As I age I am grateful to find that a silence has begun to gather in me,
coexisting with my tempers and my fears,
unchanged by my joys or my pain.
Rachel Naomi Remen
photo of monastery garden Bolton Abbey Kildare
Month: April 2014
The secret
The present moment
contains past and future.
The secret of transformation,
is in the way we handle this very moment.
Thich Nhat Hahn, Understanding Our Mind
Getting closer to real meaning
May my silences become more accurate
Theodore Roethke, American poet, 1908 – 1963, Words for Young Writers
photo richard outram
Gatekeepers
The words of the tongue should have three gatekeepers:
Is it true?
Is it kind?
Is it necessary?”
Sufi Proverb
A sea of light
The more a man enters the light of understanding, the more aware he is of his own ignorance. And when the light reveals itself fully and unites with him and draws him into itself, so that he finds himself alone in a sea of light, then he is emptied of all knowledge and immersed in absolute unknowing
Simeon the New Theologian, 949–1022
Simply being aware
When you meditate, do not try to have good thoughts, do not try to keep away bad thoughts,
do not try to stop thoughts, and do not try to go after them.
Rather, rest in a state of being aware of the thoughts as they arise.
Kalu Rinpoche
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