May 2013
Real Eyes, Realize, Real Lies.: Tyger, Tyger,... →
a-farewell-to-arms:
Tyger, Tyger, burning bright
In the forests of the night,
What immortal hand or eye
Could frame thy fearful symmetry? In what distant deeps or skies
Burnt the fire of thine eyes?
On what wings dare he aspire?
What the hand dare seize the fire? And what shoulder, & what art,
Could twist the sinews...
“Respond to every call that excites your spirit”
– Rumi (via wasbella102)
“What a blessing it is to love books. Everybody must love something, and I know...”
– Elizabeth von Arnim (via antiquedvintage)
From The Gospel of Thomas
thehungryagnostic:
Jesus said, “The Kingdom of Heaven covers the earth with glory but mankind fails to see it.
“He who drinks my words with understanding shall be like me, and I shall become like him and the secret things shall be revealed.
“Pity the Pharisees; they’re like dogs sleeping in an ox’s shed. They neither eat nor let the ox eat.”
“That part of formal scientific method called experimentation, is sometimes...”
– “Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance” by Robert M. Pirsig (via hewhositsinthedark)
“As a matter of simple logic, there’s no difference at all, that i can see,...”
– Franny and Zooey. J.D. Salinger. (via usethemwell)
zentaoistchristian:
A starving person dwells inordinately on the thought of food. Likewise, a spiritually hungry person can only think of realization. One who has food can place it in the right context, just as one who has understanding can place it in the correct perspective - Deng Ming-Dao
“… The reason why you want to be unselfish is that you are selfish and would have...”
– Alan Watts (via suddenlybright)
The Little Book of Contentment : zenhabits →
beyondpencils:
So true…
“For things to reveal themselves to us, we need to be ready to abandon our views...”
– Thich Nhat Hanh (via lazyyogi)
Stop Violence
egyptianreaper:
“Nonviolent action, born of the awareness of suffering and nurtured by love, is the most effective way to confront adversity.” - Thich Nhat Hanh
“Within the innermost recesses, all spirituality is one and it has never...”
– (via radha-soami)
“Every day I discover more and more beautiful things. It’s enough to drive one...”
– Claude Monet (via ambling)
“Education is not the learning of facts but the training of the mind to think.”
– Albert Einstein (via thelittlephilosopher)
“Buddha taught us how all happiness and suffering depend upon the mind. He taught...”
– Geshe Kelsang Gyatso - “The New Meditation Handbook” (via dancingdakini)
“Buddha’s (Shakyamuni) Birth month! Tomorrow!
In Tibetan culture, this period of...”
– (via mgibsonian)
Love Everything
egyptianreaper:
“So then, the relationship of self to other is the complete realization that loving yourself is impossible without loving everything defined as other than yourself.” - Alan Watts
“I am not this body. I am in this body, and this is part of my incarnation and I...”
– Ram Dass, on living and healing from a stroke. (via false-minoshiro)
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Pope Francis Says Atheists Who Do Good Are... →
Pope Francis rocked some religious and atheist minds today when he declared that everyone was redeemed through Jesus, including atheists. During his homily at Wednesday Mass in Rome, Francis emphasized the importance of “doing good” as a principle that unites all humanity, and a “culture of encounter” to support peace. Using scripture from the Gospel of Mark, Pope Francis...
“This spiritual path and its destination is divine love….. The remover of...”
– (via santmat)
“Mental pain is less dramatic than physical pain, but it is more common and also...”
– C.S. Lewis, The Problem of Pain (via nuclearharvest)
“Get scared. It will do you good. Smoke a bit, stare blankly at some ceilings,...”
– Albert Camus, from Notebooks, 1951-1959 (via nuclearharvest)
“The ego says, ‘I shouldn’t have to suffer,’ and that thought makes you suffer so...”
– Eckhart Tolle (via slychedelic)
“Learn from Ali the sincerity of actions,
The Lion of God is free from...”
–
Rumi
(via analyticalmuslim)
“You may never have proof of your importance but you are more important than you...”
– Robert Fulghum (via the-healing-nest)
“Let me keep my distance, always, from those
who think they have the answers.
...”
– Mary Oliver, from “Mysteries, Yes” in Evidence (via litverve)
“I sit before flowers
hoping they will train me in the art
of opening up.”
– Shane Koyczan, from The Student (via apoetreflects). My God that is beautiful. (via crashinglybeautiful)
“Stop letting people who do so little for you control so much of your mind,...”
– Will Smith (via buddhabrot)
“And do not let your dislike of a people lead you to be unjust.”
– Qur’aan 5:8 (via perpetuallypro-solitude)
“So much of space between us two
We kiss the planets when we kiss
No closeness...”
– Diane di Prima (via fernsandmoss)
“I never wish to be easily defined. I’d rather float over other people’s minds as...”
– Franz Kafka; from a diary entry dated 23 March 1914. (via fernsandmoss)
“We act as though comfort and luxury were the chief requirements of life, when...”
– Charles Kingsley (via thatkindofwoman)
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You can tell how scared people are of being immortal. See what religion has done to them. It has taken the power from you and made you weak
— The Illuminati (@GodOfIlluminati) May 22, 2013
We are much more
davidkanigan:
Maybe the fear is that we are less than we think we are, when the actuality of it is that we are much much more.
~ Jon Kabat-Zinn, Arriving at Your Own Door: 108 Lessons in Mindfulness
“Everybody is fundamentally, the ultimate reality. Not god in the political...”
– Alan Watts (via rowantrees)
“I was within and without, simultaneously enchanted and repelled by the...”
– Nick Carroway, The Great Gatsby (via laughingalong) 