If you have one pot
And can make your tea in it
That will do quite well.
How much he is missing
Who must have a lot of things.
Sen no Rikyu, 1522 – 1591, Japanese tea master
Year: 2013
Infinite space
Just as people for a long time had a wrong idea about the sun’s motion,
they are even now wrong about the motion of what is to come.
The future stands still, but we move in infinite space.
Rainer Maria Rilke, Letters to a Young Poet
Crafting meaning
Meaning does not come to us in finished form, ready-made;
it must be found, created, received, constructed.
We grow our way toward it.
Ann Bedford Ulanov
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Nothing lasts long
You never actually become anything for very long. Sure, you seem to go through periods of agitation and tension, but with practice there are periods of joy and humour – and as you get more skilled in attending to the mind, the habit of holding on to particular states loosens up. You find yourself identifying with this or that state less and less; and that reduces the stress and turmoil.
Seen like this, human life is a great opportunity. We can always act skilfully
and cultivate the mind; we can always move towards goodness, happiness and liberation.
Ajahn Sucitto, Kamma and non Kamma
How we see
The mind is the source of all experience,
and by changing the direction of the mind,
we can change the quality of everything we experience
Yongey Mingpur Rinpoche
Never fully fixed
Self-love involves a yes to myself in whatever I am going through, instead of holding on to some concept of what or how I should be. Any idea I have about who I am or who I should be is never accurate, for it always falls short of the living presence that I am, as this unfolds freshly in each new moment. Who I am is not a fixed entity but a dynamic stream of experiencing that is alive in every moment – when I let myself happen.
John Welwood.
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