The Truth Goes On

However much you deny the truth,
the truth goes on existing.

George Orwell

It's Both/And

My challenge to you as fellow pilgrims 
on the journey is to cultivate the stability
of living on two planes of consciousness -
as Christ said, "In the world but not of the world,"
to be fully passionately involved in life and
also be totally equanimous and centered.
This is not an either/or, it's both/and.

Ram Dass

No Secret

The secret is that
there is nothing to get,
nowhere to arrive, and,
indeed, no secret!

Alan Watts

A Beautiful Instrument

You gotta remember that the ego is built on fear.
It's not built on love; it's built on fear.
It's built on the fear of non-survival,
and so you build a structure in order to
make you safe. And it's a beautiful instrument,
but if you're identified with it,
you're fearful all the time.

Ram Dass

The Four Laws of a Shaman

The person who comes into our life is the right person.
What happens is the only thing that could have happened.
Anytime it starts is the right time.
When something ends, it ends.

Only Interpretations

There are no facts,
only interpretations.

Friedrich Nietzsche

Good Enough

Why isn't this, as it is, good enough?
Because what if this is it and it's
never been good enough for a lifetime?

Judy Cohen

Own Best Friend

When a woman becomes
her own best friend,
life is easier.

Diane Von Furstenberg

My Best Friend

"He was my best friend; I have no one to talk to now"
  became
"I am my best friend; I have me to talk to now."

Byron Katie

Loving Myself

As I began to love myself,
my relationship with everyone else changed.

Charlie Chaplin

Only Love Them

You cannot save people,
you can only love them.

Anais Nin

You're the One

I can only show you the door.
You're the one that has to walk through it.

Morpheus, The Matrix

Now is Where

Now is where
love breathes.

Jalāl al-Dīn Rumi

Spell It Nature

I believe in God,
only I spell it Nature.

Frank Lloyd Wright

Only Your Mind

You've never met another person.
You've only met your mind.

Byron Katie

The Beginning

An open mind
is the beginning
of freedom.

Byron Katie

Do You Think That I Know?

Do you think that I know what I'm doing?
That for one breath or half-breath I belong to myself?
As much as a pen knows what it's writing,
or the ball can guess where it's going next.

Jalāl al-Dīn Rumi

100 Percent

The world you live in is
100 percent your responsibility.

Byron Katie