“Nothing happens by circumstance … Or else everything does. What matters most is that you go through events to the stillness behind them.” ~ A. A. Attanasio … “Even though our outer nature is wasting away, our inner Nature is being renewed day by day … because we look not to that which can be […]
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“We don’t need to learn to let go. We need to recognize what is allReady gone.” ~ Suzuki Roshi Until we realize that we are already dying, we cannot truly Live … … “You should never become too familiar with death, but it is good to keep in touch.” ~ Robert Pelton
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“Life itself is the binding morality of our Reality – not the good vs. evil “morality” pushed upon us by various religions, but rather its larger Morality: namely, the enJoyment of Life via the furtherance of the Happiness of others.” ~ anonymous … “To die but not to perish is to be eternally present.” ~ […]
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“Take sips of this pure wine being poured. Don’t mind that you’ve been given a dirty cup.” ~ Rumi We can only cleanse our own chalice by washing that of another … … “A shadow does not belong to the object that casts it.” ~ Tom Robbins
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“When you make the two into One, the Inner like the outer, the outer like the Inner, and the upper like the lower… And when you make the female and the male into a single One … When you make Eyes in the place of an eye, a Hand in place of a hand, a […]
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“Be the Stream of the Universe. Being the Stream of the Universe, ever true and unswerving, become as a little Child once more.” ~ Lao Tsu (Tao Te Ching # 28) … “Unless become like little children, you will never enter the Kingdom of Heaven.” ~ Jesus Christ (Matthew 18:3) … and when you DO […]
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“It is something to be able to paint a picture, or to carve a statue, and so to make a few objects beautiful; but it is far more glorious to carve and paint the very atmosphere through which we Look … to affect the Quality of the day. That is the highest of the arts.” […]
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“Never too many fish in a swift creek; never too much water for those fish in which to Live.” ~ Rumi … “It is not what is inside you that matters. It’s what you do that defines you.” ~ Batman
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“In every moment of choice, there is allWays a gentle alternative.” ~ anonymous
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“Keep your beacons of True Self well lit.” ~ anonymous “Let all that you do be done in Love.” ~ Paul (1 Corinthians 16:14) Love is not what you do, as much as it is Who You ARE.
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“Whether you rush or go slowly, the Path before you remains the same.” ~ Chinese Proverb Love unconditional flows always the Right Speed. … “The Master follows his own nature, and not the trappings of Life.” ~ Lao Tsu (Tao Te Ching #38:20)
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