When there is no self,
you have absolute freedom.
Because you have a silly idea of self,
you have a lot of problems.
you have absolute freedom.
Because you have a silly idea of self,
you have a lot of problems.
Shunryu Suzuki
Wednesday, June 26, 2024
Thursday, June 20, 2024
Truth in Me
I have no desire
to fit in.
No plans
to walk with the crowd.
I have my own mind,
heart
and soul.
I am me
and it
has taken years
to realize
how important that is.
to fit in.
No plans
to walk with the crowd.
I have my own mind,
heart
and soul.
I am me
and it
has taken years
to realize
how important that is.
Robert M. Drake
The Very Few
The only thing that could spoil a day was people.
People were always the limiters of happiness
except for the very few that were as good as spring itself.
People were always the limiters of happiness
except for the very few that were as good as spring itself.
Ernest Hemingway
Not the Truth
It was not the truth they wanted,
but an illusion they could bear to live with.
but an illusion they could bear to live with.
Anais Nin
From "Dogfish"
You don't want to hear the story
of my life, and anyway
I don't want to tell it, I want to listen
to the enormous waterfalls of the sun.
And anyway it's the same old story;
a few people just trying
one way or another,
to survive.
Mostly, I want to be kind.
of my life, and anyway
I don't want to tell it, I want to listen
to the enormous waterfalls of the sun.
And anyway it's the same old story;
a few people just trying
one way or another,
to survive.
Mostly, I want to be kind.
Mary Oliver
Nearly Impossible
One of the most beneficial traits in love and in life:
Be nearly impossible to offend.
Be nearly impossible to offend.
Mark Manson
A Unique Phenomenon
You enter the forest
at the darkest point,
where there is no path.
Where there's a way or path,
it is someone else's path;
each human being is
a unique phenomenon.
at the darkest point,
where there is no path.
Where there's a way or path,
it is someone else's path;
each human being is
a unique phenomenon.
Joseph Campbell
Self-Aware in Humans
Consciousness sleeps in minerals,
dreams in plants, wakes up in animals,
and becomes self-aware in humans.
dreams in plants, wakes up in animals,
and becomes self-aware in humans.
Jalāl al-Dīn Rumi
The Religion of Solitude
The more powerful and original a mind,
the more it will incline towards
the religion of solitude.
the more it will incline towards
the religion of solitude.
Aldous Huxley
No Escape
Knowing how to be solitary
is central to the art of loving.
When we can be alone,
we can be with others without them
as a means of escape.
is central to the art of loving.
When we can be alone,
we can be with others without them
as a means of escape.
bell hooks
Three Things
Zen pretty much comes down
to three things:
everything changes,
everything is connected,
pay attention.
to three things:
everything changes,
everything is connected,
pay attention.
Jane Hirshfield
No Suffering Can Hold the Truth
If a person would experience their beliefs and say,
Is it true? Who would I be without the belief?
then we would surely see the end of suffering.
No suffering can hold the truth.
Byron Katie
You Don't Need It
The definition of insanity is thinking
that you need something you don't have.
The mere fact that you exist right now
without that which you think you need
is proof that you don't need it.
that you need something you don't have.
The mere fact that you exist right now
without that which you think you need
is proof that you don't need it.
Byron Katie
Truth, in Yourself
Why do you run around looking for the truth?
Be still, and there it is - in the mountain, in the pine,
Be still, and there it is - in the mountain, in the pine,
in yourself.
Lao Tzu
Everything is Interdependent
If you go off into a far, far forest and get very quiet, you come to understand that you're connected with everything. That every little insect who comes buzzing around you is a messenger. And that little insect is connected with human beings everywhere else. You can hear: you become incredibly sensitive in your ears and you hear far-off sounds. And just by the very nature of isolating yourself and getting quiet, you become intensely aware of your relatedness to everything else that's going on. So, if you really want to find out how related you are, try a little solitude off somewhere, and let it begin to tell you how everything is interdependent.
Alan Watts
You'll Lose
You can argue with the way things are.
You'll lose. But only 100% of the time.
You'll lose. But only 100% of the time.
Byron Katie
Hold on to Nothing
Peace is the absence of holding on to anything.
Peace holds on to nothing.
Peace holds on to nothing.
Jon Bernie
Thursday, June 13, 2024
By Oneself
By oneself, evil is done;
by oneself, one suffers;
by oneself, evil is undone;
no one can purify another.
by oneself, one suffers;
by oneself, evil is undone;
no one can purify another.
The Buddha
Rumi's Tomb
Do not look for him here, but rather
in the hearts of those who loved him.
in the hearts of those who loved him.
Jalāl al-Dīn Rumi's Tomb
Wednesday, June 12, 2024
Don't Know
Whatever you do not know is perfect.
Whatever you know is imperfect, fraudulent.
Whatever you know is imperfect, fraudulent.
Zen Saying
Saturday, June 8, 2024
That's the Fun
Don't be afraid. You're going to make it,
but it's always going to feel as if you're not.
That's the fun, you see.
but it's always going to feel as if you're not.
That's the fun, you see.
Alan Watts
Tuesday, June 4, 2024
Resistance to What Is
The separate self is "the resistance to what is."
This resistance takes two forms:
1) I want such-and-such to take place in order to be happy,
This resistance takes two forms:
1) I want such-and-such to take place in order to be happy,
or
2) I don't want what is present and need it to disappear
2) I don't want what is present and need it to disappear
in order to be happy.
Rupert Spira
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