It is said
Beauty is in the eye
of the beholder
of the beholder
So,
Behold yourself lovingly
To be, acknowledge you are
Becoming is not Being
To be loved, love.
To be forgiven, forgive.
To be happy, choose happiness.
To be wealthy, acknowledge the wealth you possess.
To be successful, measure the love in your life, not its deeds.
To end violence, offer peace.
To receive, give.
To be wise, live.
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Roger Ebert ~ Discovering Kindness
Roger Ebert ~ Kindness made him happy.
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The first rule of flying ~ Firefly, Serenity & Love
MAL
It ain’t all buttons and charts, little albatross. Know what the first rule of flying is? Well I s’pose you do, since you already know what I’m ’bout to say.
RIVER
I do. But I like to hear you say it.
MAL
Love.
You can know all the math in the ‘verse but take a boat in the air that you don’t love? She’ll shake you off just as sure as a turn in the worlds.
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You can know all the math in the ‘verse but take a boat in the air that you don’t love? She’ll shake you off just as sure as a turn in the worlds.
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Need Obscures Love ~ Time to Let Go
Letting Go
The time to let go comes
Whenever need
Obscures love
Just be sure
To let go need
And not love
Seeking ~ Being
Being
There comes a time
In every pilgrim’s journey
When the path transforms
From seeking
To being
Child of darkness ~ entering the gateway to all understanding
Darkness. One of the most compelling forces, and metaphors, we have. Darkness fascinates me. Here are a few snippets from an online conversation I participated in some time ago, beginning with a quote, then Anabele’s response to it, followed by my reply.
In a profound sense every man has two halves to his being; he is not one person so much as two persons trying to act in unison. I believe that in the heart of each human being there is something which I can only describe as a “child of darkness” who is equal and complementary to the more obvious “child of light.”
~ Laurens van der Post
~ Laurens van der Post
Of course, we try to fight the child of darkness all the time….. good against evil so to speak
~ Anabela
I’m not sure van der Post thinks of this “child of darkness” as evil. The way it’s phrased, he sounds like an Eastern mystic, something like a Daoist.
~ Peter
A Gradual Awakening ~ breathe yourself to sleep.
It’s tempting to make a big thing of this, tie it into other spiritual work, but it’s just a simple technique for overcoming insomnia I’ve shared with dozens of people. No drugs. No warm milk. No visits to a sleep clinic. There are side benefits, and it’s based on an ancient spiritual practice, but you don’t need to know all that if all you want is to simply, finally, fall asleep. So let’s just get on with it.
First, make your bedroom and bed comfortable. Clean sheets are nice. A glass of water on the bedside table. Some fresh flowers in the room. Some gentle, light music — preferably, instrumental — playing softly. Best if it’s a short playlist, or you can set the playback device to ‘sleep’ in a half hour, just so music won’t wake you 3 hours into sleep. Posted above is the playlist I’ve been using for nearly a year now.
Or none of that. It’s not necessary. All that is necessary is to breathe, and to hold a simple conversation with your mind.
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Not-knowing ~ Not Knowing
Still the Knowing Mind
Knowing
obscures true with truth
obscures wonder with facts
obscures insight with teachings
obscures mystery with objects
Not-knowing
is the quest of wisdom
Not Knowing
obscures true with truth
obscures wonder with facts
obscures insight with teachings
obscures mystery with objects
Not-knowing
is the quest of wisdom
Not Knowing
To Become, Let Go
To become healthy
Let go illness
To become whole
Let go brokenness
To become wise
Let go knowledge
To become loving
Let go needing
To become wealthy
Let go wealth
To become One
Let go self
To become
Let go
Let go illness
To become whole
Let go brokenness
To become wise
Let go knowledge
To become loving
Let go needing
To become wealthy
Let go wealth
To become One
Let go self
To become
Let go