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"I tell you truly, your body was made not only to breathe, and eat, and think, but it was also made..."

Mon, 20 May 2013 13:00:05 -0700

““I tell you truly, your body was made not only to breathe, and eat, and think, but it was also made to enter the Holy Stream of Life. And your ears were made not only to hear the words of men, the song of birds, and the music of falling rain, but they were also made to hear the Holy Stream of Sound. And your eyes were made not only to see the rising and setting of the sun, the ripple of sheaves of grain, and the words of the Holy Scrolls, but they were also made to see the Holy Stream of Light. One day your body will return to the Earthly Mother; even also your ears and your eyes. But the Holy Stream of Life, the Holy Stream of Sound, and the Holy Stream of Light, these were never born, and can never die. Enter the Holy Streams, even that Life, that Sound, and that Light which gave you birth; that you may reach the kingdom of the Heavenly Father and become one with him, even as the river empties into the far distant sea.” (Edmond Bordeaux Szekely)”

- (via santmat)

"Whoever undertakes to set himself up as a judge of Truth and Knowledge is shipwrecked by the..."

Mon, 20 May 2013 11:00:04 -0700

““Whoever undertakes to set himself up as a judge of Truth and Knowledge is shipwrecked by the laughter of the gods.””

- Albert Einstein (via salam-balam)

"When performing meditation practice one should think of it as just a natural function of everyday..."

Sun, 19 May 2013 19:00:24 -0700

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When performing meditation practice one should think of it as just a natural function of everyday life, like eating or breathing, not as a special, formal event to be undertaken with great seriousness and solemnity. One must realize that to meditate is to pass beyond effort, beyond practice, beyond aims and goals, and beyond the dualism of bondage and liberation.

Meditation is always perfect, so there is no need to correct anything. Since everything that arises is simply the play of the mind, there are no bad meditation sessions and no need to judge thoughts as good or evil. Therefore one should not sit down to meditate with various hopes and fears about the outcome-one just does it, with no self-conscious feeling of “I am meditating,” without effort, without strain, without attempting to control or force the mind, without trying to become peaceful.

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- Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche
From “Maha Ati” via The Collected Works of Chögyam Trungpa vol. 1 (via ringlesscircus)

disintangible: sanctuary-for-inkhearts: source: http://themetap...

Sun, 19 May 2013 17:00:24 -0700

disintangible:

sanctuary-for-inkhearts:

source: http://themetapicture.com/

Wish we had these.

funkysafari: Snowshoe Hare transitioning to his Spring coat,...

Sun, 19 May 2013 15:00:23 -0700

funkysafari:

Snowshoe Hare transitioning to his Spring coat, Shirley’s Bay Conservation Area by dhackettcan

"We should have been excused from lugging a body: the burden of the self was enough."

Sun, 19 May 2013 13:00:23 -0700

“We should have been excused
from lugging a body:
the burden of the self
was enough.”

- E.M. Cioran, from “The Trouble With Being Born” (via violentwavesofemotion)

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Sun, 19 May 2013 11:00:22 -0700

kicker-of-elves: Stokumi Sarcee Indian...

Sun, 19 May 2013 08:53:48 -0700

kicker-of-elves:

Stokumi Sarcee Indian www.parlez-vousphotography.quietplacetolive.com

"They had never been closer in their month of love nor communicated more profoundly with one another,..."

Sun, 19 May 2013 08:26:07 -0700

“They had never been closer in their month of love nor communicated more profoundly with one another, than when she brushed silent lips against his coat’s shoulder or when he touched the end of her fingers, gently, as though she were asleep.”

- F. Scott Fitzgerald, “The Great Gatsby” (via lifeinpoetry)

"This world is like a mountain. Your echo depends on you. If you scream good things, the world will..."

Sat, 18 May 2013 19:00:28 -0700

“This world is like a mountain. Your echo depends on you. If you scream good things, the world will give it back. If you scream bad things, the world will give it back. Even if someone says badly about you, speak well about him. Change your heart to change the world.”

- Shams Tabrizi ♥ (via zenhumanism)

explore-blog: The inimitable Grant Snider strikes again, with...

Sat, 18 May 2013 17:00:18 -0700

explore-blog:

The inimitable Grant Snider strikes again, with the day jobs of famous poets – including Jack Kerouac (railroad worker), Charles Bukowski (mailman), Emily Dickinson (cat-keeper), and T. S. Eliot (bank clerk.)

"We need, in love, to practice only this: letting each other go. For holding on comes easily; we do..."

Sat, 18 May 2013 15:00:17 -0700

“We need, in love, to practice only this: letting each other go. For holding on comes easily; we do not need to learn it.”

- Rainer Maria Rilke (via kitty-en-classe)