If the doors of perception were cleansed
then everything would appear to man as it is,
Infinite.
William Blake
Month: February 2020
Mental noise
In the absence of presence there is only that repetitive mental noise, and part of that mental noise is the story of me. It’s the problematic story that is hoping that at some point in the future that it will no longer be problematic, not realizing that what it calls ‘future’ has no actual existence
Eckhart Tolle
Sunday quote: No longer striving
For to know nothing is nothing,
not to want to know anything likewise,
but to be beyond knowing anything,
to know you are beyond knowing anything,
that is when peace enters in.
Samuel Beckett, Molloy
It’s the little things
Ask the large questions, but seek small answers.
A flower,
or the space between a branch and a rock,
these are enough.
Kent Nerburn
The river of life
In the web of life, you see the tentativeness of physical incarnation in this world. You come to realize the essential, ephemeral, and ungraspable experience. The river of life and its impermanence makes us see vastness. No moment can ever be repeated, and every moment is always new and then quickly replaced. We find our composure when we realize the ‘everlasting truth of everything changes.’ Life is precious and beautiful and unfathomable
Jack Kornfield.
Reframing
You cannot rely on anything. Things change. OK, so this is where your choices begin. We can’t escape life’s essential problems, but we can change our understanding about them. We can practice reframing, generosity, and gratitude. The evanescence of things is the real reason you enjoy your life
Lewis Richmond, Aging as a Spiritual Practice: A Contemplative Guide to Growing Older and Wiser
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