Water, when it flows downstream, does not have a model of what it’s doing. Its just being water, and water flows downstream, because that’s how water works.
The thing that is extraordinarily hard for any of us to truly realize and have sufficient faith to accept, is that if you stop having views, having models, planning, desiring, organizing and structuring….
it’s all right.
Ram Dass
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.
Our problems arise when we subordinate this moment to something else, our self-centered thoughts, not just his moment, but what I want.
We bring to the moment our personal priorities, all day long
And so our troubles begin
Charlotte Joko Beck
In sharp contrast to all this [current] self-seeking exceptionality, God works through the ordinary. Meister Eckhart gives us a word here:
“If you are doing anything special, you are not seeking God“
Maggie Ross, Silence, A User’s Guide
In the course of [my] travels it became clear to me that tranquility and peace have nothing to do with the most beautiful places on earth or the most interesting experiences.
They are only to be found in one’s heart.
Ayya Khema, I Give you my life: The Autobiography of a Buddhist Nun
In the Western tradition there is a recognized hierarchy of beings, with, of course, the human being on top – the pinnacle of evolution, the darling of Creation – and the plants at the bottom.
But in Native ways of knowing, human people are often referred to as “the younger brothers of Creation.”
We say that humans have the least experience with how to live and thus the most to learn – we must look to our teachers among the other species for guidance. Their wisdom is apparent in the way that they live. They teach us by example. They’ve been on the earth far longer than we have been, and have had time to figure things out.
Robin Wall Kimmerer, Braiding Sweetgrass
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