..Their task is not to slay the dragon, within or without, but to affirm
the deepest level of truth about it: that is, that we are all one."to remember yourself is the only virtue" Osho...
"I depart as air, I shake my white locks at the runaway sun, I effuse my flesh in eddies, and drift it in lacy jags. I bequeath myself to the dirt to grow from the grass I love, If you want me again look for me under your boot-soles. You will hardly know who I am or what I mean, But I shall be good health to you nevertheless, And filter and fibre your blood. Failing to fetch me at first keep encouraged, Missing me one place search another, I stop somewhere waiting for you."-Walt Whitman
Friend, the youth you've lived is ending. You sleep a drunken dreamless sleep with no sense what morning you could wake inside.
"In the evening between sleep and awakening, I met one traveling. He was the light of consciousness. His body was soul, his pure wisdom apparent in his beautiful face.. 'Put the whole world in ambition's stomach, it'll never be enough. Assume you get everything you want. Assume you have it now. What's the point? The next moment, you die.' " -Rumi
"There is no part of anything that is not connected to everything"
"Freedom is the ability to participate in our own power"
i think eternity is a lot like life. so i might as well live each moment like it were eternity.
an orchestra swimming in the bathtub with a symbiotic waterlogged ballet.
"If I had my own world, everything would be nonsense"- Alice
"In my world, everyone is a pony and they all eat rainbows and poop butterflies"-Katie from Horton Hears a Who
"Kids, if you want to piss off your parents, show interest in the arts. Kids, if you REALLY want to piss off your parents, buy real estate in an imaginary place."---Busdriver
"It is not love but the act of giving love that transforms people"
""Turn your face to the sun and the shadows fall behind you"
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""The source of a true smile is an awakened mind"-Thich
"Freedom is the right of all sentient beings"-Optimus Prime
"It is of lying and hearing this splash and seeing this light, and feeling, it is almost impossible that I should be here; of feeling the purest ecstasy I can conceive."
~Virginia Woolf
"The Miracle is not to walk on thin air or water;
but to walk on Earth."-Thich Nhat Hanh-
"Do not say that I'll depart tomorrow- even today I still arive.
Look deeply: every second I am arriving
to be a bud on a Spring branch,
to be a tiny bird in my new nest,
to be a caterpillar in the heart of a flower;
to be a jewel hiding itself in a stone.
I still arrive, in order to laugh and to cry,
to fear and to hope.
The rhythm of my heart is the birth and death of all that is alive.
I am a mayfly metamorphosing
on the surface of the river.
And I am the bird
that swoops down to swallow the mayfly.
I am a frog swimming happily
in the clear water of a pond.
And I am the grass-snake
that silently feeds itself on the frog.
I am the child in Uganda, all skin and bones,
my legs as thin as bamboo sticks.
And I am the arms merchant,
selling deadly weapons to Uganda.
I am the twelve-year-old girl,
refugee on a small boat,
who throws herself into the ocean
after being raped by the sea pirate.
And I am the pirate,
my heart not yet capable
of seeing and loving.
I am a member of the politburo,
with plenty of power in my hands.
And I am the man who has to pay
his "debt of blood" to my people
dying slowly in a forced-labor camp.
My joy is like Spring, so warm
it makes flowers bloom all over the Earth.
My pain is like a river of tears,
so vast it fills the four oceans.
Please call me by my true names, so I can hear all my cries and laughter at once, so I can see that my joy and pain are one.
Please call me by my true names,
so I can wake up
and the door of my heart
could be left open,
the door of compassion."
"Call Me by My True Names"-Thich Nhat Hanh from "Teachings on Love".. “All of a sudden, I realize something
The weather is amazing, even the birds are bumpin
Stood up and took a look and a breath
And there's that bike that I forgot that I possessed
Never really seen exercise as friendly
But I thing something's telling me to ride that slow speed
The brakes are broken, it's alright
The tires got air and the chain seems tight
Hopped on and felt the summertime,
It reminds me of one of them Musab lines likeSunshine, sunshine, it's fine
I feel it in my skin, warming up my mind,
Sometimes you gotta give in to win,
I love the days when it shines, whoa let it shineIf I could I would keep this feeling in a plastic jar
Bust it out whenever someone's actin hard
Settle down, barbeque in the backyard
The kids get treats and old folks get classic cars
Every day that gets to pass is a success
Every woman looks better in a sun dress
The sunshine's an excuse to shoot hoops, get juice
Show improve their moves and let loose
I hear voices, I see smiles to match em
Good times and you can feel it in the fashion
Even though the heat cooks up the action
The streets still got butterflies
Enough kids to catch 'em
Ridin my bike around these lakes man
Feelin like I finally figured out my escape plan
Take it all and the day started off all wrong
Somehow now that hangover is all gone
Ain't nothing like the sound of the leaves
When the breeze penetrates these southside trees
Leanin' up against one, watchin the vibe
Forgettin' all about the stress, thanking god I'm alive
It's so simple, I had to keep the song simple
When I get home I'm gonna open all the windows
Feelin all right, stopped at a stop sign
A car pulled up, bumpin Fresh Prince's Summertimeâ€
"The story of life is quicker than the blink of an eye,
The story of love is just hello and goodbye,
until we meet again" - Jimi Hendrix's last poem
"My heart leaps up when I behold
A rainbow in the sky:
So was it when my life began;
So is it now I am a man;
So be it when I shall grow old,
Or let me die!"
~William Wordsworth
To begin writing from our pain eventually engenders compassion for our small and groping lives. Out of this broken state there comes a tenderness for the cement below our feet, the dried grass cracking in a terrible wind. We can touch the things around us we once thought ugly and see their special detail, the peeling pain and gray of shadows as they are-simply what they are: not bad, just part of the life around us-and love this life because it is ours and in the moment there is nothing better. -natalie goldberg
