“Wash your hands of all desire, and come to the table of LOVE.” ~ Rumi True LOVE (i.e. Caring for those who are not Caring for you) may not look very appetizing, and yet it is absolutely DELICIOUS once you start chowing down … Bon appetit, my Friends!
The degree to which your religion excludes those who believe differently than you — much less condemns those who happen to do so to an eternity of suffering, is the degree to which your religion portrays either a false god … or a real God who is not worth worshiping. And the degree to which […]
“At the root of all religions are the same basic principles: Live simply … Act with compassion … Give to those in need … Be kind to one another … Forgive your enemies. And nowhere does any religion say that we should destroy the very thing that sustains our lives. As such, I feel quite […]
While I am sure of very few things, I believe in many. I believe in things still unprovable — the unexplainable “numinous” that permeates the Universe with its glow of wonderment … the omnipresence of Beauty, the integrity of Justice and the rightness of Forgiveness … I believe in the morality of Kindness & the […]
“HOW TO BE MISERABLE: Think primarily about yourself…Listen greedily to what people say about you…Desire to be appreciated…Be envious of others’ success…Gossip about strangers, politicians & other “bad people”…Take criticism personally…Desire for others to agree with you…Strive for your “fair share”…Sulk if people are not grateful for you…Harbor hatred for your enemies…Open up to no […]
“By the laying down of all weapons of defense and the fear that feeds them, I discover that I remain in the Light of Who I really Am.” ~ Pam Warren
“It’s huge to finally embrace the life you never planned on.” ~ Noah Baumbach Acceptance is not a “ho-hum, I guess this is all there is so I might as well accept it” mentality. The Acceptance that will allow you to transcend ego and enter the realm of True Self is not only accepting that […]
“Nature never deceives us; it is always we who deceive ourselves.” ~ Jean Jacques Rousseau By now it simply must be obvious to everyone (well, almost everyone) that 99% of the world’s scientists studying the matter are correct — that our Earth’s climate is changing, that it is changing rapidly, and this is very bad […]
“We try so hard to ‘get it’, but actually the truth sinks in like gentle rain into hard earth. It doesn’t happen by striving or trying to capture it. It happens by letting go; it happens by relaxing the mind; and it happens by wanting to care for yourself by caring for others.” ~ inspired […]
Courage is not the absence of fear or the repression thereof. Courage is being scared out of your mind, and yet choosing to stride forth to do Good anyway … *Courage is realizing that your government is corrupt and very well might toss you in jail for protesting its warmongering indecencies, … and yet actively […]
“Acceptance makes any event put on a new face.” ~ Henry Haskins . “We do not see things as they are. We see them as we are.” ~ The Talmud . “It’s not what you look at that matters, it’s what you choose to see.” ~ H. D. Thoreau
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