“I am of the opinion that my life belongs to the whole community, and as long as I live it is my privilege to do for it whatever I can. I want to be thoroughly used up when I die, for the harder I work, the more I live. Life is no brief candle to […]
The bad news: the world is currently infested by a radically selfish, relatively ignorant and still-mired-in-savagery species of animals called “humans” … The Good News: whether we choose to wake up and becomes the gentle stewards of our yet-glorious planet, or fade into the tragic & pain-filled obscurity of near-extinction, our ever-beautiful Earth is going […]
“Protect me from knowing what I don’t need to know. Protect me from even knowing that there are things to know that I don’t know. Protect me from knowing that I decided not to know about the things that I decided not to know about. Amen … And dear Lord, please protect me from the […]
FACT — You are only one of roughly 7 billion humans living on one small planet orbiting one small star in one back-eddy “rural” neighborhood of one small galaxy in one relatively insignificant cluster of galaxies; all surrounded by literally BILLIONS of similar clusters of galaxies of neighborhoods of stars containing planets like ours — […]
FACT — No matter how critical our crises or terrible our tragedies or colossal our challenges, we are indeed but a small speck of dust in the grander scheme of things. AND this must NOT prove to be a call to depression or hopelessness or a loss of Meaning … Indeed, we can just as […]
FACT — No matter how small we might be … no matter how weak & alone we might appear … no matter how insignificant we might seem within the hordes of other humans, living on a planet that is floating amongst hordes of other planets, spinning within a galaxy that is floating amongst hordes of […]
“The sea is emotion incarnate. It loves, it hates, and it weeps. It defies all attempts to capture it within words and it rejects all shackles that come near. No matter what you can say about it, there is always that which you cannot.” ~ inspired by Christopher Paolini It is indeed important for us […]
“Sometimes, if you stand on the bottom rail of a bridge and lean over to watch the river slipping slowly away beneath you, you will suddenly know everything that needs to be known.” ~ Winnie the Pooh (A. A. Milne) . “I am hoping for you to find whatever you are looking for – and […]
“When I slow my breath I can see the turn of the planet.” ~ Ginnie Sams The sun never rises, and the sun never sets … … it is WE who are doing the turning. … … An objective material Reality exists — at least I believe it does. And yet, even though there is […]
This teacher IS indeed quite a Good one, and yet “best ever” is a slight exaggeration … To truly be in the running for the “Best Teacher” award, one must at the very least do the following: *One must encourage others to master LOVE, not merely Kung Fu … *One must encourage others to honor […]
“Reality is what persists and accumulates when you finally see past what you think you are looking at.” ~ William Cottringer
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