The effect of life in society is to complicate our existence,
making us forget who we really are,
by causing us to become obsessed
with what we are not
Chuang Tzu, 4th Century BC, Inner Chapters
Tag: Joy
Why I am happy
Make yourself a refuge…
There is a lake somewhere
so blue and far nobody owns it.
A wind comes by, and a willow listens
gracefully.
I hear all this, every summer…
That lake stays blue and free; it goes
on and on.
And I know where it is.
William Stafford, Why I am Happy
Good questions
As long as we are breathing, there are infinite possibilities.
A good starting point is with a question: What if I completely let go of the fear body and were released from the gloomy future it predicted? And then another question: In the absence of fear what would I want my life to be about? And then another: In the absence of fear, what would motivate me toward that life?
As we ask these questions and feel the resistance they provoke, we begin to recognize how hypnotized we are by the fear body. Recognizing our own neurosis is the beginning of freedom.
Tim Burkett, Nothing Holy About it, The Zen of Being Just Who You Are
Sunday Quote: Empty
Everything that seems empty
is full of the angels of God.
Hilary of Poitiers, 310 – 368 AD
Sunday Quote: Trust the process
La ruta nos aportó otro paso natural.
The path provides the natural next step.
Spanish palindrome – reading the same backwards as forwards. It is on the subject of pilgrimage or life’s journey , which, as we walk, returns us to our origins
Sunday Quote: Dance first
He could dance first and think afterwards ……. It’s the natural order
Samuel Beckett, from Waiting for Godot
