
When you demand nothing of the world,
nor of God, when you want nothing,
seek nothing, expect nothing then the
Supreme State will come to you
uninvited and unexpected.
Nisargadatta Maharaj
nor of God, when you want nothing,
seek nothing, expect nothing then the
Supreme State will come to you
uninvited and unexpected.
Nisargadatta Maharaj
Telling the Truth
If you stop telling lies about me,
I'll stop telling the truth about you.
Adlai Stevenson (to Richard Nixon)
I'll stop telling the truth about you.
Adlai Stevenson (to Richard Nixon)
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