The times are urgent,
Let us slow down
African Saying, quoted by Bayo Akomolafe in A Slower Urgency
Sunday Quote: An older wisdom
Category: Be fully present
with the heart
truly I know
our part is not knowing,
but looking, and touching, and loving,
which is the way I walked on,
softly,
through the pale-pink morning light.
Mary Oliver, Bone [extract]
A calm mind
The nearer a person comes to a calm mind
the closer they are to strength
Marcus Aurelius, Meditations
not the most important
What we see is not the most important.
Could dust rise without the invisible
hand of the wind?
Could a fan turn without any current?
Could lungs breathe without breath?
Tell me
What is the shape of Love?
How much does joy weigh
when held in the palm of your hand?
Can you catch the Spirit of Life in a jar?
All things seen depend
upon the Unseen.
All sounds depend upon Silence.
All things felt depend
upon what is not felt.
Adyashanti
Fantasies and fears
Experienced wayfinders know that their magic is not about fixating on the fantasies and fears of their personality,
then forcing reality to supply their demands.
Martha Beck
All life is good
Knowing that your life is short, to enjoy it day after day, moment after moment, is the life of ‘form is form, and emptiness is emptiness.’ The famous Chinese Zen master Ummon said ‘Sun-faced Buddha and Moon-faced Buddha.’ When he was ill, someone asked him. ‘How are you?’ And he answered, ‘Sun-faced Buddha and moon-faced Buddha.’ That is the life of ‘form is form and emptiness is emptiness.’ One year of life is good. One hundred years of life are good. If you continue our practice, you will attain this stage.
Shunryu Suzuki roshi, Zen mind Beginners Mind
[The Sun-face buddha supposedly lives for a really long time, at least hundreds of years. The Moon-face buddha lives just for one day and one night]
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