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29-08-2019, 08:22 AM
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Pathfinder
Join Date: Jul 2019
Posts: 69
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“For me, it is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring.” – Carl Sagan
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07-09-2019, 11:09 AM
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Master
Join Date: Feb 2014
Posts: 1,291
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Life throws challenges but with patience and resilience you can convert every challenge into a new opportunity to grow. ― Amit Ray
When mind is weak, the situation becomes a problem. When mind is balanced the situation becomes a challenge. When mind is strong the situation becomes an opportunity. It’s all mind game. – Sister Shivani Behan ( Prajapita Brahmakumaris)
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When even one virtue becomes our nature, the mind becomes clean and tranquil. Then there is no need to practice meditation; we will automatically be meditating always. ~ Swami Satchidananda
Wholesome virtuous behavior progressively leads to the foremost.~ Buddha AN 10.1
If you do right, irrespective of what the other does, it will slow down the (turbulent) mind. ~ Rajini Menon
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07-09-2019, 11:24 AM
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Master
Join Date: Apr 2019
Location: The green & pleasant land
Posts: 3,382
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ocean breeze
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Deep and dark.
Reminded me of:
I love you at your darkest - Romans 5:8
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I salute the Divinity in you.
Last edited by JosephineB : 07-09-2019 at 01:46 PM.
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07-09-2019, 11:37 AM
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Master
Join Date: Apr 2019
Location: The green & pleasant land
Posts: 3,382
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I first read this on SF. More than a quote but still.
The Invitation by Oriah
It doesn’t interest me
what you do for a living.
I want to know
what you ache for
and if you dare to dream
of meeting your heart’s longing.
It doesn’t interest me
how old you are.
I want to know
if you will risk
looking like a fool
for love
for your dream
for the adventure of being alive.
It doesn’t interest me
what planets are
squaring your moon...
I want to know
if you have touched
the centre of your own sorrow
if you have been opened
by life’s betrayals
or have become shrivelled and closed
from fear of further pain.
I want to know
if you can sit with pain
mine or your own
without moving to hide it
or fade it
or fix it.
I want to know
if you can be with joy
mine or your own
if you can dance with wildness
and let the ecstasy fill you
to the tips of your fingers and toes
without cautioning us
to be careful
to be realistic
to remember the limitations
of being human.
It doesn’t interest me
if the story you are telling me
is true.
I want to know if you can
disappoint another
to be true to yourself.
If you can bear
the accusation of betrayal
and not betray your own soul.
If you can be faithless
and therefore trustworthy.
I want to know if you can see Beauty
even when it is not pretty
every day.
And if you can source your own life
from its presence.
I want to know
if you can live with failure
yours and mine
and still stand at the edge of the lake
and shout to the silver of the full moon,
“Yes.”
It doesn’t interest me
to know where you live
or how much money you have.
I want to know if you can get up
after the night of grief and despair
weary and bruised to the bone
and do what needs to be done
to feed the children.
It doesn’t interest me
who you know
or how you came to be here.
I want to know if you will stand
in the centre of the fire
with me
and not shrink back.
It doesn’t interest me
where or what or with whom
you have studied.
I want to know
what sustains you
from the inside
when all else falls away.
I want to know
if you can be alone
with yourself
and if you truly like
the company you keep
in the empty moments.
By Oriah © Mountain Dreaming,
from the book The Invitation
published by HarperONE, San Francisco,
1999 All rights reserved
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02-10-2019, 07:48 AM
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Pathfinder
Join Date: Jul 2019
Posts: 69
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“You have power over your mind, not outside events.
Realize this, and you will find strength.” ―Marcus Aurelius
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02-10-2019, 02:02 PM
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Master
Join Date: Apr 2016
Location: 27.8006 North 97.3964 West, Texas Gulf Coast
Posts: 3,236
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I used to spend my time trying to figure everyone out....now I don't bother and just let everyone try to figure me out...
Snoopy (from Charlie Brown)
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Yes I Am a Pirate! 200 years too late....the cannons don't thunder...there's nothing to plunder...I'm an over 40 victim of fate!
Maybe we're all here because we ain't all there????
If you're lucky enough to have been born in TEXAS....you're lucky enough!
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02-10-2019, 08:33 PM
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Experiencer
Join Date: Jun 2018
Posts: 451
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"All things must come to the soul from its roots, from where it is planted."-Saint Teresa of Avila
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14-11-2019, 10:03 AM
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Knower
Join Date: Oct 2019
Posts: 180
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“Wicked phenomenon, yes? But, you know, it’s not any more "evil" than, say… fire. It all depends on your point of view. Try to get a better understanding of things before you make your judgement“
Khan in metro 2033, a videogame based on the book of the same name by Dmitry Glukhovsky.
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15-11-2019, 07:46 PM
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Master
Join Date: Jun 2013
Location: Salford, UK
Posts: 3,239
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Thank you so much for sharing that, Josephine, that was just beautiful
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What is your experience right now, in this moment?
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15-11-2019, 08:53 PM
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Master
Join Date: Apr 2019
Location: The green & pleasant land
Posts: 3,382
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Quote:
Originally Posted by A human Being
Thank you so much for sharing that, Josephine, that was just beautiful
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someone on SF shared before me. Tis a good one isn't it
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I salute the Divinity in you.
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