You have heard that every buried treasure
has a snake guarding it
Kiss the snake to discover the treasure
Rumi, Harsh Evidence [extract]
Difficulties
Month: October 2024
The greatest discovery
If it were possible to be in touch
with our inherent peace and happiness
without being dependent on external circumstances,
would that not be the greatest discovery one could make?
Rupert Spira, You are the Happiness you Seek
Already whole
In all ten directions of the universe, there is only one truth.
What can ever be lost? What can actually be attained?
If we attain something, it was just there from the beginning of time.
If we lose something, in reality it is hiding somewhere near us.
Ryokan, 1758 – 1831, Japanese Zen monk and poet
Nothing special
You do not need to have any special experiences to be free.
You just need to relate 100 percent fully with whatever you’re experiencing – the good the bad and the ugly
Andrew Holecek
To return
That we go numb along the way is to be expected. Even the bravest among us, who give their lives to care for others, go numb with fatigue, when the heart can take in no more, when we need time to digest all we meet. Overloaded and overwhelmed, we start to pull back from the world, so we can internalize what the world keeps giving us. Perhaps the noblest private act is the unheralded effort to return: to open our hearts once they’ve closed, to open our souls once they’ve shied away, to soften our minds once they’ve been hardened by the storms of our day.
Mark Nepo, Hearing the Cries of the World
Not our fault
It’s a relief to know that pain comes with life
so that we can stop judging ourselves when it arises
Vidyamala Burch
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