The sound of a bell
Still reverberating,
or a blackbird calling
from a corner of the field,
asking you to wake
into this life,
or inviting you deeper
into the one that waits.
David Whyte, The Bell and the Blackbird [extract]
Wake up
Tag: impermanence
A deeper life
There is a deeper life
than the life we see and hear
with the open ear and the
open eye.
Sean O’Casey, Irish Playwright, died this day, 1964, I Knock at the Door
The quality of life
Turning inward does not have anything to do with thoughts, ideas, opinions, or philosophies. It has nothing to do with the psychological activity of your mind.
Enhancing your perception means enhancing your ability to receive life, just as it is.
If you are willing to dedicate just a few minutes of your life to this every day, you would see the change.
The simple process of paying a little bit of attention to your inner nature will transform the quality of your life in remarkable ways.
Sadhguru, Inner Engineering: A Yogi’s Guide to Joy
Storms
Anxiety was born in the very same moment as mankind. And since we will never be able to master it,
We will have to learn to live with it –
just as we have learned to live with storms.
Paulo Coelho
Never quite arriving
Most of us were raised: to prioritize future benefits over current enjoyments.
But ultimately it backfires.
It wrenches us out of the present, leading to a life spent leaning into the future, worrying about whether things will work out,
experiencing everything in terms of some later, hoped-for benefit, so that peace of mind never quite arrives
Oliver Burkeman,, Four Thousand Weeks
Sunday quote : satisfied
Nothing is enough for the person
to whom enough is too little.
Alain de Botton, The Consolations of Philosophy (quoting Epicurus)
