You know why you like being around me?
Because I don't mind what you do. Close, J Krishnamurti |
The true beauty of a person glimmers like a slow twilight where the full force of each colour comes alive and yet blends with the others to create new light ~ John O'Donohue
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This new day is too dear, with its hopes and invitations, to waste a moment on the yesterdays. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
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“As soon as a man is fully disposed to be alone with God, he is alone with God
no matter where he may be…in the country, the monastery, the woods, or the city. The lightning flashes from East to West, illuminating the whole horizon and striking where it pleases and at the same instant the infinite liberty of God flashes in the depths of that man’s soul, and he is illumined. At that moment he sees that though he seems to be in the middle of his journey, he has already arrived at the end. For the life of Grace on earth is the beginning of the life of Glory. Although he is a traveler in time, he has opened his eyes for a moment in eternity.” ~Thomas Merton |
Beautiful Miss Hepburn :hug2:
Walking uplifts the spirit. Breathe out the poisons of tension, stress, and worry; breathe in the power of God. Send forth little silent prayers of goodwill toward those you meet. Walk with a sense of being a part of a vast universe. Consider the thousands of miles of earth beneath your feet; think of the limitless expanse of space above your head. Walk in awe, wonder, and humility. Walk at all times of day. In the early morning when the world is just waking up. Late at night under the stars. Along a busy city street at noontime.~Wilfred A. Peterson |
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"I want you to understand that the world that you know is
the reflection of an inner reality." Seth from Seth Speaks |
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That is said so simply and elegantly and yet so deeply profound. I hear people talking and complaining all day - or other - and I hear myself - and I realise it is just a transcript of what I am confronting myself with and little else. And then, I have to go and eat humble pie somewhere. But I do that bit very quietly as it is easier to talk and tut tut the other! |
Before man attempts to solve the secrets of the Universe without,
he should master the Universe within- the Kingdom of the Self. ~ Yogi Ramacharaka, "Raja Yoga" |
Existential Insight
"I am as inseparable from the world as light, yet as exiled from the world as light. Like light, I glide over the surface of stones and water, never gipped, never held, always alone."
Jean Paul Sartre |
These are great thanks!
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Be the change you wish to see in the world (said to be from Gandhi, but disputed...oh well, it's a great philosophy!) |
“The truth is not always beautiful, nor beautiful words the truth.” ― Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching |
We can't control the wind, but we can adjust the sails--Dolly Parton
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The man who is calm and even-minded during pain and
pleasure, the one whom these cannot ruffle, he alone is fit to attain everlastingness. ~ The Gita. 2:15 Nice ones above...:) |
Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves. Matthew 10:16
the meek shall inherit the earth...to enter the kngdom of heaven you must be as children. let he who is without sin cast the first stone. j to the e to the s u s |
"Proof of Heaven" by Eben Alexander, MD, Neurosurgeon after
his NDE...now teacher...:) "On the subatomic level, however, this universe of separate objects turns out to be a complete illusion." |
Be less of a judge and you will be surprised that when you become a witness
and you don't judge yourself, you stop judging others too. And that makes you more human, more compassionate, more understanding. - Osho |
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Everyone is a master! That is one of the most common sense outlooks I have ever seen. Way to go Dolly Parton! Its amazing how much good stuff comes from music. |
"awake & emptiness".......
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The whole cosmos is a projected thought of the Creator.
He made all things out of His mind. ~ a disiciple of Babaji's |
"I think; therefore I am".
- Rene Descartes "If you would be a real seeker after truth, it is necessary that at least once in your life you doubt, as far as possible, all things". - Rene Descartes "Your vision will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes". - Carl Jung "As far as we can discern, the sole purpose of human existence is to kindle a light in the darkness of mere being". - Carl Jung "On the mountains of truth you can never climb in vain: either you will reach a point higher up today, or you will be training your powers so that you will be able to climb higher tomorrow". - Friedrich Nietzsche |
Teresa of Avila
Because of her frequent mystical seizures, St. Teresa of Avila had a direct access to Christ, whom she learned to speak with in almost human brotherly terms.
Once while crossing a stream in Spain, her wagon overturned, throwing her into the cold rushing water; Jesus appeared to her. "I treat my friends thus," He said. "Perhaps that is why there are so few of them," she replied. |
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But every morning, some lovely person puts a "thought for the day" at the tube station up on a white board which usually lists delays for the underground, etc. And there is some little treasure to take with you. It makes my heart warmed. |
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Wait a minute, I thought I was the only one that knew this story....and told it!!!! :lol: |
"If we could inspect an atom, we should see a cluster of tiny bodies
separated by space, whirling around each other at phenomenal speeds. Like the whirling airplane propeller which appears to be solid, the movement of the atom creates the appearance of solidarity in all forms." ~ Michael Sadgrove, "No Disease is Incurable", 1969 |
She wrote a book, so I would say she is a teacher...:smile:
"I entered a sort of spiritual deep resting place. From the physical perspective, this state lasted an equivalent of centuries within less than a minute." ~Natalie Sudman "Application of Impossible Things" When she returned from her NDE from being bombed in Irag, after experiencing more than most do in a lifetime in her NDE.... her vehicle was still rolling...! |
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Somebody does this too at the tube station near me in south London. Very nice. |
"Enlightenment discloses what we have always been". Wei Wu Wei
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Hello Miss Hep. If you resonate with it, the source lies within you, orelse these are just combination of words |
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" To be aware of yourself as a spiritual being, offspring of an infinite spiritual system and one with all the powers and capacities within that spiritual system, is the very essence of attainment." ~ Masters of the Far East, Baird Spaulding, Vol 4, p.86 |
Wow, I went back and re-read a few pages....thank you all so much, even
if I didn't single a quote out...I just couldn't on each one, you know. :smile: |
"The love of God, unutterable and perfect, flows into a pure soul the -way that
light rushes into a transparent object. The more love that it finds, the more it gives itself; so that, as we grow clear and open, the more complete the joy of heaven is. And the more souls who resonate together, the greater the intensity of their love, and, mirror-like, each soul reflects the other. — Dante Alighieri |
M: Real happiness is utterly unselfconscious...
Continued... M: The experience of being empty, uncluttered by memories and expectations; it is like the happiness of open spaces, of being young, of having all the time and energy for doing things, for discovery, for adventure. -Nisargadatta |
Love
Love is the ability and willingness to allow those that you care for to be what they choose for themselves without any insistence that they satisfy you. -- Wayne Dyer
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"Everything depends on your attitude towards yourself. That which you
will not affirm as true of yourself can never be realized by you, for that attitude alone is the necessary condition by which you realize your goal." ~Neville Goddard, The Power of Awareness, 1952 :smile: |
"Would you like to save the world from the degradation and destruction it seems destined for? Then step away from shallow mass movements and quietly go to work on your own self-awareness. If you want to awaken all of humanity, then awaken all of yourself. If you want to eliminate the suffering in the world, then eliminate all that is dark and negative in yourself. Truly, the greatest gift you have to give is that of your own self-transformation."
~Lao Tzu |
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Zen koan - 'What's the sound of one hand clapping?'
Zen proverb - 'When the wise man points at the moon, the fool only sees his finger' :) |
Ah, I know the sound of one hand clapping!!!
"Whenever anything in nature seems to us ridiculous, absurd, or evil, it is because we have but a partial knowledge of things." ~Spinoza...my fave :smile: |
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