The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars.
When we are unable to find tranquility within ourselves, it is useless to seek it elsewhere.
-Francois de la Rochefoucauld
And the world cannot be discovered by a journey of miles, no matter how long, but only by a spiritual journey, a journey of one inch, very arduous and humbling and joyful, by which we arrive at the ground at our feet, and learn to be at home.
- Wendell Berry
"When feeling urgent, you must slow down."
- Mark Nepo
Continuous, calm, powerful use of the will shakes the forces of creation and brings a response from the Infinite.
-Parmahansa Yogananda
Every person that you meet knows something you don't; learn from them.
-H. Jackson Brown
Fear doesn’t frighten me as much as it used to. I know it’s from clinging and I know it will pass. I can tell myself, “I’m frightened now because even though I know what’s true, I have forgotten it right now. I know the possibility of remembering exists.” That possibility, that conviction, gives me a lot of hope in the middle of the biggest fright.
-Sylvia Boorstein
I close my eyes
and see clearly . . .
I stop trying to listen
and I hear truth . . .
I am silent
and my heart sings . . .
I seek no contact
and I find union . . .
I am still
and move forward . . .
I am gentle
and need no strength . . .
I am humble
and remain whole . . .
-Ancient Taoist Meditation
We could say that meditation doesn't have a reason or doesn't have a purpose. In this respect it's unlike almost all other things we do except perhaps making music and dancing. When we make music we don't do it in order to reach a certain point, such as the end of the composition. If that were the purpose of music then obviously the fastest players would be the best. Also, when we are dancing we are not aiming to arrive at a particular place on the floor as in a journey. When we dance, the journey itself is the point, as when we play music the playing itself is the point. And exactly the same thing is true in meditation. Meditation is the discovery that the point of life is always arrived at in the immediate moment.
The best portion of a good
person’s life,
Those little, nameless,
Unremembered acts
Of kindness and love.
-William Wordsworth
A thankful person is thankful under all circumstances. A complaining soul complains eevn while living in paradise.
-Bahu'u'llah
In loving kindess,
XOXO
Juliane
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