Things stick

“The Great way is not difficult. It just avoids picking and choosing.” There is a Taoist flavor to this saying. The sense of following the water path through life. The water if it runs into a stone, it just makes its way around. The water is clear and has no attachments which is why we have a little bowl of water on the altar.…. If we are clear, we hang onto the clarity. This old student doesn’t even hang onto that. Do you still hang onto anything, or not? So we could say that the greatest method of meditation is that whatever comes up, just don’t cling to it. Whatever comes up, let it go. If you can do this, you’ll find the way home very quickly. But it’s hard. Things stick to you.


John Tarrant

Sunday Quote: Indifferent

Learn to be indifferent to what makes no difference

Marcus Aurelius

Dying slowly

You start dying slowly
if you do not travel,
if you do not read,
if you do not listen to the sounds of life,
if you do not appreciate yourself.

You start dying slowly
If you become a slave of your habits,
Walking everyday on the same paths…
If you do not change your routine,
If you do not wear different colours
Or you do not speak to those you don’t know.

You start dying slowly
If you do not change your life when you are not satisfied with your job, or with your love,
If you do not risk what is safe for the uncertain,
If you do not go after a dream,

If you do not allow yourself,
At least once in your lifetime,
To run away from sensible advice
.

Pablo Neruda, You Start Dying Slowly 

The small ways

If you assume that purpose is something big, you might think its something that you’ll feel at some point down the road, after you’ve achieved something significant. You’re pushing purpose off into the future instead of creating it day-to-day. This mindset prevents you from identifying all the small ways you can contribute to the world right now.

Lori Deschene, Tiny Buddha blog

Revolving

I hate endings..The temptation towards resolution, towards wrapping up the package, seems to me a terrible trap.

Why not be more honest with the moment?

The most authentic endings are the ones which are already revolving towards another beginning. That’s genius.
 

Sam Shepard, 1943 – 2017, American actor, playwright, author, screenwriter, and director. 

Sunday Quote: Like children

May what I do flow from me like a river,
no forcing and no holding back,
the way it is with children.

Rainer Maria Rilke, I believe in all that has never yet been spoken