Liberation ….is a process of mentally, emotionally, stepping back from any state and seeing it just as a state, without reactions and attitudes.
This simple skill, which most of us can do from time to time, is what we develop in … practice.
Ajahn Sucitto, Kamma and the End of Kamma
Life is not a problem to be solved,
it is a mystery to be lived.
Osho
photo jim clark
I have no power of miracle
other than the attainment of quiet happiness.
I have no tact
except the exercise of gentleness
The Oracle of Sumuyoshi, Shinto Shrine, Osaka, Japan.
Photo Bill Nicholls
The sacred is in the ordinary…
it is to be found in one’s daily life, in one’s neighbors, friends, and family, in one’s own backyard…
travel may be a flight from confronting the scared — this lesson can be easily lost.
To be looking elsewhere for miracles is to me a sure sign of ignorance that everything is miraculous
Abraham Maslow, American Psychologist, 1908 – 1970
photo shopping trollies ireland by ardfern
The Comet Jacques passed over Ireland these last few days, but unfortunately cloud cover made it difficult to experience this “once in a lifetime” event. It will not be back for another 20,000 years. The night sky tends to put things into perspective:
If people sat outside and looked at the stars each night I’ll bet they’d live a lot differently.
When you look into infinity you realize that there are more important things than what people do everyday.
Calvin in Bill Watterson‘s Calvin and Hobbes
