Highly Personal Business

Spirituality is a highly personal business.
It is a person's unique relationship with reality.

Yet, the moment it is taken out of the person

and objectified in the form of a system of thought

it is no longer a personal affair.

Shiv Sengupta

Nowhere You Can't Go

Step aside from all thinking,
and there is nowhere you can't go.

Seng-ts'an (Third Founding Teacher of Zen)

A Lover of What Is

The more clearly you understand yourself

and your emotions, the more you become

a lover of what is.

Baruch Spinoza

Disturbed by Our Thoughts

We are disturbed not by what happens to us,
but by our thoughts about what happens.

Epictetus

The Most Important Question

The most important question a person can ask is,
"Is the Universe a friendly place?"

Albert Einstein

How Soft a Second Is

When the wind winks
and the leaves laugh
I see how soft
a second is.

Chalon Bridges

No Problems

There are no problems, only situations - 
to be dealt with now or to be left alone 
and accepted as part of the "isness" 
of the present moment until they change
or can be dealt with.

Eckhart Tolle